Liu He asked this question coldly, and Huo Chengjun didn't understand it.

"When I met you before, you always seemed to have some unhappiness, was it because your life in the Great General was not satisfactory?"

After Liu He asked this sentence, he also felt a little out of place, and hurriedly 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 his life in the General's Mansion in the past six months, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

A moment later, the young Huo Chengjun smiled bitterly with vicissitudes.

"I was born in the General's Mansion, and I have lived a life of fine clothes and food since I was a child, how can I not be happy, and I am much better than those slaves and maids."

Liu He heard the helplessness in Huo Chengjun's words, and then thought about the behavior of Huo Xian and Huo Guang, and thought about the news that the embroidered guards brought out from the back house of the General's Mansion...... He was even more sure that Huo Chengjun's life was not as wishful as others imagined.

Feeling emotional, Liu He stood up, sat down next to Huo Chengjun, and gently hugged Huo Chengjun into his arms, as if he was comforting the other party's sorrow in this way.

At the beginning, Huo Chengjun was still a little cramped, lying in Liu He's arms and not daring to move in the slightest.

Liu He gently stroked Huo Chengjun's hair and did not speak.

He remembered the time when he lived alone in Changyi Palace and Weiyang Palace, although it was very fulfilling, but it was inevitable that there would be some depression and loneliness in the dead of night.

Now that he has Huo Chengjun, who is "connected to the same fate", he naturally feels a little warm.

And this also made Liu He have an idea: Huo Chengjun must have a different life.

Not only because she is the 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 originally some vague images in Liu He's mind, but they gradually became clear, and he already knew what to do.

The touch and warmth on the skin always calms people's minds.

The two snuggled up to each other, and it didn't take long for Liu He to feel that Huo Chengjun's somewhat stiff body in his arms had softened, and he was lying obediently in his arms.

"Chengjun, now that I have nothing to do, 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 said the "crazy" memory in his mind that did not belong to him.

Born noble, well-dressed and well-fed, his parents died since he was a child, and although the subordinate officials and teachers around him were dutiful, how could they give warmth to the king of Changyi?

Loneliness, fear, and helplessness...... These negative emotions made the original King of Changyi a violent and stubborn person......

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

This memory belonging to the king of Changyi, Liu He did not hide anything from Huo Chengjun, and even said those absurd and crazy things without reservation.

And these things also surprised Huo Chengjun, she sat up straight from Liu He's arms, listened intently, and the sympathy, surprise and sadness in her eyes alternated.

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

"Is what Your Majesty said true?"

"That's natural, I'm willing to tell you at this moment, of course it's true, what kind of person do you think I was at that time?" Liu He asked disappreciatively.

"No wonder ......"

"Huh?"

"No wonder after I was canonized as empress, my mother once reminded me that His Majesty's temperament might be a little ......"

Before Huo Chengjun could speak, he felt a little disobedient, but he was soon relieved: The Son of Heaven told her these past events just to make them more intimate, right?

Thinking of this, Huo Chengjun continued: "Mother said that Your Majesty has a stubborn temperament, no words and deeds, and even a little crazy, so let me be cautious." ”

"My mother-in-law saw it very accurately, at that time, I only said that madness was already light, and I am afraid it should be more appropriate to say that I was mediocre and violent."

Liu He smiled, and then said: "Then Chengjun gets along with me, do you think I am a crazy faint monarch?" ”

Although Meng Lang is a little bit of Meng Lang, he is not crazy.

Huo Chengjun had heard a lot of things Liu He had done, and she felt that even if she removed the identity of the Son of Heaven, her husband was not a crazy person.

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

"When I was in the General's Mansion, I could hear some things about His Majesty from time to time, and I didn't think His Majesty was a crazy person." Huo Chengjun said resolutely,

"Huh? So what have you heard about me? Liu He asked with interest.

Huo Chengjun raised his hand to comb his somewhat scattered hair, and said seriously.

