Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

The "mother queen" Defang was crying, her heart hurt. Defang asked Jin Shangde to check the pulse of Empress Song, fed her medicine to sleep well, and returned to Nanqing Palace by herself. Defang sat in the sedan chair, thinking about Song Dynasty What the Queen told him: Back then, Empress Dowager Du once said that if the prince was young, the Taizu would be passed on to Taizong, and then passed back to Taizu's lineage. Empress Dowager Du was no longer worried about it, but Taizong already thought it should be so, and continued to win over the court Chinese and military, and spread his wings. Therefore, Emperor Taizu had always hoped to curb the expansion of King Jin's power in the few years after opening the treasure. Ask Tingmei to help her contact the generals, but it's too late. King Jin's followers are all over the government and the public. Nine years after the opening of the treasure, the Taizu has drawn up a decree, ready to establish a prince, make the king, and make it known to the world, so that the King of Jin knows the difficulty However, this matter was known to Wang Ji'en, Taizu had been observing this person, and told him to keep his senses, but in the last few days, Taizu suddenly felt unwell, but the imperial doctors said he was fine, but Emperor Taizu spent his entire life as a soldier. Feeling that something was wrong, Wang Ji'en occasionally asked about the sealing of the decree. On the surface, he said that it would be announced immediately to secure the world, but in reality he wanted to destroy the imperial decree. That night, the king of Jin entered the palace to have an audience with Taizu. The servant at the back saw Taizu walking out of the inner hall, poking at the snow with the ax that he usually had at hand, and then pointed to the ground and said loudly to King Jin, "It's easy to do! It's easy to do!" After saying that, he laughed and went back to the house , the servant approached, and saw that the painting on the ground seemed to be a map of battle. Jin Wang withdrew later, he looked at the snow, holding Taizu's pillar axe, kicked the map in the snow with his feet, and then looked at the picture in his hand repeatedly. Suddenly, he threw the ax into the snow, and the ax landed on the ground. The servant was startled. Afterwards, King Jin summoned the servant and left the palace. Less than an hour after King Jin left, Taizu Feeling unwell, he ordered his servants to summon Empress Song. Wang Jien rushed over after hearing the news. Taizu tremblingly took out the sealed edict and pointed at the edict, as if he was anxious to explain something. Unexpectedly At that time, Taizu could hardly speak, and suddenly he covered his heart, vomited blood and died.

Empress Song opened the decree, which clearly stated that the fourth son of the emperor, Defang, was the crown prince, and the second son, Dezhao, was the king of Qi. An officer of the Royal Palace Guards, and hopes to move the capital to Luoyang, Xijing.

Seeing this, Empress Song hurriedly asked Wang Jien, who was the chief servant at the time, to summon Defang, and told him the late emperor's will, so Wang Jien ran out. When she came back, Empress Song asked, "Has Defang come?"Wang Jien replied: King Jin arrived, and Empress Song never expected that it was King Jin who came. King Jin walked into the room and saw the seal in Queen Song's hand. After reading the content, Wang Jien rolled it up and put it on his sleeve. Seeing this, Wang Jien said, "Your Majesty's succession to the throne and King Jin's aspirations have already been decided, but recently his body is weak and his will is not clear. I'm afraid there must be a misunderstanding."

At this time, King Jin didn't speak. Seeing this, Empress Song knew that the situation was over and irreversible, so she knelt down and said to King Jin, "My mother and child's lives are entrusted to the officials." Only then did King Jin step forward to help Empress Song, With tears in his eyes, he said, "To protect wealth and honor, don't worry about it."

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