Chapter 43 Chapter 39 The Death of the Prince

The unfortunate thing finally happened... When Shi De heard this, his snow-white beard trembled with anger, "The treacherous officials are messing up the country, if the emperor listens to him, the crown prince will be in danger..." Ganquan Palace, located in the north of Chang'an, is famous for its sweet spring valley, with hot springs and palaces inside. Emperor Wu often came here to recuperate and handle political affairs in his later years. At night, the moonlight melts, and Emperor Wu is lucky to drive to the Palace of Thousand Veils. Before Emperor Wu walked into the tent, he was fascinated by the scent of orchids. He squinted his eyes and waved his hands to let the servants avoid him. Then he separated the heavy curtains with his hands and walked towards the inner room. Concubine Yu - Lijuan.

Parting layers of emerald green curtains, a girl as beautiful as a fairy walked over with light steps. She didn't wear brocade clothes, because her skin was as soft as water, and the emperor was afraid that the belt would make marks. Concubine Yu's body was only covered with a layer of pink gauze as thin as a cicada's wings, which made her look more graceful and light, and the closer she got to her, the stronger the fragrance emitted from her body. As soon as the aged Emperor Wu picked her up, he gasped, so he had to put her down, and walked towards the inner room with her in his arms.Emperor Wu sat down on the imperial chair and hugged Concubine Yu in his arms, half-closed his eyes, admiring her body, and couldn't help chanting:

Concubine Yu also sang, dancing and singing with the beautiful music. The graceful dancing posture and soft singing made Emperor Wu ecstasy, especially the fragrance emanating from the jade body made the emperor ecstatic. Before the dance was over, Emperor Wu, who had long been unable to restrain himself, jumped up, embraced her under the thousand-layered tent, and tore off the veil wrapped around her body, revealing her body as clean as jade... Regardless of his age, Emperor Wu Old and frail, he threw himself on her body... Emperor Wu hugged her tightly, and whispered: "My concubine, you can't go to the stars, I lost Mrs. Li, and I can't live without you..."

After finishing his work, the gray-haired emperor was panting, dripping with cold sweat, dizzy... "Come on." The servant hurried in and helped Emperor Wu onto the soft sedan chair, and carried him back to the bedroom. Emperor Wu's body became weaker and weaker, he often felt dizzy and confused, and his brain was empty, but he still kept going to the Palace of Thousand Veils to pamper Concubine Yu. Emperor Wu himself said something like this: If a widow is lustful, she can go without food for three days, but she cannot live without a woman for a day. At noon that day, Emperor Wu went to the Qianwei Palace to favor Concubine Yu and came back, so he collapsed on the dragon couch and fell asleep in a daze...

Suddenly, he saw hundreds of small wooden men attacking him with sticks in their hands. Emperor Wu was terrified and shouted: "Kill them quickly, kill them quickly!" "The emperor wakes up, the emperor wakes up." The servant hurriedly woke up Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu opened his eyes and saw the sun was high outside the window. He knew it was a nightmare. The servant helped him to sit up. Emperor Wu was panting and felt cold sweat dripping from his back. The servant hurriedly brought a towel to help the emperor wipe it. At night, those little wooden figures always appeared in front of Emperor Wu's eyes. He couldn't get rid of them, and he was afraid and hated.

When Jiang Chong sent the memorial, he saw that Emperor Wu was very old, and he heard Su Wen, a close servant of Emperor Wu, say that Emperor Wu dreamed about the little wooden man. He thought that the opportunity to get rid of the prince had come. Jiang Chong, a native of Handan, Zhao State, a conspiratorial subverter like Zhao Gao of the Qin Dynasty, he is cunning and unscrupulous.When he was still in Zhao State, he was already notorious.For personal purposes, he married his beautiful younger sister to Liu Dan, the Prince of Zhao, and separated the relationship between King Zhao and the Prince, causing the Prince to kill King Zhao.

