The First Emperor's Palace.
After Ying Zheng and Gong Yang dared to finalize the new Confucian policy, they were full of ambition and eager to share their feelings in the past few days with Hu Ji.
After a burst of joy, Ying Zheng lay happily on Hu Jiyu's lap and said with emotion: "The government is on the right track, and I can finally rest assured that I will patrol eastward."
"only."
As he spoke, he changed the subject and continued: "I have started to have trouble sleeping again recently. I feel like someone is making noises in my ears. I sent someone to investigate, but nothing unusual was found!"
"Is it the abnormal noise that His Majesty mentioned before?"
Hu Ji blinked her beautiful eyes and asked softly.
She had heard Ying Zheng mention before that he was woken up by strange noises in the middle of the night.
Now that I heard Ying Zheng mention it again, I couldn't help but be filled with curiosity.
Ying Zheng frowned and said thoughtfully: "Zhao Gao said that I was hearing hallucinations. I didn't believe it at first. Later, after a while, the strange noise disappeared, and I believed him. I just didn't know. Why is this strange noise coming again?
Do you think it could be some kind of vision?
Does it mean something bad is going to happen to me? "
Facing Ying Zheng's three consecutive questions, Hu Ji shook her head and said, "I think it's not the case."
"oh?"
Ying Zheng looked up at Hu Ji and asked with interest, "Why?"
Hu Ji thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty has personally clarified the visions. Most of them are man-made. But in this forbidden area of the palace, who dares to do anything wrong in His Majesty's palace?"
"makes sense."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, then raised his hand to signal: "You continue."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to my concubine, it may be true that your Majesty is hearing hallucinations as Zhao Gao said..."
Hu Ji said, before Ying Zheng could speak, she said to herself: "Your Majesty, do you still remember? When you had auditory hallucinations, it was when your condition was unstable! Generally, warnings will be issued when there are physical problems. Come to think of it, Your Majesty must not have had a good rest recently, right?”
"this....."
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled again: "So it seems that I am too tired!"
"Your Majesty is working hard day and night on state affairs, and I am very worried. If I could see your Majesty's brows relaxed, I would be happy for your Majesty..."
Hu Ji stroked the gray hair at Ying Zheng's temples and said softly.
Ying Zheng's eyes rolled, he stood up, hugged her in his arms, and laughed: "I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy too, how about doing it again?"
"But please Your Majesty..."
Hu Ji blushed and buried her head in Ying Zheng's arms.
Just as Ying Zheng was about to ride his horse and whip his whip, Zhao Gao hurried in.
In the impression of the First Emperor, Zhao Gao was the most calm and reserved in dealing with people. This was the first time I had seen him sweating and out of breath.
"Your Majesty, something happened to Young Master Hao. If Your Majesty doesn't personally intervene, he may not be able to pass this test!"
"Oh? What happened? Tell me quickly!"
Zhao Gao glanced at Hu Ji, quickly lowered his head and bowed: "The five barren mountains that your Majesty gave to Gongzi Hao were dug out of coal. Zhou Bing, the magistrate of Chuyi County, implored him to defraud and evade taxes on the grounds of Gongzi Hao." Your Majesty, deal with Young Master Hao according to law!"
"Peng——!"
When Ying Zheng heard Zhao Gao's words, he punched the bed. Wood chips flew everywhere and the bluestone floor under the bed cracked several cracks.
The weird thing is.
In an inconspicuous corner of the palace, deeper and larger cracks also appeared.
turn out to be.
The news of the discovery of coal in Juyi County quickly spread throughout the county, as if it had wings.
The common people were skeptical when they heard that charcoal could be used as charcoal for burning. However, after County Magistrate Zhou sent someone to check for himself, he couldn't help but become furious.
He felt that he had been deceived, as if he was being treated like a fool, so he reported Zhao Hao to Tingwei's mansion with a scroll of memorials.
At the same time, various gossips were released privately to create pressure from public opinion.
These gossips quickly spread to Xianyang.
Carbon, a new type of fuel, has once again set off waves of storms in Xianyang.
Zhao Hao turned a deaf ear to this and spent the whole day eating, drinking, and burning cement.
However, when Magistrate Zhou saw that Li Si ignored him, he was so angry that he went directly to Xianyang to file a complaint.
At this time, Li Si could no longer hide it, so he approached Zhao Gao tactfully and asked him to report to Ying Zheng.
Li Si himself went to appease Magistrate Zhou.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down..."
Seeing that Ying Zheng smashed the bed with one punch, Hu Ji couldn't help but be frightened and turned pale, begging again and again.
Ying Zheng himself was both happy and angry.
Fortunately, those inconspicuous barren mountains actually contain stone carbon, and it seems to be easier to burn than charcoal.
Otherwise, that kid Zhao Hao would not abandon charcoal and switch to using carbolic coal to burn cement.
Although Ying Zheng was born into a noble family, he also experienced the life of the lower class people during those years when he was a hostage in the State of Zhao.
He knows how much the lower class people spend on charcoal every year.
As the saying goes, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, are the seven things that open the door.
The firewood here ranks first.
This shows how important firewood is to the people at the bottom.
Especially during the winter, when there is no firewood at home, it is easy for someone to die.
