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Chapter 260 Father and Son Never Meet

Li Nian said: "General Meng is right. But before disaster strikes, many people will be optimistic and think that disaster will not befall them. When the witchcraft disaster started, Emperor Wu succeeded in killing the then prime minister, two princesses, and Wei Qing's eldest son."

"Seeing that this method was so effective and Emperor Wu's sword was so sharp, other people not only did not restrain themselves, but instead followed suit. Especially the beauties in Emperor Wu's palace, they reported to him that others had cursed him with witchcraft. Emperor Wu was furious and killed hundreds of concubines, palace maids and ministers."

"After killing so many people, and each of their lives was related to witchcraft, the Emperor Wu began to suspect that many people wanted to harm him. Even if some people did not show their intentions to harm him, who could say for sure if they were secretly cursing him with witchcraft?"

This is the special version of "There are always villains who want to harm me" by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Someone is harming me, someone is preparing to harm me, no one can be trusted, including the queen and the prince, you are either already harming me or on your way to harm me...

"A favorite of Emperor Wu named Jiang Chong saw what Emperor Wu was thinking and came up with a bolder idea. He had a grudge against Emperor Wu's crown prince."

"Jiang Chong thought that although he was favored by Emperor Wu, the Emperor was already old. If the Crown Prince succeeded to the throne after Emperor Wu passed away, he would definitely have no chance to survive, and his entire clan would even be wiped out. So why not try to get rid of the Crown Prince?"

"Emperor Wu's sword can kill a princess and a prime minister anyway. So if the plan is good, it is not impossible to let Emperor Wu wield his sword to kill a prince."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu again. If he put himself in the shoes of Emperor Wu, and his crown prince was Fusu, then Jiang Chong was the Han version of Zhao Gao. Both of them had a grudge against the person most likely to inherit the throne, so they tried every means to murder the crown prince.

But in this respect, he is still better than Emperor Wu. In this comparison, Qin Shihuang felt that he had won back a victory over Emperor Wu. At least he did not become Zhao Gao's sword during his lifetime and helped him harm his son.

"It so happened that one day when Emperor Wu was sleeping, he dreamed of thousands of wooden men holding sticks and trying to hit him. The emperor woke up from his dream and became unwell and sick. When Jiang Chong learned about this, he knew his chance had come, so he told Emperor Wu that someone had cursed him with witchcraft."

Ying Zheng, Meng Tian and Meng Yi thought about it and felt that this was indeed easy to associate with witchcraft, because witchcraft would use wooden men, and Emperor Wu dreamed that it was thousands of wooden men who attacked him.

How could Emperor Wu not think too much about this? This was truly an opportunity God had given Jiang Chong to murder Emperor Wu's crown prince. It was fate and time!
Li Nian then dispelled the idea that the three people had just formed, "In fact, there is a saying that explains why Emperor Wu dreamed of the wooden man, which is 'What you think about during the day, you dream about at night'. During that period of time, Emperor Wu always felt that someone was trying to harm him with witchcraft, so it was normal for him to dream of the wooden man."

"It's a pity that Emperor Wu was superstitious about ghosts and gods, and thought that the dream was a sign from heaven, which led to the subsequent disaster. Superstition kills people!"

Ying Zheng felt that he understood what Li Nian meant. This guy wanted him to stop being like Emperor Wu and being superstitious about ghosts and gods.

Li Nian continued, "After Jiang Chong informed Emperor Wu that this incident might be caused by witchcraft, Emperor Wu sent Jiang Chong as an envoy to investigate the case."

"So Jiang Chong used the power granted by Emperor Wu to frame others. He must have caught some people who really wanted to use witchcraft to harm others, but most of the people he caught were innocent. However, facing Jiang Chong's torture, these people had to confess their crimes."

"Under Jiang Chong's deliberate efforts, tens of thousands of people died in the capital, the three prefectures, and even the counties and states. As for the crown prince, Jiang Chong also thought of a solution. He asked his Hu people wizard to advise Emperor Wu: 'There is a poisonous gas in the palace. If it is not removed, the emperor will not be in good condition.'"

