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

Chapter 81 I ask you if it's true
Early the next morning.

As soon as the palace gate was opened, the court judge Li You quickly rushed into the Weiyang Palace, reporting continuously along the way. He arrived at the Xuanshi Hall just as the emperor arrived.

"What's the matter?"

Li You did not dare to neglect it and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, someone reported the Prime Minister last night and secretly colluded with the princes!"

Ok?
After hearing this, Liu Che's eyes narrowed slightly.

Without his signal, the eunuch beside him waved his hand quickly, and the palace servants on both sides retreated outside the hall upon seeing this.

"I conducted a surprise interrogation overnight. According to the person who exposed the incident, a prince had approached him not long ago and asked him to act as a middleman, promising..."

The Chief Justice slowly recounted the whole story, of course, what he had learned from Zhuo Chengye and Li You's "interrogation".

The emperor did not express his opinion immediately after hearing this. He just paced in the hall with his hands behind his back, looking thoughtful.

Not long after.

Liu Che looked gloomy and asked, "Why did he go to the court to report right after leaving Li Cai's house?"

Li You followed behind him with a serious look on his face: "The merchant confessed, and the princes came to look for him, so he dared not disobey."

"In the end, I took a huge risk to act as a matchmaker, but the Prime Minister only gave me a verbal promise to exonerate my family, and even asked me to give up all my family assets. I was so angry."

"I was terrified and afraid of your majesty's majesty, so I reported it."

Hear the words.

Liu Che's expression did not change at all, and he obviously did not believe it.

Li You, the court judge, also didn't believe it. "I think this person must have failed to achieve his goal and is resentful. He wants to report the prime minister and make amends for his crime!"

To commit a crime and make meritorious service?

When Liu Che heard this, he stopped and asked, "Zhuo Chengye, a member of the Zhuo family?"

"Yes, Master Zhuo."

"I remember that the Minister of Agriculture was framing his family with a crime. He wanted to use this incident to hope that the court would spare his family?"

Li You nodded again, "Yes!"

At this moment.

The emperor's doubts were alleviated, and he stopped dwelling on the accuser. Instead, he asked in a cold tone, "Which prince is hanging out with the prime minister?"

"The King of Jidong, Liu Pengli."

As soon as the Chief Justice announced the name, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became stagnant.

At this time.

The eunuch who was listening beside him was shocked, his eyes widened, and he lowered his voice to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Jidong is the King of Liang..."

Halfway through his speech, the old eunuch seemed to realize that he had said something wrong and quickly shut up, but he had actually already mentioned what he wanted to say -

King Jidong is the son of King Liang!

He was the King of Liang, Liu Wu, who once sent assassins to kill the nine ministers of the dynasty and attempted to seize the throne!
If the description is more precise...

In the past, Empress Dowager Dou wanted Emperor Jing to make Liu Wu the crown prince, so that the younger brother would succeed the elder brother. Emperor Jing asked his ministers, and the ministers said, "You should make your son the crown prince."

Afterwards, Liu Che, King of Jiaodong, became the crown prince.

However, when King Liang learned about this, he was furious and immediately sent assassins to kill the ministers who supported "establishing a son"!

View it from this.

In Liu Che's memory, what kind of impression did he have of his second uncle?
The hatred extends to the whole family. When looking at his second uncle's son, Liu Che always looked at him with tinted glasses. It would be better if he didn't jump at ordinary times. But once he jumped, then...

"He's courting death!"

The emperor's extremely cold voice rang out in the Xuanshi Hall, "He colluded with the Prime Minister, does he want to be the next King of Huainan? Li Cai wants to be the next Tian Fen!?"

Faced with the emperor who was obviously furious, the Chief Justice and the eunuchs both shut up.

"The court will search immediately..."

Liu Che wanted to search Li Cai's residence immediately, but he suddenly stopped talking and turned to look at the eunuch and ordered, "Go, call the Weiwei!"

Although the old eunuch was puzzled, he did not dare to neglect it.

For a moment.

Zhang Qian, dressed in military uniform, quickly entered the palace. Liu Che was already sitting high on the dragon couch. Without waiting for him to salute, he directly ordered: "Send the imperial guards into the palace to replace the guards!"

