Tragedy of Time Traveling Companion Reading

Changle Palace, which had been away for three days, was still majestic and solemn. Before entering the palace, bursts of melodious birdsong came from inside.The little maid guarding the gate of the palace bowed when she saw Liu Che and Han Yan, and then said in a loud voice: "Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty and the doctor of the Taizhong, Han Yan, are here to greet the Empress Dowager gone."

"Hurry up and let them in!" In the hall, the old and gentle voice of the Empress Dowager came slowly.

"Grandson pays respects to grandmother!"

"Ayan has met the Empress Dowager!"

"En!" The Empress Dowager replied with a smile. "Sit down! Ah Yan, you haven't come here for a while!"

Just two and a half days.Han Yan cursed in her heart, but replied with a smile on her face: "Isn't this just moving! When the yard is tidied up, the Empress Dowager is interested in taking a look?"

"I've heard what Guantao said. Somehow in your house, the flowers and grasses are still blooming in the winter, they are so beautiful!" The Empress Dowager said, the smile on her face widened. . "I told Guantao, how did Ah Yan's brain grow, how could he know what other people can't do!"

Han Yan's heart moved, but she continued with a smile on her face: "It's just that I like to think about things! The Empress Dowager knows that Ah Yan has been tinkering with these things since she was a child."

"Isn't that right!" The Empress Dowager said, she took an orange from the table and slowly pushed it away. "I haven't had any appetite for the past two days, and I haven't eaten much. Fortunately, you brought some vegetables over. The eunuch cooks some vegetable porridge every day, and then makes some side dishes. I eat well. I am old, and I can’t eat those big fish and meat anymore!”

"If you don't have much appetite, can you go to the imperial doctor to take a good look?" Han Yan frowned and asked softly.Taking advantage of the situation, he took the orange from the Empress Dowager's hand and put it aside. "Maybe I'm on fire! Don't eat oranges. I'll peel an apple for the Empress Dowager!"

Saying that, Han Yan took an apple from the fruit plate, took the knife handed over by the maid, and moved smoothly.The peeled peels formed a long string and fell gently to the ground.Han Yan cut the apple open again, dug out the core of the fruit, divided the apples into small pieces, inserted thin bamboo sticks, and then sent them to the Empress Dowager. "When winter comes, I ask the fruit growers in Zhuangzi to plant some heat-clearing fruits in the greenhouse, and they are almost ripe. I will go to remind them tomorrow and let them pick some good ones and send them to the palace. What kind of watermelon? , melons, pears, etc., are much better than eating oranges."

While talking, he waved his hand to ask the palace servant who was waiting on the side to remove the oranges. "Try to eat as little of these oranges as possible, if you eat too much, you will get angry and your teeth will hurt."

The Empress Dowager was delighted to hear it. "You have been like this since you were a child. No one can eat anything you don't like in front of you. Otherwise, you will come up with a lot of nonsense to sort out that object. I just don't like eating these days. With What's the matter with oranges. What's more, the imperial doctor said that eating oranges is good!"

"Why doesn't it matter?" Han Yan raised her eyebrows, "Although oranges have the effects of nourishing the lungs, relieving coughs, reducing phlegm, invigorating the spleen, and smoothing Qi, eating too much can also cause stomach heat, so the empress dowager only eats them." Those who don’t eat. Get out!”

Following Han Yan's voice, Gong Bi hurriedly removed all the oranges from the table.

"Then I don't eat oranges. What do you ask me to eat in the winter? I can't eat apples every day! This thing is too hard, and it's uncomfortable to eat too much." The Empress Dowager said, inserting a small piece into her mouth.Because the slices Han Yan cut were relatively thin, the teeth were not as gritty as usual. The Empress Dowager ate two more slices while she was talking, and immediately instructed: "This method is good. Change it tomorrow and ask them to cut it too." It’s much more convenient to eat the apple after cutting it like this.”

"No!" Nanny Li bowed in response.

"Didn't I send some vegetables to the Empress Dowager earlier? There are persimmons brought from the Western Regions. You can cut the persimmons into small petals and eat them with sugar. There are also freshly prepared bitter vegetables. Use mature vinegar and white sugar as the seasoning, and then add some condiments to mix with it. It is also very refreshing. Cut the cucumber into small pieces and eat it with ham, and then sprinkle some salt. There are so many things to eat. Let the food supervisor think about it carefully!" Han Yan talked about several cold dishes in one breath, paused, and then said: "Anyway, at most half a month or so, all the melons and fruits in the greenhouse will be ripe. By then Just in time for the Chinese New Year, how great it is!"

