Chapter 8: Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
A moment later, Liu Bian and Cai Yan came to the bedroom where Empress He was.
When he met Queen He, Liu Bian bowed and said with a smile: "My mother, I'll take my future daughter-in-law to see you."
I have to say that it has been more than a month since he first met Queen He.
And for more than a month, he came to pay tribute to Queen He every morning, one to please the mother so that he could persuade the mother to stand on his side in the future, and the other to create a "filial" character.
Because the Han Dynasty was a country that advocated filial piety, even the posthumous titles of emperors of all dynasties contained "filial piety", which shows the importance of filial piety.
Queen He also loved her only son very much. After a while, the relationship between mother and son gradually became closer, and Liu Bian gradually adapted and gradually regarded Queen He as his mother in this life, at least now.
As for whether the mother and son will have some conflicts because Queen He ruled behind the curtain, Liu Bian cannot guarantee this. He can only say that he will try his best to avoid such a thing.
But at the moment, Queen He was very happy, especially after hearing Liu Bian's words, she was even more happy to talk.
"Bian'er, for my mother's good defense..."
She held Liu Bian intimately until Liu Bian struggled a little: "Mom, don't treat me as a child, Wen Ji is still watching."
"well."
Queen He smiled and let go of her hands, turned her head and turned her eyes to Cai Yan.
The intelligent Cai Yan also blushed at the right time to salute Queen He: "Miss Cai Yan, I have seen Queen He."
Why blush?
Who told Liu Bian to say anything about his daughter-in-law without any restraint?
"well."
Queen He looked at Cai Yan and nodded slightly. It seemed to have 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, she was actually not outstanding in appearance. At least among the palace maids around Queen He, there were many people who were more beautiful than this woman.
Of course, even if she was disappointed, she would not discriminate. After all, she was only a butcher from a butcher family 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 the house and the mistress, Empress He also called Cai Yan to her side and talked to her affectionately, which made Cai Yan quite flattered, answered questions and did not dare to neglect her.
When talking about Cai Yan's biological father Cai Yong, Cai Yan whispered: "... My father is still in the Wuhui land and has not been summoned by the court. He dared not enter the capital without authorization. He just told his concubine daughter to serve Shi Hou."
In fact, Cai Yong secretly instructed her to try to persuade Shi Hou to know the evil things that the attendant in the palace did, but because Guo Sheng had warned her in advance, she did not dare to mention them.
"At a young age, you have suffered over the years."
Looking at Cai Yan's pale face and thin skin, Queen He was very moved and asked, "Wen Ji, did your father, Doctor Cai, have you been guilty before?"
Zhao Zhong, who was beside him, was slightly shocked and explained from the side: "Empress, the old minister knows about this matter. At that time, Doctor Cai was convicted for his words for slandering the court."
"Slander the court?" Empress He turned to look at Zhao Zhong: "What did Dr. Cai say at that time?"
"Well……"
Zhao Zhong was speechless immediately.
How dare he say that Cai Yong was framed by them back then?
After thinking for a while, he smiled flatteringly: "In fact, it can't be considered slander. It's just that Cai Lang is too serious and deceived. He blamed the world's chaos on our regular servants... Queen, you know, how can we all have that ability?"
"Um."
Queen He nodded slightly and then said to Cai Yan: "Does Wen Ji want to see your father?"
The intelligent Cai Yan immediately understood and hurriedly returned to Empress He's knees and begged: "I beg the Empress to be kind. My father has been away for many years and has always wanted to serve the country and share his worries for His Majesty."
"You kid, get up quickly." Queen He smiled and reached out 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: "Doctor Cai is not troublesome to say something, but it is troublesome to say something, but it is troublesome to say something, but please rest assured, I should do my best."
"Okay." Queen He nodded with satisfaction and praised: "I am worthy of being my loyal servant in the Han Dynasty."
Hearing this, Zhao Zhong looked happy.
From the side, Cai Yan also looked happy and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Queen, thank you."
"Don't thank me." Empress He gently patted Cai Yan's back of her hand and said, "As long as Wen Ji takes good care of my son, I will be satisfied... Wen Ji didn't know that Bian'er had been raised in the folk before, and he was raised in his master Shi Taoist, and I didn't know where he heard about you. He must come to the palace to be his company, so he followed the mystery..."
Cai Yan blushed when he heard this, and looked at Liu Bian secretly, with a confused face.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, Queen, as long as Shi Hou doesn't dislike him, the concubine's daughter will definitely serve him well..."
Empress He laughed and said, "He likes you so much, how can he dislike you?"
Cai Yan's face was blushed again.
From the side, Liu Bian looked at the scene quietly, and was secretly surprised.
According to historical records, Empress He is stubborn and jealous, and everyone in the harem is afraid, but today I saw that his mother is good at it.
After thinking about it, it was right. After all, Empress He has been in the palace for more than ten years. Even if she was the position of the queen, she might not be able to sit firmly on her brother General He Jin.
