It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

When Ziying woke up, he saw his wife.

Mrs. Wei placed a scroll on the table, holding a bowl of ginger soup in her hand.

Ziying drank it, and the confusion was much less. He patted her hand to show that she was fine.

"It's freezing cold, so if you can't hold your liquor, don't drink so much. By the way, I just ran into the Supervising Censor Li Xian and Princess Yong'an's female historian Shen Zhi."

Ziying smiled gently.

Madam Wei looked at Ziying and said, "It turns out that Concubine Zheng's little daughter is this big now."

"Madam, do you know that is Hehua?"

Madam Wei nodded. "She looks so much like her mother. The cape she wears is embroidered with crabapple flowers. My husband, have you forgotten? When I first met you, I was admiring the flowers in the garden of my uncle's house. The flower was a crabapple."

"How could I forget?" Some fragments appeared in front of Ziying's eyes. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Madam was admiring flowers at that time. I remember that you and Madam Hu were not getting along very well at that time."

Incompatible is also an understatement.

Wei Xu was only seven or eight years old at the time, but she was very powerful when she started to fight. She had no demeanor of a noble lady at all. While pushing and shoving, she also pulled off Hu Wan's hairband.

——"Sister A-li said she would take me out to play, why should I spend the whole afternoon teaching you to dance!"

She was shouting and bullying a real beauty who was several years older than her. Her behavior attracted many onlookers and almost made Mi Qi, who had just been named Lord Changping, lose face.

At that time, Ziying was accompanying his brother, who was much older than him, not familiar with him, and of noble status, and was one of the guests.

When Wei Xu was crying, Ziying went to separate them.

Ying Zheng later recalled, "Ziying understood my heart very well when he was young."

Ziying never told anyone that he rushed forward for no apparent reason and was punched directly.

As the saying goes, there is no acquaintance without fighting. However, this feud later turned them into enemies, and gradually they became unable to live without each other.

When Ziying grew up, because his biological mother, the Concubine Dowager, was still alive, he often went to the Xianyang Palace and learned some secrets. For example, Ying Zheng loved Zheng Li very much, but Zheng Li hated Ying Zheng, and soon after, Ying Zheng married Hu Wan. Although Fusu and Hehua were born later, Ziying still thought it was an absolute tragedy for quite a long time.

When he saw Ying Hehua that year, he heard that she directly put food to Han Fei's mouth.

That was not like Zheng Li at all. Changping Jun said that she was the same as the king. However, Ziying saw that she had some of Wei Xu's style when she was a child. Therefore, he showed more love and affection to this niece.

As for what happened subtly over the years, Ziying went to Yongcheng when the foreigners were expelled. Political changes were almost closed to him, so many things were unknown to him.

The uncle Wei Xu was referring to was none other than Lord Changping Mi Qi.

It is said that Ziying's Wei Xu was a descendant of Wei Ran, a nobleman of the Qin State. Wei Ran was the younger brother of Queen Dowager Xuan and one of the Four Nobles. He could be regarded as the source of the power of the Mi surname in the Qin State. Since Mi Qi rebelled against the Qin State, the relationship of the entire Mi surname in the Qin State became very delicate.

Ziying's smile faded a lot, "Madam, be careful with your words. Don't talk about your uncle anymore."

The fact that Ziying stayed in Yongcheng and did not go to Xianyang to pay homage to the emperor could not be said to have no reason for her marrying him.

Madam Wei sighed, "I have caused you trouble."

"Ma'am, what are you talking about?"

"I saw that Jiu Man was walking freely, so I thought that His Majesty had not taken out his anger on her mother over the years."

Wei Xu said, looking at Ziying, "The water order will arrive soon. My husband has been entrusted by Mr. Song to arrange a marriage with Hongyan."

Ziying responded, and when he stood up, he saw a tube of documents.

"This is?"

"Zheng Shuiling said he couldn't understand the notes on the scroll and didn't know what to do, so he presented it to my husband for review first."

Ziying opened it and found a scroll left by the long-lost Zheng royal family. The scroll contained an ancient artifact called "Hetu Luoshu".

When Ziying saw these four words, he recalled that he seemed to hear some sound when he was blacking out.

A dragon?

He felt that he had drunk too much.

There was another person who also heard the word "dragon".

However, Chen Ping did not see Yinglong. He found something close to ghosts and gods from a few words.

He stood there frozen.

Chen Ping pinched himself and quickly handed Ying Hehua the letter he and Sima Xin had written regarding the difference in the amount of silk.

This matter was really small, but it affected two people, Tian Dan and Zhang Liang.

"The silk and silk were misappropriated, and the amount of money Tian Dan paid does not match." Chen Ping said.

"Is this money still in Yongcheng?" she asked.

Chen Ping shook his head. "According to my investigation, they sent the remaining money to Lishui County in Nanchu, where Zheng Shuiling was going."

