In the Si Ma King's carriage, the First Emperor and Ying Chengyu chatted for a while and suddenly asked:
"You don't look good. What did your mother say to you?"
Ying Chengyu touched his face.
"Really? It's the same old saying, don't rebel. If I dare to go against you, I will never let me go."
"Mom has always been like this, don't take it to heart."
"Haha, I know, I've long been used to it."
The carriage is airtight, and when the curtains are lowered, it becomes dark.
The lighting candle burns quietly, and the light is not enough to fill every inch of space. As the vehicle bumped and the candlelight flickered, the expressions on the two people's faces flickered, making it difficult to see clearly.
Whenever the First Emperor took great trouble to travel openly, he always prepared five royal carriages.
On the way back to Xianyang from Yongdi, the convoy was assassinated again. The assassin had no chance to get close to the horse king's chariot and died midway.
Arrive at Xianyang and enter Xianyang Palace.
When the car curtains are opened, the warm and non-dazzling sunlight illuminates every detail in the carriage. You can see the shining eyes of the black bird on the imperial robe of the First Emperor.
Ying Chengyu took a big breath of fresh air, held up the car curtain and turned around with a smile:
"Next time if I don't ride in the same car with you, I will be assassinated every time I go with you. It's really unlucky."
The First Emperor smiled slightly.
"How do you know that the target of their assassination is me, not you? After the wax festival, you received three or four times more assassinations than me."
Ying Chengyu got off the carriage, followed by the First Emperor.
"Then I'd better go with you. Your guards are much safer than mine. It's better to be safer by your side."
"It is better to count on yourself than to count on others. Once you sit on the throne, these guards will be at your disposal."
Ying Chengyu didn't take it seriously, and the First Emperor smiled and changed the subject.
"Are those two little guys Yin Man and Hu Hai making a fuss?"
Ying Chengyu said with a vigilant expression:
"What are you doing? Don't you still want to install a young master or princess in my house?"
"I think so too."
"No need to talk! Those are your sons and daughters, not mine. You can raise them as long as you can. Just shiver and let me raise your children. Brother, please show some respect!"
"Today you raise my children, and I will raise your children tomorrow. If you have children in the future, you can also send them to Xianyang Palace, and I will raise them for you."
[Sir...]
Zhao Ji's cold words rang out in Ying Chengyu's mind again.
"I once found a book in the land of Baiyue, which was left behind by a disciple of my family a hundred years ago. The book records that the Yellow Emperor reincarnated as Gou Jian, obtained the blood of three thousand Yue virgins and achieved magical feats, and single-handedly defeated the Wu Kingdom with a sword.
"The saying that the successor of "Yue Nu Sword" can make the successor of "Yellow Emperor" achieve great achievements should come from this book. You have written a lot, and you are in the family, just like Confucius is in Confucianism, and Lao Tzu is in Taoism. You should be very clear, there are many Just conjecture."
Ying Chengyu rolled his eyes and curled his lips.
"Who wants you to raise him? I heard from Xiao Shiba that you didn't believe him when he said he had a headache. You thought he was joking. With your way of raising children, I'm even afraid that you will raise my children to death."
The First Emperor held his forehead and argued:
"That Shuzi couldn't explain clearly and lied. I can discern the courtiers' intentions, but it's hard for me to know that Shuzi's intentions."
Ying Chengqiao chuckled.
"Just make excuses.
"How are the doctors considering the matter? And when will slavery be abolished? I have called all the disciples of Guigu to come to Xianyang for you. There will be no trouble outside. You are the best at collecting these utilitarian politicians. Use your heart. If the Guanzhong nobles still cannot see clearly the situation, let them all be eliminated!"
The First Emperor said casually:
"The patrol is about to begin. I will talk about these things after I come back."
"What's the point of waiting! This isn't a big deal. Compared with your county's making books, writing, traveling on the same track, and traveling on the same track, these are still big things!"
"I don't want my son to be so tired, so why don't you come to supervise the country and do whatever you like?"
"If I supervise the country, wouldn't the nature of the matter change? If you agree to the policy I proposed in the previous court, and if you ask for the implementation of the policy, can the effect be the same? The king represents the state of Qin, and we cannot let the civil and military officials hate Qin. The country itself, do you understand?”
"I don't understand, and I don't want to understand. You are just cowardly."
"Ying Zheng! Do you want to fight? The emperor's sister-in-law is without Li Long. If you are in a hurry, be careful, I will beat you up!"
Zhang Han, who was waiting at the side of the First Emperor and never left, listened to the brothers' disrespectful words, feeling calm and a little happy.
[Your Majesty will always be much happier when Lord Chang'an is here. ]
Zhao Gao is dead.
This information quickly spread to the ears of all the upper-class people in Xianyang, making the whole of Xianyang suddenly become much clearer.
