Li Si, whose whole body was cold, was horrified.
He wanted to deny that he had ever seen the Emperor's will, but he was stillborn before he could say anything.
Your Majesty ordered Zhao Gao to bring this message to me. He must have made a decision in his heart.
The fact that I am still alive means that Your Majesty does not want to kill me yet.
Denying it at this time will only make His Majesty feel bad.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Sina bowed his head and his robe hit the ground, bringing up a large pile of loess and filling the air with dust.
"Your Majesty, Li Si, deserves death!"
Zhao Gao could stop Li Si, but he didn't.
He let Li Si lie on the ground like a quail, shivering for a long time, and then he lifted Li Si up as if he had woken up from a dream, and said comfortingly: "Brother Li, why did you kneel down? I'm scared of Gao Ye. This matter Gao has not informed His Majesty yet, so Brother Li does not need to panic."
The moment before he knelt down, Li Si's mind had calmed down and he was able to control his emotions, but Li Si did not do this.
He still looked like he deserved death for his crime, with the cold sweat that had just broken out on his rigid face, and his expression was one of fear that was deliberately concealed but could not be concealed.
His body was dusty and his hands were covered with dust. He grabbed Zhao Gao's hand and begged: "Brother Zhao, save my life!"
"Even if Your Majesty learns about this, he will not blame Brother Li. How can Your Majesty be willing to kill a great talent who can write the system of counties and counties?" Zhao Gao patted Li Si's hand and asked Li Si to relax.
"Brother Li is the head of both the Confucian and Legalist families. He will be put to great use by His Majesty in the future. Don't forget Gao when the time comes."
"When the time comes to take off, we will never forget Brother Zhao's kindness in saving us today!"
"That's very good. Now that it's getting late, Gao will go back to the palace."
"Here's giving Brother Zhao a ride."
"Thank you."
Li Si sent Zhao Gao from Li Mansion to Xianyang Palace.
In the sight of the officers on duty, the two said goodbye again, and Zhao Gao went to Xianyang Palace.
When Zhao Gao was about to enter the corridor, he looked back and saw Li Si still standing there watching him go away. With a heartbeat, he turned back to Li Si.
Li Si asked: "Brother Zhao, did you leave something at my house?"
"No." Zhao Gao shook his head.
Zhao Gao had heard of this kind of bribery.
The eunuchs who delivered orders in the palace would always leave some "objects" in the homes of the people who delivered the orders, and they were all valuable things.
He never thought that one day he would encounter it himself.
"If you have nothing to do, Brother Li can walk around with Chang'an Jun more."
"Li Si, remember this."
Li Si rushed to Zhao Gao and said goodbye.
This time, he turned around and left, while Zhao Gao stood there and watched.
When Li Si walked away, Zhao Gao clapped his hands together, knocking off all the dust from Li Si's handshake, and chuckled.
If Li Si was really scared, how could he not sweat his hands? My pointers should make it clear to them.
Li Si returned to his house and asked his servants to make a pot of tea.
A whole roll of bamboo slips was spread on the table. Li Si held a writing brush in his right hand and wrote word by word on the bamboo slips what Zhao Gao said to him after he knelt down and stood up.
After writing a sentence, he would stop writing for a long time and carefully write a comment below the sentence.
Original story: Why did Brother Li kneel down? Scared of heights. Gao has not informed His Majesty of this matter yet, so Brother Li does not need to panic.
Note: I don’t have to kneel down. His Majesty has already learned about this and has not punished me.
Original words: Even if Your Majesty learns of this matter, he will not blame Brother Li. How can Your Majesty be willing to kill a great talent who can write the system of counties and counties?
Note: The reason why Your Majesty does not blame me is because the system of prefectures and counties I wrote is very much in line with His Majesty’s wishes.
Original words: Brother Li is the head of both the Confucian and Legalist families. He will be put to great use by His Majesty in the future. Don’t forget Gao when the time comes.
