Mrs. Qin Xiangguo

079

"The edict of the late king is here, who would dare to make a mistake?"

The faint fire flickered because of Ying Zheng's words, as if the weighty words forced the few lights to bow their heads.

Outside the dormitory, there was silence.

Zhao Weizhen was shocked all over and raised his head suddenly.

The four characters of the late king's last edict hammered into her heart like a bell.

She knew that Qin Prince Chu would die, and there was not much time left, but Zhao Weizhen never expected that Qin Prince Chu would use his last breath to forcefully write the final edict.

Outside the dormitory was a pitch black night, but inside the dormitory seemed to be even darker than the night.

The first one to come to his senses was the Empress Dowager Huayang.

Knowing that the gamble failed, the Empress Dowager Huayang closed her eyes, then she lifted her sleeves and walked directly towards the bedroom without waiting for anyone's permission.

Ying Zheng immediately shouted, "Stop!"

The Empress Dowager Huayang turned her head sharply: "I am the mother of King Qin, I am going to see my son, why do you stop me?"

A boy in his teens, facing the Queen Mother who is both an elder and a political enemy, he does not give an inch.

He took a step to the left and stood in front of the main entrance of the bedroom: "No one is allowed to enter the bedroom unless the imperial edict is announced."

The Empress Dowager Huayang was very angry: "Prince Zheng, I suspect that you and Lu Buwei conspired to kill your biological father, so as to seek power and usurp the throne!"

Ying Zheng squeezed the imperial edict tightly in his hand.

He stared coldly at the old man opposite him, suppressing the anger in his chest.

be calm.Ying Zheng said to himself.

Before his father died, he firmly held Ying Zheng's hand and asked him to promise his father: This edict must be read in front of the officials, and if the Queen Mother makes trouble, Ying Zheng must not back down half a step.If you step back, you will be ashamed of the previous kings of Qin, the King Xianzhao who loved and trusted him, and your father himself.

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by the father, Ying Zheng also understands.

Tonight, if he takes one step back, the royal family will take a hundred steps back to Chu Chen.

So Ying Zheng just raised the corners of his mouth, and a cold smile appeared on young people's faces, which rarely show emotion.His phoenix eyes turned sideways: "Am I usurping the throne, or are you forcing the palace?"

"you--"

"I'll see who dares to go one step further!" Ying Zheng snapped.

When his words fell to the ground, General Meng Wu immediately stood up and drew his sword.

His sword was almost a loud horn.The soldiers brought in uniformly unsheathed their swords, blocking the way to the bedroom.

Then, other people who stayed in the bedroom came out.

Lu Buwei walked out of the palace gate slowly, under the firelight, elongated shadows covered his eyes, he could only see Jun's face clearly, which could be called calm.

After the Prime Minister of a country stood still, he bowed deeply towards the bedroom, and Zhao Ji came out.

Zhao Ji's eyes were red from crying, and her chest couldn't stop heaving, obviously in great grief.

But in the end she was holding back her dignity as the Queen of Qin.Zhao Ji suppressed her crying and choking, and raised her voice, "The monarch...is dead!"

In an instant, officials and soldiers outside the hall knelt down on the ground one after another.

"Meng Yi."

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi at the bottom of the steps and said, "Go and inform the ministers about this matter. The late king has an order, and the edict must be read aloud in front of the courtiers."

Meng Yi got up immediately: "Yes."

The Empress Dowager Huayang is still making the final struggle: "Slow down!"

She stared at the silk book in Ying Zheng's hand: "Who knows if the edict in your hand is real?"

Meng Yi raised his head to look at Ying Zheng, who turned his head to the side. Meng Yi immediately took the order, and retreated with his head down, regardless of the Queen Mother Huayang's words.

After Meng Yi ordered a few soldiers to leave, Ying Zheng frowned and looked at the Queen Mother Huayang again.

"The silk script is in the handwriting of the former king, and it is also stamped with the seal of the king of Qin." He stated: "After the reading is over, I can make the edict public to prove the authenticity."

"Before I came, there were only you and Lu Buwei in the sleeping hall." The Empress Dowager Huayang said aggressively, "Even if there is a seal of King Qin, must it be made by the king himself?"

"Bold!"

Ying Zheng directly raised his hand and pointed at the Empress Dowager Huayang: "Empress Dowager, you have gone too far."

The Empress Dowager Huayang was shocked. She stared, as if she couldn't believe that Ying Zheng had the courage to speak out and reprimand her: "You are a junior, how dare you talk to me like this?"

"Why not?" Ying Zheng sneered again.

"After the father woke up, the first thing he said was to ask someone to invite Xiangguo and Taifu to come. The two hurried into the palace late at night without even bringing half of the guards. The king trusts his subjects, and the subjects also trust the king, so the father will Tell them the last thing."

The young man was vigorous and vigorous, but no matter what the Empress Dowager Huayang thought, he died in front of a group of ministers and soldiers, and showed no mercy to the current Empress Dowager.

