Chapter 513: Evil Son
Chang'an was completely in great shock. No matter they were the kings and nobles or the ordinary people, from the palaces of kings and nobles to the streets and alleys, everyone was talking about this matter.
"Your Majesty, you must be deposing the Crown Prince, right?"
"How can this be false? The prince has already matured. Why does he need a regent?"
"Although Huo Guang is the prince's uncle, everyone in Chang'an knows that the relationship between the two is not good. The prince basically does not invite Huo Guang to his house, and Huo Guang does not invite the prince to his house."
"Although people have always said that Huo Guang is a member of the Prince's Party, in essence, Huo Guang is a member of the Queen's Party. Prince She is also the Queen's legitimate son, so it is normal for Huo Guang to support Prince She."
"Now it all depends on how Your Majesty will depose the Crown Prince step by step. This will surely be a bloody storm, so please don't let it get us involved."
"I wonder what crime they will use to depose the prince? Immature or unfilial."
Countless discussions were heard everywhere, and the ministers who submitted letters to the emperor during the court meeting were struck by lightning. They never expected that the emperor would give such a strong response so quickly.
This is really the style of today’s top officials!
He will definitely do what he wants to do, and no one can shake his will. Unless the emperor himself thinks he is wrong, he will adjust himself.
Even Luo Qing was shocked by Liu Xun's generosity.
Liu He, who was still full of confidence when he walked out of the palace, was a little dazed. He never expected that his father would be so impatient. He had just initially persuaded his mother. As long as he was given some more time, he was confident that he could make his father withdraw the idea of deposing the crown prince, just like the Emperor Gao in the past.
In the Prince's Palace, everyone was in grief. The reason they were still gathered in the Prince's Palace at this time was that they belonged to the Prince's direct line and would definitely not be let go by the new emperor. Not every emperor was as magnanimous as Li Shimin, who could let go of his ministers who had put him to death several times.
The Crown Princess was crying, and those nobles who usually looked high and mighty had only fear on their faces, as if they had already seen the impending catastrophe.
Liu He looked at this scene, his heart boiling with anger. He could not accept such an outcome!
"Put away yourselves like this, has the butcher's knife already chopped off your heads?
Are you giving up on living before you die?
It hasn't even come to the end yet, so who can tell who will win or lose? I'm going to the palace to see the emperor now. I want to ask him what I did wrong that would make him depose me.
All of you, get moving, don't make me look like I'm dying."
Liu He gritted his teeth and scolded everyone, then changed into the solemn attire of a prince and went to the palace.
In the palace, Queen Xu also did not expect that Liu Xun would settle the matter so quickly. The importance of speed in war was fully demonstrated, and all her hesitation after being persuaded by Liu He was aborted.
The couple ate in silence, and then Queen Xu talked about Liu He coming to see her. Liu Xun was stunned, and then slowly said: "He is scheming and resourceful, but unfortunately he does not follow the right path and does not understand that there is a god above his head."
Empress Xu was a little bit unable to eat. At this moment, a palace maid hurried in, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Empress, the prince has entered the palace."
The two of them were stunned, then looked at each other. A look of pain flashed across Empress Xu's face, and then she said firmly: "No, let him go back."
What's there to see?
Tell him that your parents want you to die, so don't complain.
Tell him that you will give your crown prince status to your younger brother. Although we don't know what kind of person your younger brother will be in the future, we are not satisfied with you.
The one who was stabbed by the knife was not only Liu He, but also Liu Xun and Xu Pingjun.
Not seeing each other was the last thing Xu Pingjun could do.
"Why doesn't the Queen Mother want to see the child?"
A voice came from outside the hall, and then Liu He's tall figure walked in from outside the hall. He actually rushed in by himself.
Seeing this, Liu Xun shouted in a deep voice: "Who let you in?"
Liu He walked into the hall and ignored Liu Xun's angry shouts. He knelt down respectfully, saluted, and then stood up without waiting for Liu Xun to speak.
He held his head high and said, “If you don’t come in, you will die.
Father, I am your son. Don’t you know my character?
I'm sure your mother has already told you about your son's entry into the palace.
Sitting there and waiting for death is not something my son would do.”
Liu Xun was so angry that he almost laughed. Now he was not in a hurry to drive Liu He out. Instead, he was curious about what Liu He wanted to do. He calmed down his emotions and said expressionlessly, "What are you doing in the palace?"
