Chapter 105

"Ah—!!"

"Guard the Emperor! Guard the Emperor!"

"Fire! Put out the fire!"

The hall instantly fell into chaos, and the palace maids and eunuchs screamed and fled.

Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede were so scared that their souls flew away, and they were directly smashed unconscious by the falling wooden beams.

Liu Ao was overturned to the ground by the air wave of the explosion, falling into a dog-eating-shit posture. His crown fell, his hair bun was scattered, and his face and body were covered in dust and debris.

The wine and anger just now were all struck away by this shocking thunder, leaving only boundless fear and choking smoke.

He sat blankly on the ground, looking at the big bright hole in the roof, looking at the messy and burning palace around him,

And the Zhao sisters who were unconscious on the ground, life or death unknown, and those palace people who only cared about their own escape and didn't care about him...

"Wa—"

The pampered Han Chengdi Liu Ao finally collapsed, crying loudly in the ruins and smoke like a child.

What imperial dignity, what beauty's favor, what ten thousand generations—in front of this heavenly power, they all became a joke.

The cold voice of the sky screen, not caring about the chaos and crying below, continued to state calmly:

【Fault Two: Power falling to others, relatives interfering in politics.

Because the emperor ignored state affairs, power gradually fell into the hands of the Wang family.

He promoted the brothers of his mother Wang Zhengjun (Wang Feng, Wang Yin, etc.) on a large scale, leading to the rapid expansion of the Wang family's power, eventually forming the situation of "Wang Feng monopolizing power, five marquises in the court."

This laid the most direct root for the later Wang Mang (the nephew of Wang Zhengjun) to usurp the throne.】

In the picture, in the imperial court, the Wang family relatives headed by Wang Feng were arrogant and controlled the government, while the emperor Liu Ao was sleepy or ignored state affairs.

Wang family disciples were all over the court, and their power was overwhelming.

"Wang Feng... Wang Yin... five marquises in the court..."

Liu Che looked at the arrogant faces of the relatives on the sky screen, trembling with anger.

"Good! What a Wang family, what a relative!"

"My mother's (Empress Dowager Wang) clan actually produced 'talents'!"

"Wang Mang... Wang Zhengjun's nephew... usurping the Han..."

Murderous intent appeared in his eyes. Although Wang Mang was a person of later generations, his hatred for the "Wang family" at this moment had reached its peak.

He looked at Wei Qing. Wei Qing was also a relative, but Wei Qing immediately knelt down, touching the ground with his head.

"Your Majesty! Wei Qing's life is only at Your Majesty's command, and I have no two hearts!"

"If the Wei family has descendants who dare to commit treason, please Your Majesty punish them!"

Liu Che took a deep breath and helped Wei Qing up.

"How could I not know Zhongqing's heart."

"What I hate are those who have no talent or virtue, only relying on their status as relatives to harm the court."

"This Liu Ao, easily handing over the power of the country to an outsider, is truly a sinner of the Liu family."

Liu Bang also put away his playful face, frowning,

"Relatives... Wang family... this gave me a reminder. Lv Hou..."

He glanced at Lv Zhi beside him. Lv Zhi's face remained unchanged, but her eyes were slightly cold.

Liu Bang coughed dryly, "That... relatives must be used, but not heavily used, and even less can one family dominate. This Liu Ao forgot the ancestors' words completely."

Ying Zheng sneered: "Power is the tool of the emperor, how can it be handed over to others?"

"Especially relatives, who are close in blood and more likely to breed ambition."

"This Liu Ao, abandoning power himself, who can he blame?"

Li Shimin said to Empress Zhangsun: "Observing the past and reflecting on the present, the disaster of relatives must be guarded against. I will keep it in mind."

Empress Zhangsun said gently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, my brother and I will surely abide by our duties and never do anything that exceeds our status."

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao: "Biao'er, look, this is the consequence of favoring relatives. Power is something that once given to others, it cannot be taken back."

"The Wang family could usurp the throne in the end because this Liu Ao spoiled them!"

【Fault Three: Han Chengdi eventually died violently in the gentle village.

Han Chengdi Liu Ao's ending is extremely ironic.

He eventually died on Zhao Hede's bed due to excessive indulgence (historically recorded as "exhausting essence and dying").

