It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Xu Zhi handed the bamboo slips in his hand to Ah Zhi, "The secret cabinet told me that the Qinian Palace is overgrown with weeds and there is nothing left."

"Don't worry, Princess. Yongcheng is built on a river, and there are plenty of riverbanks. You won't have to worry about not finding willow trees. Many years ago, a direct trade route to Xianyang was established, so there must be things from Handan as well."

Ah Zhi handed Xu Zhi a dark blue cape. "Mrs. Zheng told the princess to bring it with her."

Clusters of light pink crabapple flowers are printed on the indigo color, looking lifelike.

Xu Zhi pressed it against his chest and found that the embroidery was a bit hard, so he couldn't help but touch it more.

Seeing this, Ah Zhi smiled and said, "Madam said that the princess likes crabapple flowers."

"Do I like crabapple flowers?" she murmured.

Xu Zhi looked outside. The first snow had already fallen, and it had formed a thin layer of crust on the haystacks on the street shops, like coarse salt or sugar.

That seemed like a long time ago.

Xu Zhi thought.

But she also remembered so clearly the large patch of weeping crabapples blooming on Mount Zhongnan.

It is indeed beautiful, with flowers blooming everywhere. In the early spring, even people seem a little gentler.

However, it was not her heart that was so dark, but Zhang Liang’s eyes.

What Zhao Ji wanted was the things of the old city; what she coveted were the good memories of the past.

And what about her?

Could she really be free of fear when she picked the Douxuehong from Handan and brought it back to Xianyang?

Before she reached the gate of Xianyang city, a series of horse hooves sounds came from behind her car and stopped at her window.

The sound of horse riding stopped.

Shen Zhi got off the car and was slightly surprised to see someone in court robes.

"Your Highness, General Meng has something to say."

Why did Meng Tian come back from Shangjun?

Xu Zhi was surprised.

But she quickly remembered that after unifying the world, Ying Zheng set up the Nei Shi as an administrative district, which was in charge of the capital Xianyang and more than 40 counties in the surrounding areas.

The jurisdiction was in the Guanzhong Plain and Shangluo area. Shangluo was the former site of the Kingdom of Korea, now Yingchuan County.

Although Xu Zhi lost the courage to trust others, from beginning to end, Xu Zhi's attitude towards the Meng brothers has always been the best.

When Meng Tian was young, he served as a guard at the gate of her palace. He had no complaints and performed his duties conscientiously. When Li Si took poison, he once guided her to believe in Li Si with the purest heart.

But over the years, she has the blood of many people on her hands.

She didn't know whether Meng Tian would be influenced by Meng Yi or Li Xian and have an opinion about her, which would become an obstacle for her to enter the Zhangtai Palace.

Her curtains were not drawn.

"The general is now appointed as the Internal History. Please forgive me for not being able to come to the mansion to congratulate you because Yong'an is going to Yongcheng. If the general is because of what your brother did a few days ago..."

"Your Highness," he interrupted her.

Apart from Li Xian, few people dared to interrupt her. "General?" The princess had been doing this for a long time, and she unconsciously became arrogant.

It was probably six years after they parted at Longtai Palace that Meng Tian spoke to her again.

Meng Tian listened to her tone and felt that it was exactly the same as what her brothers and sisters said.

She obviously didn't need to say it so bluntly, but she insisted on revealing everything and putting it in front of everyone.

Ying Hehua was like a hedgehog when she was a child, and even more so when she grew up.

Meng Tian is probably the only one who thinks she is simple.

It had not been long since he returned to Xianyang when Ying Zheng's meaning had been accurately conveyed to him.

The Meng family made great military achievements for the Qin Dynasty and their hard work in guarding the border was even greater.

After Yongan returns from Yongcheng.

He will grant her marriage to the Meng family.

Among the Meng family's children, he and Meng Yi are the only unmarried young ones.

Ying Zheng’s meaning couldn’t be clearer.

Meng Tian didn't know whose name was written on the marriage decree placed with Wang Wan, his or his brother's.

