Han: The witchcraft disaster begins, I fight against Emperor Wu of Han

Chapter 2: Fighting the Prince
Going around the corridor and through the garden, the whole journey was a mess.

Things are worse than Liu Jing imagined. The Prince's Eastern Palace, the seat of the crown prince of the country, has lost all its majesty and even its underwear has been stripped off. This is a signal deliberately released by His Majesty!
Finally, the study is just around the corner.

"Prince, do not hesitate any longer. Over the years, we have been retreating step by step. The treacherous officials in the court have deceived Your Majesty and used fabricated things such as witchcraft to disrupt the court order and the laws between the monarch and his subjects. Now they have even disregarded the majesty of the Queen and the Crown Prince. Their true intentions have been fully exposed!"

Not yet at the door.

Liu Jing heard an extremely angry roar.

And then, another voice was heard, but it was a slightly panicked question.

"Why do you say that, Master? The most urgent thing is to find my grandfather as soon as possible. We only need to explain the treacherous actions of that villain today and the evil intentions of Jiang Chong, Su Wen, Han Shuo and others to murder my father. Everything will be solved easily..."

"Grandson Shi, if we could find His Majesty... or in other words, if His Majesty was willing to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and meet us. How could the current situation have fallen to this point?" The voice of Junior Tutor Shi De was full of bitterness and sadness.

When Liu Jing heard this, he pondered in his heart, it was indeed the worst time.

Just as Shi De said.

If the Crown Prince had been able to meet with Emperor Wu of Han at will on the eve of the Witchcraft and Poisoning Incident, then perhaps nothing would have happened and the incident would have ended with treacherous officials causing rebellion.

It's just a pity...

All this is just wishful thinking.

Today's emperor...

No prince!

This is an attitude in itself and the root cause of all troubles.

This is also the point that Liu Jing feels most helpless and confused, and he is at his wits' end.

As for the young voice that spoke just now.

Liu Jing also subconsciously knew the other party's identity.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the matriarchal clan determined the status of descendants.

For example, the name of the crown prince is usually prefixed with the mother's surname. Today, Liu Ju is called the Crown Prince of Wei, and his mother is Queen Wei.

Liu Ju's eldest son, Liu Jin, was the daughter of Shi Liangdi. Shi was a prestigious clan in Lu State, so he was naturally also called "Shi Huangsun".

People like Liu Jing and another grandson of the emperor did not even have their names recorded in history books, and their matriarchal clans were even weaker.

At the same time, the name Liu Jin may be unfamiliar.

Later, with the occurrence of witchcraft, he and his wife were killed.

But his son, who had just been born at this time, was the last emperor in the entire Western Han Dynasty to have a temple name, and he was also the one who made the Han Dynasty move towards prosperity again.

Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Xun!
……

While Liu Jing was pondering...

"Who?"

"Your Highness?!"

Several vigilant voices were heard in succession from the study. After the guard outside the door explained who was coming, the door creaked open.

After seeing Liu Jing clearly, the thin man with a pale face and no beard who was in the lead, his expression suddenly relaxed, but his eyes were still somewhat serious.

"Jing'er, why are you back?"

On the other side, a very young man in brocade clothes also frowned and said, "Didn't father ask you and Third Brother to leave Chang'an first? Why are you coming back now?"

Liu Jing looked up.

At this moment, the power of the Eastern Palace has become unimaginably weak.

Such a big thing happened, and there were only four people in the entire study.

Crown Prince Liu Ju!

The eldest son Liu Jin.

Junior Tutor Shi De and guest Zhang Guang.

Liu Jing was even more aware that these were almost the few people who supported the prince. The others had already been implicated and died along with the "witchcraft" of the former prime minister Gongsun He and his son.

A few people saw that the prince's situation was hopeless and stopped associating with him.

