I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 82 You are worthy of being my brother!

"Your Highness, please!"

After the Chief Justice Zhao Yu finished reading the imperial edict, he bowed his head slightly and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Ju.

Although Emperor Liu Che had imprisoned Liu Ju for the crime of "falsifying laws and causing great harm" in his imperial edict, Liu Ju was still the crown prince and still Emperor Liu Che's son.

Therefore, no matter how cruel and ruthless the officials of the Court of Justice were, they would not dare to punish him easily without the emperor's clear order.

Even at the moment before the execution, they had to be served with delicious food and drink.

After all, he is the emperor's son, and only the emperor has the right to teach him.

These cruel officials were able to climb up the ladder quickly, on the one hand because they were not afraid of getting their hands dirty and ruining their reputations, and on the other hand because they were able to guess the emperor's intentions and knew better than anyone what could and could not be done.

"Zhao Zhengjian, I want to see my father now, is it too late?"

Liu Ju asked with a dull expression.

A few months ago, he was just an ordinary young man who didn't care about the world. He never thought that he would encounter such ups and downs... How could he not regret and be afraid now?
The harm caused by the correction must be cut in half!
It's the same death, but beheading is just a matter of fear.

But being beheaded would require enduring long-lasting pain, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is like dying from the pain.

"Your Highness, if His Majesty wants to see you, he will issue an order to summon you. I am also following his orders now. Please don't embarrass me..."

Zhao Yu lowered his eyes and his voice sounded neither sad nor happy, making it difficult to see through his thoughts.

"It seems it's too late."

Liu Ju looked ashen and his heart was cold.

"I was really crazy before. I had to rush to pursue the goal of becoming a full-level human..."

"Come to think of it. Even if I wasted more than twenty years before traveling through time, I am at most a rebellious son in his twenties. How could I dare to play tricks on Liu Che, who has been a rebellious son for forty-four years?"

"I'm afraid I've been brainwashed by those online articles from later generations. I'm so blindly confident just because I've been blessed. I'm so naive..."

"If God gives me another chance, I will definitely choose to lie low this time, and I will definitely play it safe. I will never bother for this useless blessing again!"

"Even if I'm the 'Cruel Prince', I still have more than 20 years to live."

"Why didn't I think of making good use of these twenty years to enjoy the noble life of a prince?"

"I traveled through time and space to become a prince. I can be a lazy bum, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks without doing anything every day."

"I also have the right to choose my spouse, which is second only to Liu Che in the entire Han Dynasty. Even if it is a woman that Liu Che and Wei Zifu do not allow me to marry openly, as long as I am willing to reach a tacit understanding that we both get what we want, I can be kept in the prince's mansion, and I don't have to worry about whether I can afford it."

"Besides, there are not many people in the world who dare to turn their backs on me, at least not in front of me. I will definitely not be bullied in this life like I was in my last life."

"Isn't it good for me to live comfortably like this, not caring about worldly affairs and just seeking comfort?"

"At worst, I can wait until twenty years later, when the witchcraft disaster is about to come, and then I will use my little historical knowledge to deal with those people and things that want to harm me in advance."

"If by chance it succeeds, that would be the best."

"If it is really as I thought before, Liu Che will no longer be a human being. In addition to Jiang Chong, there will be many Wang Chong, Zhang Chong, Li Chong, and Zhao Chong. There will be no way for me to survive."

"Then I am not at a loss. At least I have enjoyed everything I should have enjoyed in this life, and it is something that others cannot enjoy in several or even dozens of lifetimes."

"When the time comes, I can choose a more comfortable way to die. After I die, the people who harmed me won't have a good ending anyway."

"Besides, if there were a few more women who were willing to share what we wanted..."

"My body has endured a suction force that it shouldn't have endured. I may not be able to live to see the witchcraft disaster happen."

"Isn't this a form of euthanasia?"

"Oh, I'm so confused. If only I had figured this out earlier..."

……

Greenhouse Palace.

