Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

After Zhang Wenxi left, Baili looked at the food box, "My lord, you'd better eat less, this food box is quite rich, you can eat some when you arrive at Chu Palace later."

“I don’t know if I can eat it or not”

"My lord, what did you say?"

Defang closed the door and said, "Do you know why Your Majesty asked the Gu Wang to take this to Chu Palace?"

"Because your lord is going to Chu Palace today, His Majesty asked you to take it with you."

"It's not that simple." Defang sat back on the round stool, "After His Majesty ascended the throne, Yuan Zuo was reinstated as King of Chu, and Wang Ji'en was expelled from the court. All the rewards sent were overturned on the spot, His Majesty has sent people to visit the Chu Palace in person many times, but Yuan Zuo closed the door to see the holy driver, His Majesty is very distressed by this."

"Why is the king of Chu like this?"

"Why else, Yuan Zuo was demoted from being the eldest son of the emperor to a commoner, and after more than ten years of house arrest, he felt more resentment than dissatisfaction."

"But the king of Chu can't blame His Majesty, and His Majesty has done nothing wrong, and His Majesty is the younger brother of King Chu, why is King Chu dissatisfied with His Majesty?"

"Brother?" Defang smiled, "Baili, how can you explain the royal affairs clearly? You have experienced a lot with the lonely king these years, don't you understand?"

"Bai Li is dull, and only understands a little bit. The King of Chu was demoted to a commoner by the first emperor, but His Majesty restored the title of King of Chu after he ascended the throne."

"What Yuan Zuo wants is not the prince."

"Don't want the prince? What else does the King of Chu want?"

"Fairness." Defang looked at Baili, "Have you forgotten why King Chu was demoted to a commoner by the late emperor?"

"It's been more than ten years since that happened, and His Majesty has also restored King Qin's title and summoned Prince Anding back to Beijing."

"What can these make up for? Yuan Zuo lost everything because of Uncle Qin's affairs. Now, what he wants, he will never get."

Baili suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at De Fang, "My lord, the king of Chu, he, I don't think he wants it."

Defang put her finger on her lips, and then shook her finger, "Don't say it, Baili, whether it's King Chu, King Gu, or everyone in my Zhao family, everything we have experienced, anyone No one will ever forget that the blood shed, the tears she cried, the piercing pain were all because of this." Defang looked at her hand, "Blood. Family. Sometimes the lonely king himself doubted this. Everything is not real."

"My lord. You still have your empress, the prince, the princess, and Your Highness Sun."

"Yes." De Fang smiled and nodded, "This is called blood relationship, and this is the truth."

Baili served porridge, "My lord, you should eat some."

Defang patted Baili, "I don't want to eat, the food and wine prepared by His Majesty are so good, it would be a pity if I couldn't eat them."

"Didn't you mean the king of Chu?"

"Others, Gu Wang doesn't know, but Yuan Zuo won't refute Gu Wang's face, Gu Wang has his own way, let's go."

"Then." Baili looked at the porridge and snacks, "These are wasted."

"Don't waste it." Defang smiled, "Baili, the lonely king walks slowly, clean up well, I'll wait for you at the door, hehehe"

"Thank you, my lord." Baili smiled happily. After Defang left, Baili ate all the porridge and snacks by himself, and ran out of Xiangguo Temple with a small basket covering his head with his sleeve, "My lord, everything is packed." .”