I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 156 Liu Che: Could it be that the eyes on the immortal's face are blind? !

Ganquan Palace, northern suburbs of Chang'an.

"Lord God, do you know that I recently ordered Crown Prince Liu Ju to go to Donglai to wait for God on my behalf?"

Liu Che spoke to an old woman who was wearing a dark blue robe and a yellow silk double-tassel belt around her waist in a casual tone that he rarely showed in front of court officials.

"Your Majesty, I have heard what you said."

The old woman bowed slightly.

She was Liu Che's most trusted wizard at the time, and had been placed in Ganquan Palace by Liu Che to practice "painting techniques" for the gods enshrined in the palace.

The so-called "painting method" refers to the prophecies of gods recorded by these alchemists and wizards who can communicate with gods.

This old woman came a little later than Li Shao Weng, but a few years earlier than Luan Da.

The reason was that Liu Che had previously suffered a serious illness. The fever symptoms lasted intermittently for nearly a month. He also had a loss of appetite and was listless. He consulted many imperial physicians and famous folk doctors but none of them could find the cause of the disease and he could not be cured.

Later, someone reported to the emperor that there was a very powerful wizard in Shangjun.

Whenever she is sick, ghosts and spirits will possess her, and everything she says at this time is always true.

After Liu Che learned about this, he summoned her and placed her in Ganquan Palace, waiting for her to fall ill and then communicating with the ghosts and gods in her body.

The "ghosts and gods" in her body said to Liu Che, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Your dragon body is fine and you will recover soon." A few days later, Liu Che's illness was cured. From then on, he believed in this old woman very much and worshipped her as "God". From then on, he stayed in Ganquan Palace to paint for the gods.

Sometimes when Liu Che had doubts in his heart that he could not solve, he would come to Ganquan Palace and stay for a while to communicate with this "divine king" in order to find peace of mind.

"At first I didn't think there was anything wrong with this."

Liu Che frowned and said,

"But just a few days ago, when I suddenly thought of him, I felt a sudden palpitation and chill in my heart."

"Since then, I have often thought of him. The palpitations and chills have become more frequent. I always have a bad premonition, but I have no idea what is wrong."

"I wonder if the Lord of God has heard the prophecies of the gods recently regarding this matter, and what is the significance of it?"

The old woman pondered for a moment after hearing this, and asked instead of answering:
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Crown Prince neither worships nor believes in God?"

"That's true. This guy once advised me not to seek immortals or ghosts anymore, saying that seeking immortals or ghosts is all false, and immortality is impossible to achieve. Riding a dragon to become an immortal is just deceiving oneself."

Liu Che did not hide anything from this divine monarch, shaking his head and saying,
"I was shocked when I heard such rebellious words that damaged my moral integrity. If he were not my son, I would have killed him long ago."

"That's probably the problem."

The old woman nodded slightly and said,
"Your Majesty has made a request to the gods, but he ordered the prince who neither respects nor believes in gods to go and wait for the gods on his behalf. Although he may have the intention of educating the prince, it is not necessarily an offense and deception to the gods."

"Therefore, I think this matter is inappropriate, and your Majesty's palpitations and chills today may be a revelation from the gods to your Majesty."

Hearing this, Liu Che suddenly realized something, and a worried look appeared on his face:

"If it is as the Lord God said, shouldn't I immediately issue an edict to recall this boy, lest he really does something against the will of heaven and further offend the gods?"

at this time.

"Report, Your Majesty, there is urgent news from Donglai..."

Su Wen's cautious voice suddenly came from outside the temple door.

Liu Che had already set the rules before. When he was communicating with the gods in the temple, no one was allowed to approach the temple, let alone disturb them easily.

But this time, it was a trivial memorial sent back from Donglai.

Su Wen knew that Liu Che had been talking about the prince a lot recently, and this memorial was an urgent report. Even though he knew Liu Che's ban, he did not dare to neglect it, so he had to bite the bullet and come to report.

"Show it in quickly!"

Upon hearing that it was an urgent report from Donglai, Liu Che naturally ignored the ban and immediately stood up and shouted outside.

"promise."

Su Wen pushed open the palace door more carefully, walked in on tiptoe, and then presented the unopened chicken feather memorial with both hands.

"You should step back first."

Liu Che took the memorial, opened it himself, and said to Su Wen.

"promise……"

Su Wen felt as if he had been pardoned, and quickly stepped out on tiptoe at a faster speed, as if he was afraid that Liu Che would go back on his word.

He was really still frightened.

This time is different from the past. He has violated the ban by approaching the temple without permission.

If there is something serious in this urgent report, Liu Che will have no place to vent his anger and will most likely vent it on him. Then he won't be able to get away with it by just kneeling down like he did in the Weiyang Palace.

And he was "very confident" in Liu Ju.

This prince knew how to stir up trouble. Everything he had done before could easily irritate Liu Che's nerves, whether it was good or bad.

Even the conquest of Western Qiang was a great achievement that would last for generations.

This should be a good thing, right? He can still make Liu Che so angry that he even leaves the celebration banquet halfway.

"Alas, what sin has your majesty committed..."

After leaving the hall and closing the door, Su Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief and sighed inwardly.

He could easily imagine that the matters in this memorial would definitely not be simple.

After all, this was an urgent report that Huo Guang had ordered someone to send back eight hundred miles away. Huo Guang knew Huo Guang's character very well and knew that this man would never do anything rash.

