The Child Emperor

A melody came from outside the military tent, like a qin but not a qin. It was ethereal and agile, and it was in the ear. After listening to it for a while, Han Ruzi felt an indescribable comfort.

Zhang Youcai and Loach were clearing the dishes and chopsticks when they saw the emperor raise a hand, as if to signal them not to make any noise, so one of them was holding a plate and the other was leaning over for chopsticks. They all stopped there motionless and glanced at each other. At a glance, inexplicable.

There was a sudden quarrel outside, as if a black bear suddenly broke into the forest, frightening the beautiful and shy birds away - the song stopped abruptly, and the listener sighed, like a dream interrupted.

Zhang Youcai and Loach are still inexplicable, but they know that they can move and continue to clean up the table.

Cui Teng broke into the tent, and at first glance, he was drunk, his face was flushed, his eyes were fierce, but he wanted to make a smile, and said vaguely: "The emperor is my...brother-in-law, we are...family. , hehe, brother-in-law, I knew you weren't asleep."

Liu Jie, the supervisor of the Central Division, followed behind, holding Cui Teng's arm, and was very dissatisfied with his rude behavior. Unfortunately, this is a military camp, and there are not so many portals to stop such people.

Han Ruzi nodded to Liu Jie, motioning him to let go. Liu Jie hesitated for a while before obeying the order and bowed down.

Cui Teng thought that "the emperor's brother-in-law" was nodding to him. After several times, he staggered over and looked at the leftovers on the table, "Is your majesty eating this?"

Four kinds of dishes, two meat and two vegetarian, a bowl of soup, a bowl of rice, is the emperor's dinner.

"You're drinking again." Han Ruzi said sternly.

"Hehe." Cui Teng lowered his voice unnecessarily, "Your Majesty forgot, I was... but I was ordered to drink."

"That was a few days ago."

"But Your Majesty has never withdrawn his will, so I have to... drink it all the time, right?" Cui Teng was triumphant, he found a loophole, which he has used until now.

Han Ruzi laughed angrily. Cui Teng was one of the very few people who was loyal to him, but there were so many problems that Han Ruzi didn't even dare to give a serious official position.

Neither Zhang Youcai nor Loach liked Cui Teng, so they winked at his back and walked away with the bowls and chopsticks in their hands.

Two guards entered the tent quietly and stood at the door, apparently sent by Liu Jie.

Cui Teng didn't feel that he was hated at all, he pulled a stool and sat opposite the emperor, "I got them all drunk..."

"From now on, you are not allowed to drink again until you get my permission." Han Ruzi said clearly.

Cui Teng raised his head and thought for a while, and found that there were no loopholes, and smiled: "Then don't drink, you are the emperor, or my brother-in-law, you decide."

"What's the matter with you?" Seeing that Cui Teng had come prepared, Han Ruzi was eager to try, and his face showed it all.

Cui Teng laughed even more cheerfully, "Your Majesty is really smart, no wonder my sister was so..." Cui Teng raised his hand to cover his mouth.

"Go on," Han Ruzi ordered.

Cui Teng slowly moved his palm away, "I don't blame my sister. At that time, everyone thought that His Majesty was... a fool chosen by the Queen Mother. He would bite and beat people without even speaking."

Han Ruzi smiled and shook his head, "So your sister didn't want to marry into the palace at that time?"

"Of course! My sister cried with my mother and with Lao Jun, but it was useless. My father just wanted a queen in the family, and nothing else."

Cui Hong had seen the emperor for a long time, so he would not treat him as a fool, probably because he was disdainful to explain to the female relatives at home.

Thinking of Cui Xiaojun's appearance on the wedding night, Han Ruzi could understand her panic at that time.

"How do you talk about my sister?" Cui Teng scratched his head, "Anyway, my sister was really happy afterwards. I laughed at her about the past, and she was still angry... Forget it, let's not talk about this, I will bring some good things to Your Majesty. thing."

Cui Teng made a mysterious expression.

Han Ruzi was still thinking about Xiaojun, and after a while he said, "What did you bring?"

There was no response to Cui Teng's brewing emotions, and he suddenly lost his interest. "Your Majesty is really... I brought a few good things, but Your Majesty had to let me bring them in. The eunuch outside stopped me."

"No nonsense."

"Why is this nonsense? Your Majesty is the emperor. If the best things are not given to the emperor, then it is called nonsense." Cui Teng stood up, strode to the door, lifted the curtain and shouted, "You can come in."

Liu Jie wouldn't obey his orders, he went into the tent to look at the emperor, and only exited the tent after getting permission to release the "good things" that Cui Teng brought.

Four women walked in, each holding a different musical instrument in their arms, kneeling and bowing. All of them were beautiful beauties who had not opened their mouths, but they were already coquettish and shy. Their eyes were lowered, but they looked forward. of gorgeousness.

Cui Teng ran back to the emperor in a few steps, "The beauty of the country is like no other in the world. The whole Luoyang, no, the whole world, can't find a fifth one. Your Majesty is really lucky. They come from different places and happened to meet in Luoyang..."

Han Ruzi was furious and slapped the table hard, "Cui Teng, who gave you the courage?"

Cui Teng thumped and knelt down, his eyes just above the table top, showing a stunned expression, and muttered: "Your Majesty, no one... no one will give me courage."