Liu He still held his head high and asked, "I want to ask you, father, why did you depose me from the position of crown prince? Did I do anything wrong?"
Liu Xun didn't expect Liu He to ask this question directly. After all, he had not issued any official decree yet. But after Liu He asked this question, the situation was different.
Liu Xun did not want to answer his question, so he casually said, "What you did to me before was not what a benevolent and righteous ruler should do."
Liu He's eyebrows flashed with anger. He never expected that his father would treat him so perfunctorily. He didn't give him any face at all and said directly: "Benevolence and righteousness?
Father, there are no outsiders in this palace. Don’t you think it’s ridiculous for you to say this?
Why did you drive all the princes of the Jingnan War back to Guandong?
You are so kind and righteous. You knew that many innocent people were implicated by Liu Dan but you didn't stop it?
Don't you feel ashamed to use these words to perfunctorily answer your own son?"
Liu Xun was really surprised by the rapid-fire attack. Is Liu He crazy?
Although Empress Xu loved her son, she loved her husband more. She immediately shouted angrily, "You evil son, what are you talking about? Is this what you should say to your father? Have you forgotten filial piety?"
My Han Dynasty governs the world with filial piety. With what you just said, I can directly depose you from your position as Crown Prince!"
Liu He gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, even if I didn't say this, could I have kept my position as Crown Prince?
My son became the crown prince because of his mother. From the day you gave up on him, he lost the crown prince position.
Now my son just wants to know, why?
What a joke, these ministers and lives.
My father is a saintly king, but not a gentleman of morality. "
Liu Xun finally began to look at his son seriously, and he found that his son knew him quite well.
Liu Xun really didn't care about the people Liu He killed. There were too many such things in the world, and the imperial court simply couldn't handle it. If he could take revenge, he would do it himself. The imperial court would not punish blood relatives for revenge. This was his last support.
Liu asked, "Why do you think I want to depose you from your position as Crown Prince?"
Liu Xun really wanted to know what Liu He was thinking now. Ever since he completely purged Liu Dan's old subordinates, no one dared to talk to him like this again. He didn't expect that the person who spoke to him like this now was his own son.
Liu He sneered and said, "My son is just an ordinary mortal, how can he understand the thoughts of you, the Holy King?
Is it because my son likes the art of punishment?
But there are many Confucian scholars in my son's house. Do you really believe what they say?
My son may not be as virtuous as those gentlemen, but does a king need that?"
It is indeed not necessary.
Liu He was not a person who committed unforgivable crimes. The mistakes he made were limited. Even from the perspective of an ordinary noble, powerful person, or ruffian, he was not that bad.
Liu Xun looked at Liu He in front of him with some regret in his eyes, and sighed slightly, "You still don't know where you are wrong, and you don't know why I am dissatisfied with you.
Do you think there is nothing wrong with your character?
When Liu Dan first inherited the throne, he was not as stubborn and self-willed as he later became.
With your personality, you are suitable to be an emperor in the tyrannical Qin Dynasty. You can take whatever you want in the world, but this is the Han Dynasty. You don't know what restraint is. If I let you sit on the throne, I will not be at ease for the Han Dynasty!"
Liu He's reaction was so fast that he actually understood what Liu Xun meant. He asked in disbelief, "Father, are you afraid?"
As soon as Liu He said this, Liu Xun's face suddenly changed. He didn't expect that Liu He could directly pierce the deepest emotions in his heart.
This time Liu He's expression changed completely. He had been very confident before, because he always believed that as long as he could change his father's mind, everything could change. But now he suddenly realized that his father was actually afraid!
Liu He asked tremblingly: "Father, are you afraid of what your son has done?
Who is it?
Are they the Jingnan princes from Guandong?
Or is it the Luo family that has been entrenched in Zhaocheng?
Or all the people in this world?
In your eyes, would your son be so stupid as to provoke these forces?
You really underestimate your son!"
Liu He spoke quickly, defending himself. He said that there was no way he could go against these forces that were capable of overthrowing the Han Dynasty. He was just violent, not stupid.
Liu Xun said coldly: "I don't know what your future will be like, but I absolutely cannot take this risk, so you have no chance."
Liu He raised his head and said: "Father, do you really have to kill your son with your own hands?
I will never commit suicide!
Come and kill me with your sword!"
(End of this chapter)
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