Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

On the second day, Defang and Concubine Di were playing with their three sons in the main hall of Nanqing Palace. Concubine Di was still holding her little daughter Weiling in her arms. At this time, the gatekeeper suddenly ran in, "My lord, my lord, something serious happened."

Defang looked up at the goalkeeper, "Why are you so panicked?"

"Your Majesty, news just came from the palace that there was a mutiny in the frontier guards where General Cao and the Duke served. His Majesty has issued an order to reorganize the army. The ministers have arrived at the main hall. There will be orders coming to the mansion in a while. Enter the palace immediately."

Defang was startled, and Concubine Di was also very surprised. Defang said to the goalkeeper, "Where is Jiajun at this time?"

"Go back to the prince, Captain Song will be here soon"

After a while when Jiajun arrived, Defang got up and said to Jiajun, "Jiajun, this king is going to the palace right now. Listen carefully. Now you have full power to arrange the guards in the palace. No matter what happens, you must take care of the princess and the palace." The child is the most important thing, without my king's order, don't do anything."

Jia Jun was puzzled, "My lord, what happened?"

"Don't ask these questions. I can't delay now. If there are other matters in the mansion, you can go to Nangong Wen."

"My lord," Baili said, "I'll go with you, my little one."

"Baili, stay here and help your mother take care of the prince and princess." After Defang finished speaking, she said to the guard Chongming Shang En, "Prepare the sedan chair and enter the palace immediately."

Concubine Di held Defang back, "My lord, your fate is unpredictable."

Defang looked at Concubine Di, then looked at the three sons standing aside, touched the face of the little daughter in Concubine Di's arms and said, "Ma'am, this is the end of the matter, and I can only resign myself to fate, please." Madam take good care of the children." After finishing speaking, Defang walked out of the palace without looking back.

When the sedan chair arrived at the gate of the palace, the gatekeeper came over to pay homage, "Please see the prince, and please wait outside the gate of the palace with the guards of the prince"

In the past, when Defang entered the palace, if necessary, the guards would unload their swords and accompany them in. Today is very abnormal. Chongming and Shang En approached Defang, "My lord, how could this be?"

Defang turned her head and said to the two of them, "You guys wait here, if there is anything, please report to the mansion immediately"

Chongming looked at Shang En, stepped forward and said, "My lord, what happened?"

"Don't ask too much." Defang patted the shoulders of the two, turned and walked into the palace.

Chongming and Shang En were very worried, but they could only wait in front of the palace gate.

When Defang came to the main hall, he saw that all the ministers were lined up on both sides. Taizong was looking at him at this time, and Defang stepped forward, "I see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Taizong did not speak, but turned to Zhao Pu and said, "Share the investigation results of the Cao Bin and Song Xi case to all the ministers."

"It's Your Majesty" Zhao Pu turned around and read out the trial results to the officials. Zhao Pu received a letter from the border the day before yesterday. His deputy Sun Nong was killed. After killing Di Shoujie, he prepared to lead troops into Beijing to join Song Xie's former troops. Zhao Pu presented the belongings of Sun Nong and Di Shoujie sent from the frontier to prove that both of them died.

Defang was very surprised. Di Shoujie was the elder brother of the princess, and he was killed. When Defang saw Di Shoujie's belongings, he immediately recognized that it belonged to Di Shoujie, and immediately stayed there. Taizong looked at Defang. He said, "Nephew, this matter has already been revealed. Cao Bin and Song Xun intend to rebel, and I will send troops to pay them back."

Defang stood there, looked at Taizong and said, "I don't believe it will be like this"

"Don't believe it? Could it be that the letter from Guan here is fake? Could it be that Di Shoujie's belongings are also fake?"