"Father, according to my brother..."

The phoenix eyes of King Liu Hong of Qi turned red again and he saluted Liu Che with tears in his eyes.

"Hong'er, I know what you want to say."

Liu Che interrupted him with a smile, "I summoned you here for this matter. Do you still remember the secret I agreed with you before?"

"I remember that my father ordered me to steal good things from my brother and give them to you." Although Liu Hong was puzzled, he still answered obediently.

Liu Che smiled and handed over a handkerchief, then said to Liu Hong in a tone of coaxing a child with candy:
"How can this be called cheating? This is called a win-win situation... This is actually the opportunity I created for you."

"Go to the imperial prison later to visit Liu Ju and tell him that I will summon you soon."

"You want to take this opportunity to plead for him, but you don't know how to start. Ask him if he has anything good to give you. This will increase your influence in my eyes, and maybe save his life."

"Do you understand?"

"Uh……"

Liu Hong scratched the back of his head and thought for a while, but still hesitated, "I understand, but... Father, you won't lie to me, right?"

"Rebellious son... do you know what it means to be a gentleman?!"

Liu Che immediately frowned and waved his hand to drive him away.
"I promise you, as long as you can bring back something good from him, I will pardon him immediately."

……

An hour later.

Liu Hong has been released from the imperial prison and has returned to the Greenhouse Palace.

"Hong'er, how is it?"

Liu Che had been waiting for a long time and immediately looked over eagerly, only to see Liu Hong's phoenix eyes that looked as if he had just cried.

"Father, my brother told me not to get involved in this matter."

Liu Hong sniffed and pursed his lips, "He said that the emperor is angry right now. Given the emperor's... temper, if I plead for him, I will most likely be angered. I'm afraid I won't have a good life in the future."

In fact, Liu Ju’s original words were “conduct” rather than “temperament”.

Although the word "morality" did not exist in this era, Liu Hong could tell that it was definitely not a good thing, so he made a temporary change.

On the contrary, Liu Ju became even more fearless after being imprisoned in the imperial prison, and dared to say anything that he shouldn't say.

"This rebellious son... am I so callous and moody in his eyes?"

Liu Che got angry when he heard this, and immediately asked angrily, "What else did the rebellious son say?"

"Wow--!"

But Liu Hong suddenly raised his little face and burst into tears, choking with sobs,

"My brother told me to go visit him tomorrow... He told me to secretly bring him a small bottle of poison... Just in case... Ugh!"

"Dangdang!"

When Liu Che heard this, his face changed instantly. He was so shocked that he jumped up from the couch, and the small plan placed in the middle of the couch flew far away.

"Su Wen! Su Wen! Su Wen!!!"

"Ride my imperial horse to the court immediately and tell Zhao Yu to keep a close eye on Liu Ju. If Liu Ju makes the slightest mistake, I will bury his entire clan with him!"

"promise!"

Su Wen didn't understand what was going on, but seeing that Liu Che looked nervous at the moment, he naturally didn't dare to say anything more and immediately agreed to do it.

"besides!"

As a result, just as he turned around, Liu Che suddenly called him again, paced anxiously for two steps, gritted his teeth and said,

"Tell that rebellious son in your own name that he is lucky this time, as he has caught up with the grand event where many countries in Southern Xinjiang are coming to pay tribute to the emperor. I am about to issue an edict of amnesty for the whole country, so it won't be that easy for him to die!"

at the same time.

"A general amnesty... You are worthy of being my brother!"

Seeing this, Liu Hong quietly stopped crying. A hint of imperceptible joy appeared in his tearful eyes between his fingers. He secretly admired:

"He taught me to use these words to test Father, and sure enough, I was able to find out what Father was thinking. It turns out that Father never intended to kill Brother Ju... Now Brother Ju and I can rest assured."

"Yes, brother knows so much and is so powerful."

"Father is counting on me to trick good things out of him, so how could he bear to kill him?"

(End of this chapter)