The Empress Dowager was so speechless by Han Yan's words that she couldn't stop saying, "Look. Look, let's see Tian'er worrying about what to eat. Ah Yan will tell you how to make several dishes in a blink of an eye. Hurry up." Write it down, let the eunuch make it tomorrow and have a taste."

After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty and Ah Yan came here at noon, and they haven't eaten yet, so tell the eunuch to pass the meal quickly, so as not to starve our two honored guests. Don’t wait for another day, let’s do it today! Serve it together with a few dishes that His Majesty and Ah Yan like to eat.”

"Order another mutton, I suddenly want to eat it today." Han Yan added immediately.

Nanny Li accepted the promise with a suppressed smile, and immediately turned around and left the hall.

After Nanny Li walked out of the hall, the Empress Dowager asked unintentionally, "Why doesn't Your Majesty talk a lot today! Could it be that you have something on your mind?"

Liu Che's heart skipped a beat, but he calmly said, "My grandson has just ascended the throne, and the rivers and mountains of thousands of miles are on my shoulders like Mount Tai. My grandson has to think all the time and be careful in every step. I just ask Don't disappoint the expectations of the late emperor and empress dowager."

"You know that it is enough to be cautious." The Empress Dowager said slowly: "From Emperor Gaozu to your father, I, the Great Han, have established the country for more than [-] years. Six generations of emperors worked hard, worked diligently and thriftly to govern the country, and it is only now that the country is prosperous and prosperous. You have to follow their will."

"Since ancient times, the country has been rich and the people are strong. My grandson will definitely work hard to make me stronger and stronger, and I will never disappoint the expectations of the late emperor." Liu Che said solemnly.

"Aijia believes that you have the will to rule the world, but you have to know that haste makes waste. Some things, if you are not fully prepared, don't make a move. Once you make a move, you must win with one blow. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. Trouble." The Empress Dowager said pointedly.

Liu Che felt a little uneasy in his heart, but responded smoothly on his face: "Grandson understands."

"You don't understand!" The Empress Dowager shook her head: "In a few days, the princes of various countries will go to Beijing to meet the new emperor. You have to prepare well. There are some people who are loyal to the royal family and the emperor, and some people who remain neutral have no idea But there are some people who are still thinking about small things in their hearts, and they don't even know the small countries on the frontiers of my big man. However, no matter what the situation is, you have just ascended the throne, and everyone's eyes are almost all staring at you. What! The human heart is sinister, can you say you understand it all?"

Liu Che pondered thoughtfully and remained silent.

"Empress Dowager, Ah Yan suddenly thought of a few new dishes and wanted to cook them for the Empress Dowager. I'll go to the small kitchen of Changle Palace to have a look." Han Yan got up suddenly, and after receiving the acquiescence of the Empress Dowager, she was in a hurry out of Changle Palace.

The Empress Dowager listened to Han Yan's footsteps gradually receding, and praised with satisfaction: "Ai Jia likes Ah Yan, the most important thing is that he always knows what he is going to do. And he always knows what he wants to do. Location and purpose. His Majesty also likes Ayan, but does Ayan's personality make His Majesty understand?"

Hearing this, Liu Che pursed his lips and asked, "Grandmother means..."

"Ayan, on the surface, seems to act rampantly and domineeringly. He likes to talk about ostentation, and he must do everything vigorously. If you look at him, it seems that he can't be free at any time. Every once in a while, he has to tinker. Make some movement to surprise you, if it's too quiet, he won't like it." The Empress Dowager said, her face involuntarily revealing a look of doting. "After all, he is a troublesome child."

Liu Che argued with some disapproval. "But every time Ah Yan makes things good, everyone is envious! The noise that Ah Yan has made these few times has almost spread throughout the big man. The former emperor once praised Ah Yan for her talent in governing the country! "

"That's right! Except for the harness and the sand table, everything that Ayan did has been spread among the big men." The Empress Dowager said pointedly: "But Your Majesty, after Ayan fiddled with these things Have you ever heard of a whisper before?"

