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

Chapter 168 You're just kidding me

In Chang'an City, in a mansion next to Yongmen, two people were drinking by themselves.

King Liu Sheng of Zhongshan took a sip of wine, ate a bite of the side dish on the table, and said with a smile: "Drinking in Weiyang Palace, no matter how delicious the wine is, it won't taste good."

"Ah."

"You know what, the prince of the tenth brother has some accomplishments in cooking. Even if he can't become an emperor in the future, he will definitely not starve to death by being a cook."

Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu, who was lying across from him, snorted coldly and said indifferently, "He has become the crown prince. If he can't become the emperor, can he still live?"

"Makes sense."

The King of Zhongshan sneered in response, his expression half mocking, half hushing, he stretched out his arm and poured the half-drunk wine on the ground, "Cheers to my elder brother."

His elder brother is also the elder brother of the current emperor Liu Che—the deposed crown prince, Liu Rong.

Liu Rong died soon after his position as crown prince was abolished, just as the King of Zhao had said just now: being a crown prince but not being able to become emperor meant death!
Gurgling.

King Zhongshan poured himself another cup, took a sip, and sighed, "Old Ten is still Old Ten. After not seeing him for many years, he is still as cruel and domineering as ever."

"After a few days of drinking, I think I've had enough."

At this point, he lowered his voice, looked at the ripples in the wine cup, and said calmly: "It seems that after returning to the country, I will have to add more than a dozen concubines."

"I love them, and aren't they helping me?"

"hehe."

King Zhongshan laughed at himself, raised his neck, and drank the wine in the cup, "How wonderful! How wonderful! In life, the only things that cannot be neglected are wine and beautiful women!"

"Hahahaha!"

A loud laugh rang out, full of elegance and comfort, but also hiding the loneliness and desolation.

Prince Zhao, who was curled up by the stove, waited for him to finish laughing before glancing at his brother coldly, "You just know how cruel and tyrannical Old Ten is? What's the point of howling?"

"Humph."

King Zhao pulled the corner of his mouth and cast his eyes on the red-hot charcoal in front of him, "My father is cruel, and he is also cruel. I want to see it, and wait until the day when I can no longer bear to speak."

"Can he really be so cruel when facing his own son?"

The words fell.

King Zhongshan's eyes were distracted for a moment, and he thought of his elder brother again, the elder brother who committed suicide, who committed suicide...

My brother was right. Howling was useless, and reminiscing was useless. So the King of Zhongshan quickly came back to his senses from his old memories. While drinking, he whispered:

"Based on the last few days' behavior, I think we'll have to go to Weiyang Palace for a few more meals and drinks. As for Li Ji's matter..."

Halfway through the conversation.

King Zhao automatically answered and sneered, "Do you really think that we will help her just because we have received the benefits? It's good enough that we can instigate her!"

"Old Ten is not someone you can easily fool."

King Zhao paused, and the smile on his face widened, almost mocking, "Look at the situation now, the tenth sons will have a lot to fight with in the future!"

The King of Zhongshan spoke in an erratic tone, and continued: "Fighting is good, how can we choose the true dragon emperor without fighting? If we don't fight, how can we watch the show?"

"Why did you let out that bad breath..."

It was snowing heavily outside, and the courtyards, eaves, and houses were all white. The sky and the earth were all white. The house was warm as spring, with a stove, warm wine, and thousands of thoughts, full of grievances and love.

The sky and earth were white and naked.

Amid the whirling snow, a voice could be vaguely heard from the other end of the courtyard, "The Crown Prince has sent someone to inform you that a banquet will be held in the Crown Prince's Palace tonight to entertain the King."

"Only the king was invited?"

"I have inquired and found out that there is also the Prince of Lu...Changshan..."

When the last ray of sunlight fell into the west, night fell and the nightlife of the Han Dynasty began.

Prince's Palace, main hall.

When King Zhao Liu Pengzu arrived, the hall was already full. He was the last to arrive, and he was also qualified to be the last to arrive.

The King of Zhao was the oldest of the four remaining princes among the fourteen sons of Emperor Jing. In other words, he had the highest seniority at the banquet tonight. The Crown Prince also invited only the descendants of Emperor Jing...

Before the banquet began, a round of polite greetings was expected, but it seemed that the host today was not the emperor but the prince.

After drinking a glass of wine together, before Liu Ju could speak, a voice that was half complaining, half teasing came from his left.

"Whoa!"

"The prince invited us to a banquet, but he didn't say it was a vegetarian banquet. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ju immediately looked at the King of Zhongshan who had spoken, and asked with a smile, "Uncle Jiu, why do you say that?"

Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan, pointed to the center of the hall and said, "Is there any need to ask? With fine wine, how can there be no beauties? When the uncles come to the prince's place, there must be a meat feast!"

The voice just fell.

A burst of laughter that all men understand suddenly arose.

Liu Ju also smiled. Just as he was about to speak, an unhappy voice suddenly rang out from his right hand, "What singer do you want?"

"If you want to have a banquet, then have a banquet. It's inappropriate to have singing girls coming and going!" Jiaoxi King Liu Duan said rudely.

When he saw that it was the myna who spoke, the King of Zhongshan froze and thought to himself: "What bad luck! How could I have forgotten him?"

Seeing this, the other princes in the hall all stopped smiling and had the same thought in their minds: "What bad luck! Why did the prince invite him here?"

For a moment, there was a sudden silence.

It was the most senior King Zhao who came out to smooth things over, but his way of smoothing things over was very special. He glanced at King Zhongshan and said sarcastically:

"Do you think this is your Zhongshan Kingdom? You are so lustful and wanton, and you don't know the proper occasion!"

"Ridiculous!"

"My dear uncles..." Seeing that the King of Zhongshan was about to be sarcastic, Liu Ju quickly spoke up to smooth things over. He raised his hand and said with a smile:

"My dear uncles, there is no need to argue. I am inviting you to a banquet today. First, I want to enhance our friendship. Second, I also want to discuss something with you."

"Would you listen to me?"

Liu Ju did not play tricks and went straight to the point at the beginning. The princes who sat down did not really come to have a drink or a meal.

When the prince mentioned the intention of inviting everyone to a banquet, the quarreling parties stopped tacitly and all looked towards the main seat.

Liu Ju smiled warmly, first looking at the King of Jiaoxi, then at the crowd, "Eighth Lord knows a little about today's events. The court intends to take back the coinage rights of the counties and states."

"I would like to ask you all what you think."

What's your opinion?
The prince asked lightly, and to everyone's ears... it sounded light too.

"Hahaha." King Liu Pengzu of Zhao was the first to speak, jokingly saying to his attendants, "The prince is joking with us."

"How can we change the ancestral system that Emperor Gao has established to benefit his descendants? Hahaha."

"Not bad."

The princes on both sides laughed and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is joking with us. How can we change the ancestral system so easily?"

They laughed, Liu Ju also laughed, and the whole room laughed.

When I had laughed enough and couldn't continue, the atmosphere would become weird, so the laughter stopped.

Liu Ju looked around, restrained his smile, and recalled as if he was telling a story: "When I was young, I met a charlatan in Weiyang Palace..."

"Oh, it's a liar."

"The liar saw that I was young and he was good at playing tricks. I asked him how he could deceive people. The liar said to me with a stern face..."

"Don't joke, Your Highness."

"Some people thought I was young and that what I said was a joke, so I beat up the liar. By the way, that person's name was Shao Weng, and he died many years ago."

Liu Ju looked down and said in a friendly manner, "King Zhao, look again now, do I look like I'm kidding you?"

(End of this chapter)