I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 502: The Son Prepared a "Surprise" for the Emperor

"Su Wen! Su Wen! Su Wen!"

Liu Che shouted loudly, holding his sword tightly in his hand.

At this moment, Su Wen was outside the palace trying to dissuade Liu Ju from returning.

Although he could also see that Liu Che's previous communication with Liu Ju was not smooth, and Liu Che was depressed because of it, he should be hoping that Liu Ju would turn back.

But Liu Che had just made it clear that he was tired and needed to rest for a while, and asked him to wait until the dinner was ready before calling him.

Therefore, Su Wen did not dare to come in to report on behalf of Liu Ju, for fear of disturbing Liu Che, which would be his fault.

And now that Liu Che himself was calling him loudly in the hall, he naturally had nothing to worry about.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has summoned me. I will go in and take a look first, and then inform His Highness."

After leaving these words to Liu Ju, Su Wen hurriedly trotted into the greenhouse hall.

After entering, Su Wen saw Liu Che standing in front of the dragon bed with disheveled hair and a sword in his hand, his face full of unprecedented hostility. His steps slowed down and he knelt down from a distance:
"Your Majesty, I am here."

"Send someone to summon Wei Kang immediately!"

"Call Huo Guang and Jin Midi as well!"

"And the Court Judge Du Zhou!"

"And all the alchemists and wizards in Shanglin Garden, summon them all to me!"

Liu Che issued orders in rapid succession. Just from the identity of the person he was summoning, he knew that what was about to happen was of great importance.

Needless to say, Wei Kang is the most popular Minister of Intelligence in the Han Dynasty and is completely Liu Che's eyes and ears.

Huo Guang and Jin Midi, one was the Commandant of the Imperial Chariot and the other was the Commandant of the Imperial Son-in-law, both were close ministers who were rigorous in their work and loyal to Emperor Liu Che.

There was also the newly appointed Chief Justice Du Zhou, who was dismissed by Emperor Wu of Han for his "lax law enforcement" and was known as "light and lenient" two years before taking office as Chief Justice Zhao Yu. He was then succeeded by Emperor Wu of Han for his "strict law enforcement".

These people were summoned urgently together.

Even if you think with your feet, you can know that Liu Che is preparing to do something big and someone is about to be in big trouble.

So who will be the one who is going to be in big trouble?
Su Wen naturally thought of Liu Ju.

After a series of reforms and innovations in recent years, the situation in the Han Dynasty has been relatively stable. Therefore, Liu Che's attention has always been on the Western Regions following Liu Ju, and he has not done anything major that shocked the court and the public for a long time.

In addition, as great news of victory was repeatedly sent back from the Western Regions, the attention of people inside and outside the court was also focused on the Western Regions. Even if there were any contradictions within the Han Dynasty, they were gradually diverted and weakened, and problems were turned into nothing.

And now Liu Ju has just returned and just met with Liu Che, and it seems that he has just made Liu Che unhappy...

Liu Che is about to do something big. Could this matter be related to Liu Ju?
"Yes, I will order someone to do it now!"

Thinking about this, Su Wen quickly and decisively accepted the order, then he hesitated and added softly,
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left a hundred steps and then turned back to ask to see Your Majesty. I was worried that he would disturb Your Majesty's rest, so I temporarily stopped His Royal Highness the Crown Prince outside the palace and did not dare to come in to report. Now Your Highness is waiting outside the palace..."

This is the experience he gained from serving Emperor Wu of Han for many years.

Liu Che's orders must be put first, no matter whether they are right or wrong, good or bad, the right thing to do is to obey them unconditionally. Even if you have any insights and suggestions, you have to wait until Liu Che's momentum slows down before you can follow his orders.

As for other matters, they were all put aside for a while, even if they might be closely related to Liu Che's orders.

"Liu Ju?"

Liu Che's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he frowned and said,

"What is he doing back here?"

"I don't know, but His Highness said he is willing to wait outside the palace until Your Majesty wakes up."

Su Wen took the opportunity to help Liu Ju again, because Liu Ju had never said this, or he had not had the time to say it.

"Did this rebellious son really say that?"

Liu Che was still a little unconvinced, but his tone was obviously much more relaxed.

"It is absolutely true. How dare I deceive Your Majesty? The Crown Prince is outside the palace right now. I wonder if Your Majesty will summon him?"

Su Wen said this, but in his heart he was thinking that when he went out to pass the message later, he would go over the words with Liu Ju to avoid any discrepancy in this sentence.

