In late April, II returned to Xianyang. At this time, the mothers of the brothers he killed heard that their sons were dead. They were all frightened to death and were in pain, so they came to the court one after another, crying and making trouble, seeking death and survival. When Jiang Lu's mother heard that her son was still alive, she ordered him to release him immediately. The Second Emperor was also frightened at this time, so he asked the warriors to drive them out of the palace first, and then summoned Zhao Gao for discussion. Zhao Gao instigated: "Your brothers rebelled, maybe their mother instigated it. The situation is urgent now, and the generals and others should be interrogated overnight, otherwise your throne will be unstable!" The second generation immediately put the interrogation to bed. The matter was handed over to Zhao Gao.
That night, Zhao Gao sent his confidants to the prison to interrogate General Lu and others. Xinji had a strong temperament and would scold the interrogators when she saw them. The fifth prince is also young and vigorous. As a result, none of them admitted to treason, so they were severely beaten by the jailer. All three of them were knocked unconscious, and then the jailer poured cold water on them to wake them up. After repeated interrogations, the three of them were beaten to pieces. The interrogator finally said to General Lu: "As a prince, you are not like a minister. You should be punished for your crimes. I will execute you according to the decree. If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly?" Jiang Lu collapsed on the ground. With great difficulty, he pushed away his bloody hair with his hands, and said tremblingly: "I never dare to disobey the etiquette in the palace, and I never dare to compete for the position in the court. Under any circumstances, I am careful in my words and deeds, and I never do anything rashly that goes against normal ethics. Why do you say that I am not a minister? What is my crime? If you insist on my death, tell me the truth. Is this how you can rest in peace even if you die?" The officials looked at each other, feeling very ashamed, and hesitantly said: "We are just acting according to the order, and no one can save you now. Instead of enduring such great pain, you might as well end it yourself! "After hearing what the jailer said, Jiang Lu's heart felt like a knife piercing his heart. After a while, he raised his head and shouted in despair: "Oh my God! Why are the brothers and sisters fighting against each other to such an extent? Is it true that our country, Great Qin, is going to end? What a pity! What a pity! We died like this!" The three of them hugged each other and cried, and finally committed suicide one by one.
When Zhao Gao heard that the three brothers were dead, he walked into the cell, grabbed their fingers and put their fingerprints on the confession, a ferocious smile appeared on his face, and he grunted like a vicious dog and walked away quickly. When we went out, it was already bright. At that time, Zhao Gao came to see the Second Emperor with the confessions of the three people and said: "Your Majesty, the three people have admitted to treason. However, when I arrived in prison, they had committed suicide out of fear of guilt. This is the confession, please read it." After saying that, he handed the false confession he had prepared in advance to II. When I saw it, I saw it said:
We are sincere and frightened: We really don’t want my younger brother to become emperor, so we wanted to launch an attack in Jieshi and kill the emperor, but Zhao Gao arrived in time and the assassination attempt failed. Later, we made plans in the Duxian Garden, preparing to return to Beijing to launch a coup with our mothers and queens to oust His Majesty from the throne. But contrary to expectations, His wise Majesty noticed our actions in advance and stopped the chaos. As the saying goes: 'If you don't succeed, you will succeed. 'As His Majesty's flesh and blood, we have done such a treasonous thing, and we are extremely ashamed. Now that I think about it, I am really sorry for Your Majesty, as well as for all the mothers and queens and my father who has passed away. Therefore, we can no longer live in shame in the world, so we have to die to apologize. Our family hopes for His Majesty's forgiveness.
After seeing it, the second generation said with emotion: "Oh! I didn't expect that our compatriots would kill each other like this. If it weren't for Aiqing's mediation, I would have been killed by them a long time ago. How could I be here today?" He was generously rewarded. Zhao Gao. From then on, the second generation trusted Zhao Gao even more, and all court affairs, no matter how big or small, were decided by him.
