Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang returned to Nanqing Palace, and before entering the mansion, two sedan chairs entered behind her. Defang looked back, and two maidservants ran over to salute, "See the prince."

"Who are you...?" Defang felt that the maidservant looked familiar.

"Go back to the lord, slaves and maids are waiting..."

"My lord, it's us." A woman walked out of each of the two sedan chairs. Defang stared at the two for a moment, as if seeing a stranger, and they stepped forward to salute. Prince"

"Oh... yes... the two ladies" These two are the two concubines chosen by Song Taizong for Defang during the Taiping Xingguo period. , nodded, "I heard from your mother that you went to Daxiangguo Temple to pray for the lonely king. Now the lonely king has recovered from his illness. Thank you two ladies for your sincerity."

Wang saluted and said, "This is what a concubine should do."

"Where did the two ladies go today?" Defang asked

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li looked at each other, and the servant girl said, "My lord, the two ladies have been praying for my lord at Xiangguo Temple for the past three months, and they just returned home today."

Defang was taken aback when he heard this, "What? Three months? The lonely king has been recovering from his illness for a long time, why did the two wives come back today?"

"Back to the lord," said Li Shi, "the concubine and I are praying for the lord for a hundred days. Although the lord recovered soon, the concubine still has to pray for the lord for a hundred days to complete."

"It turns out that... the lonely king... didn't even find out..." Defang felt a little guilty when she heard this, thinking that the two majestic princes and wives, although they were concubines, were still their wives by name. I haven't returned to the mansion for a hundred days, and I don't even know it.

The two wives saluted and said, "The lord is busy with business, and the concubine is not enough to worry about. The lord should take care of his health. The two of them will go back to the backyard first." After speaking, the two walked towards the backyard. Looking at my back, I suddenly felt uncomfortable in my heart, so I stopped the two of them, "You two ladies stay behind."

Wang Shi and Li Shi stopped in their tracks, turned around and saluted, "What else can you order, my lord?"

"No, the lonely king wants to..." Defang hesitated and said, "Today the lonely king will order the dining room to prepare more meals, and invite the two wives to come and eat with their families in the hall."

The two looked at each other after hearing this, they were quite surprised, the two of them have been in Nanqing Palace for more than 20 years, Defang has never talked to them so much like today, nor let them enter the main hall, let alone Not to mention having dinner with the family, seeing their hesitation, Defang said, "You two ladies, don't refuse, that's all. By the way, you have just returned home. These three months must have been very hard, go to rest first." After a while, the lonely king will order some stewed bird's nests to be sent over."

"My lord, my concubine..."

"Needless to say, that's it." De Fang nodded, then turned and left, the two maidservants next to him seemed very happy, "Ma'am, what's wrong with the prince? Suddenly being so kind to the two ladies, it seems that the lady's suffering The days are coming to an end."

"Don't talk nonsense," said Wang. "What a hard time. Although the prince rarely sees us, he will send people to greet us every festival and bring us things and meals. The prince still remembers us in his heart. These are enough."

"Yes." Mrs. Li nodded, "The prince is kind and the lady is virtuous. Although the two of us are in the Buddhist hall, the prince often sends people to bring things, and the lady often visits us. She can also talk to us, chant scriptures and pray for blessings. Wait for nothing else."