I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 62

At the beginning of November, Luoyang ushered in the second snow, which was more violent than the previous one. This made Liu Bian, who was a southerner in his previous life, realize for the first time that the word majestic can also be used to describe snow.

As heavy snow covered the Han Palace, the pace of life in the Han Palace seemed to slow down.

Emperor Ling had already hid in the greenhouse hall a month ago, and Empress He and Empress Dowager Dong also stayed in their own palace quite peacefully, heating the palace furnace to keep them warm. , They are not interested in fighting again.

In contrast, Liu Bian was quite interested in this kind of snowy weather, and took Cai Yan, Zhao Chun and others to build a snowman on the open space in front of Jiafang Hall.

Of course, Zhao Chun commanded his group of eunuchs to do the laborious work, Cai Yan was responsible for putting eyes and noses on the snowman, and Liu Bian was responsible for making trouble.

"Zhao Chun."

Snapped!
As Zhao Chun turned his head after hearing Liu Bian's call, a ball of snow hit him on the head. Seeing Liu Bian's proud look, Zhao Chun also smiled, grabbed the ball of snow to fight back, In fact, he deliberately threw the snowball in return for Liu Bian.

Originally, Liu Bian wanted to have a snowball fight, but when he found out that Zhao Chun and his little eunuchs were deliberately throwing snowballs at him, he suddenly felt that it was meaningless.

The only person here who dares to throw a snowball at him is Cai Yan, the future queen. The girl who has been added to the Hedong Wei family at this time in history is well protected by Liu Bian, and she has become a bit more beautiful. Not to mention, the character also retains a pure and strong side, and one can tell at a glance that he has not experienced the cruelty of the world.

Liu Bian threw her a few snowballs, and she responded with a few snowballs, watching Zhao Chun and the others secretly envious but did not dare to follow suit.

But the good times didn't last long, Cai Yan fell down while chasing Liu Bian, his nose was red from the cold, Liu Bian felt distressed, so he hastily ended the snowball fight with only the two of them.

"Don't be angry, it's just teasing you."

When Liu Bian went to coax the pouting Cai Yan, Cai Yan suddenly laughed and finally caught Liu Bian.

Just when Liu Bian thought she would imitate him and deliberately stretched her cold hands towards his neck, Cai Yan said with bright eyes, "Your Highness at this moment is in line with your age."

Liu Bian was startled, knowing that she saw him sometimes lost in thought, smiled slightly, and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just took her hand, and walked as he wished in the snow-white Han Dynasty. intrauterine.

In this Han palace, he actually has few people who can really talk to each other, not even Empress He, except Cai Yan, who is half of them.

The reason why he likes to tease her is actually just to relieve the loneliness in his heart by interacting with her.

In the afternoon, Liu Bian went to Chongde Hall to participate in the review of memorials as usual.

However, with the onset of winter, fewer and fewer memorials were sent to Luoyang from various places. It’s not that there were really few, but many memorials were blocked on the road due to ice and snow. Lu Zhi was free for a while.

In his free time, Lu Zhi said something that worried him: "...I went to see His Majesty yesterday and found that His Majesty was very haggard. Your Highness, you should really persuade Your Majesty to stay away from drinking and lusting."

Liu Bian nodded slightly, but he didn't think so.

Persuade Emperor Ling?
What do you advise him to do?
If Liu Bian remembered correctly, Emperor Ling died in April of the sixth year of Zhongping, in other words, he had seventeen months left to live.

His only hope is to pass this period of time safely, as for after that, he will die as long as he dies, just a foolish king.

Just as Liu Bian was thinking about it, Lu Zhi suddenly sighed and said, "Actually, Your Majesty is also very embarrassed. It's not that Your Majesty can't see Shihou's excellence. But why does the Queen Mother love Dong Hou? Although His Majesty has not named Shihou as the Prince, but just looking at him tacitly allowing Shihou to freely enter and leave the Chongde Palace, it can be seen that His Majesty has high hopes for Shihou."

"..." Liu Bian was slightly taken aback, and remained silent.

Because there were no memorials, Liu Bian took his leave around midnight and left.

"Advising Emperor Ling?Is it easy to persuade a faint king with only seventeen months left to live? 』

Although he was thinking so secretly, Liu Bian finally came to the greenhouse hall.

Knowing that he had arrived, Zhang Rang hurried out of the hall to greet him, looked around and asked in a low voice: "Shihou, did something important happen?"

"What?" Liu Bian frowned and asked back, but Zhang Rang was confused and stammered, "Aren't you... er... Your Highness, do you want to see His Majesty?"

"what."

As Liu Bian nodded, Zhang Rang hurried back to the hall, and after about a hundred breaths, he went back and invited Liu Bian into the hall.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, Liu Bian felt a warmth mixed with the smell of wine and rouge rushing towards his face. The mixed smell made him rub his nose uncomfortably, but when he walked into the inner hall, he felt It was found that only Emperor Ling was pouring himself a drink in the hall, and there were no maids serving him at all.

Liu Bian was looking around curiously, wanting to see where the maids were hiding, when Lingdi coughed and asked drunkenly, "My son came to see me... hiccup, yes... what's the matter?"

Only then did Liu Bian stop looking around, cupped his hands and said: "Today, I heard from Master Lu that my father has been haggard for the past few days, and I am worried that my father will be hurt by drinking and sex, so my son came to visit."

