Liu Chang’s intention for a southern expedition was not a secret.
At this ti, Gu Xuan’s decision to go to Luoyang offered a glimr of hope to countless common people.
All along the way, people knelt toward Gu Xuan’s carriage.
Gu Xuan rushed to Luoyang at this mont.
To too many people, he was like a savior.
Everyone prayed that he could dissuade the Emperor from his martial ambitions, to let a prosperous era descend upon this land once more.
But how could that be possible?
The pleas tinged with the sound of weeping only made Gu Xuan increasingly silent.
The rise and fall of the world, the common people suffer.
For the common people.
In such tis, being able to eat without fear of starvation was already considered a prosperous age.
Luoyang.
—To the entire Great Han.
Gu Xuan, as the Patriarch of the Gu Clan, returning to Luoyang after over a century, was also a significant event.
In the current Great Han, the Gu Clan is ultimately different from other families.
The "Champion Marquis Mansion" still stands; the position of "Grand Tutor" still remains vacant.
Even if the emperors of past generations gradually slighted the Gu Clan.
But relying rely on Liu Bei’s words, "The Liu family’s cauldron, the Gu na must be engraved upon it," guaranteed the minimum respect for the Gu Clan.
This was an undeniable fact.
But for Liu Chang, upon hearing this, he still couldn’t help but rage uncontrollably.
"The Gu Clan attends court, and the people vie to worship?"
"What do they take for?"
"Am I one of those foolish emperors like Jingping, Huan and Ling?"
Liu Chang was furious beyond asure, his eyes full of murderous intent, venting his anger in front of his confidants.
He was genuinely sowhat incensed.
Not only because of his dissatisfaction with the Gu Clan but also because he felt that the world underestimated him as an Emperor.
The battle hasn’t even started.....
Doesn’t this behavior suggest that he’s sure to lose?
For Liu Chang, it was absolutely an insult!
Seeing this, a group of ministers imdiately knelt down.
Their expressions were also extrely unpleasant.
If the Gu Clan were indeed let back into court, their status would undoubtedly be affected, an undisputed fact.
Seeing Liu Chang’s rage.
Imdiately, soone spoke up.
"Your Majesty, you are unaware, many courtiers also wish to have the Gu Clan attend court, hoping to use the Gu Clan to persuade you to cease the military actions and adopt their strategies to quell chaos with benefits."
"Precisely so! If they hadn’t inford, how could the Gu Clan have arrived in Luoyang so quickly?"
"....."
Courtly struggle has always been an unchanging characteristic of every feudal dynasty, and this group naturally seizes every opportunity.
So even went along with Liu Chang’s thoughts, directing the aim at the Gu Clan.
"Your Majesty, since the founding of the dynasty by Emperor Zhao Wu in ancient tis, the Gu Clan has always held a position of honor within the Great Han."
"Successive generations like Zhaolie, Jingxiang have had rits accompanying them."
"I have nothing to say."
"But now the Gu Clan has been out of court for many years, what rit do they have for the Great Han?"
"The rits of ancestors indeed allow the Gu Clan to remain eminent."
"But how can it beco a reason for the Gu Clan to constrain Your Majesty? Your Majesty is a sage king, how could such treatnt be allowed?"
These assertive words instantly froze the atmosphere in the hall.
Precisely because of the continued decline of the Gu Clan.
—After years, soone finally brought the conflict to the Gu Clan at court.
They must not let the Gu Clan return to court.
With the temperant of those in the Gu Clan, once they return, it would surely be the end for those who support Liu Chang’s southern expedition!
Indeed, the anger on Liu Chang’s face grew more intense.
He wished he could directly abolish the Gu Clan.
To destroy the world’s expectations for the Gu Clan, to make them all submit under him, their Emperor.
But Liu Bei’s ancestral teachings cald him slightly.
But how could Liu Chang’s temperant let it go?
He remained silent montarily, and then an uncontrollable thought arose—blocking Gu Xuan outside Luoyang.
And this thought grew increasingly harder to suppress.
With Liu Bei’s ancestral guidance, Liu Chang indeed couldn’t target Gu Xuan.
No matter how proud Liu Chang was, he dared not bear the reproach of disrespecting ancestral teachings, an influence dating back hundreds of years in the Great Han.
But he could have soone stop Gu Xuan.
As long as Gu Xuan was not seen, amidst the tumult of wind and rain and courtly chaos, he could completely suppress the matter!
Liu Chang hardly spent much ti thinking, promptly deciding on the matter, and imdiately voiced this thought.
Hearing these words, everyone’s eyes suddenly brightened.
To block the Gu Clan outside the city?
With Liu Chang’s support, this wasn’t difficult for them...
....
The waning sun was like blood, spilling on the jaws of dragon-ornant atop Luoyang’s city gates.
Looking at the grand city, Gu Xuan’s expression was extrely complex.
For many of the Gu Clan descendants.
—Luoyang.
Has always been the ideal place to pursue dreams, countless have fantasized about representing the entire family to return to Luoyang.
Including Gu Xuan himself.
Although he had now arrived, it was, unfortunately, different from the original fantasy.
As the carriage drew nearer to Luoyang, the welcoming entourage that had been arranged to wait there imdiately stepped forward.
"Greetings, Lord Gu, His Majesty is overjoyed to hear of your return to court and has long prepared welco rituals for you."
The attendant’s face was full of smiles, but he had only a few guards behind him.
Gu Xuan cupped his hands.
After a simple glance, he did not pay much attention.
The Gu Clan cared little for such welcoming ceremonies.
He never expected his return to Luoyang to be greeted with the sa honor as before.
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