Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

The emperor has already established the secret police force.

He summoned the eldest prince to his study, where the two had a long talk.

After that, the eldest prince became obsessed with hunting and often led his guards into the mountains to hunt, each trip lasting several days.

The emperor scolded the eldest prince for neglecting his duties, but the prince still did not change his ways.

The Crown Prince was very pleased with this. The Emperor was no longer satisfied with the First Prince, and the First Prince posed a much smaller threat to him.

In a good mood, he used another excuse to bully Liu Yong.

He broke the inkstone himself, but falsely accused Liu Yong of breaking it.

The Crown Prince said, “This inkstone was a gift from my father. You broke it, which is disrespectful to your elders. But considering this is your first offense, I will punish you by making you kneel in the courtyard for two hours.”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Liu Yong silently bowed and knelt down in the courtyard.

It's already late autumn, the weather is cold, and the ground is icy.

Even a strong and healthy person would not be able to withstand kneeling for two hours, and their legs would probably be ruined, let alone the "weak" fourth prince.
The palace servants looked at the fourth prince with pity, but dared not step forward to plead for him.

Given the Crown Prince's temperament, if anyone pleads for the Fourth Prince, he will only punish them more severely, and the person who pleads will also suffer.

Upon hearing the news, the emperor paused for a moment while reviewing the memorials, but then remained silent.

Sigh, it's not the right time yet, so we'll just have to make do with the fourth brother.

As Mencius said: "When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their will, strain their muscles and bones..."

Liu Chen also had people in the palace, and he smiled after hearing the news.

He laughed at the emperor's foolishness.

How could the cunning Liu Chen not see through the emperor's thoughts?
However, the emperor overlooked one thing.

It refers to Liu Yong's body.

Liu Yong was indeed intelligent and capable, which Liu Chen greatly admired, but he would not regard Liu Yong as an enemy.

Because of Liu Yong's health.

Liu Yong was born in poor health and was diagnosed by the imperial physician as not living past the age of thirty.

With such a short lifespan, even if he ascends the throne, will he have the time and energy to defeat him?

Moreover, this foolish emperor allowed the crown prince to bully Liu Yong.

With Liu Yong's body being treated like this, how much of his life expectancy is left before he turns thirty?
Will I live to be twenty?

Even Liu Chen couldn't help but feel sorry for Liu Yong.

How could there be such a foolish father and brother?
Liu Tong did not kneel with Liu Yong. Instead, he returned to his residence, had hot water prepared for Liu Yong to bathe, and invited the imperial physician to wait.

Having cultivated the Longevity Technique, kneeling for two hours was no big deal for Liu Yong now.

But the necessary superficial work still needs to be done.

Liu Yong knelt on the ground, secretly circulating the Longevity Technique, and began his cultivation.

The true qi circulated throughout his body, nourishing it.

No longer did my knees and legs feel cold, thanks to the nourishment of the true energy.

Two hours passed just like that.

Liu Tong walked to Liu Yong's side and helped him up.

Liu Yong rolled his eyes and "fainted".

Liu Tong hurriedly directed the palace servants to carry Liu Yong back to his residence.

The imperial physician quickly stepped forward to examine Liu Yong's pulse and prescribe medicine.

Liu Yong was not unconscious; he used his inner energy to alter his pulse.

The imperial physician concluded that Liu Yong had caught a cold, which triggered his old illness, and prescribed medicine for him.

When the news reached the Crown Prince, he scoffed, "It would be best if he were dead."

The emperor ordered the Imperial Medical Academy to do everything in its power to treat the fourth prince.

Liu Chen drank his wine and watched the dancers perform their seductive dance, then laughed, "A family of idiots."

In his view, Liu Yong was also stupid for letting the Crown Prince bully him.

Why didn't you pretend to faint earlier? If your body is ruined, what can you do in the future?
Can't even protect her own precious younger brother?
Liu Chen also remembered Liu Dong, this nobody.

He felt that Liu Dong was much smarter than his own brother.

Being a nobody in the royal family is actually a way to save your life.

A prince like him wouldn't specifically bully such an insignificant person, making the insignificant person's life more comfortable than his own brother's.

Take myself for example.

Once he sits on that throne, in order to demonstrate his benevolence, he will also "treat" the late emperor's descendants well.

The one who was treated well could not pose a danger to him, so he could not be the eldest prince, nor the crown prince, but only the insignificant ninth prince.

Of course, if Liu Yong were still alive at that time, he would have given him some "care" as well.

Liu Yong fell ill and was unable to study in the Imperial Study. Liu Qiu also took leave to take care of her brother.

The crown prince found it boring and used the excuse of having to attend court to stop going to the study.

Only the seventh prince remained in the Imperial Study, pitifully being watched by his three teachers.

A few days later, he also pretended to be sick and stopped going to the study.

Apart from the seventh prince's mother, the women in the harem had no interest in the Imperial Study.

Another batch of women in the harem have become pregnant.

Those who were pregnant focused on protecting their babies and giving birth.

She who wasn't pregnant was dedicated to becoming a skilled abortion specialist.

The women were locked in a fierce battle.

Fortunately, Liu Dong and Liu Yong pretended to be sick and hid in their residence, thus avoiding being affected.

However, the seventh prince was tricked into bumping into a pregnant concubine, causing her to miscarry.

The palace concubine hated the seventh prince so much that she sent someone to push him into the pool.

The seventh prince caught a cold, pretended to be sick but it turned into a real illness, and he almost died.

The emperor was furious, and the concubine's fate was tragic; she was beaten to death on the emperor's orders.

The emperor was unaware that the palace concubine was actually Liu Chen's person, a spy sent into the palace by Liu Chen.

The child in the concubine's womb was not the emperor's, but that of Liu Chen's subordinate.

That man was a concubine's lover.

The man wanted revenge for his lover and child, so he knelt and begged Liu Chen to kill the emperor immediately.

Liu Chen refused, so the man took matters into his own hands.

This person used Liu Chen's informants in the palace to obtain information about the emperor's whereabouts.

He sneaked up to the emperor and actually succeeded in assassinating him, although he was eventually killed by a hail of arrows.

Liu Chen cursed him as an idiot and had no choice but to ride back to the capital at top speed.

When that person made the move, Liu Chen was on behalf of the emperor, offering sacrifices to Heaven at Mount Emei.

Unfortunately, it was too late for Liu Chen.

By the time he returned to the capital, the crown prince had already eagerly ascended the throne.

Dealing with the crown prince at this point would provoke fierce resistance from the royalists.

Liu Chen had no choice but to suppress his anger and continue acting as regent, watching that smug guy arrogantly and proudly deal with his brothers who could have been his allies.

Doesn't the eldest prince like fighting?

The crown prince then demoted him to the border, hoping that the eldest prince would die on the battlefield.

He secretly sent assassins to wait for the eldest prince to go to the battlefield, so they could strike him dead in one blow.

The crown prince wished he could kill Liu Yong, this eyesore, but he had just ascended the throne and could not bear the infamy of killing his brother.

Just as he was pondering how to deal with Liu Yong, envoys from Wei and Wu came to Shu to congratulate the crown prince on his ascension to the throne.

The crown prince looked at them, his eyes lit up, and he had an idea.

The Crown Prince, using the excuse that his uncles were getting old and should return home to enjoy their retirement, ordered the return of the previous generation of princes who had been sent as hostages to Wei and Wu, and instead sent a new generation of princes to those two countries as hostages. (End of Chapter)