As he said that, he carefully looked at Emperor Ling, and seeing that Emperor Ling really looked a bit haggard, he hesitated for a moment, cupped his hands and said, "I implore Father to take care of your health and stay away from drinking for a while."

From the side, Zhang Rang glanced at Liu Bian subconsciously when he heard this, and immediately praised: "Your Majesty, Shi Hou is extremely filial."

Emperor Ling nodded, looked at Liu Bian with some ambiguity, and said suddenly, "The last time I saw my son was twenty years ago, right? Or a month ago?"

"..."

Liu Bian's face changed slightly, and Zhang Rang also felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly explained to Liu Bian: "These days, Marquis Shi studies every morning and goes to Chongde Hall to study and review memorials in the afternoon, all in order to relieve His Majesty's worries. ah……"

Emperor Ling didn't seem to listen to Zhang Rang's explanation, but he didn't delve into it either. He beckoned Liu Bian to sit on the side of the wine table, then looked at the latter with a smile and said, "I'm very pleased that my son has this kind of heart." ...how have you learned from Lu Qing these days?"

"It's a great harvest." Liu Bian was secretly startled by what Lingdi said before, and replied cautiously.

From the side, Zhang Rang took the opportunity to praise Liu Bian again: "Your Majesty does not know that Lu Zigan is full of praise for Shi Hou's intelligence. According to him, Shi Hou is young enough to take on the responsibility of the prince."

It's a pity that his words fell into the sea like mud, and Emperor Ling didn't see any reaction, and then asked Liu Bian how he was practicing calligraphy recently.

It has to be said that even Liu Bian couldn't guess what this stupid gentleman was thinking. He told Lingdi the progress of practicing calligraphy and painting truthfully, and Lingdi nodded repeatedly.

The two chatted for a while, and soon Liu Bian saw Emperor Ling yawn, whether it was intentional or not, he said wittily, "I will leave without disturbing Father and Emperor's rest."

Emperor Ling nodded, and when Liu Bian stood up and was about to leave, he suddenly smiled and said, "My son misses my body, and I am very pleased."

"...Father is serious."

Liu Bian was vigilant in his heart, and walked out of the greenhouse hall as if worrying about gain or loss.

After walking out of the greenhouse, he asked Zhao Chun, "Zhao Chun, I haven't come to see my father for a long time?"

Zhao Chun whispered, "It's been about forty days."

"Where is my brother Dong Hou?"

"According to Mr. Zhang, every two or three days, Sun Zhang will bring Dong Hou to see His Majesty."

"……Oh."

After hearing this, Liu Bian frowned secretly, carefully recalling the tone of Emperor Cailing's speech just now, but he couldn't figure out whether the Hunjun was hinting at him.

Thinking about it carefully, he didn't come to see Emperor Ling for nearly forty days, he was indeed a bit too complacent during this time, and Emperor Ling didn't even care about it.

In addition to worrying about gains and losses, Liu Bian returned to Chongde Hall and asked Lu Zhi about this matter.

After hearing this, Lu Zhi said euphemistically: "Forgive me, your highness always has a clear purpose in doing things. This is a good thing, but sometimes it is also lacking in humanity..."

Liu Bian suddenly came to his senses, and after bidding farewell to Lu Zhi, he told Zhao Chun, "From tomorrow onwards, go to the Chongde Hall at noon every day, and remind me to pay my respects to my father... Wait, every day is too frequent, let's do it the next day." .”

"Yes." Zhao Chun bowed to accept the order.

So from that day on, Liu Bian went to the Greenhouse Hall to pay his respects to Emperor Ling every other day, and chatted with Emperor Ling.

There wasn't much chat, and there wasn't much nourishment, but Lingdi never mentioned the matter of appointing the crown prince. This made Liu Bian sometimes ask himself: Why should I waste my time here?
Immediately he realized that Lu Zhi was right, he was indeed too utilitarian.

After realizing this, he thought of Emperor Ling again, and murmured in his heart: Thanks to this stupid king, he can tolerate it?
It has to be said that this changed Liu Bian's view of Emperor Ling slightly.

Therefore, he got rid of distracting thoughts and got along with Emperor Ling. After all, strictly speaking, Emperor Ling did not treat him badly. In the remaining seventeen months of the faint emperor's life span, it is not impossible for him to fulfill his son's duties a little bit.

Just when Liu Bian fulfilled his duty as a Son of Man without utilitarianism, time gradually passed, and the world finally ushered in the fifth year of Zhongping.

At the beginning of February, just as Liu Bian had expected, the Yellow Turbans were revived. A remnant Yellow Turban party named Guo Tai revived in the Baibo Valley, nicknamed "Baibo Yellow Turbans".

At that time, Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Hedong, and Niu Fu, another son-in-law, were in the town. He led the attack but was defeated.

The thieves are so fierce that people can't help but think of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Jiazi Year.

A few days later, the news reached the court, and the court was also greatly disturbed.

After all, Baibo Yellow Turban is currently causing trouble in Hedong and Hanoi. If he crosses from Hedong County to the south, it can cut off the connection between Luoyang and Chang'an, affect Zhu Jun, Huangfusong, and Zhang Wen's fight against the rebels in Liangzhou, and at the same time threaten Hongnong and Luoyang; even Baibo Yellow Turban can cross from Hanoi County to Luoyang directly.

In such a dire situation, Emperor Ling urgently summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

(End of this chapter)