It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

The melodious music came from outside, and the real banquet had just begun.

"You can't be absent when the banquet starts." Xu Zhi said, but Li Xian did not respond.

She turned around and saw him half-bent over the desk.

"?" "Li Xian?" She thought he was teasing her at any time, "Hey, don't tell me you are drunk."

no respond.

The bronze ware shone with golden light under the illumination of the fire.

"What did you want to say just now? I was listening carefully. Go ahead."

It wasn't Li Xian who spoke.

"Don't worry. Banquets usually last quite a long time. Considering the scale of Zheng's arrangement, it wouldn't be too much to go on all night long."

This voice made Chen Ping stop outside the door.

A slender shadow slowly walked out from behind the autumn orchid-painted spiral screen.

He was wearing a dark robe with wide sleeves, and his clothes were embroidered with exquisite patterns.

His hair seemed to be dyed bright by the candlelight. He was only a few years older than Ying Hehua. After not seeing him for a few years, his facial features were clear-cut, his nose was straight, and the corners of his lips were slightly upturned. His lips were bright and deep, as if he could see into people's hearts.

"Holland,"

……

Now Xu Zhi knew who the main seat at the table was reserved for.

How could she forget that it was Ziying who had been living in Yongcheng all along.

“…Uncle.”

"It seems that Xiu Man is reluctant to call me like that."

Ziying and Li Xian are about the same age physically, and there is nothing more weird than asking her to call a real young man uncle.

"I haven't seen you since I kicked you out, and I'm afraid I'm alienated from you now. But after seeing you today, I know that the emperor's uncle has not forgotten Hehua."

“How come you see?”

She coaxed her young elder just like she coaxed Ying Zheng. She opened her hands and said with a smile: "You can recognize me even if I'm dressed like this."

Ziying smiled gently.

He glanced at Li Xian, shook his head, and sighed to Xu Zhi.

"You encountered danger on the road that year and failed to reach Yongcheng." He pointed at her, then at Li Xian and said, "You dressed like this, are you going to meet him here in private?"

When Ziying said this, he became much colder, without a smile or expression, which reminded Xu Zhi of the time many years ago when he was possessed by Yinglong.

"…I,"

"No wonder Fusu wrote to me half a month in advance asking me to take good care of you in Yongcheng."

After hearing Ziying talk about Fusu, Xu Zhi felt the need to explain, "Uncle, you misunderstood. I came here to look for roses and willow branches for the grandmother, not to be partial...." She paused, "But father wants you to urge me to return to Xianyang as soon as possible?"

Ziying did not answer the last question. He just smiled and said, "How can there be red flowers and green willows in the winter ice?"

Ziying then realized that she seemed unaware of Ying Zheng's intention of having Meng Yi come to Yongcheng.

"alright,"

"Uncle Emperor?"

Ziying lit the candle much brighter. Under the solemn black curtain, he smiled gently, thinking back to the time when Ying Zheng had just come to power. In order to consolidate his regime, he had used many extraordinary measures in a swift and decisive manner.

The unification of the empire is much more complicated than before.

Ziying motioned for her to sit down, "These are all trivial matters."

She had run away with Li Xian in Chu. It was really hard to explain to someone like Ziying who didn't know the truth.

"Why isn't the emperor's uncle at the banquet?" She changed the subject and was about to wake up Li Xian.

Ziying asked her to sit at the desk opposite him and spoke slowly, "I was resting in the back hall, and I didn't realize I had rested for a long time."

Hearing this, Xu Zhi suddenly felt uneasy.

There is no air circulation and the room is stuffy.

She glanced around. "How could the white smoke from the Boshan stove last so long? Could it be..."

She thought of the Tian family nobles and hurried to get up to wake Li Xian up.

"We are all in the side room. If Tian and Zheng come into conflict at the banquet, Zheng may be in trouble."

"Hehua, are you too kind or are you confused?" Ziying's voice came from behind her.

Xu Zhi thought that this was Ziying conveying the meaning of Xianyang. Whether it was Ying Zheng or Li Si, their authority was at its peak when the empire was first established, and she could not disobey them.

She was nervous, but she still spoke up for justice based on her conscience.

"According to Qin law, there is a big difference between being exiled to the south and being appointed to a post in the south. If Zheng is allowed to be entangled in trivial matters by the nobles, it must be the former. Lingnan is full of miasma, and Zheng has made contributions and has done nothing wrong, so it should leave in glory."

Ziying was in deep thought.

There are several Boshan furnaces, surrounded by mist, like fairy mountains.

She just walked to Li Xian's desk and wanted to turn off the stove on his desk.

"If the emperor's uncle thinks what I said makes sense,"

Many candle lights gathered above the head at this moment.

When Ziying came out from behind the screen, Xu Zhi held her breath, and she actually felt a sense of relief!

She saw a shadow condensing on the table, that was the outline of a dragon!!

"Lady Gengchen, you, have been...?"