No matter who it is, this is not a tragedy of two people, but a tragedy of a group of people!

After a while, a black horse with shiny mane stopped in front of the carriage, and the official was wearing court robes.

"Brother?" Meng Yi looked surprised when he saw Meng Tian.

Two brothers with similar temperaments, but completely different.

Xu Zhi rolled up half of the curtains and immediately put them down.

After meeting Zhao Ji, Xu Zhi became even clearer.

Ying Zheng decisively handed over the task of the Internal Affairs Office to Li Si that day, which proved that he had this plan in mind. It was probably during the time of the Lao Ai Incident that he had the idea of ​​limiting the power of the eunuchs.

After Ying Zheng became emperor, there were many things waiting for him, such as standardizing weights and measures, repairing straight roads, building the Great Wall, and integrating weapons...

Xu Zhi couldn't change the process, but she could make the journey smoother and safer. For example, she proposed the establishment of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and she understood Li Si's concerns.

Meng Yi was very rude, "Princess, please don't be arbitrary."

Xu Zhi had never hoped that Meng Yi would understand her.

"The Internal Affairs Bureau is now under the supervision of the Supreme Court. I am not very clear about the specifics. If Lord Meng is dissatisfied, we can discuss this in detail after I return."

"Your Highness the Princess has always been like this. I am not dissatisfied." Meng Yi said.

Xu Zhi's temper was restrained in front of Meng Yi. But when she heard such familiar bad comments, she was easily reminded of Zhang Liang from long ago, and her emotions were easily out of control.

"Is it always like this?" She snorted coldly, "It's not necessarily that Master Meng doesn't understand, he's just pretending not to understand."

Meng Yi never wanted to reason with Ying Hehua.

"I dare not," he said.

In the past, Meng Yi had heard a lot of her criticisms of Zhang Liang in Yuelin Palace. Her words were well-reasoned and quite eccentric.

It's a miracle that Zhang Liang didn't suffer from neurasthenia because of her.

Ying Zheng's daughter was hard-hearted and acted in exactly the same way as he did, even more cruelly. Zhang Liang's departure was not the end, she also wanted him to drink poisoned wine, so that he would either die or become disabled.

Zhang Ping's rebellious intentions deserved death, but it was not her turn to do it.

After all, Zhang Liang was her former tutor. Forcing her teacher to die was truly outrageous!

Fortunately, Li Si and Yao Jia took the royal family's reputation into consideration and did not leak a single word.

For so many years, Meng Yi still couldn't figure out how the eldest prince, who was pure and innocent, could have such a bad-hearted sister?

What bothered him the most was that ever since the establishment of the Internal Affairs Office in Zhangtai Palace, Ying Zheng seemed to have known some extraordinary news.

"Finish the things on hand in the next few days, and then send Yong'an to Yongcheng." Ying Zheng said.

Meng Yi didn't know how to tell this to his brother.

They are both worried about the same thing!

At that moment, he heard Ying Hehua speak without scruples, and said rather arrogantly: "I know that my father asked Lord Meng to come and escort us again, but I am also very suspicious and never like to travel with others."

Meng Yi thought that she might only like to be with people who follow her way, such as Li Xian.

However, Li Xian was the most despicable. He was full of deceit, had done many shady things, and had secretly killed many people, but he acted like a poor abandoned dog in front of his brother and Ying Hehua.

This approach is exactly the same as his father's, who pretended to be loyal in front of the emperor.

"Princess, since you know this is the order of His Majesty the Emperor, I will not say more."

……

"You are always busy with official duties, so don't force yourself."

She decisively helped him postpone the task, and then looked at him again, which should have been a glare at him.

"I will go and tell the emperor that I will not let Lord Meng be dissatisfied with me again, so as not to speak unkindly to me in Zhangtai Palace."

Xu Zhi emphasized the word "always" and then stared at Meng Yi, as if trying to find some ideas in his light brown eyes that would make him want to argue with her.