Qin Shihuang gave birth to ten princesses, all of whom were pampered and well-off. At this time, they heard that their elder brothers and younger brothers had been killed by the emperor. They were very sad and gathered together to discuss: "My elder brothers and younger brothers were all executed by the emperor. This We have to ask about the matter. Prime Minister Li Si is an important minister of the late emperor and the father-in-law of the second sister. We should go to see her now, and then go to see Prime Minister Li and ask him to lead all the officials to the palace to advise him. He must kill Zhao Gao This traitor, avenge your elders and younger brothers!" After everyone discussed it, they came to the second sister's home.
After everyone saw the second sister, they said: "Your father-in-law is a very popular minister and the prime minister who controls the overall situation. Now that my brother and brothers are dead, we want to avenge him." The second princess cried: "Brother , My brothers are all dead, and I am very sad. I was about to go to the prime minister to discuss it. You are here, and we just go together." The princesses came to Prime Minister Li's office. They said to Li Si: "You are the head of the officials and an important minister of the late emperor. Now the new emperor listens to slander and kills at will. Why don't you lead the officials to the court to give remonstrances?" Li Si said: "I have wanted to come in many times. Palace, but they were all turned away. Now the emperor only listens to the words of the doctor, and I am really powerless! I heard that the emperor wanted to kill the princes, and it was all Zhao Gao's idea. You are princesses, and Zhao Gao can't do anything to you. , you should go to him to argue?" As soon as the princesses heard this, they came to Zhao Gao's mansion angrily.
Zhao Gao heard that the princesses were coming and hurriedly got up to greet them. When the princesses came to the hall, they scolded Zhao Gao as soon as they saw him: "Zhao Gao, why did you kill our brothers? What crime did they commit? Why did you advise your majesty to kill innocent people indiscriminately? You traitor! You villain!" Zhao Gao He was so panicked that he was speechless. The second princess scolded: "As a close minister of the emperor, you don't want to serve the country, but you deliberately do things that endanger the country and harm the country and the people? Are you trying to overthrow the power of the Qin Dynasty? You traitor! Devil!" Zhao Gao He hurriedly said: "My dear princesses, the killing of the prince really has nothing to do with me. This is all His Majesty's decision! I am just a servant, how can I participate in the affairs of the court? You should go to the Prime Minister and ask?" The princesses said They all said together: "We have already gone to the prime minister. He said that the emperor obeys your words, and all rights and wrongs are related to you! You traitorous officials, who enjoy the country's salary all day long, are so heartless and crazy, you are all inhuman things! "Zhao Gao was so angry that he didn't dare to vent his anger. The eldest princess asked: "Why do you say that our brother is treason? What evidence do you have? Just this castrated bad guy!" Zhao Gao was furious, but he was speechless and did not dare to resist. After the princesses scolded Zhao Gao, they still felt dissatisfied, so they all stepped forward to tear him apart. Zhao Gao hurriedly crawled under the table. Everyone kicked and pulled Zhao Gao around like a football, and finally they overturned the table, broke the utensils in the house, and threw the paperwork on the floor before they stopped. When he was leaving, he pointed at Zhao Gao and said: "We are going to see your majesty now, and then expose your heinous crime, and then let your majesty kill you, who is not a human being! Castrate the stinky bastard who has not been cut to death!" After that, he said Coaxed away.
Zhao Gao got out of the table and got up. He felt that his face and buttocks were in great pain. When he looked in the mirror, he found that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He suddenly became angry with shame. They said that he was a 'castrated but not a stinky bastard', which was like an awl pierced into his heart. Zhao Gao was so embarrassed and angry at this time. He first hated Li Si and hated him for inciting them to come here to make trouble. Then he hated these women for beating him and scolding him, so he just wanted to sit down and be quiet. But as soon as Zhao Gao sat down, he suddenly remembered that the princesses said before leaving that they were going to find the emperor. Zhao Gao was shocked and thought that if these women really saw the emperor, once the emperor repented, he would punish himself with death. This is called estrangement! Zhao Gao thought of this and ran out of the house without even having time to change his clothes. As he ran, he shouted: "Get your car ready! Get your car ready!" At this time, a guard had already brought a carriage over. Zhao Gao climbed into the carriage and drove directly to Wangyi Palace himself.
