Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Cousin said something like that?" Defang sighed softly, then nodded, "I understand everything the deputy prime minister said from the bottom of my heart, but... His Majesty has already made up his mind, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to change it. Zhigao has already drafted the edict, and there is no room for maneuver in this matter."

"Your Majesty, can you please postpone the date of the Northern Expedition? Even if it's only three months, at least three months can make the impetuous spirit calm down, and the strategic troops will be more appropriate."

"Deputy Prime Minister, this king tried to persuade His Majesty, but..." Defang shook his head, "Your Majesty folded the book of my cousin to this King, and said that the border gates are ready, and the soldiers are so willing to fight. Gao, Your Majesty also wants to use this morale to regain Yanyun."

"Prince" Li Zhi bowed and cupped his hands "Please think of a way"

Defang held Li Zhi's arms, "Vice Li, don't do this. This king knows that you are so daring to violate Long Yan's advice for the sake of your family, country and society. This king will come to your majesty again to weigh the interests."

"Thank you, my lord! I also ask my lord to take more care of this matter, my minister... Maybe this is all I can do..."

Defang heard Li Zhi's words puzzled, "What does Deputy Prime Minister Li mean by that?"

"The minister's old illness has recurred, and it hasn't improved for more than a month. His health is not as good as before. I don't know how long I can continue to share my worries for Your Majesty."

"Didn't it mean the wind and cold? How could it have been unhealed? Is it caused by being too tired and not resting? How about this, the king asked Jin Guoshou to take the pulse of the deputy prime minister, take a few medicines, and he will recover in a few days."

"My lord, my subject is...Heart disease, even if the national champion brings a magic pill, it may not be cured."

"Deputy Prime Minister, the Prime Minister is making things difficult for you, right?"

Li Zhi shook his head, "The minister is just one of the deputy prime ministers who assist Li Xiang. He has little power and lack of good strategies. It is better to let the virtuous ones earlier."

"Why did the deputy prime minister say that? You are my dignified deputy prime minister in the Song Dynasty. Above the golden temple, even a single word is related to the stability of the country. Don't talk about yourself like that."

Li Zhi cupped his hands, "The minister made a slip of the tongue...Don't blame the prince..."

"Vice Prime Minister Li, after working for so many days, you should take a good rest and go back home."

"Yes, my lord please too."

"Please" Defang returned to the gate of the palace. Baili was standing in front of him with his back facing him, waving both hands. Flapping his palms and giggling all the time, Defang also exhaled slowly, and a cloud of white smoke ran in front of Baili, Baili looked at it and slapped again, and then suddenly said, "I'm not breathing..."

Defang went around a hundred miles, "Well, yes, it was really fun"

"My lord, you have left the palace."

"Yeah, otherwise I wouldn't be bored out of my chief manager, hehehe, I'm pretty good at playing."

"Just played for a while... No, no... Just stood for a while..."

"Oh? Where did you go?"

"The little one went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and selected a small servant, a total of five people."

"Five? Why one more?"

"It's like this, that... There is a little servant who said that he must bring his sister, otherwise he won't come."

"Oh?" Defang smiled, "Won't you come without your sister? Then they have a very good relationship with each other."

"My lord, they are not biological brothers and sisters, they are from the same village. They only became brothers and sisters after entering the palace."

"That's really rare, even if there are several little maids, what about them?"

"The little one asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to record it. When I return home, the little one can ask Nangong to write a letter to recruit a servant."