Liu Tan immediately said firmly: "No, really!"
Liu Che snorted coldly: "Don't think about those nonsense, just prepare for the wedding honestly."
Liu Tan immediately said, "Then after we get married..."
Before he could finish, Liu Che looked at Liu Chuan and said, "You should hurry back to the palace and keep an eye on it. I will get to the bottom of this matter. Don't panic."
Liu Tan: !!!! You ignored me before I even finished speaking. That's too much!
However, Liu Che was so excessive, who could stop him?
Liu Ju glanced at Liu Tan, suppressed a smile and said, "I understand. Please allow me to accompany you to Ganquan Palace every day."
Liu Ju was not a fool. When this incident happened, he realized that the relationship between him and Liu Che was no longer as close as before.
Although there was an excuse that someone was needed to stay in the palace, it was indeed taken advantage of. If Liu Tan hadn't been there this time, he would have been unable to defend himself. Even if he cried, it might only be a temporary solution. The seeds of suspicion would definitely be planted.
Now that he has his brother as a witness and even performed a good ghost-fighting show on the spot, Liu Che probably has no doubts about him anymore.
Liu Tan has helped him overcome this hurdle, and now he has to handle it himself.
No matter how much his father doted on him in the past, as he grew older, he was no longer young and naturally not as lovable as before.
Now that Liu Fuling is often by the emperor's side, he naturally attracts the emperor's father's attention.
According to what Xue Yao said just now, Liu Fuling's true intentions have basically been revealed. If he doesn't find a solution, he will be passive every time.
Once you get involved with something like witchcraft, it's hard to say what will happen. Liu Tan could save him once, but could he save him twice or three times? Even if he could, Liu Tan would still be taking a risk.
The root of all this lies with Liu Che, so he chose to stay as close to Liu Che as possible so that Liu Che would not become suspicious of him because of their emotional estrangement.
At this time, Liu Ju did not have any resentment about being the crown prince for many years without being able to ascend to the throne.
After all, he was only twenty-four.
Liu Che glanced at Liu Ju and said with a smile: "If you like, just come. Why bother telling me?"
Liu Che didn't know what Liu Ju was thinking. He simply thought that Liu Ju was frightened by this incident and subconsciously wanted to seek his father's comfort and protection.
After Liu Che completely eliminated his suspicions about Liu Ju, he naturally did not hesitate to comfort his son.
So Liu Tan could only squat aside angrily and watch the father and son comfort each other.
When it was time to leave, Liu Che just patted him on the head and said, "Go back with Ju'er and rest up. Don't think too much!"
Liu Tan was about to say something when a young eunuch came trotting in and said, "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Imperial Household wishes to see you."
Liu Che asked the Shaofu Ji Hang to come in. Then Liu Tan saw this man, sweating and panting, coming in to pay his respects. He then said, "Your Majesty, Gongsun Wuniang... is missing!"
After hearing this, Liu Che subconsciously glanced at Liu Tan and found that Liu Tan was also surprised. Liu Che could tell at a glance that Liu Tan's surprise was real, because both his eyes and body language showed his surprise.
Liu Che had long known from the embroidered uniform envoy that Liu Tan had gone to see Gongsun Wuniang, and he also knew that the queen had sent someone to see her, and he even knew that Lu Xuan had been there.
But he has always turned a blind eye to this matter. The purpose of Gongsun Wuniang's existence is to eliminate disasters and difficulties for Liu Tan. Liu Che doesn't care how the Queen and Liu Tan deal with her.
But suddenly disappearing before the wedding is very problematic.
Shaofu Ji Hang knew something about the matter. He had sent someone to Gongsun Wuniang's residence to have her clothes tailored, but when they got there, they found the door locked and the house empty. Even the neighbors didn't know when she left!
Ji Hang immediately realized that this matter was not simple. The fact that the neighbors didn’t know meant that he must have left after curfew.
Because that was a civilian area, almost every family had to do various kinds of labor during the day, and there were a lot of people coming and going. If Gongsun Wuniang left, it would be impossible for no one to see her.
