The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Great Qin Xianyang Palace, where the political center of Qin State is located.

Recently, a layer of dark clouds has shrouded the palace standing on the highest point of Xianyang, even in the clear and crisp autumn season, it can't stop the wind and rain in it.

The news that Qin Wang Yiren was seriously ill did not spread to the people, but sensitive people can also see that something is wrong through the more frequent movements of carriages and horses, as well as the armored patrolmen on the street.

They didn't think about Yiren for a while, this is mainly because Yiren's external image has always been relatively healthy, but as long as the news of the postponement of the Dachao Hui several times comes out, Yiren's physical condition will never be covered.

It was a troubled time. In the eyes of the second in command of the empire, Lu Buwei, he meant that the news must be concealed to the end. The Allied Forces of the Four Nations had just been beaten back, but because the opponent retreated on their own initiative, there was not much damage. Knowing that the king of Qin is in poor health, he may immediately gather a large army to attack Qin.

At that time, it will be a huge crisis for the Qin State. With the people's hearts fluctuating, even Lu Buwei can hardly guarantee that the Qin State's army can gain the upper hand.

Therefore, he put forward a suggestion at this time-the prince of Qin will take over the reign of the king of Qin, and the king of Qin will listen to the government behind the curtain.

As soon as this suggestion was said, Zhao Ji and Zhao Zheng's mother and son looked at the Prime Minister of Qin in surprise, "What do you mean by hanging the curtain?" Zhao Ji asked this question first.

Everyone understands listening to politics, but everyone has never heard of the saying of listening to politics behind a curtain.

In the Qin State, there were many times when a weak master succeeded to the throne, and the Queen Mother was the regent. However, in the pre-Qin period, the status of women was high, and Qin State was deeply influenced by the Rong people. Seeing what happened to me, the queen mother always sits under the young master's hands when she is in charge, and she doesn't deliberately avoid it.

But it was not until the Han Dynasty that the term "listening behind a curtain" was really used.So now, when Lu Buwei said this word, everyone in Qin State felt baffled.

Seeing this, Lu Buwei explained respectfully: "Drop the bamboo curtain, hide the king's figure, leave only a silhouette, and say to the outside...that the king thinks that if he shows up, the prince may become dependent, so do this , not only can listen to the government, but also avoid affecting the prince."

Seeing that Zhao Ji was stunned, Lu Buwei continued: "At that time, I will carry the king behind the bamboo curtain. I asked the king to say a few words the first few times, and the next few times the king will not have to speak."

Zhao Ji frowned slightly. She glanced hesitantly at the strange man lying on the couch, and asked, "If your body is carried around, will you feel uncomfortable?"

She endured and endured, but she still couldn't hold back and asked Lu Buwei with three points of prayer and seven points of expectation: "Can't you find an excuse not to go to the court meeting?"

The main affairs of the state of Qin are decided by Xiangbang, but whenever there is any major event, Xiangbang will talk to the King of Qin in private. Except for a few extreme cases, every big court meeting is basically for everyone to meet and recognize each other, and then talk to each other. Heck, King Qin is just expressing criticism or praise.

The so-called extreme situation is basically that the Qin State is about to send troops. At that time, various departments need to cooperate, so everyone must gather together to sort things out at the Great Court Meeting. Now it is the generally recognized truce period. At this time, it is necessary to say no. There is no problem in holding a court meeting.

But Lu Buwei sighed, and shook his head sadly: "Queen, it's almost time for the winter sacrifice."

The Winter Sacrifice is a major event of the year, and it is also the biggest sacrificial event of the year. According to the current rules, theoretically speaking, the emperor sacrifices to the heaven and the earth, and the princes and kings can only sacrifice to the gods of mountains and rivers everywhere. At that time, the state of Qin quietly began to sacrifice to the heaven and the earth. The king of Qin could do such a presumptuous ritual of sacrifice, but his courtiers could not.

Even some preparations for the sacrifice can only be done by King Qin.Even if Lu Buwei is Xiangbang, there is nothing he can do about it.

In order to ensure the completeness of the sacrificial ceremony, the Great Court Meeting must be held, and not only must it be held, but also to ask the King of Qin for advice on everything. Immediately know the key to it.

Zhao Ji knew this very well, her silver teeth were clenched, and her whole heart seemed to be cooking in a frying pan.

Although King Qin lived in the back hall of Xianyang Palace, the straight-line distance to the front hall is not that long, but such a move means that the stranger must be moved from the indoors to the outdoors, and then to the indoors. Gotta do it again.Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, even healthy people can't stand the cold and hot, let alone the other person's health is not good.

There were outsiders before, so it was not easy for Zhao Ji to show her emotions. In fact, since the day when the stranger suddenly fell down, she had not been able to eat or sleep well for more than ten days. Her concern supported her so that Zhao Ji could urgently order to mobilize several royalists to return to the court at this time.

