The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

"Liu Chen, think about it carefully. Why were you and Jiang Wei able to roam freely in Yongzhou with almost no one paying attention to you?"

"You don't really think I'm too busy to care, do you?"

“From that time on, I was giving you an opportunity.”

"Whether it's dominating Yongzhou, directly seizing Sizhou, or even the capital, it's all something I deliberately ceded to you."

"I wish to return the empire to the Han Dynasty, and you are the emperor I have chosen for the future Han Dynasty."

"Unfortunately, although you and Jiang Wei had the courage and ability, you lacked ambition and ultimately chose to return the throne to Liu Shan."

It was probably around that time that Liu Bang realized his plan had failed.

However, because of his unwillingness to accept the situation, he failed to change the imperial decree in time to recall Zhang Liang, Jiao Bo, and others, which led to the tragedy that followed.

"Can……"

"Since you have decided to return the world to the Han Dynasty, then why is that Lord Jiao still..."

This is something that Liu Chen doesn't quite understand.

"Is it difficult to understand?"

"I have sent envoys to negotiate with you in a high-minded manner, and have verbally promised to cede Sizhou. This should already be a great act of charity for your precarious state."

"But what about you? Not only did you imprison the envoy I sent, but you also tried to use him as a hostage to force me to sign a treaty with you that cedes territory and seeks peace."

"There is a difference between my charity towards the Han Dynasty and the humiliating act of ceding territory to sue for peace, isn't there?"

"The former will not only bring me a good reputation, but also allow my ministers to receive the respect they deserve. The latter, however, will only nail the entire court and I to the pillar of shame."

"Jiao Bo, he can accept the former, but he would rather die than let me accept the humiliation of the latter."

Therefore, he chose to give Liu Bang a chance to change his mind by sacrificing his own life.

"..."

Understood.

If Liu Chen was previously somewhat confused about why the Great Wei's attitude had changed so drastically, now he completely understood.

He knew nothing about the peace talks.

At that time, although he had relinquished the throne, he had been completely sidelined. He held the title of King of the North, but no one took him seriously anymore.

He had heard that the State of Wei had requested peace talks with the Han Dynasty, but he did not know the details.

I really didn't expect it to turn out like this!

After hearing Liu Bang's explanation, even as a prince of the Han Dynasty, he agreed with the idea of ​​destroying the Han!

If that is indeed the case, then it is the Han Dynasty, and those civil and military officials who do not know what is good for them!

"So, did my great Han Dynasty truly perish because of its officials?"

After figuring it out, Liu Chen was momentarily dazed.

He could accept the fall of the Han Dynasty.

After all, since Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, he had never seen any real hope of restoring the Han Dynasty.

But he could not accept that the Han Dynasty, which was clearly capable of reviving, had perished at the hands of a group of greedy officials!

"To be precise, the officials were accomplices, and the real culprit was Huang Hao."

"If he hadn't imprisoned Jiao Bo, the officials wouldn't have become so aggressive later on."

"Logically speaking, after Jiao Bo successfully met Liu Shan and conveyed my decree, all the officials of the Han Dynasty should be extremely grateful."

"Once the first step was taken, everything should have gone smoothly. But it was Huang Hao who caused the whole thing to fail at the very first step."

Liu Bang laughed self-deprecatingly.

People are not as good as the sky.

Even if he had planned it all out, he could never have imagined it.

In the end, a eunuch actually appeared and ruined his plan!

Liu Chen was on the verge of collapse; his intuition told him that what Liu Bang said was true.

At this point, Emperor Wei had no reason to lie to him!

That would mean that the Han Dynasty could really be restored. They wouldn't even need to do anything; they would just need to wait for the Wei Emperor to abdicate and return the throne to the Han Dynasty, and they would be able to restore the Han Dynasty to its former glory!

But it was because of Huang Hao, this eunuch and this villain, that the Han Dynasty was plunged back into darkness!

"If you want to vent your anger first, Huang Hao should still be alive. If you go now, you might still be able to cut him a few times yourself."

"He won't die before the 3,600th cut. You can go anytime you want, but don't kill him prematurely."

"If you are not in a hurry, you can wait until I finish speaking."

"Although everything is beyond repair, I still want to have a heart-to-heart talk with someone."

After Liu Bang sighed, he stopped putting on airs and squatted down to sit directly next to Liu Chen.

"Want to know why I want to return the empire to the Han Dynasty?"

Of course!

Even though Liu Chen was still in a daze, he nodded without hesitation when Liu Bang asked him.

He was eager to know why the Wei Emperor wanted to do this!

"When Emperor Gaozu of Han founded the Han Dynasty, I believed that he could have foreseen its demise long ago."

"I believe that someone who can be so indifferent to his own life and death cannot be blind to the rise and fall of dynasties."

"In fact, that is indeed the case. The Han Dynasty did indeed perish once, at the hands of Wang Mang."

"But dramatically, just as the new dynasty was beginning to take shape, another street urchin emerged from the Liu family, and Emperor Guangwu rebuilt the Han dynasty."

"If Emperor Taizu of Han could see this situation, he would be very pleased in the afterlife. After all, although he could accept it, he would certainly prefer to see the Liu family's dynasty continue."

"Right?"

As he spoke, Liu Bang glanced at Liu Chen.

Liu Chen nodded in agreement.

Although he didn't understand why the Wei emperor said these things, he believed that what he said was probably correct.

If Emperor Taizu could know this in the afterlife, he would surely be gratified by Emperor Guangwu's restoration of the Han Dynasty.

"After Emperor Guangwu rebuilt the Han Dynasty, it has now come to an end once again. Amidst the struggle for supremacy among various warlords, the Liu family has produced a chivalrous knight-errant who is known for his benevolence and righteousness."

"If you were Emperor Taizu, would you also have such expectations?"

Liu Chen thought for a moment and nodded again.

From the wandering knight who emerged from Pei County at the end of the Qin Dynasty, to the Xin Dynasty, it has always been the Liu family's wandering knights, and it is the same now.

His predecessor, Liu Bei, was that wandering knight!

"When you first read about Liu Bei's experiences, you naturally had high expectations."

"Even knowing his ultimate failure, and that he couldn't rebuild the Han Dynasty three times like you, or like Emperor Guangwu, if the Han Dynasty could have perished at his hands, you could have accepted it calmly and without regret."

"But the Han Dynasty did not perish in his hands; instead, it was passed down to Liu Shan."

"You greatly admire Prime Minister Zhuge and like him as a person, but you are very dissatisfied with the fate of the Han Dynasty."

He could accept it if it were merely a case of an incompetent and tyrannical emperor, corrupt officials wreaking havoc on the court, eunuchs controlling the political situation, or even the country being directly destroyed by an enemy state.

The only thing he couldn't accept was...

While the soldiers on the front lines were still fighting to the death, the emperor surrendered first in order to save his own life!

He disliked this kind of emperor and this kind of ending, which is why he had the idea of ​​defying fate!