Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

At the beginning of the eighth year of Kaibao, Emperor Taizu decided on the marriage between Defang and Di Fu's daughter, and planned to hold the wedding ceremony in the month when Defang turned 16 years old. Defang's birthday is in July, so the middle months The Taizu ordered the Zhengzong Temple, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Sitian Supervisor to prepare for it, and Defang invited Di Mingzhi to visit the inner palace from time to time, or sent guards to deliver some things, or went to sit in Di's mansion by himself. Everything went smoothly until one day in mid-June, when it was getting late, Defang went to the study after taking a bath in the bathroom. He planned to read a book before going back to the bedroom to rest. In the palace courtyard, Wang Jien was still respectful to De Fang at this time, and he did not dare to be presumptuous at all. Seeing that the door of the study room was open, he stood in front of the door and saluted respectfully, "Your Highness, Your Majesty and Empress, please come to the bedroom."

Defang stood up and went to the door and asked, "My lord, do you know why the father, the queen and the queen are summoning you at this time?"

Wang Jien bowed his head and cupped his hands and replied, "Your Highness, I don't know about the humble position, but His Majesty said it is very important, so please go there."

Hearing this, Defang didn't dare to delay, and took Baili with Wang Jien to Emperor Taizu's bedroom. Emperor Taizu and Empress Song told Defang something about their wedding with Di Mingzhi, the daughter of the Di Mansion, because if there was another The big wedding ceremony will be held in a month, Defang looks very happy, but before returning to the dormitory, Taizu told him, "Defang, the emperor will have some special arrangements for these three days, you must act according to the will, you must not Disobedience."

Defang was confused when he heard that the wedding must follow the arrangement of Taizu and Empress Song, and she likes the daughter of the Di Mansion very much, so how could she disobey her orders, so she did not doubt him, and she was very happy to bow her hands and salute, "Son I would like to obey the imperial father's will and never disobey orders." Then he returned to the dormitory.

Seeing this, Empress Song was a little worried, "Your Majesty, Defang doesn't know what's going on. If I take him tomorrow, I'm afraid he won't accept it."

But Taizu said, "Don't worry too much. I will personally watch Defang. This is an internal system of the royal family in the past dynasties. It is a custom. As a prince, he must do it. It is also for his own good. This child and his brother Dezhao It's different, his temperament is too introverted. Dezhao knew this before he was fourteen years old, but he didn't seem to know it. Apart from practicing martial arts and reading books every day, he spent the rest of the day doing flowers, grass, fish and birds. If I didn't arrange it like this, it would be great Wasn't he at a loss on the wedding night, the queen can rest assured that nothing will happen."

Defang returned to the dormitory and said, "Baili, let's go to Di Mansion tomorrow."

"Your Highness, I went there yesterday, please wait a few more days."

"I went there yesterday, so I can't go tomorrow?" Defang was not very happy. "Now I don't see Miss Di for a day, so I feel empty in my heart."

"Little Highness, don't worry, His Majesty has issued an imperial decree, Miss Di will not run away, she will be your wife sooner or later, after your wedding next month, you can be with Miss Di every day."

"Isn't there still one month left?" Defang walked back and forth in the room, "Baili, that's it. I will go to Di's mansion tomorrow afternoon. Miss Di said yesterday that she would embroider a sachet for me. I will get it myself. Is this an excuse?"

"My little Highness," Baili said, "you are a dignified prince, and if you go out by yourself for a sachet, others will laugh at you if they know."