Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"How about that meeting?"

"At best, His Majesty would reprimand you at most. At worst, this...is really hard to say."

"How good is this Chai family? It actually caught Zhang Xiang's fancy."

"I'm not very clear about this, but this Chai family is Xue Weiji's stepwife, only 21 or [-] years old, and quite beautiful. His husband Xue Weiji is the adopted son of the late Prime Minister Xue Juzheng. Six years ago, Xue Weiji was the left leader Wei General, who was later granted the magistrate of Yanzhou, but died of illness before taking office. The Xue family has accumulated a lot of wealth since Prime Minister Xue came to Weiji. There was a lot of trouble with the incident, and it just subsided a little years ago, but I didn't expect it to start again now."

"My lord, I heard that Xue Weiji was quite naughty before, but then he suddenly changed and started to be kind and generous again. Does the Xue family have any wealth?"

"Ma'am, Prime Minister Xue doted on Wei Ji very much when he was alive, so he was really naughty when he was young. He often fought and played with young people in Beijing, drank all day long, listened to ancient music, and took actors to play, but because Prime Minister Xue was very busy. , I don’t know anything about him, and the prime minister’s salary is generous, and Weiji’s expenses are nothing at all.” Defang said, “After the death of Prime Minister Xue, the late emperor came to the mourning hall in person and saw Xue Weiji, who was very unlucky at the time, and said: I’m not worthy of Zi’an. Now, do you want to change your career? I’m afraid I can’t bear the burden of the first career, but what can I do!”

"Then Xue Weiji is not scared to death."

"Almost, Xue Weiji knelt beside the coffin, and when he heard the late emperor's words, his face was flushed with shame, and he was too frightened to get up. From that day on, Weiji changed his old ways, declined all visitors, was polite at the funeral, and welcomed more virtuous people. A scholar-bureaucrat, he dabbled in the history of books. The first emperor knew that he had repented, so he let him know Chanzhou and Yangzhou, and moved to the left Qianniuwei General. Soon, his mother passed away, and Wei Ji begged for the final order (Ding You three years, during the period Re-appointment), but the imperial court did not allow it, and issued an edict to let him know Henan Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion. Weiji did a lot of good deeds during his tenure and received a lot of rewards from the imperial court. If this happened, Prime Minister Xue has a spirit in heaven, if he knew this, he would be very sad."

"I really don't know how this will be resolved."

"Madam is worried that Prime Minister Zhang will be punished?"

"Well, Your Majesty attaches great importance to face. Zhang Xiang is the prime minister of a country. How can His Majesty take light responsibility for such a scandal?"

"Madam is right. Zhang Xiang is a talent valued by the Emperor Taizu. He has been an official for several years and has done a good job. After worshiping the prime minister, he has spared no effort for the community. If he is really punished for this matter, then... hey. "

"My lord, this matter has not yet been settled, and the concubine is just guessing."

"Isn't Madam guessing randomly? Madam said it is indeed so reasonable. Hey, it seems that this time, Zhang Xiang really encountered a problem that is more difficult than the government."

"My lord, don't talk about this, I still want to talk to you."

"Isn't Madam talking to me all the time, can't I hear enough? Hehehe"

"The prince has been talking about other people's affairs, which is not pleasant."

"Ma'am, you are the one who mentioned Zhang Xiang, but I just..." Defang looked at Concubine Di, "Okay, okay, I shouldn't have continued, hehehe"

"My lord, is there anything else bothering the court recently?"

"His business?"

"The concubine always feels that there is something on your mind, and when you are alone, you are in a daze."