Zhao Gao rushed to Wangyi Palace out of breath. Because he was the only one who knew where the emperor was, he rushed ahead of the princesses. Zhao Gao burst into tears after seeing the second son. The second was shocked and asked what happened. Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty, they are rebelling! They are rebelling! They are rebelling!" The second generation asked who was rebelling. Zhao Gao gasped and said: "It's your sisters. They wanted to avenge your brother. They first ran to the minister's mansion and beat him up. Now they want to beat your majesty again, claiming that they want to beat him to death before establishing a new throne." Jun! Now they are coming towards Wangyi Palace. Please hide, Your Majesty, to avoid being beaten to death by them. Your sisters are all like wolves and tigers, fierce and cunning, they are simply like tigresses." 2 When Shi heard this and saw that Zhao Gao had been beaten with a black nose and swollen eyes, he was so frightened that his legs became weak and said: "My dear, where am I hiding?" Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty, please come with me." Then he led the second son and ran out of the harem until he came to the toilet door.
When the second son came to the toilet door, he felt a little embarrassed and said: "I am the king of a country, why do you let me hide in the toilet?" Zhao Gao pretended to be frightened and said: "Your Majesty, they will bite them when they come. Cut off your ears and dig out your eyes! Compared with this, hiding in the toilet is nothing! Come on in!" With that, he pulled the second child to get into the toilet. Zhao Gao also said: "Of course, Your Majesty is also the first emperor in ancient times to let rebellious ministers and traitors into the toilet. What happened today is so abnormal! I feel ashamed for Your Majesty! But even more sad! You Why has it come to this? If I hadn’t protected you, you would have died long ago without a burial place! I am not afraid of death, but I am worried that if I die, how can your Majesty be able to deal with so many people who want to kill you if you are alone? Are you a rebel? In the past, I talked to you about many important matters of governing the country, but now it seems that they are all redundant. You are born without the power of an emperor! In the eyes of those women, you are just an insignificant little boy. ! The beating and humiliation I received from them today is proof of that? Why do you still worry about hiding in the toilet? Alas! How wonderful it would be for the late emperor to be alive? Who doesn’t know his majesty? Who doesn’t? He just stared, The courtiers are scared to death; if he shouts, the world will be in turmoil; if the sword points to the east, the six countries will be unified. He is really the dragon roaring and the tiger roaring, commanding the wind and clouds! If he were here, how could I suffer this? What a shame and humiliation? Oh! It hurts! How sad!" Zhao Gao cried again: "Late Emperor! Where are you? Just look at our monarch and his ministers? If you are still here, why would you be like this? Wuwuwu... "
Zhao Gao's cries really angered the young II. This was the effect Zhao Gao wanted. The II became furious and said, "Can't I just let them die?" Zhao Gao pretended to be surprised and said, "What? What? ? Your Majesty, are you really so brave? If so, I will be saved, and Great Qin will be saved!" The Second Emperor suddenly became as powerful as a tiger. He shouted loudly: "I am the king of a country, how can I be afraid of them? What a bitch? You didn't lead me here, why would I be in such a mess! Come on, let's go out!" Zhao Gao kept snickering, knowing that the second generation was determined, he followed and left the toilet. At this time, a group of eunuchs came running in and said: "Your Majesty, what's wrong, all the royal sisters rushed in. They were all very aggressive, as if they were here to fight..." The Second Emperor was furious and said to Zhao Gao: "Mr. Listen to the order! I order you to immediately lead the guards to capture the Wang Sister and take them to the market to behead them in public!" Zhao Gao was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty, you are really a wise and decisive king! I accept the order!" After that, He ordered his left and right officials to protect the emperor before he entered the inner palace. He immediately mobilized dozens of palace guards and rushed out.
