Qianlong asked Liu Yong to jump into the lotus pond. How did Liu Yong resolve it?

When Emperor Qianlong first came to the throne, he also did some ridiculous things. After all, young people are inevitably impetuous, so he indulged in wine, sex and pleasure. Although it was not serious, it made Liu Yong and other veterans very worried. However, he was the emperor after all, so few people dared to speak out and give advice.

However, Liu Yong's character was very upright, so he directly advised the emperor in front of the ministers, saying that the emperor must not repeat the mistakes of Tang Xuanzong, indulging in wine and sex and delaying state affairs. How could the emperor be happy when he heard someone say this in public? However, due to face, it was impossible to scold such advice, so I could only show an open-minded acceptance, but I was very angry in my heart.

After returning to the palace, he began to think about how to deal with Liu Yong, and suddenly he came up with a clever idea. Then he summoned Liu Yong to the imperial garden to see him. Of course Liu Yong knew it was not a good thing, but he still came anyway. Qianlong asked him, what is disloyalty? Liu Yong replied, "If you ask your minister to die, if your minister refuses to die, it will be considered disloyal." Emperor Qianlong smiled evilly and looked at Liu Yong, "Then I order you to jump into this lotus pond. Go ahead." The emperor said with a smile.

Liu Yong thought to himself, the emperor is waiting for me here, but he had no choice but to walk forward slowly. Suddenly, he had a plan in mind, turned around and knelt down. Qianlong was puzzled, wondering what other tricks Liu Yong could do. Liu Yong said: "I just saw Doctor Qu Yuan in the lotus pond. Qu Yuan said that back then, the king of Chu was stupid and ignorant, so he jumped into the river. Now, the emperor is a wise and wise king. Naturally, I would not let my ministers do this."

Qianlong naturally understood the mystery upon hearing this, but he still had to let Liu Yong stand up quickly and kept comforting Liu Yong to show his wisdom. But I must still secretly hate it in my heart.