Note: I wonder what the previous sentence, "He is the head of both Confucianism and Legalism", means? Could it be that Zhao Gao said it casually? The last two sentences are easy to understand. Tingwei has been ranked as the ninth minister, and your majesty still wants to use me as prime minister. Even Zhao Gao at that time was not as important as me in His Majesty's heart.
Original words: That's very good. Now that it's getting late, Gao will go back to the palace.
Note: You have told me everything you need to tell me.
Original words: If you have nothing to do, Brother Li can walk around more with Chang'an Jun.
Note: Make good friends with Lord Changan.
Li Si thought for a long time.
Thinking of saying that Ying Chengyu was going to rebel in Zhangtai Palace, he got a big slap from the First Emperor.
Thinking of the court meeting in Xianyang Palace, the First Emperor clearly admired his system of prefectures and counties, but uncharacteristically did not support him.
Look at this sentence written on the bamboo slip again. When the two are combined, Li Si wakes up from his dream.
This sentence should not be the words of His Majesty, but the meaning of Zhao Gao's pointer.
If I didn't send him to Xianyang Palace, he would never tell me this sentence.
As a confidant of His Majesty, Zhao Gao knows far better secrets than I do.
That Zhuzi, no, is Lord Chang'an. Together with His Majesty, he deceived everyone.
Then everything makes sense.
The first slap His Majesty gave me in Zhangtai Palace was to remind me, Lord Chang'an, that I have a special status.
It's a shame that I'm so obsessed with it that I get caught up in my own thoughts, but I don't understand His Majesty's intentions.
In the Xianyang Palace, I didn't receive any signal from His Majesty, so I shouldn't have spoken in a hurry. But he opened his mouth out of jealousy, which probably ruined the plans of His Majesty and Lord Chang'an.
If I go out of Xianyang Palace at night, I can give up my face and talk softly, and I can get some advice from Zhao Gao.
Today's court meeting should have done its best, and I regret it very much.
"Husband, can I come in?" Cai Yan, Li Si's wife, knocked on the door and asked.
Li Si frowned.
He had already set a rule at home that when he was drinking tea alone, no one was allowed to disturb him without instructions.
Seeing Li Si's expression, Cai Yan stood at the door and said sadly: "The last time my husband drank alone, Zhang Cang came to visit. After my husband entered the palace, he fell in love when he returned home..."
Li Si's heart softened, knowing that his wife was worried about something happening to him again, and said in a warm voice: "Come in, if you have any questions, I will tell you everything I can."
Cai Yan entered the door and came close to Li Si. When she saw that Li Si was covered in dust, she forced Li Si to stand up.
While patting away the floating soil for Li Si, he complained: "How can you be so dusty when you meet a eunuch?"
"He is not an ordinary eunuch, he is the eunuch who can forcibly add the word '中' before my 'Chefu Order'."
"That's a eunuch too."
After Cai Yan finished taking care of Li Si, she saw that Li Si had written a lot of words on the bamboo slips and looked over.
Li Si, who usually did not want to let trivial matters in the DPRK affect his family, was uncharacteristically different this time.
Not only did he not stop Cai Yan from reading the bamboo slips, but he explained it to Cai Yan in detail.
He was a little scared.
Based on what Zhao Gao mentioned, he may have violated the First Emperor's taboo when he entered the palace that day and said that Ying Chengyu was planning to rebel. If the First Emperor was serious and dealt with him according to Qin law, it would be a crime such as false accusation, and he would be a member of the Yi Ta tribe.
Li Si needs someone who can wake him up at critical moments. This person knows a lot and must be able to keep his secrets.
As for this person, only his wife Cai Yan, who lives and dies with him, can do the job.
"Your Majesty and this Ying Chengyu."
"It's Lord Chang'an."
"Why don't your majesty and this Lord Chang'an tell your husband directly if they have a plan? Why keep your husband in the dark?"
"Let me explain everything clearly. Even idiots can do it. Why does Your Majesty need Li Si?"
Cai Yan looked a little unnatural when she read what Li Si had written about making friends with Ying Chengxuan.
"Xijun, what's wrong with you?"
"nothing……"
