Prime Minister, don't pick up on integrity

A treasonous conspiracy finally ended with Cheng Yu's actions. When the [-] troops entered the city, Cheng Yu's remnants surrendered one after another. Only Fan Wuqi saw that the situation was not good, so he disguised himself early and fled alone.

The only thing that gave Meng Wu a headache was that he didn't know that he should explain to the King of Qin that the corpse that was burned like black charcoal was the former Chang'an Jun Chengyu.

Fortunately, because of the explanation in Li Si's letter, Ying Zheng did not blame Meng Wu, but rewarded him greatly—all the military power that originally belonged to Cheng Yu belonged to Meng Wu.

After Cheng Yu's death, it not only means the end of a rebellion, but also the beginning of a power distribution, and the one who has benefited the most is Ying Zheng himself.

Since Yingzheng ascended the throne, he was the king of Qin in name, but the power of the Qin State was actually controlled by Lu Buwei and the clan. Cheng Yu rebelled, and the clan was still behind him to some extent. Now that the rebellion failed, the clan had to hand over the power in order to Self-protection.

Even Lu Buwei, who was originally in power, deeply felt the coercion from the King of Qin. Although Cheng Yu's rebellion had nothing to do with him, it was all because of him. If it wasn't because of his ambiguity with Zhao Ji If the relationship is not clear, there will not be such rumors. In this situation, it is difficult for Lu Buwei to guarantee that Ying Zheng will not take his anger out on him.

As a result, the Empress Dowager Huayang retreated behind the scenes, and even Lu Buwei calmed down a lot, but in order to appease the clan, Yingzheng still worshiped Lord Changping and Lord Changwen as prime ministers, and they were equal to Lu Buwei in name.

No matter how big Xiangguo's position is, it's still a bit cramped for three people. Although Changping and Changwenjun are not as good as Lu Buwei in terms of real power, he still feels somewhat dissatisfied, but even if he is dissatisfied, Lu Buwei still dares not speak out.

The clan didn't know, Li Si didn't know, but Lu Buwei knew that on the day Yingzheng summoned the clan to meet the Empress Dowager Huayang, three thousand soldiers had already ambushed outside the palace. will rush into the palace...

Thinking of this, Lu Buwei couldn't help shivering, even if it was a matter of slaughtering the clan, Ying Zheng would definitely be able to do it.

At this point, the award was basically over, but Lu Buwei and the clan's hearts still hadn't completely let go, because there was a very important person, King Qin didn't announce the award for him, and that person was Li Si who had not returned to Xianyang.

In this judgment, Li Si's contribution can be said to be the greatest. Without him, Fan Wuqi and Fu Boqiu's coercion would not have ended in failure, and the Empress Dowager Huayang would not have compromised so quickly.

Right now, Li Si is just a small Changshi. The official position of Changshi is not small, but it is not big. There is more than enough room for promotion. With Li Si's credit, promotion is certain, but the key is However, to what level Yingzheng will promote his official position is what Lu Buwei and the clan really care about. After all, the position of Xiangguo cannot accommodate a fourth person.

While waiting anxiously, Li Si finally returned to Xianyang with the army. Before he had a short rest, someone came to report that King Qin had summoned him to enter the palace.

The car entered the royal city and arrived at the gate of the palace. There were already people waiting outside the gate of the palace.

"Sir, please come with me."

The attendant said respectfully, Li Si nodded and followed the attendant into the palace gate.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Li Si felt that the atmosphere in Xianyang Palace was quite different from before. The left and right government offices in front of the main hall were extremely busy, and officials rushed in and out from time to time. The authority was withdrawn, and the official office in front of the palace was no longer the previous decoration.

Originally, Li Si should be gratified. The greater the real power of Ying Zheng, the greater the possibility of realizing his ideals, but now, Li Si only feels extremely complicated.

The first time he knew the truth was through the Empress Dowager Huayang. Li Si already had doubts in his heart, but when he met Fu Boqiu again, everything couldn't be more obvious.

It is naturally impossible to say that Li Si is not angry, but compared with anger, there are more conflicting emotions.

After coming to the state of Qin, Li Si felt even more deeply that no matter how many lives he has experienced, Ying Zheng is the one who can help him realize all his ideals. Power, he can realize all his ambitions.

Li Si finally knew why he refused Ying Zheng's invitation again and again, because he knew very well that once he entered Qin, he would be deeply involved and unable to extricate himself.

