For teacher, for father

In the first year of King Zhuangxiang of Qin Dynasty, the king worshiped Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the country, as a general, and led [-] elite troops to attack Zhou.

Lu Buwei was born in a family of merchants. He is good at scheming and playing with people's will.When he led the Qin army to cross the Yellow River to the east, he wrote an article on fighting. In the article, he talked about the magnificence of the Western Zhou Dynasty, counted the injustice of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, talked about the rotation of the country's destiny, and warned the six countries not to act rashly.As a result, the six countries were terrified, and no one came forward.

However, within a few days, the army set foot on the land of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and encountered no resistance along the way. Qin's [-] elite soldiers marched all the way to the capital Gongcheng, and did not wage a decent war—even the Duke of Zhou voluntarily opened the city gate. Bound and descended.

The Qin army defeated the Zhou Dynasty without losing a single soldier.As a result, Lu Buwei's position in Qin State has risen rapidly and consolidated.

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When the news spread to the ears of King Zhuangxiang of Xianyang City and all the courtiers, some were shocked, some were indifferent, and some were delighted.Those who wanted to see Lu Buwei make a fool of himself were silent and refused to express their opinions, but the officials who wanted to get close to the new prime minister, after hearing that the Zhou Dynasty fell, they all went up to play Zhuang Xiang. Prime Minister Lv bestowed a large amount of land to feed the city, and made him a marquis based on merit.

There was an ethos of reshuffling the cards in the court of the Qin State. Everyone was in danger, and the undercurrent was surging. Everyone was thinking about which faction they should take refuge in after this incident.Except for the veteran faction who has experienced several king changes, almost all the newly promoted officials have defected to Lu Buwei's party.

Everyone can see that Lu Buwei was born as a merchant, with sharp eyesight and calm style, which is unmatched by anyone in the current court.

When the current king was Zhao Zizi, who was down and out, the prime minister put forward such a bold statement as "rare goods can be lived in".Even in the future, he spent money like water to help King Zhuang Xiang leave the Zhao Kingdom, defected to Mrs. Huayang's knee, changed his name to "Zi Chu", and finally... King Qin Zhuangxiang ascended the throne and recognized Lu Buwei as the prime minister.

Lu Buwei's status has risen too fast, and his military exploits have been obtained too easily.So much so that before the Qin army returned to the court after the [-] expeditions, all the eyes of the court had been firmly cast on Prime Minister Lu who had not yet returned to Qin.

At such a time when everyone's eyes were on him, Prime Minister Lu, who was very popular at the moment, hadn't appeared yet, but he sent someone from the barracks to hand over a letter from Baili to hurry up.

Everyone couldn't see Lu Buwei's person, so they naturally turned all their attention to this urgent letter.

In it, is it a military plan, or some ulterior secret? ——In the morning court today, when the officials around the king read the silk letter openly and aboveboard, all the officials in the court hall lowered their breath and waited eagerly for the content.

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"There is a wife, Ji Hao, who arrived in Qin within a few days. The minister is not talented, and it is easy to make friends with him when he travels around the world. He has been surprised by Ji Hao's talent and learning many times. Mr. Ji is knowledgeable, full of knowledge, and served as Zhao Zhishi. The crown prince is in charge of enlightening the post of master. This time back to Qin, I boldly recommend Mr. Ji as the crown prince’s tutor, a famous teacher who produces a high-level apprentice, and given time, he will surely help the crown prince achieve something. ——I don’t know everyone, what do you think?”

The inner officer's voice was loud and loud, and at the end, he deliberately elongated his voice, and read the content on the silk clearly word by word.However, the courtiers were silent, and unexpectedly did not hear any question from any official.

All the Qin officials above the main hall bowed their heads in respectful gestures and remained silent, not a single one refuted Lu Buwei's proposal.

The officer-in-charge coughed and asked again, raising the tone of the ending: "My lords, what do you really think about the prime minister's proposal?—"

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——Lv Buwei's move was too obvious. Instead of asking the officials for their opinions...it's better to say that the message was delivered in such an upright manner before the army returned triumphantly. And don't allow them to make any objections.

If you oppose Mr. Ji's appointment as the crown prince at this juncture, you will not only be against Lu Buwei alone, but also against General Mie Zhou, the most popular person in front of the king!

The attention of everyone's minds was instantly shifted from Lu Buwei Miezhou to the wife named Ji Hao—the one who could make the profiteer Lu Buwei put so much effort into recommending him to the cusp of the storm...

Ji Hao, who is he?

Because they brought along the delicate and frail Queen Zhao, Ji Hao and Ying Zheng walked slowly on their way back to Qin, taking care of Zhao Ji's mood and body everywhere.

Although Zhao Ji had Qi Yi and Ji Hao's help in the Zhao country these years, she was alone for a long time, and she inevitably suffered from chronic illness and depression. After seeing the son of Prince Qin whom she had been thinking of, she became even more excited and fell ill.

Ji Hao couldn't forget, couldn't forget that the moment Zhao Ji saw Ying Zheng, the brilliance bursting out of the woman's cloudy black eyes was mixed with many other very complicated emotions.

Among them, although there is the mother's longing and love for her son, what's more, it is a kind of tightly grasping Yingzheng, a kind of ambition-to let this son who is now a prince stand out for her and lead her to the future. In a more prosperous and rich life.

It was like a drowning person who met a piece of precious driftwood in the turbulent sea and held it tightly in his hands.

Such hysterical longing, in exchange for the young man's gentle and peaceful embrace.The young man was dressed in a black brocade robe with gilt borders, with a peaceful expression, as he did when he was a child, letting a woman hold him in her arms and cry loudly, until the tears drenched the luxurious clothes little by little.

