Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"The concubine should take care of the children by herself, so that they can get along with their parents every day."

"Madam has painstakingly cultivated the children. Now the children are very sensible and strong. This is all thanks to Madam."

"This is the responsibility of a concubine as a mother." Concubine Di patted Defang's hand, "My lord, don't stand and talk, sit down and have a rest."

"I'm not tired, I just want to watch my wife talk."

"The concubine is by the lord's side every day. If the lord feels that talking is not enough now, he can lie down at night and continue talking. The concubine will always be with the lord."

Defang nodded, and did not let go of Concubine Di's hand. Concubine Di didn't know that she was infertile, so she didn't understand what happened to Defang. It was only because he was worried about her illness, so she didn't ask any more questions. .

In the evening, Emperor Taizong held a banquet, named Pan Mei the Duke of Dai, and gave Zhe Yuqing generously. Because Zhe Yuqing was still stationed, only Pan Mei returned to the capital. During the banquet, all the officials congratulated Pan Mei and toasted. The battle went smoothly and they were very happy. Everyone was drinking wine, the maid in the middle was dancing with the sound of drums, everyone was smiling, but only Defang was sad. Baili poured a glass of wine for Defang and leaned over his ear side said

"My lord, this is a celebration banquet, you should have a few drinks."

Defang took a drink from the glass and asked, "What time is it?"

Baili looked at the sky, "It should be Haishi."

"It seems that I can't leave until I'm ugly..." Defang was a little anxious, "Why don't I find an excuse to return home?"

"My lord," Baili frowned, "If you leave alone, I'm afraid someone will say that you don't give Your Majesty and General Pan any face, that would be a big deal."

"How can I be in this mood now?" Defang sighed, "Uncle Wang was demoted to Fangzhou, and several younger brothers suffered along with him. Even his married sister, Princess Yunyang, was deprived of her title. Now my wife is still suffering from a chronic illness. I don't know how much I will suffer in the future, and this king will not be happy at all."

"Prince" Baili hurriedly pulled Defang's clothes, "Keep your voice down, it will be troublesome if others hear you, and now because of the matter of King Qin, people in the court are panicking, let alone you, a person with a special status, You must not make the same mistakes as King Wei and King Qin, otherwise it will be fine for the little ones to die, but what about the princess, the three princes and the little princess."

Defang sighed again, picked up the wine glass and drank it down again, then looked at the officials below in a daze, Baili quickly poured Defang the wine again

"My lord, eat some meat and vegetables, drinking on an empty stomach will hurt your health."

"Don't talk so much." Defang picked up the wine glass and drank it down again. Baili added a piece of meat to Defang with chopsticks. "You eat the meat first, otherwise the younger ones won't pour you wine."

Defang turned to look at Baili, "Why are you so annoying."

"The small ones are annoying." Baili pointed to the plate, "You eat the small ones first."

Defang snorted, then picked up the chopsticks and ate the meat, Baili smiled and poured wine for Defang, "My lord, drink slowly, they are here anyway, isn't there still something good in the mansion, don't be too much Don't worry, the lady will be fine."

"The king wants to go back and talk to his wife."

"My lord, just bear with me for a few hours."

Defang and Baili were talking, Taizong came over with a wine glass, he put the wine glass in front of Defang, when Defang saw the wine glass, he looked up and saw that it was Taizong, he was really startled, Baili thumped Kneeling down, Defang stood up abruptly and almost tripped over the chair, hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I'm sorry...