My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 156 That Bitch Is Prospering
"Ah."

Wei Qing had been listening to the conversation between the two just now. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, the idea of ​​breeding is of course a good one."

However, there are too few stallions, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to promote it to the entire army...

Wei Qing did not say this out loud. If his nephew could do something that would benefit the country and the people, he would support him even if it was just a small thing.

The two men had a close relationship, so there was no need for them to talk in the main hall. Instead, they went to the pavilion in the back garden, placed ice mirrors around the pavilion and lowered the curtains.

There is no one else.

Liu Ju then asked, "Uncle, is there something important that brought you here?"

Every time Wei Qing came to the Prince's Palace, it was either because he was invited by Liu Ju or because he had something important to discuss. Today, he came uninvited, so the answer must be the latter.

"good."

Wei Qing, who was sitting opposite, gradually became serious and nodded, "Zhang Qian told me earlier that Ju Lihu killed the former Right Wise King and moved his troops north."

"It's consistent with the information I got, and it's also consistent with what you said before."

After Jin Midi returned from Shanggu County, he informed Liu Ju of the movements in the north. Coincidentally, his uncle was now in charge of northern affairs in the court.

Liu Ju did not hide anything and informed the other party.

At this time.

Wei Qing looked at Liu Ju and said solemnly: "Since the intelligence has been confirmed to be correct, you can give your proposal a try."

To be precise, it was Qu Bi's suggestion.

Kill the eldest brother and seize power!
Ju Lihu made his eldest son the new Right Wise King. His second son Qu Bi was resentful and someone had a handle against him. He was in danger of losing his position and urgently needed to expand his own power.

Only soldiers and horses can give Qu Bi a sense of security.

Only a large army could give him room for bargaining with the Han people.

This was exactly what Liu Ju wanted. A powerless Xiongnu prince was of no value. Only an ambitious Right Wise King who killed his brother to seize power could be of great use!

"Qubi will find a chance to inform his brother of his whereabouts. At that time, I may have to trouble my uncle to send a cavalry to behead him."

"Afterwards, he will handle the power struggle himself."

Hear the words.

Wei Qing, who was sitting opposite him, nodded slightly, "Okay!"

He did not ask whether Qu Bi was reliable, nor did he ask how his nephew had contacted the Xiongnu prince, although he could sense that his nephew was cultivating his own intelligence organization.

Wei Qing paused for a moment and simply said, "There are some things that a minister cannot do, but a monarch can do. A king can do it, but the crown prince must be cautious."

"That's what my uncle taught me."

Liu Ju had a faint smile on his face. He put a few pieces of ice into the wine bottle, poured in the wine he had just bought, and pushed it to the other side.

"With Father, he will know what he wants to know. He cannot hide it, and he has not deliberately hidden it. With the officials, those who should not know will not know it."

"Don't worry, uncle. I'm always cautious in my actions."

Listen.

Wei Qing looked at Liu Ju for a while, nodded, said no more, and reached out to take the wine jar on the table, but stopped suddenly halfway through.

Red wine?

"Haha, uncle is very busy and probably doesn't have time to hang out." Liu Ju saw this and said with a smile: "My nephew went out incognito today and saw a caravan coming from the Western Regions."

"On a whim, I bought some unique wine for my uncle to try."

Wei Qing raised his eyebrows and tasted it for a moment.

"Tsk."

It is not easy to expect people who drink wine for the first time to have any compliments. Seeing his uncle's slightly frowned brow, Liu Ju laughed.

He bought it just to try something new.

I took a sip and I don’t know if it’s because of the production process or the storage, but the taste of this wine is hard to describe.

"People who love wine may like it, but I..." Wei Qing shook his head and put down the wine bottle, indicating that he was not worthy of enjoying this stuff.

He smiled bitterly and asked another question: "Do you often travel incognito?"

"profound."

Liu Ju replied, "No, I just saw a caravan coming from the Western Regions, so I went to take a look."

At this moment, Wei Qing's expression was complicated and solemn. "If there is nothing else, Your Highness should wear less casual clothes when traveling. As the Confucianists say, a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall."

"We must be on guard against assassinations."

It has been many years since the assassination of Liu Ling. Liu Ju will not forget it, but he will not stay in the Prince's Palace all day, to the point of being panic-stricken and seeing enemies everywhere.

