Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Thinking of this, Defang felt a dull pain in his heart. Taizong's ascension to the throne made him and Dezhao very panicked. Without any will, oral instructions and witnesses, he suddenly ascended the throne, and there will be only two months for Kaibao Nine. The year was changed to the first year of Taiping Xingguo, and now, the truth is revealed, Defang's heart is nothing but pain and sadness. Although eighteen years have passed, it seems like yesterday to Defang who has been living in fear.

The sedan chair quickly returned to Nanqing Palace, Jiajun raised the curtain of the sedan chair, Defang walked out slowly, looked up at the plaque of [Nanqing Palace] and [Eight Sages Palace], sighed, and walked into the inner hall, it was already late , Defang saw that the food was set up in the hall, Concubine Di, Weixu and his wife, Weixian and his wife, Wei Neng and their daughter Weiling were all sitting there. When they saw Defang coming in, they all stood up and saluted. Defang was very surprised and said "My family doesn't need a lot of etiquette. It's so late, why haven't you eaten yet?"

Concubine Di came forward and pulled De Fang to sit down, "On weekdays, the family eats together, and the children also want to wait for the prince to come back."

Defang sighed, "Use it, I can't eat it"

Concubine Di looked at Defang's complexion, "Is the queen mother in poor health?"

"Hey, my mother's health has not been very good, and with the depression in my heart, the situation is getting worse." Defang shook her head and stood up, "I'm going to the study for a while" and then walked out of the inner hall.

Concubine Di asked the children to eat first, and followed Defang into the study, "My lord, is the queen mother's condition so serious?"

"Hmm..." Defang sat weakly on the chair

"My lord, do you have something on your mind?" Concubine Di looked at Defang

Defang looked up at Concubine Di, then lowered her head, Concubine Di walked over and held Defang's hand, without saying a word, Defang was crying slowly at this moment, very sad, leaning her head against Concubine Di's body, crying all the time, When Concubine Di also knew the whole story, she was very shocked. She also knew that once this matter was known to outsiders, it would definitely be another bloodbath, and Defang and the whole family would be in danger. She watched and cried Defang's heart is also extremely sad.

"My lord, just as the queen mother said, the past is the past, and now the most important thing is to protect yourself"

"What madam said is true. The lonely king has never thought of competing for imperial power from the beginning to the end. Besides, it has been more than ten years." Defang said slowly, "I just feel that the queen mother is too pitiful. After more than ten years of desolation, I still keep such a big secret in my heart, the queen mother has always loved the lonely king, and she didn't tell me this until today."

"The prince was still young back then, and the empress mother probably made you more frightened by saying these things. Now that you have been crowned king and occupies a place in the court, the empress mother only said it today." Concubine Di stroked Defang's back

The two talked for a long time in the study, and Concubine Di said, "My lord, go eat some food. I have to go to my mother's place tomorrow. If I see you like this, my mother will feel distressed."

Defang looked at Concubine Di and nodded. The two returned to the inner hall together, but saw the children still waiting. Defang looked at the children and felt very distressed. She sat down with Concubine Di. Each child took some food and said, "Father is not in a good mood today, so you are also unhappy. It is the father's fault. Come on, let's eat together."

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