Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"The emperor's sister-in-law is a person who knows the general situation, so I invited the emperor's wife today to tell everything. Although the rank of the supervisory censor is not high, it is only a seventh-rank official title, but it has great authority. , supervising prison lawsuits, raising impeachment cases, judging major matters, judging minor matters, and You Shuru is an upright official with good political achievements. If I don't deal with the matter, I'm afraid it will hurt the heart of the capable ministers for the country, but with You Shuru as a man, he will continue to play, and other imperial officials will also write to ask for punishment, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple will also behave like the princess. Irregularity, the county horse behaved dissolutely and asked me to issue an order to deal with it strictly. At that time, the court officials would not sit idly by. In this way, it is difficult to guarantee that what happened back then will not be noticed, but if I punish Xingping Princess according to the law, I will seize To remove her princess title, but this is disrespect to Emperor Taizu, and it is also a harm to the emperor's brother. If I don't punish, the officials and people will think that I am playing for selfishness. Sister-in-law, I can't suppress the officials for this It caused Chao Gang to be in chaos, but he also didn't want to see the emperor's brother blame himself and suffer for it. Now, everyone believes that Princess Xingping is not of royal blood. Correspondence will definitely demand the abolition of Xingping's title in the name of this, and Princess Xingping is of my Zhao family blood, and also my own niece, so I feel very embarrassed."

Concubine Di couldn't help but look sad when she heard this, "Your Majesty, I understand your majesty's painstaking efforts, but I don't know what I can do."

"Sister-in-law, all the officials have complained about Cao Jue's matter for a long time. Some officials who are dissatisfied with the Cao family are waiting for the opportunity to attack the Cao family. No one knows what Cao Jue is doing in the capital this time, so this time Cao Jue is sitting in the boudoir. The crime is difficult to change, but I will attribute all the faults in this matter to the county horse, and the princess is guilty of committing a big mistake because of protecting the county horse, but because Cao Jue has asked for punishment before, I will never Take it lightly, demote him to another two ranks, and assign him to the deputy envoy of Junzhou regiment training, so that he can give an explanation to the officials, and You Shuru reported the correspondence between the princess and Jiang Yu, I will not tell the emperor brother, this I have made arrangements for this matter. Princess Xingping will convict the county horse for inappropriate behavior and punish him by imprisonment for five days. As for Jiang Yu, I will send him to the western county as an official to supervise the censor You Shuru also knows that this is a matter that damages the royal family's face. As long as I order punishment, he will not mention this matter again. I will also promote him to let him know Yuezhou. The most worrying thing now is the emperor brother. Once I make an order to punish the princess, Junma, the emperor will definitely come to the palace to see me. I fear that the emperor will find it difficult to accept the crime of Princess Xingping because of Cao Jue’s incident, but I must make an order Punishment, I am afraid that it will hurt the brotherhood between me and the emperor, but I really can't explain the benefits to the emperor, so I can only ask the emperor's wife to dissuade the emperor, so that he will not question my arrangement."

"Your Majesty's arrangement is very appropriate, but... I don't know if the concubine can persuade the prince."

"It must be possible" Shinzong said with a smile, "who doesn't know that the emperor's brother has the utmost love for the emperor's wife, and he can't say that he obeys everything, but he almost obeys his orders. As long as the emperor's wife dissuades her, the emperor's brother will never go against the emperor's wife's wishes." of."

Concubine Di blushed a little when she heard this, she lowered her head slightly and said, "Your Majesty is serious. The prince has his own opinions on things. How dare the courtiers and concubines listen to false rumors. The rumors of others are not to be believed, but the prince has always loved the courtiers and concubines."