Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"It would be great if that's the case," Defang said with a smile, "but don't be as weird as him, hehehe"

"Prince" Concubine Di looked at Defang, "Why did you sleep in the side room last night?"

"Madam traveled all the way, and made soup for me when I returned home. After working for a long time, I took a rest. I don't want to disturb you."

"My lord, you don't look very good, didn't you sleep well in the other room last night?"

"No, slept well"

"My lord, please don't lie to my concubine. My concubine knows that my lord has been to the East Palace. Every time I come back from the East Palace, how often does my lord sleep well?"

Defang sighed, "The queen mother is worried about the lonely king, and recently she has a small illness. The lonely king can't wait around, and she is worried about it. She really didn't sleep well."

"Is the queen mother sick? How is the situation?"

"It's just a minor ailment, but because I have been worried about the safety of the lonely king for several months, my body has not fully recovered, and the minor illness has dragged on for almost two months." Defang sighed, "The lonely king really wants to stay in the East Palace."

"The concubine understands the filial piety of the prince, and the queen mother is even more so, but the queen mother wishes that the prince can be fine, so that the queen mother can feel at ease."

"What Madam said is very true." De Fang nodded, "Only the lonely king can take care of himself, so that the queen mother can feel at ease."

Concubine Di looked around and asked, "My lord, why didn't Baili follow you?"

"This guy, let him go to rest last night, but he just guarded the door all night, and went to work again at dawn."

"My lord, Baili is almost 40 years old, and he doesn't have a junior by his side. When he gets older, there must be someone to take care of him."

"Yeah, I also asked him why he didn't want to adopt a child, and he said he didn't want it." Defang looked at Concubine Di, "Besides, it's not good to talk about the child with the servant."

"That's true." Concubine Di nodded, "My lord, why don't you find a servant in the mansion to follow Baili."

"Ma'am, it's not that no one followed him. As the chief steward of the Nanqing Palace, there were quite a few people who wanted to follow him, but this guy didn't want any of them. He insisted on driving away all the people who followed him."

"Baili is dedicated to the prince, and doesn't care about his own affairs."

"He doesn't care, but the lonely king has to think about him. It's not that he will never grow old. If he gets sick again, it will be troublesome if he has no one to take care of him." Defang thought for a while and said, "Let me find him a child."

"My lord, Mr. Kou is asking to see you." The goalkeeper came to report

"Kou Zhun?" De Fang smiled, "He came in after following him all the time, why did he notify him this time, hehe, let him come in."

Kou Zhun entered the door and went forward to salute, "The next official Kou Zhun kowtows to the prince and empress, a thousand years old."

"Okay, you are such a polite person, sit down." Defang looked at Kou Zhun and said, "The lonely king just returned to Beijing yesterday, and you are here today. Isn't there something wrong?"