"As for your Empress Dowager Huayang, it is disrespectful to the former king to lead troops in without being summoned; the Taifu held the sword of commandment and kept blocking it, and even wanted to confront her with swords and swords, which is disrespectful to the former King Zhao." Ying Zhenglang said in a loud voice. : "I am the direct son of the King of Qin. The previous king personally appointed the crown prince of the Qin Kingdom. The Queen Mother disrespected the ancestors of the King of Qin. If I came forward to dissuade and reprimand you, then you are the honor of Chu Chen!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't give the Queen Mother Huayang any time to react, and turned to look at Meng Wu.

"General."

Facing General Meng Wu who arrived in time, the tense expression of the young Yingzheng eased a little: "Please send someone to bring Mrs. Mi over, and garrison troops to guard the house of Young Master Chengyu."

"The crown prince!"

The Empress Dowager Huayang raised her head in disbelief: "Cheng Yu is your younger brother. He respected and followed you since he was a child, but you are so cold-blooded that you want to kill him?!"

Ying Zheng frowned.

The flickering fire magnified the coldness in his eyes, and Ying Zheng sneered: "The queen mother misunderstood, and sent troops to guard for protection, lest you, the Chu people, take advantage of the chaos and take my younger brother away, and then threaten him with the blood of the Qin royal family. .”

Meng Wu shuddered when he heard the words.

When he heard Meng Yi explain the situation, he rushed all the way, his mind full of stopping the Queen Mother.

It wasn't until Yingzheng reminded that General Mengwu realized that Mrs. Mi still lived in Xianyang Palace.Her absence proves that there are still other Chu people in the palace.

Although he sent troops to guard the gate of the palace, taking advantage of the chaos, he still had the possibility of taking away Young Master Cheng Xun.

When the prince mentioned "threat", it is very likely that he was negligent and allowed the Chu people to take away the seven-year-old son Chengyu and leave Xianyang.

Even the Chu people may support him as the "King of Qin" and lead the rebellion in the future.

Thinking of this, Meng Yi only felt that the clothes inside the armor were drenched in cold sweat.

He saluted immediately: "Yes." Then he waved his hand and sent someone to guard Ying Chengxuan.

The Empress Dowager Huayang's face suddenly turned ashen.

The deal is done now, she has the ability to surpass the sky, and it is impossible to reverse the situation under the vigilance of many soldiers.

"Unexpectedly." The Empress Dowager Huayang smirked, as if she was laughing at herself, but also as if she was attacking: "The one from Handan turned out to be a wolf cub."

Ying Zheng looked at the Queen Mother indifferently.

"I talked with you because I thought of you as the first wife of King Xiaowen." He said coldly: "I advise the Queen Mother to be careful. You should be killed for doing something that forced the palace."

"You dare to kill me?"

The Empress Dowager Huayang sneered: "Can you afford this price!"

Of course Ying Zheng understood what she meant.

Mrs. Weizhen had been repeating it and its key points long before he knew the characters of Qin State.

Qin and Chu have always had a history of marriage, which lasted for several generations and has been for more than a hundred years.Even though there are constant disputes between the two countries, the alliance is still there, and the relationship is generally not loose or tight.

Even though it is a serious crime for the Empress Dowager Huayang to force the palace, there is still a Chu State behind her.

Only at this time, Ying Zheng couldn't back down.

Therefore, the young man did not hesitate.

Under the darkness of night, he turned around and drew out the swords of the soldiers beside him!

The cold sword body reflected the light of the torch. Ying Zheng held the imperial edict in one hand and the sword in the other, and the sword pointed directly at the Queen Mother Huayang.

Everyone around was shocked.

The young man was still immature, and he didn't even change his voice, but everyone had no doubt that if the Empress Dowager Huayang said one more word, Ying Zheng would definitely greet him with a sword!

In terms of momentum, the 12-year-old prince unexpectedly suppressed the queen mother's party.

"In the past, the Shang monarch reformed the law and had great power, but in the end he died for the law." Ying Zheng sternly reprimanded: "Queen dowager from Chu, do you want to test Qin Fa with yourself!"

The atmosphere that had calmed down was once again tense to the extreme.

No one dared to speak.

A moment later, Lu Buwei, who was standing in front of the sleeping hall, took silent steps.

He walked up to Ying Zheng, lowered his head, and raised his hand to hold Ying Zheng's sword-holding hand.

"Prince." Lu Buwei's voice was very soft, but under the extreme silence, it was as loud as a bell: "The Queen Mother cannot be killed."

Ying Zheng raised his head.

Under the night, the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other.

Without words, Ying Zheng also understood what Lu Buwei meant.

To return to what he said, the purpose of his drawing his sword was to wait for someone to "death" to stop him.

His expression has softened, but he still insisted: "Does Xiangguo think that Qin Lu is not serious?"

Lu Buwei: "Of course it is serious."

Ying Zheng: "Then Xiangguo should be clear about his mind, and he should be punished for obstructing the implementation of the Qin law."

Lu Buwei: "I understand."

But he still held Ying Zheng's hand and put on a blocking gesture.