Ying Hehua thought for a while, looked at the swaying dead leaves, and slowly said, "Thank you, Lord Chen, to talk to Tian Dan's counselors. He has three days to make up the silk. Even if he is a noble in Qi, Dian Ke will not show any mercy."

She didn't even mention Zhang Liang's name, Mr. Song.

She felt uncomfortable when it was mentioned.

Tian Dan's counselor? Zhang Liang wasn't one, but in the name of Mr. Song, he was one.

Chen Ping had no idea what she meant by this, and for a moment he didn't know what Zhang Liang's reaction would be if he told him this.

It's quite cold when the winter wind blows.

Xu Zhi felt uncomfortable when seeing Geng Chen before, and this time it was especially severe.

Seeing that she looked a little gloomy, he said, "It's useless for Princess to stand here now. You might as well go back to your room and rest."

Xu Zhi really felt a little dizzy and uncomfortable, and felt that Li Xian was finally showing some changes.

He then continued, "The betrothal ceremony should last for an hour, and there are many people at the table who want to talk to Your Highness. According to Zhou Li, unless you are trying to rob the bride, you must wait until it is over."

Chen Ping felt a headache after hearing the way Li Xian spoke.

She had just seen him die in front of her, and she really didn't want to argue with him.

He still put his hands into his sleeves, still looking so gloomy and completely stubborn.

"It's a cold now. If Your Highness is not seriously ill, I will report to you and send you back to Xianyang."

"You really are... a dog's mouth cannot spit out ivory," she cursed secretly. "If you have something to do during the banquet, please go quickly."

Li Xian was laughing, and looking quite proud.

Chen Ping saw Li Xianfu looking at him again and said, "If you have nothing to report, come with me."

……

It was dusk and the sky was getting dark. When people heard that Ziying, who had lived in seclusion in Yongcheng, had also come, more guests were walking around outside.

As soon as Chen Ping walked onto the corridor, someone rushed in front of him.

The official was in a panic and said he wanted to find Lord Meng.

The man raised his head, "Master Chen!"

A thin jailer under Sima Xin.

Ying Hehua and Li Xian were discussing something inside, so Chen Ping didn't want to let him go in again.

"What do you want to do with Master Meng?"

"Lord Meng said that if you are not here for any reason, you should go and ask Lord Li for help."

As he spoke, their eyes met and Li Xian had already come out of the room.

"Sir! It's bad. The man that you told us to keep an eye on, Xu Fu, has run away."

The soldiers fell to the ground, beads of sweat rolling down their foreheads, melting the ice and snow.

"When did he run away?" Chen Ping asked.

"When I went to deliver food a quarter of an hour ago, I found that the mattress was still warm, so he must not have been away for long."

"Where did Lord Meng keep him?"

"In the woodshed in the west wing of the posthouse, I, we tied him up with a hemp rope." Seeing that Chen Ping's attitude was calm and Li Xian did not immediately blame him, he spoke much more fluently.

"I noticed that the shoe prints were heading towards Zheng Shuiling's residence, and I was worried that Xu Fu had sneaked into the banquet."

Chen Ping's heart sank. He didn't know who Xu Fu was, but he sounded like an assassin. Zheng had a high official position, and there were some nobles from Qi, and Ziying and Ying Hehua were at the banquet. Apart from anything else, the last time Ying Hehua had an accident in Bolingsha, hundreds of people were implicated in the convoy, and all of them were severely punished by Ying Zheng.

If anything happens to them, they would be lucky if they were fired right away.

"I will go to Yongcheng to transfer people right away." Chen Ping turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute."

After all, Li Xian had a strong psychological quality and thought, "Don't alert the enemy." He also told the clerk to go back and it was no big deal.

"Why not chase?" Ying Hehua walked over here, talking while tying her thick cloak. But because of the large range of movement, she was in a hurry, and the long strap, she failed to tie it properly several times.

Chen Ping quickly lowered his head.

Li Xian raised her hand and tied the belt of her cloak quite naturally.

"Xu Fu ran away." Xu Zhi didn't notice his movements and emphasized again, "Xu Fu. We must not let this man go."

She looked at Chen Ping and said, "Move someone."

"It's too late now." A voice came from not far away.

He is a guest at the banquet.

The man was a refined man, about forty or fifty years old, and he smelled of agarwood.

Li Xian was very familiar with this spice, as it came from Zhang Liang's desk.

"What do you mean by too late?"

"If I were Xu Fu, I would have escaped in a carriage at nightfall."

"The betrothal gifts come in pairs, with five bundles and one bolt of silk, which fill several carts. It is so generous and grand that it is worthy of a marriage proposal sent in the form of a wild goose. From this, it seems that Brother Zheng has fulfilled his promise that day." Zhang Cang said.