Seeing her face full of resistance, Lu Buwei turned to Zhao Zheng: "His Royal Highness,"

"Xiangbang." Zhao Zheng's young face was extremely stiff. He took a breath and tried to stabilize his voice, "Is there really no other way? Father needs to rest."

Lu Buwei was silent for a long time, and said: "The old minister really can't think of any other way."

"If the curtain is hung, the king may appear a few times before, and after everyone gets used to it, he won't have to come again. If it goes well, maybe we don't have to wait until the weather is cold."

He didn't say anything later, but Zhao Zheng understood it in his heart.

Hanging the curtain can hide his father's embarrassment, and if the officials can't see him, his father will be much more comfortable. It doesn't matter if he lies down and falls asleep in the back, as long as he can hold on in front and don't make people feel strange .

And if the curtains were not hung, his father would have to sit in front of the people wearing a robe and a crown, discussing and communicating with the courtiers, and his spirit would be tense. Much less.

The former seems to be a better choice, however—

Zhao Zheng squeezed his fingers, "If so, how about letting Gu regent directly?"

He made a third choice: "It's been a year since the solitary concubine gave the word to be involved in politics. Xiangbang thinks that there is something wrong with solitary decision?"

Lu Buwei was stunned, he couldn't help raising his eyes to look at the young prince carefully, he couldn't help being a little surprised to see the handsome young man looking at him with a serious and tense face, his slightly flirtatious lips tightly pursed, and his eyes extremely firm. Of course.

These days, most scholars know some face-to-face skills, and Lu Buwei naturally knows it, and he is still a small half of them.

Frankly speaking, when we first met, Lu Buwei met the prince who was still a young boy at that time. The prince's face was not very good. This face is a state of benevolence and desire.

However, he didn't pay much attention at that time. To him, the main body of his investment was a different person, and Zhao Zheng was just a gifted person, and this was not a big evil, but it meant that it was not easy to deal with. That's all.

And in Lu Buwei's life experience, there are really few people like Yiren. How many kings in the world are easy to deal with?Wouldn't it be a joke if you quit after seeing a bad face?

Since there is little grace, the benefits will be interlinked, and since there are many desires, they will be satisfied one by one.What is so terrible about having too many desires?For courtiers, wanting nothing is the scariest thing.The king chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the king. If it is really uncertain, he will still be able to leave Qin at that time.

At that time, Lu Buwei had this idea in his mind, but he just glanced at it, and then he didn't pay attention to it again.

However, now the prince's face has changed, becoming more majestic, more restrained and calm, and more majestic at the same time.

Yes, of course the face will change, especially in adolescence, the face of a person will change with education, people he meets, and the environment in which he lives.

It's just that he meets the prince every day, Lu Buwei hasn't looked at the prince carefully for a long time, so naturally he didn't notice this change, he actually made the mistake of being dark under the lamp.

Lu Buwei who suddenly realized this was also very surprised, and Zhao Zheng frowned slightly when he saw that Lu Buwei hadn't answered for a long time, and urged him again.

"Your Highness's regent director is not wrong." Lu Buwei replied, and then he rearranged Zhao Zheng's words before, and suddenly realized what the prince wanted to do—he wanted to make public the news of King Qin's illness, and then took it as a An ordinary thing is handled normally.

And this is the only way that King Qin can truly rest.

Unlike Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji who wanted to hide King Qin's illness, Zhao Zheng didn't want to hide it, not only didn't want to hide it, he was going to pick it up, and then said to the world with a proud attitude: Qin The king of the country is sick, but the prince is still here, so come if you are so brave.

How rampant and how confident.

This is the self-confidence and pride that only young people have, and now, Zhao Zheng wants to use this to win Lu Buwei's support.

Lu Buwei understood this, but Zhao Ji didn't. Seeing that her son was confronting Qin Xiangbang at this important moment, she hurriedly stepped forward and stood in front of Zhao Zheng in a protective manner. She said softly to Lu Buwei: "Prime Minister, Zheng'er is still young, and he has to manage such a big Qin country. He is too busy as a child, so I ask the Prime Minister to make more decisions..."

However, her words were denied by Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei smiled and said: "The queen is wrong. I think that Your Highness has grown up."

When he said this, Zhao Ji was stunned. For a while, she was a little uncertain whether Lu Buwei said the truth or falsehood, and she couldn't judge whether the words were sarcasm.

She used to be Lu Buwei's concubine, but during those days in the Lu family's back house, she never really understood Lu Buwei, and at this moment, she also couldn't understand the truth and falsehood of Lu Buwei's smile.

The fingers hidden in the sleeves of the wide robe twitched involuntarily, and Zhao Ji's smile was a little stiff.Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly felt her hand being gently held by someone, and then there was a pulling force. Zhao Ji followed the strength and took two steps, but was actually gently pulled behind by her son.

