Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Jiajun" Defang looked at this loyal general, "Take Baili back to the Nanqing Palace quickly, and don't let the empress and the children have anything to do."

"My lord! The last general won't leave! The last general can't let you be wronged and imprisoned!"

"Jiajun!" Defang supported Jiajun, "The emperor's decree has been issued, and neither you nor I can resist the decree. Otherwise, the crime will be added to the crime. Even if the king is innocent, it is a serious crime to resist the decree! Go back quickly, and you must protect me." Good lady and children!"

"My lord, but what are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty will still investigate this case, and will definitely prove the king's innocence."

"But my lord, I clearly don't believe my lord's words just now, if..."

"Jiajun, this king is only worried that my family will suffer because of this. I beg you, go back and take care of them, which is the greatest loyalty to this king."

"My lord!" Jia Jun cried

Defang stood up, "Baili, hurry back with General Song and take care of your mother and children."

"My lord!" Baili also fell to the ground crying

Defang sighed, the imperial guards stepped forward to take Defang away, Jiajun got up and dragged Baili back to Nanqing Palace.

Taizong was very angry when he returned to Chongzheng Hall. He shouted to Zhao Pu, "He is really rebellious! How dare he kill the king! Send troops to Nanqing Palace immediately! Arrest everyone!"

"Your Majesty, this matter must never happen," Zhao Pu said, "The Nanqing Palace is a palace bestowed by the late emperor. Sending troops to break in like this is ignoring the late emperor's actions. After all, the prince is also the son of the late emperor. If he enters the palace and arrests the concubine and the prince, he may be punished." Criticize accusations."

"Criticize and accuse! Who dares! Now he is the one who kills the king! A rebellious minister who kills the king is a death penalty even if he is the son of the late emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down first." Zhao Pu said, "In my opinion, the prince may indeed have nothing to do with this matter."

"Irrelevant? Why is it irrelevant? Tell me!"

"Your Majesty, when the prince invited the theater troupe into the mansion, he didn't know that His Majesty was going to lift the ban on drums and hold a banquet in the palace. Moreover, Prime Minister Lu was in charge of hosting the banquet and inviting the theater troupe. The prince never asked about it. The assassins mixed into the theater troupe. It was also Ningde's team leader who agreed, and he didn't hear that the prince was involved in this matter, and what the team leader said just now, the prince had never met the assassin, and the assassin tried his best to save him, and the minister did indeed see the prince talking to the assassin , Just like what the prince said just now, the assassin said that he had met the prince several times, if the prince is really the mastermind, why did he have to talk during the assassination? And why did he admit this in front of His Majesty?"

Taizong seemed to relax a bit, "The prime minister means that he didn't do this matter? Who could it be? Who else wants to kill me besides him now!"

"Your Majesty," Zhao Pu advised, "Your Majesty is already under the control of the four imperial guards in the inner city, and he can enter the palace at any time to meet you. If you really want to assassinate Your Majesty, why bother to involve yourself?"

"Then based on what you've seen, what should I do now?"

"Your Majesty, you can first send troops to surround the Nanqing Palace and not allow anyone to enter or leave. This will not only achieve the effect of guarding, but also avoid the need to ignore the late emperor. Then find out the identity of the assassin and find out the person in charge. If the prince really Involved in the case, when the criminal evidence is convincing and then the government arrests people, no one in the world will dare to be dissatisfied and criticize."

"Okay! I'll convince him!" Taizong held the jade pendant fiercely, "If he really did it, I will definitely kill him!"

Jiajun brought Baili back to Nanqing Palace. Concubine Di was shocked when she heard about it, but even Nangongwen had no way to deal with it at this time, because it happened suddenly and there was no clue at all. Everyone was anxious. Wanting to go out of the mansion to visit Defang in the prison, unexpectedly the imperial guards arrived and surrounded the Nanqing Palace, all the gates were closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. In this way, the inside and outside of the Nanqing Palace were isolated, and they could only wait. trial results.