"My ministers, please ask the old prime minister to abdicate and make way for someone worthy of his service!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Wan was stunned for a moment, then her expression gradually turned cold.
If he hadn't been greeted by Zhang Cang and Xiao He before, he would probably be furious at this moment.
However, he could not hold back his anger, but the officials who followed him could not.
An official from the Prime Minister's Office stood up first and said, "It is His Majesty's order for the old Prime Minister to supervise the country. Do you want to rebel by standing up to ask the old Prime Minister to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy?"
"this"
The ministers were shocked and couldn't help but look at each other.
But Yao Jia sneered: "Your Majesty trusted the old prime minister and let him supervise the country. Now that your majesty is trapped in the South China Sea, how did the old prime minister treat your majesty?"
"Yao Tingwei's words are wrong. The old prime minister did not say that he should ignore His Majesty. He does not know His Majesty's specific situation, so it is not appropriate to interfere rashly!"
Meng Yi on the side finally couldn't sit still anymore and stood up to say something fair.
Li Si glanced at him and said, "Does Lang Zhongling think that Zhao Hao's imprisonment of His Majesty is a lie?"
"Only rumors, no evidence."
"Ah!"
Li Si snorted, turned to look outside the door, and said loudly: "Come here! Bring Yan Le up!"
Yan Le?
Isn't this Zhao Hao's chariot?
Why did he return to Xianyang?
The ministers looked puzzled and couldn't help but follow the sound.
Yan Le was seen cautiously, bowed to the center of the hall, and saluted: "Yan Le has met the old prime minister, ministers!"
"Yan Le, let me ask you, did Zhao Hao imprison His Majesty in the South China Sea?"
Li Si asked calmly in front of all the ministers.
Yan Le quickly replied: "Yes!"
"Is there any evidence?"
"Everyone in the South China Sea knows about this!"
"oh?"
Li Si rolled his eyes, and then asked in front of all the ministers: "Is Your Majesty okay?"
Yan Le shook his head and said: "When I left Nanhai, it was in chaos. I don't know whether your majesty is safe or not, but the mountain behind the shogunate where your majesty is, seems to be surrounded by rebels!"
"You were originally working as a chariot guard next to Zhao Hao, why did you suddenly leave him?" Meng Yi asked with a cold face.
Yan Le was suddenly filled with righteous indignation and said: "Zhao Hao acted recklessly and imprisoned His Majesty. As a loyal minister of His Majesty, Yan Le naturally was not ashamed of his behavior. However, Yan Le was a man of low words and was not Zhao Hao's opponent at all, so he secretly escaped back to Xianyang and sought help from the ministers. help!"
"Comrades, have you heard this?"
Li Si looked around at the ministers and said sternly: "Zhao Hao acted boldly and imprisoned Your Majesty. Although he put down the rebellion of Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao, he was also guilty of contempt for the law of the country and disrespect for the emperor and his father!"
"Li Tingwei, do you think that Young Master Hao is guilty just based on his words?" Zhang Cang wiped his mouth in time.
Li Si glanced at him and snorted coldly: "What does Mr. Zhang want to say?"
"I think this matter still needs to be investigated and we cannot make hasty decisions!"
"Yes! It's completely possible to investigate!"
"Um?"
Zhang Cang was stunned instead, as if he was a little surprised.
Li Si added calmly and indifferently: "However, the old prime minister is deeply involved with Zhao Hao, so it is not appropriate to get involved in this matter!"
"this"
Zhang Cang was a little hesitant. Before he could rebel against Li Si, Wang Wan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I agree with Li Tingwei's words. It is really inappropriate for me to get involved in this matter!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
None of them seemed to have expected that Wang Wan would compromise so quickly.
You know, Wang Wan and Li Si had a huge quarrel over the enfeoffment system and the prefecture and county system. No one would submit to the other, and even the First Emperor was helpless.
Now, Li Si was just putting forward his own opinion, without the First Emperor making the decision, and without more evidence, Wang Wan actually took the initiative to defeat, which is simply unbelievable.
Could it be that Wang Wanzhen is colluding with Zhao Hao?
Is this a compromise due to fear of crime?
The next moment when all the ministers were filled with doubts, Wang Wan stood up from his seat, looked around at the ministers and said:
"My colleagues, I have made some shortcomings and inappropriate things during my supervision of the country. Please forgive me. No matter how this matter is investigated, I will fully cooperate!"
"As for the matter of supervising the country, Yao Tingwei is right. I am indeed not worthy of continuing to supervise the country. For this reason, I voluntarily resigned from the post of minister of supervising the country and handed over the power of supervising the country to the imperial censor Feng Jie and the left prime minister Feng Quji. , Doctor Ling Meng Yi, and Tingwei Li Si!"