Later, because Liu Dan wanted to kill him, he fled to Chang'an, sued Liu Dan for treason, and Emperor Wu sent troops to Zhao Guo to kill Liu Dan.Emperor Wu saw that Jiang Chong was a good-looking talent, but he didn't know the darkness and viciousness in his heart, so he kept Jiang Chong by his side.Sealed as embroidered clothes, he directly supervised the royal family and dignitaries. Once, the prince's people took a car to Ganquan Palace to greet Emperor Wu. Jiang Chong found that their car was driving on the imperial road dedicated to the emperor, so he detained the prince's people.Unexpectedly, Jiang Chong didn't buy the prince's account at all, and reported the matter to Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu praised him for his good work and promoted him to be the captain of Shuiheng.Since then, the prince and Jiang Chong have had a grudge.

Emperor Wu asked him: "Aiqing, what do you think is the reason for this nightmare?" Jiang Chong took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, according to what I have seen, the holy majesty's poor health in recent years is caused by this witchcraft." "Witch Gu... It's this evil witch Gu again!" Emperor Wu's face turned livid. He remembered that Empress Chen used a witch to curse Wei Zifu and was deposed, and Gongsun He's son was exterminated because of witchcraft, which caused me to kill two princesses. "Then now, who is using witchcraft to curse me?"

"Then... we have to investigate carefully." Jiang Chong said again secretly, "My lord, according to my opinion, someone must have buried witches and wooden figures in the palace. God entrusted you to protect you." Emperor Wu said angrily: "I will order you to investigate the witchcraft case now, and you must find out." "The minister obeys the order." Jiang Chong called Su Wen to his residence for a secret discussion.The two were drinking and biting their ears.Su Wen said: "Don't worry, I will send people to Taiwo Palace and Changle Palace to do it."

Su Wen, Jiang Chong's confidant, was recommended by Jiang Chong as Emperor Wu's close servant.So he is very grateful to Jiang Chong, and Jiang Chong is naturally giving him advice. So a ground digging operation started in the palace to clear the witchcraft. Jiang Chong led a group of people to dig the entire palace on the surface, but actually concentrated on digging the palace of the crown prince and the Changle Palace of the empress Wei Zifu. The prince's servant urgently reported to the prince: "Your Majesty, it's not good. Jiang Chong dug out a small wooden figure in the garden and a silk script, saying that there were vicious words cursing the emperor on it. Jiang Chong is going to report to the emperor at Ganquan Palace."

The princess on the side burst into tears immediately after hearing this, "My God, what can I do?" When the prince heard this, he stood up suddenly, pushed the book away, and said, "Go and call the Taifu." "yes." So Shi De, the prince's teacher, hurried in. "See Your Majesty the Prince." "Come and sit down." "Your Majesty, is it about digging witchcraft for Jiang Chong?" "Exactly. Now Jiang Chong has dug up a little wooden figure and a silk book cursing the emperor in my palace, and is about to go to Ganquan Palace to report to the emperor. If the emperor listens to his slander, wouldn't it be a catastrophe? So I came to you Let's discuss it." Shi De's grandfather and father have been the prince's teachers for three generations. He has been the prince's tutor for seven years, and the prince trusts him very much.When Shi De heard this, his snow-white beard trembled with anger, "Traitors are messing up the country, traitors are messing up the country, prince, if the emperor listens to him, the prince will be in danger." "What should I do?" Shi De pondered for a while, and said, "Let this old man think about it..." The prince said angrily: "Jiang Chong, he also knows that once I succeed the Datong, I will never reuse his chief scriptures to frame Zhao Wang and his son's treacherous person, so now he is clearly trying to use witchcraft to get rid of it." drop me." "The prince is right. You are in a very dangerous situation now. Does the prince not know what happened to Fusu, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang? Aren't you also in a critical situation at this moment? Fusu believed Zhao Gao's false edict and chose to commit suicide. Prince, you must not repeat the same mistakes, now you will be killed by treacherous ministers, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to preemptively kill Jiang Chong to get out of danger." "You mean you want me to kill the envoys of my father?" "Exactly." "No, this is a decree of resistance. I have sent someone to report to Oasis Palace. If not, I will go there myself." Shi De was in a hurry, coughed a few times, panted and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't kill him, if he has already gone to the Ganquan official to slander the emperor, how