Chapter 5: The Fallen Emperor

That night, not long after Liu Wei returned to the Jiafang Hall after dinner at Empress He's side, Zhang Rang came to visit and discuss with Liu Wei about teaching teachers.

He tactfully told Liu: "...... His Majesty ordered the old minister to choose a teacher for Shi Hou, and the old minister knew that Shi Hou liked freedom, and he was willing to be Shi Hou one or two, but this matter could not be delayed for too long......"

It is said that this Zhang let Mei Shang bully the subordinates, but in the 'Mei Shang' piece, Zhang Rang did a really good job, and did not despise Liu Wei because he was young, on the contrary, he attached great importance to Liu Bian's attitude, even Liu Wei felt that Zhang Rang was one of the few people who did a good job in the ass, and knew where his power came from, unlike some scholars in history, who were so arrogant that they even dared to influence the imperial power.

As for studying, in fact, Liu Wei did not resist, but in order to conform to Liu Bian's previous personality, he deliberately pretended to be unhappy, and deliberately said with a bitter face: "I hope it is not a strict teacher......"

Zhang Rang was deceived by Liu Wei's appearance, and he was secretly happy in his heart, after all, the more ignorant the future prince is, the easier it will be for them to control.

In order to curry favor with Liu Wei, he swore a promise: "Shi Hou rest assured, Shi Yiguan and Dr. Shi are trustworthy people, and Lao Chen can guarantee that when he teaches Shi Hou, he will never disobey Shi Hou's intentions." ”

The next day, Zhang Rang invited Shi Yiguan to the Jiafang Hall where Liu Wei lived.

Shi Yiguan is actually also a scholar, just looking at the fact that he can take refuge in Hongdu Sect and mingle with the Ten Standing Servants, it can be seen that he is also a 'morally flexible' person, so naturally he will not be stupid enough to disobey the opinion of Liu Wei, the Shi Hou.

When he met Liu Bian, he solemnly promised that although he was fortunate to be recommended as Liu Bian's teacher, he would never use the teacher's shelf to sway Liu Bian's opinions, and he would teach Liu Bian whatever he wanted to learn.

This made Liu Wei very satisfied, after all, he didn't want to find a teacher who was too strict with himβ€”he had more important things to plan.

In the end, Liu Wei and Shi Yiguan reached a tacit understanding, agreeing to teach one lesson a day, one lesson for one hour, and teach resignation and calligraphy and painting.

Subsequently, Shi Yiguan showed Liu Wei his skills in calligraphy and painting, even from the perspective of Liu Wei, a layman, this person's calligraphy and painting are superb, and they are indeed enough to serve as his teacher.

It is worth mentioning that this 'teacher Shi' is also from Nanyang, and when Zhang Rang pointed this out, Liu Wei felt that his relationship with Shi Yiguan seemed to be much closer all of a sudden.

As for whether this Shi Yiguan can sit in the position of 'Prince and Prince' by virtue of this matter, in fact, Liu Wei is also happy to see it, after all, if Shi Yiguan can become the prince and the prince, on the other hand, wouldn't he, a 'student', be one step closer to the position of 'Prince'?

What's more, this teacher has never participated in the temple teacher, and his reputation has been boycotted by many scholars because of his friendship with the Ten Standing Servants, so even if such a person becomes a Taishi after Liu Wei succeeds to the throne in the future, he will not pose too much threat to Liu Bian, as long as he is empty.

But it is clear that the scholars faction in the court will not do what Zhang Rang and Shi Yiguan want.

No, only two days later, Liu Wei found that Shi Yiguan, who had been beaten with chicken blood, was suddenly a little depressed, and he didn't say anything about him, so Liu Wei asked Zhang Rang privately.

Zhang Rang explained angrily: "Our family originally wanted to recommend Dr. Shi as the crown prince, but many courtiers played to dissuade Your Majesty. ”

When Liu Wei heard that this was indeed the case, he said: "Didn't Gong Zhang persuade his father? I still like Dr. Shi's ...... very much."

