Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Then how can you be sure that I will let you go?" Defang looked at Concubine Di, "Could it be that my brother let Mrs.

"Yes, before Du Xueshu entered Beijing, my elder brother told my concubine, so after the prince left the mansion, my concubine went to tell my brother, Du Xueshu came to the palace, and my concubine used this as an excuse to let him enter the mansion. "

"Brother and Madam have done so many things in private without telling me, is it really because of his talent?"

"My lord, I know that I have made a big mistake and I shouldn't have concealed this from my lord, but my concubine is definitely not trying to hurt my lord."

"Madam, it's not important. I don't care about it. I just want to know one thing. Madam, please answer me."

"The prince wants to know what courtiers and concubines will answer truthfully."

"Madam really... just recognizes Du Xueshu, just... met him a few times, right?"

"Yes, I just recognize it and have met it a few times."

"Mrs. to him. Never."

"Never."

Concubine Di said, "The concubine has been with the prince for 26 years. Doesn't the prince know what kind of temperament he is? If the concubine really had something for him back then, would the concubine still be the wife of the prince today?"

Defang looked into Concubine Di's eyes and searched hard for something. After a long time, Defang finally hugged Concubine Di slowly, "Ma'am, I believe everything you say. .”

"From the beginning to the end, the concubine only has the prince in her heart."

"I know, but... there will always be some. I'm sorry ma'am."

"My lord did not apologize to my concubine. I thought that what happened back then was not worth mentioning. This time, my concubine just wanted to help him with my brother. How could I make you bother to guess because of this? This is all concubine. wrong."

"It's because I think too much, and I can't ask."

"My lord, my concubine is a little puzzled. Du Xueshu only went to the mansion twice to bow down. Why would you think of investigating him? Could it be that he said something wrong? Or did something wrong?"

"No, just like what my brother said, I was really surprised that he, a small official, dared to come to the palace, and it was stated in the official calendar that Du Wenkai was from Linjiang, and he only served as an official in Qingxi and Laizhou." Defang Looking at Concubine Di, "But I can tell that he speaks with a little Xuzhou accent. My father-in-law is from Xuzhou, so I'm very familiar with it when I hear it, and there's that."

"What else?"

Defang looked at Concubine Di and avoided her eyes again, "He came to the house, Madam, you seem to always speak for him, so... I was thinking that he is not so simple."

"It turned out to be because of the concubine, no wonder you asked Nangong to go out of Beijing to investigate in person."

"Madam, if elder brother asks me to help Du Xueshu, I can still refute elder brother's face."

"Du Xueshu is my brother's good friend. If I intercede for him just because of this, my brother won't be able to speak up, and I can't let the prince be selfish because of this, so I came up with Du Xueshu's idea of ​​using extension paintings and stone carvings to give gifts to the prince. In this way, Emotion and reason and law make sense.”

"Elder brother is a person who respects love and respects the law." Defang sighed, "Elder brother always tells his wife what he has to say, but my wife doesn't tell me."

"My lord, my concubine did not expect this to happen."

"That was the case with the brothers and sisters of the Wang family last time. If Madam wanted to protect them, she would not say anything. If I hadn't discovered their identities and made them stop Yu Jia, then the Wang family's grievances would not only be difficult to clean up, but even their I can't save my life." Defang held Concubine Di's hand, "Madam, no matter what happens, let me share it for Madam, okay?"