Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Your Majesty, no matter what it is, as long as it is for the prince, even if it means sacrificing his life, the concubine will do it."

"Emperor's sister-in-law, it's not that serious. How can I let the emperor's brother and sister-in-law have something to do." Zhenzong said this and signaled Zhou Huaizheng who was beside him to also withdraw from the pavilion. Concubine Di was very anxious, "Your Majesty, what happened to the prince and Princess Xingping?"

"Sister-in-law, after the morning court yesterday, I received a secret report, which said that the county magistrate Cao Jue spent all day in the mansion with the dandies, and the women in the brothel stepped into the door without hesitation, and the servants and servants spoke obscenities, As a member of the royal family, the county horse is not strict in running the family, and all kinds of evil deeds are very undignified, which further damages the royal face, so he wrote to ask me to dismiss Cao Jue, and the imperial court issued an order to punish him for his serious crimes."

"Your Majesty, Cao Jue's actions are indeed absurd, but the prince and Lord Cao have taught him a lesson. Cao Jue knows he has made a big mistake and is willing to reform himself. He will go to Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Officials to plead guilty. Official position, why do officials still write about this matter?"

"Emperor's sister-in-law, I demoted Cao Jue because I only declared that he was a poor official and neglected his duties. However, all civil and military officials in the court knew about his affairs. The person who wrote the letter this time mentioned another crime. I have to manage."

"Another crime?" Concubine Di asked, "Your Majesty, what other crime?"

Zhenzong looked at the tea bowl and sighed lightly, then looked at Concubine Di and said, "The boudoir is not respected."

"The boudoir is not respected?!" Concubine Di was shocked when she heard this, "Your Majesty, such a felony is a great disgrace to Princess Xingping and the county horse."

"Sister-in-law, I don't know, but." Zhenzong took out a few letters from his sleeve, "Sister-in-law, please read it."

Concubine Di took the letter, opened it, looked at it, and then looked at Zhenzong, "Your Majesty, this is. Is this a letter from Princess Xingping?"

"Yes, sister-in-law, and the other letter was written by an official eighth-rank editor named Jiang Yu."

"How do they have correspondence?"

"Jiang Yu was invited by Cao Jue to drink in the mansion three months ago. He heard about the princess and the horse, so out of sympathy, he wrote to Princess Xingping to comfort her, and Princess Xingping also Replied the letter, so, there are three letters between the two of them, and Jiang Yu doesn't seem to take the correspondence seriously, just randomly put the letters in the study, unexpectedly, he was caught by the supervisory censor who came to his house to talk about the matter You Shuru found out, so he put the letter in his sleeve and took it out. You Shuru heard about the evil deeds of many county horses. At this time, he also saw the correspondence between the princess and other men. The procurator, this is why I secretly wrote a letter to me, asking me to punish the crime of the county's horse boudoir and put the princess in prison."

"What? Is it in jail?" Concubine Di was very anxious, "But Your Majesty, there is no indecent language in this letter, let alone the matter of men and women. It is just a normal greeting and thanks. Is it because of this that Princess Xingping should be punished?" ?"

"Sister-in-law, it doesn't matter what you write. What's important is that the princess is the head of the royal family. She shouldn't have private correspondence with men outside the mansion. What's more, there is only a letter written by the princess of Xingping now. You Shuru insisted that it was Princess Xingping who took the initiative to write a letter to Jiang Yu because she was dissatisfied with the actions of the county horse, but since it was a royal matter, You Shuru did not directly disclose the matter, but wrote to me, but if I don’t agree I promise, as You Shuru is the supervisory censor, he will make the matter public, and then hand it over to Zongzheng Temple and Dali Temple for trial, but at that time, I will have no royal face."

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, what will happen to Princess Xingping and the county horse?"