I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 160 This cup of poisonous wine is the last filial piety of my minister
"It's over..."

"Widow, it's over..."

Chu capital Pengcheng, Chu Palace.

Sitting paralyzed on the king's couch at the head, he murmured twice in a trance, and the face of Chu Wang Liu Wu only became more and more bleak.

And beside Liu Wu, except for Liu Qiang, Prince of Chu, and a "counsellor" with evil eyebrows and mouse eyes, no other people were seen anymore.

——The wall falls and everyone pushes it, the tree falls and the monkeys scatter;

Liu Wu, king of Chu, is at the end of the road...

"Liu Bi, I ran away to Dantu, probably because I want to go to Lingnan, and then seek the possibility of fleeing to sea..."

"The army that the widow handed over to Liu Bi also died in the city of Suiyang..."

There were two more low whispers, and then Liu Wu, king of Chu, quietly turned his head and looked at the panic-stricken counselor.

"Qidi, is there hope?"

"King Zhao, haven't you been able to break through Handan yet?"

"—The three kings of Huainan have not taken any action so far?"

Liu Wu asked three times in succession, but it made the counselor's face even more bitter.

Shaking his head full of sorrow and sighing, he bowed miserably to Liu Wu.

"The kings of Qi are attacking Linzi, the capital of Qi, but Luan Bu, who was sent by Chang'an to suppress the rebellion, was caught off guard;"

"—Jiaoxi King Liu Ang, Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu, Suichuan King Liu Xian, and Jinan King Liu Piguang all died in the rebellion army;"

"Chengyang King Liu Xi, who was coerced by Zhou Qiu, and Jibei King Liu Zhi, who was imprisoned in the palace by the lieutenant, were also put under house arrest by Luan Bu."

"Even Zhou Qiu died of illness on the way to retreat from Qi..."

"Qi Di, has been pacified by Chang'an..."

He said a word in great distress, and the counselor sighed, and cast his eyes at the crown prince Liu Qiang beside him;

After Liu Qiang nodded slightly, the counselor continued: "After the land of Qi was pacified, Luan Bu left most of the army in Qi, and he himself led a part of the army to Handan."

"—Knowing that Luan Bu had also arrived outside the city of Handan, Zhao Wang and Liu Sui lost all hope and committed suicide by swallowing gold in the palace..."

"As for the three kings of the Huainan faction, after receiving the news of Liu Bi's defeat, they immediately submitted a letter of guilt to Chang'an;"

"I heard that Lieutenant Zhang Yu of Liang Guo and General Han Anguo have all been ordered to go to Huainan Kingdom and take over the Huainan Army..."

In the end, the counselor's face was pale, and his eyes were full of despair when he looked at Liu Wu.

"The general trend is gone..."

"My Majesty and Liu Bi's plan is beyond the reach..."

After saying that, the counselor slowly bowed his body, kowtowed to the ground, and hid his terrified and confused face at an angle that Liu Wu could not see;

But even if the counselor didn't do this, Liu Wu at this time has long since lost his mind to look at the change in the counselor's expression.

"The widow..."

"The widow..."

Confused, he uttered two soft murmurs, Liu Wu's cracked lips trembled slightly, and his eyes were scattered, but he didn't know where to turn...
"--right!"

"The widow should flee!"

A moment later, Liu Wu raised his head abruptly, stretched out his hand in horror, and tightly grasped the arm of Crown Prince Liu Qiang, as if he was about to get up.

"Go with the widow!"

"We, like Liu Bi, ran to Lingnan and went overseas by boat!"

"Even if you escape to a certain island, it's better than staying here!!!"

The urgent tone caused the counselor to raise his head quickly, and looked expectantly at the crown prince Liu Qiang who was still kneeling beside him.

——Nowadays, there are not many people left in Chu Palace...
Whether it is a palace maid, eunuch, or the counselors and retainers that Liu Wu once raised in the palace, or even the guards guarding the palace, and officials who helped Liu Wu govern the state of Chu;

Those who can run have basically escaped from Pengcheng with their families and their families, and they don't know where they went.

And the counselor didn't run away, not because of how loyal he was to Liu Wu, or because of how noble his virtue was;

It's because the counselor knows clearly in his heart: he has no way to escape...