The claws pressed on her shoulder lightly, and Xu Zhi's voice rose in her heart, "After you saw the Boshan furnace."

The dragon's tail swept across the table.

Xu Zhi watched Li Xian's hands move, and soon he stood up. Then he picked up the copper kettle on the table and poured it into the stove, and the white mist decreased a lot.

He is very skilled.

"You also know there's something wrong with the stove?" she asked.

He looked at her and glanced at the dragon next to him.

He really had died once.

The first time she saw Geng Chen, she fell to the ground.

Logically speaking, shouldn’t the ancients be more horrified?

But the shadow of the dragon did not shock him!

He calmly straightened the folds of his robe, turned his head away as if he was used to it, and said to her calmly, "I'm fine."

This reaction is so abnormal.

"You know there's something wrong with the furnace, and you also know Gengchen?"

He suppressed the sadness that flashed across his eyes and closed the lid of the copper furnace. "I thought this was what you meant."

Xu Zhi was stunned. "What do I mean?"

He looked at her deeply, lowered his eyelashes, and became overly reasonable. "If you want to find Zhang Liang, if others ask, I will tell him that the princess is staying with me tonight."

?

Xu Zhi would rather believe that Li Xian was also possessed by someone than believe that he could say such a thing.

She was worried about Zheng State's affairs at the moment and had no time to be sad.

"Have you seen Gengchen?" "The dragon." Xu Zhi added.

As she spoke, Geng Chen cooperated and moved closer to them.

Li Xian still nodded calmly.

"Don't be afraid." He was even trying to comfort her.

At this moment.

Xu Zhi heard Geng Chen's voice again.

[He was not surprised at all when he saw me. Was he surprised? ]

Xu Zhi looked at Li Xian and seemed not to have heard Geng Chen's voice.

"Why aren't you surprised?"

【If you want to know, why not ask me. 】

He stared into her eyes, "I saw that before I died."

Gengchen also said, "Since ancient times, if you want to be the first person, you are destined to take on many things that others cannot imagine. 】

"What do you mean?" Xu Zhi asked.

[I will tell you the answer][Or you can continue to ask me]

Xu Zhi thought about the last time she came back from modern times, and Geng Chen finally said that someone had waited for her seven times.

She turned her head and continued to ask, "Is the person you are talking about Mr. Mo Qi? The old gentleman who came from the Republic of China."

[In that case. You should understand that when you cannot change their fate, you should not interfere too much in their lives.]

"No. As long as there is a one in ten million chance, we shouldn't just sit there and wait for death."

[Xu Zhi, your old principles don't apply here. Look, you insisted on coming back, but in the end, what has changed? Dun Ruo died a martyr. Li Si was obsessed with the theory of the Legalists. And the gap between you and Zhang Liang is still huge, even worse than it was ten years ago.]

Geng Chen said this, staring at Li Xian, the surging golden light penetrated the past scenes in his eyes.

【As for him. It's just another reincarnation.】

An unusually bright scene suddenly flashed before Xu Zhi's eyes.

It is noisy and bustling, with constant noise.

This is the downtown area of ​​Xianyang.

I could hear Zhao Gao's hideous grin.

"Prime Minister Li Si had the intention of treason, and the emperor proposed to execute him by beheading. His son knew about it but did not report it, so he was also sentenced to death."

There seemed to be a barrier around Xu Zhi and she couldn't get through it.

Zhao Gao finished speaking.

Li Si, whose hair was already white and temples were frosted, was pushed to the execution ground.

There were actually not many people around, and not many people liked to watch the execution. Those who were ordered to stand around were almost all Qin officials.

Zhao Gao had long wanted to trample his political enemy, Li Si, whom he could not reach from afar, under his feet. Zhao Gao wanted to humiliate them completely and throw them to the execution ground like a dog.

What’s funny is that Li Si had served as a court judge, and the Xianyang Prison of the Qin Dynasty was indeed his final destination.

The jailers looked at the aging prime minister, as if the high-spirited officer who walked out of the Supreme Court ten years ago was just a dream.

The Qin Dynasty was like a dream of intoxicating glory.

It’s the final moment, and the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty must retain his final face.

So they carried out Zhao Gao's order and took action against his son.

The stick was swung down with all his strength and hit him, and the sound of it breaking was unbearable to hear.

Even if she doesn't love him, how can she put together the words "broken ribs"?

She tried to pull them apart, but could only grab hold of nothing.

Catching nothing again and again.

The torture lasted half an hour without stopping.

Mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth, and right in front of her, Li Xian's heart was broken.

She was once hit by a wooden board and vomited blood immediately. The sequelae made her weak for two or three years.

She couldn't bear to listen to the mute voice of endurance any longer.

She could only lower her head.

[Xu Zhi, it's better to stay out of the game. There are too many ties. If you lose, can you bear the consequences? ]

She raised her head with difficulty, trying to find Li Xian in the halo, but she could not see anything.

