I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 149 The prince will definitely be deified!

"Or maybe, because of the nepotism of my younger brothers and sisters, the prince is giving me face?"

Li Guangli thought in his heart.

This possibility is not impossible.

After all, his sister Li Qing'er entered the palace and became the emperor's concubine. In terms of seniority, he and Wei Qing are now of the same generation. If you really want to force it, he can be considered half the prince's uncle...

Thinking of this, Li Guangli suddenly felt that Liu Ju in front of him was much closer, and he bowed and thanked him:

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness. I will do my best."

"No need to be polite."

Liu Ju nodded slightly and said with a smile,
"But before that you have to promise me one thing."

"No matter what I teach you to do next, or what you see, you must keep it a secret from the outside world, otherwise it may ruin the plans of me and my father."

"I obey."

Upon hearing that even the emperor was involved, Li Guangli had no doubts and agreed immediately.

Moreover, although he did not participate in the previous destruction of dikes and flooding of fields and the pacification of Nanyue, he witnessed the entire battle of Western Qiang with his own eyes.

Therefore, in Li Guangli's mind, Liu Ju's ability has long been beyond doubt. Even if some things seem absurd or even ridiculous on the surface, they are nothing more than his great wisdom that others cannot understand. There must be a lofty goal behind them.

If anyone has doubts, they will eventually be slapped in the face.

He himself was slapped in the face many times while witnessing the Battle of Western Qiang, and he was slapped on the left cheek and then on the right cheek, and he kept hitting both sides.

It’s just that all these slaps in the face are only in his heart and outsiders are unaware of them.

"How about you also swear a solemn oath, like if you break the oath, your whole family will be in trouble or something like that."

Liu Ju said again.

Until now, he still didn't know that he had been betrayed by Guo Chang long ago. He always felt that people in the Han Dynasty attached relatively more importance to oaths, which were at least more useful than in later generations. What's more, he was the crown prince.

"..."

Li Guangli was stunned for a moment, but seeing that Liu Ju didn't seem to be joking, he had to cooperate:

"I am willing to swear a solemn oath. No matter what Your Highness tells me to do, or what I see, I will keep it a secret from everyone. Otherwise... it will bring disaster to my entire family."

"very good."

Liu Ju finally laughed again.
"Come with me. I will explain to you the process of this Donglai event that I personally planned. What you need to do is to connect these processes step by step and strive to present the best program effect."

"As for the way you host the event and the language you use, just do it the same way as when your family performs outside. You don't have to stick to royal or aristocratic etiquette, and don't be too formal. After all, the main audience of our event is the alchemists and the common people, whose cultural level is generally not high. If it's too elegant, it will easily alienate the masses and will not be conducive to the dissemination of the theme."

"In short, remember one thing: this event should be popular among the people."

"..."

Listening to Liu Ju's words, Li Guangli couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

It is said that the prince was ordered to come and wait for the gods, so shouldn't a sacrificial ceremony be held? Why does it sound more and more like a performance by a singing troupe, and a low-level singing troupe at that?
Nowadays, there are distinctions between high-ranking and low-ranking prostitutes.

One generation ago, the Li family was a family of the lowest status.

Therefore, in order to make a living, the family was often invited to various towns and villages to perform at weddings and funerals of some rich farmers in the villages.

Even when there were no invitations, they still had to go to the larger markets in each county to perform gongs and earn some money.

The situation finally changed a little in his generation. They gradually began to gain some fame in Chang'an. His younger brother Li Yannian entered the palace and ate official food. Their family also often received invitations from princes and nobles to go to the banquets held by these nobles to warm up the atmosphere.

By now, Li Yannian had been granted an official title, and Li Qing'er had become the emperor's concubine.

He also became a Jianzhang cavalryman, while his other brother Li Ji was temporarily placed in the Public Vehicle Office as an official.

It can be said that their family has completed a class transition to some extent.

But now, the prince asked him to return to the original appearance of the Chang family, and even the prince himself wanted to get involved, turning what should have been a serious sacrificial ceremony into a low-level Chang family performance?

Is this a return to nature?

But speaking of it, the prince seems to have a talent in this area...

Li Guangli had seen this before.

And as far as he knew, after returning from Western Qiang, a trend of "Prince dancing after drinking" had quietly emerged in the entertainment circles in Chang'an City.

And based on the lines sung and danced by Liu Ju, the dancers also made secondary creations and extensions.

It is said that the reason why the dancers were given this motivation was because the emperor also liked this dance. If a dancer was summoned to the palace to dance once, she would be rewarded handsomely.

Thus, the "Prince's Drunken Dance" became popular.

Nowadays, whether it is a banquet for princes and nobles or weddings and funerals in the countryside, the "Prince's Drunken Dance" has even become a must-order finale program.

Those who don’t know how to do it won’t get any invitations at all, so they have to learn it.

Facts have proved that it is not only netizens in later generations who like to watch short videos of people shaking their waists, even the Han people two thousand years ago had the same hobby, it's just that no one had the courage to develop it before.