"Your Majesty ordered the manufacture of many new agricultural tools, and allowed the folk craftsmen to manufacture and sell them at will, which is not to compete with the people."

"Your Majesty took out money and food from the Shaofu, subsidized the flints on the Great Wall of the border counties, and rewarded the Han army for the expedition, which is not easy to sympathize with the soldiers."

"Every month on the fifteenth day of the new year, His Majesty will also send people to give porridge and medicine in Chang'an City, which is loving the people like a son."

"On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, invite the palace people and guards to eat moon cakes, and from time to time they will send them rice balls at night, which is to have fun with the people."

"By the way, when His Majesty first entered the palace, he also ordered to reduce the working hours of the sinners in the riot room......"

……

When Huo Chengjun said this, his eyes flashed with a different brilliance, and the words he said must have been thinking about it in his heart for a long time.

Liu He looked at Huo Chengjun, who was getting more and more excited the more he talked, and was very surprised in his heart.

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

"Who do you listen to all these things?" Liu He asked curiously.

"These things have been spread all over Chang'an City, and even many slaves and maids in the General's Mansion are talking about it, and they say that Your Majesty is a rare benevolent monarch."

Renjun?

Liu He didn't expect that this seemingly unattainable title would be easily taken down by himself.

Sure enough, the people of the Han Dynasty are just rough and peaceful.

He, the high Son of Heaven, just did a little "benevolent and righteous thing", which can make them remember it in their hearts for a long time.

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

"It's their mispraise, what I've done for them isn't enough, ......it's not enough," Liu He sighed.

"Your Majesty, the concubine wants to ask ......"

"Huh? Why did you forget again, didn't I say that when there are no outsiders, just call me husband. Liu He reminded with a smile.

"I remember...... Husband. Huo Chengjun still said a little shyly.

"What do you want to ask me?"

"I want to ask my husband why his heart has suddenly changed so much."

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 of three years ago, and that night was very ordinary, and after drinking a lot of wine with the evil slaves in the palace, I got drunk as usual......

"When I woke up again, I found that the cups and plates in the Changyi Hall were messy, and the wine and meat smelled, and when I was about to wake up those evil slaves to continue messing around, I heard intermittent cries outside......"

"I felt bad luck in my heart, so I went out drunk, and the voice loomed as if it were going to lead me somewhere."

"On a whim, I followed the voice...... Finally, I came to a side gate outside Changyi Palace. ”

"Outside the door, there was an old woman in rags, holding a child and crying bitterly, and there was not a trace of blood on the skinny child's face."

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

"In that moment, a sentence appeared in my heart - Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road......"

"Then the child and the old woman suddenly turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared from my eyes."

"Perhaps my heart has changed since that night, and the old woman and the child may have been sent by heaven to warn me."

Liu He's story is very crudely written, but it doesn't mean that Huo Chengjun can't be hidden.

On the contrary, in the Han Empire, where the theory of auspicious disasters prevailed, this kind of story is 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 depict the picture of "good days" in his heart to Huo Chengjun, the coming days are long, and there is still a lot of time, so he said carefully.

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

Liu He has to be praised like this by the ministers every day, and he has already been a little numb, but today he still feels a little fluttering when he hears the person next to him say it with admiration on his face.

"Chengjun, I also want to hear about what happened when you were a child, would you like to tell me?"

"After I became sensible, I left the general only a handful of times, and even if I said it, it was very boring, and my husband was afraid that he would doze off when he heard it." Huo Chengjun said.

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

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

The big man is centered on men up and down, and women's lives can only be described as boring. Even if Huo Chengjun is the daughter of a general, life is still lackluster.

It's nothing more than going out to play with his handkerchief, arguing with his mother, messing around with the slaves and maids in the house, and listening to the old maid babble about various rules every day......

For more than ten years, it has revealed boring, depressing, monotonous, indifferent and using these words.

In this 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.

