Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Yes, Your Majesty" Defang took the jade pendant with both hands, but just one glance shocked him. Defang stared at the jade pendant blankly. The picture on the jade pendant was so familiar, and the words in the middle were: Fang, Defang I can't believe my eyes, isn't this jade pendant given to Li Yu by myself?Why is it on the assassin.

Seeing Defang's strange expression, Taizong asked, "Nephew, do you see anything?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...this thing..." Defang looked at Taizong in a panic

"What? The emperor's nephew recognizes it? What is this?" Taizong asked.

Defang's hands trembled slightly at this time, "This...this is...yes..."

"Nephew, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you were injured by an assassin just now?" Taizong looked at Defang up and down.

"Your Majesty... this... this is... the subject's property..." Defang replied in a low voice

"What?" Taizong was stunned for a moment. "Nephew, I didn't hear clearly. What do you think is this thing?"

"Your Majesty" De Fang suddenly knelt down on both knees, "This... this is... this is the subject's property."

Taizong, the Empress, Prime Minister Zhao Pu, Lu Mengzheng, and the officials were stunned when they heard Defang say these words. The whole empty space suddenly became silent. Taizong stared at Defang who was kneeling in front of him for a long time. Then he said, "Nephew, did I hear you right? You said this thing is yours, right?"

"Yes... Your Majesty"

"Then tell me, why is this thing on the assassin?"

"I... don't know..."

"I don't know?" Taizong leaned forward and said, "Nephew, are you joking with me?"

"Your Majesty...how dare you speak falsely in front of His Majesty, this thing...is indeed yours..."

Taizong's complexion changed suddenly when he heard this, he looked at Defang and angrily said, "You are so brave! How dare you pay an assassin to assassinate me!"

"Your Majesty, no, I...I didn't bribe the assassin." Defang said hastily

Baili was startled when he heard this, and quickly knelt down too, "Your Majesty, my lord was wronged, Your Majesty will see clearly."

"Shut up!" Taizong said angrily, "Then why is this thing on the assassin's body! Why did you leave the meeting in the middle of the meeting just now! And why did you talk to this person during the fight! You explain it to me!"

"I really don't know why this thing is on the assassin's body. I doubt the people on the stage, so I went to the backstage to find out the situation of these people."

"Bring the class master here!"

The troupe leader Bai Haolin was brought in front of Taizong. They were tied up by the troupe before they appeared on stage. At this time, he was still tied up and kneeling on the ground. Taizong said, "Say it! Did the Eight Sage Kings look for you just now? What did you say?"

"Go back... back to Your Majesty... the lord... just now... I went to the grass-roots people and asked... what do those people do, the grass-roots people... said they were hired handymen... the lord I said I knew them, because...they went to the palace to sing an opera a few days ago, so I asked...ask them why they are in Caomin... Caomin's opera troupe."

Taizong snorted twice, "It turns out that they went to the troupe at the imperial nephew's mansion. What a coincidence, why didn't they go to anyone's mansion, but they went to the imperial nephew's mansion!"

"Your Majesty, I really don't know." Defang was very flustered at this time, "I just want to...to confirm their identities."

"Certify your identity? Hmph! You don't have a confirmed identity in your palace, but you want to confirm your identity when you come to the palace? Absurd! I see that you are clearly using an excuse to meet them secretly!"