What a coincidence!
Zhao Gao's mortal enemy, the actual person in charge and top leader of the First Emperor's grand tour of the world.
I was ordered to return to Shanyang to pray for the First Emperor and pray for the First Emperor.
In other words, in fact, the only top decision-makers of the team are himself, Li Si, and Zhao Si.
Meng Yi is no longer here! Zhao Gao is also the hand of the internal ministers. Most of the internal ministers who serve closely are controlled by Zhao Gao.
As for Zhao Si, it seems that he is now in charge of the personal service of the First Emperor, but these powers stem from the First Emperor's closeness to Zhao Si and are based on the First Emperor's trust.
Zhao Si himself was just a small minister, a Langguan without any specific positions and powers.
So, without this trust and closeness, what would Zhao Si be?
He was just a servant. Before he got the high position of Chefu Ling, he really wasn't enough.
So, once the First Emperor really dies...
Zhao Si's so-called power will immediately turn into a fleeting cloud, so in this extreme situation, Zhao Si will instantly be reduced to the bottom.
In extreme cases, there are actually only two top decision-makers left in this team.
Himself, and Left Prime Minister Li Si.
Oh, and there is the eighteenth son Hu Hai, but this makes no difference. Zhao Gao has a hundred ways to persuade Hu Hai to stand on the same front as him.
Zhao Gao rubbed his brows, and a crazy and bold plan flashed in his mind.
This crazy and bold plan made him temporarily forget Zhao Si's disrespect and inexplicable hostility towards him.
It doesn't matter, once he loses the trust and closeness of the First Emperor, Zhao Si is nothing!
Next, Zhao Gao's primary goal is to keep his power. Keeping his power is not enough. Since he is already crazy and bold, he might as well be more bold!
Of course, Zhao Gao is not a blindly optimistic person. He knows that this crazy and bold plan is based on a premise.
That is, the First Emperor really died in a sand dune.
Zhao Gao was extremely fascinated by this crazy and bold plan.
At the beginning, he just wanted to keep his power and status. Later, because of the First Emperor's final warning, Zhao Gao became dissatisfied and began to have some disrespectful thoughts.
Until later, the First Emperor was bedridden.
From the time when he began to take charge of the power of sealing, it was a time when all major events in the world were sealed by himself.
Various emotions, pent-up dissatisfaction, and forgotten hatred, mixed with ambition, began to devour Zhao Gao's heart wantonly.
"I just want... one step... one step..." Zhao Gao clenched his hands suddenly.
At this moment, he extremely hoped that the First Emperor would die.
He even wanted to take the initiative to help the First Emperor speed up the process, but he couldn't and couldn't do it.
Zhao Si is now on guard against everyone like a mad dog. Anyone or anything that enters the Emperor's palace will be sniffed by Zhao Si several times with his dog's nose before letting it in. He even sleeps at the door of the Emperor's palace. asleep.
In the past two days, Zhao Si had even taken the initiative to carry the euphorbia given to him by the First Emperor and guarded the palace, never leaving.
The most terrible thing is that this mad dog is holding a big halberd. Every time he looks at himself, he seems to be studying which direction to split himself in two more easily and conveniently.
"Ha..." Zhao Gao sneered.
He doesn't mind, he really doesn't mind!
Next, what he had to do was to prevent that mad dog from getting a hold of him.
Then wait for the fate to be pronounced!
If fate is on his side, then he will give Zhao Si the most fatal blow at the most critical moment.
He was sure to convince Hu Hai, and he was also sure to convince Li Si.
He knows Hu Hai very well, he also knows Li Si very well, and he knows Fusu even better!
After thinking about everything clearly, Zhao Gao stood up and lay down on the bed, falling asleep peacefully.
Zhao Si, however, did not sleep very peacefully.
For some unknown reason, Zhao Si woke up repeatedly throughout the night.
It was not until midnight that the palace residents screamed and panicked. Zhao Si hurriedly rushed in and received extremely bad news.
First Emperor! Fell into a coma!
Zhao Si urgently summoned Xia Wuji and the accompanying imperial doctor overnight.
All the imperial doctors are helpless!
Xia Wuji was still frowning.
This coma lasted for two full days, and Zhao Si and Xia Wuji were on duty in shifts.
"For two whole days, not even a drop of water came in...Doctor Xia, is there really no way to wake up His Majesty?" Zhao Si frowned and looked at Xia Wuji.
Zhao Si tried feeding him water and food, but he couldn't feed him at all.
During the shift change, according to Xia Wuju's description, the First Emperor showed no signs of waking up. Now his breathing was getting weaker and weaker, and Zhao Si was confused.
If this continues, the First Emperor will starve to death in advance before he dies of illness.
"To this day, even if Bian Que is still alive, I'm afraid there is nothing he can do to save his life." Xia Wuji shook his head heavily.
Zhao Si remained silent and looked at Xia Wuji deeply.
"Is there really no way?" Zhao Si frowned. At this time, his mood calmed down strangely, and he began to think about what he should do next.