Look, what is talent? This is talent!
The prince didn't need to do anything deliberately. He just sang and danced after drinking, and he easily set off a trend...

then.

Li Guangli followed Liu Ju and saw something even more amazing:

"Ah, ah, ah, ah? Your Highness, what are you doing?!"

“Ouch—!”

"Oh my God, Your Highness, are you sure you want to do this? Is this too horrifying?!"

"Your Highness, I am afraid. Please allow me to calm down..."

"..."

After just a brief understanding of the program prepared by Liu Ju, Li Guangli was already sweating profusely, his face turning red and white, and he barely managed to walk out of the "secret room" where Liu Ju stored the props, holding on to the wall.

He swore to heaven that Liu Ju was definitely a genius!
The things Liu Ju came up with were unprecedented, and each one was horrifying enough.

You have to know that he had just watched Liu Ju's demonstration without any disguise, and he was already shocked to this extent.

If it were performed again at a grand event with the help of sleight of hand, the show would be a huge success, and it might even scare a few elderly or heart-poor audience members to death on the spot.

At this moment, Li Guangli resolutely decided to take back his previous statement "some people just reincarnate"...

He was absolutely certain and definite.

It was definitely not because Liu Ju was reborn as a prince that he had better opportunities than others.

But it was his identity as the crown prince that limited Liu Ju's excellence!

If he were not a crown prince, he could be even better. Whether as a entertainer, a general, or an alchemist, he would be a leader that no one could surpass!
Those alchemists claimed that they could communicate with gods.

Liu Ju could easily claim that he was a god, and no one could refute him, or even question him, because his actions were miracles that people had never seen before!
At this moment.

He finally understood that after this event, Liu Ju would definitely be deified!

Whether it is the level of prostitutes or the level of alchemists!
At the same time, he also thoroughly understood that the so-called miracles spoken of by the alchemists were nothing but deceptive tricks, and in this regard, it was not an exaggeration to say that Liu was their ancestor!
……

Under the leadership of Liu Ju, preparations for this "god-making" plan are proceeding in full swing.

As the host, Li Guangli was naturally deeply involved in it.

At this moment he had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem. He was meticulously organizing closed rehearsals, while also constantly polishing his script, and even enjoying it.

Before the event began, Gongsun Qing also arrived at Donglai County City a few days in advance.

Along with him came some prominent alchemists from all over Qi. According to Gongsun Qing, more people would arrive later.

After all, Liu Che had not yet started his frequent tours to the east in search of immortality.

Liu Ju's arrival naturally became a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them. If they could take advantage of this opportunity to be appreciated and valued by the royal family like Gongsun Qing, then their future days would be no different from becoming an immortal.

At the same time, Gongsun Qing came with another person who was very important to Liu Ju.

——Simian, the Grand Historian!
After all, most of the historical knowledge Liu Ju now possesses comes from "Records of the Grand Historian" written by Sima Qian.

Of course, for Sima Qian now.

Those are things that will happen in the future.

He is now only in his early twenties and still has a complete body. He is in the stage of traveling around the world and collecting historical materials at the behest of his father.

"Sima Qian has met His Highness."

When Sima Qian met Liu Ju, he was also very excited, as if he had met a friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Your Highness, you may not know that when Your Highness led the diplomatic corps to pacify the Kingdom of Nanyue, I happened to be under the command of General Lu Bode. Later, General Lu Bode ordered people to enter the Kingdom of Nanyue to meet Your Highness, and I took the initiative to ask for orders to go there, striving to find out how Your Highness not only made the Kingdom of Nanyue sincerely submit to the Han Dynasty, but also made the Kingdom of Nanyue offer huge sums of money to our Han Dynasty."

"Unfortunately, I was one step short. When I arrived in Panyu, His Highness had already led the people away two days in advance."

"Fortunately, Doctor Anguo is familiar with my father, and he is willing to tell me the whole story of your Highness's pacification of Nanyue, so that my trip will not be in vain."

"Your Highness, please accept my greeting again!"

"I have traveled abroad for many years and collected many anecdotes about strange people for the purpose of compiling history, but I have never seen a strange person like Your Highness, who has never been seen before!"

"Especially the 'one country, two policies' strategy proposed by Your Highness, which made the southern border states submit to the Han Dynasty without bloodshed, is a brilliant strategy that will be remembered for generations to come. For a moment, I couldn't even think of how to evaluate Your Highness in history books so that future generations would not think that I have humiliated Your Highness!"

"After that, I will travel northwards and collect folk songs along the way."

"I never expected to meet His Highness in Qi again. He is here on behalf of the Emperor to wait for the gods. This really makes me overjoyed. Now I heard that His Highness will soon gather the local scholars and people of Qi to hold a grand event. Catching up with such a grand event, I finally have the opportunity to see His Highness in person. It is really a great blessing in life!"

"in addition……"

"There is something in my mind that I have never been able to understand. I beg Your Highness to enlighten me."

"When I was in Panyu, I heard someone in the delegation mention an interesting story about birds, but I never found out what it was."

"Could Your Highness help me understand this interesting story about birds? Is it a codeword among the diplomatic corps?"

(End of this chapter)