"From now on, all major national affairs will be decided by the four of them together with their colleagues. This is also the intention of His Majesty to form a cabinet before his eastward tour."
"Old Prime Minister, no!"
After hearing this, Mond quickly stood up from the bottom table and wanted to stop Wang Wan.
Wang Wan ignored him and just smiled and waved: "Okay, that's the end of today's small court meeting, let's all disperse!"
"Old Prime Minister!"
Mond originally wanted to say a few more words, but Meng Yi grabbed his sleeve by the side.
"The meeting is dismissed!"
Wang Wan's face became solemn, and she walked politely to Li Si, saluted, and then left the hall.
Looking at Wang Wan's leaving figure, a faint smile flashed across Li Si's face.
He was proud of the success of yet another adventure.
He believed that with Wang Wan withdrawing from the position of supervising the country, he would not be stagnant in his official career for too long.
However, as the ministers left one after another, Yao Jia, who was left at the end, slowly walked to Li Si and said thoughtfully:
"Li Tingwei, I always feel that this matter is not that simple. He is so cooperative!"
"What's not simple? Without Zhao Hao to give him any advice, he thinks he is my opponent?"
Li Si smiled; "He even saluted me!"
Hearing this, Yao Jia looked at Yan Le: "What do you think?"
Yan Le glanced outside the door and suddenly said, "I think we should have a good meal tonight."
On the other side, Zhao Gao hurriedly came to Hu Hai's bedroom, where Hu Hai was playing games with the palace attendants and maids.
The palace ladies were all dressed up like the common maids, beating Hu Hai's legs and shoulders in the pavilion, while the palace attendants pretended to be noble princes and played with Hu Hai, sometimes laughing and laughing, sometimes cursing and shouting,
Zhao Gao took a look from a distance and immediately ordered the palace guards to guard the door of the palace and not allow anyone to enter the palace.
Soon, he rushed to a stop with light steps and shouted sternly: "This is the prince's palace, not a marketplace!"
Hearing this, the palace servants and maids were shocked and quickly stepped aside. Just as they were about to leave the pavilion, they saw several chamberlains holding sticks approaching, blocking all their escape routes.
I saw Zhao Gao wave his hand: "You have seduced the young prince to be ignorant and incompetent. You have committed a heinous crime. Take them all and imprison them to death!"
"ah?"
The palace servants and maids looked shocked, but they did not dare to say anything to beg for mercy. They all turned to look at Hu Hai.
Hu Hai was stunned for a moment and looked overjoyed: "Teacher, you are finally back! Where is my father? Where is my father? I miss him so much!"
After saying this, he was about to rush up to get intimate with Zhao Gao, only to see Zhao Gao glance over at him with a cold look. He was like a deflated ball, bowing his head and saying nothing.
When the palace attendants and maids saw that Hu Hai was so cowardly as a prince in front of Zhao Gao, they immediately fell to the ground and were ruthlessly carried away by the law enforcement chamberlain.
When only Hu Hai and Zhao Gao were left in the pavilion, Zhao Gao calmed down his emotions and said calmly, "Young prince, come with me!"
"yes."
Hu Haicheng nodded fearfully, not daring to say any nonsense, and quickly followed Zhao Gao to the study.
As soon as he entered the study, Zhao Gao shouted at him:
"How absurd is the young prince? At present, Zhao Hao is in Nanhai and Fusu is in Jiuyuan. They all have their own things to do. The young prince has accomplished nothing yet, but he doesn't want to reflect on it, let alone Gongzi Gao and Gongzi Liang. They are establishing themselves in South Vietnam. Those meritorious deeds! At this moment, the young prince is actually playing games with the palace people here, spreading the news, how can the young prince convince the public? "
"Teacher, I, I was wrong."
Hu Hai looked like he was young and had nothing to do, lowered his head and muttered.
Zhao Gao's eyes flashed with tears, and he said with hatred: "Young prince, young prince, you have broken my heart!"
"Teacher, Hu Hai knows that he is wrong, but there is nothing he can do about it. Brother Thirteen is so powerful, I am no match for him. The position of emperor is not mine no matter what, so I might as well enjoy it in time."
"That's unreasonable!"
Zhao Gao jumped in anger: "How can I allow you to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"
"There is no such thing as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it's just self-deception."
"you!"
Zhao Gao was so angry that he really wanted to kick Hu Hai, but in the end he held back and said coldly: "I came back this time to help you ascend to the throne. Now that I have convinced Li Si, it's up to you!"
"What!?"
Hu Hai was surprised: "He helped me ascend to the throne so quickly. Is it possible that my father is already dead?"
Zhao Gao: "." If your father knew that you wanted him to die so much, you would be mad at him even if he didn't die!