If there is any "privilege" to be the daughter of the general Huo Guang, it is that she can read and write - before Huo Chengjun was made the queen, there have always been great Confucians who came to the mansion to teach Huo Chengjun to read.

This great Confucian is none other than the former Changxin Shaofu Xiahou Sheng - he is also the teacher of the Empress Dowager Shangguan.

Xiahou Sheng told Huo Chengjun about "Analects", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Chuan......

Judging from Huo Chengjun's current conversation temperament, Xiahou Sheng is very serious and responsible, without any perfunctory and partiality.

It's no wonder that Huo Chengjun is not like Huo Guang and Huo Xian, at least partly because he has read books.

"Chengjun, do you like to read?"

"This is natural, there is a different world in the book, and it is much wider than the cramped Great General's Mansion."

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

She sighed softly before she said: "It's a pity that in the past six months, my mother has not let me read, but let me learn more female workers. ”

Liu He saw Huo Chengjun's boredom, and couldn't help but feel some pity, which also made the idea in his heart more firm.

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

"Of course, there is a place where the Shaofu collects the books of the Son of Heaven." Huo Chengjun was puzzled, and he didn't know why Bai Zi wanted to mention this remote place.

"There are a lot of books in the Shiqu Pavilion, not only the Confucian classics, but also the books of the hundred schools of thought, I will order the examination and printing room to print them all......"

"And this first book every time it is printed, I will have someone send it to you in the Jiaofang Palace, what do you think?"

Does that mean there is a steady stream of books to read?

Although Huo Chengjun just said that with the company of the Son of Heaven, life will not be boring, but he also knows the loneliness in the deep palace.

Being able to read is already a pleasure for her.

"What the husband said may be true?" Huo Chengjun asked.

"Naturally, I can take it seriously, I am the son of the Han Dynasty, and you have no jokes!"

"Then I'll thank my husband first."

At this moment, Huo Chengjun is a little less shy, but he has more vigor and expectation, which makes Liu He feel interesting and excited.

"What's so thankful for this, does this move also have the demeanor of Mingjun?" Liu He said with a smile.

This sentence made Huo Chengjun a little disappointed and said: "You have to be Mingjun, but I don't know how to share your worries yet......"

"If you do a good job as the queen in this Jiaofang Palace, you are already worrying about me."

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

"I don't know, but I do have something I want to discuss with you, maybe by doing this, you will know how to be a good queen."

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

"Would you like to teach the maidservants in this palace to read and write?"

Huo Chengjun was a little stunned at first, and he didn't seem to understand what the Son of Heaven meant.

But after all, she is not the youngest daughter of an ordinary family, and she has seen more than many people, so she soon seems to have some understanding.

"Does the husband want me to open a place in this Weiyang Palace that specializes in teaching women to read?"

"Exactly."

"W-This is a bit of a madness...... aren't you?" Although Huo Chengjun said that, his expression was more excited and excited.

"This rebellious emperor is worthy of a rebellious queen, but it is also a pair made in heaven."

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

"This matter is actually not crazy, the maidservants in the palace live very lonely, they can read and write, for them, they can also kill time, so it is a benevolent government, what do you think?"

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

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

"Husband, I understand."

Liu He was very satisfied with this result, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch Huo Chengjun's soft hair again-those who love the world should love the people around them first.

"Maybe one day, we can make more women literate." Liu He whispered to himself.

Huo Chengjun didn't think that far, but her intuition told her that it seemed like a great thing.

Her heart suddenly surged a little—not only because the Son of Heaven brushed her hand, but also because she saw a wider world.

"Come on, let's plan now, don't you think?"

"Okay, it's all up to my husband!"

This pair of special and ordinary young people sat side by side in front of the desk, one studying ink and the other writing, laughing a few words from time to time.

This beautiful and pleasant sound has regained some vitality and vitality in this Jiaofang Palace, which has been empty for a long time.

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

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