After His Majesty the Emperor's birthday banquet, the most important thing is naturally the tour. Although Zhao Gao was temporarily left aside by Yingzheng because of Chu Fei's affairs, no matter what, there is one less person in the palace who can be in charge alone, and the major event of arranging this tour will inevitably fall on Zhao Gao.

"What does the Prime Minister think I'm busy with every day?" Zhao Gao asked Li Sidao with a smile, "It's not a secret, when His Majesty the Emperor first started to have the idea of going on patrol, I was the first person to know, and I told the Prime Minister a word, the route of His Majesty's tour this time has already been determined." ”

Li Si was a little surprised, it was certainly a big deal for the emperor to leave Xianyang City to tour the world, Li Si, as the prime minister of Daqin, was not the first to know about it, of course, Zhao Gao's identity was also the first to get the moon near the water, but he would not know about such a major event as formulating a patrol route, which made Li Si's face a little ugly.

Zhao Gao also seemed to be aware of Li Si's changes, and explained: "Prime Minister, don't think about it, this matter is appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, don't say it, I am afraid that Meng Tian will not know about it." However, today, His Majesty the Emperor summoned Meng Tian and Meng Yi and their two brothers alone, and it is estimated that the two of them will soon know about this matter. ”

Knowing that Meng Tian was treated similarly to himself, Li Si's heart calmed down a little. "Then why did Lord Zhao tell me today? Since His Majesty the Emperor told Meng Tian and Meng Yi, he would definitely let me know about it. ”

After Li Si finished speaking, Zhao Gao put down the teacup in his hand and suddenly laughed, and Li Si who was laughing was a little confused.

"Why is Lord Fu Ling laughing?" asked Li Si.

Zhao Gao stopped laughing, then looked at Li Si and said: "Prime Minister, don't you really think that in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, the weight of you alone is heavier than that of Meng Tian and Meng Yi? Having said that, with the status of the Meng family, the status of the three generations in the hearts of the kings of my Great Qin is not low. Let's just say that the old general Meng Fu, although he is not as good as Wu Anjun Bai Qi and the old marshal Wang Jian at the same time, but he escorted the first king of Zhaoxiang back to Qin. There is also Meng Wu, Meng Wu attacked the Chu State for His Majesty, if it weren't for Changping Jun's rebellion behind his back, I'm afraid that the Chu State would have been the territory of my Great Qin a long time ago, not to mention that Meng Wu is still the elder of His Majesty the Emperor according to his generation, and today's Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers, they and Ying Zheng are good brothers who have played since childhood, named Junchen, but in fact, they are closer than other people's brothers. At this point, does the Prime Minister still think that his position in His Majesty's heart will be more important than that of the Montessori brothers?"

Li Si was silent, but what Zhao Gao said was the truth. In Li Si's view, he was also one of the heroes of Yingzheng's ascension to the throne of Qin, if he hadn't made his own plans, Lü Buwei would not have been able to rescue the first king from Handan so easily, and then rescue Zhao Ji Yingzheng's mother and son back to Qin, and help Yingzheng sit on the throne. Even if you don't talk about this, I have worked hard all these years to assist Yingzheng in taking care of the Great Qin world, is it possible that I have paid less than Meng Tian and Meng Yi?

First, Li Si doesn't think that he is a person who is keen on too much power, and Yingzheng will not give him too much power, since he ruled the world, Yingzheng first implemented the centralized system, holding all the rights in his own hands, and then delegating power when the ministers below are needed, and then they will immediately take it back, even the military power in Meng Tian's hands is no exception. Second, Li Si doesn't have any desire to fight for power and profit, in front of an emperor like Yingzheng, no matter how much you have mental skills, I am afraid that there will be no room for you to show it, rather than offending the emperor, it is better to be a person who keeps to himself.

"That's not what I care about, all I care about is Daqin. After Li Si figured it out, he raised his head and looked at Zhao Gao and said.

Zhao Gao's eyes turned back and forth on Li Si's face, as if he wanted to verify whether Li Si's words were true or false, and after a long time, Zhao Gao found that he couldn't see through Li Si today. "The Prime Minister is for Daqin, and Zhao Gao is also for Daqin. But ......"

Li Si's face was a little displeased, "If Zhao Fuling has anything to say, please say it directly." ”

Zhao Gao opened his mouth and said: "Since the Prime Minister and Zhao Gao are both loyal to Daqin, then Zhao Gao will say a big rebellious word, Daqin is still that Daqin, then the person sitting on the throne is not forever, whether it is His Majesty today, or the future son Fusu, or Hu Hai, it is no different." The only difference is that His Majesty and Fusu Gongzi will not regard the prime minister as confidants, but Huhai Gongzi can. ”

Li Si opened his mouth and said: "How can I believe what you say? I can clearly see in the main hall today that Gao Yanli will not assassinate His Majesty for no reason, and I have also discovered an interesting thing. ”

"The Prime Minister has found something interesting, can you tell me about it?"

Li Si looked at Zhao Gao's eyes and said, "I found that after Gao gradually left to assassinate His Majesty and was blocked by Pang Fei and Tu Qin, Lord Zhao seemed to have known about this situation not far away, and did not panic at all. Could it be that today's matter is also not arranged by Lord Zhao?"

Zhao Gao just smiled and motioned for Li Si to continue drinking tea, without saying anything, neither admitting what Li Si said, but also denying it.

