The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

The other military officers of the military division sighed for a while, and then slowly talked about other things. One of them lowered his voice and said mysteriously, Have you heard that the palace seems to be intending to cut the title.

Fu Tingzhou was planning to go out. Hearing this, he couldn't help but keep an ear. Cutting the title is no trivial matter, their family has a title, what's going on?

This is big news, everyone is interested, and hurriedly asked: Is this true?

Seriously. Many people have received the news.

Everyone in the DPRK relies on holy will to eat, and the movements in the palace are especially important. Except for someone like Lu Heng who controls the information channel, the others can only rely on the eunuch to pass on the information. This is especially a test of the family's wealth. The connections in the palace will not be able to operate for a while, and more often, outsiders are rich and can't send them out.

At this time, the difference between the old-fashioned honors and honors of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion and the Wuding Marquis Mansion is revealed. The Wuding Marquis Mansion has produced several princesses and concubines, and they have a wide range of connections in the palace. information. However, the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion was excluded, and Fu Tingzhou had to rely on colleagues to chat to find out about the news of the cut.

Fu Tingzhou couldn't help but stop and listen carefully to the words behind.

The person who asked the question was very concerned about this, and immediately asked: Why? It's so good, how did the palace have such a mind?

The person who started talking winked his eyes and smiled meaningfully: It's not for the treasury. We have been investigating corrupt officials since last year, and now, the palace is planning to clean up the moths in the warehouse. This time, the above mainly wants to exterminate foreign relatives. seal up.

The audience all showed a clear look, exchanged glances with each other, and laughed without saying a word. The Ming Dynasty was very wary of foreign relatives, and each dynasty strictly restricted the descendants, except for the Hongzhi Emperor. To say that it is to rectify the relatives is actually to rectify the Zhang family, because other than their family, there is no family in the court that relies on their daughter to seal the marquis.

Even Fu Tingzhou was relieved when he heard it, he stopped paying attention to these trivial matters, and found an excuse to go out. The emperor went to Zhang's family this time, and he could rest assured that he would not burn the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion.

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At this time in the Ciqing Palace, the brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were complaining in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager, you have to decide for us. The title of Marquis of Zhang's family was conferred by Emperor Xiaozong. I took over the position of Marquis of Shouning from my father. There is no reason to remove the title of Zhang family, how can there be such a reason?

Yeah. Zhang Yanling took the words of her elder brother and said, When Emperor Xiaozong was alive, we went in and out of the palace and had a banquet with Xiaozong, my sister, and the crown prince. It was such a joy that we were like a family! Now that Xiaozong and Wuzong are gone, they just If you want to take away the reward of Emperor Xiaozong, don't you think about your sister?

The more the Empress Dowager Zhang listened, the more angry she became. She was in the harem, and the news was not well-informed. She had to rely on her younger brother to remind her that the emperor intended to get rid of foreign relatives. The Jiang family has also received a lot of rewards. If the emperor really served the country and the people, why didn't the Jiang family's official position be removed, but instead came to embarrass the Zhang family?

The Empress Dowager Zhang was trembling with anger. This must have been Jiang's idea. It was not enough for Jiang to target her everywhere in the harem, and she even wanted to persecute her relatives!

This group of white-eyed láng, if it wasn't for her, the mother and son would still be suffering in the backcountry. She was the one who brought King Xing to the capital, and she made King Xing the emperor. Without her, the emperor would only be a foreign vassal king in his life, and he probably wouldn't even know what the capital looked like. She has so much kindness to the emperor, and the emperor is not grateful to her, yet dares to avenge her kindness?

The brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling cried together. They were all getting old. At this moment, they complained to the Empress Dowager Zhang like a child, and the Empress Dowager Zhang also felt sad.

She has only two younger brothers. When she became the empress dowager, what happened to her family? She just wanted her mother's family to have a title, and some money to spend, who was in the way.

She couldn't help but remember that when Emperor Hongzhi was still alive, the Zhang family went into and out of the forbidden court, as if they were at her own home. At the banquet, Emperor Hongzhi saw that his tableware was gold, while the tableware of his father-in-law and mother-in-law were silver. Zhang Luan used the emperor's gold tableware in his home, and all the expenses were like the emperor's. And now, the son of a vassal king dared to look at the Zhang family.

Empress Dowager Zhang thought that the sadness began here. Her first half of her life was smooth and smooth. When Emperor Hongzhi was alive, she was the only woman, and there were no concubines or concubines in the harem. The Empress Dowager Zhang always thought that she was the most fortunate woman in the world. She was born to enjoy happiness in this world. She did not expect that the hardships she had never experienced in the first half of her life would be left to her in the second half of her life.

The Empress Dowager Zhang was deeply saddened, and burst into tears: Xiao Zong and Zhao'er left early, leaving me to suffer in this world alone. If I had known today, why would I have asked Xiao Zong to take me there?

When Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling heard it, they both cried when they thought of the scenery of the Zhang family when Emperor Hongzhi was alive, and compared to today. The three brothers and sisters burst into tears, and Qin Xianger, the female official serving in the Ciqing Palace, quietly went out, guessing that they were almost crying, so she came in with hot water and said, The Queen Mother, Duke Changguo, Marquis Jianchang, how many are you? They are all decent people, so people don’t see it well, so please wipe away your tears.”

Empress Dowager Zhang is also tired of crying. She is the empress dowager and considers herself the real mistress of the palace. How can she let the people in the West Palace see her weakness? The Empress Dowager Zhang nodded in agreement, and went into the inner room to re-dress. Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were also taken down by the palace servants, and they arranged their instruments in another palace.