Post Death Developments
Eventually, Emperor Wu had begun to realize that the witchcraft accusations were often false accusations. In 89 BC, when Tian Qianqiu (田千秋), then the superintendent of Emperor Gao's temple, wrote a report claiming that Emperor Gao told him in a dream that Prince Ju should have only been whipped, not killed, Emperor Wu had a revelation about what happened, and he had Su killed by burning and Jiang's family executed. He also made Tian prime minister. However, although he claimed to miss Prince Ju greatly, he did not at this time rectify the situation where Prince Ju's surviving progeny, a grandson, Liu Bingyi, languished in prison as a child. Nor did he officially restore Crown Prince Ju's honor.
By some twist of fate, however, Liu Bingyi would eventually become emperor (as Emperor Xuan) in 74 BC following the death of Crown Prince Ju's younger brother Emperor Zhao and a brief reign by their nephew, Prince He of Changyi. Out of respect for Emperor Zhao (and fearful that he would suffer the same consequence as Prince He), Emperor Xuan did not initially attempt to restore the honor of his grandfather. It was not until 73 BC when he restored Crown Prince Ju's title (but with the rather unflattering posthumous name of "Li") and reburied his grandparents and parents.
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