Chapter 274 Your humble servant Liu Yuan pays homage to your brother the Emperor!
Chapter 274: Your humble servant Liu Yuan pays homage to your brother the Emperor!
Xudu.

The present-day capital of the Han Dynasty.

A group of cavalrymen with strange attire and rough looks escorted a carriage into the imperial capital.

At the front of the team there was a young boy who, although still young, was already able to ride a horse on his own.

Liu Yuan,

This man, who was revered as the emperor's elder brother in history, led five tribes of Xiongnu to the south, determined to restore Shu Han, and eventually destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty and established Hu Han...

Liu Xiu's posthumous title was Emperor Guangwu of Han, and his posthumous title was Emperor Guangwen of Han. This figure who started the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China is now just a small Hun.

He felt curious about everything here...

The northern frontier is desolate, with either grassland or desert, nowhere near the prosperity of the Central Plains.

"I heard that the world has been in turmoil for a hundred years, but it is still like this. It really opens my eyes. It's really like what the scene was like during the heyday of the Han Dynasty?" As soon as Liu Yuan entered the Central Plains, his heart could not stop.

He opened his eyes.
The scenery of the Central Plains that Cai Wenji had told him about before seemed so far away, but now it was right in front of him, displayed before him.

To be honest, Liu Yuan was somewhat reluctant when he was asked to come to Central Plains as a hostage.

Now he was so lucky. When he thought about staying here for a long time and studying the classics, history, and the Three Strategies and Six Strategies, Liu Yuan felt extremely excited.

The frontier is my hometown after all.

This is where his heart is...

The curtain of the escorted carriage at the back was slowly lifted, revealing a woman. She must have been quite pretty when she was young, but she had been ravaged by the wind and frost in the frontier, and now she no longer looked her former self.

Xuchang became the new capital of the Han Dynasty.

It has now begun to take shape. Although it is far from the original Chang'an and Luoyang, it is already quite prosperous.

Witnessing such a scene, Cai Wenji was a little dazed, and naturally felt a little happy in her heart.

But more of them are still shrinking...

During the Han Dynasty,

They don't care much about women's reputation.

Cao Cao was not the only one who had a good wife. The mother of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, had given birth to a child before entering the palace.

But Cai Wenji is different...

She was knowledgeable and proficient in music, a famous talented woman. Even Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fond of her.

Later, she married Wei Zhongdao from Hedong. Wei Zhongdao died early and the two had no children, so Cai Wenji returned to her own home.

Later, the world was in chaos. Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others rebelled in Guanzhong. The vassal state of Southern Xiongnu also took the opportunity to go south to seek benefits. Cai Yan was abducted and finally became the concubine of Liu Bao, the left wise king of Xiongnu.

She lived in the Great Wall for ten years and gave birth to two children for Liu Bao.

Now that she is back, Cao Cao, the bootlicker whom she once never even looked at, is now the King of Wei.

Cao Cao said one word, and Zuo Xian Wang had no choice but to send his woman and son over...

The ten years she was abducted by the Hu people made her feel ashamed in the city of Xudu.

The convoy continued to move forward,

It ends at the imperial city.

Cai Wenji got off the car and Liu Yuan also got off the horse.

Cai Wenji lowered her head and walked slowly forward, while Liu Yuan followed her stepmother without any taboos, looking around.

He was amazed at the grandeur and magnificence of the Han imperial city.

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Chengguang Hall is getting closer and closer.

"Your Majesty, I heard that when the King of Chu was suppressing the rebellion in Liangzhou, the Xiongnu Left Wise King Liu Bao actually sent troops to Liangzhou. Although he did not succeed, his intentions should be punished."

"I asked him to send his most beloved woman and his most beloved son to Xuchang in order to anger Liu Bao and then send troops north to wipe out the Xiongnu."

"Unexpectedly, Liu Bao actually got scared and obediently sent his concubine and son to Xuchang..."