"Your Majesty is imprisoned by Zhao Hao in the South China Sea. As long as the young prince obeys my arrangements, he will soon become the crown prince of Qin. Once your majesty cannot return to the country, the prince will inherit the throne and become the second son of Qin!"
"Ah? Thirteenth brother, no, Zhao Hao actually dares to imprison his father?" Hu Hai was extremely surprised.
Zhao Gao narrowed his eyes and said, "Some people will do anything for power. The prince will understand in the future!"
Hu Hai said timidly: "Teacher, Hu Hai is not a prince yet."
"No!"
Zhao Gao shook his head and said seriously: "Young prince, remember: from today on, you are the prince of Great Qin!"
"Teacher, this, this, this."
Hu Hai subconsciously rubbed his hands, cold sweat seeping from his forehead.
Zhao Gao smiled coldly in his heart, but said with great displeasure on his face: "Young prince is so rude, how will he rule the world in the future?"
"Teacher, Hu Hai. I'm just a little uneasy. Can you confirm whether my father is alive or dead before he plans something big?"
"Of course, young prince, there is no need to worry, I have my own arrangements!"
Zhao Gao nodded calmly, and then lowered his voice and warned: "A lot of things will happen in the recent period. The young prince must remember not to leave the palace, let alone play with the palace people;
Before the news of His Majesty's life and death comes, it is the most delicate. The young prince must be cautious! "
"Teacher, don't worry, Hu Hai will definitely listen to you!"
Hu Hai responded honestly, with a hint of disappointment in his tone.
Zhao Gao knew his temper, so he patted his shoulder again and comforted him: "When the young prince becomes emperor, he can do whatever he wants. Why do you need to be happy now?"
"oh?"
Hu Hai's eyes lit up, his face full of longing: "Teacher, are you serious about what you said?"
"Absolutely true!"
A smile appeared on Zhao Gao's lips, thinking that children are easy to deceive, and then hurriedly left the study.
Hu Hai looked at his back, breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked straight to the bookshelf in the study room, moved the bookshelf away with all his strength, and saw a few cracks scattered on the ground. And a small pit, muttering to himself: "What is down here? Why do I keep hearing noises recently?"
at the same time.
In the quietest small valley in Ganquan Mountain, there is Huyi Palace.
There are twelve palaces and ten pavilions around Ganquan Palace for more than twenty miles. Their functional names are all related to the war against Hu.
This Hu Yi Palace is one of the small shogunate offices, where the war against Hu Yi is discussed.
In the past, there were more than a dozen Sima of the Guowei Mansion resident here, and a map of Donghu hung on the wall. All news about Donghu would be gathered here.
The largest Yinshan Palace behind the Huyi Palace was where the war against the Xiongnu was planned. After the fall of the Six Kingdoms, Ying Zheng transformed this place into one of his dormitories, and occasionally came here to rest and work.
It wasn't until Zhao Hao emerged that Ying Zheng moved to Wangyi Palace, which was closer to the Six Kingdoms Palace.
Now Ying Zheng has not been to Yinshan Palace for a year, and Yinshan Palace is as deserted as a cold palace.
And it is precisely because of this peculiarity that few people are seen around Yinshan Palace.
At this time, the north wind was howling and it was extremely cold. A slight knocking sound echoed from time to time in the vast palace.
If no one was passing by at this time, it might scare people out of their wits.
Because the sound didn't seem to come from the surroundings, but from underground.
This rhythmic knocking sound is like a dark soldier clearing the way and a hundred ghosts walking at night.
I don’t know how long it took, but the knocking suddenly stopped, and soon, a dull sound came from under the bluestone floor.
I saw that the bluestone floor instantly fell into pieces, scattered around, and splashed with countless mud.
"anyone there?"
A hole appeared in the split area of the bluestone floor, and a sound came from the hole. He was greeted by silence.
Not long after, a gray-faced head that looked like a groundhog popped out of the hole. He looked around and found no one. He breathed a sigh of relief, then retracted into the hole and said in a low voice: "Laifu, we We finally dug it out, this is not the palace."
"you sure?"
"Confirmation and certainty, this is definitely not the palace!"
"anyone there?"
"Isn't this nonsense? I'm still talking to you if someone is there?"
"Who knows, what if you want to trick me again? Last time you dug down the hut and let me go up, the man almost killed me!"
"Hey, don't worry, it won't happen this time, there's really no one!"
"I don't care, you go up first this time!"
"Hey, why is there no trust between people? Okay, I'll go up first. I'll go up first!"
After saying that, a sturdy figure crawled out of the hole with difficulty.
This person was none other than Chang Wei, who helped Zhao Hao dig the tunnel.
However, before Chang Wei could call Laifu to climb up from the tunnel, the door of the palace was suddenly opened.
"Mr. Chang'an, it's time to avenge you and me."
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