Liu Ju looked at Liu Tan and found that his facial expression, which was usually well controlled, was slightly distorted while he was eating.

There were actually not many such family gatherings in the palace. However, since Liu Fuling grew up, each one was equivalent to a confrontation. Except for Liu Che, probably no one could eat well and have enough. He had become accustomed to it. He never expected that there would be someone who could stay out of it and eat and drink as if nothing had happened at such a time.

Liu Tan also felt quite betrayed. Originally, he thought he was safe after seeing Liu Che questioning Liu Fuling and Liu Fuling's target seemed to have shifted to Liu Ju. He took advantage of the time when the father and son were exchanging witticisms to eat and drink enough to make up for the loss of not having a good meal at noon. However, when he was enjoying eating and watching the show, he suddenly became the protagonist because of a word from Liu Fuling.

Liu Tan was silent for a moment, not knowing whether to put down the meat on his chopsticks. He simply gave up and calmly threw it into his mouth. After finishing it, he smiled and said, "The Marquis' Mansion is different from the Palace. I have never read this book. It seems that I can't study with Fuling."

His tone was full of regret, but his expression looked quite happy.

Liu Fuling: ...

For some reason, Liu Fuling has been in a bad mood since he met this fifth brother. It seemed that he wanted something and thought he could get it just by saying it. However, not only did he not get it, but it was also completely contrary to his idea.

He didn't have this feeling when facing Crown Prince Liu Ju.

Although Liu Fuling was the youngest son of Emperor Wu of Han, he was actually not young anymore. At least he had the vague idea of ​​fighting for power.

This struggle for power is specifically a fight for favor. He had always been successful before, and even though his father would protect his elder brother, he would not lose face for him. Now... he suddenly had a sense of crisis.

If Liu Tan knew about his thoughts, he would tell him out of pity that he could compete with Liu Ju because Liu Ju wanted to save face and he had to maintain the dignity of the prince.

What did Liu Tan have? He had nothing except a queen mother, and having a queen mother was not a blessing but a danger to him.

Before Liu Tan traveled through time, he was just an ordinary graduate student who often worked part-time to support himself. He had experienced the hardships of society, and in his opinion, Liu Fuling's targeting was nothing.

So what if he was not good at studying? When the princes did not need talented people, and even more so, the princes had to have no ability to make the emperor feel at ease.

Liu Tan's frank admission that he was not good at studying made him an anomaly in the palace, and Liu Ju couldn't help but look at him twice.

Liu Che said indifferently, "Fuling, focus on your lessons. You don't need to worry about your fifth brother's affairs."

Liu Fuling had no choice but to pout, act cute, and turn around to continue eating.

The storm seemed to be over, but Liu Tan didn't dare to continue eating freely.

Anyway, he had eaten almost everything. The food of the Han Dynasty, whether in terms of cooking methods or spices, was not to his taste. He could only eat it because he was very hungry before, but he could not eat it after he was full.

Liu Ju watched Liu Tan not moving his chopsticks much, and suddenly a strange feeling arose in his heart. If he analyzed it carefully, he would know that the feeling was probably called sympathy.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. When Liu Ju learned that Liu Tan had just returned to the palace, he also felt a sense of crisis.

It is already very troublesome to have Liu Fuling in the palace now, and with the arrival of the queen's legitimate son, his position is extremely precarious.

However, after meeting Liu Tan, his sense of crisis was reduced to the lowest level.

Perhaps it was because Liu Tan's aura was too peaceful, or perhaps it was because Liu Ju judged that Liu Tan was not his opponent. In any case, at this moment he felt that Liu Tan, who was being squeezed out by Liu Fuling, was a little pitiful.

Liu Ju was a gentle person by nature. Seeing that the boy was watching the singing and dancing but not taking it too seriously, he thought the child was sad, so he lowered his head and gave a few instructions to the person next to him.

After a while, Liu Tan, who was wondering when the party would end, suddenly saw a young eunuch bring him a glass of water. He lowered his head and sniffed it, smelling the unique scent of honey. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. As a result, when he looked up, he saw Liu Ju looking at him gently.

Liu Ju whispered, "Eating too much hard food at night can cause indigestion, and drinking a little will make you feel better."

Liu Tan felt embarrassed, but still gave Liu Ju a big smile and took a sip of the honey water.

When Liu Tan laughed, his two fangs were exposed, and his eyes, which were like crescent moons and bright as pearls, made Liu Ju look at him several times. In his heart, this younger brother was much cuter than Liu Fuling.

