Although Lu Bu had never seen Cai Wenji before, he knew from the history books of his previous life that this girl was extremely beautiful.
Lu Bu respectfully bowed to Cai Yong and said,"
"My nephew Lu Bu greets Cai Zhonglang.”
"Aiya, could this be the world-shaking Marquis Champion?
You're indeed a good-looking talent."
Cai Yong was not stingy with his praise for Lu Bu.
Every patriotic scholar would have a good impression of Lu Bu.
The few of them followed the crowd into the main hall of the Imperial Palace. At this moment, the hall was already filled with people, arranged in the order of the three dukes and nine ministers.
With Lu Bu's current lowly official position, he could only be ranked at the bottom of the military officers.
The officials in the hall had solemn expressions, and their eyes were filled with respect for the imperial power.
After all the officials had arrived, another quarter of an hour passed before a sharp voice shouted,"
"The Emperor has arrived!"
The officials quickly stood up straight, displaying their best state.
Lu Bu looked in the direction of the throne and saw a eunuch dressed in the official uniform of the Middle Court. He was standing at the front, bowing to the side of the throne.
The Han Emperor, Liu Hong, sat on the dragon throne under the protection of a group of imperial guards.
Liu Hong was a thin middle-aged man in his thirties.
He was wearing a black dragon robe embroidered with the sun, moon, and stars. This dragon robe was obviously a little loose on his body.
Liu Hong was handsome and had inherited the good genes of the imperial family.
Unfortunately, his face was sickly pale, giving people a feeling of weakness.
Lu Bu knew that Liu Hong, the Emperor, would not live for long. He only had five or six years left.
"Long live my emperor!”
Lu Bu and the other officials cheered for him as he took the opportunity to use the system to check on Emperor Han Liu Hong's attributes.
"Substitute foster father Liu Hong's attributes:
[Strength: 7][Commander: 65][Intelligence: 71. Political Affairs 80. Charm: Luck: 78
Substitute foster father Liu Hong's skill:
[Fatuous and no way: When you become the ruler of a country, all attributes will be halved.]
[Favoring and trusting slanderous officials: Liu Hong naturally likes to favor and trust treacherous officials. The rate of believing lies of officials is 90%.]
[Emperor's Purple Qi: Liu Hong has Emperor's Dragon Qi, his luck value has increased greatly.]
As long as Liu Hong did not die, the Han Dynasty would not perish.
[Substitute Godfather Level: Legendary]
(Note: Due to the supreme status of the alternative foster father, the system's evaluation level has been greatly increased.）”
After checking Liu Hong's stats, Lu Bu felt that Liu Hong was a good candidate to be his foster father.
Unfortunately, it was too difficult to become the Emperor's godfather, so Lu Bu could only suppress this idea for the time being.
"Everyone, rise!"
"Thank you so much!"
When the officials stood up, Liu Hong laughed and said,"
"Today's court meeting is a little special.
I've already issued an edict to summon the champion of the Great Han Empire, who dominated the northern borders and sealed the wolves.
So that everyone can witness the heroic bearing of the Great Han Dynasty!
Lu Bu, come forward and see me."
Upon hearing Liu Hong's summons, Lu Bu strode from the back of the generals to the front of the hall.
"Your humble subject Lu Bu greets Your Majesty!"
"Dear Minister, please get up.
I've heard of your deeds. You fought well in the battle of the northern border!
The halberd in my beloved minister's hand is the Great Wall of the Great Han Dynasty!”
Seeing Lu Bu's tall and handsome figure, Liu Hong was even more delighted.
Only a general under Liu Hong's command would look like this.
As long as Lu Bu was loyal to him, Liu Hong was willing to slowly promote him to control the disobedient officials.
"Zhen has long heard that the Marquis Champion is extremely skilled in martial arts and unparalleled in cavalry.
I want to hand over 5,000 West Garden Cavalry to Champion Marquis. What do you think?”