"The queen is your own sister. I'm here to stabilize the world. It's fine if you don't do anything to help me, but I'm worthy of the queen and my trust in you?"

Cui Teng was stunned, and there was a sudden bang behind him. It turned out that the woman holding the pipa was so frightened that she fell to the ground.

Cui Teng said in a very low voice: "My sister is not here, no one will talk nonsense. The emperor, how can you be called an emperor if you don't enjoy it? Ordinary people have three wives and four concubines. Besides, people are different, and women have their own advantages. …”

Han Ruzi remembered that Cui Teng used to be a good friend of the libertine Chai Yun, so he must have the same odor, but Cui Teng just didn't show it.

Han Ruzi smiled, "Henan Yin asked you to send it?"

Seeing the emperor laughing, Cui Teng became complacent again, and still knelt there, showing a pair of eyes, "How can Han Chou have such eyesight? He found a bunch of vulgar fans, even I can't look down on it, how can he send it to me? For His Majesty? So I asked him to find more beauties, and let me choose carefully. I have heard the names of these four beauties, but I didn't expect them to be in Luoyang. If it wasn't for me, Han Chou would hide them. ...Huh, what are you doing? Your Majesty... Your Majesty...Listen to me..."

Two guards supported Cui Teng and rudely dragged him out of the tent.

The four women lay on the ground and shivered, no longer the coquettish shyness and the gorgeousness of looking forward to life.

Liu Jie and several eunuchs came in and ordered the four daughters to go out.

"Wait." Han Ruzi stopped the four of them, "Who was playing outside just now?"

A woman seemed to answer, her voice was too low for Han Ruzi to hear clearly, Liu Jie leaned over, listened for a while, then got up and said, "It's this woman's master, who plucked the strings a few times while tuning the strings outside. I don't want to disturb Sheng Ting."

Han Ruzi didn't feel disturbed, but it was a pity that such a serene and refined tune was actually written by the Fengchen woman. She was about to wave her hand, but she didn't give up, and hesitated for a while.

Zhang Youcai bent down, asked a few questions in a low voice, raised his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, this person's master is a violinist named Zhang Zhuohe, and he is forty-seven this year."

It was Zhang Youcai who understood the emperor's mind.

Han Ruzi nodded and waved the eunuch to lead the four daughters back.

Henan Yin Hanhou was eager to please the emperor. This may be an opportunity to encourage the wealthy businessmen in Luoyang to participate in the opening of warehouses. Han Ruzi plans to summon Luoyang officials again tomorrow.

The sound of the song came again, this time it was played according to the order, and it became more and more beautiful, but it lost a bit of aura. Han Ruzi didn't know much about the rhythm. Things can only be obtained by chance, and the more you search up and down, the farther away you get.

The emperor was ready to rest, and the music stopped.

Zhang Youcai and others all quit, Han Ruzi lay on the bed, silently running the internal skills taught by Meng E, and slowly entered a state of half asleep and half awake.

I don't know since when, the sound of the song came again, it seems that two people, two pianos, with completely different tones, are answering each other in a special way.

Han Ruzi was infected, and he only felt as if two people supported his arm and sent him straight to the sky, flying freely in the ethereal clouds...

When he woke up, Han Ruzi felt more energetic than ever before, and the exhaustion of the past few days was swept away, and he was in high spirits. Zhang Youcai and Loach, who had come to serve the emperor, could see it and were surprised.

Han Ruzi packed up and asked, "Is that violinist named Zhang Zhuhe still there?"

"I sent it away last night. If your Majesty likes it, you can call it back at any time." Zhang Youcai replied.

"Don't worry, you have to inquire about this person first, who should go..."

"I'm going!" Loach stood up immediately, from a fishing village boy to the emperor's personal follower, he was so suffocated, he was about to go out for a walk.

"You don't know where you live in Luoyang, how can you find out?"

"If you have money, just go and listen to music everywhere and ask other violin masters. If everyone has heard of Zhang Zhuhe, then it's done. If you haven't, it means that there must be something wrong with this person, and then let the people from the Punishment Department go. check."

Han Ruzi looked at the loach in surprise, "Go and see what you can find out."

"Change my clothes, I have money in my bag..." Zhang Youcai urged, Loach strode out and waved his hands without looking back, indicating that he knew all this.

The first job after waking up was to meet with the accompanying ministers. The capital sent many memorials, all of which have been approved, and the copies were sent, so that the emperor could know that the imperial court was functioning normally.

Liu Zeqin, the servant of the Ministry of Household, submitted a detailed inquiry to the Henan County government. As expected, the grain storage in the official warehouse was far from enough for the refugees near Luoyang. The Ministry of War also gave detailed figures. Increase the number of defenders, otherwise Aocang will not have much leftover food for the refugees.

After the court meeting, Han Ruzi wanted to summon Henan Yin immediately, but Chai Yue came to remind him that he would see another person in the morning.

The ugly king of Luoyang, Wang Jianhuo, came early in the morning and had been waiting outside the camp for a long time. First, he underwent a full-body examination, and then the officials of the Ministry of Rites briefly introduced etiquette and asked him to practice correctly before going to see the emperor.

Wang Jianhuo did the same, and didn't care about the whispers of the people around him. After entering the tent, he did not kneel, but folded his fists and cupped his hands.

What surprised Han Ruzi most was Wang Jianhuo's ugly face.