Liu Tan stared at Liu Ju for a long time without coming to his senses. He probably understood why Liu Ju came to him so late. He probably wanted to talk to him and ask him to be more careful tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, Liu Tan had already burned Li Guangli to death.

Liu Che was already heartbroken over the death of his favorite concubine and had always wanted to punish the culprit, but... after all, Chen Ajiao was the queen? And after all, Lady Li was in the wrong first.

To put it bluntly, if Chen Ajiao beat Lady Li to death in front of Liu Che, it would not matter. The concubine was involved in business, and the mistress of the house had the right to deal with her.

This is why in the palace, the emperor's concubines have a certain status, so the queen always has to take their status into consideration when dealing with them, so as not to be accused of being jealous.

But the problem is that Chen Ajiao already has a reputation for being jealous. Will she still care about these things?

Lady Li was in the wrong for provoking the queen, so even the ministers in the court were unwilling to let Emperor Liu Che depose her.

Of course, the most important reason is that the queen's son is still on the way. He just returned from a victory, but when he came back, he found that his mother had been deposed. Who can bear this?

Even for Liu Tan's sake, no one would let Liu Che depose the queen.

Of course, the most important thing is that even if everyone favors the concubine more, everyone will stand on Chen Ajiao's side when it comes to this.

What's more, this time no one thought that Chen Ajiao was jealous.

If she really wanted to be jealous, she would have killed Lady Li right after she entered the palace. Why would she have waited until now? Lady Li had already given birth to a son, and her brothers were all in high positions. Was there any point in being jealous now?

Liu Tan breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Liu Che was stopped. As long as the queen was not deposed, everything would be fine.

However, he felt that Liu Ju's reaction was really intriguing. Logically speaking, Liu Ju should be very optimistic about its success.

What had always prevented Wei Zifu from becoming the queen was that Chen Ajiao had never been deposed. As long as Chen Ajiao was deposed, then as the mother of the prince, it would almost be a natural thing for Wei Zifu to become the queen.

As for Lady Gouyi... unless Liu Che wanted to depose the crown prince, it would be impossible for her to be enthroned.

However, Liu Ju now looked really worried.

Of course Liu Tan wouldn't say anything to him, so he could only comfort him and say, "Don't worry, it's okay."

Liu Ju sighed, "Oh, you really are... Why can't you just be patient? Even if you wait until the body is brought back and buried, you can open the coffin and whip the corpse!"

Everyone: +口+! Is everyone in your Liu family like this?

Liu Tan almost choked to death on his own saliva.

To be honest, he had no psychological burden about burning the body. After all, people in later generations were used to cremation and burying ashes. But opening the coffin and whipping the corpse was beyond his psychological limit.

From ancient times to the present, even if people are cremated and buried, there will be respect for the dead. It would be extremely hateful to really open the coffin and whip the corpse.

Liu Tan hated Li Guangli, but it was not to the point of a blood feud. Not really.

Huo Guang and others on the side were almost numb at this time. At first, they were stunned by the fact that Chen Ajiao killed Madam Li so swiftly, but then they thought that this was something that Empress Chen would do.

Then they couldn't get a word in, because they felt the situation was a little out of control.

Why is Liu Ju sitting there with a frown on his face and sighing, while Liu Tan beside him keeps comforting him?

Don't you two think something is wrong?

For a moment, even Huo Guang didn't know who to comfort, so he just kept quiet.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point for Liu Ju to worry. In the end, he could only look at Liu Tan and say, "Forget it, I'm here, don't worry."

Liu Tan's facial paralysis: "I'm not worried."

Liu Ju was silent for a moment before asking, "Why are you so thin? What happened in the Western Regions?"

Liu Tan: Very good, this is the third person who said this to me.

However, he didn't feel that he had lost much weight.

However, Liu Ju didn't want him to answer, so he said directly: "Forget it, let's talk about it later when we have time. I have to leave first. You...you should be careful when you see the emperor tomorrow."

Liu Tan watched Liu Ju hurried in and out. He was silent for a long moment before turning to look at the three people behind him. "What do you think...is it too late to find some wood to piece together Li Guangli's body?"

Huo Guang rubbed his brows with a headache and asked: "Where can we find wood now?"

Li Buyan was about to speak, but upon hearing this, he immediately widened his eyes and looked at Huo Guang: "You really think that way?"

Liu Tan sighed: "Oh, when I think about Madam Li passing away after just a few months of not seeing her, I really..."

