Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Concubine Di finally understood what was going on after reading the booklets left by the old maid and the old female official, listening to what Zhenzong and the queen said, and thinking about Defang's previous performances. It turned out that the outside of Yongcheng couldn't help being a little surprised, and muttered to himself, "Heitugang. Is that the story?"

"Sister-in-law, what's the story of Heitugang?"

"Your Majesty, many years ago, the concubine and the prince visited the south in low clothes. When they arrived at the black soil hill outside Yongcheng, they heard a story that a tomb robber once dug up a woman's coffin with a lot of silver in it. It was wrapped in a piece of bright yellow cloth, and the wooden sign next to it read: I am born with the blood of the royal family, and I hope that the underworld will have mercy. Therefore, the local people rumored that this woman must be from the previous dynasty, and she was pregnant with the blood of the royal family to avoid the war and live here. No one knows whose child she is pregnant with, let alone where the child went."

"There is such a legend?" Zhenzong was also very surprised.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the local people also said that the imperial court later built stone roads leading to Yongcheng and other counties in this place, and the government also sent people to rebuild the original mass graves, and reduced the tax here. His life has also improved, the night he stayed at the Heitugang Inn, the prince dreamed of the female officer and heard the baby crying."

"Could it be that the emperor saw that female official?"

"No, the prince said that the female officer turned her back to him, and she was far away, and the baby's cry was also far away. The female officer said thank you very much, the prince. When he woke up, the prince was crying, but because there was a baby in the store at the time, So I didn’t pay too much attention to it, I only thought it was like this after hearing the rumors, the prince also saw that the local people are living affluently because of the imperial court’s favor, so he went to the government to change the name of Heitugang to Longgang, and reported it to the late emperor.”

"So that's how it is, it's God's will." Zhenzong was very emotional. He looked at Concubine Di who looked a little lonely and said, "Sister-in-law, in fact, the matter of the female official is not what the emperor wishes, and no one expected to give the female official the medicine." It didn't work."

Concubine Di nodded and said, "Your Majesty, all the courtiers and concubines understand that the Emperor Taizu made such an arrangement for the prince. The prince is a loyal and filial person. He will not violate the will of the Emperor Taizu. However, the prince is kind. If you know This will definitely hurt you.”

"Yes, and once this matter is known, someone in the court will take the opportunity to make trouble." Zhenzong sighed, "The emperor's brother is the name of a virtuous king, and I will never let this matter affect the emperor's brother. "

"Your Majesty, how do you deal with it?"

"I have decided to accept the request of the supervisory censor You Shuru. Cao Jue will be demoted and punished for the crime of infidelity in the boudoir, and Princess Xingping will also be imprisoned for this."

"Your Majesty, He Gu, the owner of Xingping County, is going to be imprisoned. Although the prince doesn't know that she is his own daughter, he will not watch her be humiliated."

"The emperor always listens to the emperor's wife the most. I hope that the emperor's wife can persuade the emperor to accept my punishment of Xingping princess and the county horse."

"Your Majesty, since Princess Xingping is the prince's own daughter, the concubine can't bear to see her suffer even more. The concubine can't accept it, let alone the prince. Moreover, the Emperor Taizu didn't want others to know about it back then, but you have disclosed it today. Tell the concubine, I don't know why?"

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