For teacher, for father

All along, Yingzheng's growth process has not been smooth, and even the insults and beatings he received in Zhao Guo during his childhood and childhood are psychological shadows that he will never erase in his life.

However, at this most difficult time, there were three people in his life who gave him a major turning point in his growth, which Ying Zheng will never forget in his life.

The first one is Zhao Ji.

As his biological mother, although Zhao Ji is a girl, in this chaotic world, she protects the young him with such thin and thin shoulders, weeps for his wounds, and rejoices for his growth. As the woman who was by Ying Zheng's side from the very beginning, besides filial piety, Ying Zheng has always had a feeling of gratitude and respect for Zhao Ji.

Even though the current Zhao Ji is bewitched by villains, she indulges in singing and dancing with Lai Ai every night, and wants to use Lai Ai's hand to suppress the prime minister Lu Buwei... Willful, arrogant, sharp, Zhao Ji these things are in the golden and brilliant environment of Xianyang Palace. Ying Zheng saw all the exposed shortcomings, but the emperor respected and loved the mother who raised him from the bottom of his heart, so Ying Zheng felt sorry for the pain, but he never thought of dealing with his mother.

The blood relatives around him, except for his father who has passed away...the only one who accompanied him through the difficult times was his mother.

The young man silently respected this unreasonable mother in a submissive manner. For Zhao Ji, Ying Zheng still yearns for that little affection.

……

The second person was Ji Hao. From his fifth birthday, Ying Zheng spent most of his time eating and living with Ji Hao, and almost received the most influence from this young man in his childhood.

Ji Hao behaves casually, has an easy-going personality, and is gentle in doing things, giving Yingzheng all the affection that Zhao Ji should have given to Yingzheng in his childhood.This made the young Shi Huang, who was supposed to follow the historical line and had a distorted and gloomy personality, quietly undergo some changes because of the intervention of this young man.

Ying Zheng's temperament was still indifferent, but with a little more human touch.So much so that when Zhao Ji brought Lai Ai to the front hall to make trouble, the young man just obeyed his mother.

It can be said that Ji Hao's appearance has changed the results of many things now, such as Zhao Ji, Lai Ai, and Qi Yi.

And this third person...

It sounds like there is a lot of ambiguity.That is Lu Buwei.

It can be said that the appearance of Lu Buwei helped Yingzheng completely break away from the dark Zhao country and childhood. After returning to Qin country, the boy no longer had to stand alone on the corner of the street, looking at the various carriages passing by on Zhao Guoguan road in fear, There is no need to face the disgusting faces of those people. It was Lu Buwei's plan to take him and his father to escape from the nightmare Zhao country.

To restore his identity and help him ascend the throne... Almost at the beginning of Yingzheng's political career, nothing happened that was not planned by Lu Buwei.

Even getting rid of his brother Cheng Yu and his father Yiren was the way Lu Buwei arranged for him to ascend the throne.

Ying Zheng has some admiration for Lu Buwei, but more hatred and struggle.

Admire him for cultivating his father and king, spend a lot of money, dissipate his family wealth, and get out of trouble for others; hate his cruelty, kill him with poison, and manipulate state affairs.

While Lu Buwei removed obstacles for him and helped him ascend the throne, at the same time he also tightly bound his hands and feet, covering the sky with one hand and controlling the government.

The young man knew very well that what this man wanted was an obedient and not stupid person to be his puppet. From the beginning to the end, Lu Buwei conceited that he could control himself in his hands.

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So much so that now, Lu Buwei has no scruples, and just sent a woman to his side.

On the second day after Zheng Shuang entered the palace, Ying Zheng went to thoroughly investigate the girl's background and family situation, and the result was as he expected—Zheng Shuang's father, Zheng Qi, and Lu Buwei were inextricably linked. relation.

In order to keep his father's way of becoming an official, Zheng Shuang did not hesitate to offend the emperor, nor did he want to offend Lu Xiang, who had a high position...

Even a little girl who doesn't care about world affairs knows that this prime minister has more power than him?

Ying Zheng couldn't help sneering, wondering if Lu Buwei did it on purpose when the girl asked him for a child today?

"You should know who you are. This child may become the king who inherits the great line in the future—it is not of my blood, he is a different kind, and he should be punished!"

The emperor's tone was indifferent, and he looked down at Zheng Shuang who was kneeling on the cushion.