Just as Li Buyan and Wei Buyi were thinking about how to comfort Liu Tan, they saw Liu Tan force a smile and continued, "I really can't help laughing out loud."

Li Buyan and Wei Buyi: ?????

Liu Tan stood up, patted them on the shoulder one by one and said, "Alright, it's getting late, time to go to bed. We still have to go through the formalities tomorrow. Oh, it's really a headache."

Liu Tan said this as he slowly returned to his room, leaving Li Buyan and Wei Buyi frozen in place for a long moment. Finally, they looked at each other and said in unison, "It's over. Your Highness has gone mad."

Huo Guang was about to leave when he heard this and slapped each of them in the face: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm leaving now."

Li Buyan and Wei Buyi shuddered, looked at the pottery jar on the table, and asked, "Then... what should we do with this?"

Before Huo Guang could answer, Liu Tan's voice could be heard from afar: "Leave it there. You can take it with you when you leave tomorrow. Otherwise, what if you forget it somewhere tomorrow?"

The two looked at each other, put their hands together, bowed to the urn, and then turned around to rest.

The next morning, Liu Tan woke up in high spirits and started to do her hair, no, to put on her dress.

After putting on the whole set of clothes, he walked out and met Lu Xuan who was also wearing Wusun formal clothes.

Liu Tan glanced at Lu Xuan with some envy, because Lu Xuan was wearing relatively few clothes.

The Wusun people were not so particular. Their solemnity was not reflected in their clothes, because the textile industry in the Western Regions itself was not well developed, so they were more particular about their jewelry.

Today, Lu Xuan is basically a walking jewelry display stand. She has rings on her hands, earrings on her ears, and even various gems tied to her braids, not to mention her belt, bracelets, and anklets.

For most people, wearing so many jewels would either make them look vulgar or overshadowed by the jewels.

However, Lu Xuan had an upright figure, and his eyes and smile were as clear as a snow-capped mountain. This whole outfit of gold, silver, jade, and stones only served as a foil to him.

When Lu Xuan saw Liu Tan, he became a melting snow mountain, and his whole body gradually became warmer.

He walked over to Liu Tan and said, "Ah Tan looks better today."

Liu Tan didn't expect to be hit by a critical attack so early in the morning, and felt quite uncomfortable for a moment.

The three people behind him had different expressions. Li Buyan had a kind of hostility towards Lu Xuan as a brother, Wei Buyi was surprised by Lu Xuan's directness, and Huo Guang... Huo Guang thought that this little Kunmi was strangely able to talk.

Liu Tan smiled at him and said, "Let's go."

After the two men got on their horses, Li Buyan looked around. For some reason, he felt that although the two people had completely different dressing styles, he didn't know why he felt that the two people were very harmonious when walking side by side from their backs.

In addition, the colors of the horses matched very well, which made Li Buyan very dissatisfied.

At this time, Liu Ju and other officials were waiting outside the city. When they met, Liu Ju did not behave at all like the prince who was almost worried to death yesterday.

He first greeted Liu Tan and then went to entertain Lu Xuan. In fact, when he brought Lu Xuan back with him, Liu Tan would be invisible for a while.

After the greetings, they would enter the city. Lu Xuan would not be summoned by Liu Che today, but would go to the posthouse first.

After entering the city, there were many people watching along the way.

Apart from asking the soldiers to maintain order and prevent people from attacking the team, Liu Ju did not prohibit people from watching.

Of course, no common people dared to get too close. If they really scared someone and were hated by the noble, their family would be destroyed!

Liu Tan was riding on his white horse, listening to the people around him talking. From time to time, he heard someone say, "It's really beautiful."

Someone else echoed: "Yeah, yeah, I've never seen it before, it's much better looking, just a little thinner."

After hearing this, Liu Tan couldn't help but glance at Lu Xuan.

He had previously thought that Lu Xuan's statement that everyone thought he looked hideous was an exaggeration. There would always be people who could appreciate his face, and it seemed that there were still many who did.

It seemed that Lu Xuan had overthought things because of his background, or perhaps everyone was indeed hostile to him, since he was from the Western Regions after all.

At this moment, a sachet suddenly flew over from somewhere and hit the little white horse, scaring Liu Tan. However, the little white horse seemed not to feel it and continued walking without paying any attention.

Fortunately, the sachet was not heavy, and Liu Tan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After this incident, although Liu Ju and Lu Xuan were chatting, they also paid some attention to him.