Uncle Wei Qing seemed to have something else to say.

Liu Ju calmed down and asked, "But what happened?" Wei Qing sighed, "The Empress Dowager Dou is dead."

Empress Dou?
After a moment of shock, Liu Ju finally realized that it was his aunt who had died...

His great aunt, Empress Dou, Princess Guantao, Liu Piao!

She was the Princess Guantao who sent people to assassinate Wei Qing in order to win favor for her daughter Chen Ajiao.

Yes.

She has lived to this day and just passed away. Even though Liu Piao sent people to assassinate Wei Qing, she has lived safely to this day.

Whether a member of the royal family will be executed for a crime depends largely not on how serious the crime he has committed, but on whether the emperor wants and can let him die!
A little further away, King Liu Wu of Liang was still alive and well after assassinating his ministers.

Closer.

Liu Duan, the King of Jiaoxi, who scared Dong Zhongshu away, killed or poisoned many officials of the rank of "two thousand stones". The ministers in the court requested his execution more than once.

But the emperor... couldn't bear it.

There was also Liu Jian, the King of Jiangdu, who rebelled during the Battle of Hexi. Before his rebellion, he had committed many lewd, disgusting and beastly acts.

He was even reported to the court.

however.

Nothing was done until after his rebellion, when the emperor asked about it and brought up the old accounts of King Jiangdu Liu Jian.

No matter they are princes or princesses, as long as they do not rebel or block the emperor's way, the emperor does not have a strong desire to kill!
Then.

No matter how serious the crimes they committed, the emperor would not kill them for the sake of his own reputation.

Princess Guantao Liu Piao was both the aunt and the mother-in-law of the current emperor. Even if she sent someone to assassinate Wei Qing, Liu Che would still help her.

Let her live till now...

……

Baling County, Changmen Palace.

The right and wrong, the ups and downs of the world have nothing to do with this place; the exotic customs and bustling crowds of Chang'an City cannot be heard here.

Ever since the deposed Queen Chen Ajiao was imprisoned here, this land seems to be isolated from the world.

But a dozen years ago.

Changmen Palace was not like this before. At that time, Changmen Palace was not called Changmen Palace, but Changmen Garden, which was the private garden of Princess Guantao Liu Piao.

This woman, who was honored as 'Empress Dou', owned a private garden that was comparable to the emperor's palace.

Liu Piao’s wealth was comparable to that of the emperor!
even.

The emperor's treasury was not as good as Liu Piao's private treasury, because before her death, Empress Dowager Dou left a will to take away all the property in the East Palace, namely Changle Palace...

Leave it all to Liu Piao!

Then there was a saying: "What Mr. Dong distributed in one day was a hundred catties of gold, a million coins, and a thousand pieces of silk, and then he would pay it off."

Dong Jun, also known as Dong Yan, was a male favorite of Liu Piao.

In order to support him, Empress Dowager Dou asked him to pay money to open the way, and threatened that he must spend 100 kilograms of gold, 1 million coins, and 1,000 pieces of cloth in one day and then tell her.

So arrogant...

After Liu Piao presented Changmen Garden to the emperor and it became Changmen Palace, the emperor turned around and used it as a place to imprison Liu Piao's daughter.

It is unknown whether there was any deliberate element in this, but the emperor's statement to the public was: "Although the empress is deposed, the worship is still in accordance with the law, and Changmen is no different from the upper palace."

Since the emperor said so.

Chen Ajiao's stay in Changmen Palace in recent years must not be like that in the cold palace. She has all the proper service, and all the proper clothes and delicious food.

"Empress, Concubine Dou has passed away and was buried with Lord Dong in the Baling Mausoleum." In the dark main hall of Changmen Palace, the old nanny said calmly.

The words fell.

The former queen Chen Ajiao, who had been emaciated for several years and remained the same day for several years, finally had some changes on her face as she kneeled in the palace.

No sadness, no tears. In the past fourteen years, her tears have dried up.

Chen Ajiao raised her eyelids and asked, "My mother is dead?"

"Dead," the old lady replied.

“Ha, ha ha ha.” Chen A Jiao said softly, as if she was crying and laughing, and also like a ghost: “My mother is dead, and all my worries are gone.”

"But the bitch is thriving?"

The old nanny replied, "Yes, Queen, the Wei family is thriving."

(End of this chapter)