Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

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"My lord always says this every time he goes to Beijing on business."

"That's right." Defang smiled, "So every time I come back safely, isn't it ma'am?"

Concubine Di smiled and nodded, "The concubine will help you prepare some clothes for the past few days. The weather is hot now, and you may easily get sick after working so hard to protect food all the way. You have to take care of your health."

"Yes, ma'am." De Fang added some tea to Concubine Di, "Madam, come with me to the East Palace to accompany my mother these few days."

"Can the concubine go too?"

"Well, the queen mother misses you very much, and the queen mother will be very happy to talk to her."

"Great, the concubine will make some refreshments and soup and porridge to take away tomorrow morning."

"Then make more, the children like to eat too, but don't work too hard, let Ke'er and the people in the dining room do more for you."

"The concubine can't get tired doing these things, and what the prince does is the big deal."

"No, food seems to be a trivial matter, but it is not a trivial matter. Food is the most important thing for the people. This time, the imperial court sent troops to protect the food supplies because of the lack of food in the Weilu army. The Liao people also invaded the Song Dynasty southward for food. , so if we don’t even have enough to eat and see Liao people gurgling, it would be embarrassing, hehehe”

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"My lord..." Concubine Di looked at De Fang seriously, "This concubine will not stop you from fighting for your country...but...after what happened before, my concubine will not see the prince for a moment It will be uneasy, so... there will still be some..."

"Madam" Defang sat close to Concubine Di, held her hand, looked into her eyes and said softly, "I only want you to know one thing, I live for you, I will not let myself have trouble, because I don't want to You suffer from sorrow."

Concubine Di held back her tears, calmed down, and patted Defang's hand, "Then these few days, the concubine must let the prince eat enough before leaving Beijing."

Defang nodded, "As long as my wife prepares it, I will finish it."

In the next few days, Defang and Concubine Di went to the East Palace to accompany Empress Song every morning. In the afternoon, they took their four children to drink tea and talk in the garden and teahouse. Because of the lack of horses, a lot of cattle, donkeys and mules were also requisitioned to pull the carts. Taizong also ordered Shang Zhaoyi and Chang Yuanzong, the generals of the left guard, as deputy generals, and named Song Jiajun as the deputy general. The conquest envoy, General Dingbei, led three thousand Imperial Guards to obey Defang's orders. In the Nanqing Palace, Jia Jun and Chongming Shang'en selected fifty Imperial Guards with the best martial arts skills. Everything was ready. Emperor Taizong issued an order to guard The food supply army set off the next day.

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