After that, Li Nian didn't need to say more. Ying Zheng also guessed what would happen next. It must be that Emperor Wu ordered Jiang Chong to search the palace because of the words of the Hu wizard, and then he found the prince. As long as Emperor Wu gave him the power to investigate, he would definitely find the prince. Even if Emperor Wu's prince didn't curse Emperor Wu with witchcraft, it didn't prevent him from being accused of the crime: If you say you have it, you have it, and if you don't, you have to have it!

As he had guessed, Li Nian said, "Jiang Chong was ordered by Emperor Wu to go into the palace to investigate witchcraft. He found a wooden man in the Crown Prince's palace, as well as a silk book containing extremely treasonous words."

Meng Tian asked, "How can the Emperor Wu believe such a frame-up? If the Emperor Wu is not stupid, he only needs to summon the Crown Prince to ask him, and Jiang Chong's plot will be exposed."

Any normal person would not believe it and would suspect that Jiang Chong was framing the prince. What's more, it was a man like Emperor Wu. As long as the prince was summoned to ask questions and the father and son explained everything, Jiang Chong's conspiracy would be ruined.

Ying Zheng and Meng Yi had already guessed what was going on, because according to the history told by Li Nian, the same was true for him and Fusu. However, he was better than Emperor Wu. He had no intention of harming Fusu, but he did not keep Fusu by his side, which gave the villain an opportunity to take advantage of him.

Li Nian smiled and said, "General Meng may indeed be able to dispel Jiang Chong's frame-up, but the Crown Prince of Emperor Wu could not see Emperor Wu at that time. Since father and son could not meet, how could they explain the misunderstanding?"

"The crown prince of Emperor Wu could not see Emperor Wu, and he was terrified. He asked his teacher Shi De about it. Shi De was also afraid that he would be implicated by Emperor Wu, so he mentioned to the crown prince the prime minister, princess, and Wei Qing's son who had been killed because of witchcraft, and said that the queen and the crown prince had not been able to see Emperor Wu for a long time, and perhaps Emperor Wu had passed away..."

At this point, Li Nian paused for a moment before saying, "Shi De also used Your Majesty and Prince Fusu as examples to Emperor Wu's Crown Prince."

Ying Zheng: "..."

Meng Tian's mind was working rapidly. At this point he had completely confirmed his guess, but what did His Majesty do to Prince Fusu?
Your Majesty's temperament is indeed somewhat similar to that of Emperor Wu of Han, but Meng Tian thought it was unlikely that Your Majesty would allow people to frame Prince Fusu in this way, and there must be a reason behind it.

Li Nian continued, "Because he could not see Emperor Wu in person, and Jiang Chong and others pressed him too hard, Emperor Wu's crown prince adopted Shi De's strategy and was forced to raise an army. The crown prince's army and Emperor Wu's army fought in Chang'an for five days, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties. Emperor Wu's crown prince was defeated and fled, and later hanged himself."

"After the crown prince of Emperor Wu fled, his mother Wei Zifu also committed suicide, and many people close to the crown prince were also killed. However, although the crown prince was dead, the matter was not over. Later, Emperor Wu woke up and knew that he had been deceived by Jiang Chong and others, so he executed Jiang Chong's three clans, burned Su Wen to death, and implicated others."

"There is a saying in later generations that those who helped the prince to start a rebellion were killed by Emperor Wu, and those who suppressed the prince's rebellion were also killed by Emperor Wu. Even those who sat back and watched the war were killed by Emperor Wu."

Is the Great Emperor Wu of Han still unreasonable? You want to kill those who help your son; you want to kill those who help you; you also want to kill those who don’t help either side; they will all die, right?

Meng Tian thought to himself: "Although your majesty is also strong, he is still much more reasonable than Emperor Wu of Han."

(End of this chapter)