I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 338 I want to train Huo Chengjun and teach her how to be a good queen! (Please subscribe)
Liu He suddenly asked this question, but Huo Chengjun didn't understand.

"When I met you before, you always seemed to be a little unhappy. Is it because your life in the General was unsatisfactory?"

After Liu He asked this question, he also felt that it was a bit inappropriate, and quickly added: "The days ahead are still very long, and I don't want you to be as unhappy as before."

This sentence reminded Huo Chengjun of the life he had spent in the General's Mansion for the past six months, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

After a moment, the young Huo Chengjun actually smiled bitterly, full of vicissitudes of life.

"I was born in the General's Mansion, and I have lived a life of fine clothing and food since I was a child. How can I not be happy? It is much better than those slaves."

Liu He heard the helplessness in Huo Chengjun's words. Then he thought about the personalities of Huo Xian and Huo Guang, and thought about the news that the Xiu Yiwei brought from the back house of the General's Mansion... He was even more sure that Huo Chengjun's life was not as others imagined. So wishful.

While feeling emotional, Liu He stood up, sat next to Huo Chengjun, and gently hugged Huo Chengjun into his arms, seeming to soothe the other person's sadness in this way.

At first, Huo Chengjun was still a little embarrassed, lying in Liu He's arms without daring to move at all.

Liu He gently stroked Huo Chengjun's hair and said nothing.

He thought of the time he spent living alone in Changyi Palace and Weiyang Palace. Although it was fulfilling, it was inevitable to feel a little depressed and lonely in the dead of night.

Now that I have Huo Chengjun, who is "connected to the same fate" as my companion, I naturally feel a little warm.

And this gave Liu Hesheng an idea: He must let Huo Chengjun have a different life.

Not only because she is a queen, but also because Huo Chengjun is an ordinary woman in the Han Empire.

If it can change her life, it can change the lives of many ordinary women.

There were some blurry pictures in Liu He's mind, but they gradually became clearer. He already knew what to do.

The touch and warmth on the skin can always calm people down.

The two of them cuddled together, and it didn't take long for Liu He to feel that Huo Chengjun's somewhat stiff body softened and he lay obediently in his arms.

"Chengjun, I have nothing to do now. Let me tell you about my life in Changyi Kingdom."

Huo Chengjun raised his head, looked at Liu He, and nodded.

Then, Liu He slowly spoke out the "idiotic" memory in his mind that did not belong to him.

He was born into a noble family, and his parents died when he was young. Although the officials and teachers around him did their duty, how could they give warmth to the King of Changyi?
Loneliness, fear, and helplessness...these negative emotions turned the original King of Changyi into a violent and mischievous person...

If Liu He had not come to this world, then the king of Changyi would have been escorted back to Changyi, and all the Changyi officials who followed him to Chang'an City would have been killed.

Liu He did not hide any of this memory from Huo Chengjun, and even spoke out those ridiculous and irrational things without reservation.

These things also surprised Huo Chengjun. She sat upright from Liu He's arms and listened attentively. Sympathy, surprise and sadness alternated in her eyes.

After Liu He spoke for a long time, he finally stopped. He took the cup of warm tea handed over by Huo Chengjun and drank it in one gulp.

"Are all these things your Majesty said true?"

"That's natural. What I'm willing to tell you now is of course true. What kind of person do you think I was at that time?" Liu He asked nonchalantly.

"No wonder..."

"Ok?"

"No wonder after I was canonized as Queen, my mother once reminded me that Your Majesty's temperament may be a bit..."

Before Huo Chengjun said anything, he felt a little disobedient, but he soon felt relieved: The emperor told her these past events just to make them closer, right?
Thinking of this, Huo Chengjun continued: "My mother said that His Majesty has a naughty temperament, is speechless and even a little crazy, so she asked me to be more careful."

"My mother-in-law saw it very accurately. At that time, I only said that lunacy was already considered mild. I'm afraid it would be more appropriate to call me stupid and violent."

Liu He smiled and then said: "Then when Cheng Jun gets along with me, does he think I am a crazy and foolish king?"

Although Meng Lang was a little bit more like Meng Lang, he was not crazy.

Huo Chengjun had heard about a lot of things Liu He had done, and she felt that even if he removed his status as emperor, her husband would not be a crazy person.

On the contrary - he is still a gentle and elegant man with both ability and political integrity.

"When I was at the General's Mansion, I heard something about His Majesty from time to time. I don't think His Majesty is a crazy person." Huo Chengjun said firmly,
"Huh? What have you heard about me?" Liu He asked with interest.

Huo Chengjun raised his hand to straighten his somewhat scattered hair and spoke seriously.