"However, this matter is important." Lu Buwei insisted: "We should wait until the court officials discuss it before making a decision."

Ying Zheng withdrew his hand forcefully.

He seemed dissatisfied, but he returned the bronze sword to the guards around him, flicked his sleeves, and said nothing more.

Lu Buwei said to the soldiers: "Escort the Queen Mother and the party first. Prince, please go outside the main hall and wait for the servants to arrive."

The queen mother's party, as well as other soldiers, all let out a long sigh of relief.

This is how to end the night, no blood, no hands, the situation is always much better than one or two dead people.

General Meng Wu personally escorted the Empress Dowager and others to leave, and when the surrounding people retreated one after another, the dead silence outside the bedroom was broken by Zhao Ji's loud sobs.

Zhao Weizhen took out the handkerchief and handed it to her.

Zhao Ji took the handkerchief and covered her face directly: "It's too, it's too scary!"

Zhao Weizhen slowed down his voice: "You go down with the attendants to rest first."

Then she looked at Ying Zheng.

The torches of the soldiers disappeared, leaving only a few glowing candles under the night, which suddenly dimmed.

Under the obscure light, Zhao Weizhen still keenly caught Ying Zheng's gaze.

The young man's eyes were still clear, and his eyes met. Zhao Weizhen didn't need to say more, he said on his own: "I know, after I show up, the Taifu will not be able to speak again."

Zhao Weizhen hooked the corners of his mouth in relief, but there was no smile.

He did a great job.

Today's confrontation with the Empress Dowager Huayang has almost established the situation for the future Qin court: Yingzheng must let everyone present understand that although he is young, he is by no means a puppet of Lu Buwei and Zhao Weizhen, but a king of Qin with thunderous methods and uncompromising words .

Therefore, Zhao Weizhen couldn't speak, and neither could Lu Buwei.

From then on, no one could stand in front of Ying Zheng as a "protector".

Yingzheng did a really good job - his words were clear and he did not give an inch. As the son of the royal family, he refuted until the Queen Mother Huayang was speechless.

However, he is only 12 years old.

Zhao Weizhen knew that he would be the great Qin King in the future, and the Qin Shihuang who would establish the great unification.

But he is also a young man who has been taught by Zhao Weizhen himself and has not yet fully entered puberty.

Even in the current era, when the average life expectancy is less than 40 years old, a 12-year-old boy is far from the age to carry a country.

However, Zhao Weizhen couldn't tell Ying Zheng about these things.

Because after tonight, he's king.

So Zhao Weizhen stared at Ying Zheng's eyes, and just raised his finger to his cheek.

Only then did Ying Zheng realize that the dry tears on his face hadn't been wiped off yet.

"Thank you for the reminder." The young man didn't pay attention anymore, and simply rubbed his face with his sleeve.

Zhao Weizhen nodded: "Let's go, go outside the main hall."

…………

……

It was already daylight.

Xi Wei's light spread slowly on the horizon, the sun had not yet come out, but the people in the palace had already extinguished the torches.

All the officials and nobles in Xianyang came here.

When everyone came to the main hall of Xianyang Palace, they saw Prince Zheng standing on the high steps holding a silk book. Behind him, Lu Buwei and Zhao Weizhen stood on both sides.

There is no need to say much about such a scene.

When all the ministers came together, dozens of ministers stood under the high steps, and the huge courtyard was completely silent.

"Prince." Lu Buwei said: "Read."

Ying Zheng nodded and unfolded the silk script.

However, just when he was about to speak, the heavy gate of Xianyang Palace opened again.

"My king—"

An old but powerful voice lingered above the main hall.Ying Zheng froze, closed the silk book and raised his head: "General Meng Ao!"

It turned out that General Meng Ao, who had been fighting for several months, had returned!

Ying Zheng didn't even think about it, put away the silk book, picked up his sleeves and walked straight down the steps.

The officials naturally made way for General Meng Ao and Ying Zheng.

The old general took off his helmet. Beneath his white hair, his wrinkled face was full of tears.He ran towards Yingzheng, knelt down three steps away, and performed a great bowing ceremony to the edict in the young prince's hand.

"Old General!"

Ying □□ supported him, but Meng Ao refused to get up.

"Wearing the stars and wearing the moon, traveling day and night, is to bring back the good news of victory to the king." Regardless of his appearance, the veteran cried like a child: "Why, why is it one step too late——"

"Please hurry up, old general." Ying Zheng comforted, "Father is watching!"

"Prince...no."

Old General Meng Ao raised his head.

The old man and the young man looked at each other. Did he pull up for Ying Zheng? General Meng Ao knelt down on one knee.

"Our army triumphantly defeated the Allied Forces of the Six Nations, and escorted Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the land of Yangren." Meng Ao said with a suppressed cry, "Please reward the generals and soldiers, and pay homage to the spirit of the late king!"

Ying Zheng took a break.

The young man took a deep breath to maintain a calm mood.

"The old general please rise."

He held up General Meng Ao and said loudly, "I... I will definitely live up to my trust."