"Seal the palace gates and do not allow anyone to enter or leave. From now on, no one is allowed to open the armory without my order, not even the Prime Minister!"

"Do it now!" Zhang Qian's face changed instantly after hearing this. He was suspicious, but he realized that the situation was serious and it was not the time to ask questions. He immediately clasped his fists and said:

"Here!"

After he left, Liu Che looked at the court judge again and said coldly: "Take your men to search Li Cai's mansion. If you find evidence, put him in jail immediately!"

"Yes!"

As the emperor issued orders one after another, the eunuch Ling, who was standing by with his head lowered, was already sneering in his heart, thinking:
"Li Cai, Li Cai, let's see how you can jump around this time!"

The emperor's actions have already revealed his murderous intentions. Blocking the palace gates is to isolate the inside and the outside and prevent news from being transmitted from inside the palace to outside.

The imperial guards were dispatched into the palace to replace the Langwei in order to guard against the Langzhongling Li Guang, and the armory was put under martial law in order to prevent Li Cai from becoming desperate!
The desire to kill has arisen.

The emperor would not leave any room for resistance, not even a trace of possibility...

Perhaps it was because Liu Che's arrangements were meticulous, or perhaps he overestimated the person he had to guard against, the Chief Justice led people to search the Marquis of Le'an's Mansion with great fanfare.

Li Cai did not do anything desperate.

Li Guang did not do anything reckless.

Old Man Li was on his way to the palace to take up his post. After hearing about this, he didn't even go to Weiyang Palace, but went straight to Le'an Marquis Mansion, and then...

"What are you doing!"

"How dare you break into the Prime Minister's residence and search it at will?" Li Guang shouted at the people who were searching the mansion as he walked quickly inside.

at this time.

The once magnificent and luxurious Le'an Marquis Mansion was in chaos.

Outside the palace, there were imperial guardsmen with swords on their shoulders, and the maids and servants inside the palace were driven to the corner of the wall. All who came and went were law officers from the Supreme Court dressed in black and wearing black crowns.

Although they have the same surname, Li, Tingwei Li You has no relationship with the Longxi Li family. At this moment, he was standing in the courtyard. Seeing Li Guang loudly questioning, he took out something calmly.

"I am acting on the orders of His Majesty, Doctor-in-Chief, please do not make mistakes!"

"Humph!"

Li Guang snorted coldly, without even looking at the handwritten letter, he walked around the courtyard and went straight to the back hall.

On the way here, he realized that something was wrong.

Unless there is definite news, Your Majesty will not use force against the Prime Minister, but if he does, it means that the matter is not trivial.

Li Guang roared that time ago just to see how serious the matter was.

Turns out, it’s really big!
"Those guys outside say that you are colluding with the princes. Is that true?" In the back hall, Li Guang spoke quickly and stared at Li Cai.

And the Prime Minister Li Cai.

At this moment, he sat in the main seat in a daze, with no expression on his face. He ignored the law officers coming in and out, and also ignored his cousin who was angry and anxious in front of him.

Seeing this, Li Guang became more and more angry and his voice became a few notches higher.

"I'm asking you if this is true!?"

Li Cai remained unmoved and even closed his eyes. However, his ashen face and clenched fists showed that he was not at peace inside.

From the moment the Chief Justice entered the palace.

Li Cai knew that he was doomed and there was nothing he could do to save himself...

"Found it, here it is!"

"here!"

There were shouts from outside, and soon, the Chief Justice Li You walked into the hall with a dragon-shaped jade pendant and a piece of silk in his hands, with a solemn expression.

"The evidence is irrefutable that the Prime Minister is colluding with the princes. I am following your Majesty's order..."

talking.

The court judge's tone suddenly turned cold, "Li Cai, please!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a look of pain suddenly appeared on Li Cai's face. In an instant, he seemed to have aged by more than ten years.

Li Guang, who had been furious before, stared at the thing in the court judge's hand, looked at the two tokens, then looked at his cousin, pointed at the man, and said in a trembling voice:

"Where is the energy you used to mock me back then?"

"what!?"

(End of this chapter)