Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Yes, ma'am."

Back in the dormitory, Defang asked Baili to scrub Congpu first, and then she and Concubine Di washed and hugged Congpu on the bed, "Little Pu, does your butt hurt?"

Cong Pu nodded and then shook his head, Defang kissed him, "It still hurts, it won't hurt if grandpa hugs him."

Cong Pu asked, "Grandpa, do your eyes still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt at all." Defang touched Congpu's face, "Grandpa's good grandson, are you sleepy?"

"not sleepy."

"Then grandpa will tell you a story, okay?"

"it is good."

Defang patted Cong Pu's head, "Xiao Pu, do you know why this official hat has such long wings?"

"The grandson doesn't know."

"The straight and long hat wings on this official hat have a lot of background. Your emperor's great-grandfather ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry to make them for officials. Wearing an official hat with long wings, but you don’t need to wear it on weekdays.”

"Why did the great-grandfather ask the Ministry of Rites to make such long hat wings?"

"After your great-great-grandfather founded the Song Dynasty, he paid great attention to the administration of officials, especially the officials in the court. They are the role models of the subjects of the world. They must have rich knowledge, loyalty to the king of their home country, and even more strict self-discipline. , Words and deeds are correct." Defang said, "However, the aftermath of the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms still exists, so many officials still have bad habits at the beginning of the founding of the country."

"Grandpa, what is the bad habit?"

"At the beginning of the founding of our country in the Song Dynasty, many officials were former ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and some surrendered ministers from other countries. They developed the bad habit of improper posture and frivolous behavior in the old court. Whisper below."

"You can't whisper in the upper court."

"Yes." Defang patted Congpu's head, "The court of the Golden Palace doesn't care about state affairs, but whispers in private. This is disrespect to the emperor, it is also disrespectful to colleagues, and it is even more disrespectful to the people of the country."

"Grandpa, did the great-grandfather punish them?"

"No, but it's very unpleasant to see them whispering when they go to court." Defang said, "One day, the emperor Taizu was in the early court, and a minister came up to give political affairs. A few officials were whispering, not listening to their colleagues at all, but they did not reprimand them at that time. After the court, Emperor Taizu was very annoyed, so he wanted to go back to the bedroom to rest. Watching grandpa playing in the bedroom, Emperor Taizu walked in, King Xiaoming and Empress stood up to greet him, and when grandpa saw Emperor Taizu, he reached out to hug him."

Cong Pu laughed when he heard this, and Defang tapped Cong Pu's nose, "Little guy, you're still laughing at Grandpa."

"Did the great-grandfather hug grandpa?"

"Of course, Emperor Taizu was very happy to see Grandpa, so he hugged Grandpa from the hands of Empress Xiaoming. Grandpa was young at that time. He saw that there were two half-moon-shaped wings facing downwards on the hat worn by Emperor Taizu. So I stretched out my hand to grab it, it didn't matter if I grabbed it, it fell to the ground, Queen Xiaoming quickly picked it up, and said to Grandpa: Defang, how did you knock off the hat of the emperor?"

"Grandpa, did the great-grandfather spank your ass?"

"Spanking? Hehehe, Taizu didn't spank grandpa, not only did he not spank, but he even praised grandpa."

"Why? Grandpa doesn't spank his butt if he touches the emperor's great-grandfather's hat."

"Hehehe, because the emperor's great-grandfather loves grandpa."