Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang raised her head to look at Kou Zhun, then at Zhao Heng, was taken aback for a moment, and quickly got up, "See Your Highness the Crown Prince"

"Brother Wang, don't be too polite, sit down quickly." The three of them sat down, and Zhao Heng said, "Brother Wang, are you feeling better?"

"Go back to His Royal Highness, the minister is fine," Defang said weakly

"Brother Wang, I feel very uncomfortable seeing you like this. I know that Brother Wang is very sad because of Empress Song's affairs, but Brother Wang should also take care of his own body," said Zhao Heng.

Defang clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, but the queen mother has not yet been buried in the grave, how can she sleep in peace as a child."

Kou Zhun said, "My lord, Kou can't speak, but the matter has come to this point, there is no room for maneuver. Because of the matter of Queen Song, Wang Yucheng, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, has been demoted, and no one in the court dares to speak. Now the lord must take care of himself. Only in the future will I have the opportunity to do something for Queen Song. If the prince is immersed in grief again and again, what will the whole palace do? If your majesty knows that the prince is like this all day long, what will he think? In case someone maliciously slanders the prince, I'm afraid something worse will happen then."

"That's right, Brother Wang, Mr. Kou is right. The rumors in the court have never stopped. If someone uses this matter to make a big fuss, it may hurt Brother Wang and his family."

Defang listened, thought for a while, and felt that what Kou Zhun said made sense, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, what Mr. Kou said is indeed reasonable, hey, the lonely king doesn't want such a thing to happen, and bring everyone in the house into trouble."

"Brother Wang, this Palace still needs Brother Wang's assistance, please take care." Zhao Heng held Defang's wrist

Defang looked at Zhao Heng, "Thank you for your trust, His Royal Highness, I will definitely assist His Highness."

"My lord," Kou Zhun said, "I am here because of an important matter, and this matter is also related to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Defang looked at Kou Zhun, "Is it related to His Royal Highness? What's the matter?"

Zhao Heng was also puzzled, and Kou Zhun said, "After His Royal Highness was established as the crown prince, the people of the capital were very happy about this and cheered, because since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the first person to be officially established as the crown prince. , This is a great happy event, but His Majesty is unhappy about it."

Hearing this, Zhao Heng asked, "I also feel that my father has been neglecting me recently, and I really don't understand why."

Defang didn't notice it because of her mood, so she asked, "There is such a thing? Why?"

Kou Zhun leaned forward slightly and said softly, "Eunuch Zhang Wenxi said, Your Majesty once said, now that the crown prince is here, what am I?"

Zhao Heng and Defang looked at each other, and immediately understood, because the crown prince was uncertain for a long time, Taizong was already very upset. The passing of the emperor's brother made Taizong ponder for a long time whether to pass the throne to Taizu, and then because of Kou Zhun's advice In addition, Defang had already expressed his attitude, Taizong was determined to establish a crown prince, but now the people are very excited about the establishment of the crown prince, which makes Taizong feel dissatisfied.

Defang thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be detrimental to the crown prince and Lord Kou?"

"That's true," Kou Zhun said, "Now the key is to untie Your Majesty's knot."

Zhao Heng asked, "Then what should I do?"

Kou Zhun looked at Defang and said, "Tomorrow His Majesty will summon the officials in the Chongzheng Hall, and the prince can also go."

Defang looked at Kou Zhun, "What can the lonely king do?"