If something really serious hadn't happened, and if even Huo Guang had been panicked, this trivial memorial would never have appeared. ...

Inside the temple.

"what?"

"How could this happen?"

"I have tried so hard to become an immortal but failed, and this rebellious son actually became an immortal?!"

Liu Che's hands holding the bamboo slips were shaking constantly, his eyes almost popped out and stuck to the slips, his face full of incredible and complicated expressions.

From the time he could remember until now, he had never felt so complicated.

Even when he suddenly learned that Liu Rong was deposed and he was canonized as the crown prince, he had never been so shocked...

"???"

Hearing Liu Che's mumbling, the old lady also looked suspicious. The wrinkles on her face were squeezed together and she looked over with full of doubts.

She didn't understand why Liu Che said such strange words after reading the memorial.

There is no doubt that the words "rebellious son" should refer to Crown Prince Liu Ju.

But how do we explain the word "becoming an immortal"?

How did you become an immortal?

As far as she knew, wasn't the prince just a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old?
Besides, doesn’t the prince not believe in ghosts and gods?
Although Liu Che chose to keep the matter of General Luan Da of Wuli secret.

However, such a big event still caused great shock to the alchemists and wizards around Liu Che. They had already known that Luan Da was secretly imprisoned because of Liu Ju.

As a result, for a long time afterwards, the alchemists and wizards in the palace kept their tails between their legs. They did not dare to claim in front of Liu Che that they had heard prophecies from gods, nor did they dare to perform any miracles, for fear that they would accidentally invite Prince Liu Ju and end up with the same fate as Luan Da.

This old lady of the Divine Lord is no exception.

Fortunately, she was ordered to "paint" in Ganquan Palace.

Unlike those alchemists and wizards who were kept by Emperor Liu Che to serve in the Weiyang Palace, under normal circumstances she should not have met Liu Ju, let alone had any interaction with him.

But now...the prince becomes an immortal?
This incident still gave her a great shock, and even made her feel threatened...

After all, like those alchemists and wizards, her existence only came about because she helped Liu Che seek immortals and consult ghosts.

Now, she and those alchemists and wizards have been helping Liu Che seek immortals and ghosts for several years, some even for more than ten years, but Liu Che has never been able to feel any obvious progress.

The prince was so young, and he became an immortal just by serving the gods on behalf of the emperor?
Isn't this telling Liu Che that the methods of seeking immortality that they had previously used to deceive him were useless, completely wrong, or just scams?

The real method of seeking immortality is actually in the hands of the prince.

Have these alchemists and wizards completely lost the meaning of their existence?
At this moment, the old woman's mood was definitely more complicated than Liu Che's, and much more complicated. After all, this matter might even be related to the foundation of her survival, and even lead to her irreparable destruction!

However, the memorial was now in Liu Che's hands.

She was eager to see the contents and wanted to know what had happened so as to confirm how much impact this incident would have on her.

But I could only endure it and pretend to be calm.

After a long time.

"This is not fair, this is not just, this is not reasonable!!!"

Liu Che suddenly rolled up the scroll and held it tightly in his hand, as if he was going to crush it, making a "crunching" sound:

"In terms of sincerity, I am much more sincere than this rebellious son. Not only does this rebellious son disobey me, he also often speaks rudely to the gods!"

"In terms of sacrifice, I have never stopped offering sacrifices over the years. I have offered sacrifices to heaven, earth and the five sacred places. I have to be present in person every time. Only this time... this rebellious son did not participate once. This was the only time I ordered him to go!"

"As for illness, I have been sicker and more seriously ill than this rebellious son in the past forty years!"

"Why is it that in the end it is this rebellious son who becomes an immortal?"

"Could it be that the eyes on the immortal's face are blind?!"

When he said the last sentence, Liu Che's emotions suddenly exploded, and he was roaring towards the sky, even though he was inside the temple and the dome of the hall separated him from the sky.

At this moment, no one could understand the grievance and unwillingness in his heart.

The emperor is also a human being, and he would also worry about inequality rather than scarcity!

He could accept that he would never be able to ascend to heaven in this lifetime, but he absolutely could not accept that a person who did not believe in ghosts and gods could become an immortal so easily, especially when this person was his son. This was simply an insult and discrimination to him!

So what if I’m a god?
He is the Son of Heaven, and gods are also granted by Heaven. How can he be greater than Heaven? How dare you insult and discriminate against him like this?

"!!!"

When the old lady heard this, she lowered her body even more, not daring to breathe, let alone interrupt.

She was already beginning to feel afraid.

This was the first time she heard such unreserved and outrageous words cursing the gods from the mouth of Liu Che, who had always respected ghosts and gods very much.

This is definitely not a good sign!

Especially for those alchemists and wizards who relied on the stories of ghosts and gods to gain the emperor's favor, once the faith they painstakingly built for Liu Che began to collapse, it would mean that their good days were over...

"God, a god has possessed you. Now tell me, are gods blind? Are all gods blind?!"

Liu Che suddenly turned around and looked at the old woman, pointing at the huge portrait of gods hanging on the wall of the palace, and asked in a dull voice.

At this moment, his breathing became extremely heavy, with hot dragon breath gushing out of his nose and mouth, and his eyes were already bloodshot at some point.

(End of this chapter)