Regardless of whether Fusu is guilty or not, Gao gradually leaving the assassination is always true, not to mention that it is still in front of all the civil and military ministers of the Qin State in the main hall, which makes Yingzheng powerless even if he wants to forgive Fusu. Fusu is still his chosen heir, and he also knows what Fusu's character is, if he wants Gao Yuanli to assassinate him, I'm afraid he won't have this thought, and he won't dare to have it.

Looking at Fusu who was kneeling on the ground, everyone in the hall was paying attention to this matter, after all, this was the closest His Majesty the Emperor was to danger after Jing Ke's assassination, and Gao Yuanli was still Jing Ke's friend this time, it seems that Gao Yuanli's previous assassination failure was not an empty word to avenge Jing Ke.

"Fusu, do you know what you did wrong?" asked Ying Zheng, his voice a little cold, mixed with some questions in between.

Fu Su knelt on the ground, he didn't dare to look at his father, he lowered his head and replied: "Back to my father, my son shouldn't have brought him to his father when he knew that Gao was a friend of Jing Ke, so that my father almost injured this person's secret weapon, this is the sin of my son, please punish my father." ”

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, he left the throne, walked down the steps, and stopped in front of Fusu. "I know your filial piety, but you shouldn't have brought someone like Gao Yuanli to please me, let alone bring him to see me without examining the long building in his hand. Today is my birthday, for the sake of your filial piety to me, I will not punish you, let you think about it behind closed doors. ”

Fusu bent down and bowed to Yingzheng and said, "The son has thanked his father." ”

Meng Tian sat below, wanting to open his mouth to plead with Fusu, after all, Gao Yanli passed through his hand to Fusu's hand, and Gao Yanli dared to assassinate Yingzheng on an occasion like today, he was also guilty.

However, before Meng Tian could speak, Prime Minister Li Si spoke to Ying Zheng one step ahead of him: "Your Majesty, Gao gradually left the Emperor through Fusu Gongzi directly in front of His Majesty, and now that the assassination has occurred, Your Majesty should severely punish Gongzi to show the justice of the laws of Great Qin." ”

"Please Your Majesty severely punish Gongzi and maintain the dignity of the law of Great Qin. "In the main hall, there are ministers' vassals Li Si's words to play to Yingzheng together.

The rest of the ministers were either looking at the delicacies in front of them, or they were looking up at the delicate patterns on the roof of the main hall, and turned a deaf ear to the affairs of the main hall.

Meng Tian was a little stunned, Ying Zhengdu had already decided not to punish Fusu anymore, why did Li Si suddenly grab Fusu again.

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty has already asked Gongzi to think about it behind closed doors, isn't this a punishment? Why does Prime Minister want His Majesty to severely punish Gongzi again?" Meng Tian asked, Li Si and Fusu don't have too much friendship, why did Li Si suddenly want to help Su today.

Li Si turned to face Meng Tian, he raised his head and said to Meng Tian, "Lord Meng, do you know the law of Great Qin?"

Meng Tian didn't speak, and nodded.

"That's good, Li Si wants to ask Lord Meng, according to my Great Qin law, what is the crime of assassinating Your Majesty?"

When formulating the laws of Daqin, Meng Tian was also one of the candidates to formulate the laws, how could he not know?

"According to the laws of my Great Qin, anyone who dares to assassinate His Majesty will be beheaded for public display, and anyone who is related to the assassin will be punished as the same crime. Meng Tian replied.

"Good. Li Si shouted hello, and then said to Meng Tian: "In that case, Gao Yuanli was brought to His Majesty by Fusu Gongzi, and Gao Jianli assassinated His Majesty, does that mean that Fusu Gongzi's sin is the same as Gao Yuanli?"

"This ......" Meng Tian was speechless for a while by Li Si's question, if he continued to talk about it, wouldn't he also be dragged out and beheaded.

"Your Majesty. Li Si said to Ying Zheng again, "Since there is this article in my Great Qin Law, then Your Majesty should not make special treatment because of the special status of the prince. When His Majesty formulated the law, it was strict that the laws of Great Qin treated princes and commoners equally, so I asked Your Majesty to severely punish and support Prince Su and maintain the dignity of my Great Qin's laws. ”

Maybe it was because the ministers who spoke behind Li Si before didn't expect Li Si to say such a thing, who is Gongzi Fusu? That is His Majesty's favorite eldest son, if there are no other special circumstances, His Majesty the future emperor of Great Qin will be Fusu, today Li Si dares to say this here, is he not afraid to wait for Fusu to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, to find trouble for him?

"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, is a bit serious. Meng Yi stood up and said, Fusu is a disciple of the eldest brother Meng Tian, and that is naturally the person he wants to protect.

