"Yes, Your Highness, they say there is an imperial decree from His Majesty, and they are waiting for you in the reception room of the villa!"

Return the imperial edict?

Liu Wei was even more puzzled.

After his adoptive father, Liu Hong, found him from the common people, they met once or twice before he left him to roam freely in the Beiman Mountains.

The title of Prince of Taiyuan was merely a nominal one.

He will not give Liu Wei any real power at all.

He indulged in a life of pleasure, drinking and fangirling for a year, and Liu Hong seemed to have forgotten about him, never summoning Liu Wei even once.

Counting the days, this year has been a year of great chaos, with the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was crumbling and devastated.

Previously, members of the royal family had taken up positions as governors in various prefectures to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Now, an envoy has been sent to deliver an imperial edict. Could it be that Liu Hong wants to summon him to the palace for some important purpose?

That's impossible!

In everyone's eyes, Liu Wei was a prince who didn't read books and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and was still young.

He is utterly incapable of fulfilling the great responsibility of becoming governor.

Who cares!

Liu Hong still dotes on him, so what could possibly happen?

I guess he just missed him terribly after not seeing him for so long, so he issued an imperial decree summoning him to the palace for an audience!

Liu Wei finished dressing and looked longingly at the beauty curled up in the quilt.

Snap!

He slapped her round buttocks hard.

"Little beauty, just wait, I'll be back soon to deal with you!"

The beauty let out a soft cry when he patted her like that, making one's heart flutter.

"Hehe, this humble servant awaits Your Highness's display of prowess!"

That's fucking slutty, so damn slutty, slutty to the bone!

Liu Wei stormed out of the room, cursing, and told Xiao Guizi to lead the way.

Passing through the corridor and across the moon gate, we arrived at the reception room.

Unbeknownst to Liu Wei, the moment he turned to leave, the beautiful woman immediately abandoned her wanton and flirtatious demeanor, adopting a cold and aloof expression.

A barely perceptible sneer appeared on his face, a face that seemed to bring ruin to the country and its people.

......

At this moment, in the reception room of the Beimangshan villa, an old eunuch was holding up a yellow scroll.

On either side stood more than twenty soldiers in full armor, standing solemnly.

Upon seeing Liu Wei emerge, a sinister smile spread across the old eunuch's orange-peel-like face.

"Imperial edict has arrived! Prince Liu Wei of Taiyuan, receive the edict!"

The old eunuch's hoarse voice rang out as he slowly unfurled the imperial edict in his hand.

Liu Wei immediately knelt down, understanding the situation.

In this era of absolute imperial power, if Liu Wei did not kneel, he would attract a lot of unnecessary trouble.

However, he did not face the old eunuch directly, but turned slightly to the side.

As a dignified man who traveled from the modern era.

Kneel to heaven and earth, kneel to your teacher and parents!

I will absolutely not kneel before this rootless old man!

This is the last act of defiance by a modern person.

"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees:"

"Liu Wei, the King of Taiyuan, is licentious and debauched, oppresses the people, and forcibly takes women from the populace. He is not worthy of his position."

"Effective immediately, he is stripped of his royal title and demoted to Marquis of Yinshan, to be enfeoffed in Wuyuan City, Shuofang Commandery, and shall never be recalled!"

"Only family members, ten eunuchs, and one hundred guards are allowed to accompany them!"

"Set off within one hour, without fail, or face execution!"

So be it!

Rumble!

The old eunuch's voice was like a thunderclap, leaving Liu Wei completely dumbfounded.

Liu Hong brought him from the countryside so that he could keep him by his side.

Now, however, an imperial edict has ordered Liu Wei to leave for distant lands.

This is not just being demoted, it's practically being exiled, and the kind where there's no chance of returning!

It should be noted that the four prefectures of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Dingxiang on the southern slopes of Yinshan Mountain were already the territory of the Xiongnu.

Wuyuan City, where Liu Wei was going, was located at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, on the Hetao Plain, thousands of miles away from Luoyang.

It was simply impossible for a prince of the Han Dynasty to be enfeoffed in a city controlled by the Xiongnu.

"You must be mistaken. My father dotes on me. How could he possibly send me to serve as a vassal to the Xiongnu?"

"These charges are utterly absurd!"

"I must go see my father and ask him directly for an explanation!"

Liu Wei immediately stood up and questioned loudly.

What's wrong with a prince living such a luxurious life?

All I want is to be a carefree prince, lying down, eating, drinking, having fun, and enjoying life. Is that wrong?

What nonsense about not being worthy of one's position!

Which of these high-ranking officials in the imperial court isn't lining their own pockets and only interested in personal gain?

Even Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, allowed the Ten Attendants to disrupt the court, sell official positions and titles, and cause widespread resentment among the people!

The Yellow Turban Rebellion was ultimately Emperor Ling of Han's own doing.

"Hehehe!"

"Your Highness, no...no, Your Lordship!"

The old eunuch let out a sinister laugh, "His Majesty is very disappointed in you and will never see you!"

"Give up on that idea. Don't make things difficult for this old servant. Hurry up and get on your way!"

"Why?" Liu Wei asked.

"Don't ask so many questions. It's already a favor that he didn't kill you outright!"

"You could have just been a perfectly good ordinary citizen, why did you have to become a prince?"

The old eunuch looked at Liu Wei with the same disdain he would show a pitiful worm.

So what if he's just a prince?

If you want him dead, he must die; if you want him exiled, he must be exiled!

"You mean, someone wants me dead!"

Upon hearing the old eunuch's words, Liu Wei immediately frowned.

In this world, he was just a prince, and he wasn't competing with Crown Prince Liu Bian for the throne, so who would want to take his life?

Liu Bian's succession to the throne was a foregone conclusion; Liu Wei was merely a prince found among the common people, the Prince of Taiping.

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