At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

A lot of government affairs and pressure suddenly fell on him during these days, and he really didn't get used to it for a while.

Now he is gradually getting used to it, but he is also very tired. Many times when he returns to the house at night, he has no time to take care of his two-year-old eldest son, or even his beloved wife Cai Wan.

Fortunately, his beloved wife knows the general situation and supports him with all her strength, so that he doesn't have a fire in the backyard, and he doesn't have to be busy at both ends.

Cai Wan is definitely the most correct choice for him. Since they got married, the two have had a close relationship. After having a child, the relationship will become more harmonious. After a busy day, returning home to sleep is the biggest expectation for him.

It is also a kind of enjoyment for him to drink a bowl of soup stewed by his mother at lunch.

"Isn't it too busy these days?"

Cao Lan felt distressed when Guo Jin looked as tired as Guo Peng when he drank the soup.

"There are a lot of important affairs in the country, and you will always be tired from busy work. This is normal. It is not a strange thing. If the national affairs can be handled easily, then there is a real problem. There are no major affairs in the country. It's the biggest thing, so mother doesn't have to worry."

Guo Jin just smiled.

With such an attitude and words, Cao Lan couldn't help thinking of Guo Peng. When Guo Peng was tired, he would say the same thing to comfort her.

It's just that she knows exactly what kind of heavy responsibility her man shoulders.

And now, the son has to start taking on such responsibilities.

Even so, this is not something she can change, there are very few things she can do, cooking a bowl of soup for them like this is already the limit of what she can do.

She knew how well she was protected by her husband. In such a troubled world, in such an era when human life was worse than a dog, she never once felt the threat from the troubled world.

Not once.

The husband always stood up and kept everything out, leaving peace and stability to himself and the children.

Even being a queen is a bit abrupt.

She didn't realize anything at all, and her status was rising steadily. Her husband had more and more subordinates, his base was getting bigger, his power was getting stronger, and more and more people respected her.

Then, out of nowhere, she was suddenly told that her husband would be the emperor and she would be the empress.

Not long after, she became the mother of a country, the mother of the world.

From the daughter of an eunuch family to the empress of a country, Cao Lan is not used to the process of this period.

Every time I think about it, I feel like a dream, and I feel that all this is not real.

How did she become a queen?

But watching the three lively children grow up day by day and become more responsible day by day, she will realize that all this is true.

She is a queen, her husband is an emperor, and her child is a prince. Everything has changed. Their family is no longer an ordinary family of officials and eunuchs, but a royal family.

Because this kind of transformation came too quickly, when she first became a queen, if Guo Peng didn't help her and tell her what to do, she didn't even know how to be a queen.

Not to mention managing the harem to establish dignity and helping Guo Peng stabilize the backyard.

It is much more relaxed now, and it is easy to handle affairs, but only Cao Lan knows how many mentality changes he has experienced.

Including exercising the power of a queen in front of her husband who is an emperor for the first time, forcibly taking away those enchantresses from the Western Regions without her husband stopping her.

Afterwards, she didn't even know how she succeeded.

The husband really watched her take away those bewitching girls from the Western Regions, and then refused to return them to him.

Afterwards, they didn't quarrel or quarrel, and they didn't quarrel. They just pretended that it never happened. They never asked where those Western Region bewitching girls were going or what they were doing, as if they didn't exist at all.

She knew that she was a lucky and happy woman with a strong husband and an excellent son. The two generations of their father and son supported her one after another, and they never made her worry about going abroad.

They always have a smile on their face.

But what kind of bitterness and fatigue are hidden behind this smile?

She also knew.

There are not many times when the three brothers get together to eat, but they always have something to talk to each other.

For the youngest brother, Guo Jin will test his homework, just like Guo Peng tested his success in the past, implementing the principle of "elder brother is like father".

As for the 19-year-old Guo Jun, Guo Jin is relatively relaxed, and even chats with him about what happened in the court, and complains to him about some troubles he has encountered.