Liu Che's heart moved, and he immediately calmed down.

"If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers, and if your ministers don't keep secrets, you will lose your status. Your Majesty has not done anything, and everyone knows that he has made a big fuss." The Empress Dowager snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Liu Che was a little unconvinced, "I'm the emperor, so my every move and demeanor should naturally be my big man's demeanor. Besides, grandma Juxian didn't agree with this edict! Why now..."

"I didn't say that." The Empress Dowager shook her head, "Your Majesty intends to move north!"

She used a declarative tone and spoke casually.

Liu Che's heart moved, thinking of what the Empress Dowager had just said about the princes coming to Chang'an, he couldn't help asking, "Grandma means...there are problems among the princes?"

"Do you need me to say that?" The Empress Dowager frowned, "You are building a military academy and you are planning to select soldiers who are familiar with the situation in Mobei and have participated in the battle against the Huns... The implication is that you are old This blind man can see clearly. Can those princes not know?"

"Grandma disagrees?" Liu Che raised his eyebrows. "But you agreed to it when Ah Yan submitted the memorial."

There was a little emotion in Liu Che's tone, and he even wondered if someone was snitching behind his back again.

"What's written in Ah Yan's memorial?" The Empress Dowager asked slowly, indifferently.

"He said that in order to allow the Habayashi Army to have a better training environment, a military academy should be built. Let those experienced and famous generals be teachers, and at the same time teach them in different categories according to the specialties of each of the Habayashi Army. And for the sake of To declare the great grace of the emperor, all talented warrior orphans or children from famous families who have made great contributions to our great man can enroll..." Liu Che's voice suddenly became quieter when he said this.

"That's right!" The Empress Dowager nodded. "The purpose of establishing the military academy in Ah Yan's memorial is to win over famous families. But in your hands, it's nothing but fighting the Huns!"

Liu Che was speechless for a moment. "But this suggestion was indeed made by General Tiao Hou Zhou. He is loyal, so he will not have any bad intentions, right? And my grandson thinks that General Zhou's suggestion is not bad. The Huns are really deceiving people too much. Now I The people of the Han Dynasty are rich, so they naturally want to train the army to restore the glory of the Han Dynasty."

"Zhou Yafu is naturally loyal, but this man is brave and intrepid. He doesn't know what politics is. From a purely strategic point of view, his advice is good. But as the emperor of a country, you can't think about what to do. It's too simple." The Empress Dowager advised earnestly.

Liu Che fell silent.

"When the first emperor was alive, he often told you about balance, checks and balances, and imperial power. You just listened, why don't you understand?" The Empress Dowager shook her head and said with a sigh.

Liu Che gradually realized something in his heart.

"You are an emperor, you can't let your courtiers know your mind completely. What they can know is only what you want them to know. And what they don't need to know, you can't let them know. You can't let them know because of Guessing your thoughts and making any actions will harm your interests." The Empress Dowager continued to order.

Liu Che nodded slowly, seeing the empress dowager's mouth dry, he inserted a piece of apple and stuffed it into the empress dowager's hand.

"Today's big man, there are many vassal states. Each has his own thoughts, each with his own mind, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mess. But if you really want to mobilize troops, you must ensure that when you fight in the front Be steady, no one will take the opportunity to make trouble. Now you... can you do it?" The Empress Dowager continued after eating the apple.

"How about... taking advantage of the chance that the princes came to meet, I will detain them all in the capital? So as not to cause trouble for me in the future!" Liu Che said tentatively.

The Empress Dowager shook her head. "Your Majesty's actions will only make the princes loyal to His Majesty feel sad because of His Majesty's distrust. As for those princes with ulterior motives... Do you think it is enough to simply detain them in the capital? Besides, there is no name." , if you keep people in the city like this, you are not afraid that they will collude in private to embarrass you? When the first emperor died, you disliked your uncles and brothers who governed the country for you. You even treated them all like ordinary people. You are arrested. You are mean and ungrateful, jealous of the virtuous, have no elders, jealous of your brothers, stupid and immoral, and cannot tolerate others. When the time comes, the world will talk about it, how do you justify it?"