He could understand Zheng Shuang's motivation for saying this. If a woman wanted to survive in this harem, she would only have the opportunity to be honored by her son if she gave birth to a dragon heir.

But the issue of heirs is of great importance, and the young man will naturally not let Zheng Shuang mess around.

"You don't have to think about this matter again, the widow will not agree."

"..." The girl bit her lower lip, clenched her thin palms tightly, and frowned, as if she didn't expect Ying Zhenghui to be so decisive to her. After a long silence, Zheng Shuang said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, the concubine is not peeping at that position... I just ask for a girl who can accompany me through the rest of my life in the palace."

"Girl?"

"Yes, my concubine is willing to leave the palace and go to the Jiuyi Mountain Palace for a period of one year. If God wills, the child born will not be a girl, and I will never return to Xianyang for the rest of my life. I will die in Jiuyi Mountain and never be a king. cause any confusion."

Ying Zheng was silent and did not answer Zheng Shuang quickly.

With the development of things to the present, it can be said that Lu Buwei's ideas have completely failed. He has no emotion or interest in Zheng Shuang at all, so this Zheng Shuang...is he already like an abandoned child to Lu Buwei?Only then can this young girl say such bold words and leave his side easily.

However, a girl really can't make waves.

After thinking about it, Ying Zheng said in a deep voice:

"Do you already have someone you love?"

"not at all."

"Then how can you say what you said today?"

Zheng Shuang raised her head, bent the corners of her lips in a self-deprecating manner, her eyes were calm, and she didn't look at Ying Zheng: "In this life, I should be grateful to my father for giving birth to me. The king doesn't like Zheng Shuang, so naturally he doesn't like it." Will touch me, as a concubine in the harem, if I don't have any heirs... my father will be made things difficult even if he is above the court."

"..."

The origin of a girl's blood is not very important to Ying Zheng. Although Ying Zheng hates this girl, he has not gone to the point of pressing her everywhere and committing a crime to the point of death. He uses her to be the target of public criticism. He can accept this request. : "The widow can follow you, but you can leave the palace after three months."

"So, my concubine thanked the king, and thanked the king for giving this concubine a way out." Zheng Shuang knelt down, her tone neither humble nor overbearing, as if she had expected that the young emperor had no intention of killing her.

But three months is enough for Chu Meiren and Bi Meiren to do a lot of things... Ying Zheng is now making her the target of public criticism, and she can't predict what will happen in these three months.

Zheng Shuang's eyelids drooped slightly, the corners of her lips were pursed, and she had already made up her mind.

She must live through these three months. If she has an heir, even though it is a girl, Lu Buwei will not have any doubts about her, so she will fulfill her promise and help her father in the court.The courtiers will also think that she is the mother of the emperor's patriarch and princess, and let her father go.

……

"You will sleep here today."

Ying Zheng stared at the thoughtful Zheng Shuang, and threw out such a sentence abruptly.

As a king, he always has to give an explanation to his courtiers; as a grandson, he also has to give an explanation to the Queen Mother Huayang.

The current situation is unstable, and Yingzheng still needs the majesty and deterrent power of the Queen Mother of Huayang, and even more the power behind the old man, so he must perform this play in front of everyone.

"The concubine obeys the order."

The girl accepted the order respectfully, with a natural expression, and very consciously sat on the cushion beside her, not going any closer to the emperor.

Ying Zheng nodded, and ignored Zheng Shuang. Instead, he went to the inner hall and began to change the heavy and complicated dragon robe, and put on a light and convenient dark blue coat.

Putting on the badge to leave the palace gate, the young man stepped out from the side gate vigorously. When several palace guards saluted him respectfully, Ying Zheng gently tapped one of them on the shoulder.

"You don't need to watch tonight, the widow has something important to leave the palace, the two of you will accompany you."

"promise!"

The two stood up swiftly and answered calmly and forcefully. It was obvious that their real identities were not among the eunuchs.

Although the emperor is young these years, he is also secretly supporting and cultivating his own power. Only the Queen Mother Huayang knows a little about Yingzheng's actions in the palace, but the old man still faces his grandson after all, so This matter has not been revealed - the gatekeeper's seat on the left side of the Zhengyang Hall is the person he has already arranged.

Sitting in the chariot, the three of Ying Zheng and his party successfully left the palace gate with the gold medal of the emperor's secret order.