As the saying goes, people in the same industry are enemies. This was indeed the case for Liu Ju. He knew from a young age that his younger brothers were his enemies. Fortunately, one of his brothers was sent out of the palace, and the rest were sent to their fiefdoms early.

As a result, there was another Liu Fuling. Now when he saw Liu Tan, he felt a little like an older brother.

Liu Tan was very calm. He didn't care whether Liu Ju was gentle or Liu Fuling was sharp. As long as Liu Che didn't hate him, it was fine.

When Liu Tan finished drinking the cup of honey water, Liu Che was also a little tired, so he waved his hand and let his three sons go.

Liu Ju and Liu Tan bowed politely and withdrew. Only Liu Fuling pulled Liu Ju's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Your Highness wants to sleep with me. Your Highness hasn't examined me yet."

Liu Che said casually, "I have important matters to attend to tomorrow. Fuling, be obedient and go back to rest."

Liu Fuling had no choice but to retreat reluctantly.

However, after Liu Che returned to his bedroom and washed up, he did not lie down, but took out a piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wing.

Yes, paper. In fact, paper was not invented by Cai Lun. What Cai Lun did was just to summarize the experience of his predecessors and create better and easier to promote paper.

Today, paper is still reserved for the nobility.

There were a few short lines of words written on the paper.

After reading it, Liu Che suddenly smiled and said, "Bu Fan, what do you think of watching the Fifth Prince today?"

Bu Fan, the eunuch beside Liu Che, lowered his head and said, "I dare not judge the prince."

Liu Che half-leaned on the couch, letting the palace maid relax his shoulders and neck. With half-closed eyes, he said lazily, "Just say what I tell you to say."

"In my humble opinion, the Fifth Prince...has no desires or demands." Bu Fan said this briefly and did not say any more.

"No desires, no demands?" Liu Che closed his eyes and chuckled. "How can there be someone in this world who has no desires? It's just that his status has suddenly changed, and he doesn't understand it yet. Besides, Xiuyi said that he is arrogant and extravagant, and has no self-control. What do you think?"

Bu Fan was a little hesitant. The Embroidered Clothes that Liu Che mentioned was the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, which was the intelligence agency established by Emperor Wu of Han. If Liu Tan were to evaluate it, the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty might have been established in imitation of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy. This shows the power and status of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy.

Seeing that Liu Che was still waiting for his reply, Bu Fan said, "The Fifth Prince seems to be a law-abiding person. However, the Embroidered Envoy must have a reason for making such an evaluation."

"How can a person go from being arrogant and lawless to being well-behaved, gentle and reserved in just a few days?"

Bu Fan was startled and looked at Liu Che: "Your Majesty?"

Liu Che continued, "He is different from all my sons... His eyes remind me of someone..."

Bu Fan asked carefully, "Your Majesty, are you saying..."

"Wei Qing."

Liu Che's tone sounded somewhat nonchalant, but it was like thunderbolt to Bu Fan's ears.

Bu Fan's face was solemn: "Your Majesty, do you want to conduct a thorough investigation of the Li family?"

Liu Che waved his hand and said, "No need. With Xiu Yi watching over us, the Li family wouldn't dare to do anything illegal. Let's wait and see whether this child behaves according to the rules or acts recklessly."

Bu Fan lowered his head and said nothing more, but he had already decided to have the people at Liu Tan's place keep a close eye on him.

At this time, Liu Tan did not know that he had become the focus of Liu Che's attention. He thought that he had become a supporting role in this banquet.

When he returned to Sui Yu Palace, he felt exhausted both physically and mentally. If possible, he really wanted to just live on his small piece of land.

But thinking about it, it was impossible. After he returned, he found that in addition to the original Fu Yu and Cen You, there were three more eunuchs in Sui Yu Palace. The older one was said to be the director of the Huangmen Office named Chang Fang. He was followed by two young eunuchs named Miao Rui and Big Gao.

Liu Tan instantly understood that these three people must have been sent by Liu Che and were the ones in charge of the affairs in his palace.

He glanced at Fu Yu and Cen You, and the two women indeed looked a little nervous.

Liu Tan knew that the arrival of these three people would definitely squeeze the living space of the two palace maids, but the prince was different from the concubines or princesses in the harem.

Chang Fang said something very true: With them around, it would be more convenient for Liu Tan to enter and exit the palace if he needed help.

So he pretended not to know and immediately handed over all the affairs in the hall to Chang Fang.

Anyway, from what we observed tonight, Liu Che probably didn't want to kill him, or if Liu Che wanted to kill him, he would just wash himself clean and wait, why was he struggling?

