My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 1 Wolf Ambition
The first year of Yuanshou, the fifth month of summer.

Changan.

Weiyang Palace.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment..." The eunuch who answered bowed slightly and gestured towards the inner room.

Inside the Xuanshi Hall, one could faintly hear the emperor talking to someone.

"It doesn't matter."

Liu Ju waved his hand. He was not in a hurry. Since his stepfather was handling state affairs, he could wait a while.

Anyway, what he has the most right now is time.

It has been only a month since he came to this era. Thanks to Liu Ju's identity, he has gradually figured out his own situation when he was bored.

How should I put it? It should be:

Mixed joys and sorrows!

The joy comes from the fact that this is an era in which heroes emerge in large numbers, such as Sima Qian who compiled "Records of the Grand Historian", Dong Zhongshu who promoted Confucianism, Zhang Qian who opened up the Silk Road, Li Guang who was difficult to be granted a title... and so on, there are countless of them.

And the most shining one.

None is more so than Wei Qing who entered Mobei seven times and Huo Qubing who conquered the Wolf's Lair!
To be honest, Liu Ju was very excited to be able to dance with them in the tide of the times.

of course.

The two most shining pillars of the empire, one is his uncle and the other is his eldest cousin, which makes Liu Ju even more excited...

After talking about joy, the next thing naturally comes is sorrow.

As the saying goes, Xiao He is also a success, and Xiao He is a failure.

The one who pushed the tide of the times forward, Liu Ju's cheap father, was the source of Liu Ju's slight sadness.

No special reason.

Just because his name is Liu Ju and his father’s name is Liu Che!
The man who was later called Emperor Wu of Han was indeed a complete mess. It is said that a tiger father will have a dog son, but if the father is too "tiger", the son may not be able to bear it.

The First Emperor is a lesson for us. What happened to Prince Fusu?
If this is an isolated case, then what about Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang, their original princes?
There is no need to think too much and then associate it with yourself.

Liu Ju's destiny was heading in this direction!

With the cheap father's words "the son is not like the father", the conflict between father and son became more and more serious, and finally led to a tragedy...

Thinking of this, Liu Ju let out a sigh of relief.

Prince Fusu is beyond saving, but his crown prince Liu Ju should... no, he can definitely be saved, and who knows, he may even be able to do great things.

Because he is no longer the same person as before!

Calm down and collect your thoughts.

Liu Ju stopped letting his mind wander and while standing still, he vaguely heard the end of the conversation in the hall.

"The King of Huainan has been accused of treason, so it must be true. Your Majesty, I am willing to rush to Huainan to investigate the case!"

After saying this, a deep and rich voice sounded, "In this case... the Tingwei will go for a visit."

"Here!"

Not long after, a thin minister walked out of the Xuanshi Hall.

When he saw Liu Ju waiting outside, he raised his eyebrows, bowed, and left without saying a word after the greeting.

Liu Ju didn't care and walked into the hall.

"Greetings, Father. Your son..."

He came here today to go out of the palace to find Huo Qubing, but he had only said half of his polite request when he raised his eyes and met a pair of indifferent and cold eyes!

This moment.

Liu Ju's heart skipped a beat and he was speechless for a moment.

The middle-aged man behind the imperial desk sensed that the atmosphere was not right and realized who the visitor was. He immediately adjusted his demeanor when answering the ministers and his expression became much gentler.

"Come."

Liu Che patted his side and motioned for him to come forward and sit down. "You are already the crown prince. You should behave like a crown prince in the future. Father will teach you something today."

His father was obviously in a bad mood. Liu Ju guessed that it was related to the treason case they had discussed before. He sat obediently beside the dragon couch tactfully.

Pretend to listen carefully.

The emperor looked out of the palace, paused, and then said: "Remember, the first thing a monarch should do is not show his joy or anger on his face."

"A minister may be speechless, but a king should never be. Even if you are wrong, you must speak your mind to the end!"

"Do you remember it?"

As a son, he could not think about whether it was too early to teach such a young man this, so he could only respond:

"Yes, I will remember this."

"Well, now that you are here, just watch me deal with the memorials. It will not do any harm." Liu Che picked up a scroll of bamboo slips on the desk, frowned, and buried his head in the documents.

