Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Taizong looked at Song Xie, "If it weren't for you two, why would the emperor's nephew be in such a situation today?" Taizong walked up to Song Xie, "On the golden palace of the emperor's nephew, he used his life to protect the two of you under the golden mace bestowed by the late emperor. Now, the two of you The evidence of the crime is conclusive, and the emperor's nephew may not be able to protect himself."

"Your Majesty!" Song Xie knelt down, "I beg Your Majesty to pardon the virtuous king."

"Don't say any more!" Taizong turned around and walked into Defang's cell. At this moment, Taizong saw that the imperial doctor suddenly picked up Defang's hand and looked at Defang's eyes, which made Taizong very sad. Strange, asked "what's going on?"

The imperial doctor turned around and said, "Your Majesty, the prince has symptoms of poisoning."

"Poisoned?" Taizong walked over to look at Defang, "Isn't it a cold syndrome?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is indeed a cold, but there is also a symptom of poisoning," said the imperial doctor

"Who dares to poison you in this day and night?" Taizong asked

"Return to Your Majesty, I need to take a look at the food and tea that the prince has drunk." The imperial doctor walked to the table, checked the food and tea, turned to Taizong and said, "Your Majesty, this tea is indeed poisonous, but it is very light. Not enough to kill, but it can make people feel weak and cold."

Taizong turned around and glared at the guard, "Who is responsible for bringing in the tea?"

The guard hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the tea has always been delivered by the servants of the prison"

"Catch this person immediately!" Taizong ordered

The guard ran out and tied up the handyman after a while. The handyman knelt tremblingly. Taizong asked, "Is this tea poisoned by you?"

"Small... small... don't know"

"Bold! Lie in front of me, you don't want to live anymore" Taizong reprimanded

"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me, it wasn't made by a villain, the tea was delivered by someone."

Taizong was surprised, "Who wants you to forward it?"

"The villain didn't know him. He gave the little silver tael, saying it was tea specially made for the prince. He was afraid that he would not be allowed to send it in, so he asked the villain to forward it."

"Do you recognize this person's face?"

"Little people know"

Taizong ordered the general to imprison the handyman, and did not mention the matter to the outside world, so that people could secretly investigate the person who delivered the tea.

Song Xie was very anxious at this time, and said, "Your Majesty, someone wants to harm the virtuous king, there must be something inside this matter."

Taizong didn't speak, thought for a long time, turned around and looked at Defang who was lying on the rock, and said to the guard, "Send the virtuous king back to Nanqing Palace immediately, and the imperial doctor will follow up immediately for diagnosis and treatment."

The guard didn't dare to delay, several people brought Defang up on a stretcher, and sent him back to the Nanqing Palace. At this time, Jiajun saw that Defang was being sent back, so he immediately notified Concubine Di, and they hurriedly helped Defang to the palace. □□, because Jin Shangde, the Chinese master of the government, has not returned to his hometown, so he is treated by the imperial doctor and boiled medicine, but Defang has not shown any signs of sobriety.

Concubine Di kept Defang awake all night, holding his hand, her eyes filled with tears, seeing Defang lying so weak, she felt very sad.

On the second day, in the early court, Taizong did not mention Defang's poisoning, but only said that the virtuous king was seriously ill, and Enzhun went back to the mansion for treatment.

But at this time, Mi Dechao went up and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the minister received a secret report that the old Ministry of Duke Xing intended to support him as king, and sent a letter before."

"Oh? Where is the letter?" Taizong asked

"Inside the Nanqing Palace"

"Nanqing Palace?" Taizong wondered, "How could it be in Nanqing Palace?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Xing Guogong is the grandfather of the virtuous king. He once entrusted the letter to the prince for safekeeping and hid it in the study of the king's mansion."