Chapter 532 [First Update] 532
Liu Tan almost spit out water after hearing this. This really is... a big thing happened without any noise!
Now that he has escaped, who is in charge of Chang'an?
In fact, even if the emperor and the crown prince had run away, there shouldn't have been any problems. After all, the entire leadership team was still in Chang'an and could still maintain operations.
However, this is not the case... Before Liu Tan left Chang'an, he first killed the rebel, and then wiped out all his followers, resulting in the vacancy of the prime minister and some of the officials below.
The most embarrassing thing is that Liu Ju can still make decisions for low-level officials, but even the prince is not qualified to appoint positions like the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers.
In this situation, the only person who can make decisions in Chang'an is the crown prince. Now even he has run away. Chang'an...what a mess it will be!
After Liu Che knew about this, he remained silent and just turned to look at Liu Tan with a condemning look in his eyes.
When Liu Tan understood the look, he was stunned: What did he do?
Liu Che simply said: "Juer has really learned bad things from you."
Liu Tan looked bewildered. "No, what does this have to do with him? Liu Ju is nine years older than him. How can he be blamed for this? Even if he wanted to learn bad things, he would learn them from you, right?"
It's a pity that even though Liu Tan was more natural in front of Liu Che, he didn't dare to say this out loud. He was afraid of the attack from his father's evil hand.
Since the prince was here, Liu Che's dream of continuing to drift was shattered, and everyone had to speed up and reach the shore as soon as possible.
However, the only thing that reassured them was that there should be no problem on the way back, as Liu Ju must have already led his men to clear the way.
When the main ship docked, Liu Tan looked at Liu Ju and other officials standing on the shore and in a trance really thought that the place they were in was the territory of the Han Dynasty.
There's no way, the sense of déjà vu is just too strong.
Liu Ju seemed a little excited. In the past, Liu Tan always met him calmly and unhurriedly. Even when he was sick, in such a critical moment, he explained everything in a soft voice and comforted Liu Tan not to worry or be too anxious.
Although Liu Ju was standing there straight in a formal suit, his body swayed slightly from time to time, and he looked as if he couldn't wait to fly onto the boat to see his father and brother first.
It takes an extremely long time for a large ship to dock. From the time Liu Ju and his companions saw the ship to the time it stopped steadily on the shore, half a day had passed.
Liu Ju originally wanted to go aboard to pick up his father in person, but before he could even get on board, he saw his brother and his men coming down ahead and saying to him, "Wait downstairs. Getting on and off the boat is not easy. Is your highness feeling well? Why are you here?"
Liu Ju was helpless: "It was fine if I didn't know the news before, but now that I know the news, how can I sit still?"
Liu Tan took a quick look and found that there was a man wearing local clothes standing next to him. The man had slightly dark skin and was not tall. He had a lot of accessories on his body, but in Liu Tan's eyes, he looked like a nouveau riche.
Just because he could stand next to Liu Ju, this person obviously had a high status and should be an official from Jiaozhi.
He asked, "Who is this?"
The man nodded slightly to Liu Tan and said something. Immediately, an interpreter beside him said, "The King of Jiaozhi is honored to meet His Majesty the King of the Northern Territory."
Liu Tan: ...
The level of interpretation is not good. Is this how luck is used?
However, it is good to have an interpreter, and his requirements are not that high.
Liu Tan did not expect that the King of Jiaozhi would come in person. When he first came, the King of Jiaozhi was not there.
Of course, this is not the fault of the King of Jiaozhi. The King of Jiaozhi did want to meet the King of the North, but he felt that it should be the King of the North who came to see him in person on his own territory, so he was waiting.
Unexpectedly, after arriving in Jiaozhi, the King of the North settled down in a farm near the shipyard and never came out again. Not to mention coming to see him, even the officials they sent out never saw His Royal Highness the King of the North again.
The King of Jiaozhi was proud of his status. Although Jiaozhi was not a large country, he was still qualified to be on equal footing with the King of the North even in the Han Dynasty. So he was angry and was ready to see when His Royal Highness the King of the North would come, or whether His Royal Highness did not even understand the slightest bit of diplomatic etiquette.
If he really doesn't understand...The King of Jiaozhi doesn't think he would mind teaching him a lesson.
It's not surprising that young people don't know what's good for them, but someone should teach her a lesson.
Unexpectedly, the King of the North had no intention of meeting him at all, and blew up their harbor before leaving.
The King of Jiaozhi had heard before that it was the King of the Northern Territory who bombed the Kingdom of Qilan. However, he always had doubts about this and was so polite to Liu Tan just to paralyze him.
At that time, the King of Jiaozhi had already decided to wait until he captured the King of the North before taking revenge.
Then His Royal Highness the King of the North invited him to watch a fireworks display for free. Since then, the King of Jiaozhi could not accept the three words "King of the North" in any combination, and the two words "Liu Tan" were even more unacceptable. He would be terrified whenever he heard them.
He really hoped that when His Royal Highness the King of the North came back, he would not come to him again, even though he knew that this wish was a bit extravagant, but what if?
Unexpectedly, the King of the North had not returned yet, but the Prince arrived first.
He hadn't heard that the prince had done anything excessive during his journey, but the problem was that his appearance meant that the King of the North would definitely come here!
This time, the King of Jiaozhi did not dare to be arrogant. After all, it was the prince who came, and it was not shameful for him to come to greet him in person.
Even so, his attentive attitude still made Liu Ju a little wary. You know, when Liu Tan stayed here to build ships, he had been communicating with Chang'an. He knew that the King of Jiaozhi did not go to see Liu Tan in person, and he was very angry at the time. He took note of the King of Jiaozhi. In addition, Jiaozhi also plotted against his brother. In his eyes, the King of Jiaozhi was no different from a dead man.
Now this dead man is more attentive to him than to his brother. Is he also plotting against him?
Liu Ju pretended to be friendly with the King of Jiaozhi while sending people to investigate. Then he was completely dumbfounded by the results of the investigation - he never expected that the King of Jiaozhi was scared into such a coward by his brother.
He was so cowardly that as the king of a country, he had to personally come to greet the ships of other countries.
It was also fortunate that Liu Che was on the ship. After all, he was the emperor of the Celestial Empire, and he was able to restore some of the dignity of the King of Jiaozhi.
After Liu Tan finished speaking, he and Liu Ju waited on Liu Che's left and right for him to get off the boat.
Before getting off the boat, Liu Che specially changed into a set of court clothes - it was also thanks to Liu Tan that he prepared enough luggage, and he took everything he should and shouldn't take. Otherwise, Liu Che would probably have to get off the boat in casual clothes.
All the other clothes were snatched away by the natives. Liu Che basically didn't want the clothes he had worn three times, let alone the clothes that were snatched away by the natives.
Liu Ju was very excited to see Liu Che and immediately stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Your son pays homage to the emperor."
Before he could bow, Liu Che helped him up, looked him up and down and said, "You've lost weight."
Liu Tan, standing aside, took the opportunity to "complain": "Your Highness wasn't this thin when I left the capital!"
Liu Ju didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You remembered it wrong!"
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