"Your Majesty ordered many new farm tools to be made, and then allowed private craftsmen to make and sell them at will. This is not competing with the people for profit."

"Your Majesty used money and food from the young government to subsidize the soldiers on the Great Wall in the border counties, and rewarded the Han troops who went on the expedition. It is not easy to show sympathy for the soldiers."

"On the 15th day of every month, His Majesty will send people to deliver porridge and medicine in Chang'an City. This is to love the people like a son."

"On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, we invite the palace and soldiers to eat moon cakes, and sometimes we give them glutinous rice balls in the evening. This is a joy for the people."

"By the way, when His Majesty first entered the palace, he ordered that the working hours of the guilty women in the violent chamber be reduced..."

……

When Huo Chengjun said this, there was a distinctive brilliance in his eyes, and he must have been thinking about what he said for a long time.

Liu He was very surprised when he looked at Huo Chengjun, who was getting more and more excited as he talked.

He was not only surprised that he had done so many things, but he was also surprised that Huo Chengjun actually wrote them down.

"Who did you listen to about these things?" Liu He asked curiously.

"These things have been spread throughout Chang'an City. Even many servants in the General's Mansion are talking about it. They say that Your Majesty is a rare benevolent king."

Renjun?

Liu He did not expect that this seemingly unattainable title would be easily won by him.

Sure enough, the people of the Han Dynasty were just rough and unruly.

As a high-ranking emperor, he could remember them in their hearts for a long time just by doing a few "benevolent and righteous things".

Liu He couldn't help but feel that the weight of the word "Benevolent Lord" was too heavy.

"They are praising me. I haven't done enough for them, not enough..." Liu He sighed.

"Your Majesty, I want to ask..."

"Huh? Why have you forgotten again? Didn't I tell you that when there are no outsiders, just call me husband." Liu He reminded with a smile.

"I remember...husband." Huo Chengjun said still shyly.

"What do you want to ask me?"

"I would like to ask my husband why his character suddenly changed so drastically."

Of course Liu He couldn't tell Huo Chengjun the truth about all this, but he already had a prepared answer in his heart.

"It was the winter three years ago. That night was very ordinary. After drinking a lot of wine with the evil slaves in the palace, I passed out drunk as usual..."

"When I woke up again, I found that the Changyi Palace was littered with cups and plates, smelling of wine and meat. When I wanted to wake up those evil slaves to continue their mischief, I heard intermittent crying outside..."

"I felt unlucky in my heart, so I went out drunkenly. This voice seemed to be looming, as if it was going to lead me somewhere."

"On a whim, I followed the sound and walked forward... and finally came to a side entrance outside Changyi Palace."

"Outside the door, there was an old woman in ragged clothes, holding a child and crying bitterly. The skinny child had no color on his face."

"It snowed heavily for several days. I'm afraid the child froze to death."

"In that moment, a sentence appeared in my heart - the rich wine and meat smelled, and the roads were frozen to death..." "Further on, the child and the old woman suddenly turned into a line of blue smoke and disappeared from my eyes. ”

"Perhaps my character has changed since that night. The old woman and the child were probably sent by God to warn me."

Liu He's story was very rough, but that didn't mean that he couldn't hide it from Huo Chengjun.

On the contrary, in the Han Empire, where the theory of auspiciousness and disaster was prevalent, this kind of story was more convincing to others.

So Huo Chengjun didn't have any doubts, but was thoughtful.

"So, I want to be a good emperor and let the people of the world live a good life."

Liu He did not describe the picture of "good days" in his mind to Huo Chengjun. The days ahead were long and there was still a lot of time left, so he elaborated.

"My husband will definitely become a good emperor." Huo Chengjun said firmly.

Liu He had to be praised like this by the officials every day, and he was already a little numb, but today when he heard the person next to him say it with admiration, he still felt a little elated.

"Chengjun, I also want to hear what happened when you were a child. Are you willing to tell me?"

"After I became sensible, I left the general only a handful of times. Even if I said it out loud, it would be very boring. My husband would probably doze off after hearing this." Huo Chengjun said.

"But I still want to hear it. I still want to know what your past is like." Liu He insisted.

Under Liu He's "force", Huo Chengjun was a little moved. She finally stopped hesitating and told many of her childhood memories.

From top to bottom, men are the core of the big man, and the life of a woman can only be described as boring.Even though Huo Chengjun is the daughter of a general, her life is still lackluster.

It's nothing more than handing over his handkerchief to play, arguing with his mother, messing around with the servants in the house, and listening to the old servants talking about various rules every day...

For more than ten years, words like boring, depressive, monotonous, indifferent and exploitative have been revealed.