Ji Hao stood quietly at the door, taking a panoramic view of the scene in the room.The young man was in a daze, the scene in front of him was different from the bad relationship between Qin Shihuang and the Queen Mother Zhao in his memory, no matter how the future history continued.At least for this moment - Ying Zheng loved Zhao Ji more than anyone else in the world.

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Ying Zheng didn't make any comments on his mother's extremely sensitive nerves, only the careful care and concern along the way let everyone see the filial piety and obedience of His Royal Highness to his mother.

Whenever Zhao Ji was unwell, or had some minor illness and nightmare, Ying Zheng ordered the army to stop moving forward.Rest in the surrounding post stations, and then slowly move on until the woman recovers.

The rest and stop along the way prevented Ji Hao from returning to Qin before Lu Buwei Baili's urgent recommendation letter.

The young man still lazily sleeps in Yingzheng's spacious car every day, sleeps in bed, eats too much, and is forced by his own students to drink five large cups of water every day to relieve the heat.

Ji Hao didn't know at all that there was a storm in the court of the Qin Kingdom, factions were fighting, and everyone's eyes had been turned to him because of that recommendation letter. The person who was forced to be pushed by Lu Buwei to the cusp of the storm, not only let The newly promoted officials of Qin State became interested, which attracted the attention of those veteran officials.

Until the group returned to Qin slowly, Ji Hao was not allowed to enter the palace at will due to his status as a commoner. Although Ying Zheng was reluctant, he also understood that he had too many obstacles at the moment, and he had to take his time finding a good status for his husband.

After placing Ji Hao outside the palace in the mansion where Cheng Yu once lived, the young man carefully inspected the house, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he poured a glass of water and handed it to the young man: "Sir, mother is weak, He suffered some heat on the road, and Zheng'er wants to take her into the palace to recuperate first." The young man stared at Ji Hao with his dark eyes unblinking, as if he wanted to see Ji Hao's reaction, but after the other party agreed, he was a little disappointed. He said in a muffled voice, "Mr. is fine with leaving Zheng'er."

"...Why are you jealous?" Ji Hao pulled the young man to his side, rubbed the top of Ying Zheng's hair affectionately, narrowed his maroon peach eyes, and bent into a smile: "Now that the current situation is chaotic, Lu Buwei is not in Xianyang, Zheng'er must not take it lightly because of 'anything'."

Obviously, Ji Hao included himself in this 'everything'.

Before he has an identity that can enter the palace generously, he will not tie the young man to him because of his own selfish desire like Zhao Ji. He is a man, and so is Ying Zheng.They all have things they have to accomplish right now.

Ying Zheng was silent. He understood what Ji Hao said, but... there was just a little bit of reluctance, which affected the boy's reason.

What interrupted the delicate atmosphere between the two was the unique sound of Qin's cowhide horn and Qiqi's footsteps. The sound came very quickly, and the inner palace elongated the voice and shouted: "Ji Hao accepts the order—" At that time, the person who came had already pushed open the door openly, and the haggard and well-dressed inner officer stood tall at the door holding a shining yellow silk scroll.

"Yo, it turns out that His Highness the Crown Prince is also here." The internal officer was surprised, and hurriedly saluted Ying Zheng, and slowly stood up after the boy signaled, with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Mr. Ji Already!"

"I don't know what your lord is going to say?" Ji Hao grabbed the somewhat unhappy Ying Zheng, squeezed the boy's fingers inside his robe to imply that he was calm, and stood up to greet him with a smile.

There was such a scene on the first day he just arrived in Qin, and it seemed that his students didn't know what it was for.Ji Hao nodded, this is probably not a good thing.

"Pass down the king's oral instructions." The inner officer coughed, withdrew his smile, and with a stern and serious body, he held up the bright yellow silk and said in a correct posture: "There is a master, Ji Hao, who is erudite and talented, full of economics, and is Zhao Zhishi. Assuming the position of the prince's political enlightenment teacher. I am very happy in my heart, I hope that Mr. Ren Ji will be the prince's tutor, a famous teacher will produce a high-level apprentice, and given time, he will definitely help the prince to make some achievements."

"Mr. Ji, congratulations to you and Your Highness the Crown Prince! With Mr. Ji assisting His Highness, you will be able to accomplish a lot in the future!" The emaciated internal officer put on a smile again, holding King Zhuang Xiang's will in his hand and bending slightly to signal Ji Hao to accept it : "Master Taifu, please?"

"..." Ji Hao blinked his chestnut eyes, unable to react for a moment.

On Ying Zheng's side, the young man frowned fiercely, his heart full of anger.With this decree, not only did all the officials turn their attention to Ji Hao, but even the other six countries knew about the existence of the young man.In such a chaotic situation, the one who forced Ji Hao to the cusp of the storm—except for the old and cunning Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng couldn't think of anyone else.

"Sir, go and receive the order." Suppressing the anger in his chest, Ying Zheng reminded in a low voice.After Ji Haoxing took the roll of bright yellow silk with great courtesy and respect, the young man took out a jade pendant and stuffed it into the hands of the chief internal officer: "Master Su, please take a trip."

"The old servant is, congratulations to Your Highness for being a teacher." Su Neiguan shied away a bit, but finally accepted the jade pendant, and then turned to Ji Hao as if thinking of something, and spoke quietly in a low tone. , with a smile on his face: "Mr. Ji, my lords have learned that you are in your twenties this year, and you have not yet married a wife. You are young and promising. Right now...but many girls from Xianyang City have taken a fancy to you! Congratulations, my lord!"

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