can you tell?" "This……" "Your Majesty the Prince, the ancestors of our Shi family have been loyal ministers to the emperor for generations. There has never been anyone who rebelled. Now it is a last resort. Besides, Jiang Chong was killed for the court. If you don't kill him, His Majesty the Prince will be in danger. The old minister is pure. It's out of helplessness." Yes, the prince is also thinking about it. Teacher Shi De’s family has produced thirteen high-ranking officials who were granted two thousand shi by the emperor. His grandfather Shi Fen held a high position when he was Emperor Jing, and his father Shi Qing was also the prime minister of Emperor Wu. The family has been loyal to the imperial court for generations. The grandfather has been the emperor's teacher for three generations. Shi De has been his teacher for seven years. How can their loyalty be false?At this moment, isn't his idea Chi to help him out of danger! ...But Jiang Chong is the person who handles the case according to the order, and assassinating him is a crime of treason... The prince hesitated, and his subordinates came to report: "Your Majesty, the chariots and horses you sent to Ganquan Palace were stopped by Jiang Chong's people. Now Jiang Chong has come to the palace gate and guarded the palace gate." "Ah, he started first. Master, what should we do?" "Kill Jiang Chong, and then report to the emperor." Shi De said calmly. "It has to be like this." Therefore, the prince sent his confidants to escape through the back door, pretending to be the emperor's envoys, and went outside the official gate to pass on the imperial decree. "The imperial decree has arrived, and Jiang Chong accepts it." Jiang Chong, Su Wen and Hou Han said that the three of them looked at each other in dismay. Could it be that the sage had changed his mind, so they all knelt down to accept the order. "The emperor's decree: Jiang Chong ignored the laws of the country, committed crimes, and framed the prince. Now he orders the envoy to take him down and hand him over to the prince for punishment." Su Wen saw that the envoy didn't look like someone from the palace, but seemed to have seen him in the prince's mansion, so he hurriedly pushed Jiang Chong and Han who were kneeling next to him and said in a low voice, "It's fake." Jiang Chong had doubts in his heart, so he immediately became alert and asked: "Since it is an imperial decree, can you let me see the imperial seal?" The envoy said: "Do you want to resist the decree? Is the decree still false?" Han said he stood up and reached out to grab the imperial decree. "If it's true, let's test it." The samurai standing behind the envoy was in a hurry, and killed Han Shuo with a single blow of his sword. "Give them all to me." Jiang was arrested immediately, but Su Wen fled in chaos. The door of the East Palace was opened, and the crown prince came out, pointing at Jiang Chong and scolding: "Jiang Chong, you traitor to the country, isn't it enough for you to kill Zhao Wang and his son? Now you are here to separate our king and his son again, you... " "Prince, spare your life. I'm just carrying out the emperor's order. It's because the emperor has the idea of ​​abolishing the elders and setting up the young, so he ordered us to blame the prince." "Destroy the elders and establish the young"... This sentence, which the prince was originally extremely sensitive, now made the prince lose his mind like a thunderbolt. "So, you tricked me to entrap me. I know that you were afraid that I would not reuse you if I became emperor, so you poisoned me...you...you are such an ambitious villain, whoever reuses you will suffer !" Jiang Chong knew that since he fell into the hands of the prince, he could not escape death, so he replied: "The prince killed me now, just to relieve his hatred, in fact, you will inevitably die in the end, and your crown prince can still be kept for a few days. ? The Holy Majesty likes Fuling, not you. If the crown prince doesn't kill me, I might still be able to help the crown prince in front of the emperor, otherwise..." "Shut up, you treacherous villain, it was you who instigated us in front of the emperor to make us father and son kill each other. Didn't you kill the emperor's two princesses and my two sisters? Now you are here to kill me again!" , Hmph, come here, break him into pieces for me!" Jiang Chong was hacked to death immediately. The prince was about to kill Su Wen, but he disappeared. Shi De rushed to the gate, saw that the prince had killed Jiang Chong and others, and disappeared Su Wen, he stomped his feet anxiously, and said in surprise: "The disaster is serious, the prince should take Jiang Chong to Ganquan Palace, and appeal to the emperor to tell the truth." , now kill him and run away from Su Wen, Su Wen must have reported to the emperor." "Then according to the teacher's opinion, what should we do?" The prince was also anxious. "Now only by reporting to the queen immediately and