They didn't know why Zhao Gao died, they only knew that Zhao Gaoyuan was the confidant of the First Emperor.
The First Emperor did not express any response to the death of Zhao Gao.
If it weren't for the lack of people during the wax festival, and if it weren't for the fact that among the nine ministers, Che Fu Ling became Che Fu Ling again, they wouldn't have known about Chef Zhao Gao.
This attitude made many people in Xianyang begin to feel a sense of crisis. No one knew how deep the whirlpool behind the Emperor was and how many people were hidden.
The unknown is scary. They are afraid that they are in the center of the whirlpool without knowing it.
A thoughtful person summarized what happened in Xianyang recently:
Empress Dowager Zhao voluntarily left Xianyang and lived in Yongdi.
The Chang'an Jun clan destroyed Meng Xibai, and he was sent to Xianyang prison by Xiangbang and Guowei, the highest civil and military officials in the Qin state.
After the new prime ministers Jiang Shang and Guo Wei Lian Po came to power, they discovered that they were originally guests of the Chang'an monarch.
Xunzi's disciples, who were prosperous in the Qin Dynasty, served as courtiers and county officials, and their teacher, Xunzi, who was famous all over the world, also lived in the Chang'an Junfu.
During the wax festival, Lord Chang'an was pardoned and released from Xianyang Prison.
During the wax festival hunting, Mi Sui from the Chu clan was asked to hunt with the king.
After the twelfth lunar month, news of Zhao Gao's mysterious death came out.
He was once a guest of the emperor of Chang'an, and later entered the palace to serve as a seal official. Ge Nie, who was protecting the First Emperor personally, was also missing.
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"The Zhao clan was defeated, the Chu clan gained momentum, and Your Majesty fell to Lord Chang'an's side."
A year later, Wang Wan, the right prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, who seemed to be getting older, said to himself and issued a warning to the officials headed by him.
"You must never be at odds with Lord Chang'an!"
Unless the First Emperor secretly summons him and declares that he wants to get rid of Lord Chang'an, Wang Wan will definitely not take this trip into troubled waters.
If it had been thirty years earlier, he would have been in the Xianyang Palace now. Lord Chen Chang'an was so ambitious that he pointed his finger at the First Emperor's nose and scolded Shu Zi for his shortcomings and schemes.
But now, he is old, no longer young, no longer motivated, and he seeks stability.
He called for his servants.
"Find a retainer with neat handwriting to write a greeting note, and write that Wang Wan will visit Tsunade-kun three days later."
"only."
Wang Wan put the crumpled back of her hand in front of her eyes and looked at it again and again with squinted eyes.
"The art of preserving yourself in troubled times..."
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"We can't stay here."
In the new building, Gan Luo sat dejectedly at the top of the table, and glanced at the rosewood beams and columns, the crystal jade walls, the white pearl curtains, the night pearls in the sky, and the white jade lotus on the ground with nostalgia.
The heads of the major aristocratic families had never come together like this before. Everyone sat silently in front of the table. The delicacies on the table remained untouched, but the wine bottles placed on the table were changed again and again.
"We haven't lost yet, right?"
Gan Luo smiled forcefully and stood up unsteadily, his face flushed and smelling of alcohol.
He stepped down from the high seat, swaying left and right, leaving an aisle between the seats for the performance. In those charming accents, it seems to be speaking and singing.
"In the old days, Shang Yang was in power for a while, but in the end, five oxen divided the body. Zhang Yi argued with each other, and no one could match him. King Wu came to the throne and chased him away. People slaughtered white people, and all the countries were afraid. King Qin only killed himself with his sword.
"Since the founding of the Qin Kingdom, we have never been as prominent as them, with status and power comparable to that of the king! But we have been laughing until now.
"Don't judge a hero by the success or failure of a moment. The length of a moment can't explain anything. What we are competing for is a lifetime, let's see who can have the last laugh! Gentlemen, don't lose heart."
After singing and speaking, his people also walked to the door. He, the leader of the aristocratic family, turned his back to the heads of many aristocratic families.
"How is Luo's performance in this play? Are you a good person? After watching Luo's play, you will not go to Wushan today, okay?"
Gan Luo tidied up his clothes, walked out of the new building with a smile, and turned to look at the shabby appearance of the new building - the old and simple door could not be closed, and the place where the plaque should have been hung was bare.
"color!"
He praised highly and turned to leave.
Inside the new building, there started to be noise.
"There are so many of us, how could we be crushed by that pillar!"
"Oh, I'm afraid that Shuzi is so afraid that he doesn't even dare to call me a woman today! I'm just having fun here and being a concubine. What do I do with that Shuzi? Why should he come to my door?"
