I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 285: Escort the prince into the palace immediately!
Chang'an, Qingliang Palace.

"This audacious and rebellious son has rebelled against the heavens..."

Although Liu Che did not lose his manners and roar this time, everyone could hear the anger he was suppressing between his lips and teeth.

And this anger was not the previous rage, fury, or rage, but rather rage.

Although they are all anger, the inner state represented by each kind of anger is fundamentally different. Especially for Liu Che, there is a world of difference between them.

Su Wen knew clearly that Liu Che's highest level of anger was rage.

The key point is the word "震". This word can be used to describe anyone, but it is a big deal when it is used on the emperor!

As the person who reported the news to Liu Che, Su Wen also knew the reason why Liu Che was furious at the moment.

It has been more than twenty days since Wei Qing led the Jianzhang cavalry to Hejian State. Although no official report has been received from Hejian State or Wei Qing, some news has already reached Chang'an through private channels.

What Liu Ju did this time was indeed a bit too much.

Who would have thought that he was serious about his previous memorial requesting Emperor Wu of Han to issue an edict to abolish the Hejian State and appoint new local officials to take over!
It was unexpected that King Liu Shou of Hejian had committed suicide out of fear of crime, and most of the local officials of Hejian had been killed by Liu Ju. Even the great Confucian scholars Guan Changqing and Wang Ding, who were over seventy years old, had died a violent death... Several prominent families of Hejian had even abandoned their ancestral property in Hejian and drove their carriages all the way to Chang'an to file a complaint with the emperor, accusing Liu Ju of killing innocent people in Hejian!

At the same time, someone also brought along Liu Ju’s latest nickname—Prince Li?

But these are not the point!

The point is that Liu Ju acted arbitrarily in doing these things, without any request or signal. He made all the decisions that a prince should make, and he did it decisively, leaving no room for maneuver...

This was a blatant act of usurpation, and was what Liu Che hated the most.

and so……

Before Su Wen reported these things to Emperor Liu Che, he had already requested Emperor Liu Che to dismiss all the attendants and warriors at the gate, and he simply reported on his knees.

He was not afraid that Liu Che would vent his anger on his attendants and warriors.

I just put myself in Liu Che's shoes so as not to lose my manners in front of these people.

Doing so actually had some benefits for Liu Ju. The fewer people saw Liu Che lose his composure and get angry, the less likely Liu Che would be held in high esteem when he came back to deal with Liu Ju...

At the same time, after learning the news, Su Wen was also extremely grateful for his previous choice.

Fortunately, he and Liu Ju have now established some friendship, rather than an irreconcilable hostile relationship.

Otherwise, based on what Liu Ju did in Hejian State, he really had to worry. If he angered Liu Ju one day, would Liu Ju directly stab a few transparent holes in his body in the Weiyang Palace or even in front of Liu Che?

And Su Wen had reason to believe it.

After this incident, no matter what the outcome, no one would dare to openly stand up and become an enemy of Liu Ju, or even be willing to be a pawn, right?
Because he is Prince Li, the "Li" means violent.

Once someone pushed him to the edge, he would ignore the emperor, Han laws, reputation, influence... and just do his best first before worrying about anything else.

As the saying goes, the soft is afraid of the hard, the hard is afraid of the tough, the tough is afraid of the stupid, and the stupid is afraid of the desperate.

Liu Ju was at least considered a stupid person.

There are only a few people in this world who would not care about their lives. Just the fact that he was stunned was enough to make him look down on his peers, not to mention that he was a prince second only to the emperor. With these two combined, wouldn't he be invincible?
After a long time.

Liu Che's chest was still rising and falling violently, and his voice became more suppressed:
"Su Wen, order someone to urge Wei Qing to bring Liu Ju back to me immediately every day. This time I want to experience the power of this cruel crown prince."

"promise!"

Su Wen trembled and quickly stood up to pass on the message.

Liu Che also called Liu Ju the Crown Prince, which shows that Liu Ju really crossed the red line this time... Su Wen seemed to see that a big "danger" word had quietly emerged in the sky above Bowang Garden.

……

When Wei Qing and the Jianzhang cavalry arrived, Liu Ju had almost conquered the entire Hejian State.

Therefore, they only slightly stopped the process, and three days later, the touring team followed Wei Qing on their journey back to the capital to report.

As for the Hejian State, it lost most of its officials.

Wei Qing temporarily left behind some Jianzhang cavalry generals to take over, waiting for Liu Che to select new officials to take over. Before that, even if these people were not good at governing the place, they were enough to maintain stability in the short term.

During these three days, another small incident occurred:
Guo Xuanzi, whom Liu Ju originally planned to bring back to Chang'an to be dealt with personally by Liu Che, suddenly bribed Gongsun Jingsheng to get some writing supplies, left a confession, and then committed suicide by taking poison that night.

Liu Ju didn't even have the time to read the confession before Wei Qing ordered his men to put it into a bamboo tube, seal it, put chicken feathers in it, and send it to Chang'an.

