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

Chapter 73: Ancestors' Protection
"Didn't I say that?"

Liu Ju's face was still pleasant, but his words did not have any kindness in them. "Prime Minister, I want to talk to you... You framed me for deceiving the emperor!"

After the rumor spread, Taifu Shi Qing's first reaction was to clarify it in public.

at this time.

What Liu Ju did was similar to Shi Qing's suggestion, except that the purpose was different. He no longer apologized in public, but instead found the culprit and exposed him in public!

The prince did not hold back his voice at all when he said that just now.

It immediately attracted the attention of the people around.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was not Li Cai's private residence, but an official office with numerous buildings and functions.

It is like the county government in later generations, which had six clerks and assistant officials to do their work. The county magistrate worked in the front hall and lived in the back hall.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was like an enlarged version of the county government. The outer court led by the Prime Minister was held in the Court Meeting Hall of Officials inside the mansion, and officials moved around closely.

Not to mention that the prime minister has many subordinates, and people often come in and out of this place.

at the moment.

As soon as the prince finished speaking, some people stopped in front of the Prime Minister's residence and looked sideways. Some were surprised, while others were questioning and excited.

This scene was caught in my peripheral vision.

Li Cai was in a very bad mood. He hated willful and reckless people the most. As the crown prince, he was confronting the prime minister on the street. The crown prince was shameless, but he wanted more!

It is born by heart.

Feeling dissatisfied, Li Cai's face turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, if you have something to discuss, please come to the palace to discuss it in detail. Shouting in the street is no different from being a scoundrel."

"Oh, is it so?"

Liu Ju pretended to be puzzled, without moving his feet, and said loudly: "The Prime Minister colluded with people in the palace and deliberately spread rumors, saying that I was related to coinage, salt and iron."

"It is said that I have deceived the emperor and sow discord among the royal family!"

"This move..."

He looked straight at Li Cai, then looked around, scanning the people standing around, and finally his gaze returned to Li Cai again. His face changed color and he shouted:

"What is the difference between the Prime Minister's actions and those of a treacherous villain?!"

If we say that on the night when Shao Weng was exposed, Liu Ju played the role of "reckless" in front of the emperor.

That today.

After going out to the streets, he found the prime minister, the chief of the officials who framed him. Liu Ju had to play another role:

angry!
In anger and rage, he shouted in the street that it was the Prime Minister who framed the Prince's Palace, and that the coinage, salt and iron were all underhand tricks played by the other party!
Spread a rumor and break a leg.

If we really want to clarify things one by one, Liu Ju will never be as fast as the rumormongers, so we might as well solve the problem directly from the source and point out that - I was framed by the Prime Minister!

"The Prime Minister framed the Crown Prince?"

"real or fake?"

"Hiss! When the rumors were rampant before, I realized that something was wrong. Could it be that..."

"Hush, don't say anything, keep quiet!"

There was a buzzing sound all around, and the people on Zhangtai Street did not dare to come closer, but there were already people gathered in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they kept looking out.

Li Cai's expression became increasingly gloomy, and his tone became impatient, "I have never framed the crown prince, nor have I colluded with anyone in the palace."

"Your Highness insists on making trouble, and I have nothing to say. If you say that I am framing you, then show me the evidence. If you don't have any, tomorrow in Xuanshi Hall..."

“There must be impeachment!”

Although the prince had told the truth... well, most of the truth, Li Cai did not panic and insisted that he did not do it.

While appearing calm on the surface, the Prime Minister also began to take the situation seriously in his heart.

He knows.

I have underestimated the prince before. It was not an accident but deliberate. He made a scene in Changning Palace just to find me through Li Ji!

That female official swore so solemnly...

"You idiot, you didn't even realize you were being watched!"

Li Cai cursed inwardly, and the look he gave Liu Ju was no longer the contempt he had shown before for an ignorant child, but a hint of wariness.

At this time.

Almost as soon as Li Cai finished speaking, a man came to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, stood behind Li Cai, bowed to Liu Ju, and said in a stiff tone:
"Although Your Highness is the crown prince, you should not accuse the prime minister without reason. As the prime minister's chief justice, I have the responsibility to report illegal activities. Your Highness, please be careful with your words."