using the palace guards can we resist the eventuality." "According to what the master said. I will go to Changle Palace to meet the Queen. You organize the troops in the Crown Prince's womb." "Prince, don't worry." The prince got on his horse and led a group of guards to the queen's palace. "Mother, it's not good..." The prince reported what happened to the queen. Wei Zifu was shocked when he heard this, almost fainted, and said with tears: "Son, you have caused a catastrophe. The emperor is old and can do anything. We can't stop him if he wants to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones." , It’s just that I can’t hurt my son’s life no matter what, the two princesses have already been killed, so why not kill my eldest son? Oh my god, what’s going on here!” The prince said anxiously: "Mother, don't be sad. Yier sees that the father is determined, and we have no choice but to stand up and defend ourselves. Mother can only use the queen's seal to mobilize the palace guards. We may be able to resist one or two, otherwise we will have to defend ourselves." Sit and wait." The queen knelt down to the north and prayed: "Your Majesty, the heavens have learned from you. The concubine has been in the palace for decades and has never violated the rules and regulations. It is really a last resort to issue the seal today. I also hope that God will protect me and protect my mother and son from traitors." Kill." After saying that, he handed the queen's seal to the prince, and the prince knelt to receive it and was about to leave when the queen called again: "Slow down." The prince turned his head, and the queen said: "Go and ask someone to escort the mother and son of the concubine and Liu Jin and his son in. If they die, they will die together." After saying this, tears fell like rain. The prince said, "Yes." In Ganquan Palace, Emperor Wu and Mrs. Gouyi bathed in Ganquan. Flower petals were sprinkled in the pool of Ganquan, exuding bursts of fragrance. Mrs. Gouyi gently poured the spring water on Emperor Wu’s back with her slender hands. She massages.After several days of insomnia, Emperor Wu became restless. As long as he closed his eyes, the little puppets would come down with sticks. Only soaking in the spring water would he feel calmer.Emperor Wu wanted to hug Mrs. Guyi, but he felt exhausted, so he could only hold her in his arms and stroke her jade body... Emperor Wu was reading in the study, and Sima Qian presented the written biographies of the cruel officials to Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu looked at it and said angrily: "You don't save any sympathy in writing history. Although Du Zhou is a bit cool, he is still my loyal minister." Sima Qian hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I just write from the facts, I'm afraid there will be someone cooler than Zhang Tang in the court." "What do you mean?" Emperor Wu was a little impatient. "Your Majesty," Sima Qian knelt down, "Recently, Jiang Chong was digging the ground in the palace to find witchcraft. I think it is too absurd, it will damage the dignity of the emperor, and it will also affect the prestige of the empress and the prince. I have a premonition that there will be a disaster. The Holy Majesty takes back his order and punishes Jiang Chong severely." "Sima Qian, you must be serious. If it weren't for your loyalty, I would definitely punish you." "Your Majesty..." Sima Qian said with tears, "The last time he made a witchcraft attack, the Emperor compensated the two princesses. This time, I'm afraid more people will be endangered." "Sima Qian, do you still want to be tortured again?" Emperor Wu was impatient.At this time, Su Wen stumbled in and reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the prince rebelled and killed Jiang Chong and Han said that I escaped." "What? Tell me the details." "Your Majesty, Jiang Chong dug up a small puppet and a silk script in the Crown Prince's womb, on which were written vicious curses on the Emperor. Jiang Chong was killed by the Crown Prince when he wanted to report to the Emperor." "Go back to Jianzhang Palace." Emperor Wu stood up suddenly and ordered. Sima Qian walked up to Emperor Wu, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, the prince has always been based on benevolence and righteousness, and he is even more loyal to the Holy Majesty. How could he suddenly rebel? This fact is strange. The Majesty might as well call the prince here It’s not too late to make a decision after asking about the situation.” Emperor Wu sat down and sighed: "Taishi Ling's words are reasonable. The prince hates Jiang Chong so it is possible to kill him. Pass my order and let the prince come to Ganquan Palace to see me immediately." "yes." Emperor Wu leaned halfway on the chair. In the past two years, his appetite had decreased, and he was even more reluctant to eat when he was upset. Mrs. Gouyi was feeding the dew from the imperial dining room into the emperor's mouth