Hearing Liu Hong's decision, the officials were shocked.
There were about 200,000 soldiers stationed in Luoyang.
Although five thousand cavalrymen were not a lot, they were a force that could not be underestimated in the capital.
Liu Hong's actions were obviously to divide the military power of Great General He Jin!
Sure enough, as soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, Great General He Jin could not sit still anymore.
He walked out of the ranks of military officials and cupped his fists at Liu Hong.
"Your Majesty, although the Champion Marquis has made great contributions to the country, Your Majesty has already rewarded him with the title of Marquis.
The West Garden Cavalry was not ordinary and was related to the safety of the capital.
I'm afraid it's not appropriate to hand it over to a foreign minister. Please think twice, Your Majesty!”
He Jin, the great general, had already gone into battle without any clothes, which showed the importance of the West Garden Cavalry.
Great General He Jin and the other officials also stepped forward to persuade Liu Hong to withdraw his order.
Liu Hong frowned and asked He Jin,"
"Then in Great General's opinion, who should lead the West Garden Cavalry?”
Liu Hong was extremely disgusted by the officials who would disagree with him from time to time.
It was precisely because of this that he wanted to cultivate a force that could balance these officials.
He Jin said loudly,
"My son, He Lang, has been studying under a famous teacher for more than ten years.
My son has the courage of ten thousand men, his martial arts are not inferior to the Champion Marquis, and he is also His Majesty's nephew.
Handing the West Garden Army to He Lang would ensure the safety of the capital.”
As soon as the Great General spoke, many ministers began to persuade Liu Hong to hand over the West Garden Cavalry to He Lang.
At this moment, Grand Marshal Yang Biao stepped forward and retorted to He Jin,"
"Great General, you're wrong!
Yuan Lang hadn't done much, and his ability to command troops was also unknown.
How can he compare to the Marquis Champion?"
"Your Majesty, this old subject believes that the West Garden Cavalry should be led by the Marquis Champion!”
After Yang Biao stood up, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Wang Yun, and the rest also supported Lu Bu.
For a moment, the officials were in a heated argument.
Liu Hong was also in a dilemma. In the end, he asked Zhang Rang, who was standing beside him,
"Father, who do you think is more suitable to lead the West Garden Cavalry?”
"Of course, His Majesty will decide who will lead the West Garden Cavalry.”
Zhang Rang was all smiles as he said unhurriedly,
"This old servant thinks that Great General and Grand Commandant are right.
It was really difficult to choose a commander.
Since the Great General felt that He Lang's strength wasn't any weaker than the Marquis Champion, he might as well let them have a battle.
Whoever won would be the commander of this cavalry.”
"Father is right."
In Liu Hong's heart, Zhang Rang was the person closest to him.
No matter what the old eunuch said, Liu Hong felt that it made sense.
Liu Hong turned to He Jin and asked,"
"Great General, are you willing to let He Lang fight with the Marquis Champion?
If He Lang can win, I will also make him a marquis!”
He Jin was obviously very confident in his son's martial strength. He bowed to Liu Hong and said,
"Your Majesty, I have no objections!”
Liu Hong then asked Yang Biao,"
"What do you think, Grand Commandant?"
Yang Biao slowly shook his head and said in a loud voice,
"The Marquis Champion is the hero of our Great Han Dynasty, the pillar of our country!
Everyone in the world knew of his bravery, but this old official had never heard of He Lang.
If a nobody could casually challenge the Marquis Champion, it would be unfair to him.”
All the civil and military officials in the court agreed with Yang Biao's words.
Lu Bu also found it strange.
In his previous life, he only knew that He Jin had a son called He Xian, but he had never heard that He Jin had a son called He Lang.
But from He Jin's attitude, it could be seen that He Lang clearly possessed top-notch martial arts.
What was going on?
Could it be that He Jin died too suddenly in his previous life, so He Lang did not make a name for himself?
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