However, only he himself knew that while his eyes were fixed on the memorial, his mind was thinking about something else. The emperor was indeed in a bad mood today.

In other words, if the prince had not been present at this time, the emperor would have been furious!
King Huainan Liu An was exposed by his own grandson and was planning a rebellion. There were signs of this before, and the emperor was not surprised, let alone angry about it.

What really made him angry was that he had just learned that many years ago, Prime Minister Tian Fen had made a promise to King Huainan.

A treasonous promise -

"The emperor has no crown prince. Once he dies, the emperor's grandson, the King of Huainan Liu An, will take the throne!"

I'm not even dead yet, but you're already thinking about the throne?

Thinking of this, Liu Che's eyes couldn't help but become gloomy, and he was filled with murderous intent. "If Tian Fen is still alive, the whole family should be killed!"

Even though Tian Fen was his uncle...

Since the deceased was gone, the emperor no longer pursued the matter, but he still cared about the reason behind their ill intentions.

Otherwise, why would he call Liu Ju to sit with him?

It was nothing more than the emperor's subconscious announcement to the world: "There was no crown prince then, but now there is one!"

Compared to Emperor Wen who got married and had children at the age of fourteen or fifteen, Liu Che also got married at the age of fifteen, but he had his first son at the age of twenty-nine.

At this age, one can now say that it is a great honor to have a child in old age!

As for the reason for early marriage and late childbearing, it involves the extreme tug of war between Liu Che and three women when he first ascended the throne. There were too many loves, hates, and vengeances, so it is better not to mention them.

In short.

When a country has no crown prince, evil spirits will arise everywhere.

If the emperor's uncle can be a traitor, the princes are even more ready to make a move!

It was not until more than a month ago that Liu Che finally appointed the Crown Prince, and the country was somewhat at peace. Thinking of this, he put down the bamboo slips in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is the Emperor's uncle from Huainan going to take desperate measures when he sees the situation is getting bad?"

'snort! ’

'wild ambition! '

At this moment, a weak voice came from the side, "Father?"

Something is wrong today. Liu Ju leaned against his adoptive father and felt cold. He couldn't stand the ever-changing "father's love", so he couldn't help but speak out to test it.

Liu Che turned his head and saw a little face pretending to be worried, which looked like a little mischievous.

"Whoa!"

When the emperor saw this, he burst out laughing and thought to himself, what am I doing? The prince is still young, no matter how big the storm is, it is not his turn to bear the brunt of it.

Liu Che suppressed the stress reaction caused by the old words.

"Alright." He waved his sleeves and returned to his usual casual demeanor. "I know you're not here to see me. Are you going to leave the palace?"

Seeing that his father had regained some of his humanity, Liu Ju hurriedly said, "Father, my cousin is going to teach me archery today!"

"Oh, go ahead."

The emperor naturally allowed Liu Ju to leave the palace to find Huo Qubing. Liu Ju bowed, thanked his father, and then ran out.

Drawing the bow and drawing the arrow is countless times better than sitting in the Xuanshi room. Liu Ju didn't want to stay here any longer.

In the empty and silent hall, the emperor was silent for a moment as he watched the prince leave. He seemed to see his own childhood self, who was just as active and lively, just like him...

but.

Sentiment is only temporary, rationality is the eternal emperor.

Liu Che picked up the memorial again, put aside all distractions, and was about to start reviewing it when suddenly, he frowned and thought of something.

Then he gave an order outside the hall.

……

"what?"

At the north gate of Weiyang Palace, Liu Ju was looking at a young military officer and exclaiming in surprise.

The young man holding the sword thought that the prince didn't hear clearly, so he reported again: "Your Highness, I, the Minister Su Wu, have been ordered to escort Your Highness out of the palace!"

Su Wu, the one herding sheep in the North Sea?
Liu Ju looked the man up and down. He was young, with an upright figure, and did not look at all like the old man described in the Chinese textbook.

After looking for a while, he realized what was going on.

Yes.

Nowadays, Su Wu is still a young man.

"Good, good." Liu Ju nodded frequently at the palace gate. He was unhappy with the emperor's father's weirdness today, but he liked the guards sent by the emperor's father very much.

"Minister Su, please get in the carriage and be my driver."

"go!"

(End of this chapter)