Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

On the second day, Defang came to the palace in a sedan chair, holding a golden mace, and entered the palace with Jiajun. A few days ago, Defang handed over the golden mace to Jiajun, and said to Rongxi, the deputy head of the internal servants, "I will trouble you, please tell your Majesty, I will see you if you have something to do."

The servant Rongxi looked at Defang, and walked forward slowly in a small step, with a half-smiling expression, which was very disgusting. Jiajun next to him glared at him, but Rongxi didn't see it at all, Rongxi crooked He said to De Fang with a straight face, "Your Highness, you look good recently. I heard that the Nanqing Palace has been full of people these days."

Defang had a calm face, fixed her eyes on the stone steps in front of the study, and said lightly, "This is all due to the kindness of Long Live."

Rong Xi looked at Defang again, and found that the conversation with him was uneventful and a bit boring, "I will report it now, Your Highness, later." Rong Xi turned around, walked in with small steps and pushed the door lightly. Xi came out and said to De Fang, "Your Majesty invites you to have an audience"

Defang walked into the Chongzheng Hall. The Chongzheng Hall was divided into two big rooms, the inside and the outside. The outside room was used to meet with courtiers and discuss political affairs. The inside room had several rows of bookshelves, all of which were classics and historical books, arranged in an orderly manner, and were often read by the emperor. When Defang walked in, he didn't see Taizong in front of the case, so he stood there and waited. After standing for a while, he heard a voice from the inner study, "Nephew, come from the inner room."

Defang answered "my nephew complies with the decree", then walked around the throne and came to the inner study room, and saw Taizong looking at a row of books with his hands behind his back. , Taizong did not turn around, but still looked at the book in his hand and said: "Forget it, do you have something important to see me at this time?"

Defang took out the brochure, "Nephew, I have a book to play." Taizong turned around and glanced at Defang, took the brochure, turned his back and looked at it, Defang kept bowing his head slightly behind, Taizong frowned slightly, and slowly Closed the booklet, thought for a while, turned around and looked at Defang and said, "What is this?"

"Your Majesty, these are the gift lists and quantities sent by people who have been to and from my nephew's house in recent days," Defang replied

Taizong looked at the brochure again, "There are a lot of congratulatory gifts for you, and the emperor's nephew's house can be decorated."

"My nephew's possessions today are all from His Majesty's grace. Your Majesty often bestows many items on my nephew. My nephew is deeply guilty. I present the gift list today, and I hope your majesty will fulfill one thing." Defang replied

"Oh? The items on this gift list are all precious, but the imperial nephew wants to tell me who the gift givers are, so that I can punish them for their crimes?" Taizong doubted

Defang still had a calm face, and said flatly, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the people who congratulated my nephew and ministers are all attracted by His Majesty's blessings, but my nephew cannot hold on to His Majesty's favor and forget that he is also the important task entrusted by His Majesty."

Taizong was a little puzzled, "Oh? Then why did you submit the booklet?"

Defang raised his head slightly, "Now, the change of generals in the Liao army has made the situation tense again. My nephew is not talented. I would like to ask you to lead the army. However, the military expenses and food are indispensable. Therefore, my nephew is willing to use all the congratulatory gifts as military funds. In return for His Majesty Long's favor."

Taizong looked at Defang, and felt a little different in his heart. The face that was smiling every day was gone, but now Defang's face was calm, like a quiet lake, which made people afraid to be easily disturbed. In his speech, he also deeply felt that kind of indifference, which seemed to have been honed for many years. Taizong couldn't help feeling a little bit sad. This was not what he wanted to see. Among the many nephews, he loved Defang the most, and used to hold Defang the most. He ran around, telling him the story of Emperor Taizu. Defang also liked this uncle very much. If there was anything he dared not say to Taizu, he would come and tell him first. There was a distance, and Taizong knew it very well, because power made him no longer trust anyone, but when facing family affection, that kind of inexplicable sadness always popped up suddenly, looking at Defang, Taizong at this time was more Out of pity, he put the bag aside, put his hands on Defang's shoulders and said, "Nephew, I will not let you go on an adventure, I only hope that you can help me"