Qin Zheng strode on the road to the palace where the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji lived, the stone paved ground was cleaned by the palace people every day, and all the palace maids and eunuchs he met on the road knelt on the ground. What he was thinking about was that he hadn't seen his mother for more than a year, and he didn't know how she was doing.

Zhao Ji got the news long before Qin Zheng arrived in the palace, she was sitting in front of the bronze mirror at this time and asked the maid to insert a hairpin for her, she was graceful and luxurious in the bronze mirror, compared with the dancing girl in Lu Xiang's mansion, it was really a world of difference. It's just that the rules up and down in Xianyang are really unbearable, but fortunately, there is still Chang Yu by his side. Regardless of whether he is true or false, these two years or so have left her with rare happy memories.

She stood up and walked slowly to the door of the main hall, watching her son, who was dressed in a dark robe, striding over. His facial features are becoming more and more like the first king, even so he is still slandered as the heir of Lu Gongzi, at this time Zhao Ji will inevitably have some remorse, if Qin Zheng finds out about his affair with Chang Yu, I am afraid it will set off a bloody storm.

Qin Zheng stood two steps away from Zhao Ji, and saw that she was a lot plump, so he was a little relieved. Either way, she was always her own mother. He was about to kneel down to say goodbye, but Zhao Ji took a step forward and grabbed his wrist.

"The Queen Mother?" Qin Zheng looked at Zhao Ji in some surprise.

"My son is about to be crowned an adult, and he will be more pro-government in the future, so don't kneel." Zhao Ji said this on her lips, but in her heart she was thinking that Zheng'er Xiao was like the first king, and let him kneel in front of her, which was really difficult for her to accept.

Qin Zheng straightened up and greeted Zhao Ji: "The queen mother has lived in Yongcheng for a long time, and her body is also much stronger, so why don't you wait for the sons to return to Xianyang together after the crown, so that the sons can serve by the side of the queen mother." ”

When Zhao Ji heard Qin Zheng say such words, she was a little moved on the one hand and a little embarrassed on the other: "This matter is still discussed after Wu'er crowns, and in a blink of an eye, Wu'er has grown so big, it is really a white horse, and the years are not forgiving." ”

Qin Zhengfeng's deep eyes stared at his queen mother under the sharp eyebrows, and found that her temperament was softer than before she left Xianyang, and she didn't think deeply, thinking that it was the pure environment here in Yongcheng that made her self-cultivation, and smiled and comforted: "The queen mother is tough, although she is not as good as a twenty-eight girl, but she can be regarded as a skilled person, so there is no need to be so sad." ”

Zhao Ji's withdrawn right hand naturally hung down beside his leg, clenched into a fist and replied with a smile: "Wu'er went to the dormitory to rest earlier, and tomorrow's sacrifice can't make a mistake." ”

"Then the queen mother also rested early, and the sons and daughters retired first." Qin Zheng saw that Zhao Ji's face was tired, and for the sake of Zhao Ji's body, he had to leave early.

At this time, many officials came from inside and outside Yongcheng, the royal family, although the Qin Xiaogong changed the law and hurt the interests of the princes, but in recent years, the Qin State has gradually become stronger, and they have also shared a lot of rights and interests, which is much better than before, the low-level officials live in the hostel, and the high-level officials and the royal family have their own mansions here.

Lu Xiangbang was meeting with local officials in Yongcheng at his mansion at this time, Lu Xiangbang was doing business everywhere in his early years, and Xiangqin was very hardworking, and his body was not as good as before. He leaned back on the cushion and listened to the complaints of the officials below, and every word he said was that he was in the report that the Hou Chang was colluding with the king, and he was already a person who said nothing in Yongcheng.

"The king's crown is imminent, these things are reported after the king's pro-government, tomorrow hundreds of officials will watch the ceremony, if the sacrifice is disturbed, it is a crime that deserves death. Chang Yu is just a lowly villain, how to be a prince? Kill yourself and wait and see. Lu Xiangbang looked at the person in front of him a little uninteresting, and couldn't help mentioning him, although tomorrow is the beginning of the Qin prince's government, but the entire Qin country is his hard work, and he will not let others destroy this ceremony.

After the official resigned, Lu Xiangbang summoned a prostitute to relieve his aching body, even if he sat on the cushion in the car, the bumps along the way still made his elderly body a little uncomfortable. There should be something in this city that he missed, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Li Si first served as Lu Xiangbang's doorman, and was later appointed as a Lang official. When he found out that someone in the court called on the King of Qin to govern in advance, he had a premonition that Lü Xiangbang's authority would slowly transfer to the King of Qin in the future.

In order not to make the future King of Qin jealous of his origin, he offered advice to the King of Qin early on, dividing the monarchs and ministers of the Six Kingdoms, thinking that the King of Qin could unify the Six Kingdoms. Qin Zheng was not in charge at that time, although he could not directly appoint him to a high position, but he was also appointed as a long history.

After his strategy took effect, he was rewarded with a lot of wealth. It's just that there is no house for him in Yongcheng, and he has to rent it in a hostel.

People came and went in the hostel, and the news was varied, and Li Si, who was eating in the lobby, was attracted by the conversation between the two people at the back table, and he pretended to continue to eat and drink to listen to the conversation behind.