with a small spoon like feeding a child. This is the 50-foot-high balcony of Ganquan Palace specially built for receiving dew water. The natural dew received by the jade cup on the platform is said to be able to live a long life. Emperor Wu could not eat anything, but he never refused food for longevity.While swallowing, he half-closed his eyes and thought: The prince is coming soon. Suddenly one after another people fled from Chang'an. "Your majesty, it's not good. The prince rebelled. All the palaces in Chang'an are under the prince's control. We all escaped." Emperor Wu suddenly stood up and shouted: "Go back to Jianzhang Palace." He also ordered: "Sima Qian, go with me. I want you, a historian, to see for yourself and witness how the prince rebelled." Sima Qian rode a horse and followed Emperor Wu's imperial chariot, and hurried to Chang'an. Emperor Wu quickly returned to Jianzhang Palace, and ordered Prime Minister Liu Quyu to command the Chang'an Southern Army to enter Changle Palace where the queen lived to arrest the prince.He also issued an edict to urgently dispatch the Third Auxiliary Army stationed near the capital to Beijing for reinforcements. Liu Quao said to Su Wen: "The crown prince must be finished, Changyi Wang Li crown prince has hope, God is helping me." Su Wen said: "Why be too happy, if you want to eliminate the prince, you have to be ruthless and make a quick decision, otherwise when the emperor wakes up, we will all be finished." So Liu Quyu hurriedly dispatched the southern army to fight fiercely with the prince's soldiers and horses, and spread the news of "the prince's rebellion", which made people's hearts turn. After the prince heard the news of the emperor's return to the city, he knew that the death penalty was inevitable, so he secretly negotiated with Shi De. Shi De is the prince's teacher. If the prince commits the crime of treason, he will not be able to escape the responsibility. He will live and die with the prince, so he suggested: "The prince was forced to defend himself, not a conspiracy. There are three plans. One is to organize the guards, gate officials and subordinates of Changle Palace, open the arsenal and distribute them; open the door, release the prisoners, and let them perform crimes and meritorious deeds." The prince nodded and said, "Just do it like this. You will be in command of the army. I will go to the Northern Army to transfer Ren An's soldiers and horses to support." The whole city of Chang'an was in chaos. The prince's mixed army shouted the slogan of crusade against the treacherous ministers and fought fiercely with the regular army of Prime Minister Liu Quyu. The people first heard the treacherous ministers' cries of rebellion, and then they all sided with the prince. Zhang Gong put down the rebellion, and the prince rebelled, so they closed their houses and dared not go out to join the war, so the prince's soldiers and horses dropped sharply, and the prisoners had already dispersed. Only the guards of Changle Palace and the prince's retainers and retainers were resisting. Prince.Dirty went to the Northern Army to ask Ren An to send troops. The Southern Army and the Northern Army were stationed in Chang'an City. When Ren An saw His Majesty the Prince coming, he hurried out of the camp to receive the talisman festival.The prince said: "The treacherous ministers make a rebellion, you immediately send troops to follow me to put down the rebellion and attack the traitors." Ren An promised: "I obey the decree." But when he returned to the barracks, he thought to himself how could he send troops without the decree?The father and son's Xiamu is temporary, following the crown prince to fight against the emperor's army, he must be convicted of treason afterwards, so they shut their doors and do not send troops. The prince's army fought with the prime minister's army and fought fiercely for three days and three nights. Blood was everywhere in Chang'an City, and the people were so frightened that they closed their doors and did not dare to show their faces. The prince's army was not the opponent of the regular army led by the prime minister. In addition, the three auxiliary troops who came here for reinforcements rushed to reinforce them, so they collapsed wherever they could resist, and the rest had to retreat to Changle Palace to hold on. Exhausted, the prince retreated to the mother's harem, and saw the princess and his two sons sitting with the mother. The prince knelt down to the queen and cried: "Mother, the child is not filial and failed to repel the thief Liu. The soldiers and horses of that dog thief have surrounded the Changle Palace. Now I just ask the queen to leave quickly. I will send soldiers to escort you away." Wei Zifu shook his head, and said calmly, "My child, the queen mother has decided to die, so hurry up and take them away." The prince knelt down and said with tears, "Please leave quickly, the queen mother. If the queen mother doesn't