Liu Tan smiled at them and said, "I don't know who hit it, but it was not hit accurately."

He remembered that there was indeed such a custom among the people. When they saw a good-looking man, they would throw the things in their hands onto the car. There was even an idiom called "throwing fruits onto the car".

I don’t know if it was because he didn’t care or because he laughed, but the people suddenly became interested. A few young ladies bravely threw the sachets in their hands at Liu Tan.

Liu Tan didn't know whether to take it or not, so he just pretended not to react and let the sachet fall. His attitude seemed to encourage the people around him, and all the sachets and handkerchiefs flew towards him in an instant.

Liu Tan was completely stunned by the blow. He really wanted to ask, "Isn't this wrong? Why are you hitting me? Weren't you going to hit Lu Xuan?"

Just now he thought that these people's aim was wrong. After all, he was right next to Lu Xuan, and the prince was on the other side of Lu Xuan, so it was easy to hit him by mistake. But when the sachets and handkerchiefs thrown by the young lady on the other side hit him, he realized something was wrong. Could it be that these people were not looking at Lu Xuan?

Liu Tan quickly said, "That's enough, that's enough."

Although the sachets are not heavy, it still hurts a bit when they hit your body, not to mention that there are so many sachets hitting you.

Even so, by the time Liu Tan reached the imperial city, he was covered in a bunch of colorful things.

Liu Ju, standing by, smiled subtly. He coughed lightly and said to Lu Xuan, "Little Kunmi has come a long way. Please stay in the post house today and rest up. If anything goes wrong, Little Kunmi can always call on the post house officials to make adjustments."

Lu Xuan reluctantly turned his gaze from Liu Tan, who was taking off the odds and ends of his clothing, and nodded to Liu Ju, saying, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Liu Ju immediately ordered the Minister of Rites to take Lu Xuan and the little Wusun guard behind him to the posthouse.

Then he took Liu Tan to see Liu Che.

On the way, Liu Ju said worriedly, "Wait for you..."

Liu Tan said softly, "Father will not speak of this matter in public. Your Highness, please go and handle government affairs first and do not stay in Weiyang Palace."

Liu Ju had no choice but to whisper, "Don't bother me, wait a minute and talk... Don't be so direct!"

Liu Ju was now afraid that Liu Tan would provoke Liu Che. Liu Che's temper had been a little bad recently because of the death of his favorite concubine. He was afraid that if Liu Tan provoked him again, his father would go crazy on the spot.

Liu Tan smiled at Liu Ju. Seeing his sweet and gentle smile, Liu Ju immediately felt relieved. He thought that with his brother's temper, he would not really argue with his father.

After the group met Liu Che, Liu Che did not mention Li Guangli's matter, but praised Li Buyan and Wei Buyi highly. Not to mention Huo Guang, who received the most rewards. The most important thing was that Liu Che gave each of these three people the title of general. If Huo Guang's contribution was not insufficient, it seemed that Liu Che wanted to give the title of General of Cavalry directly to Huo Guang.

Although Huo Guang was happy, he remained calm and composed. The more Liu Che looked at him, the more he liked him. As for Li Buyan and Wei Buyi, they were already laughing silly, but they were not annoying either.

Finally, there is Liu Tan, who has been standing next to him. Liu Che now has very complicated feelings towards Liu Tan.

He was happy that Liu Tan won the battle, but when he saw Liu Tan, he thought of Chen Ajiao who had drowned his favorite concubine in the Cangchi Pond, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

However, he still had to praise him, so he rewarded Liu Tan with some money and property and also gave him a farm.

Liu Ju was a little uneasy. He had thought that Liu Tan would be crowned king and have a fiefdom this time. It was not that he wanted to drive Liu Tan away. After all, even if he was crowned king, he did not have to become a fiefdom immediately. The main thing was that after being crowned king, Liu Tan's finances would be more free, and he also hoped to use this incident to give Liu Tan a better fiefdom.

After Liu Che encouraged the young generals, he let them go back home.

After everyone left, Liu Tan knew that the main topic had arrived.

He gave Liu Ju a look, asking him to go first, but Liu Ju hesitated for a moment and finally stayed.

Liu Che had just been offering condolences and comfort, so he didn't bother being polite with Liu Tan. He said wearily, "I already know about Li Guangli's matter. Has his body been brought back?"

Liu Tan looked up at Liu Che and said, "Burn it."

Liu Ju: ??? Didn’t we agree not to be so direct?