I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 8
A while later, Liu Bian brought Cai Yan to the bedroom where Empress He was.

When he saw Empress He, Liu Bian bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "Mother, my son has brought his future daughter-in-law to see you."

It has to be said that it has been more than a month since he met Empress He for the first time.

And for more than a month, he came to greet Empress He every morning, firstly, to please the mother so that he could persuade her to side with him in the future, and secondly, to create a "filial piety" personality.

Because the Han Dynasty is a country that advocates filial piety, even the posthumous titles of the emperors of the past dynasties have "filial piety", which shows that they attach great importance to filial piety.

Empress He also loves her only son very much. The relationship between mother and child has gradually become closer, and Liu Bian has gradually adapted, and gradually regards Empress He as his mother in this life, at least for now.

As for the death of Emperor Ling two years later, whether there will be some conflicts between the mother and son because Empress He listens to the government behind the curtain, Liu Bian can't guarantee this, but can only say that he will try his best to avoid such a thing from happening.

But right now, Empress He is very happy, especially after hearing what Liu Bian said, she is even more happy from ear to ear.

"Bian'er, for my mother's argument..."

She embraced Liu Bian affectionately until Liu Bian struggled a little: "Mother, don't you treat me like a child, Wen Ji is still watching."

"well."

Empress He let go of her hands with a smile, turned her head and cast her eyes on Cai Yan.

The smart Cai Yan also blushed and saluted Empress He at the right time: "Daughter Cai Yan, I have met Empress He."

Why are you blushing?

Who let Liu Bian say what his daughter-in-law said without restraint.

"well."

Empress He looked at Cai Yan and nodded slightly, seemingly with a smile on her face, but she was actually a little disappointed. After all, Cai Yan looked like a village girl to her at this time. Although she was talented, her appearance was not outstanding. At least among the maids around Empress He, there are many people who are more beautiful than this woman.

Of course, disappointment is disappointment, but she doesn't discriminate against her. After all, she is only the daughter of a butcher in Nanyang. When she entered the palace, she was not much better than this little girl.

Not to mention that her son is satisfied-as long as her son is satisfied.

Out of love for Wu and Wu, Empress He also called Cai Yan to her side and talked to her affectionately.

When mentioning Cai Yong, Cai Yan's biological father, Cai Yan said in a low voice: "...My father is still in Wuhui, and he didn't dare to enter Beijing without being recruited by the court. He just told the concubine to serve the prince well."

In fact, Cai Yong also secretly asked her to try to persuade Shi Hou to let Shi Hou know the evil things done by the servants in the palace, but because Guo Sheng had warned her in advance, she dared not mention it.

"At a young age, you have suffered all these years."

Seeing Cai Yan's sallow and thin appearance, Empress He was very moved, and immediately asked: "Wen Ji, did your father Cai Langzhong have any crimes before?"

Zhao Zhong, who was at the side, was slightly startled, and explained first: "Empress, the veteran knows about this matter. At that time, Cai Langzhong was convicted for slandering the imperial court."

"Slandering the imperial court?" Empress He turned to look at Zhao Zhong: "What did Cai Langzhong say at that time?"

"Uh……"

Zhao Zhong was at a loss for words.

How dare he say that Cai Yong was framed by them back then?

After thinking for a while, he said with a flattering smile: "Actually, it can't be counted as slander, it's just that Cai Lang is too earnest and deceived by others, and wrongly blamed all the chaos in the world on us, the regular attendants... Queen, you know, How can I wait for the regular servants to have that ability?"

"Well."

Empress He nodded slightly, and immediately said to Cai Yan, "Does Wen Ji want to see your father?"

The clever Cai Yan immediately understood, and hurriedly returned to Empress He's lap, begging: "I beg your empress to be merciful. My father has been away all these years, and he always thinks of serving the country and sharing your majesty's worries."

"You child, get up quickly." Empress He smiled and stretched out her hand to pull Cai Yan up, then turned her head to look at Zhao Zhong.

How could Zhao Zhong not understand, seeing this, he said with a bitter face: "Cai Langzhong's matter is not troublesome if it is said to be troublesome, but it is troublesome if it is not troublesome, but please rest assured, the queen, I will do my best."

"Okay." Empress He nodded with satisfaction, and praised: "You are worthy of being my loyal servant of the Han Dynasty."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhong was full of joy.

From the side, Cai Yan was also full of joy, and said again and again: "Thank you queen, thank you queen."

"You don't need to thank me." Empress He patted the back of Cai Yan's hand lightly and said, "As long as Wen Ji takes good care of my son, this palace will be satisfied....Wen Ji doesn't know, Bian'er was raised in the folk before, and was raised by his master I don’t know where Shi Daoren heard about you, and he wanted you to enter the palace to be his companion, so he followed like a fan..."

Cai Yan blushed when he heard this, and secretly looked at Liu Bian with a puzzled face.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, empress, as long as Shi Hou doesn't dislike him, the concubine will definitely serve him well..."

Empress He laughed and said, "He likes you so much, why would he dislike you?"

These words made Cai Yan blushed again.

From the side, Liu Bian watched the scene quietly, secretly surprised.

According to historical records, Empress He was stubborn and jealous, and everyone in the harem was not afraid, but looking at it today, he is a capable queen mother.