No matter what Liu Ju's intention was in returning, he should have no reason to harm him. After all, he had good intentions.

"Humph……"

Liu Che exhaled a long breath from his nose, and finally put the sword back into the sheath and hung it up, then said to Su Wen,

"No hurry. If he wants to wait, just tell him to wait. Come here first and help me tidy up my clothes. Then go out and call him."

"promise……"

Upon hearing this, Su Wen no longer mentioned the previous order. He responded, got up from the ground, and walked forward to comb Liu Che's hair and dress him.

At the same time, he thought of another person.
——Ji An.

Ji An was the elder brother of Ji Ren, who had followed Liu Ju in participating in the "destroying dikes and flooding fields" incident.

Ji An was a famous loyal minister during Emperor Wu of Han's reign, and one of the very few loyal ministers who had a good ending. His "stupidity and honesty" was known to everyone in the court and the country.

Liu Ju once told Liu Che in person that his previous Fengshan ceremony was a self-deception and that his achievements were not enough to be compared with those of Emperor Huang.

In fact, Ji An had said something similar a long time ago. The original words were "Your Majesty has many desires in your heart but shows benevolence and righteousness on the outside. How can you expect to emulate the governance of Tang and Yu?" Moreover, he said it publicly in the court in front of all the officials.

After Liu Che left the court, he was naturally very angry, but he could only say to his close ministers in private:

"This Ji An has gone too far, he is simply a fool!"

In addition, because Ji An was too honest and straightforward, he attached great importance to etiquette and manners.

In order to avoid being criticized by Ji An, Liu Che, who was always casual, usually saw General Wei Qing and Prime Minister Gongsun Hong lying or even not wearing a hat. Once, because he was not wearing a hat, when Ji An came to report official business, he quickly hid in the tent when he saw Ji An, and asked his attendants to approve Ji An's proposal on his behalf.

Let's just put it that way.

After Liu Che ascended the throne, apart from Empress Dowager Dou and Queen Dowager Wang, Su Wen had never seen anyone who could make Liu Che so helpless like Ji An.

But now it seems to have.

Liu Ju is that person.

Didn’t you see that in the last second Liu Che was holding a sword and looking furious, as if he was about to kill everyone? But when he heard that Liu Ju had returned, most of his anger disappeared, and he even ordered him to dress himself up, as if he was afraid of being seen by Liu Ju.

Perhaps it is different from external admiration in essence, but this detail has the same effect.

With these in mind.

Su Wen was becoming more and more curious about what exactly happened between Liu Ju and Liu Che?
Why is Liu Ju now like Liu Che's emotional controller? He always feels that he can control Liu Che's joy, anger, sorrow and happiness at will, but Liu Che doesn't even realize it...

……

After a moment. "Father, I know I was wrong."

When he saw Liu Che again, Liu Ju first bowed and saluted, and then walked up to him and sat in front of Liu Che as he usually did in Bowang Garden.

He then personally filled most of the teacups on the table, picked up one of the cups with both hands and presented it to Liu Che:
"Your Majesty was concerned about me just now. I realized it only after I left. I felt extremely guilty, so I came back to apologize to you."

"If your Majesty forgives me, please drink this cup of tea."

"If you do not forgive me, please beat me with the cane and then drink this cup of tea. I will scream out in pain. Su Wen and other attendants and gatekeepers outside the hall will hear it clearly."

"laugh!"

Liu Che, who had been looking at him coldly with a stern face, couldn't help laughing accidentally, and then immediately glared at him and scolded,
"Oh, you are sure that I am too lazy to beat you, a rebellious son, so you dare to say this, right?"

"Father, you have misunderstood me. I am not sure that you are too lazy to beat me... but I am sure that you are reluctant to beat me."

Liu Ju chuckled and acted like a two-faced person.

Old child, old child, this guy becomes more childish as he gets older.

Even a great ruler like Liu Che was no exception. Especially after it was confirmed that he had Alzheimer's disease, when Liu Ju talked to him now, it felt like he was talking to a spoiled child.

The more such elderly people are, the more they need the company and care of their loved ones.

Even in later generations, Alzheimer's disease is still an incurable disease, and the only way to slow down the progression of symptoms is through medication and psychotherapy.

Don't even think about drug control, it is simply impossible to develop the drugs of later generations in this era.

Then the only option left is psychological treatment, but there were few psychologists in that era, and even if there were, no one could or dared to provide treatment to an emperor like Liu Che.