At this time, as a mother, Cao Lan will listen and watch quietly, hoping that all this can last forever.

But today, instead of just listening as usual, Guo Jun made a request that caught Cao Lan by surprise.

"Brother, since you are so tired, why don't you let me help you? Is there anything I can do, and I am willing to do it."

Chapter 1118 One thousand 120 eight Cao Lan can't feel relieved

Guo Jun's request caught Cao Lan off guard.

She didn't expect the second son to make such a request to his elder brother.

Enter the government to handle government affairs.

He didn't seem to understand what such a request meant.

He was still looking at Guo Jin expectantly.

"Before my father left, he just asked me to exercise my body, build up my strength, and asked me to practice calligraphy and reading, but just doing this is too boring. My brother is exhausted every day, but I can only watch from the sidelines. I'm sorry too."

Guo Jun approached Guo Jin.

"Brother, find something for me to do, and let me help you."

This is a request, undoubtedly a request, and there seems to be a bit of coquettish taste in the request.

Guo Jin has always loved her brothers and is very friendly, this is true for her biological brothers, as well as her younger brothers and sisters born out of concubines.

So the younger brothers and sisters all think that this elder brother is very friendly and easy to talk to.

Guo Jun's sudden request may be because she felt that her brother would not refuse her.

But Cao Lan didn't think so.

Looking at the two brothers in front of her, Cao Lan suddenly remembered the conversation between her and Guo Peng that night.

Regarding the future path of the children, and how to avoid the royal children fighting in the same room.

About Guo Peng's layout, how to create a new situation for the children to inherit, so as to avoid bloodshed and sacrifice for the future of the throne.

Guo Peng has already foreseen that the grown-up children will have various ideas, and they will not just stay in the Hall of Mental Cultivation forever and serve their parents obediently.

They have their own independent personalities and pursuits, and they will take the initiative to go outside, instead of playing mud all day long in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, paying respectful greetings in front of their mothers.

But Cao Lan didn't expect this day to come so soon.

So much so that she didn't even think about what she was going to say.

But Guo Jin has already made a statement first.

"Okay, I'm worried that I don't have enough helpers to help me share some heavy responsibilities. My brother must be reliable."

Guo Jin patted Guo Jun's shoulder with a smile: "My brother has grown up too, and it's time to do business. You can't stay in the deep palace all day, that's boring."

Hearing what Guo Jin said, Cao Lan looked at Guo Jin in surprise, and found that his expression was very normal, and there was nothing abnormal about him.

Cao Lan didn't understand the entanglement between power and family affection at first, but she has been with Guo Peng for a long time, so she naturally understood it over time.

This is a big problem, the biggest problem related to the future emperor's throne, and a problem that has to be sidelined in any relationship.

But Guo Jin didn't seem to care.

Cao Lan felt that she had to say something, at least, this kind of thing had to wait until Guo Peng returned from the Northern Expedition before making a decision.

"Ajun, don't mess around. You don't have any experience in handling government affairs. What Ajin wants to do is a big deal, and it's all about national government affairs. If there is a slight mistake, there will be problems. You are not allowed to mess around. Wait for you Dad will talk about it when he comes back."

Cao Lan felt that it might be inconvenient for Guo Jin to say this, so she used her mother's status to help Guo Jin say this.

But before the dissatisfied Guo Jun could speak, Guo Jin took the lead in speaking for her brother.

"Mother, the experience of handling government affairs is not something you are born with. Of course, you can't have any experience if you don't do things. You have to do it before you can have experience, instead of having experience first and then doing things.

Ah Jun is also 19 years old. When my father was 19 years old, he had already led soldiers to fight against the Yellow Turban Bandits. My father was so heroic. As my father’s son, how could we live only under his protection forever? "

Guo Jin's words made Guo Jun very happy.