Geng Chen then said, [This is the result of Tang Zhipei, also known as Mo Qi, in the previous six times]

Xu Zhi had no intention of listening to what Geng Chen was saying.

She saw outside the barrier, Li Si broke free from the jailer and threw himself on his son. Li Si was seventy-eight years old, and one blow of the stick had already killed him.

It seems that the remaining power of the previous emperor is causing trouble.

The jailer stopped for some unknown reason.

The jailer didn't know why Li Si, who had always been submissive, suddenly showed an unprecedented attitude.

"Prime Minister Li, it would be best if you leave on your own. We have already given you face, please don't make things difficult for us."

"Li Si is a sinner of all ages. He deserves to be punished and his head and body should be separated. Before he dies, his only wish is to find a virtuous man to remove the treacherous officials in our dynasty. In the afterlife, Li Si will atone for his sins to the late emperor."

"Since it is to atone for your sins, the Prime Minister might as well admit that the Sanchuan County Magistrate was guilty of treason. The Central Government Order said that as long as you sign this letter, the poisoned wine has been prepared and you will definitely be saved."

Li Si smiled deeply.

"Once upon a time, I often ridiculed Prime Minister Lu for not being able to achieve perfection. And I, Li Si, even wanted a cup of poisoned wine."

He spoke so sadly that even the spiders on the wall listened intently.

He took the silk book with trembling hands, but someone held it tightly.

"No, I can't do that." Every time Li Xian said one more word, he would vomit twice as much blood. "The four places are in rebellion, and my brother is guarding Sanchuan, which is the gateway to Qin. I absolutely can't..."

Li Si said several good things.

He smiled calmly, "Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao, you want me to plead guilty."

At this moment, he looked at the confession letter, and he suddenly remembered many years ago, when he came to Qin from Shangcai, he sent Ying Zheng to the throne, and he watched him become the emperor of the world.

He seemed to see Ying Zheng. At this time, he was no longer the confused Li Si, he was suddenly full of youthful vigor.

"My sons are all loyal subjects and will not rebel."

Li Si found the right moment, stuffed the silk book into his mouth, and forced himself to swallow it.

The silk book is gone, and it’s too late to write another one with the special materials.

Li Si was familiar with the procedure, and this move of his was truly brilliant.

"The Prime Minister is still dreaming!"

Soon, they were sent to the guillotine.

Li Xian's eyes were filled with gray. Amid the chaos, he looked up and saw the blue sky and white clouds. Then he smelled the fragrance of gardenia.

It turned out that he died in a spring.

He was suddenly pressed on a torture device, with his face turned sideways, facing the direction of Xu Zhi.

She didn't know who he was talking to, but she understood what he was going to say.

'Feel sorry'

Then, the one-meter-long gate knife closed instantly, and in the blink of an eye, it was a bloody mess.

Xu Zhi finally broke down, trembling and terrified.

Mo Qi failed six times, which means that in six different parallel worlds, the same miserable ending would occur?

[Why don't you leave with me?] Geng Chen's eyes seemed to have magic.

A voice that had not appeared in a long time echoed in her heart - Xu Zhi, I have to rely on you this time.

“They didn’t deserve this,” she said.

——I hope you will have a different ending. Mo Qi said, his eyes bringing news of his grandfather from the flames of war.

Xu Zhi woke up as if from a dream.

"If I hadn't given it a try, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life."

There was a knock on the door, and Geng Chen's silhouette suddenly disappeared.

Xu Zhi felt cold all over, she truly saw the past. At this moment, looking at the young face of the person in front of her, she finally understood where the gray in his eyes came from, and she suddenly had an urge to cry.

Li Xian was used to talking to her in a sarcastic and double-talking manner, and he seldom saw her looking at him with such a gentle and kind gaze.

He turned his head and smiled teasingly, "…I do know more than the princess imagined."

Surprisingly, she didn't respond.

Why is Xu Zhi still staring at him like that?

He was suddenly at a loss as to what to do.

"It won't happen again, definitely not," she said.

"Just now Yinglong showed me what happened last time."

She spoke in detail, with mixed emotions. She looked at him from left to right and up to down, with many of her eyes focused on him.

She sensed something was wrong again and explained, "To be honest, when I first came here, I was really afraid of death and wanted to leave."

She looked up, "Have you always wanted to ask me why I came back after Hu Hai was born?"

Xu Zhi laughed to himself, "I really killed Zifang."

"But you know what? Nothing has changed."

"Committing suicide and drinking poison must be very painful. I don't want them to do that." She was referring to Fusu and Meng Tian and Meng Yi.

Li Xian listened silently. For a soul that is already tainted, not everyone has the opportunity to be redeemed.

While they were talking, Ziying fell beside the desk. The dark yellow light looked like the collapsing Qin Empire.

Xu Zhi slowly raised his eyes, then lowered them again, "You must be in pain too."

He froze.

A long time, a long time.

He smiled slightly to hide his sobs, "That was a long time ago. I don't remember it."