Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

About half an hour later, Song Xie couldn't sit still anymore, walked to the prison door and called out "Defang! Defang!" After calling a few times without any response, Cao Bin also stood up and looked at Defang. , saw that he was still leaning against the wall, not saying a word.

Song Xie called out a few more times, and then asked Cao Bin, "Guohua (Cao Bin-word: Guohua), how is Defang?"

Cao Bin shook his head, yelled a few times, and looked again, and found that De Fang's face was flushed and his brows were tightly frowned. Cao Bin said to Song Xie, "Duke, the prince doesn't look very well, let's call the guards to come."

Song Xie couldn't see Defang, and he was very anxious at first. Hearing what Cao Bin said, he quickly shouted to the outside, "Come on! Come on!"

Hearing someone calling, the guard outside hurriedly opened the door and entered. He came to the door of Song Yu's prison and asked, "What's the matter with the Duke?"

"Go and see the prince, he didn't answer when we called him." Song Xie was very anxious

When the guard heard this, he hurried to Defang's prison door and shouted, "My lord, my lord!"

Defang still didn't respond, the guard looked inside and saw that Defang's expression was not right, so he quickly said to the soldiers behind him, "Hurry up and open the prison door."

The guard came to Defang quickly, and saw that his face was flushed and his forehead was full of sweat. The guard touched Defang's forehead with his hand, and quickly shrank back, "It's so hot, go and get cold water and a towel!" Lie down with Defang's support

The guard hurried out of the prison door, Song Xie asked, "What's going on?"

The guard said, "My lord has a fever all over his body and is seriously ill. The general will report to His Majesty immediately."

Song Xie was walking back and forth in the prison in a hurry, Cao Bin persuaded, "Duke, don't worry, I believe the prince will be fine."

Song Xie held the door of the prison and said to Cao Bin, "Defang is not like you and me who joined the army. He has lived in the capital for a long time, and he has been in this cold place for almost half a month. How can his body bear it?"

"Duke, worrying now can't alleviate the prince's condition, please stay calm and don't be impatient"

Song Xie shook his head, sat on the rock, and didn't say a word.

Next to Defang, two prison guards were busy bringing water to put a cold towel on Defang's forehead.

At this time, the guard ran to the gate of the inner palace to report, "Quickly inform Your Majesty, the virtuous king is seriously ill, and is currently unconscious."

The guard of the palace gate didn't dare to delay, so he immediately sent a message to the chief servant. Zhang Wenxi, the chief servant, came to Taizong's Chongzheng Palace to report. Taizong was surprised and asked, "What's the current situation?"

Zhang Wenxi replied, "Returning to Your Majesty, the general guard of the sky would not dare to make decisions and make people heal without permission, so I came here to inform you."

Taizong frowned slightly, turned around and said, "It is said that the imperial doctor will follow me to the prison."

"Abiding by the order" Zhang Wenxi hurriedly sent people to quarrel with the imperial doctor

Taizong brought the imperial doctor to the prison, and Cao Bin and Song Xi hurriedly knelt down to worship him. Taizong went straight to Defang and looked at him. He found that his breathing was short and his face was flushed. He touched his forehead with his hand and said to the imperial doctor, "Hurry up!" !"

The imperial doctor hurried over, took the pulse first, and listened to Defang's nose with his ear. When Taizong walked to the prison door and thought about something, Song Xie said beside him, "Your Majesty, please forgive Defang, all this is the old minister's fault." wrong"

Taizong looked at Song Xie, "Duke, the emperor's nephew voluntarily served as a guarantor for you and Cao Bin. The officials in the hall witnessed it. If I spared the punishment of the emperor's nephew, why should I explain to the ministers?"

"Your Majesty" Cao Bin knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is benevolent, and you have no doubts about your ministers. Now, the mistakes of your ministers and others have caused you to be implicated. Your Majesty deserves to die. I also ask Your Majesty to show you kindness and spare the prince's punishment."

Taizong looked at Cao Bin, "General Cao, you can't protect yourself now, how can you have the right to beg me?"

Song Xie held the door of the prison, "Your Majesty, it is not a pity for me to wait for death. Please forgive the virtuous king. He is only 24 years old and doesn't know anything."