"Your Highness the Crown Prince, King of Qin! And Her Highness the Princess."
Liu Hong walked over, bowed in greeting, then fixed his gaze on them and demanded, "What exactly did my Liu Clan do wrong? Or does the Son of Heaven also believe the Prophecy of the Mao Jin Blade and think the Liu Clan deserves to die? Is he using the seizure of this temple to deal with my Liu Clan?"
"My Liu Clan... though our ancestor was once the Son of Heaven, we have multiplied and lived on for centuries. We have passed through the reigns of several Son of Heaven without incident!"
"It is only a prophecy text..."
"Yet the Son of Heaven of Great Tang wants my entire clan dead?"
"Liu Gong, you misunderstand."
Li Jiancheng smiled as he explained to Liu Hong. Leaving aside Liu Hong's advanced age and the need not to provoke him too much, there was also the position of the Wan Nian Liu Clan among the Guanlong Aristocrats.
As Crown Prince, he had to consider the repercussions as well.
After all, although the Wan Nian Liu Clan was not among the foremost of the Guanlong Aristocrats, much like the Yong City Qin Clan, the Liu Clan was far too significant to Guanzhong. Since the Han dynasty, every dynasty that had established its capital in Chang'an had needed to take these two clans into account. The two clans were like symbols of legitimacy.
The court did not need to treat them with exceptional favor, but neither could it humiliate them at will.
"A misunderstanding?"
At those words, Liu Hong glanced at the Imperial Guards.
This was a misunderstanding?
"Then was seizing the temple not a misunderstanding? Had this old man and the Liu Clan not stood firm, the Qing Xiao Jade