Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"My brother has already told my concubine what the lord cares most about." Concubine Di said, "In fact, Du Wenkai doesn't have feelings for my concubine. He doesn't marry a wife because he really has no way to get married."

"No way? What does this mean?"

"Du Wenkai was assigned to the Bianguan Stone Field due to his father's crimes, but unexpectedly, he was hit in the waist by a falling stone. He lay on the bed for three months before he could barely walk. The doctor told him that the falling stone hit the waist bone and marrow. It is not easy to save your life if you hurt the vitals, but you will not be able to reproduce in the future."

"So that's why he didn't marry a wife."

"Yes, because he could no longer move the stone, he was taken to learn carving from a stonemason. Three years later, the late emperor pardoned him. He returned to his hometown and took part in the scientific examination under the pretext of being an official."

"Ma'am, then...then why does he always look at you?"

"He's not looking at the concubine." Concubine Di said while holding Defang's hand, "he's looking at the child."

"child?"

"Yes, Du Wenkai can't marry a wife and have children, so he likes children very much, and he has adopted them. But every day when he looks at children, he thinks of his own painful experience, so he has to let people take the children away, but every time he sees other people He can't help but look at his children, these two times when he came to the palace, he was actually looking at Xinkang and Cong Kuang."

"Look at the child." Defang thought about it carefully, and thought of the second meeting in the garden. When she hugged Cong Kuang, Du Wenkai was also stunned. Fully understood, "Yes. That's it. I really am." Defang closed her eyes and sighed, "The national player is right. How can you see the truth behind the blindfold? What you ignore is indeed the root cause."

"My lord, now that things are clear, your mental illness should be better, right?"

Defang nodded, "Ma'am, I didn't fully understand it until now. Life is really like a chess game. One wrong step, one wrong step, but I don't know it at all. I didn't understand until the end, but it was too late."

"It's not too late." Concubine Di pointed to the imperial decree, "This step of the prince is enough to reverse it, because there is nothing that the Eight Sage Kings cannot do."

"lady."

Early the next morning, Defang felt a little unwell. The national hand took his pulse, saying that it was caused by the stagnation in his heart and the weakness of his meridians. He would be fine after a few days of rest. Concubine Di took care of Defang in the room and fed him decoction After falling asleep, Baili walked in, "Mother, Master Di is here."

"Please."

Di Shoujie walked into the dormitory and saw Defang lying down with some soup, so he hurried forward and asked, "Ma'am, what's the matter, my lord?"

"Some discomfort, just lie down, brother, why are you here?"

"Du Wenkai is about to leave Beijing, and he said he has something to tell the prince."

"What?"

"Du Wenkai said that he had failed the prince. He wanted to come to the palace to kowtow to plead guilty, but he felt shameless, so he wrote a letter and asked me to hand it to the prince." Di Shoujie took out the letter, "Madam, then take care of the prince, I will go Send Du Wenkai off and be back soon."

"Brother, wait." Concubine Di took out the imperial decree from the pillow, "Hurry up and give it to Du Wenkai."

"Your Majesty, why is there an imperial decree?"

"This is the prince who asked His Majesty yesterday to revoke the dispatch order of the Ministry of Officials. His Majesty has ordered Du Wenkai to remain in his post."

"The prince went to ask His Majesty? What's going on?"

"My lord knows everything now, brother, go and declare the decree first, and I'll tell brother when I come back."