Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"The emperor's nephew, let's die," Taizong said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty" Defang stood up, turned around and said, "See Uncle Wang"

"Defang doesn't need to be polite"

"Thank you Uncle Wang" Defang bowed, and then stood aside, Taizong looked at Defang and said, "Nephew, you said in the hall that you went to the county mansion to help him celebrate his birthday last night, and then you said how about your Uncle Wang. If you didn't hear clearly, say it again."

Defang swallowed a bit and said, "My nephew said that Uncle Wang was going to go with me, but there was something to do, so my nephew had a drink with the Duke alone."

"Oh? Really?" Taizong stood up and walked to Defang and said, "Didn't you see other people go to the county government that night?"

"Return to Your Majesty, no, both the nephew and the Duke drank too much. The Duke said he was not feeling well, so the nephew returned to the mansion."

"Is Li Yu saying that he is unwell?" Taizong asked

"Yes, I feel unwell. I must have drunk too much." Defang was thinking about how to make it up all the way.

"En." Taizong nodded upon hearing this, "It seems that it is true. The Duke of the county is addicted to alcohol, and he would die because of it. It's really not worth it."

"Emperor Brother" Ting Mei said, "This is something that can't be helped, no one would have thought it would be so sudden."

"That's right." Taizong sighed falsely, "By the way, I heard that Defang, you and Uncle Qi Wang went to the county mansion together after the imperial court. Did you see anything unusual?"

"No...didn't see it."

Seeing this, "Emperor Brother" Tingmei hurriedly said, "Defang wanted to help me, but I thought there was nothing he could do to help me, so I let him go back."

"Really?" Taizong looked at Defang

"Yes, Your Majesty, Uncle Wang said that my nephew could not help much, so he went back."

Hearing this, Taizong patted Defang, and said in a gentle tone, "Defang, you are a smart child, and the emperor will definitely use you again."

"Uncle Xie, my nephew must be loyal to His Majesty."

"En." Taizong nodded, "I heard that Ming Zhi is about to give birth, right?"

"Going back to Uncle Emperor, there are still more than two months."

"Okay, after a while I will order someone to send some supplements, you should go back too, take care of Mingzhi, if you give birth, you must be the first to tell the emperor."

"Yes, Uncle Huang, thank you for your kindness." Defang saluted and said, "Uncle Huang, Uncle Wang, my nephew and nephew will leave."

A few days later, the Lantern Festival was held on the Hungry Ghost Festival. Emperor Taizong ordered a special lantern to be displayed in front of Huaihai King Qian Chu's mansion, and let the imperial dance team perform to show his kindness to Qian Chu.