Chapter 104

Amidst everyone's discussion and anticipation (eating melons ✌︎˶╹ꇴ╹˶✌︎), the golden light of the sky screen flowed again.

【Seventh Place on the List of Muddled Emperors—Han Chengdi, Liu Ao】

A new name and image appeared.

It was the image of an emperor with a pale face, heavy eye bags, and an appearance of excessive indulgence,

Snuggling with two stunning beauties (the sisters Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede), with the background being the gradually declining Han Palace.

"Han Chengdi? Liu Ao? Another one from my Liu family?"

Discussions arose again in various dynasties, especially the Han Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.

Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Chengdi? Liu Ao? Is this my descendant?"

A sense of ominousness suddenly arose in his heart.

The previous rankings were all other families, this time it's his own family's turn?

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing also looked solemn.

Chengdi? Listening to this temple name, it doesn't seem very good.

【Reason for being on the list: Han Chengdi is the "grave digger" of the Western Han Dynasty.

This emperor interpreted what "the gentle village is the hero's grave" means with his life, personally handing over the country built by his ancestors to the Wang family of relatives, directly paving the way for the later "Wang Mang usurping the Han."】

"Grave digger?!"

Liu Che stood up suddenly, his face gloomy and terrifying.

He fought the Xiongnu in the north and opened up the Western Regions, all for the sake of the Great Han's foundation that would not move for ten thousand generations.

Now the sky screen tells him that his unfilial descendant personally "gave" the country to his relatives? And even led to Wang Mang usurping the Han?

"Wang Mang... usurping the Han?!"

Liu Che said word by word, every word like it was squeezed out from between his teeth.

Usurping the Han! This is a vocabulary he absolutely cannot tolerate!

Wei Qing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, calm your anger, and see how the sky screen explains it. The power of relatives... is indeed a disaster."

Huo Qubing was young and energetic, angry: "Which Wang Mang? How dare he usurp my Great Han. Your Majesty, your subject is willing to raise troops to punish this rebellious thief for Your Majesty."

Liu Che waved his hand, signaling him not to be impatient, but the clenched fist showed the monstrous waves in his heart.

He wanted to see how this Liu Ao "dug" the "grave" of his Great Han.

Other dynasties were also interested.

Ying Zheng sneered: "It seems this disaster of relatives is not unique to Qin, Han is also like this. If the monarch is incompetent, power will fall to others, which has always been the case since ancient times."

Li Shimin sighed: "Relatives again... Han had Lv, Huo... there are so many warnings from the past."

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao: "Biao'er, look? Relatives, eunuchs, feudal lords, powerful ministers, these are all roots of disaster."

"This Liu Ao, he is not capable himself, and he gave power to his relatives. Isn't this equivalent to handing the knife handle to others? Stupid! Stupid to the core!"

Zhu Biao nodded solemnly: "Your son has recorded it, and will be vigilant at all times, be close to virtuous officials, and stay away from relatives."

【Fault One: Indulging in wine and beauty, licentious without limit.

Han Chengdi Liu Ao is a famous "glutton for beauty" in history.

He exclusively favored the sisters Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede. To please them, he did not hesitate to strangle his own biological son (because the Zhao sisters could not give birth and were jealous of other concubines).

He indulged in the gentle village all day long, throwing state affairs behind his head, leading to harem interference in politics and chaotic court order.】

The sky screen showed the scene of Liu Ao indulging in licentiousness with the Zhao sisters day and night, ignoring state affairs, and even the cruel scene of him strangling his own infant son.

"Glutton for beauty?!"

Liu Che only felt a burst of hot blood rushing to the top of his head, and his vision went black.

Liu Che also liked beauty, but he had a sense of proportion and would never delay state affairs because of beauty.

This Liu Ao actually indulged in female beauty to such an extent? And even strangled his own son! Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs!

"Scoundrel! Beast!!"

Liu Che was furious and kicked over the desk in front of him,

"My Great Han, how could there be such an unbearable descendant? For the sake of two women, killing his son and abandoning the country, he... he is simply not fit to be a human, not fit to be a father."

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were also so angry that their faces turned ashen.

His Majesty is such a hero, how could he have such descendants?

"Zhao Feiyan, Zhao Hede..."

Liu Bang's eyes lit up, then shook his head,

"Tsk tsk, to be able to make the emperor not even want his son, how beautiful must they be?"

"But then again, no matter how beautiful, you can't do this. This kid, is his brain filled with worms?"

Ying Zheng looked disgusted: "Licentious and lawless, no better than a beast. Such a person is not fit to be a monarch, let alone a father."

Li Shimin also scolded: "Deluded by beauty, actually killing his son, such madness, how is it different from a beast!"

"Harem interference in politics is a great taboo. This Liu Ao, where did he put the ancestral foundation?!"

Wei Zheng was heartbroken: "Your Majesty! Beauty misleads the country, it has existed since ancient times."

"But like Liu Ao, it is no longer misleading the country, it is destroying the country. Indulging in the gentle village and ignoring state affairs is the way to self-destruction."

Cheng Yaojin was stunned,

"Strangled his own son? Just to please two women?"

"This... this is still a human? Even beasts wouldn't do this, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was trembling with anger,

"Look, look! This is the consequence of excessive lust. Why do I manage the harem strictly, why don't I allow them to interfere in politics? It's because I'm afraid of such chaotic things!"

Zhu Di also shook his head: "With such a character and such actions, he is not just a muddled emperor, he is a tyrant, a madman."

The Great Han, during the Jianshi reign (reign of Han Chengdi).

The young Han Chengdi Liu Ao was drinking and having fun in the Zhaoyang Palace with the sisters Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede, enjoying the dance on the palm, very happy.

The sky screen appeared suddenly. When he saw his name on the "List of Muddled Emperors, Seventh Place," and was called a "glutton for beauty" and "grave digger," he was stunned for a moment, then furious.

"Presumptuous! Preposterous!"

Liu Ao pushed away Zhao Hede in his arms, stood up unsteadily, pointed at the sky screen and cursed,

"I am the Emperor of the Great Han, possessing the four seas. What's wrong with favoring a few women? I am willing."

"The Zhao sisters are gentle and considerate, understanding my heart, much cuter than those nagging ministers. What strangling my son? Nonsense."

"My descendants are determined by heaven. What relative interference in politics? The Wang family is the Empress's family, my uncle's family. What's wrong with using my own people?"

"Wang Mang? Who is that? Is he fit to usurp my Han family? Absurd! Simply absurd!"

Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede were also so scared that their faces lost color, snuggling together and trembling.

Liu Ao felt more and more that he was right, the wine surged, and he spoke without restraint,

"I think this sky screen is demagoguery, someone is jealous that I sit on beauties and enjoy peace!"

"What Wang Mang usurping the Han, my Great Han is for ten thousand generations. You petty people of later generations, how dare you curse me! I..."

With a loud bang, the familiar silver thunderbolt descended as scheduled.

Moreover, this thunderbolt seemed to be thicker than the one that struck Yang Guang, carrying a kind of anger of "letting you be stubborn."

The thunderbolt did not strike Liu Ao himself, nor did it strike the dragon throne, but directly struck the center of the gorgeous dome of the Zhaoyang Palace, which was carved with dragons and phoenixes and depicted auspicious clouds!

Boom—

In the deafening loud noise, the roof of the entire Zhaoyang Palace was blown open with a huge gap.

Broken tiles, wooden beams, and decorations poured down like a storm, mixed with burning flames and thick smoke.