"What's wrong with Meng Xibai? Have you forgotten? What does what Meng Xibai did have to do with that Shuzi? Isn't it right for your Majesty to be more cautious?"
"How can he lead us if he is so weak? I think it is not the land that can be saved, but the people. He has been frightened by the pillar."
"..."
Gangcheng Jun Cai Ze also joined this verbal slanderous event and denounced Ying Chengyu and Gan Luo.
[He really did it and changed the situation by himself. King Qin Zhaoxiang's vision was as vicious as ever. It's a pity that the emperor of Chang'an is not interested in governing the country, but in these hypocritical virtues. ]
[No matter how cruel these people are to those concubines, how much harm can they do to Qin? Guanzi sets up a balcony to vent the energy of these people on women, replacing lust for power. Why can't you understand? ]
This time at the new balcony party, the six-foot wide agarwood bed was not used, and no one used the sapphire incense pillow because there were no women.
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Meng Ao's condition has recovered, but his body has become much weaker after this serious illness, and he can no longer return to the state where he was chasing Sun Mengtian with his sword before he was ill.
This is the case for old people. Their body functions are not as good as those of young people. After a serious illness, they recover as if nothing happened.
Every illness brings them one step closer to death. A small step forward for a minor illness, a big step forward for a serious illness.
"I regret that I should have listened to my father and mother."
Meng Yi, who looked resolute, accompanied the old man, holding the old man's hand and saying with slight regret.
When Meng Ao and his mother wanted to confront Ying Chengyu, he stopped them forcefully.
As a member of the wax festival hunting team, Meng Yi knew better than most people that there had never been any quarrel between the First Emperor and Lord Chang'an. It was him who overthought.
"What you do is what you do, there is nothing to regret."
Meng Ao sat up with difficulty and touched his grandson's head. A loving smile appeared on his usually tough face.
"My eldest father is old. You and your brother have to support the Meng family. My eldest father is a bird. He has never read a book and cannot read. He only has good eyesight.
"When I saw that the same person was hit by an arrow, and died from an arrow in the chest, and survived after being hit by an arrow in the arm, I knew that I should protect my snacks. If I couldn't afford a bronze mirror, it was the same with a broken sword. Seeing Wu Anjun's sadness and anger When he committed suicide, he knew that he could not disobey the king's order, even if it was wrong. When he saw Empress Dowager Xuan dying on hunger strike, and Wei Ran and Fan Ju forcing themselves to die for the king, they knew that they could not get too close to these scholars or threaten the royal power. .
"My eldest father has never interacted with people like Wang Wan, Feng Quji, Li Si, and Wei Zhuang. Every time I meet, he calls them birdies and drives them away. It's not that my eldest father looks down on scholars. Then if Mr. Wu An is illiterate, he can't understand. How can the art of war lead us to win the war? Without the advice of these scholars, how could we conquer so much land with the help of the eldest father and these bird men? The eldest father is a bird man, but not a fool. The eldest father is afraid.
"Long Gong is dead, Lord Wu An is dead, and Fan Yuqi is dead for treason. Except for Wang Yan, the birdman, there are no generals like the Great Father's generation, and none of them died a good death.
"My eldest father knows that we are not as smart as those scholars, so we simply don't interact with them. Firstly, to avoid being deceived into charging by them unknowingly. Secondly, the king doesn't like us getting too close to those scholars.
"The road from Qi to Qin is not easy, and it is even more difficult to stand firm in Qin. All my father can do is to look more and never make the mistakes he sees.
"I beat you and scold you all these years not because of what you did wrong, but because my eldest father didn't look at it. My eldest father is a coward, and my eldest father doesn't dare to gamble. Don't blame your eldest father."
Meng Yi, who thought the old man would scold him, was at a loss as he listened to the old man's nagging, and his eye circles turned red unconsciously.
"This boy Meng Tian is more like me, like your father. You studied the art of war with your brother, but you have been a bookish person since you were a child. My father is partial to your brother, not because he doesn't like you, but because he doesn't know what the path of a scholar should be. Walk.
"My eldest father only knows how a military general can protect himself and the Meng family. My eldest father knows that you don't like fighting, but you can't help it. My eldest father doesn't understand. If you have a son in the future and he is unwilling to join the military, you should know How to teach.
"You have all grown up. None of you are birdmen. Only my eldest father is a birdman. Your brother has made a great name in the Xiongnu land and is known as the number one warrior in the Qin Kingdom. My eldest father is very happy.
"But in fact, most of the time, my eldest father is worried about whether this kid is injured. He killed more than 20,000 Huns. This is such a big war. You send a letter to your brother and your father, asking them to reply Let's go to Xianyang. Go to Chang'an Jun's Mansion and ask for a homing pigeon. That's faster.
"Big father, I'm tired. Let's take a nap."
(End of chapter)
