The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 74: Wen Ji's Poem
In Chang'an City.

"Wenyuan has defeated the enemy and captured the enemy general Xu Huang alive. He is on his way back."

Liu Xie casually put the military intelligence beside him and stopped asking questions. Instead, he held his chin and looked at Cai Yan, who was wearing mourning clothes in front of him.

Cai Yan was still in mourning and did not dress up or wear any ornaments typical of a girl from an aristocratic family.

The bun she wore fell lightly behind her neck, and her clean face added a touch of elegance.

In terms of appearance, Liu Xie had seen women in the palace who were comparable to Cai Yan. But if she also had that bookish air, she was truly a rare sight, the only one of her kind.

And to be unlucky, the mourning clothes that Cai Yan wore really complemented her temperament, making her even more pitiful.

The only thing that seemed a little abrupt was the blush on Cai Yan's face at the moment.

"Ahem! Your Majesty!"

Zhong Yao, the Imperial Court Minister, finally couldn't bear it anymore and coughed gently as a reminder.

There was something strange in his eyes.

No matter how pretty Cai Yong's daughter is, Your Majesty should not summon her directly into the palace!

Where is the etiquette and law? Where is the system?

and……

Your Majesty, have you been staring at Cai Yan for too long?
Zhong Yao was a little surprised.

He thought that a boy of Liu Xie's age should like a girl with golden hairpins of the same age as him, so why did he like a widow so much?
This good wife's style... I really don't know who she learned it from!

Even after being reminded by Zhong Yao, Liu Xie still did not look away, but looked at Cai Yan up and down over and over again.

Liu Xie had seen beautiful women before.

Liu Xie was not very curious about the women whose names were recorded in history books.

But to have a woman like Cai Yan, whose appearance, background and talent were all so legendary, Liu Xie was really like a cat seeing a mouse, and his heart was itching.

"Ms. Cai married to Hedong, so she must have seen the Xiongnu people. I wonder what Mrs. Cai thinks of the Xiongnu people?"

No one expected that Liu Xie's first question would be about Cai Yan's opinion on the Huns.

Even Cai Yan was in a trance at this moment.

"Your Majesty, I, the widow Cai, have only read a few volumes of classical poetry and prose, and I do not deserve the title of 'master'."

But after all, she was Ms. Cai, whose name will be passed down through the ages, so she quickly began to respond in a very appropriate manner.

"The Xiongnu are greedy for profit and have no courtesy or trust. When they are poor, they bow their heads; when they are at ease, they invade and rob. They all eat the meat of animals, wear leather and fur. The strong eat the fattest food, and the old eat the leftovers. They value the strong and healthy, and despise the old and weak. When their father dies, they marry their stepmother; when their brothers die, they marry their wives. Their custom is to use names without taboos, but not surnames... They can be said to be barbarians."

Cai Yan's views on the Huns were exactly the same as those of all Han scholars.

Barbarians!
Can……

After hearing this, Liu Xie felt a little uncomfortable.

If Cai Yan knew that she would be abducted by the Huns and used as a plaything in the future, what would she think?
Especially the sentence "When the father dies, he marries his stepmother; when the brother dies, he marries his wife"...

To other Han people, this was just a dirty word in a book, but to Cai Yan, it was the life she would experience in the future.

Liu Xie looked at Cai Yan's cold face again.

The weakness of the Han Dynasty was borne by its women.

The big man's struggle cost the woman her future.

"Wang Yun, you are committing a sin!"

Hearing Liu Xie's inexplicable abuse, several people in the hall felt a little surprised. They all looked at Liu Xie, not understanding how he was inexplicably related to Wang Yun.

Even Cai Yan, at the risk of being impolite, secretly glanced at Liu Xie who was sitting on the steps above.

But with just one glance, Cai Yan keenly discovered that Liu Xie's face was not only filled with anger, but also with a hint of sadness.

Cai Yan's heart trembled, and she lowered her eyes again, not daring to look closely, not daring to think too much. "Mr. Cai."

Liu Xie called out again, and Cai Yan couldn't refuse the title of "master" again.

"Can you write Hanfu?"

"I'm not very skilled. I only practiced occasionally when I was young."

"enough."

Liu Xie asked the palace maid to give Cai Yan the bamboo slips containing military information.

"Now write a Han Dynasty poem praising the merits of the soldiers. I want them to hear it when they enter Chang'an!"

?

Zhong Yao was shocked and said, "Your Majesty! Zhang Liao's troops are only a few dozen miles away from Chang'an. I'm afraid they can get back to Chang'an in less than an hour! Isn't it too much to ask to write a Han Dynasty poem within an hour?"

Even Dongfang Shuo, who was known for his quick thinking in the pre-Han period, probably couldn't finish writing a Han fu in such a short time, right?

Zhong Yao thought that he had some accomplishments in poetry and prose. Even if he was not the best in the world, he was at least one of the best in Guanzhong... But he claimed that he could never compose a Han Dynasty poem within an hour!
Liu Xie ignored Zhong Yao and continued to stare at Cai Yan: "Ms. Cai, do you have the confidence to finish this Han Fu?"

Cai Yan wanted to refuse.

It is really a far-fetched idea to write a piece of Han Dynasty fu in one hour.

But for some reason, Cai Yan's mind was filled with the sadness she had just felt when she stole a glance at Liu Xie.

……

"Since Your Majesty wishes to praise the soldiers who defended our country, I will obey your orders and share your worries."

?

Do you dare to take this job?

Crazy! All crazy!

Zhong Yao shook his head, thinking that young people nowadays really don’t know the seriousness of the matter and are hopeless!

Xun You, who had been sitting in the corner and never spoke, looked at Liu Xie in a daze again.

Do not know why.

Liu Xie always has a strong sense of self-confidence.

It was as if he was confident that Zhang Liao would be able to defeat the enemy.

At the same time, I am also confident that I will be able to find something from the clues.

Now, he also believed that Cai Yan could complete a Han Dynasty fu within an hour.

With such confidence, even Xun You himself felt that Liu Xie himself was carrying the mandate of heaven.

"Your Majesty today actually has the style of Emperor Gaozu?"

When Emperor Gaozu was still a village head, Lü Gong moved to Pei County and entertained guests. Although Emperor Gaozu was penniless, he still shouted "10,000 yuan as a gift" and asked Lü Gong to treat him as a guest of honor.

Emperor Gaozu's courage and self-confidence are truly amazing and are admired by later generations.

But compared with what the emperor does today, even the great ancestor of the past would probably be somewhat inferior, right?
While Xun You was daydreaming, Liu Xie waved his hand again and asked Zhong Yao to go and prepare some things.

"Your Majesty...is this a bit too much?"

"Wenyuan saved Chang'an from danger, this treatment is absolutely nothing short of amazing!"

Liu Xie actually wanted to order the court to arrange support near Baqiao to welcome the triumphant return of Zhang Liao and more than 300 cavalrymen!
Just like the time Cai Yan took to write Han Fu, Zhong Yao also only had one hour to prepare!

Zhong Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't know whether it was more difficult for him to prepare or for Cai Yan to write Han Fu.

"Your Majesty, how about I write some Hanfu? My Hanfu is actually pretty good..."

(End of this chapter)