The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 377 Volume Reply
At this moment, what was placed on Liu Xie's desk were no longer the official documents that made people dizzy at first glance, but several letters from Chang'an.

Dong Bai's letter was written like a diary, describing what she ate today, what she played tomorrow... Although she occasionally complained, she seemed to be in a good mood. Every now and then, Cai Yan would go out of the palace with her for a walk.

The letters to Fu Shou and Dong Shi were somewhat detailed and contained only ordinary greetings.

Zhen Mi did not write a letter, but only sent an ink painting.

The painting above is not a landscape, but just a picture of flying pigeons in the sky and flocks of sheep on the ground, a vast expanse of space...

However, Cai Yan's letters were obviously long-winded, thicker and more numerous than those of the other people combined.

In addition, there are four identical pieces of paper, each with a pair of small and tender hand prints and footprints on them.

Liu Xie stroked the marks and even leaned forward to smell them a few times.

"It's time to go back."

"When the spring ploughing in Hebei is over this year and the Fubing system is rolled out, I will be able to return to Chang'an smoothly."

"This time when I go back, I will never leave so easily."

Spreading out paper and pen, Liu Xie began to reply to several people one by one.

The first one is Dong Bai.

"I will be returning to Chang'an soon. Please be patient for a while."

"I know that when you were young, you always had the habit of asking the Grand Master to bring you delicious food when he went to war. I also know that you did not mention this when I went to war this time because you thought it was a bit taboo. In fact, it is unnecessary."

"During this expedition, I also found two delicious dishes for Bai."

"One is Henan's baked carp noodles, and the other is Hebei's donkey meat hot pot."

"Let's talk about baked carp noodles first. You need to select a large river carp weighing one pound, cut both sides into corrugated patterns, and then fry it in hot oil until golden!"

"Then they knead the dough, like pulling a rope until it's thinner than a hair, and then fry it in a pan. When it's served, it's called dragon beard noodles."

"Put this dragon beard noodles on the carp, and then pour a spoonful of sweet and sour sauce made from sour plums on it, and you'll have the authentic Yanjin baked carp noodles! Take a bite of it, and it's much more delicious than the braised pork I made for you before!"

"And the donkey meat hotpot, which is made by stewing the donkey meat until it is so soft that it breaks into pieces when you squeeze it, then putting it in a soft dough pancake, taking it in your hand and taking a bite...hiss!"

When Liu Xie wrote this, he became greedy.

He threw down his paper and pen, called Yang Xiu to go into the kitchen with him, and prepared to cook a meal himself.

"Your Majesty! There are no fish!"

"Then go get it!"

"Your Majesty! There is no donkey!"

"Then go and kill!"

"Your Majesty! No face!"

"Then go grind!"

"Your Majesty! There is no pot!"

"..."

Yang Xiu searched the kitchen for a long time and found a salted fish. Then he asked tentatively, "Will this work?"

"Row!"

Liu Xie reluctantly cooked a dish of salted fish and pickled vegetables that was not at all delicious. After eating some, he continued writing:

"I am eating this baked carp noodles and donkey meat challah now. I will make it for you when I return."

Then, he wrote back to Fu Shou and Concubine Dong.

"You didn't want to say much in your letter, so I don't know whether you are doing well or not. If you need anything, just go and talk to Lady Cai, don't talk to the Queen, after all, the Queen doesn't care about things... I know you all have your favorite things, and I will bring you some when I return from Hebei this time, just to comfort you."

In response to Zhen Mi's ink painting, Liu Xie also painted a picture of a bat as a reply.

Although Liu Xie read Cai Yan's letter over and over again, he didn't know how to reply to her.

After careful consideration, I wrote in the letter:

"I have always been inadequate in knowledge and I don't know how to respond better. After much thought, I can only respond to Mr. Cai with the help of someone else's poem -

Xianyun is clever, Feixing spreads hatred, and Yinhan looms dark. When Jinfeng Yulu met, it won over countless people on earth.

Tenderness is like water, and the good time is like a dream. I can't help but look back at the Magpie Bridge on the way home. If the love between two people is long-lasting, why should we be together day and night? "

After writing several letters, he asked someone to send them back to Chang'an and deliver them to the palace.

The person in charge of the letters in the palace was not the Queen Dong Bai who didn't care about the affairs, but Cai Yan who received the letters.

"Your Majesty was at war before. Although we missed him, we didn't dare to write to him casually, fearing that it would disturb his majesty's mind."

"Now I heard that Your Majesty has recovered Hebei and won the battle, and will be returning soon, so I wrote in advance to ask about your safety."

When Cai Yan saw that the emperor replied immediately, she couldn't help but feel happy, and quickly called several other people to open the letter together.

Both Concubines Fu Shou and Dong now have children. Not only have their faces become more rosy and dignified, but their upper bodies, waists and hips have also become more plump.

The two of them had not thought that the emperor would write back to them individually, but now seeing his considerate words, they felt comforted.

Zhen Mi arrived shortly afterwards.

As she grew a few years older, the indifference that was like that of a fairy in Zhen Mi not only did not fade away with the years, but instead became even more solid, just like that of a goddess.