After thinking about it, she was right. After all, Empress He had been in the palace for more than ten years. Even if there was some chance and coincidence to be the empress, the fact that she was able to secure this seat might not be entirely due to her brother, General He Jin.

Judging from Zhao Zhong's reaction just now, he knew that the second of the ten permanent attendants did not dare to stop what Empress He wanted to do. What does this mean?
It is no wonder that Empress He has been persuading He Jin to eradicate the ten permanent attendants in history. Even when Dong Zhuo sent Li Ru to poison Empress He's mother and son, Empress He still scolded He Jin for being innocent before she died. Knowing that the ten permanent servants are not a threat to the Han family and the He family, on the contrary, He Jin's behavior is the way to bring disaster, harming his own family and the Han family.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian became even more confident in winning over Empress He to stop He Jin.

Later, Empress He gave Cai Yan some advice on Liu Bian's daily life and the palace regulations. Out of gratitude to Empress He, Cai Yan kept it in mind, much more obediently than in front of Liu Bian. It's not that cold and lonely look at all.

Empress He was very happy with this obedience, and ordered the palace servants to sew suitable clothes for Cai Yan on the spot, and gave Cai Yan some jewelry.

As Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan naturally didn't value financial jewels, but it was hard for her to refuse when Empress He asked her to accept them.

At dusk, Empress He left Liu Bian and Cai Yan to have dinner in Changqiu Palace.

Don't look at Liu Bian's dinner, which is the prince, actually has a full sixteen dishes. Compared with the prince's meal, the queen's meal is more sumptuous and luxurious. There are twenty or thirty dishes. Empress He only tastes one or two bites of each dish. Said that Cai Yan felt extravagant in his heart, even Liu Bian thought it was a bit too much.

But still the same sentence, compared to the daily expenses of more than [-] eunuchs and tens of thousands of maids in Luoyang Han Palace, the expenses of Empress He's three meals a day are not a big deal.

After dinner, Liu Bian took Cai Yan to bid farewell to Empress He and returned to Jiafang Palace where he lived.

Accompanying them were four court ladies beside Empress He. What these four ladies held in their hands were the clothes urgently made for Cai Yan in the palace this afternoon. From obscene clothes to normal clothes, there were a total of sixteen bodies. Temporary, after a few days, more clothes will arrive.

This treatment really made Cai Yan, who used to live in a poor life, feel very flustered and even a little uncomfortable. However, the queen was kind to her, and she couldn't refuse the queen's kindness.

When they came to Jiafang Hall, the four maids around Empress He left their clothes and left with envy and jealousy towards Cai Yan.

At this time, the eunuchs serving in Jiafang Hall had already boiled hot water for bathing.

Looking at the wooden barrel that was big enough for the two of them to bathe together, and looking back at Liu Bian's malicious smile, Cai Yan couldn't maintain that cold and lonely face.

In all fairness, Liu Bian actually didn't have any bad intentions. A ten-year-old can't do anything, so what bad intentions could there be?

He just thinks Cai Yan's flushed face is very interesting.

He intentionally teased Cai Yan and said, "Wen Ji, you promised my mother to take good care of me."

The girl was ashamed and angry, but in the end she gritted her teeth and acquiesced. Who made Empress He so clever to pinch the little girl's weakness in one go.

After a while, Liu Bian took off his clothes and jumped into the wooden barrel. Immediately, he lay on the edge of the wooden barrel, looked at Cai Yan with a smile, and saw the girl's complexion was cloudy. He gritted his teeth and slowly loosened his clothes...

To be honest, 15-year-old girls these days, especially girls like Cai Yan who live in poverty for a long time and lack nutrition, actually have nothing to see, let alone a shy girl who is still shy when Liu Bian jumps into the bathtub. There is nothing to look at in obscene clothes.

The only thing that made Liu Bian a little excited was that the person bathing and washing his body at this moment was none other than Cai Yan, whom countless young men had been thinking about day and night. Unfortunately, no matter how excited he was, Xiao Liu Bian couldn't receive it now.

As for Cai Yan, she was naturally resistant at first, but she gradually let go of it. After all, Liu Bian was as old as her younger brother. Speaking of which, his father, Cai Yong, had always hoped to have a son...

Thinking about it this way, Cai Yan gradually became less shy, even when she was helping Liu Bian to wipe her body, she secretly glanced at little Liu Bian, presumably she was also somewhat curious about the difference between men and women.

In contrast, what made her feel even more uncomfortable was that the two of them fell asleep together at night.

Looking at Liu Bian who made this request, she said with a complicated expression: "It's okay to share the same bed, but you are not allowed... you are not allowed to do bad things."

Liu Bian was not stupid enough to ask what was wrong, he readily agreed, and tricked Cai Yan, who had changed into a new obscene clothes after taking a bath, into bed.

Although he can't do anything at his age, it's not bad to take advantage of it.

No, as soon as the two of them lay down, Liu Bian took advantage of Cai Yan's back to him, and hugged her from behind.

It's different from Liu Bian's imagination of Wen Yu's feeling in his arms. In fact, the feeling of holding Wen Yu is not very good. After all, the girl next to her is too thin, and there is not much flesh on her body, but it doesn't matter, after all, this is the countless nights he has A woman who sighs with pity.

"Ugh……"

Feeling Liu Bian's unruly hands, Cai Yan sighed quietly.

She was in a complicated mood and didn't know how to face all this.

(End of this chapter)