Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

In the evening, Jin Shangde checked Defang's pulse and withdrew. Concubine Di gave Defang a drink of soup, "My lord, it looks like your leg is fine, and you can fully recover after resting for a while."

"Yeah, it's already much better. It's still an excellent national medical skill. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be able to keep my leg."

"Although the national team has excellent medical skills, the prince is also a lucky man. With such a serious injury, he still has to go back to Beijing in a bumpy way. Others might not be able to persist."

"I have to thank Jia Juncai for this. The military medical officer didn't dare to scrape the blood on my leg, so he did it himself. Thanks to him, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go back to Beijing."

"Jiajun is really the prince's blessing, prince, treat you better, let's set up a table of wine and food, and reward Jiajun and the others."

"What madam said is to reward them well."

"Prince" Concubine Di covered De Fang with a thin quilt, "Rest early, and heal your injuries."

"Ma'am." Defang stretched out her hand to hold Concubine Di, "Don't go, this is your and my bedroom."

"My lord, your injury hasn't healed yet, and I'm afraid that my concubine might accidentally touch the wound."

Defang smiled, "No, you can't touch it when you sleep in it. I have been out of Beijing for more than a month, and when I returned to Beijing, I lay alone for almost 20 days. At night, I only thought about my wife and children, and there was no wife to talk to by my pillow. It's too pitiful."

Concubine Di looked at Defang's pleading face and nodded with a smile. Defang had been worried about him every day since she left Beijing, so why didn't she want to accompany him well, so she took off her coat and lay beside Defang.

"Ma'am" Defang slowly embraced Concubine Di, "I have been out of Beijing for a long time and made you worry about me, and after returning to Beijing, you have made you work so hard, taking care of my injuries, meeting guests on my behalf, and taking care of the queen mother and children Thank you very much, madam."

"Why does the prince still say thank you? As a wife, a concubine should take care of her husband. It is a mother's responsibility to take care of her children. It is the duty of a child to be filial to her mother. If the prince said thank you, then the concubine would become an outsider. "

"No, no, I said something wrong, don't blame Madam." De Fang smiled, "I just can't bear to see Madam so tired."

"Then besides the concubines, does the prince think anyone else can do these things?"

"Well... not really." Defang smiled, "By the way, ma'am, how is Xu'er these days?"

"Xu'er met all the officials, big and small, with good manners and manners. He did a good job."

Defang nodded, "That's good. He is the eldest son. After learning more, he will be more rigorous in doing things, so that he can protect and take good care of himself and his younger siblings."

"My lord, the children are very well-behaved and smart. I believe they will not disappoint my lord."

"Yes, they are all good children." Defang touched Concubine Di's face, "Madam, I don't want to leave you anymore."

"My lord, don't talk nonsense about what you can't leave."

"Ma'am, I didn't mean that. I just don't want to go out of Beijing like this again. I don't know if I'm going to die, and I want you and the children to worry about me."

"Then the lord should stop being brave." Concubine Di looked at De Fang, "The lord often says things that he regrets as soon as his head gets hot."

"Yes, I will follow Madam's order." Defang nodded, "If I do this again, Madam will teach me well."

"Will there be another time, my lord?"

"No, no," Defang kissed Concubine Di, "I would rather hear my wife talk about me every day, than leave my wife and go out of Beijing again."

The two talked for a long time before falling asleep. As Defang's injury gradually improved, Empress Song's mood also improved. The family spent a month very warmly. Emperor Taizong sent a sedan chair team to Nanqing Palace Taking Empress Song back to the East Palace, it was a sad parting. Defang and Concubine Di took the children to send Empress Song back to the East Palace. When they left, they knelt down and kowtowed.

Three months later, Defang recovered from his injuries, and fulfilled the promise he made with the children, making armor for each of them, and gave Weixian a dagger that he had drawn and made by himself, and then his family Jun Chongmingshang Eun took the children on a hunting trip outside the city.

The first battle of Xuhe severely damaged the vitality of the Liao Kingdom, and brother Yeluxiu was seriously injured in the battle. This year he was fifty-one, and the battle of Xuhe became his last battle against Song's southern invasion. Brother Yeluxiu twice Being defeated by Li Jilong, I was very unwilling, but the Liao army had lost the power to invade south.

After the war, Emperor Taizong rewarded the generals. Yin Jilun led the governor of Changzhou with his meritorious service. Because of his bravery and prestige, his reputation spread to the Liao army. Every time he heard Ji Lun's name, he was panicked and at a loss, saying that he was the "black-faced king" and warned him one after another, avoiding him in case of encounter.Emperor Taizong was delighted to hear this, and once again ordered Yin Jilun to be the training envoy of the Changzhou regiment.

A few years after the Battle of Xuhe, the momentum of the Liao army's southward invasion dropped sharply, and the Song Dynasty got a chance to rest temporarily.

In November, Zhenzhou deployed Guo Shouwen as a pawn. Guo Shouwen had been guarding the border for many years. He was in charge of the government and loved the soldiers. Five-rank official. (A few years later, Emperor Taizong thought of Guo Shouwen's meritorious service, and in the fourth year of Chunhua, he decreed that Yuan Kan's second daughter, Guo Shi, should be his wife. After Yuan Kan ascended the throne, Guo Shi was made queen.)