Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Ma'am. The third lady, she. Have a meal with you?"

"That's right, General Wang is here to see your daughter, can't we have dinner together?"

"No, no," Defang shook her head, "I didn't mean that, it's just. You guys. That."

"What did you say?"

Defang looked at Concubine Di, nodded slightly, and Concubine Di sighed softly, "My lord, the two sisters have been in the Buddhist hall for 20 years, and they have long been careless about the troubles in this world. The concubines know that the lord's heart disease is hard to get rid of, but they always try to take a step forward." .”

"Let's talk about it. Ma'am, um. General Wang. Didn't he say anything?"

"I've talked a lot, saying that the third wife is ashamed that she didn't give birth to a boy and a half girl for the prince, and that her daughter has been weak since she was a child and didn't serve the prince well."

"Ma'am, ma'am," De Fang said with a bitter face, "don't make trouble, every time you talk about the two of them, you always say these things, General Wang won't say that."

Concubine Di smiled, "General Wang brought some gifts and greeted the prince and his concubines. He just talked about the things in the border."

"do you have anything else?"

"Others? What does the prince want to know?"

Defang picked up the tea bowl and stopped for a while, then said in a soft voice, "General Wang has guarded the border for a long time. This time he raised the imperial court, and his son Wang Wenbao and eldest grandson Wang Huaijun also returned to Beijing. I wonder if they will stay in Beijing."

"My lord came back from the palace, didn't His Majesty tell you?"

Defang looked down at the tea bowl in her hand and said nothing, Concubine Di took the tea bowl and put it on the stone table and said, "Did your majesty ask the prince to ask General Wang himself?"

Defang looked at Concubine Di in surprise, "How does Madam know?"

Concubine Di smiled, "The concubine and his majesty's uncle and sister-in-law have known him for more than 30 years. Today, when General Wang returns to Beijing, his majesty will definitely persuade the prince, and the prince will definitely have ideas. The concubine and the prince have been together for nearly [-] years. Young couples, how could they not know."

"Nothing can be hidden from Madam." Defang sighed softly, "Yes, Your Majesty wants me to ask General Wang myself, but now that he is gone, I can't go after him and ask."

"If you don't ask, how will you know if General Wang is going to stay in the capital?"

Defang squinted and smiled, "Isn't there a wife? Hehehe"

Concubine Di shook her head, "Your Majesty wants the prince to ask in person. This is an oral order. How can the concubines disobey it?"

"No disobedience, no disobedience," Defang said, "Your Majesty just said that, and he didn't necessarily ask me to ask. Moreover, His Majesty told me this, Madam told me not to disobey the oral order."

Concubine Di took a sip of tea, "How can a concubine, a concubine, ask General Wang if he is staying in Beijing? The prince should ask his father-in-law himself."

Hearing this, Defang looked around, stood up and waved his hands, "Baili, Ke'er, take them all out, stay away from the pavilion, hurry up."

"Yes, my lord." Baili and Ke'er took a few servants, maidservants and guards back a little farther away. Defang sat close to Concubine Di, took her hand and shook it, "Madam is in the Nanqing Palace, but outside How can you not know something, you have talked with General Wang for so long, he will always say something, right?"

"I've said a lot, saying that the capital is good, that it was a wise move for his father to return to the Song Dynasty, and that it is a great honor for my daughter to be the prince's concubine. Wait a minute."

"Madam" Defang looked at Concubine Di pleadingly, "Just tell me, will he stay in the capital?"

"Then, does the prince want to, or does he not want to?"