However, while the boy was still meditating quietly in the car, the car had already stopped quietly——

"Go back to the king, the prince's mansion has arrived."

One of the servants driving the car lifted the curtain and reminded softly, which brought the people in the car back to their senses.

He didn't tell where he was going, did the two of them already know who he wanted to come to?

For a moment, Ying Zheng felt like a fan of the authorities.Accompanied by the two, he jumped out of the car, and he took out the pot of wine that the queen mother gave him and the three harem beauties that he had brought with him before leaving.

There were some complicated patterns engraved on the delicate jug, and Ying Zheng quietly touched the cold marks with his fingertips while standing in front of Qi Yi's mansion.

"The two of you go back to the palace first, and come here to pick me up at Maoshi tomorrow."

"promise!"

After the two of them disappeared into the misty night in the chariot, the tall young man stood alone, his mind was in chaos.

After leaving the palace, why did he come here...

Ying Zheng knew clearly that he didn't come to look for Ayi, and what he really thought about in his heart was always only that person.

Lowering his head, the young man looked at the jug of wine in his hand again, slightly curling the corners of his lips, his dark pupils hiding complicated thoughts.He stepped forward and stepped into the Young Master's Mansion.

"Ayi—"

Ji Hao didn't even finish washing the dishes, left all the follow-up work to Guiguzi, and rushed to his room in a hurry.

I don't know what happened to Zheng'er coming here so late?

The palace is heavily guarded, and it is almost impossible to sneak out. If Ying Zheng can come here intact, he must have come out of the palace in an upright manner.

The young man walked fast and panted lightly. He hadn't done this kind of activity for a long time, so that his current lung capacity is probably not as good as that of a little girl who is proficient in all housework.

Silently despising himself for a while in his heart, Ji Hao collected his thoughts and pushed open the wooden carved door of the room.

"Politics... Your Majesty?"

In a moment of anxiety, Ji Hao changed his address awkwardly.

He has already decided to clarify the relationship between the two of them, and if the young man cannot give him a clear answer, he will not cross the line between the monarch and his subjects.

"Sir." Ying Zheng was sitting alone in front of Ji Hao's desk, flipping through the draft of the imperial examination system that Ji Hao had rewritten in the past few days. When he saw the other party pushing the door in, the young man stood up with a rare smile on his lips and greeted him. Without any explanation, he took the young man's hand.

"It's so cool..." Ying Zheng frowned, wrapped those slender hands completely, and held them tightly.

"I was washing the dishes with Guiguzi just now, and it got wet—wait a minute, Your Majesty is here today, but do you have anything to discuss with me?"

Almost being abducted by his own student's evil intentions, Ji Hao immediately pretended to be serious, pulled his hand out of the opponent's hand, coughed and said: "If the king is fine, my minister Wait, there are still important things to do."

Guiguzi is still waiting for him to wash the dishes!

"What's important? Is it washing the dishes?"

"..."

"I'll just help my husband wash it later. Come here, sir."

The young man held his hand tightly again, and with light force, pulled Ji Hao to the desk.

After the two of them were seated, Ying Zheng carefully arranged all the bamboo slips and silk on Ji Hao's desk, and placed them next to the corner of the table, forming a tall pile.

Afterwards, he took out the jug of wine brought from the palace and placed it in the center of the low wooden table.

The young man was dressed in plain clothes, with a touch of warm golden color outlined on his cheeks illuminated by the candlelight, softening those originally sharp lines.The corners of his lips were slightly curved, and the eyes were full of sparks of fire, and he was staring unblinkingly at the young man in white who was looking at the flagon suspiciously in front of him.

Ji Hao was wondering why his students came all the way here just to buy him a drink, so he didn't notice Ying Zheng's strangeness today.

"This wine was given to me by the Queen Mother."

"The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother give wine, so that the king can do what he likes and enjoys things at will."

Ying Zheng looked at Ji Hao, moved his fingers slightly, and opened the wine cork lightly.

The aroma of wine was overflowing, accompanied by the warm orange-red candlelight, the boy's black eyes were bright, and the atmosphere finally made Ji Hao feel that something was wrong. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Ying Zheng's words again: "But, why are you widowed?" After seeing this wine, all I can think of is the appearance of the gentleman? The student is stupid, I hope the gentleman can tell me."

"..."