Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

However, the maid who tried the room said, "No, I was chosen to test the room for His Highness because I didn't want such a thing to happen, and His Highness is already married. If this matter is known, it will make things difficult for His Majesty and the Empress."

"But this child is His Royal Highness's biological daughter, we can't leave her without a father."

"This child shouldn't have come into the world. It's all my fault. I can't bring trouble to Your Majesty, Empress, and Your Highness."

"Why is it troublesome to add a daughter to the royal family? This is a happy event."

The test room lady shook her head, hugged her daughter and stopped talking. That night, the old maid and the old lady discussed sending a letter back to the palace at dawn to report the matter to the emperor. The two came to the room of the test room lady early in the morning , but saw the female officer fell on the ground, and ran over to see that the female officer had already passed away. The two were shocked. Seeing that the child was still on the bed, they hurriedly picked it up. A large amount of poison rat arsenic was added to the water. She first fed the child a few mouthfuls, and then drank it all herself. As a result, the female officer was killed on the spot, but because the child had just drank milk, she vomited it all up after adding water. , so the body was not poisoned, the doctor quickly cleared the residual poison in the child's mouth, prescribed some decoctions, and asked them to go back and boil water to wipe the child's body. Zu and Empress Song were very surprised when they heard about this, and they immediately asked the medical officer to diagnose and treat the child. They were relieved after confirming that there was nothing serious about the child. However, Taizu and Empress Song thought for a long time about what to do with the child, because At that time, Mingzhi had been pregnant for several months, and the fact that the female officer gave birth to a test room must not be known to others, but this child was his own granddaughter after all, so Taizu and Empress Song decided to keep the child, and only said to the public that it was The old servant picked up the child in a small river leading to the outside of the palace. Taizu felt that the child was a good match, so he recognized the child as his granddaughter.

But if the child stays in the palace for a long time, people will always gossip, so Taizu summoned Dezhao and his wife to explain this to them, and asked them to take care of the child. Father, but you must not tell Defang the true identity of the child, and most importantly, you must not tell Defang that the female officer in the test room is dead, because the Taizu knew that Defang was too affectionate, and he would be very sad when the time came, and he would Take the child back, but once this example is opened, the female officer in the trial room will also get rich by virtue of her children, which will definitely cause chaos in the royal family system, so it is absolutely forbidden to disclose half a word about the female official giving birth to a daughter.

Taizu also personally named the child Junzhu, which is a homonym for princess, because Taizu intended to canonize Defang as king back then, and in the future he would become the prince to inherit the rule, so his child is naturally the princess. Moreover, the Minister of Zongzheng Temple at that time was asked to record the matter truthfully, but he must not speak humanely to outsiders.

Dezhao and his wife originally had three sons and two daughters, so Junzhu was loved by his elder brothers and sisters since he was a child. The Dezhao couple also let Junzhu go to play in Nanqing Palace from time to time. Junzhu was very obedient and treated the three younger brothers and one younger sister in Nanqing Palace very Taking care of her, and Defang's daughter Weiling likes this sister very much. Defang and Concubine Di are very happy for this, and they love Junzhu very much. According to Taizu's intention, Jun Zhu recognized Defang and Concubine Di as parents, and Taizong also canonized her as the princess. In this way, everyone completed everything that Taizu had arranged for Junzhu..