Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang took the golden mace, looked at the three younger brothers and said, "The three younger brothers have been taught martial arts by the instructors of the Imperial Army. Brother Wang is not talented. This little effort is not enough. Besides, His Majesty just explained some things and has not done them yet, let alone the princess. I'm not in good health, I still need Brother Wang to go back to accompany me, Brother Wang can't play with my younger brothers like before, business matters, when I'm free, Brother Wang invites my younger brothers to Nanqing Palace to play."

Deming and Dechang pouted, "Brother Wang must invite you, otherwise we will go by ourselves."

Defang smiled "Of course, of course"

De Chong thought for a while, and said to De Ming and De Chang, "I have something to say to Brother Wang, you can continue to practice." De Ming and De Chang ran away, and De Chong pulled De Fang to the corridor, looked around, the guards He was far away, so he whispered to De Fang, "Brother Wang, have you heard about Uncle Wang and Prime Minister Lu recently?"

Defang glanced at De Chong, and she knew very well that recently there were rumors that Qin Wang Tingmei and Lu Duoxun were plotting to rebel, but there was no evidence, Defang thought for a while and said, "What do you mean?"

De Chong approached De Fang "It means that Uncle Wang and Prime Minister Lu are going to rebel"

Defang replied indifferently, "I believe His Majesty will have a holy judgment on this matter."

"Brother, don't you care about Uncle Wang at all?" De Chong was a little anxious

"Uncle Wang is my dearest relative, so there is no reason not to care about it, but the matter has not yet been settled, let's wait for His Majesty to come down and make a judgment."

De Chong supported Defang, "Brother Wang, Uncle Wang was framed by someone, we can't just sit idly by, if Uncle Wang and Prime Minister Lu are arrested, it will be too late, I will report to my father immediately" and then leave

Defang grabbed Defang, "No!" At this moment, Defang looked directly at Defang, as if ordering him. Defang had never seen such a complicated look in Defang's eyes, and he felt a little dazed. After regaining his composure, he nodded slightly and let go of De Chong's hand, "Your Highness, I've been rude... In short... don't act rashly, you are the eldest son of the emperor, and you have a heavy responsibility... That's all I've said, Your Highness Deliberation" Defang left without looking back. De Chong looked at Defang's back, full of puzzlement in his heart. He, the king brother, has always been known as a virtuous man. Knowing why Uncle Wang is indifferent now that he is in crisis, De Chong sighed and returned to the inner palace.

In the early morning of the next day, the civil and military classes lined up on both sides of the court hall, De Chong stood at the front of the courtiers, and De Fang was on the imperial steps with a golden mace in his arms. There was no seat at all, but since he had a drink with De Fang, Taizong every time Defang will be bestowed with a seat in the next court, so it has become a custom.

Taizong walked from the apse to the dragon chair, all the officials knelt down and bowed, and Defang bowed to pay respects. Taizong let the officials stand on their feet and bestowed Defang on the seat as usual.However, today's morning court is quite unusual. Several ministers reported the conspiracy between the King of Qin and Lu Duoxun. De Chong couldn't hold back, and was interrupted by the minister several times when he wanted to speak. Defang felt this very different atmosphere from usual, and felt a chill down his back. He looked at Prime Minister Zhao Pu who was standing below. In contrast, he was silent and expressionless. Defang knew that Zhao Pu was one of the founding heroes of the Song Dynasty. He was highly regarded by the Taizu in his early years. Will, now that he is paying homage to the Prime Minister again and assisting Emperor Taizong, he would always say something in his style, but at this time he didn't say a word, which is really abnormal, and Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun do have some personal grievances.