Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

德芳39岁王妃40岁长子惟叙22岁次子惟宪20岁幼子惟能18岁

Wei Ling is 16 years old and Zhenzong (Zhao Heng) is 30 years old

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At the beginning of April in the first year of Xianping, the imperial court ordered all the prefectures to retry the prisoners in the prisons, and to close the accumulated cases as soon as possible. All the sick and poor prisoners in the prisons would be rescued by the imperial court with special funds.

In May, it was just dawn at Maoshi, and the guards of Nanqing Palace, who were on duty that day, had already lined up for drills in the martial arts field in the palace. Jiajun was walking back and forth with his stick behind his back, and the deputy general Gongliang Shiguan shouted slogans , another lieutenant, Zhou Shixiong, led another wave of imperial guards to run in the Nanqing Palace. It is the practice of the palace to drill 500 people every day, and then the captain will lead the team to change the guard at every hour. Today, it is still going on in an orderly manner.

In the dormitory of the inner courtyard, Defang opened her eyes and blinked, "It's not raining yet."

"My lord, didn't Mr. Nangong say that it will definitely be done within ten days."

"I really think I'm a fairy." Defang turned over, "Ma'am, it's really going to rain, he's just a big toad."

"My lord, how do you say such a thing?"

"Isn't the toad able to know that it will rain within ten days? Your Majesty already prayed for rain late last month, and the officials of the Sitianjian said that they need to pray for rain twice more."

"Mr. Nangong has always been knowledgeable, so he must have a reason for saying this."

"What's the point? He reads books, thinks about the strategy, there is no problem, and when it rains, he thinks he is Zhuge Kongming."

"Your Majesty really doesn't agree with you." Concubine Di sat up and looked at Defang, "Then why did you pray for rain at Daxiangguo Temple after three days of speaking to His Majesty?"

"Huh? Ma'am. How do you know?"

"Why don't you know? Now even the teahouses in the city are saying that the Baxian King persuaded the emperor to pray for rain in advance and move to the Daxiangguo Temple. It must be inspired by the gods, and it will definitely rain in three days."

"It's all and nothing, but it's just three days ahead of Sitianjian's arrangement. Nangong said that on the day of praying for rain planned by Sitianjian, the emperor of Liao Kingdom will go to sacrifice to the mountain god of Muye Mountain and pray to the mountain god for the next year's invasion. Song Zhiju, if His Majesty prayed for rain on the same day, it would be inappropriate, so he said it would be best to persuade His Majesty to advance the day of praying for rain, and Nangong said that these days, the sky is slightly bright red these days, insects and mosquitoes fly low, and it is suffocating after three o'clock at night It will fall, and the humidity will rise, and there will be heavy rain in a few days, and it will continue to rain for two or three days."

Concubine Di smiled, "Just now I was talking about Nangong, and now Nangong said what Nangong said. The prince himself not only believed it, but actually persuaded his majesty to change the day of praying for rain. If it really rains after three days, then the prince will not Become a god."

"God man?" Defang curled her lips, "It would be great if it really rained. If it doesn't rain again, the lonely king will lose face, let alone worth it. I don't know why he really told His Majesty when he got so excited."

"It will be tough." Concubine Di got out of bed, "Tomorrow I will go to Daxiangguo Temple, and the prince is not ready yet."

"What are you preparing for? Isn't it just wearing a formal dress and saluting with His Majesty? If the lonely king wants to prepare, he should sleep well and not be sleepy tomorrow." Concubine Defang Laladi said, "Lie down for a while."

"It's almost time, Chen Qie went to see Jiao Tong."

"It's only been six months. It's okay. There are so many people in the mansion who can't afford to take care of them. Why don't you go and see Cong Kuang, who will be one year old next month. The Ministry of Rites has already sent a booklet. Madam still asks Ask Shiying to see if there is anything else I need to prepare."