Liu Ju didn't care what was written in the confession.

Anyway, there is solid evidence that Guo Xuanzi was guilty of deceiving the emperor, and he is also involved in the assassination. Moreover, Wei Qing is in charge of reviewing the confession. If there is anything unfavorable to him in the confession, Wei Qing would not have been so at ease to seal it up and take it back to present to Liu Che.

What he was concerned about was that there might be bad guys in Hejian State who had not yet been exposed! After all, Guo Xuanzi had been searched before being detained, and it was impossible for her to carry poison on her body. Therefore, it was not difficult to infer that the poison was probably secretly sent to her recently.

But after asking Gongsun Jingsheng, Liu Ju was completely at a loss.

Because according to Gongsun Jing, Guo Xuanzi had always been held in solitary confinement, and apart from the warriors who delivered meals and guarded the gate, no one else had contact with him during these days.

Furthermore, after investigation and questioning, these Qimen warriors were completely cleared of suspicion...

Eventually, the matter was left unresolved. After all, there was no solid evidence, and Liu Ju could not just attack his own people. He even took action against the corrupt officials and wealthy and unkind families in Hejian State who had nothing to do with the assassination only after he had evidence.

Perhaps I am too suspicious. Does Guo Xuanzi have other unknown ways of hiding drugs?
Fortunately, this is indeed just a small matter for him.

In fact, Guo Xuanzi could have died long ago. The reason why he kept her until now was just to bring her back to enlighten Liu Che and let him know that this kind of fortune teller is just like the alchemists and wizards before him and should not be easily trusted.

In this way, he could ensure that the only person in the world who could deceive Liu Che was himself, and not those despicable people.

Besides.

On the way back, Wei Kang, Gongsun Jingsheng, and Guo Zhen all got close to Yi Shuo.

Whenever they set up camp and rested, these people would run to her and surround her to ask for advice when they saw that Yishuo was free.

What can I ask?
Naturally, I was asking how to kill the enemy more cleanly and neatly, and which parts were the most lethal...

At first, Liu Ju was worried that they would trigger Yishuo's PTSD again, but soon he found that Yishuo seemed to be fine. When talking about these things with them, he did not show any unnatural expression, nor did he have any special taboos, and he could even talk and laugh occasionally.

The most important thing is that recently Yi Shuo's hands have not been as cold as they were that day. Even a few days ago, after Guo Xuanzi died, he took the initiative to propose an autopsy to confirm the cause of death.

It seems that his decision to sacrifice himself did effectively help Yishuo.

Liu Ju really couldn't explain the specific principle behind this.

However, creating important interpersonal relationships, shaping new dominant needs, motivations and interests, etc. are indeed important ways, or even the main ways, to deal with psychological problems.

As for what happened between him and Yi Shuo.

Wei Qing naturally saw it, but he seemed to have no opinion on it and did not raise any objections.

On the contrary, after learning that Yi Shuo had easily killed three assassins by himself, he called Wei Kang to have a private talk...

……

A month later.

Once again, "I feel more timid as I get closer to home, and dare not ask the people who come to visit me."

The closer they got to Chang'an, the more uneasy everyone became.

After all, some time ago, the emperor issued an edict every day, urging Wei Qing to bring Liu Ju back to the capital, and the content of the edict was very impolite. It even directly referred to Liu Ju as the Crown Prince. This was obviously not a good phenomenon.

Now that they were close to the city of Chang'an, everyone felt as if a mountain was pressing down on their hearts. No one knew what they would encounter after entering the city. They only felt that breathing was becoming increasingly difficult.

"Why are you looking so gloomy? It's not a big deal. I'm a lucky person. If I dare to do it, I must have a good idea in my mind."

Only Liu Ju was extremely optimistic, fully demonstrating his self-cultivation.

"..."

Seeing Liu Ju's behavior, Wei Qing felt like cursing.

Although this nephew of the Crown Prince had been lucky in the past, this time was obviously different from the previous ones. Even though he had carefully cleaned up his mess in advance, he was still not completely sure at this moment.

He just didn't know why Liu Ju was so confident.

Could it be that the arrangements I made in secret have been discovered by this guy?
If that's the case, this guy shouldn't be behaving like this at this moment. Knowing that it's his uncle who's been cleaning up his mess all the time, how can this guy have the nerve to show off in front of his uncle?
While talking.

"Report!"

Wei Qing's personal soldiers who had gone to the East City Gate to report in advance came back and reported with a fist.

"General, Your Highness, the city gate captain has received the emperor's order, ordering Your Highness to enter the city and immediately be escorted to the palace by the accompanying gate warriors... The rest of you should return to your homes and camps, without delay!"

"Escort?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Liu Ju, with even more worry on their faces.

It is said that good fortune will come to those who are lucky, and it is said that one should have confidence. Is this really the case?

(End of this chapter)