"Otherwise, I can only report this to Your Majesty to set the record straight!" After he said this, several more people walked out and stood behind Li Cai, some of them were the Prime Minister's Sizhi and some were the Prime Minister's Chief Clerk.

They all had cold attitudes and harsh words.

Li Cai was in a high position as prime minister, so naturally he would cultivate his own supporters. The few people who stood out at this moment were the officials he had personally recruited.

They regard the prime minister as a benefactor and a sponsor.

There is a certain personal dependence relationship. If this kind of relationship deepens a little, when encountering a chaotic era, a familiar name will naturally appear:

Lord!

It is true that Lord is a respectful title used by subjects to address their monarch. Li Cai certainly cannot use it now, but Liu Ju can use it barely.

He is the crown prince and has legitimate subjects under his command!
Seeing the other side rushing up, Su Wu said nothing, took a step forward with a knife and armor, and the guards of the prince's palace behind him all stepped forward to protect the prince on both sides.

The situation suddenly became tense, and people nearby ran away, some telling each other, some running away...

"Don't be impatient."

It was Liu Ju who stopped them. He looked straight ahead, not even at the prime minister's subordinates, but only at Li Cai, and said coldly:
"If you want evidence, there will be evidence. Prime Minister, that person in the palace sent someone to look for you. If someone has been here, there will be traces. If we really want to investigate, we can't hide it!"

"What do you say, Prime Minister?"

Li Cai knew that he was talking about the female official beside Li Ji. The prince was able to find out about her, so Li Cai no longer had any illusions that His Majesty would be completely ignorant of the matter.

Thinking of His Majesty.

The Prime Minister felt heavy in his heart and was speechless for a moment.

The prince spoke in a serious tone, and the prime minister remained silent. The people around him who were watching the show all changed their expressions and looked at Li Cai...

Those who are concerned about their status as prime minister are still hesitant.

Without caring about their status or giving face to the prime minister, they have begun to directly expose his shortcomings.

"Oh, I believed the rumor that the crown prince deceived your majesty at first, but now that I hear the prime minister's framing, I am also half-believing and half-doubting!"

But the outspoken man, about fifty years old, with a broad face and thick ears, and a serious expression, was standing nearby, as if he was really thinking about whether there was anything dirty going on.

In a word.

There is only one person in the current court who can look down upon both the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister, and that is the Right Secretary of the Interior, Ji An!

Li Cai glanced at the other person, then immediately looked away. There was no point in bothering with such a tough guy. He realized that he should not remain silent at the moment, and he should not play the childish trick of confronting the prince in the street.

He flicked his sleeves and put on a righteous face, "Your Highness, please bring out the evidence if you have it. If you don't have any evidence, I will not accompany you any longer!"

After saying this, Li Cai was about to get on the carriage and leave, and his subordinates followed him, showing their support.

unexpectedly.

Liu Ju, however, got on the carriage before the prime minister, with his hands behind his back.

To outsiders, this action seemed like the prince was unreasonable and he had to block the prime minister and get entangled with him today. Li Cai, who was blocked, frowned and felt disgusted!

I thought: "How can a crown prince be such a scoundrel?"

But in fact.

They were wrong. At this moment, there were two people who knew what the prince was going to do.

One was Eunuch Wei, who had been hiding in the back, and secretly handed a Liubo chessboard to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince under the cover of the guards.

The young eunuch's legs were shaking and sweating, and he kept wailing in his heart: "It's a disaster, it's a disaster! This time it's really a disaster!"

"That's the prime minister of the dynasty, Marquis of Le'an!"

Another person who knows the inside story here is Liu Ju himself, and he has already found a position.

I got on the carriage just to make up for the height difference.

He had guessed early on that the prime minister would not plead guilty, and he did not expect him to do so. It was the prince's job to expose the other party's frame-up, and finding evidence was the emperor's job!
Liu Ju blocked the door today.

First, it is to "clarify" in public.

Second, he had made it clear before that he was here for revenge!

I went over the idea of ​​"I will not offend others unless they offend me" and also went over the other party's sinister intentions in framing me and their attitude of turning the tables.

Liu is said to have convinced himself. That's right, he has to take action when the time is right.

At the very end, the prince of the Han Dynasty prayed devoutly in his heart:
"Ancestors."

"Bless me……"

(End of this chapter)