Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Everyone in the room was stunned when they heard the words, and there was no sound for a long time. Defang slowly came back to his senses. Tears welled up in his eyes and flowed down his temples. He patted Chongming's hand lightly, "Let's put it down."

Chongming Shang En turned to look at Concubine Di, Concubine Di nodded, and several people supported Defang to lie down slowly. Seeing that Defang was silent and she just closed her eyes and shed tears, Concubine Di signaled everyone to back out and sit on the bed Holding his hand with tears in her eyes, Defang shook her head with sobs, "Ma'am. It's late."

"My lord." Concubine Di didn't know how to comfort De Fang, so she could only silently stay by his side.

At this time, there was a lot of mourning in the palace. Zhenzong fainted due to excessive grief.

[Empress Dowager Li: Empress Taizong of Song Dynasty, sister of Li Jilong, died of illness in Wan'an Palace in the first year of Jingde, at the age of 45, was buried in Shatai first, and buried in Yongxi Mausoleum three years later. 】

After the death of Empress Dowager Li, Zhenzong did not go to court for many days, did not have soup and food every day, and cried to the palace. Five days later, the masses asked Zhenzong to go to the court to listen to the government, and wrote to plead for three consecutive days, but Zhenzong refused one by one. Prime Minister Li Hang and Deputy Prime Minister Wang Qinruo went to the palace twice to implore Zhenzong to attend the court, but Zhenzong only met them in the teahouse.

Li Hang held his hands behind his back, lowered his head and frowned, his eyes only looked at the ground in front of him and slowly walked towards the palace gate. Wang Qinruo looked at Li Hang from behind, and leaned closer and said, "Prime Minister, Your Majesty has ignored government affairs for eight days. The dragon's body is getting thinner and thinner, and the dragon's face is haggard, it's not okay to go on like this."

Li Hang sighed softly, "That's right, this is not the solution, how does His Majesty govern like this? Besides, the Eight Worthy Kings are still recovering from their injuries, and there are many government affairs. Not only are the officials urgently waiting to perform their duties, but the people are also praying for His Majesty to come to court as soon as possible."

"Prime Minister, I heard that these few days' papers are full of imperial cases. Border affairs are tight. Serious cases need to be investigated. The people need to be appeased. There are still many things that need to be approved. Look... Do you want to deal with it specially? This is also for the sake of the community. "

"What does the deputy prime minister mean?"

"The prime minister will review the papers to be approved first, and then submit them to His Majesty for review."

"The truth?" Li Hang shook his head, "No, no, it's inappropriate, His Majesty has already given the order to let the Eight Worthy Kings take full power to handle the government affairs. Although the prince is still recuperating, the imperial decree has not changed, and the truth has no right to approve the memorial. "

"But the ministers' report can't just be put on hold like this? Prime Minister, there has been a change in the army of the Liao Kingdom. Although the Eight Sage Kings have ordered border towns on their behalf, the situation of your majesty is related to the country. If it affects morale, it will be a big deal. It's not a trivial matter, Prime Minister, what do you think?"

"You can also see that His Majesty's grief is getting worse, his face is haggard, and the ministers have written many petitions to no avail. You and I have also asked several times before we can see His Majesty. Now... hey." Li Han shook his head, "The truth is true." I don't know what's going to happen."

Wang Qinruo cupped his hands and nodded, "What the prime minister said is true, what he said is true, it is indeed difficult."

"Vice Prime Minister, the truth is that I have to pass on His Majesty's oral order to the four princes, and then go to the Privy Council to discuss with the ministers. Let's leave the palace as soon as possible."

Wang Qinruo smiled unnaturally, "Prime Minister, I feel sick to my stomach, why don't you go ahead and I'll go to the Privy Council later."

"Okay, that look will go directly to the Privy Council later."

"Yes, please, Prime Minister."

"Please" Li Hang nodded and walked towards the palace gate, Wang Qinruo looked at Wang Dan who was walking away, turned around and entered the inner palace again, and left the palace for the Privy Council after a long time.