leave, the child will kneel and die here." The concubine also knelt down, "Mother, the child is going with you too, Your Majesty the crown prince, please take the child away quickly, don't let my family be broken." After saying that, she burst into tears. At this time, there were shouts outside the palace, and the retainers came in to report: "Your Majesty, the dog soldiers are rushing in." Wei Zifu stood up and said sharply, "Zi'er, if you don't leave, I will run right in front of you." The prince had no choice but to take his two sons and leave with tears. "Wait a minute, my lord..." The Crown Princess cried out. The prince stopped and turned his head. The prince's wife stared at the prince and his two sons, her heart was broken, and she wept, "Husband, it's a disaster from heaven, you must live with the children, as long as you can survive, you will have a bright future." After speaking, she stroked the two sons again The son's face was full of weeping, "You are all the blood of the royal family, you must live on..." "Mother..." The two children also cried loudly. The prince's guard was in a hurry: "Prince, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it out of the palace any later." The prince had to cry and bid farewell to the princess. After the prince left, the queen and the princess were fully dressed and took the white silk to prepare to commit suicide. Wei Zifu sighed to the crying maids beside him, "Well, there is nothing more unfortunate than being born in the emperor's family..." The prince, father and son fled to Fu'an Gate, Tian Ren, who was guarding the city at the north gate, saw that it was the prince and hurriedly said: "Ah, it's His Royal Highness..." Tian Ren bowed down. The prince said: "Sizhi Tianren, the traitor Jiang Chong has harmed me. It is irreparable now. Liu Quyu's men have surrounded Changle Palace. Please let my father and son go out. We will repay you in the future." As the prince spoke, he knelt down to Tian Ren, who was stopped by Tian Ren's hands. "Your Majesty, the prince, although I don't know the situation, I know the prince is loyal and benevolent, and I will never rebel. I must have been framed by a treacherous minister and came here. Now that the prince is in danger, Tian Ren has no reason to help, Tian Ren This will open the city gate for the prince." Tian Ren then opened the city gate and personally sent the prince out of Fu'an gate. The prince, father and son and several guards got on their horses and left. After the crown prince fled, Tian Ren's subordinates said, "My lord, I'm afraid something has happened." Tian Ren sighed: "Oh, who let the prince escape to the gate of the city that I am guarding, can I see death without saving him? This is probably God's will!" Not long after the prince escaped, Prime Minister Liu Qushang led his troops to chase him to Fu'an Gate. When he learned that the prince had been released by Tian Ren, Liu Qushang was furious and shouted: "Someone is here, take Tian Ren who released the prince killed." Si Zhitian Ren shouted: "I am wronged, the old minister is not guilty." Liu Quyu waved his hand: "." "Slow down!" Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was the imperial censor who had won the victory. He said, "Sizhi Tianren is the official of Erqianshi's court. Even if he is guilty of a crime, he must be killed, and he must ask the emperor for a judgment." Qu Yuan had no choice but to say, "Put him down first." The princes escaped from Chang'an and came to a place called Hu County (west of Lingbao County, Henan Province). At night, the prince gently knocked on the door of a family in Quanjiu. Just let them in. The two attendants of the prince said: "Old man, to be honest, he is His Royal Highness the prince. He escaped from the capital because he was framed by treacherous ministers. He wants to take refuge with you for a while. He will go back when the situation subsides. He will definitely report it again in the future." The old man hurriedly knelt down: "Ah, it turned out to be His Royal Highness, so please stay, but the hut is too shabby, and I'm afraid that His Highness will be wronged." Therefore, the prince and his two children took shelter temporarily, and the old man and his family rushed to weave straw shoes day and night, and sold them on the street the next day to buy rice for the prince and others to eat. "Bring." Emperor Wu gave an order, and those alchemists, wizards, and gods were all brought up. Emperor Wu said angrily: "Push it out, and cut it off!" "The emperor spare me!" "The emperor spare me!" These liars who created witchcraft, entrapped the society, and confuse the emperor were finally punished as they deserved, and the ministers all breathed a sigh of relief. Standing on the high platform of Jianzhang Palace, Emperor Wu looked at the smoke of war in Chang'an City after the turmoil, and said with emotion: "The court has no father and son, and the court has no father and son. Sima Qian, what