Judging from Zhao Zhong’s reaction just now, you can tell that the second person in the ten eunuchs did not dare to stop Empress He from doing what she wanted to do. What does this mean?
It is no wonder that Empress He has always dissuaded He Jin from eliminating the Ten Constables in history. Even when Dong Zhuo sent Li Ru to kill Empress He and his son, Empress He still scolded He Jin for being impolite before her death. It can be seen that the Queen knew from the very beginning that the Ten Constables posed no threat to the Han Dynasty, and on the contrary, He Jin's behavior was the way to cause disaster, which harmed his own family and the Han Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Liu Bian added a little more confidence in trying to win over Empress He and stop He Jin.
Afterwards, Empress He made some advice to Cai Yan about Liu Bian's daily life matters and the rules of the palace. Out of gratitude to Empress He, Cai Yan kept it in her heart, which was much more obedient than in front of Liu Bian, and was not as cold and lonely as he looked at all.
This obedience made Queen He very happy. He ordered the palace servants to sew fitted clothes for Cai Yan on the spot and gave Cai Yan some jewelry.
As Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Yan naturally did not value wealth and jewelry, but it was hard for her to refuse Empress He asked her to accept it.
At dusk, Empress He left Liu Bian and Cai Yan to have dinner in Changqiu Palace.
Although Liu Bian, as the prince, actually had sixteen dishes for dinner. The queen's meal was more sumptuous and luxurious than the prince. There were twenty or thirty dishes. Queen He only tasted one or two bites for each dish. Not to mention that Cai Yan felt luxurious in her heart, even Liu Bian felt that she was a bit over the past.
But the same thing is true. Compared with the daily expenses of more than 2,000 eunuchs and tens of thousands of palace maids in the Han Palace in Luoyang, the cost of Empress He’s three meals a day is not a big deal.
After dinner, Liu Bian took Cai Yan to bid farewell to Empress He and returned to the Jiafang Hall where he lived.
There were four palace maids beside Queen He. The four women were holding the clothes that were urgently made for Cai Yan in the palace this afternoon, from underwear to normal clothing, and they were sixteen. This was temporary. After a few days, more clothes will be delivered.
This treatment really made Cai Yan, who had a hard life in the past, feel very flustered and even feel a little uncomfortable. However, the queen was kind to her and she couldn't refuse the queen's kindness.
When they arrived at the Jiafang Hall, the four palace maids beside Queen He left their clothes and left with envy and jealousy towards Cai Yan.
At this time, the eunuchs serving Jiafang Hall had already burned the hot water after bathing.
Looking at the wooden barrel that could allow the two of them to bathe together, looking back at Liu Bian's malicious smile, Cai Yan's cold and lone face could no longer hold on.
To be fair, Liu Bian actually has no bad intentions. A ten-year-old child can't do anything. What bad intentions can he have?
He just thought Cai Yan's face was very interesting.
He deliberately teased Cai Yan and said, "Wenji, you promised my mother to take good care of me."
The girl was both ashamed and angry, but in the end she gritted her teeth and agreed. Who made Queen He a clever way to grasp the little girl's weakness?
After a while, Liu Bian took off his clothes and jumped into the wooden barrel. He immediately lay on the edge of the wooden barrel, looked at Cai Yan with a smile, and looked at the girl's face in a calm state. He gritted his teeth and slowly untied his belt...
To be honest, the 15-year-old girl, especially a girl like Cai Yan who has lived a hard life for a long time and lacks nutrition, actually has nothing to see, let alone the shy girl who was still wearing underwear when she entered the bathtub by Liu Bian, so she has nothing to look good about.
The only thing that made Liu Bian a little excited was that the one who bathed and cleaned his body at this moment was Cai Yan, who had been thinking about day and night. Unfortunately, no matter how excited Liu Bian was, he could not accept it at this moment.
As for Cai Yan, she naturally resisted at the beginning, but gradually she felt relieved. 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 of this, Cai Yan gradually became less shy. When she even helped Liu Bian wipe her body, she even secretly glanced at Xiao Liu Bian. She thought she was a little 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 is OK to have a bed together, but you are not allowed... you are not allowed to do bad things."
Liu Bian was not stupid enough to ask what was bad things, so he agreed readily and tricked Cai Yan, who had changed into a new underwear after taking a bath, put on a new underwear, and went to the bed.
Although he can't do anything at this age, he can't take advantage of it.
Just as the two of them lay down, Liu Bian hugged Cai Yan from behind while he was facing back to him.
Unlike Liu Bian's imagination, Wen Yu felt in her arms, but in fact, the feeling of holding her was not very good. After all, the girl next to her was too thin and she didn't have a few taels of flesh on her body, but it doesn't matter, after all, this is the woman he once sighed with pity for countless nights.
"well……"
Feeling Liu Bian's irregular hands, Cai Yan sighed quietly.
Chapter completed!