I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 48: Insects Worse Than Beasts

Within a day, the news that the emperor sent the crown prince to lead an envoy to pacify the Kingdom of Nanyue spread like wildfire.

In the eyes of many people, this is an extremely obvious signal:

"Take action!"

"To order the crown prince to go on a diplomatic mission to a small country in the southern barbarians is unprecedented!"

"Recalling the King of Qi back to Chang'an is indeed only the first step. Your Majesty has finally taken action against the Crown Prince!"

"It is still unknown whether the prince can come back alive, and at this critical moment, it seems that the position of the prince is really going to change hands!"

After receiving this strong signal, some people immediately became interested and took action.

On just the second day, King Qi's Zhumu Garden was already packed with visitors.

Many princes and ministers who had been waiting and watching, prominent scholars who were tempted by the news, and some retainers who had been ruthlessly dismissed by Liu Ju all came to visit and pay homage.

Qi State Prime Minister Bu Shi was even more delighted.

Although Liu Hong said that he was fed up with these people and refused to meet anyone, he could only stand at the door and politely refuse guests one by one.

But just the attitude of these people towards him, especially the princes and ministers who usually ignored him, were still friendly when they were refused to meet him, and even had some flattery on their faces, which made him very happy.

Although he was not born in a poor family, he was just a commoner who herded shepherds.

Over the years, Your Majesty has issued edicts to encourage the people to donate some of their property to help the border. When others were trying their best to hide their wealth, he took the initiative to donate half of his property. Wasn't it just for this day?

Until now, he still clearly remembers the disgusting faces of those local officials when he was herding sheep.

Even though he already had thousands of sheep, he was still considered a well-known wealthy man in the local area.

From then on, he secretly vowed that he would climb up at all costs until he reached a position where he no longer had to look at those people's faces!
……

At the same time, a female guest came to Liu Ju's Bowang Garden and asked to check in with just her luggage.

"Are you Yishuo?"

Liu Ju looked up and down at the young woman in her twenties in front of him.

She has a beautiful and dignified appearance, fair and delicate skin, faint eyebrows like distant mountains, and a look of maturity and elegance, giving people a feeling that long-term contact with her is beneficial to physical and mental pleasure.

However, appearance is secondary. Liu Ju cares more about her achievements.

Yi Shuo is the first of the four famous female doctors in ancient China.

She was praised by later generations as the number one female doctor and was known as the female Bian Que!
"Exactly."

Yi Shuo bowed and nodded slightly.

"I wonder how old Doctor Yi is now?"

Liu Ju asked again curiously.

According to historical records, Yi Shuo was a female physician who served as the personal physician for her grandmother, Queen Dowager Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhaojun died of illness thirteen years ago. After that, although Yishuo was canonized as "female imperial physician" by Emperor Wu of Han, there has been no record of her since then.

Based on this calculation, how old is Yishuo now?

"I am now twenty-eight years old."

Yi Shuo was also quite puzzled as to why Liu Ju asked this question, but she still bowed and answered.

"So you were less than fifteen when you became the Queen Mother's physician?"

Liu Ju suddenly had a new understanding of this female traditional Chinese medicine doctor. Who would have thought that Yi Shuo was actually a medical prodigy!

Seeing that Liu Ju was only asking irrelevant questions and looking at him with a strange look.

Now that he knew his age and had such a reaction, Yi Shuo felt that this prince was not normal.

But on second thought, it was not normal for this prince to have done such a ridiculous thing as destroying the dike and flooding the fields.

Now we can only pray that this prince will not cause any more trouble on this trip, and that he will go smoothly and come back safely...

Thinking about this, Yi Shuo bowed again and said calmly:

"Your Highness, I, by order of His Majesty, will accompany Your Highness on his mission to the Kingdom of Nanyue as a personal physician from today onwards. During this period, I will be responsible for Your Highness's health issues, but I still need Your Highness to provide me with food, clothing, shelter and transportation."

"Of course, Guo Zhen, go and make arrangements for Doctor Yi."

Are the Han Dynasty envoys treated so well? Liu Ju thought to himself, then nodded and said to Guo Zhen behind him.

"promise."

Guo Zhencai agreed, but suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the hall.

A prince Zhongdun immediately ran to the front of the hall:
"Report! Your Highness, there is a young woman outside the door asking to see you. She claims to be a relative of Queen Lu, from the Shi family of Lu, and her name is Shi Wanjun."

"Shi family of Lu State, Shi Wanjun?"

Liu Ju couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He was very sure that the previous master had seen such a person in his memory.

But the relative of the Queen of Lu...Shi of Lu...is still a young woman...

Slow!

Liu Ju suddenly remembered some records in history books.

His first wife was from the Shi family of Lu State. In history books, she was called "Shi Liangdi" according to the rank of the prince's wife at that time, and her real name was not mentioned.

And this Shi Liangdi later died along with himself in the witchcraft disaster.

It was not until she and her grandson Liu Bingyi inherited the throne after the death of Emperor Zhao of Han, Liu Fuling, that she was posthumously named Lady Shi, Lady Li, and Empress Li.

Could this Shi Wanjun be her?
But these days, isn't it the custom to follow the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words? Why did Shi Wanjun come to me on her own initiative?

Could it be that he and Shi Wanjun had a touching and free love story that was not recorded in history books?

At this moment, Liu Ju didn't know that Wei Zifu was arranging his marriage.

I also don’t know that Shi refused his marriage proposal on the grounds of mourning.

What they didn't know was that after Emperor Liu Che learned about this, he ordered Du Zhou to investigate and make Shi Wanjun observe true filial piety.

Thinking this in his heart, Liu Ju said to Prince Zhongdun: "Please invite her in."

"promise."

Looking at Prince Zhongdun's back, Liu Ju thought of another thing in his mind.

Although later online articles clamor that people don’t even talk about love affairs.

But he came to this era of monogamy and polygamy, and his social status was higher than that of most people, so he was still somewhat restless in his heart.

What's more, those online writers are simply scammers.

The title is "No Romance", but when I clicked in, I saw that the book was full of human dreams and white moonlight. It was a sci-fi novel that was even more sci-fi than "The Wandering Earth".

What's going on? !
But now is obviously not the time to think about these things.

After all, his ultimate goal was to be deposed by Emperor Liu Che. This was like walking a tightrope on a cliff. He himself was already in danger, so it was not good to involve others.

So even if Shi Wanjun came to me on her own initiative.

Should I politely refuse her offer, or just be decisive and let her give up on this idea?
After a while.

A tearful girl was brought into the living room.

As soon as the girl saw Liu Ju, she immediately knelt before him and cried bitterly:
"Your Highness, please spare my father's life!"

"My father had previously declined your marriage proposal in the name of mourning. My father was wrong in this matter. I kowtow to your Highness on his behalf to apologize. From now on, even if I have to work like a slave for your Highness, I will never dare to complain."

"I only ask Your Highness to show mercy and spare my father this time!"

"Ah?"

Liu Ju was caught off guard and his mind went blank.

What is this scenario?
"?"

Yi Shuo, who was standing by, also looked at Liu Ju upon hearing this, with a barely perceptible hint of contempt and disgust flashing across his eyes.

This beast is indeed a bug worse than beasts!
The kindness, tolerance, gentleness and courtesy of the past decade or so were all done for show to outsiders.

It was exposed just a few days ago when I went to treat the water. That’s not the case.

Now, instead of proposing to a woman in mourning despite etiquette, he is now using her father as an excuse. This is such a cruel and inhumane act, should we just let it go?
If such a bug becomes the crown prince and inherits the throne in the future, the Han Dynasty will be in danger!
(End of this chapter)