Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"My lord!" Xiaopeng knelt down and said, "It's the empress who asked, little, little. Don't... dare not lie to the empress."

Defang looked at Xiaopeng, and slowly put down the teacup, "Ma'am. Me."

"My lord, why is this? Don't you believe what my concubine said before?"

"No, I believe what Madam said."

"Could it be that the prince still has doubts about his concubines?"

"No, madam, don't get me wrong."

"Misunderstanding? If you believe it and have no doubts, then why did the prince do this?"

"I. No. Ma'am, I am."

"The concubine couldn't even imagine that this matter would be done by the prince." Concubine Di was very angry. It turned out that after Defang took Xiaopeng to the vicinity of the Ministry of Justice that day, he ordered Xiaopeng to find a prostitute in the brothel, and said Mrs. Du, who is in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, invited her to drink tea at the official mansion. The prostitute was very happy, and after dressing up, she went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Qu Liandong came to the door and saw that she was really a female prostitute. He couldn't help being very angry. He ordered people to drive the female prostitute away. Waiting at the door, Du Wenkai was reprimanded by Qu Liandong for no reason, and he also left the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Seeing the prostitute came up to ask, the prostitute heard that he was Mrs. Du, she dragged her and yelled, and all the people came to watch, There was a lot of discussion for a while, and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment were very indignant seeing this. They felt that Du Wenkai had insulted the gentleman and damaged the dignity of the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, so they wrote letters to the Ministry of Officials one after another. For example, he suggested to Mu Peixiu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to transfer Du Wenkai out of Beijing. Du Wenkai lost his mind when he suffered such an innocent disaster, so he hurried to find Di Shoujie. A female prostitute, the female prostitute described to Di Shoujie the appearance of the person who invited her. After drawing by the painter, she found that the person in the painting was very similar to Bai Xiaopeng. Di Shoujie knew that Defang had misunderstood Du Wenkai, but it was clear that Concubine Di had He explained that he didn't want to make any mistakes in this matter, so he didn't reveal it for the time being, so he hurried to find Concubine Di. Indeed, if the person in the painting is really Bai Xiaopeng, then Defang must have ordered him to do it. Concubine Di found Bai Xiaopeng and asked each other. After Xiaopeng said everything, Concubine Di was not only surprised but also puzzled when she heard it, so she went directly to the teahouse to question Defang face to face.

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Defang could only say, "Ma'am, I did ask Xiaopeng to do this."

"My lord, why on earth is this?"

"I don't want Du Wenkai to stay in the capital."

Concubine Di looked at Xiaopeng, "Xiaopeng, you go out too, don't let anyone in."

"Yes, ma'am" Xiaopeng hurriedly withdrew.

Concubine Di asked, "Didn't all the concubines make it clear to the prince? Why can't he stay in the capital?"

"Ma'am, Du Wenkai concealed his background and falsely used other people's names. He should be dismissed from office. It is the greatest tolerance for me not to report on him."

"Prince" Concubine Di shook her head, "Back then, he was also implicated and convicted by his father. He had no choice but to conceal his life experience, and he had no choice but to pretend to be someone else's name."

"That's true, but the imperial court pardoned him, and he received grace to get rid of his crimes, so he should take the scientific examination in a dignified manner."

"My lord, the stigma of one's body cannot be cleared away in a lifetime. If it weren't for this, how could there be him as an official in Beijing this time."

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