Without Liu Wu, the counselor can't even survive tonight...
Father Liu Wu's urgent urging came from his ear;
Beside him was the counselor's expectant, apprehensive, and slightly pleading eyes.

Liu Wu held his arm and pulled him for a while, but Liu Qiang, Prince of Chu, never got up from his seat.

Realizing that he couldn't pull Liu Qiang, King Liu Wu of Chu turned his head angrily, only to see his eldest son Liu Qiang was already in tears...
"You can't go!"

"—If you don't leave, the widow will leave you alone!"

A roar of surprise and anger only made Liu Qiang shake his head in tears, and gently withdrew his hand;

As Liu Qiang withdrew his hand from Liu Wu's confinement, dozens of figures immediately poured into the palace room.

——Without exception, they are all Liu Wu's concubines and their children.

Looking at the palace, there were dozens of strange faces full of sorrow, but faintly chilling people's spine, Chu Wang Liu Wu couldn't help but panic!
But beside the throne, Prince Liu Qiang of Chu finally stood up slowly, shaking his head in grief;

Regardless of the tears on his face, he walked to the king's couch and knelt down to the king of Chu, Liu Wu.

"Father, don't you wake up..."

"—from the very beginning, father, has already committed an unforgivable mistake;"

"Early before the rebellion, my father had completely ruined the reputations of King Chu Yuan and King Chu Yi..."

The words choked with sobs, but it surprised King Liu Wu of Chu again!
Just as he was about to speak, Liu Qiang lowered his head in grief, raised his arms, and wiped away the tears from his face;
When he raised his head again, Liu Qiang looked at his father Liu Wu with the relief of knowing that he would die.

"Before the army was raised, the father and the king drank and had fun all day long, and did not ask about state affairs, so the sons and ministers were not easy to persuade;"

"Later, my father did such a scandalous thing again, son, it's still difficult to speak."

"But when Liu Bi sent people to plan a rebellion with the father, the father could no longer listen to the persuasion of the son..."

"——In order to stop the father, the country's prime minister Zhang Shang and the Taifu Yue Yiwu can be said to have thought hard and earnestly warned, but they were ordered to be executed by the father;"

"My son just persuaded my father to think twice, and was imprisoned in the palace by my father..."

After a few words, the tears that Liu Qiang had just wiped away appeared on his face again.

Liu Qiang got up in great grief, walked to the side of the hall, and slowly bent down;
Grabbing the tray on the table, he walked back in front of Liu Wu with extremely heavy steps.

Looking up at his father Liu Wu's uncertain face, Crown Prince Liu Qiang only sucked his snot, and then smiled miserably.

"This is the end of the matter, father, you have already been convicted of a crime..."

"Father, let's go..."

"—At the last moment of life, at least do the right thing;"

"Leave a bloodline for King Chu Yuan and King Chu Yi;"

"For my lineage of King Chu Yuan..."

"—You guys! What are you going to do!!!"

Only then did Liu Wu finally realize the seriousness of the situation, and only took a step back full of horror!
But seeing Prince Liu Qiang smile bitterly with tears in his eyes, he shook his head in despair at Liu Wu.

"These two cups of poisonous wine are the final filial piety of my son to his father..."

"It's also my father, the only thing I can do for King Chu Yuan and King Chu Yi, the only thing that can wash away my sins..."

Saying so, Liu Qiang lowered his head and grabbed one of the glasses of wine on the tray;

Turning around and looking at the younger brothers and sisters, as well as the concubines, Liu Qiang's face finally showed a majesty that belonged exclusively to the Liu family and the clan princes.

"The sins committed by my father will be borne by me and my father;"

"For you, His Majesty will not pursue any further."

"——When the father drinks this poisoned wine, you must immediately prepare the coffin and bury the father in the royal tomb!"

"Only in this way can the anger in His Majesty's heart be dispelled;"

"Only in this way, is it possible to leave the last blood incense for my King Chu line..."

A low, indifferent, yet majestic order only caused everyone in the hall to be stunned.

But seeing Liu Qiang's words, he turned around with a miserable expression, and looked at his father Liu Wu who was still trembling with a complicated expression;

Shaking his head with a wry smile, he resolutely grabbed the wine cup and drank the poisoned wine in one gulp.