Even Cai Yan couldn't help but praise her when she saw her: "She is as graceful as a startled swan, as gentle as a swimming dragon. She is as glorious as an autumn chrysanthemum, as flourishing as a spring pine. She is like a light cloud covering the moon, and she is fluttering like snowflakes blown by the wind... Your Majesty used such graceful verses to describe Zhen, which is really a perfect match."

"I don't deserve such false praise."

When Zhen Mi opened the letter, she saw the bat at a glance.

At first, Zhen Mi didn't know what the emperor meant by this painting, but after reading it twice, Zhen Mi suddenly realized it! Her cold temperament immediately disappeared, leaving only a flush on her face and a heavy breath that came up unconsciously.

The last one to come is the queen...

And it's not just Dong Bai. Behind her, there are also two burdens, Sun Shangxiang and Cao Jie.

Since the emperor sent Cao Cao's family to Chang'an, Cai Yan took the initiative to help the emperor treat the Cao family well, and often brought the women of the Cao family into the palace to comfort them and make them feel at ease.

Among them, Cao Jie had seen the emperor and had a strong temper. After a few interactions, he and Sun Shangxiang became friends.

And playing with Sun Shangxiang means being able to play with Dong Bai.

The three girls were like three little tyrants in the palace. If it weren't for the "parent" Cai Yan, they would have demolished the two palaces of Weiyang and Changle long ago!

"Sister Zhaoji, Sister Zhaoji! What did His Majesty say in reply?"

Dong Bai grabbed the letter, and two little heads behind him also came over.

"You can't read it. There might be something in it that you don't like..."

There will generally be no problems with the letters to Cai Yan herself and the two imperial concubines Fu and Dong.

But Cai Yan saw Zhen Mi fail in a second, so she was afraid that there might be something else written in the letter to Dong Bai, so she quickly drove away Sun Shangxiang and Cao Jie.

"Don't worry! It's nothing! Come and see together!"

At this time, Dong Bai had already opened the letter, and then there was a long conversation -

stare……

stare……

stare……

"Fuck!"

Dong Bai is hungry too!
When I turned around, I was even more shocked!
Not only Sun Shangxiang and Cao Jie, but also Cai Yan, Fu Shou, Dong Shi, and Zhen Mi leaned over and read the letter from the emperor to Dong Bai clearly!
The first person to become suspicious was Zhen Mi.

"I'm from Hebei, and I've never heard of donkey meat huoshao!"

Fu Shou was also curious.

"My home is in Qingzhou, which is quite close to Yanjin, but I have never heard of baked carp noodles!"

Dong Bai didn't care. He gritted his teeth as he read the letter: "Your Majesty actually went to eat delicious food alone! Humph!"

However, Cai Yan could see the emperor's little thoughts in the letter at a glance.

"Your Majesty must have written this to tempt the Queen. War is always hard, where did all these delicacies come from for him to enjoy? Moreover, both Zhen and Fu said that there is no such way of eating in Henan and Hebei. Your Majesty must have made it up to trick the Queen!"

Cai Yan couldn't help laughing when she thought of the emperor writing the letter: "Maybe the emperor was also writing this letter to the queen because he was greedy! But when he went to the kitchen to look for fish, he couldn't find any fresh fish, so he could only find salted fish to fill his stomach!"

This made the other girls burst out laughing, and even Dong Bai laughed so hard that she fell on the table.

After laughing enough, Dong Bai felt that he was at a disadvantage.

"You have all read my letters, I want to read yours too!"

The letters from Fu Shou and Dong were all very well-written, with nothing worth hiding, so they were placed directly on the table for Dong Bai to look at with a proud look.

"Why didn't His Majesty bully you on purpose?"

Dong Bai turned around and pointed his finger at Cai Yan again: "Sister Zhaoji! Yours!"

"No."

"You two, go ahead!"

Just when Cai Yan was wondering who Dong Bai was ordering, Sun Shangxiang and Cao Jie had already hugged Cai Yan from the left and right and stuck to her.

"Sister Zhao Ji, please hand it over!"

"that is!"

Sun Shangxiang held Cai Yan tightly with all her strength, not letting her move.

Cao Jie took the opportunity to reach out his hand to touch Cai Yan's front, trying to go around and tickle Cai Yan's armpits.

"Huh? Why is it so flat? Did I touch it the wrong way?"

The girls:  …

Cao Jie's words seemed to break Cai Yan's defenses directly, causing her to lose resistance instantly. Her eyes were dull and the letter was snatched away by Dong Bai.

"What? It's just a poem with a weird rhyme!"

Dong Bai read it once and found that he didn't quite understand it, so he developed his good habit when reading - he decisively gave up reading!

Finally, Dong Bai fixed his eyes on Zhen Mi, who had been reluctant to take out the letter.

"Queen, actually..."

"You two, go ahead!"

Sun Shangxiang and Cao Jie once again assisted Zhou and snatched the letter from Zhen Mi.

"bat?"

Dong Bai didn't expect that the emperor only wrote five letters in total, and she couldn't understand two of them!
"What does it mean?"

"do not know."

"not understand."

"I don't know."

"Do not……"

Sun Shangxiang, Cao Jie, Fu Shou and Dong Shi also couldn't understand what the emperor meant.

Zhen Mi also returned to her previous coldness, clamped her legs together, raised her chin and asked in confusion: "Yes! What does it mean..."

(End of this chapter)