Zhao Zheng stood in front of her, as a protector.

Zhao Ji's eyes blinked, suddenly a little blurred.

When, when did her Zheng'er grow so tall?

In her memory, her son was still the baby who couldn't get enough milk and whimpered and kicked his feet, and was also the child who was hugged by Lu An and sat on the street with a wrinkled face drinking milk that Lu An exchanged stories for. It was Prince Qin who read at night with a stern face, and he was also the young man who squatted by the fish pond and watched the belly of the fish being cut open one by one to ask for an answer.

When was her baby old enough to completely block her behind?

Her eyes became hot, she hurriedly lowered her head and blinked away the tears, she can't cry now.Now in this Qin Palace, except for her son and husband, everyone could be her enemy.

At this time, if she doesn't become strong, she can't protect anyone.

Zhao Ji took a breath and raised her head. Although she was standing behind Zhao Zheng at the moment, she was also using her existence to support her son.

"Since Grand Tutor also thinks so." Zhao Zheng changed to a more intimate title, and said softly, "Then why don't we give it a try? If we really can't, it's not that there is no room for turning around."

Lu Buwei raised his eyes and clapped his hands in agreement.

It was precisely because of this decision that when Lu An and Wei Liao finally entered the city gate of Xianyang, what they saw was this somewhat flustered, but generally stable city.

He was a little concerned about this unusual atmosphere, so he paid special attention to it, and then he was astonished to hear that the news of King Qin's illness came from those people.

Lu An immediately looked at Wei Liao, Wei Liao who also heard the same words had a bit of consternation in his black eyes, he shook his head slightly to indicate that Xianyang City before he left Beijing was not like this.

It took six days for Wei Liao to rush to Dongjun on horseback, and it took the two of them a little longer to come back, eight days, and it took only half a month to go back and forth. How could the news of King Qin's illness spread to the streets and alleys?

If it wasn't on purpose, Lu An wouldn't believe it.

It's just that I don't know if the caring person is an enemy or a friend. This kind of fanfare is really unusual.

In this way, the last time the news was flying all over the sky was when King Zhaoxiang was ill. Lu An, who was sitting on the horse, was condescending. The gesture of the message was very obvious, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that even now that the Six Kingdoms are in decline, they have not relaxed their arrangements in Xianyang City.

Wei Liao rode his horse close to Lu An's horse, and the two of them were tied together. He said softly, "It's okay, someone has already noticed."

Lu An nodded, and with Wei Liao's reminder, he took a closer look, and sure enough there were a few seemingly casual people in the crowd who had already focused on the previous spy.

This……

If he wasn't one of the members who was hastily recalled, he would have doubts, thinking that with such a big fanfare and an appearance that had been prepared for a long time, the King of Qin was deliberately putting on suspicion.

Although it is reasonable to say that the Qin State has used this drama once, and it should not be used again this time, but Qin State is acting in a powerful and unconstrained manner, and Lu An can imagine the state of the countries scratching their heads after receiving the news.

But unlike the Six Kingdoms, the people of the Qin Kingdom generally believed that the King of Qin was indeed ill. They were worried about King Qin's health since the succession of the foreigner. , the old Qin people more or less have a feeling that this day has finally come.

Prince Zhao Zheng gradually got in touch with middle school affairs since last year, and the stranger often made him travel to various counties and military regions around Xianyang to familiarize himself with the middle school situation. Time, so often with a group of friends riding in and out.

A group of young men were all young, handsome and tall. Among them, the unmarried, healthy and polite Prince His Highness naturally caught the eyes of many old Qin people.For the people of Xianyang City, they saw the prince more often than King Qin.Although everyone doesn't talk about it on weekdays, the people are generally optimistic about the next king of the country. It is this optimism and expectation that makes them maintain a peaceful mind after asking about it.

This kind of confidence in the new king is rare in other countries. The main reason is that Qin has been in power for many years. There was no harassment, but many prisoners were pardoned, and his reputation was very good for a while.

Therefore, unlike the courtiers, the people of Qin generally did not have much aversion to the transition of royal power, because this turmoil rarely affected them.

This is the advantage of Qin's management system, and it is also the ability of Fan Ju and Lu Buwei, the left and right prime ministers of Qin at that time.

But no matter how good the system is, it still depends on the people.

Lu An dismounted in front of the gate of Xianyang Palace, followed the waiters who came to welcome him into the deep palace with Wei Liao, and climbed up the steps step by step. Before he saw the majestic main hall of Xianyang Palace, he first saw Waiting for his Zhao Zheng.

Lu An was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Zhao Zheng to be waiting for him here, so he quickly trotted forward, "Your Highness..."

Before he climbed to the top and bowed down, the young man grabbed his hand and helped him up, "Lu Qing, come with me, my father wants to see you."