Cai Wenji could hear the voice, and it became clearer and clearer.

This voice is somewhat familiar, but it has become a little older. Cao Mengde.

The young ruffian who had followed Yuan Shao in the past was idle and went to seek excitement with Yuan Shao and robbed someone else's bride.

The Yuan family had three officials in four generations, and no one dared to touch them, so they had to pull Cao Cao out to make an example.

In the end, it was Xiahou Yuan who stood up and took the blame for Cao Cao and went to jail...

At that time, everyone still called him A'man.

at last,

Entering Chengguang Hall.

Cao Cao looked at the woman who lowered her head, and to be honest, he still felt a little itchy in his heart.

This was the man of my dreams when I was young.

Taking a step forward, Cao Cao said:
"Your Majesty, this is Liu Bao's concubine and legitimate son..."

Liu Xie was on the high platform, looking down and said, "King Wei, why is this Xiongnu woman wearing Chinese Han clothes?"

Cao Cao said, "Your Majesty, this woman's name is Yan, with the courtesy name Wenji. She is the only daughter of Cai Zhonglang. She is well-educated and proficient in music and calligraphy. She was a famous talent in her time. It's a pity that Li Jue and Guo Si later brought chaos to the Central Plains..."

"... and was later captured by Zuo Xian Wang."

After hearing the story of Cai Wenji,
Liu Xie was really sad.

During that period, he was still a child, and was tortured by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si. "The daughter of a famous minister has become like this."

"When I was the emperor, I was not sure of my future, let alone the people of the world?"

"Liu Bao has invaded the border areas. This is really despicable. Cai Yan, do you have anything to say to me?"

"Now that the Han Dynasty has the King of Wei and the King of Chu, they originally wanted to kill Liu Bao and wipe out the left wing of the Xiongnu..."

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Upon hearing that Liu Bao was going to be executed and the left wing was wiped out, Cai Wenji was shocked and subconsciously raised her head.

Liu Bao is fine.

But there are still two sons of his own...

Almost at the moment when Cai Wenji raised her head, Cao Mengde's eyes were already fixed on her, the woman of his dreams in his youth!
But the next moment,
Cao Cao turned his head away as if nothing had happened.

It’s as if I saw nothing.

The ten years were not too bad, but the wind and frost in the north were too severe, and Cai Wenji no longer had any of her former beauty.

She no longer had any attraction to Cao Mengde...

"Your Majesty, I report to you that Liu Bao, the Left Wise King, treats me well and cherishes me very much. I even have two sons with him."

Listening to Cai Wenji's answer, Liu Xie was somewhat surprised: "You already have two children, why did you abandon them?"

At this point, Cai Wenji couldn't help but think of her two young sons who had just learned to walk, and she couldn't help but burst into tears...

Then Cao Mengde waved his hand, and immediately the palace servants took Cai Wenji away.

Only Liu Yuan was left.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Yuan and asked, "Are you Liu Bao's legitimate son?"

Liu Yuan nodded: "Yes."

Cao Cao glared: "How dare you! Now that you are meeting the emperor, why don't you kneel?!"

Afterwards, Liu Yuan turned around and looked at Emperor Liu Xie on the Dragon Platform. Looking at the man in the imperial robes, he knelt down on both knees and shouted, "Your humble servant Liu Yuan pays respects to your royal brother!"

Cao Mengde was stunned.

All the civil and military officials in the hall were stunned...

The first person to react was naturally the emperor Liu Xie. He was extremely angry. It was bad enough that he had been bullied by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si in the past, and suppressed by Cao Mengde, but now a small Hun dared to do this.

Zheng! ~
The long sword is unsheathed!

Although the Emperor's Sword was usually only used for ceremonial purposes, it was always kept on hand. At this moment, Liu Xie picked it up and said, "How dare you, a lowly barbarian, call me your royal brother?!"

(End of this chapter)