Liu Che only felt that it was winter, and a stream of cold sweat overflowed his forehead instantly.For a person who aspires to become a Mingjun, these comments are like stabbing the blade in the heart.He involuntarily called out: "Grandma!"

The Empress Dowager shook her head. "Is this kung fu serious?"

"Then what should I do?" Liu Che asked subconsciously.

"You are the emperor. You are the one who shoulders the responsibility of my great Han country and the succession of our country. Ask grandma about such a small matter...you think about it slowly." The Empress Dowager snorted coldly.Regardless of Liu Che's desire to speak, he raised his voice and said, "Ai's family is hungry, let them pass on the food. And Ah Yan, where did you go, and you haven't come back for so long?"

The maidservant standing outside raised her voice to answer, and hurried to the small kitchen to call Han Yan.

Han Yan worked in the small kitchen for a long time, using carrots, cucumbers, diced, and fried with corn kernels to make a small dish.It looks colorful and quite appetizing.I also thought that the old lady didn't like to eat recently, so I thought about a red wine pear.It's a pity that there is no Sydney now, Han Yan frowned, picked out a big radish from the vegetable basket and cut it, mixed it with sweet and sour, tasted it himself, thought it was not bad, crisp and refreshing, and nodded in satisfaction .Because I don't know when the empress dowager and the emperor will finish talking, I was very bored and took a piece of radish and started carving.When he carved six of No. 30, the little maid guarding the gate of Changle Palace ran over panting. "Young Master Ah Yan, the Empress Dowager has passed on the food, and I want you to go back quickly!"

"Thank you!" Han Yanlang responded with a smile.He threw the carved flower in his hand to the hand of the little maid. "I'll send you off!"

The little maid stared blankly at the carving on her hand, and looked at Han Yan Yushu Linfeng's back, her face flushed suddenly for some reason.After regaining consciousness, he quickly combined the two dishes prepared by Han Yan and put the 35 carved flowers in order, and hurried out with them.

When Han Yan returned to Changle Palace, the atmosphere in the palace was still somewhat depressing.The Empress Dowager was teasing the bird comfortably, while Liu Che knelt aside and bowed his head in deep thought.On the table were fresh dishes sent by the Taishijian, which were steaming hot, but no one touched their chopsticks.

Hearing the news of Han Yan's return, the Empress Dowager came to her senses first, and said with a smile, "Let me see what you've been working on for so long?"

The little maid came up from behind Han Yan and put the dishes on the tray in front of the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager could not help but twitch her index finger when she heard Nanny Li's explanation.He opened his mouth and ordered, "Give me a taste of that sweet and sour radish."

Nanny Li responded, took a chopstick of shredded radish and placed it in front of the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager tasted it with her chopsticks, nodded and said, "It's very refreshing."

Under the service of Nanny Li, I ate two spoonfuls of corn kernels. The carrots and corn were cooked first, and they were not hard at all.The taste was unusually fresh, and the Empress Dowager was so happy to eat it that she added two more spoonfuls.With the refreshing side dishes and persimmon mixed with sugar sent by the eunuch, I drank a bowl of vegetable porridge.As for those big fish and big meat, they didn't move at all.

After the meal, the Empress Dowager wiped her mouth and said, "It's delicious to have dinner with Ah Yan! I said, Ah Yan, anyway, you are also a doctor of the Taizhong, and you need to be by the emperor's side every day. How about Sooner or later, leave the palace after eating!"

The old lady still wanted Han Yan to live in the palace, but unfortunately her ancestors' family law did not allow it.However, he remembered what he had discussed with Liu Che earlier.He couldn't help asking: "Didn't your Majesty reward Ah Yan with a signboard for entering and exiting the palace at will? Don't forget, Your Majesty."

Liu Che was taken aback, and said, "How can it be! The sign has been prepared, and Ah Yan will just take it with her when she leaves the palace later."

At this time, someone outside preached: "There are people from Changle Palace, saying that General Tiaohou Zhou and others are begging to see His Majesty."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand. "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and is busy with affairs, so don't delay here. I know you are a filial man, but don't delay the important affairs of the court just to accompany me. Go back to Weiyang Palace to deal with political affairs! Ah Yan will stay with me and talk about the meeting That's the end of the story."

Liu Che hesitated for a moment, looked at Han Yan worriedly, and finally replied, "Grandson knows."