Li Si looked at Zhao Gao's expression and already understood eight or nine points in his heart, and while secretly praising Zhao Gao's scheming, Li Si was also a little more vigilant in his heart. Now the two of them are already on the same camp, but Zhao Gao has never said anything to himself about this matter, and it is obvious that Zhao Gao does not fully believe in himself.

Li Si continued to bow his head and took a sip of the tea that was almost cold, then stood up and walked towards the door, when he walked to the door, Li Si stopped, and said to Zhao Gao, who was sitting in the hall: "Lord Zhao, since the Prime Minister has chosen to support Prince Hu Hai with the Lord Alliance, then I think Lord Zhao should share it with the Prime Minister in terms of resources and intelligence." Otherwise, if something like this happens again in the future, I'm afraid that I will disrupt Lord Zhao's arrangement and ruin the big thing of Master Hu Hai. And today's tea is very good, and I will have the opportunity to drink it with Lord Zhao again in the future and say goodbye. ”

Without waiting for Zhao Gao to get up to see him off, Li Si had already walked out of the palace, got into his chariot and left Afang Palace.

After Li Si's chariot disappeared without a trace, someone in the main hall walked out of the main hall, and Zhao Gao, who heard the movement, hurriedly got up from his seat, bent down and bowed his head respectfully and said, "Your Royal Highness." ”

It was Hu Hai who came out of the hall, he wiped the lipstick marks on his face, gathered some somewhat torn collars, sat in the hall, just picked up the water cup on the table, found that it was empty, and threw the teacup directly on the ground, shattering it to the ground.

"Li Si is also very shrewd, and today's things have been done perfectly, but I don't want to be seen by this person. Hu Hai said, after finishing speaking, he picked up the fruit in the fruit bowl on the table, took a bite and said to Zhao Gao vaguely.

Zhao Gao smiled, and he said to Hu Hai: "After all, Li Si is the right and left hand of His Majesty the Emperor, and the empire can indeed have today's scene, and it is indeed inseparable from Li Si." It's just that Li Si is a Confucian disciple, and it is inevitable that there is a bit of arrogance that a Confucian person should have in his heart. ”

Hu Hai spit out the kernel that he ate into his mouth, and said to Zhao Gao: "What the teacher said is true. Alas, I didn't expect such a thing to be like this today and still didn't bring down my eldest brother, it seems that in the eyes of my father, Fusu's status is still very high. ”

Zhao Gao poured a glass of water for Hu Hai, put it in front of Hu Hai, and said to him: "Don't be discouraged, although Your Majesty did not severely punish Fusu today, but according to me, the relationship between Your Majesty and Fusu has already cracked, as long as we grasp the opportunity again, I believe that it will not be long before Fusu's status in His Majesty's heart will slowly decline, and at that time, Childe's opportunity will come." ”

"It seems that the teacher has a new plan, okay, then I'll wait for the teacher to finish. Hu Hai stood up, stretched his waist, and walked towards the main hall.

Zhao Gao shook his head, Hu Hai is really a simple-minded person, but it's okay, he can't control him if he's too smart. Looking at Hu Hai's back, the smile on Zhao Gao's face deepened.

The birthday banquet dispersed, all the ministers saluted and said goodbye to His Majesty the Emperor, and finally Yingzheng gathered Meng Tian and Meng Yi brothers and Fusu together alone.

"The sons and daughters visit their father. ”

"Minister Meng Tian (Meng Yi) greets Your Majesty. ”

Meng Tian, Meng Yi and Fusu arrived in front of Yingzheng, knelt down and saluted.

At the birthday banquet, Ying Zheng drank a lot of wine, and at this time, he took off his gorgeous and heavy crown dress under Wang Shun's service, and then Wang Shun helped Ying Zheng, who was slightly drunk, to sit down.

"Get up, all of you. Wang Shun wiped Ying Zheng's face with a hot towel, and Ying Zheng raised his head and said half-lying down.

All three stood up and waited silently.

After cleaning up for Yingzheng, Wang Shun led the rest of the little eunuchs to retreat with basins and towels, and there were only four people left in the hall.

"Today, I want to know what you really think about Gao Yuanli's assassination of me. Ying Zheng said.

Meng Tian: The three of you, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke first.

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu, his favorite eldest son, and also the prince of Great Qin, whom he had high hopes for. He believed that Fusu was unaware of today's events, and the throne of Great Qin would be hiss sooner or later, and there was no need for him to assassinate him on such an occasion, and Gao Yuanli was still offered by Fusu, so it didn't make sense. Besides, what kind of person Fusu is, how could Yingzheng, who watched him grow up, not know that according to Fusu's temperament, he didn't have the courage to do such a thing.

"Fusu, you are the main person in today's assassination, I want to know what you think in your heart?" Seeing that none of the three of them spoke, Ying Zheng asked first.

was named by his father, and Fusu turned sideways to bow to Yingzheng and saluted. "Father, today's incident is indeed the fault of the son's negligence, the heavens have mercy, the father is safe and sound, otherwise Fusu will not be able to reduce the sin in his heart even if he dies. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that there was something strange about today's matter, and the minister asked His Majesty to allow the minister to secretly investigate this matter. Meng Tian opened his mouth and said, Fusu is his disciple, and Gao Yuanli also came to Fusu's hands through him, no matter what, he has to share the responsibility for Fusu.