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Wei with a very pleased gaze, and then shook his head gloomily: "The sergeant of the court is powerful, and he has bewitched the general......" He said to Liu Wei meaningfully: "If Shi Hou can persuade the general on his behalf, this matter may have a turning point." ”

Listening to his tone, you can know that the Ten Standing Servants have not yet regarded the general He Jin as a political enemy, and in fact, there is no irreconcilable contradiction between He's relatives and the Ten Standing Servants, and if you want to blame He Jin, he wants to be the leader of the scholars too much, and he doesn't even know that he was used as a gunman.

However, at the moment, Liu Wei does not plan to get involved in this matter for the time being, after all, he has just returned to the palace, and the relationship between all parties is not yet stable, although He Jin is his uncle, but in fact, it is far from being close, plus he is young, even if he tries to persuade him, I am afraid He Jin will not take it seriously.

It's better to wait a little longer.

Due to the obstruction of the sergeant faction, Shi Yiguan became the crown prince and the prince, and there was no follow-up.

Although Shi Yiguan was very disappointed, he still tried his best in teaching Liu Bian, and Liu Bian also studied very seriously, and after half a month, his calligraphy and painting have made great progress.

Zhang Rang privately sent someone to dedicate the calligraphy written by Liu Wei to Emperor Ling, and Emperor Ling was also greatly surprised, and sent someone to summon Liu Wei to the Chongde Hall for inquiry.

Liu Wei endured the discomfort and called himself 'Erchen', and said to Emperor Ling: "Listen to my master's neighbors, the word is the second face of a person, my father is proficient in calligraphy and painting, and is known as everyone, how dare my son-in-law not learn and lose the face of his father?"

"Good!"

Emperor Ling nodded in praise for the first time, his face full of pride.

Not to mention, this faint gentleman is indeed talented in calligraphy, painting, and rhetoric, and can barely be called everyone.

From the side, Zhang Rang also seized the opportunity to praise Liu Bian, praising Liu Bian for learning how hard and how to be filial every day, which made Emperor Ling very happy and gave Liu Bian calligraphy and ink.

Afterwards, Empress He learned that her son was praised by Emperor Ling, and she was also very happy to summon Liu Wei to Changqiu Palace and rewarded her again.

In a word, there are Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng and other ten permanent servants secretly help Liu Bian, Liu Bian's influence in the palace is also increasing, more and more people believe that this Shi Hou can be the prince in the future, but Emperor Ling's biological mother Empress Dowager Dong hated Wu Jiwu, because of her disgust with Queen He, this hatred spread to Liu Bian, so that she often ridiculed Queen He and Liu Bian's mother and son in front of the left and right.

The ten permanent servants who served by the side of the Empress Dowager Dong were named Sun Zhang, and the power in the palace was only after Zhao Rang and Zhao Zhong, and they often discussed with the permanent servants on this matter, and it was also a loss that the ten permanent attendants had not completely given up the Empress Dowager Dong at present, otherwise the ten permanent attendants secretly informed the Changqiu Palace of this matter and informed Empress He that I am afraid that there will be another storm in the palace.

In this way, in the blink of an eye, it was February 18, on this day Liu Wei was practicing calligraphy in the Jiafang Hall where he lived, and suddenly Guo Sheng walked in with a spring face, and congratulated Liu Wei with a whisk in his hand: "Shi Hou, that thing is done!"

"What's the matter?"

Liu Wei asked casually, and then came to his senses, and opened his eyes slightly and said happily: "Guo Gong is talking ......"

"Yes!"

Guo Sheng stroked his palm and said with a smile: "The ministers have brought Cai Bojiao's daughter into the palace...... Now he is waiting outside the temple."

Hearing this, Liu Wei was surprised and delighted.

After all, he only entrusted this matter to the Ten Standing Servants in the middle of the first month, and now that it has only been more than twenty days, the Ten Standing Servants actually brought Cai Yong's daughter from Jiangnan to the Luoyang Han Palace?

It can be seen that the influence of the ten permanent servants radiates from the Luoyang Han Palace to the whole country, and it is not groundless.