After only a short moment, Liu Qiang frowned suddenly, and his figure trembled slightly;
Only the eyes looking at Liu Wu, the King of Chu, were still full of misery, helplessness, and self-deprecating complexities.

"My child..."

"cough······"

"My son, I will wait for my father..."

"My father and son, go to find King Chu Yuan together..."

"puff!"

"—Together! Cover your face with hair!"

"Xiang, to King Chu Yuan!"

"Kowtow, apologize..."

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"Ah~"

"King Chu Yuan is so respectable;"

"King Chu Yi is so admired by others."

"It's a pity that there is such a disdainful descendant as Liu Wu, who completely ruined the reputation of Yuan Wang's line..."

A few days later, Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace.

Sitting on the imperial couch, looking at the scroll of bamboo slips sent back from Guandong in his hand, and hearing Chao Cuo's sighs in his ears, Emperor Qi only sneered and snorted coldly.

"It's pretty fast;"

"—Thinking that Liu Wu was buried in the royal tomb, I wouldn't dare to dig him out again?!"

Said a word indignantly, and the emperor Qi then threw the bamboo slips in his hand back on the imperial case in front of him;

Just when he raised his head, he saw Chao Cuo in front of him, looking at him full of surprise...
"Well······"

"Since they are all buried, so be it;"

"I can really dig out Liu Wu again, can't I whip the corpse to vent my anger?"

The obviously unwilling tone made Chao Cuo's expression even more bewildered;
Looking at Tianzi Qi full of loneliness, Chao Cuo bowed his head with a complex expression, and muttered as if chatting: "Ahem..."

"After all, they are clan..."

"Cough cough cough..."

"Necessary decency, Your Majesty still..."

"Cough cough cough cough cough cough..."

"——All right, all right!"

Chao Cuo had a dry cough, but Tianzi Qi became even more irritable, so he just flicked his sleeves and got up from the couch.

"Chu Guo, that's it."

"Liu Wu, the king of Chu, was not given a posthumous title, so he was buried in the tomb of the king of Chu like this;"

"—No one is allowed to keep watch for him!"

"As for Liu Wu's descendants and family members, they will all be reduced to official slaves and exiled to the country of Yan!"

Hearing what Tianzi Qi said, Chao Cuo finally felt at ease, and hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty Shengming..."

Seeing that Chao Cuo no longer looked at him with that weird gaze, Tianzi Qi just snorted again;
After being annoyed for a while, he suppressed his anger and sat back on the couch again.

"The king of Chu is dead, and the blood of his descendants has also been demoted to official slaves;"

"Then choose another person from the descendants of King Chu Yuan to inherit the state of Chu, and the state of Chu is considered to be an arrangement."

"But other countries, I, are still a little undecided..."

Saying something in a deep voice, Tianzi Qi casually grabbed a bowl of warm honey water, sucked it in a small mouth, and did not forget to ask: "Teacher, tell me;"

"Wu Guo, Zhao Guo, and the Qi and Huainan factions, how should we deal with it?"

From Tian Ziqi's tone, it was obvious that there was not much anger left, and Chao Cuo finally let out a sigh of relief;
He bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then spoke again, and then bowed his hands to the emperor Qi.

"During this rebellion, the three kings of the Huainan faction did not raise troops to rebel from the beginning to the end."

"So for the Huainan Department, His Majesty should be gentle."

"—after all, ahem..."

"After all, there are still many people talking about the matter of King Li of Huainan back then;"

"If His Majesty severely punishes the Huainan faction, I am worried that the nursery rhyme that made the late emperor angry will appear on the streets of Chang'an again..."

The secretive words made Emperor Qi's complexion suddenly darken.

The hand holding the water bowl froze in mid-air, and those deep eyes suddenly showed a little sinister color.

The "that incident" back then was naturally Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang who pissed on two cups of horses and felt that he had received his destiny;

So he joined hands with Chai Qi, the son of Jipuhou Chaiwu, and pulled up a "huge" army of more than 70 people and more than 40 donkey carts in Taniguchi County, intending to rebel!

Just two hours later, the rebellion launched by Huainan King Liu Chang and Jipuhou Chaiqi was "pacified" by the county lieutenant of Taniguchi County with hundreds of people...
Such an absurd rebellion naturally made the then emperor Liu Heng dumbfounded. He really didn't know whether to call this younger brother stupid or brave.