Chang Fang's arrival not only put everything in Sui Yu Palace back on track, but most importantly, he also brought a notice: starting tomorrow he will go to school, and he has only one classmate - Liu Fuling.

The cup of honey water Liu Ju gave him tonight was really useful, Liu Tan thought. Otherwise, after hearing this news, everything he ate tonight would probably be stuck in his stomach and unable to be digested.

Chang Fang briefly introduced to Liu Tan that the person who was currently teaching Liu Fuling was named Dong Wei.

Hearing this name, Liu Tan hesitated for a moment before asking, "Is this person related to Dong Zhongshu?"

Chang Fang smiled and said, "This man is the grandson of Dong Zhongshu, and his father is Dong Zhongshu's second son."

When Liu Tan heard Chang Fang calling Dong Zhongshu's name without hesitation, he knew that Dong Zhongshu should have resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown to write books. It was basically certain that it was after 125 BC.

However, this judgment condition seems to be useless, because according to the normal timeline, Liu Ju was born in 128 BC. He has grown up to this age, so the time should be after 108 BC.

But no matter what, inviting someone from the Dong family to explain the Gongyang Chunqiu to Liu Fuling can be considered as a sign of importance.

Liu Tan inquired about some details and learned that Dong Wei was a very strict person. Apart from teaching, he was very careful in what he said and did. Even when teaching, he only taught the contents in the textbooks. He was a very old-fashioned person.

After hearing this, Liu Tan thought that this might not be old-fashioned, but might be a family tradition. After all, Dong Zhongshu was tormented so badly by Emperor Wu of Han that he didn't even dare to be an official. What else could he say?

It has to be said that Chang Fang's existence saved him a lot of trouble. Except for some common sense questions that he didn't dare to ask at this time, he could ask Chang Fang all other questions.

When Liu Tan lay down to sleep contentedly, thinking about whether it would be better to behave dull or cynically in class tomorrow, he suddenly realized a very serious problem - he couldn't write Han Li!

He can write calligraphy, but he likes regular script and thin gold script, and he mainly practices these two styles. Now he has to practice again. I wonder if he will be evaluated as unlearned in class tomorrow?

As a good student, there is a difference between pretending to be bad and actually being bad.

Liu Tan fell asleep in a very awkward mood, and then wrote Han Li in his dream all night, which caused him to feel a headache when he saw the words when he woke up the next morning.

Even if he had a headache, he had to go to school. Chang Fang, as the chief steward of Sui Yu Palace, would not go with him, so the two young eunuchs Miao Rui and Big Gao followed him.

The place where they had classes was in Xuande Hall, and Suiyu Hall was not far from there, so Liu Tan simply decided to walk there.

In order to please Liu Tan, Miao Rui and Bigo chose a short but remote road.

Liu Tan was of course happy to have the opportunity to visit the Weiyang Palace. You know, in later generations, only ruins remained here.

Miao Rui and Big Gao also tried their best to explain the situation in the palace to him. They had nothing to hide. After all, Liu Tan was a prince and there was nothing he couldn't know.

Liu Tan walked along the way and passed by a very remote palace. He was about to ask something when he heard a young man shout, "I told you to kneel down. Don't you understand the benefits of meeting the Han emperor?"

Then another voice was heard saying, "Xuan is not a Han official, why is he kneeling to His Highness?"

Not a Han official? Then how did he appear in the palace?

Liu Tan's curiosity suddenly arose, and he took two steps forward to see the scene in front of him clearly - a group of young men were confronting each other. On one side was Liu Fuling with two teenagers, and on the other side was a teenager with strange clothes. No, not only his clothes were strange, but even his hairstyle was a little strange. It was obvious that he was a minority, but he didn't know which ethnicity he was.

Liu Tan asked in a low voice: "Do you know who that is?"

Miao Rui stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, that should be the Little Kunmi of Wusun."

"Wusun people? What does little Kunmi mean?" Liu Tan was a little surprised. He knew something about the Wusun Kingdom. Two princesses of the Bi Jing Han Dynasty married there. Kunmi means the king of the Wusun Kingdom, but Kunmi is Kunmi. Where did the little Kunmi come from?

Bi Gao, who was standing by, said, "I've heard that Wusun was once divided into two, so the court often referred to them as the Big and Small Wusun. This is the current Kunmi of the Little Wusun."

Liu Tan: Is Chen Ajiao's power already strong enough to influence other nations? What the hell is this Wusun split? And this little Kunmi...is he twenty this year? Why is he in the palace?