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

Chapter 161 I am invincible

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

At present, the room is full of distinguished guests, toasting each other with cups and glasses. The emperor sits on the dragon couch, holding up the wine jar, with a rare smile of emotion and joy on his face.

The princes and kings below also raised their glasses, and the atmosphere was very happy.

This scene is exactly when the kings come to pay homage.

According to the Han Dynasty's audience system, unless the emperor made special changes, princes from all over the country would come to the capital to pay homage once every five years.

As autumn turned to winter, the kings came to pay homage in the second year of Yuanding. It was exactly five years since the last time in the third year of Yuanshou...

"The Prince of Hejian is young, and although fine wine is good, he should not drink too much."

The emperor joked to a teenager sitting at the first table on his right. Upon hearing this, Prince Hejian blushed, perhaps because he was choked by the wine or because he was flattered.

Upon seeing this, all the princes and kings around burst into laughter.

"Hahaha." The emperor also laughed a few times and waved to the eunuch beside him, "Change the honey water for Prince Hejian."

"Thank... Thank you, Your Majesty." Prince Hejian bowed and said a little embarrassedly.

Being able to sit right next to the emperor, this prince must have a different status.

Liu Ji, King of Hejian.

He was the second son of Li Ji, the younger brother of the deposed Crown Prince Liu Rong, and the grandson of Liu De.

Uh... there are too many qualifiers. In short, he is the King of Hejian, from the lineage of Li Ji!

However, the people of this lineage generally have a short lifespan and die quickly. While the current emperor Liu Che is still in power, his second brother's lineage has already been passed down to his grandchildren.

That is the King of Hejian, Liu Ji, who is in the hall at this moment.

"Your Majesty, I have no way to repay your concern, so I specially present to you an ancient book from the Pre-Qin period collected by my grandfather." As he spoke, Prince Hejian took a scroll of bamboo slips from the waiter behind him.

"Oh?"

The emperor showed an interested look. When the eunuch ordered it to be presented to him, he spread it out and took a look. "The Book of Songs?"

"Yes." Prince Hejian said shyly, "This is an ancient book from the pre-Qin period. I heard that your majesty ordered the Minister of the Imperial Household to collect ancient books, so I am offering it to you."

The lineage of the Hejian Kings, starting from the second brother of the current emperor, has always loved literary affairs, especially Confucianism. They have always loved searching for ancient books from the pre-Qin period and recruiting Confucian scholars.

but.

In this generation, the King of Hejian still had the habit of liking literary affairs, but he did not dare to recruit Confucian scholars...

The emperor was very pleased with the "Book of Songs" presented by Hejian King Liu Ji. Not only did he encourage and praise him on the spot, he also immediately ordered someone to bring some gold and jade as a reward.

This banquet was being held at this moment, which was the part where the princes were rewarded after the "small audience" and "legal audience" processes when they entered the capital.

The emperor has been a little more financially stable recently, and not long ago he received gifts from countries in the Western Regions. So he is much more generous now than he was in the third year of Yuanshou.

Various gems are given as rewards for free.

At this time.

The other princes in the hall saw this scene, and they were still smiling, but they were muttering in their hearts, "Huh, you didn't offer sacrifices at the ancestral temple on the first day of the month, but now?"

Looking at the shy appearance of the young Prince of Hejian, all the royal relatives showed forced smiles.

This is not a fuel-efficient lamp!

The atmosphere in the Xuanshi Hall was indeed harmonious, and the emperor and the princes also looked very happy, but they themselves knew clearly what the actual situation was.

In the third year of Yuanshou, the emperor issued a "white paper currency", which almost disgusted the princes to death.

It happened that the King of Jiangdu had "committed suicide" at that time. The princes were in a precarious situation and came to Chang'an to complete the procedures. They did not stay for even a day and went straight back to their fiefdoms.

And this year's audience.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the princes and kings still put "white paper money" under the jade disk when they congratulated the emperor on the first lunar month.

There is no way, this is the system the emperor insists on...

Anyway, people are very adaptable. No prince has died suddenly in recent years, and people have gotten used to the "blank paper money" incident.

Check it out.

Isn’t the atmosphere in the Xuanshi Hall quite harmonious?

After teasing the Prince of Hejian, the emperor turned the conversation to the Prince of Jiaoxi, and his words fully demonstrated his concern and advice for his own myna.

Liu Che said: "Alas, the court has a lot of complaints about my brother. My brother must not do anything wrong in the future."

Liu Duan, the King of Jiaoxi, who had some difficulty in being a man, looked aggrieved and wiped his tears, saying: "That's all false accusations!"

"My concubine deceived me and even had an affair with an official in the palace. I had no choice but to execute several of them. Your Majesty, you can investigate if you don't believe me!"

letter.

Why didn't the emperor believe it?

