Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have indeed seen it, and this mirror is in my residence."

"Oh? In the Royal Brother's Mansion?"

"Yes, in the third year of Qiande, when I was just six years old, the Taizu gave it to me after learning that the bronze mirror was from the former Shu. I just used it as a plaything. After 11 years, I moved into Nanqing Palace. Put them all in a box and transport them to the Nanqing Palace, and at first the minister’s concubine also used them for a while, and then they were taken by Ling’er to play with.”

"Did you take Ling'er to play? Hehehe, can you still find it?"

"I can find it, Your Majesty, do you want to see it?"

"That's the best." Zhenzong stretched out his hand, "Brother Huang, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Defang and Zhenzong sat down, and Zhenzong said, "Brother Emperor, the list will be released in three days, and the court will have many more capable officials."

"Your Majesty, I heard that nearly 6000 students entered Beijing for the exam this time, and more than a thousand students entered the palace exam, which is much more than in previous years."

"Yes, this is also a grand event, hehehe" Zhenzong picked up the tea bowl, "The day when the ranking is released must be very lively, there may be thousands of people on the imperial street watching."

"On that day, there will be continuous firecrackers, and the students who have made the list will be surrounded by congratulatory crowds. How many families will be honored by their grandchildren's talents."

Zhenzong put down the tea bowl, turned his head and said softly, "Brother Emperor, how about...let's go out of the palace in low clothes, and you can accompany me to Yujie to have a look."

"Huh?" Defang looked at Zhenzong and blinked his eyes when he heard this, thinking why His Majesty is the same as I thought. "Your Majesty, you... want to leave the palace? Let the minister follow?"

"Yes, Brother Huang will bring Baili and General Song, and I will bring Zhou Huaizheng and Hua Tiangang, and we will go to Yujie to see the excitement on the day when the rankings are announced."

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of people and vehicles in Yujie on weekdays. If the list is released again, the Yujie may not even be able to move carriages and sedan chairs. Your Majesty is a body of gold. It is not a trivial matter if you bump into it. If something happens again That minister really can't bear it."

"Brother Huang, this is the capital city, the most benevolent place in the Great Song Dynasty. If something happens to me in my Bian capital, the imperial guards and officials of the Kaifeng government should be held accountable."

"Your Majesty, there are all kinds of people in this imperial street. If you encounter a reckless and rascal, you are afraid of getting into trouble."

"Don't be afraid, doesn't the emperor often take the emperor's wife out of the mansion to play? You are the most familiar with Yujie. With the emperor and General Song Hua, what else can I do?" Zhenzong smiled, "Emperor, That's it, the list will be released in three days, and I will wait for you at Xihua Gate after changing my clothes."

"But Your Majesty..."

Zhenzong shook his hand, "That's it, that's it, Brother Emperor, come and drink tea, drink tea."

Defang had lunch in the palace, and had some poems with Zhenzong's calligraphy and painting. After the unitary hour, Defang finally found an excuse to refuse to have dinner with Zhenzong, and hurried out of the palace to return to the palace. The children had already eaten in the dining hall at this time, Defang entered the door and said, "It's just in time to come back, Baili, give the lonely king a bowl of rice."

The children got up quickly, and Defang waved her hand, "Don't get up, don't get up, eat quickly"

"My lord," Concubine Di asked, "it's past the time of the year, did your majesty not keep you for dinner?"

"I stayed, but I came back after finding a reason. I didn't have a good lunch. It's still comfortable in my house."

"What? Did your majesty ask the prince to do something again, so you don't want to stay in the palace?"

"Ma'am, you are Kong Ming, you really guessed it right, Your Majesty..." Defang looked at the more than 20 children and grandchildren sitting around the table, paused and said, "Well, I don't eat or sleep. I'll talk to Mrs. when I go back to the house."

Standing up from the ancient station, he took a bowl of soup, "Grandpa, let's have a bowl of soup first."

Defang looked at the ancient times, "I haven't eaten yet, how can I drink soup?"