"How can my uncle be depressed, although he has little credit for being an official in Yongcheng, but the government affairs have been reduced, why is he sad?"

"Ji Chang didn't know, this Yongcheng was originally a good place, but since that one came, the Marquis of Changxin had no merit, and he was able to be rewarded with food by the marquis. That's it, he now has thousands of customers, and there are countless private soldiers. Before the king came, it was very sad that we were under him. ”

Changxin Hou Changyu, Li Si had heard his name in Xianyang, except for the previous queen mother who forcibly wanted to give him the title of marquis, he had no rumors in Xianyang. But it turned out that Yongcheng was above 10,000 people under one person, and he felt a little tired in it, and he couldn't help leaning back slightly to listen more carefully.

"I heard that the Marquis of Changxin is just a eunuch, is it possible that he can still inherit the title?"

"Come with your ears attached."

"It's very mysterious, hey, I used to be, don't talk about it."

Li Si couldn't hear the last few words clearly, but he vaguely heard a few words "fake eunuch", "with the queen mother" and "heir". It was enough to make him think that the peaceful Yongcheng might have a big case that caused chaos in the palace, and what benefits could he get from it?

At night, the city fell into silence, and after Qin Zheng bathed, he lay on the couch and fell into the past dream.

"Second and third sons, follow me to fight this Qin thief." A fat young man who is dumb and is changing his voice is running after the young Zhao Zheng with a group of boys of all sizes.

Sweat kept dripping from Zhao Zheng's forehead, staining the shoulders of the delicate silk shirt with a little wet marks. His chest heaved violently, and his mouth was gasping for air.

Some of the pedestrians on the street were about to come out to stop the children behind them, but they were stopped by others. But with the skill of one sentence, the faces of the people who were originally unbearable turned into expressions of hatred.

Zhao Zheng felt his leg become more and more sore. As he ran, he was still distracted thinking that what the man must have said was: "That's the child of the Qin people, leave him alone." ”

A long time ago, he once asked his mother Zhao Ji why he was beaten if he was a child of the Qin people, and at that time, Zhao Ji just showed an ugly expression of neither laughing nor crying without explaining much. Later, when he grew up, he understood the hatred between Qin and Zhao.

If you want to avoid being beaten, you have to run faster, faster, and the children who are hiding in the house will slowly disperse, and there will be no one in the city to help him.

In the same situation as him in the city, there is also the guy Dan, and the Yan Kingdom and the Zhao Kingdom are also enemies of life and death. The two are of the same age, so it is inevitable that they will have some sympathy for each other.

This time he thought he would be able to run home and hide again, but he didn't want a stout woman in front of him to hook his feet and let himself fall to the ground. The palms of his hands were grinding from the dust on the ground, but the most important thing was that the children behind him caught up.

Those Zhao children tyrannically punched and kicked Zhao Zheng who was lying on the ground, Qin Zheng could only hold his head tightly with both hands, his body bent like a shrimp, and silently endured the atrocities of this group of people.

The past experience let him know that usually when they are tired, they will slowly disperse, and they will not have much strength as children. However, this time there was a smarter one, who ripped open the waist of his pants and poured warm urine on Zhao Zheng's head. Other children followed suit and did the same.

After they finished peeing, they slowly dispersed, and Zhao Zheng was beaten all over his body in pain. A few dozen steps away is home, but he was bullied dozens of steps away. He got up slowly, lowered his head and didn't let others see his gaze, and outsiders only saw a soaking wet soup chicken walking slowly towards the Qin family's house.

Behind his ears came the voices of the adults on the street, mocking or laughing, his little fists clenched tightly, and the deep emotions in his red eyes were tyrannical.

Zhao Ji, who was doing needlework at home, saw her young son coming back surrounded by domestic servants, his body was wet, and he thought that he was going to play in the water, so he couldn't help but say a little blamed: "Zheng'er, they all told you that the waterside is not safe, why do you want to go." ”

Zhao Zheng's emotions had been endured to the extreme, pushed the maid beside him, turned around and shouted at the mother who came over: "I hate Zhao Guo, I hate Zhao Guoren, one day I will make them pay." ”

Zhao Ji couldn't bear it for a moment when she heard him say this, and slapped him in the face. The loud voice seemed to wake her up, and she clenched her son's hand tightly, and covered her mouth with her left hand, unable to believe that she had hit him.

She slowly squatted down and looked at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Don't you say that, do you remember that I am also from Zhao Guo." ”

Zhao Zheng covered his left cheek, which was rapidly becoming red, and quickly ran towards his room. He didn't see the scene where Zhao Ji broke down and cried after the maid explained to Zhao Ji.

Qin Zheng slowly opened his eyes and saw the high roof, only then did he slowly realize that he was in the palace of Yongcheng. The outside of the hall was already very bright, and as soon as he got up, the palace people waiting outside the hall rushed to serve him to wash and change clothes.

He dressed himself and stepped out of the hall, thinking that he would never again give people a chance to humiliate him, whoever it was.

The guard of honor that has already been prepared outside the hall will take King Qin to the Qi Nian Palace to hold a sacrifice. The mighty convoy left the palace with King Qin, and Zhao Ji was seen leaving King Qin from a distance. Somehow she was so restless today that she didn't know what was going to happen.