Chapter 9: The Heavenly Dao Cycle

It is difficult to stay in the year, and it is easy to be damaged; The white horse passes through the gap, and the sun flies

In the passage of time, the red face turned into white hair, and the teenager became twilight

In a blink of an eye, it was already the ninth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Emperor Yongyuan

Empress Dowager Dou, the first person in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was critically ill

Emperor Han He, despite the busy government affairs, went to visit several times a day, until the empress dowager was angry and asked him to give priority to state affairs before changing to visit once a day.

The whole palace was plunged into mourning.

In the middle of the night, Empress Dowager Dou sent her henchmen to recruit Cai Lun.

Seeing the sickly-looking Empress Dowager Dou, Cai Lun couldn't help but burst into tears

Empress Dowager Dou: I know that the time limit has come, but I can't rest assured that you, brother...

Cai Lun panicked: In the forbidden palace, the queen mother must not be called so

Empress Dowager Dou: Now there are only you and me in the dormitory, so what's the matter? After I died, my brother had no backer in the palace, so what could I do?

Cai Lun: After the Queen Mother returned to heaven, the minister was ready to retire to the mountains and forests, and he lived for the rest of his life

Empress Dowager Dou: Brother must not be like this. My brother has been in the palace for a long time, and he has participated in many confidential matters, if he retires to the mountains and forests, if one day the secrets in the palace are leaked, then when he asks the blame, can the brother stay out of the matter? This is also the way to take trouble.

Cai Lun: What does the Queen Mother mean?

Empress Dowager Dou: Choose a noble person and form an alliance, so that you can keep peace.

Cai Lun: What does the Queen Mother mean by the current Queen of Yin?

Empress Dowager Dou disdainfully: Queen Yin has no scheming, no city, and a noble family background in vain.

Cai Lun: That's?

Empress Dowager Dou: After Deng Guiren became famous, his family had deep roots in this dynasty. Since entering the palace, he has not been publicized, humble everywhere, and has a good reputation. One day he will be righted and become the master of the harem. I have been gracious to her in the past, and I have been very kind to her, and I have told her a few days ago that you are my dear person, and I will support each other in the palace in the future. With her alliance, my brother should have peace of mind.

Cai Lun burst into tears: The Queen Mother...

Empress Dowager Dou: Don't call me the Empress Dowager, call me 'Sister Huan' like when I was a child

Cai Lun: Sister Huan

Empress Dowager Dou: Brother Wang, come closer, let me see you again...

Cai Lun approached and knelt in front of the Queen Mother's bed

Empress Dowager Dou muttered: Brother Wang, do you remember when we were young, we went to Daddy's study every night to read, the first book you taught me to read was "Chu Ci", you see...

I saw a set of bamboo slips at the head of the bed, which was "Chu Ci"

Cai Lun's eyes were blurred with tears suddenly: Yes, it's "Chu Ci", the Queen Mother has been...

Empress Dowager Dou: I have always kept "Chu Ci" by my side, and Brother Wang's affection for me will never be forgotten...

Empress Dowager Dou struggled to get the bamboo slip at the head of the bed, but she couldn't pick it up due to her illness and weakness

Cai Lun: Don't move, Queen Mother

Empress Dowager Dou: Alas... This bamboo slip is so bulky, inconvenient to use, if there is a light thing instead of the bamboo slip, it would be good to implement the words of the sage in the world in the future, open the wisdom of the people, and educate the people It will be much more convenient.

Empress Dowager Dou stretched out her hand and stroked Wang Lun's cheek

Empress Dowager Dou: Brother Wang, you were very attentive when you taught me "Chu Ci", and every day I looked forward to getting dark as soon as possible, because every night I could listen to you tell those moving poems, do you know, I liked you at that time...

Empress Dowager Dou said that her voice became smaller and smaller, and the hand that was caressing Cai Lun suddenly fell to the ground

Cai Lun was grief-stricken: Sister Huan...

In August of the ninth year of Yongyuan, Empress Dowager Dou died, nicknamed Empress Zhangde, and was buried in Jingling with Emperor Zhang of Han.