In this kind of atmosphere, it is not easy for Huo Chengjun to have the character he has now.

The embroidered guards sent by Dai Zong to the General's Mansion presented a lot of news to the palace, which let Liu He know that Huo Chengjun was still very kind and pure in heart.

If there is any "privilege" as the daughter of General Huo Guang, it is that she can read and read. Before Huo Chengjun was made queen, there were always great scholars coming to the mansion to teach Huo Chengjun how to read.

This great scholar was none other than Xia Housheng, the former Changxin Shaofu—he was also the teacher of the Queen Mother Shangguan.

Xia Housheng taught Huo Chengjun "The Analects", "The Book of Songs", "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan"...

Judging from Huo Chengjun's current conversational temperament, Xia Housheng is very serious and responsible, without any perfunctory or partiality.

It's no wonder that Huo Chengjun is not like Huo Guang and Huo Xian. At least part of the reason is because of reading.

"Chengjun, do you like reading?"

"This is natural. There is a different world in the book. Compared with the cramped General's Mansion, it is much wider."

But Huo Chengjun's smart eyes immediately became a little dim.

She sighed softly and then said: "It's a pity that in the past six months, my mother has not allowed me to read, but asked me to learn more about female workers. I heard that Xiahou Gong also stayed behind closed doors and stopped coming to the mansion for a long time."

Liu He saw Huo Chengjun's annoyance and couldn't help but feel a little pity, which also made the idea in his heart stronger.

"Chengjun, there is a Shiqu Pavilion in Weiyang Palace, have you heard of it?"

"Of course, that's where the young master keeps the emperor's collection of books." Huo Chengjun was puzzled and didn't understand why the emperor would mention this remote place.

"There are many books stored in Shiqu Pavilion, not only Confucian classics, but also books from hundreds of schools of thought. I will order the Kao Gong Printing Office to print them all..."

"And every time the first book is printed, I will have someone send it to Jiaofang Palace to give it to you. What do you think?"

Does this mean there’s an endless supply of books to read?
Although Huo Chengjun just said that life would not be boring if the emperor was with him, he also knew the loneliness in the palace.

Being able to read is already a joyful thing for her.

"Is it possible that what your husband said is true?" Huo Chengjun asked.

"Of course I can take it seriously. I am the Emperor of Han Dynasty. You have no joke!"

"Then I'll thank you husband first."

At this moment, Huo Chengjun was less shy than a girl, but more energetic and expectant, which made Liu He even more interesting and excited.

"What's there to be thankful for? Doesn't this act reflect the style of a wise king?" Liu He said with a smile.

This sentence made Huo Chengjun say with some disappointment: "You want to be a wise king, but I don't know how to share your worries..."

"By being a queen in this Jiaofang Palace, you are already sharing my worries."

"But what makes a good queen?" Huo Chengjun asked.

"I don't know either, but there is something I want to discuss with you. Maybe if you do this, you will know how to be a good queen."

"Then tell me quickly." Huo Chengjun said excitedly, shaking Liu He's hand.

"Are you willing to teach the maids in this palace how to read and write?"

Huo Chengjun was a little stunned at first, as if he didn't understand what the emperor meant.

But after all, she is not the youngest daughter of an ordinary family. She has seen more than many people, so she soon seemed to understand something.

"My husband, do you want me to open a monastery in Weiyang Palace to teach women how to read?"

"Exactly."

"This, this is a bit crazy...?" Although Huo Chengjun said that, his expression was more excited and excited.

"This crazy emperor and a crazy queen are a match made in heaven."

Huo Chengjun pretended to be angry and glared at Liu He, and then said angrily: "Then I will bear the infamy together with my husband!"

"This matter is actually not crazy. The maidservants in the palace live a very lonely life. Being able to read and write can also kill time for them, so it is a benevolent policy. What do you think?"

"I see it the same way, but I..."

"Don't worry, just do it and I will help you."

"Husband, I understand."

Liu He was very satisfied with the result. He couldn't help but reached out and touched Huo Chengjun's silky hair - those who love the world should first love the people around them.

"Perhaps one day, we can enable more women to read and write." Liu He whispered to himself.

Huo Chengjun didn't think that far, but her intuition told her that this seemed to be a great thing.

Her heart suddenly felt a little surging - not only because the emperor brushed her hair, but also because she saw a wider world.

"Come on, let's make some plans now, what do you think?"

"Okay, it all depends on your husband!"

This pair of special yet ordinary young people sat side by side in front of the case, one studying ink and the other writing, laughing and joking from time to time.

This pleasant sound restored some vitality and vitality to the Jiaofang Hall, which had been empty for a long time.

I just don’t know how long this pleasant and enviable scene can last.

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