Ji Hang knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he slapped his thigh and reported it immediately.
But Liu Che thought more than him.
He had deployed embroidered messengers there to monitor Gongsun Wuniang. Although the surveillance was not very strict, not everyone could escape the eyes of the embroidered messengers and be taken away without anyone noticing.
Liu Che guessed who it was almost instantly, and gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, I already know about this matter, you can leave first."
Ji Hang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated.
Liu Ju originally suspected that it was Liu Tan who did it. After all, it was well known that Liu Tan was very resistant to this marriage. But when he looked at Liu Tan, he found that Liu Tan was frowning and looked very worried. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. Shouldn't A-di be happy?
In fact, when Liu Tan first heard the news, his first reaction was that he didn't have to get married anymore and he was free.
But he soon realized that there was something strange about Gongsun Wuniang's departure. He didn't know that Lu Xuan had gone to see Gongsun Wuniang. For a moment, he thought it was done by the enemy of the Gongsun family or someone else, and he was also a little worried about Gongsun Wuniang's situation.
Regardless of whether Gongsun Wuniang was guilty of original sin or not, the only law that could judge her was the Han Dynasty law, not private torture.
Thinking of this, Liu Tan turned to Liu Che and said, "Father, Gongsun Wuniang's sudden departure is suspicious. Should we investigate thoroughly?"
Liu Che was a little surprised: "Oh? You want to investigate it strictly? I thought you would let it go."
Liu Tan said seriously: "I just don't want to get married, it's not against her. If she is in danger, she should be saved."
The more Liu Che looked at Liu Tan, the more he found it strange. He had no idea how Liu Tan had lived outside the palace for so many years, yet his moral integrity was still intact. He was truly a rare gem among the princes and nobles.
But who doesn’t like people with good character?
It is precisely because although Liu Tan is not a flawless saint, he has his own moral principles that Liu Che looks at him differently.
Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Since you know nothing about this matter, there is no need to worry about it. Go back and rest first."
Liu Tan couldn't help but try hard: "Then the matter of the emperor's enfeoffment..."
Liu Che was extremely annoyed by him. Coincidentally, there was a map on his desk at that moment. The map showed the Xiongnu and the areas bordering them. He glanced at it and said casually, "If you say that again, I will give you Shuofang!"
Shuofang Prefecture? Liu Ju quickly grabbed Liu Tan and said, "Fifth brother is ignorant. Father, please don't argue with him."
Shuofang... Liu Tan had some impression of Shuofang in his mind, but in Chinese history, there has always been Shuofang in the north, but it was a prefecture in the Han Dynasty and a county in many later dynasties.
Liu Tan couldn't quite remember how big Shuofang Prefecture was during the Han Dynasty. He stood on tiptoe to try to read the map, mumbling, "Shuofang? Where is it?"
Liu Che wanted him to give up, so he pointed at Bu Fan and said, "Go, give him a good look."
Liu Che had a smile on his face when he said this. He really wanted to see Liu Tan's expression when he knew the location of Shuofang Prefecture.
Bu Fan immediately asked two young eunuchs to carefully hold up the map for Liu Tan to see.
Liu Ju also came over to take a look out of curiosity. He couldn't help but marvel at the map, "How can this map be so detailed?"
Liu Tan immediately said, "If we're going to improve, we've got to make it better. If there's no improvement, what's the point? Isn't my method pretty good?"
Seeing his smug look, Liu Ju pointed and said, "Look, Shuofang is here."
Liu Tan saw Shuofang Prefecture, which bordered the Xiongnu, at a glance. He also saw Langjuxu Mountain, which was not far from Shuofang Prefecture... well, actually a little distance away.
Liu Tan was very excited for a moment. In recent years, the range of the Huns' activities has gradually approached Yunzhong County, and Langjuxu Mountain is naturally in the hands of the Huns.
However, if he could push the territory forward by one, two, or three hundred kilometers, wouldn't Langjuxu Mountain become his territory?
There is not only Langjuxu Mountain, there is also a vast ocean next to it!
Thinking of this, Liu Tan nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, father, please give me Shuofang Prefecture!"
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