All the princes in the palace believed it. Everyone knew that the King of Jiaoxi had a problem of "difficulty in regaining his masculinity". It was normal for some chaos to occur in the palace.

Liu Che knew that his myna was evading the main point, so he did not expose it. He just hinted that he could go to Bowang Garden afterwards.

You can't hide your illness and avoid seeing a doctor... Not to mention, one of the important purposes of Jiaoxi King Liu Duan's visit to Beijing this time is to go to the Bowangyuan Medical Center, which has become famous in recent years, to see a doctor for his hidden illness...

On the left side of the main hall.

Feeling the hopeful look from the King of Jiaoxi, Liu Ju tried very hard to give a polite yet awkward smile in return.

Today is the Liu family's family banquet, and the emperor, the crown prince and other princes are all present.

But Liu Ju really wished he was not there at this moment. He didn't know how to face Uncle Ba's gaze and replied with a smile.

He quickly turned his head and started chatting with a peer sitting next to him.

The person next to Liu Ju is the King of Jiaodong.

It is quite ironic that if one really wanted to get to the bottom of things, Liu Ju's conversation with the King of Jiaodong would have been even more awkward.

Because the father of the current King of Jiaodong, the twelfth brother of the current Emperor Liu Che, took some dangerous actions when King of Huainan Liu An rebelled!

At the beginning, Liu Ling instigated Zhang Cigong, saying that once his father took action, the princes of the world would surely be ready to move. This was absolutely true.

Liu Che's twelfth brother, the King of Jiaodong at that time, was the one who caused the trouble!

When the King of Huainan rebelled, the King of Jiaodong secretly prepared chariots, bows and arrows, weapons and armor in preparation for the uprising.

As a result, the Prince of Huainan failed and the Prince of Jiaodong was also investigated.

Not long after, he died of illness...

It is not known whether he really died of illness, but it is true that the emperor showed him mercy. Even though he committed improper acts, the State of Jiaodong was not abolished.

It is not easy to show some mercy to the current emperor. Ji An and Zhang Tang are vivid examples.

What's more, it involves treason?
There must be a reason why the Jiaodong King's lineage could make the emperor so lenient.

The Yilan Hall has a special meaning in the Weiyang Palace because it was formerly the residence of the Queen Mother. The title of King of Jiaodong also has special significance among the princes.

Notice.

Before Emperor Liu Che was appointed Crown Prince, he was the King of Jiaodong!

He gave up his old title to the other party, and even showed mercy to the other party when he showed signs of rebellion. The reason why Liu Che could do this was only because...

Among all his brothers, he was closest to his twelfth brother.

Liu Che had no brothers from the same mother, but only a large number of half-brothers. Among these brothers, a few were more special, and the special thing was their mother.

The mother of the current emperor is Wang Zhi, Queen Mother Wang, and the mother of his twelfth brother is Wang Erzuo, Lady Wang.

These two are sisters.

As both a brother and his aunt's son, Liu Che had been close to his twelfth brother since childhood. After he ascended the throne, he naturally took good care of him. He never thought...

Ouch.

All I can say is that in the face of power, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly!
Emperor Liu Che had many brothers, and all of them were talented. If I were to describe them in detail it would probably take tens of thousands of words, so I’ll just keep it brief.

Inside the Xuanshi Hall.

The emperor had already encouraged his ninth brother, King Liu Sheng of Zhongshan.

Hundreds of years later, there was a certain Liu Huangshu who would call himself "the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan" whenever he met someone.

That’s right, we are talking about Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan. This lord had only one hobby - lust, and he had so many sons.

Liu Che's message to his ninth brother, translated, roughly means: "Good, lustful princes are good, lustful princes are good princes!"

Ahem, next one.

When he arrived at Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu, Liu Che said to his seventh brother, "I heard that you often took errand boys to patrol the city of Handan, doing things similar to those of a minor official."

"This is not good. You should learn from the King of Zhongshan - he is lustful!"

There were many kinds of praise, suggestions, or criticisms as mentioned above. In short, this royal family banquet was very "warm".

At the same time, in the side hall.

The cozy atmosphere in the main hall was comfortable for adults, and even Liu Ju, the prince pretending to be an adult, could barely stand it, but most teenagers could not stand it.

The emperor could understand it too.

In the side hall, he specially arranged pitching pots and chessboards for the entertainment of the royal family members, including the descendants who came to the capital with the princes, and the emperor's own two sons...

"what--"

The third prince of the emperor, Liu Dan, who was old enough to barely hold his urine, was now trying to hold the horns of a burly man, his face flushed red from holding it in.

With a sudden force...

In other words, the strong man suddenly withdrew his strength, fell down, and was defeated.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing this, Liu Dan danced with joy, "I am invincible!"

(End of this chapter)