Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"If it is according to the imperial court regulations, the Xingping county master should be demoted to the county master, and he will be imprisoned for three months, and the county horse will also be demoted. The two must move out of the capital and go to the county of Xiaoyi, and their children will not be able to live. Yin Buguan."

"Your Majesty, it's so serious, then. So what should I do?"

"Sister-in-law, I have considered this matter for a long time. I will not lower Xingping's status, nor will I let them move out of the capital, but it is inevitable that Cao Jue will be demoted and Xingping will be imprisoned."

"Your Majesty, if Cao Jue is guilty of not being punished by sitting in the boudoir, then Xingping will also be criticized by others. In this case, the prince must be very heartbroken."

"I just don't want Brother Huang to be more distressed, so I summoned my sister-in-law here alone today."

"More heartbroken? What does Your Majesty mean?"

"The reason why I don't lower Xingping's status is because of her background."

"Xingping's life experience? Is it because she is the granddaughter recognized by Emperor Taizu and the daughter recognized by the prince, so His Majesty is so worried and embarrassed?"

Shinzong shook his head, "Sister-in-law, Princess Xingping was recognized by the Taizu since she was a child, and she was given her name by the emperor. Later, she was raised by the Wei Wang couple in the mansion. Before the wedding, she was considered a daughter by the emperor's brother, but the sister-in-law knows the name of Princess Xingping." The origin? And do you know why Wei Wang and his wife have raised Princess Xingping for more than ten years, but they want the emperor to recognize her as his daughter before the wedding?"

Concubine Di thought, "Back then, the Emperor Taizu said that this child was blessed, so he let Brother Wei take care of him first. Before Xingping got married, Brother Wei was no longer there. My sister-in-law wanted Xingping to have parents in the hall. But it's perfect, that's why Wang Ye recognized Xingping as his daughter."

"No, sister-in-law, Princess Xingping still has close relatives in the hall, and the one who arranged this for her is Emperor Taizu. I can't lower the status of Princess Xingping, otherwise it would be disrespectful to Emperor Taizu."

"Xingping still has relatives?" Concubine Di was very surprised, "Then whose family is she a child? Why was she in the palace back then?"

Zhenzong slowed down, and said softly, "Princess Xingping is the biological daughter of the imperial brother, the granddaughter of the emperor Taizu."

Concubine Di couldn't believe her ears, she stared at Zhenzong and the queen in a daze for a long time, "This. How is this possible? How could Princess Xingping be the prince's own daughter? Your Majesty, this."

"Sister-in-law, I also learned about this matter from Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Internal Affairs after I ascended the throne." Zhenzong took out another booklet, "This is the booklet written by Emperor Taizu's imperial pen, and Zongzheng Temple truthfully recorded the identity of Princess Xingping , and stated that you must not tell the emperor about this matter, but when the princess of Xingping County gets married, she will be officially canonized as the princess, and the records will be sealed up, and the matter will be excluded from the first emperor, Qin Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wangfei and those who have known this matter. Apart from a few people, you must never be known to others.”

"This. What's going on here? How could the prince have a daughter? When did this happen?" The more Concubine Di heard, the more she couldn't understand why so many people knew about it, and they were all close relatives of the royal family. , but she and Defang were kept in the dark, and didn't Defang even know that she had a daughter?This is too ridiculous.

"Sister-in-law, Princess Xingping was born in April of the ninth year of Kaibao, the first child of Brother Huang."

"April of the ninth year of Kaibao." Concubine Di thought, counting the days, "Your Majesty, this is impossible. If Princess Xingping was born in April of the ninth year of Kaibao, wouldn't the prince and Princess Xingping be the biological mothers?" We met as early as June, eight years before Kaibao?"

"Yes, to be precise, the emperor's brother and the mother of Xingping County met in June of the eighth year of Kaibao, and they only stayed together for three days. The Lord's birth mother will conceive a child."

Concubine Di shook her head, "No, Your Majesty, the Emperor Taizu decided to marry the concubine and the prince at the beginning of the eighth year of Kaibao, how could the prince get along with other women, and the concubine knows that the prince is not such a person, If he really has a woman he likes, he will definitely tell his concubines."

"Sister-in-law, Brother Huang is indeed not that kind of person, but sharing the same room with this woman is something he cannot defy, because it is an internal rule of the royal family, and Brother Huang was the prince back then, so he must do this. "

"Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't understand. What is the reason? Could it be that the prince is unwilling, and is there anyone forcing him to do such a thing? Also, where is the birth mother of Princess Xingping now?"

Zhenzong took out two more books, "Sister-in-law, this is the record of the servants and female officials who served the emperor's brother back then."

Concubine Di was a little dazed after reading the book, Zhenzong looked at the queen, and the two told Concubine Di a royal secret that was unknown to outsiders.