else do you have to say?" Sima Qian who was standing behind said: "Your Majesty, I still feel that something is wrong. I still can't believe that the prince is rebelling against me. I always feel that he is forced to do so. Because the prince has always been loyal and benevolent. There is nothing extraordinary. Is it right?" It might be something extraordinary." "Hmph, you historians, you keep saying that you must respect the facts. This is already a bloody fact, and you still can't believe it is true?" Sima Qian said solemnly: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't believe the facts, but the background that led to this fact. After this incident, the Emperor has not seen the prince, and we can't communicate with each other. Instead, we were deceived by treacherous officials." Sima Qian said again: "Your Majesty, I have almost died once, and I have no fear of death. Now, if you sentence me to death again, I am not afraid. I just want to ask the Emperor to wake up." "What are you waking up for?" "Your Majesty should be familiar with how Qin Shihuang's eldest son, Fusu, died. Now that the prince's whereabouts are unknown, he may not escape bad luck." "Prince...my..." Emperor Wu's heart tightened when he heard this, and his face turned pale. "Your Majesty, for the sake of the country and society, please issue an edict to pardon the prince. Only in this way will he come back." Emperor Wu pondered for a while, thinking, of course I won't kill him, but this imperial pardon... let's wait. After the turmoil in Chang'an, Emperor Wu ascended to the palace and built the main hall of the Zhang Palace. "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" the civil and military officials shouted. "Pingshen." Emperor Wu said, spreading his arms. "Loves... the dark clouds finally dispersed, Chang'an City returned to calm, those who should be killed have already been killed, and those who should have escaped have also escaped... I am the only one left." Emperor Wu's voice was a little hoarse , looked very desolate. The ministers looked at each other, "The one who should be killed...the one who should run away..." Did the emperor already think that Jiang Chong should be killed and the prince should run away? ... Could it be that the emperor is going to issue an edict to pardon the prince's crimes? Sima Qian looked at the rapidly aging emperor and listened to his trembling voice. He had mixed feelings in his heart and sighed: "This is history. History is indeed written in blood. The emperor died two princesses, two grandsons, empresses, The princess...it's time to learn her lesson." Emperor Wu's majestic and sad voice sounded again. "However, the government cannot be corrupted, and the fortune of the country cannot be weakened. I will reward those who can save the government and protect the court in this crisis, and will never be soft on those who participate in the rebellion." Emperor Wu's voice became stronger. The ministers listened solemnly. "Prime Minister Liu Qulai, for your meritorious service in quelling the rebellion in commanding South Che, I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold, make you Marquis of Peng, and eat two thousand households in the city." Liu Qushou went out and reported, "Thank you, Lord Long En." "Ren An." The emperor said again. "You stand still, with the first mouse at both ends, what should you do?" "Your Majesty, Ren An has been wronged, and I really can't tell right from wrong, so I dare not send troops to confront the Emperor." "You just sit and watch the success or failure, and you still dare to say that you are not guilty? Detain me." Emperor Wu took his anger out on Ren An, thinking that if he had helped the prince back then, the prince might not have suffered a disastrous defeat. "Bring Su Wen!" Su Wen was tied up following the shout of the court deacon. When Emperor Wu saw him, he was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he shouted at the case: "You bad bastard, who has harmed the country and the people, and you have conspired with Jiang Chong to make trouble. I will burn you alive, and I will detain you!" Emperor Wu also announced the order to kill Jiang Chong's three clans. Before his death, Su Wen confessed that Liu Quyao and Li Guangli conspired to make the king of Changyi the crown prince. In a rage, Emperor Wu killed Liu Quyao, wiped out Liu Quzheng's family, and took Li Guangli's wife into prison. Li Guangli, who was fighting the Huns, was terrified when he learned about it, and then surrendered to the Huns, and Emperor Wu killed his wife and children.Li Guangli's surrender was another heavy blow to the aged Emperor Wu. Sima Qian returned home and said to his wife and Qing'er: "It's not good, the emperor has lost his mind, and all those involved in the prince's incident will be killed, and Ren An will also be locked up." "Ah!" Qing'er exclaimed in shock, "Ren An didn't send troops!" "The emperor said that he has both ends of the head, and