Meng Yi clenched his fists to Ying Zheng and bent down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Fusu Gongzi has nothing to do with Gao Yanli's assassination of His Majesty. As we all know, Gao Yuanli is a living person, and he is not a dead thing like the birthday gift offered to His Majesty. Since he is a living person, how can he tell His Royal Highness Gongzi what he has planned? If he had already made a plan to assassinate His Majesty, then he must have put a lot of effort into order to be able to reach His Majesty, and it is understandable that Gongzi did not know the inside story. ”

After finishing speaking, Meng Yi turned to Li Si again and said: "The Prime Minister is naturally right to maintain the majesty of my Great Qin's law, but the law is nothing more than affection, Fusu Gongzi is the future prince of Great Qin, his loyalty and filial piety to His Majesty can be learned, I Meng Yi dare to take my life as a guarantee, His Royal Highness Gongzi has nothing to do with this assassination." ”

Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi approvingly, Li Si is the prime minister of Daqin, he said that he would severely punish Fusu, although Ying Zheng was unwilling, but the dignity of Daqin's law cannot be blasphemed, this was set by him personally at that time, and now he wants to take the lead in sabotage, what prestige does he have in the future?

"Meng Yi is right, people's hearts are the most difficult to understand, Fusu has always stayed by my side, and he doesn't know about the complexity of people's hearts, and he really can't be blamed for today's events. Prime Minister, in my opinion, Fusu is guilty, but he will not be punished with the same crime as Gao Yuan. Ying Zheng said to Li Si.

His Majesty the Emperor has made it very clear in his words that Fusu will definitely not be able to be killed, and he cannot be killed.

Li Si is such a smart person, how can he not understand what Yingzheng means, but since he has chosen to support Hu Hai, it has become a matter of course to suppress Fusu.

Li Si glanced at Zhao Gao who was standing in a corner of the main hall, Zhao Gao saw Li Si looking at him, and nodded silently, meaning that since His Majesty, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi were determined to let go of Fusu, then their side should not chase after him anymore, so as not to arouse the suspicion of His Majesty the Emperor and the Mengshi brothers.

Li Si sighed in his heart and had to give up. "The minister agrees with what His Majesty said. ”

Ying Zheng heard that Li Si was finally relieved, and said with a smile: "Well, since all the ministers have no opinions, I am very pleased." Fusu!"

"Erchen is here. Fusu knelt on the ground and turned to face his father.

"From this day on, you will be confined to your own house, and you will not be allowed to step out of the door without my permission, are you willing?"

Fusu knelt on the ground, knelt down to his father, and said, "My son respectfully obeys his father's decree and thanks to his father." ”

There was such a thing as an assassination on the birthday banquet, and it was naturally inappropriate to continue doing it, so the birthday banquet was almost over. After the banquet, Ying Zheng left Meng Tian and Meng Yi behind, and the rest, even Li Si, were not left behind, and disappeared outside the gate with everyone.

Not long after Li Si walked out of the main hall, a little eunuch chased after him and whispered beside Li Si: "Prime Minister, the Lord of the CRRC Mansion has an invitation." ”

Now Li Si and Zhao Gao are allies, but only three people know about this matter, so how to meet Zhao Gao is also a matter worth discussing.

Li Si didn't react, didn't stop, and directly boarded the chariot waiting for him at the gate of Afang Palace, but after the chariot walked not far along the road outside Afang Palace, in a sparsely populated corner, the chariot disappeared after a turn.

"Prime Minister, I have wronged my lord, is it Zhao Gao. Hearing Zhao Gao's voice outside, Li Si got out of the chariot.

Zhao Gao stepped forward to help Li Si get out of the car, and then the two of them walked to a smaller palace, and after they each sat down, the little eunuch who had just sent a message to Li Si served a cup of hot tea to the two of them, and then closed the door of the room and withdrew.

Zhao Gao picked up the teacup, sniffed the fragrant tea, gently blew the hot air coming out of the teacup, and said: "Today at His Majesty's birthday banquet, the Prime Minister is a little anxious, I believe that after this time, Meng Tian and Meng Yi will definitely take precautions against the Prime Minister." ”

As soon as he mentioned this matter, Li Si was a little angry, originally today's opportunity was the best opportunity to defeat Fusu, but he didn't expect to be mixed up by Meng Tian and Meng Yi like this.

Li Si put down the teacup he had just picked up, then looked at Zhao Gao and said: "Zhao Fuling said it easily, today the original appearance is out of the way, for the sake of Hu Hai Gongzi, the original appearance almost offended His Majesty." ”

Zhao Gao waved his hand at Li Si and signaled Li Si not to be angry. "The Prime Minister is not in such a hurry, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, and our big things are not something that can be achieved because of this one thing, on the contrary, if we go too quickly, one of them will be the death of the two of us, so we can't do anything in a hurry. ”

"I also understand this truth, but then again, what are your plans next? It is said that in the near future, His Majesty will go on a tour of the east, Zhao Fuling should not forget to make some fuss about this matter, right?" Li Si looked at Zhao Gao and found that Zhao Gao had an indescribable smile on his face.

His Majesty the Emperor went on patrol, how could Zhao Gao not take such a major event to heart, he had already had a plan, I believe that after going out this time, His Majesty the Emperor will reach a new height of understanding of Prince Hu Hai.