Sure enough, as expected by the Empress Dowager Dou, a few years later, Queen Yin was deposed because of witch Gu, and the Han and Emperor established Deng Guiren as the queen.

At this time, Cai Lun had already formed an alliance with Deng Guiren. As soon as Deng ascended to the throne, Cai Lun applied for his own appointment as Shang Fangling.

Cai Lun's position before that was a regular waiter, with a salary of 2,000 stones. And Shang Fang ordered Yulu to only have 600 stones. Cai Lun applied for this position, first, the Empress Dowager Dou died, and he no longer needed to participate in the palace battle, nor did he want to be trapped in it again; The second is because Shang Fangling is in charge of all kinds of imperial utensils, including pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, Cai Lun wants to fulfill the last wish of the Empress Dowager Dou before her death, and research a light thing to replace bamboo slips.

After Cai Lun took charge of Shang Fangling, he put a lot of effort into writing instruments, and as a result, this effort actually created a famous invention - papermaking.

In the first year of Yuanxing, Cai Lun presented paper to Emperor Han and Emperor, which was appreciated by the emperor, and ordered the world, the court to use and promote it inside and outside, and the official offices of the court and all parts of the country were regarded as miracles. Cai Lun was also named "Dragon Pavilion Hou", so people called this kind of paper "Cai Hou paper".

For a time, Cai Hou's paper spread all over the world, and Cai Lun was famous through the ages.

In order to thank Cai Lun for his papermaking efforts, the world calls Cai Lun 'Cai Hou' to show respect.

In front of the mausoleum of Empress Dou, Cai Lun took out a roll of "Chu Ci" printed on Cai Hou's paper and incinerated it in front of the mausoleum

Cai Lun silently thought in his heart: Sister Huan, I have also fulfilled your last wish for you, the art of papermaking has been popularized in the world, and there is no need to use bulky bamboo slips anymore. As you wish, it will be much more convenient to implement the words of the saints in the world in the future, open up the wisdom of the people, and educate the people. Your brother Wang will live up to your trust for the rest of his life...

A breeze blew, and the paper ash flew with the wind, floating straight into the sky, condensing in the air

Cai Lun raised his head to the sky and looked at the paper ashes flying in the sky: Sister Huan, are you here to tell me that you received it? Do you mean that you have received Brother Wang's heart?

Cai Lun closed his eyes, and two lines of hot tears flowed from the corners of his eyes

In the first year of Yuanxing, Emperor Han He died, and his son died soon after...

The ruling Empress Dowager Deng wanted to select a candidate to succeed from among the close branches of the imperial family. After consulting with her brother, Empress Dowager Deng set up Liu Hu, the son of King Qinghe, as Emperor An of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Qing, the king of Qinghe, was the abolished prince of that year, and Liu Hu was the grandson of the Song nobles who died unjustly that year.

There is a providence in the dark, and the throne has returned to the descendants of the Song nobles.

When Emperor An ascended the throne, he immediately ordered the court lieutenant to track down the murderer who framed his grandmother.

Cai Lun watched coldly from the sidelines.

Because the people involved in the case were all removed by Cai Lun one by one afterwards, there was no progress in the case. Emperor An was so enraged that he wanted to kill the court captain. Seeing that there is another bloody storm again...

Cai Lun couldn't bear to hurt people's lives and innocents.

And at this time, the Empress Dowager Dou is dead, and the Dou family has long been scattered, and there is no need to hide it, so Cai Lun admitted this past...

In the side hall, Emperor An was silent for a long time after listening to Cai Lun's narration

The young emperor didn't expect that the world-famous Cai Hou in front of him would have such a tortuous past

The two sat opposite each other for a long time, and Emperor An left, leaving only Cai Lun in the side hall

A small yellow door came in: Lord Cai, Your Majesty ordered Cai Hou to go to the Tingwei Mansion to confess the crime, but Cai Hou has made great achievements in papermaking, and Cai Hou can go back to the mansion to settle down first.

Cai Lun returned to his house to bathe and dressed neatly, took poison and died

When the family sorted out the body, they found that he was carrying a silk silk in his arms, which was the portrait that Cai Lun painted for her when Empress Dowager Dou was sixteen years old...