However, at the moment, Liu Wei didn't have the heart to study this matter in detail, and hurriedly said to Guo Sheng: "Hurry!

"Yes!"

Guo Sheng bowed back with a smile on his face, and immediately brought in a girl who was fourteen or five years old.

I saw that this girl was wearing a very simple cloth dress, long hair and shawl, her head was slightly bowed, dressed like a village girl, she seemed to be holding a xylophone with some difficulty in her hands, and followed behind Guo Sheng with her head down and small steps.

Seeing the girl dressed so thinly, and then looking at the girl's face that was red from the cold, Liu Wei subconsciously frowned.

Guo Shengna is such a human spirit, seeing Liu Wei frowning, he guessed a few points, and explained to Liu Wei with a bitter face: "Shi Hou, it's not that the people below don't take good care of Miss Cai and let Miss Cai get cold, it's really Miss Cai who ......."

Liu Wei was stunned.

Also, Cai Yanna is a stubborn and high-spirited woman, she can't resist the call of the Han Palace, how can she accept the care of the group of people who have a bad reputation?

Seeing Liu Wei's eyebrows gradually stretching, Guo Sheng hurriedly diverted the topic and said to Cai Yan with a pleasant face: "Miss Cai, this is Shi Hou who invited you to be your companion......

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The girl secretly glanced at Liu Wei with a complicated expression, and then knelt down on her knees, first put down the harmonica in her arms carefully, and then saluted: "Concubine Cai Yan, meet Shi Hou ......"

"Excuse me, excuse me. Liu Wei said as he stepped forward to help this woman whose fate was bumpy and broke the hearts of countless young men.

It can be seen that the girl named Cai Yan is very nervous, so much so that when Liu Wei went to help her, she subconsciously struggled, but in the end she was pulled up by Liu Yan, and was held by the little hand, hand and foot to sit down next to the chair next to the hall, and at the same time ordered: "Take my winter clothes." ”

From the side, Guo Sheng first signaled several small officials in the hall to pick up Cai Yan's piano on the ground and put it on the side of the case, and then ordered them to retreat in turn, while he himself stood next to Liu Wei, the purpose was naturally to prevent the girl from saying something that should not be said.

However, it turned out that Guo Sheng was too worried, because at this moment, Cai Yan didn't have the heart to take the opportunity to say bad things about the ten permanent servants, because her left hand was still held in Liu Wei's hand.

What annoyed Cai Yan was that this Shi Hou was only about ten years old at first glance, five years younger than her, but his hands were unruly, holding her hand in one hand, and gently rubbing her knuckles and fingers with five fingers in one hand, making her feel uncomfortable, and her cheeks turned red unconsciously.

Compared with Cai Yan's restraint and helplessness, Liu Wei was extremely excited and excited at the moment.

After all, this is Cai Yan......

However, unlike the Cai Yan he fantasized, Cai Yan at this time was just a little girl, with no breasts, no buttocks, the whole person was as thin as firewood, and she felt that the wind could blow away.

As for the appearance, to be honest, this yellow-skinned and thin face can only be said to be delicate, and it is still far from the country and the city, at least in Liu Wei's opinion, it is far inferior to his mother, Queen He.

Let's look forward to the future.

Thinking like this, Liu Wei rubbed the girl's little hand and asked enthusiastically, "Wen Ji, can I call you that?"

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Cai Yan's face showed a little confusion, and then he corrected softly: "If Shihou refers to the word of the concubine, the word of the concubine is Zhaoji......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Liu Wei shaking his head and saying as if he was serious: "Zhao Ji is not good, Wen Ji is good, I will call you Wen Ji in the future." ”

From the side, Guo Sheng also echoed continuously: "Wen Ji is good, Wen Ji is good." ”

However, the girl didn't buy it, she was already straight-faced, her face tightened even more when she heard the words, and she said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This is the word taken by my father for my concubine, I hope Shi Hou will call me with Zhaoji." ”

"Okay, Wen Ji, then I'll call you Wen Ji from now on. Liu Wei smiled brightly.

Cai Yan: "??"