There are still a few sporadic ones who may lend a helping hand at the critical moment, but in the end they will inevitably be affected and completely wiped out.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing's heart became even heavier. At the same time, he was also frightened by the somewhat crazy idea in his mind!
To change this doomed dead end!

You have to take extraordinary measures!
"Father, Big Brother, I heard that something had happened in the capital, so I came back..."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Liu Ju suddenly interrupted him, "You are only fifteen years old, what can you do now?"

"Get out now, follow your third brother, walk out of Chang'an, and wait at the place that your father agreed to!"

At this point, Liu Ju's face was filled with sorrow, but he soon became gentle again, "After the affairs in the capital are settled, your father will send someone to take you back."

Very strange.

According to the posthumous title "Li", not accepting one's mistakes without thinking is Li, and not correcting one's mistakes while knowing them is Li.

According to Emperor Wu of Han, this son knew his mistakes but did not correct them, and did not accept his mistakes but instead started a mutiny. In any way, he was not a qualified prince or a qualified son.

However, according to Liu Jing's memory and his previous understanding of this Prince Li in history.

After he was crowned the crown prince, he lived in the East Palace. He was not only cautious but also well-behaved and lenient in his administration. At the same time, because he was influenced by several great Confucian scholars, his administration was moderate.

Over the years, its governance ideas are almost completely opposite to those of the current emperor Liu Che.

But even so, when Wei Qing was here...

Liu Che's biggest criticism of the prince was simply: the son is not like the father!

He even affirmed his ruling ideology, and he said to Wei Qing: After the war, we should rest and recuperate. He defeated the Xiongnu and revived the Han Dynasty! He conquered the Hetao, Lingnan, the Western Regions, and Dongou.

As for Liu Ju, the successor he had deliberately cultivated, he was good at civil governance... If he followed the plan of "resting and recuperating", Liu Ju actually did not deviate too much.

however.

The power of God is unpredictable!

It's sunny today, rainy tomorrow, and a storm the day after tomorrow.

There is no reason to talk about the power of heaven.

The heir who was trusted, valued, and even certain of succession at that time has now become what he hates the most.

It even has to be abolished!
At this moment, the prince's heart was filled with worries and confusion, and he had been forced into a desperate situation.

"Prince, at this time, it may be difficult for the Second Prince to leave."

At this time, Shi De spoke.

The latter was a middle-aged man in his fifties with a long beard.

"What's more important now is not whether the Second Prince stays or leaves, but whether you, the Crown Prince, must make a decision!"

"Let me think about it, let me think about it again..."

Seeing this, Shi De became very anxious!
His voice was generous and sad, mixed with roars: "Prince, if you don't make a decision now, the old story of Prince Fusu in the previous dynasty is still vivid in our minds. He held military power, but because of a forged imperial edict, he committed suicide!"

"He fulfilled his filial piety, but he also ruined the Qin Empire!"

"Now, my great-grandfather Emperor has inherited the destiny of heaven, slayed the white snake, and destroyed the Tyrant King, thus establishing the Han Dynasty and achieving unprecedented achievements!"

"Prince, are you willing to let the great achievements of Emperor Gaozu be ruined by a traitor and the efforts of the wise rulers of the Han Dynasty go to waste?"

When these words came out, Liu Ju was shocked all over.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body was excited. It was obvious that he was experiencing a myriad of entanglements in his heart...

Finally, it seemed to have made a decision.

"Well, if we don't make a decision, we will suffer the consequences. Now my father is in Ganquan Palace and there is no news from him. I'm afraid..." Liu Ju was furious, "Jiang Chong and other villains must be executed first!"

"No! Father, you must not agree to this."

The purpose of Liu Jing's return this time is to never let the other party go down this dead end from which there is no return.

At this moment, he first sank into his mind and found that the bronze color of the lucky coin seemed to have begun to flicker...

Then make sure it works.

Then he shouted directly, "Young Master, do you want to let the Crown Prince's Palace destroy itself?"

(End of this chapter)