sits and watches the success or failure. I'm afraid he will be executed." Wang Wenzhen hurriedly said: "Then what should we do? When you were in prison, he asked people to teach you everywhere. Now that he is in great trouble, we should also help him." Sima Qian nodded and said, "I must persuade the emperor that Ren An is innocent and should not be killed." Qing'er said: "However, the teacher has to find a way, don't be too blunt. What happened to Li Ling is a lesson." Sima Qian nodded and said, "When the emperor's anger subsides a little, I will go to persuade him." On this day, Emperor Wu ascended to the palace again, proclaiming: "Bring Sizhi Tianren, and the Yushi doctor will win violently." The deacon of the imperial court declared: "Tian Ren let the crown prince go at the south gate, and he won a violent victory. As a censor, he also prevented the prime minister from killing Tian Ren, and all of them will be executed." Emperor Wu also announced that all the three clans who participated in the prince's uprising would be exiled if they were forced to obey. The angry Emperor Wu became moody. At this time, he started killing and no one dared to speak. The servant came to report: "Your Majesty, Lang Guan Che Qianqiu, who guards Gaozu's mausoleum, said that he has something important to report." "Let him in." Everyone looked back, and saw an old official who was eight feet tall, gray-haired, and handsome, stepped in and knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the prince has been wronged, and the old minister desperately wants to speak a few words of justice for the prince. The prince is naturally honest and honest. This time the troops were raised because they were framed by traitors such as Jiang Chong and Su Wen, so they had no choice but to defend themselves...Why doesn't your majesty know right from wrong?" Che Qianqiu choked up and said. "Furthermore, the son of the Son of Heaven used the Son of Heaven's soldiers. He shouldn't have been killed. What's more, he was persecuted. He was blocked by traitors, and he was not allowed to meet his son. Explaining the situation, he had no choice but to make such a bad plan..." There have been sighs among the ministers... Che Qianqiu burst into tears and said: "The reason why the old minister dared to come forward to report is because last night he dreamed that a white-haired old man came to me and told me to go and appeal to the emperor for the crown prince... After the old minister woke up, he realized that it was a dream. I thought to myself, could it be that the spirit of the ancestors entrusted me with dreams, and the old minister did not dare to neglect, so he rushed to the palace overnight to report the truth to the emperor. The old minister trespassed on the palace, and was willing to be punished, and the old minister was ready to die..." After finishing speaking, I burst into tears... When Emperor Wu heard this, he felt as if he was violently shocked. Could it be... Could it be that the ancestors were showing their spirits? He got up and walked down the nine steps tremblingly. You will be promoted to Dahonglu, and you can participate in political affairs in the future." Che Qianqiu came risking his life, but he never thought that he would be entrusted with a heavy responsibility, so he knelt down and thanked him. "Thank you Lord Ron." With the support of his servants, Emperor Wu slowly climbed up to the hall, and sat silently in the dragon chair. Che Qianqiu's words touched his heart. He wanted to pardon the prince... Emperor Wu's eyes were filled with tears, his lips trembled, and he said, "Prince...Prince..." Just when everyone was expecting him to utter the edict "The prince is innocent", they suddenly heard: "Report..." Kuai Ma handed over the memorial to the eunuch. It turned out that this was a memorial sent by the governor of Xin'an County. "Read." Emperor Wu said weakly. "Qi Zou the emperor, the local officials found out in Hu County that the prince was hiding in an old farmer's house in Quanjiuli, and immediately led troops to round up it, and found that the prince had hanged himself behind closed doors and died, and both the emperor's grandsons were killed...". The whole audience was shocked. Emperor Wu yelled "My son", and then passed out on the ground. Seeing this, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty burst into tears... Witnessing all this, Sima Qian was filled with emotion and burst into tears... It turned out that the prince couldn't bear to see the old man's family working too hard. Remembering that there was a richer friend in Hu County, he sent someone to send him a letter, hoping to get his help, but he leaked the news, so he was rounded up by the local officers and soldiers.The prince was filled with grief and indignation, he had nowhere to go, and hanged himself to death. The emperor's grandson was killed by the officers and soldiers for resisting arrest, and the house owner's family was also killed.