After he died, because there were no descendants, only his nephew could succeed to the throne, and the Western Han Dynasty completely lost the opportunity to turn the tide, eventually being usurped by Wang Mang.】

In the picture, Liu Ao finally finished his absurd life in Zhao Hede's bedroom in an extremely indecent way.

Afterwards, the young master ascended the throne, Wang Mang stepped to the peak of power step by step, eventually usurping the Han and establishing himself, and the Western Han Dynasty perished.

"Ex... exhausting essence and dying?"

Liu Che almost couldn't catch his breath when he heard this way of death.

He built the strong Han with his own hands, drove the Xiongnu to the north, and sealed the wolf's residence, what a heroic spirit!

His descendant actually died so absurdly, so unbearably. And died on a woman's bed?!

"Supreme disgrace! Supreme disgrace!"

Liu Che roared to the sky, filled with grief and indignation,

"I, Liu Che, have been a hero all my life, how could I have such an unbearable descendant!"

"Dying on a woman's bed... hahahaha... ridiculous, lamentable, hateful!"

He pulled out the sword at his waist and cut the copper lamp beside him into two pieces with one sword, roaring:

"Liu Ao! You are not fit to have the surname Liu, not fit to be my Liu descendant! If I see you, I will surely cut you into ten thousand pieces to wash away the shame of my Great Han!"

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing hurriedly comforted him, but they also felt cold in their hearts.

His Majesty is a hero, but his descendants are unfilial, sigh~~

"Puff... exhausting essence and dying... dying on a woman's bed..."

Liu Bang sprayed a mouthful of wine he had just drunk, laughing until he was beating the ground,

"Oh my god, you're killing me!"

"This way of death... is it unique through the ages? Our Liu family is really full of talents! This face is lost, and the heavens and all worlds know it!"

Lv Zhi glared at him, but the corners of her mouth also twitched. This way of death... is indeed too indecent.

Ying Zheng looked disgusted, turning his head away, as if his eyes would be dirty if he looked at it for one more second.

Li Shimin covered his forehead with his hand, unable to bear looking,

"Such a way of death... really... absurd to the extreme. As a monarch, not respecting oneself like this, how can one govern the world?"

Wei Zheng scolded: "Your Majesty! This is a huge warning!"

"Wine and beauty are scraping-bone steel knives. As a monarch, one should take this as a warning, cultivate oneself, how can one be so indulgent!"

Cheng Yaojin grinned: "This emperor is really worth it, even dying so... unique."

"But this is too embarrassing, I guess his ancestors would be so angry that they would jump up from the grave."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked disdainful: "Bah! What kind of thing, dying so filthily, and still have the face to be an emperor?"

"If I were his ancestor, I would have to crawl out of the grave and beat him to death."

"And letting an outsider usurp the throne, the face of his old Liu family has been lost by this turtle grandson."

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di also shook their heads repeatedly. This way of death and this ending are truly the shame of a monarch.

【Summary: Han Chengdi Liu Ao, with his licentiousness and incompetence, personally rang the death knell of the Western Han Dynasty.

He not only destroyed himself but also destroyed the entire country.】

The sky screen gave the final verdict, and the picture froze on the smoke of the late Western Han Dynasty and the scene of Wang Mang usurping the Han.

In the ruins of Zhaoyang Palace, Liu Ao's crying gradually weakened.

Listening to the sky screen's summary of his life, looking at the way of death of "exhausting essence and dying," and the conclusion of "ringing the death knell," he only felt hopeless, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to drill into.

It's over, it's all over.

Not only do the heavens and all worlds know that he is a licentious, muddled emperor who died on a woman's bed, but even the ending of his dynasty being usurped after his death was made public.

Liu Ao became a complete joke, a sinner who left a bad name for ten thousand years.

His vision went black, and he finally fainted completely.

And the sky screen, amidst the complex gazes of everyone, slowly dimmed, indicating the arrival of the next ranking.

Seventh place on the list of muddled emperors, Han Chengdi Liu Ao, with his extremely absurd and cowardly way, was nailed to the pillar of shame in history, to be cursed by ten thousand generations.

Now the emperors of various dynasties just want to know if there are any of their own descendants in the remaining list?

If there are, they must not let them become emperor, and cut them off from the root...