—Seventy people, forty cars!

——What the hell is a donkey cart!
Not to mention rebellion, even if it is a solicitation, someone has to say: Hey, this must be a small businessman who is not popular...
But absurdity is absurdity, and the fact that Liu Chang rebelled still cannot be changed;

Especially in the later investigation, it was discovered that Liu Chang sent people to contact the Huns in the north and Zhao Tuo in the south in an attempt to "jointly raise troops". Lost.

Since it is treason, it will naturally be punished;

But at that time, among the eight sons of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, only Liu Heng, the then emperor, and Liu Chang, the king of Huainan who "attempted to rebel" remained.

As for the last remaining younger brother, the first emperor Liu Heng couldn't do without killing him, and he couldn't do without killing him.

In the end, the first emperor decided to exile Liu Changju's family in Shu County and never return for life.

At the same time, the first emperor Liu Heng was still affixing a seal on the prison car escorting Liu Chang: Anyone who dares to open the door of the prison car, the clan!
With such a seal, Liu Chang was naturally hungry with his chest stuck to his back on the way to Shu County.

——Who dares to tear the seal pasted by the emperor himself!
——Who dares to give Liu Chang a bowl of rice that will ruin the family!
In this way, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, who was once a master of martial arts and dared to rebel against 70 people, starved to death in the prison car that escorted him.

Then came the climax of this 'famous play'.

Knowing that his younger brother Liu Chang died of starvation in the prison car, the first emperor Liu Heng was out of breath from crying, so he sent for Liu Chang and all the officials who received Liu Chang along the way;
When he learned that these people were unable to deliver food to Liu Chang because they did not dare to tear the seal, the first emperor "regretted his mistake" and immediately ordered: "Drag all these mediocre officials who killed my brother and kill them!"

Killing people with a knife in one hand, and the tricks of cats crying about mice, the late emperor played with perfect proficiency;
But in the end, there are still some smart people who can see through the power of it.

Then, the nursery rhyme 'that' appeared on the streets of Chang'an.

A foot of cloth can still be sewed; a bushel of millet can still be pounded; two brothers cannot be compatible...
Knowing that the famous scenes that he wrote, directed and acted were actually seen through by these big and bold thieves, the first emperor Liu Heng was furious immediately!
But in the end, the first emperor still had no choice but to order: build a coffin for Liu Chang, and confer Liu Chang's three sons as princes and kings...

"Whoo~"

Recalling this past event, Tianzi Qi felt a tightness in his chest, but he couldn't get it to happen again;
Nodding his head with a gloomy expression, he perfunctorily acquiesced to Chao Cuo's proposal of 'don't touch the Huainan Department', and Emperor Qi gritted his teeth suddenly!

"Huainan Department, you can let it go!"

"But Qi, must be severely punished!"

"—Especially the four countries of Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, Suichuan, and Jinan who raised their troops. They must never allow Liu Fei's descendants to be kings again!"

In a moment of rage, Tianzi Qi didn't even care about the honorific title of 'Qi Mourning King Hui', and bit out 'Liu Fei' son without any scruples, obviously he was extremely angry!
A moment later, Emperor Qi, who still hadn't appeased his anger, shattered Wu's future in one fell swoop.

"And that old thief Liu Bi!"

"Received the trust of Emperor Taizu Gao, but took the lead in rebelling, this is an unforgivable sin!"

"So the state of Wu must never allow the descendants of King Daiqing to be king again!"

He roared again in anger, completely rejecting the possibility of "De Hou Liu Guang becoming the king of Wu", the emperor Qi's face was angry, and there was a slight tendency to relax.

After such a long silence, when Chao Cuo raised his head and wanted to express his views on the future of Zhao Guo, a figure poured in from outside the hall, but Chao Cuo could only shake his head and stand up with a bitter sigh;

And at the invitation of Tian Ziqi, he walked towards the old Anhou Mansion in Shangguanli, which is only a wall away from Weiyang Palace, outside Weiyang Palace.

——After nearly ten days of ups and downs, the son of the Marquis of An, Shen Tumi (miè), finally rushed back to Chang'an;
At this moment, the last founding father of Liu Han Sheji, the old prime minister who is over [-] years old: Gu Anhou Shen Tujia has also come to the end of his life...
(End of this chapter)