Liu Ju even suspected that, given Liu Che's temperament, if anyone dared to suggest that he was suffering from "Alzheimer's disease", he would most likely not see the sun tomorrow.

After all, the emperor cannot be "demented", and being "demented" is not suitable for being an emperor.

Could it be that the person who proposed this wanted to usurp the throne or force him to abdicate?
No matter how magnanimous Liu Che was, he would never tolerate such a person.

The only possible way to relieve the symptoms is through the company and care of loved ones...

At this point, Liu Ju felt that he was the only candidate.

After so many years, Liu Che's way of living a lonely life has already turned him into a lonely man.

His concubines, including his mother Wei Zifu, only regarded him as the emperor rather than a gentleman. They had almost no marital affection for him and often considered the interests of their natal families.

His princes, even Liu Hong who was more favored since childhood, regarded him as an elder who could inherit the throne rather than a father. They had almost no father-son relationship with him and often thought about who would inherit the throne.

Only Liu Ju.

Even though he called him "cheap father" in his heart, even though he had previously regarded him as the old Deng who could deprive him of the throne, even though he had been regarded as the biggest hidden danger and enemy for a long time.

But after learning that Liu Che was actually suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

He has gradually begun to try to understand what this "cheap father" did in history, and began to sympathize with him, regarding him as a poor old man who has no choice.

Of course, all this was not Liu Ju's unilateral wishful thinking.

He gradually came up with this idea after seeing Liu Che's loss, tolerance, indulgence, trust and the fatherly love that was unique to Liu Che.

Liu Che was not without family affection in his heart.

He is just like most old straight fathers, not very good at expressing himself and can't bring himself to express himself.

Liu Ju's feeling did not come about overnight.

Since he traveled through time, he has done many things to provoke Liu Che in order to be deposed.

Although Liu Che's reactions to these things were scheming, manipulative, selfish, and cautious, no matter how Liu Ju denied it, he could not deny that most of the time, Liu Che still treated him as his own son, and not a crown prince who hindered the imperial power. Otherwise, he would not have lived to this day, and many things would not have been accomplished.

This is cause and effect.

The causes sown by Liu Che resulted in the current result of Liu Ju.

Liu Ju's current causes can also determine Liu Che's future results.

The cause and effect of history has already changed due to Liu Ju's arrival. As a time traveler who knows the future, he has become a full-level human time traveler.

Living in fear of history and choosing to escape rather than face and change it is a big mistake.

Of course, for such elderly people, in addition to companionship and care...

Supervision is also essential!
Effective monitoring to prevent elderly people with Alzheimer's disease from accidentally getting lost or doing things they will regret!
"If you say so, I will have to beat you today!"

Liu Che became angry when he saw Liu Ju's fearless look, and immediately stood up to take the golden-handled rattan stick on the wall.

"Father calm down!"

Liu Ju quickly begged for mercy.

"I didn't have time to tell you just now, but I actually prepared a surprise for you when I came back this time to celebrate your consecration."

"What surprise?"

Liu Che turned around and asked curiously.

"Didn't your Majesty prepare a welcoming dinner for me? I will present it to you with both hands during the dinner."

Liu Ju smiled mysteriously and kept the question in suspense.

This was originally a gift he used to intimidate Liu Che when he returned this time. Now that his mentality has changed, it naturally became a gift to accompany, care for and... supervise Liu Che.

……

Youzhengshi (7pm).

It was late autumn and the sky had already turned completely dark.

The dinner was held in the Greenhouse Hall. Liu Che, Liu Ju, Wei Zifu, Yi Shuo, Han Ling, Dilibai'er and Liu Fuling gathered together. At this time, the father-in-law, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already greeted each other. In the happy atmosphere, the dinner was halfway through.

"Zi'er, is it time to present the gift you prepared for me?"

Liu Che asked deliberately.

In fact, he had already seen Liu Ju's "surprise".

After all, these arrangements were all carried out in the Weiyang Palace, and required the cooperation of some Qimen warriors and palace attendants, so it was naturally impossible to hide them from Emperor Wu of Han.

But he still had no idea what effects these "surprises" had and why they had to be ignited with fire.

Not only Liu Che.

Even Wei Zifu, Yi Shuo, and even Han Ling and Dilibai'er who came back from the Western Regions with Liu Ju were confused when they heard Liu Che's words. None of them had heard Liu Che say anything about the "surprise".

(End of this chapter)