"I can give your majesty acupuncture... to stimulate your majesty to wake up, but once the acupuncture is given, I'm afraid it will be really hard to save the immortal." Xia Wuji was silent for a long time before spitting out a fact that Zhao Si was unwilling to accept.
Zhao Si was puzzled, but he had seen similar scenes in his previous life. He didn't understand Chinese medicine, but in his understanding, Chinese medicine might indeed have this method.
To force people to return to their former glory?
And then rush to death calmly?
Zhao Si was unwilling to accept this fact. After a long silence, he still shook his head: "Wait a minute... wait a minute, your majesty will have his own destiny."
Zhao Si shook his head heavily.
He was still unwilling to take such a gamble, and Zhao Si was not qualified to make such a decision. This kind of decision must be modeled by the three ministers and nine ministers.
It makes sense to force the First Emperor to return to his glory, because the First Emperor has not yet arranged his posthumous affairs, and has not even determined the crown prince, which is a very important matter for the country.
But Zhao Si did not allow anyone to make this decision on behalf of the First Emperor.
Even if the final outcome of the First Emperor was to fall into a coma and die, before that, he would give the First Emperor one last chance.
"Doctor Xia just pretends that he has never learned this injection!" Zhao Si said seriously.
Xia Wuji didn't speak, he just turned his head and leaned on the railing to look at the First Emperor quietly.
It wasn't that Xia Wuqi didn't want to talk, it was just that he was a little embarrassed.
how to say?
Zhao Si's emotions were so sincere that Xia Wuqie couldn't face them or hide them.
In the following time, Li Si visited the First Emperor several times, while Zhao Gao and his eunuchs stayed by and never left.
Zhao Si was not idle either, he had already started planning from which angle to kill Zhao Gao with one blow.
As long as the First Emperor died, Zhao Si would definitely send Zhao Gao down as soon as possible and continue to give the First Emperor the government order.
In the palace, the First Emperor lay quietly on the bed, without any movement.
Zhao Si was standing at the head of the bed, Zhao Gao was standing at the end of the bed, a group of ministers were waiting nearby, and Xia Wuqie was also waiting in the room.
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
Time passed in a long wait, but the people present had many different reasons for waiting.
Until the sky turns dark again and the night falls!
Under the dim candlelight, Zhao Si keenly noticed the slight trembling of the First Emperor's eyelids, and he hurriedly knelt down and called softly.
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
Zhao Gao looked at Zhao Si quietly. This was not the first time that this scene had happened. This was not the first time that the Emperor's eyelids were trembling. Zhao Si would call out to him every time, but he would not wake up every time.
He heard Xia Wuqie's answer clearly, and he had basically given a verdict to the First Emperor.
At this moment, he felt a little pity for Zhao Si.
Once the First Emperor dies, he will never be able to open his eyes again, and everything Zhao Si will turn into a passing cloud.
That crazy and bold plan seemed to have room for implementation, and Zhao Gao felt excited.
However……
The trembling of the First Emperor's eyelids became more intense!
Upon seeing this, Zhao Si hurriedly called out again...
Zhao Gao's expression froze, and a situation he didn't want to see occurred.
The First Emperor opened his eyes!
"Zhao Si!"
The extremely weak voice of the First Emperor sounded.
Zhao Si quickly came closer and said, "Your Majesty, I am here!"
The First Emperor dragged his long body as if he was about to collapse.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Two days!" Zhao Si quickly replied.
The First Emperor's eyes closed again, and he was silent for a long time. Zhao Si did not dare to make a sound to disturb the First Emperor's state.
"Where is Zhao Gao?" After a long time, the First Emperor opened his eyes and spoke softly again.
"I'm here!" Zhao Gao quickly replied.
"Go get the seal..." The First Emperor raised his hand slightly, as if to make arrangements for the funeral.
Zhao Gao hurriedly went to get the big seal and jade seal.
"Zhao Si, go get the edict, study the ink, and draft an edict on my behalf..."
When Zhao Si heard the sound, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.
The awakening of the First Emperor brought not good news.
Perhaps it was his strong obsession that supported this man to open his eyes reluctantly again, and exhausted his last bit of energy. The First Emperor clearly planned to establish a throne.
Zhao Si silently took out the silk, studied the ink, and started writing.
"The soldiers belonged to Mengtian, and they were buried in Xianyang with the funeral party. They took Fusu as a treasure and announced it to the world."
The First Emperor's body looked very weak, and he didn't even say much about the content of the edict.
At this time, I didn't care about the gorgeous rhetoric and style, and just briefly talked about the events behind me.
"Has it been written?" Emperor Shihuang asked.
"It's written!" Zhao Si raised the edict and approached the First Emperor.
The First Emperor looked at it for a long time and seemed to force out a smile.
"You still need to practice your handwriting!"
Zhao Si forced a smile when he heard the sound: "Without your Majesty's supervision these days, I feel slack..."
Before he finished speaking, the First Emperor made no sound.
Zhao Si put down the edict and took a closer look, only to see that the First Emperor had fallen into a coma again.
Breathing, compared to before, was also weaker, sounding vague and non-existent, and could be interrupted at any time.
The life of the First Emperor seemed to be coming to an end...
(End of chapter)