"Thank you brother! Mother, did you hear that? Brothers feel this way. I will be crowned next year. I'm almost an adult. How can I stay in the palace all the time? Don't worry, mother. Hit me, I'll be fine."

This made Cao Lan very disturbed.

"But Ah Jun, your identity..."

"Mother, don't worry, I have plans."

Guo Jin smiled to comfort her restless mother, and then looked at Guo Jun: "Ah Jun, it's okay to take you to work, but you are not yet an adult, and your father has not given you a crown ceremony, so strictly speaking, you Still can't go out to see courtiers.

Therefore, if you want to go out to do errands, you can't use the name of the royal children, you can't use the name of my younger brother, you have to change your name and identity, and follow me, starting from running errands, starting from the most basic and the most painful and tiring Things to start with, would you like to? "

Guo Jun was overjoyed.

As long as you don't continue to study and practice calligraphy by your mother's side, it doesn't matter what your name or status is, he doesn't care, as long as you can go out to see the world and participate in work.

Really suffocating.

"Everything is up to my brother!"

He stood up and bowed to his brother.

"Okay, as expected of my brother."

Guo Jin was very happy and helped Guo Jun up.

If the father is not there, it is natural that the eldest brother is like a father, and Guo Jin will be the master.

As a mother, Cao Lan wanted to stop it, but she didn't know how to stop it, and she didn't think there was anything inappropriate about Guo Jin's arrangement.

As for Xiao Guoqiong clamoring to go to work with his brothers afterwards, he was naturally suppressed by Cao Lan mercilessly.

Can't control your two big brothers, can't you control your little one?

Obediently go back to study!

Under Cao Lan's high pressure, Guo Qiong was very depressed and went to study and practice calligraphy to cultivate himself.

Afterwards, Guo Jin arranged for Guo Jun a pseudonym [Zhao Yong], and asked him to go back and change his clothes and attire, and then go to Fengtian Temple to stand by. He would arrange a suitable position for Guo Jun for him to do.

Overjoyed, Guo Jun ran out impatiently.

Cao Lan then grabbed Guo Jin who was about to say goodbye and leave.

"Ajin, Ajun...you should ask your father first if you do this? After all, Ajun is your own younger brother. If this is the case..."

"Mother, don't worry."

Guo Jin held Cao Lan's hand: "I have my own discretion in these things. Ah Jun is my younger brother. He is already 19 years old. It's time to do something. When my father was 19 years old, he already went to the battlefield. Life went to kill the enemy.

We brothers shouldn't be like trash, the eldest one has to spend his days under the protection of his parents, isn't this what father and mother would like to see?Guo's children, there shouldn't be waste, if Ah Jun is willing to do it, let him do it. "

Cao Lan couldn't feel relieved.

Of course it doesn't matter if he does some chores, but what if he wants to be the emperor?

Can Guo Jin say [Let him do it] calmly?

Cao Lan didn't believe it.

Cao Lan loves every one of her children, but as a queen, she knows sensibly that she must fully support the son who is the prince, not the other two sons.

This is the best way to protect every child.

So she wants to stop it, but the current situation is that she doesn't know how to stop it.

After much deliberation, she still wanted to try.

"If outsiders know that Ah Jun is your younger brother and participates in government affairs, isn't it good? The crown prince is fine, and other princes go to be officials. Since ancient times, there has been no such thing. Don't you need to avoid suspicion? ?

And in this way, I am afraid that the courtiers will talk about it after knowing it, and they don't know what they will think, and your father is not here at this time, what should I do? "

"Mother is worrying too much."

Guo Jin smiled and shook her head: "Brothers and sisters have almost never dealt with foreign ministers, and there are only a few people in the court who know their looks.

I just need to say hello one by one, so that they don't spread the word, and it is a good experience for Ajun to be an official as an ordinary official. "

Cao Lan really didn't know how to stop it now, she could only hope that Guo Peng would come back to deal with this matter.