There is no place that is more attractive than Qin, and there is nothing more attractive than making contributions.

But, how could he bear... Ying Zheng's deception to him.

He climbed up the 36 steps below the main hall with his attendants. Li Si was about to enter the hall when the attendants stopped him.

"My lord, Your Majesty is not in the main hall." After saying that, he walked to the back of the main hall.

Li Si was taken aback.

King Qin is not in the main hall, behind the main hall is... King Qin's bedroom.

It was no longer in the main hall to receive the courtiers, but in the sleeping hall, Li Si suddenly thought of something, and his face couldn't help but turn ugly.

What's more, the relationship that made him both ashamed and loathed.

"Your Majesty."

After entering the bedroom, seeing Ying sitting behind the desk, Li Si bowed and said, when he raised his body again, his expression was no different from usual.

"Thank you sir." Ying Zheng saw that Li Si had arrived, and pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit here."

Visually measuring the distance between the case and Yingzheng, Li Si just chose to continue standing where he was, and said respectfully: "My lord, except for Fan Wuqi, Cheng Yu's party has already subdued the law, but I don't know Fan Wuqi's family..."

Seeing that Li Si didn't come over, Ying Zheng frowned slightly, and casually said, "Take them into custody together." He got up and walked to Li Si's side.

"Mr. has worked hard all the way, and he is much more haggard than before."

Through his sleeve, Ying Zheng held Li Si's hand, and Li Si didn't refuse, but replied flatly, "Your Majesty has worked hard too."

Li Si's unsalty reaction made Ying Zheng feel strange. He could only tell himself that the husband was still angry about what happened before. After all, it was he who didn't take Li Si's advice and let him Kneeling at the gate of the palace for so long.

"Sir, don't be angry with Ah Zheng anymore. It was all Ah Zheng's fault before."

Li Si continued to remain silent, and calmly withdrew the hand held by Ying Zheng. Ying Zheng knew that he was in the wrong, so instead of being angry, he said in a slow tone: "I want to worship Mr. as a guest minister, and make him a concubine of the left. "

From Qin Xiaogong's appointment of Shang Yang's reform, the guest minister of the state of Qin is equivalent to the quasi-minister of the country. Coincidentally, the Shang monarch was also the first-appointed Zuo Shuzhang. It was already a great honor, but Ying Zheng still felt that it was too inferior.

"I know that with your talents, Mr. Ke Qing is still too wronged, but now is not the time, please wait a little longer."

Hearing what Ying Zheng said, Li Si really wanted to tell Ying Zheng directly, "I don't have to wait for a while, I want to resign and return to my hometown now."

But he knew that he couldn't say that, not only couldn't he say that, he couldn't even let Ying Zheng see that he had remembered what happened before.

If he let Ying Zheng know, he would never even think about leaving Qin.

Back then, after Wei Liao entered Qin and saw the King of Qin, he tried to escape from Qin several times, but was arrested by Ying Zheng. Later, he was even imprisoned in the palace. He was neither used nor let him go.

I can't use it, and others can't imagine it.This is the principle of Qin's handling of talents.

If I want to escape from the Qin Kingdom, I must not be in a hurry, so I can only endure it, plan slowly, and wait for the opportunity.

Li Si was worried in his heart. If he wanted to leave the state of Qin, it would be impossible to rely on him alone. Moreover, his current identity was still a guest minister. Besides, there is no real power.

Therefore, he still needs someone who can help him. Li Si thought of Meng Tian, ​​but quickly rejected it. Meng Tian's relationship with him is indeed good, but it is far inferior to his relationship with Ying Zheng. He wanted Meng Tian to betray him. Ying Zheng is absolutely impossible.

When Li Si was at a loss, he suddenly heard Ying Zheng say, "One more thing. In a few days, Prince Yan will arrive in Xianyang."

Li Si was a little surprised:

"Yandan? What is he doing here?"

"Be a hostage of Yan State." After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng continued: "Yan Dan and I have always had good friends, but when he came to Qin State, it was inconvenient for me to see him, so my husband arranged for Yan Dan to come to Qin for many people. Let’s do it, don’t take him lightly.”

Li Si understood that Yingzheng didn't see Yandan because of Yandan's thoughts on him. He didn't want to despise Yandan, firstly because of their childhood friendship, and more, maybe because Qin still needs Yan. , Naturally, the Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom cannot be treated slowly.

And Li Si suddenly thought of what he should do.