In the past, the First Emperor only paid superficial attention to the people's support. Now, after experiencing the benefits of winning the people's support, he paid more and more attention to the people's support.
Therefore, he naturally attaches great importance to things that are related to the life and death of the people.
But what made him angry was that this thing did not belong to the court, but to private individuals.
This person...is actually his own son!
Are you saying you are angry with me or not?
What’s more, what’s even more annoying!
This son...
wrong.....
This traitor...
He actually used hundreds of kilograms of watermelons to defraud his father's mine! ?
Damn it!
Where is my sword? !
Ying Zheng became angrier as he thought about it and couldn't help but look around.
"Your Majesty, what are you looking for?"
Hu Ji recovered from the fright and looked at Ying Zheng doubtfully: "I'll help you find my concubine?"
"snort!"
Ying Zheng glanced over with a cold look, scaring Hu Ji into tears and feeling aggrieved.
Zhao Gao glanced at her sympathetically, thinking that she was another blind person.
At this moment, Ying Zheng had a gloomy look on his face, got up with his upper body naked, and shouted: "Zhao Gao!"
"The old slave is here!"
"Preach my will and tell the traitor to come over and see me!"
"promise."
Zhao Gaoru was granted amnesty and immediately accepted the promise and retreated.
.......
at the same time.
In the most luxurious restaurant in Xianyang City.
After the last cavalry battle drill, Gong Ziliang and others invited Zhao Hao to have fun together.
Zhao Hao was in a bad mood at the time and did not go.
Today Gong Ziliang invited him to a banquet again, and he happily agreed.
There is no way, people feel refreshed when happy events happen.
"Sir, this place is nice. There are also dancers!"
Chang Wei's eyes flashed and he glanced around: "I just don't know if the food here can be packaged!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Before Zhao Hao could speak, Laifu on the side gritted his teeth and said: "Can you have some structure? With so many people watching, you pack it up? Do you want to embarrass the young master?"
"Didn't the young master also like to pack things in the past?"
Chang Wei's face darkened, and he couldn't help but muttered: "I thought I could get away with it for nothing, what a pity..."
"...."
Zhao Hao raised his hand to his forehead, wishing he could sew this guy's mouth shut. He really couldn't open any pot.
What is your current financial situation?
What was your previous family background?
This level... can it be compared with before?
What a shame!
"Thirteenth brother, why hasn't ninth brother come yet?"
Young Master Jiang Lu, who was sitting next to him, looked at Zhao Hao doubtfully.
Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Didn't Brother Ninth leave the palace before us? Why are we still lagging behind?"
"Maybe Young Master Liang went to pick someone up. After all, the girl Ruyi from Chunmian Tower is not easy to hire..."
Wang Li on the side heard this and joked with a half-smile.
Although his voice was not loud, everyone felt itchy in their hearts.
It was as if this Ruyi girl had an indescribable magical power that fascinated everyone instantly.
"What's going on? My ninth brother has a confidante?"
Zhao Hao's heart of gossip was burning, and he couldn't help but curiously asked.
He knew that Gongzi Liang liked to play outside, but he had never heard that Gongzi Liang was interested in a certain woman.
After all, the prince is no better than ordinary people.
No matter how much he likes a woman, it is impossible to marry him home as a wife. The First Emperor can only decide on marriage matters.
"Everyone has a love for beauty, not to mention that girl Ruyi, but the oiran of Chunmian Tower is even better than the three beauties of Xueyue Tower!" Wang Li said with a smile.
"It's even better! I think it's a hundred times better!"
A dandy boy whom Zhao Hao didn't know chimed in with a mean smile: "Actually, I have admired Miss Ruyi for a long time, but it's a pity that the Ninth Prince got there first!"
"It's not just you, I also spent hundreds of gold on girl Ruyi. It's a pity, it's a pity..."
"Are you all? Me too..."
"Hahaha....."
Hearing everyone present talking about the Ruyi girl, Zhao Hao frowned subconsciously and said: "The expensive circle is really chaotic."
"hehe."
The young master smiled noncommittally and said, "It's them who are causing trouble. Let's not worry about their dirty things. Just eat and drink well..."
Hearing this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile: "Brother Six is really a breath of fresh air!"
"Everyone has their own preferences..."
The young master waved his hand to Lu, and then said to the outside: "Serve the food first, bring the best food and wine in the restaurant..."
"Isn't this good? Brother Ninth hasn't come yet..."
"It doesn't matter, even if he doesn't come, Brother Six can still afford this meal!"
Zhao Hao was surprised: "No, what have you been doing during this time? How come you are all as rich as me?"
"?"
A black question mark slowly appeared on the young master's forehead, and he didn't know how to answer Zhao Hao.
At this moment, Gong Ziliang slowly entered the private room with an extremely delicate and beautiful woman on his arm.
The next moment, the originally noisy private room suddenly became quiet.
Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, then looked up, and his eyes were instantly attracted.
I really want to shout: Witch! Where to escape!
Somehow, this woman gives people a very charming feeling, and people are attracted to her at a glance.
but.
She doesn't have the temperament of a promiscuous woman, but has the grace, dignity and virtuousness of a lady.
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm late!"
Gong Ziliang glanced at everyone with a smile on his face, but the movement of his hands was to tighten his arms around the woman in his arms, with a hint of pride on his lips.
.......
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