Qin Zheng's arrangement for this day is very tight, he has to go to worship the ancestors in the morning, and there is a crown ceremony in the afternoon. In fact, the hundred officials only came to watch the crown ceremony, and the temple is a place where people with the surname Ying can enter.

He got out of the wide cart and saw Zong Zheng waiting in front of the palace with the elders. Before they knelt down tremblingly, they hurriedly dispensed with etiquette. The oldest of these people in front of him was the same generation as King Zhaoxiang, how could he let the old man of his great-grandfather kneel in front of him.

The elders forced Qin Zheng to go ahead, so he didn't need to excuse himself, and took the lead in leading the royal family to the hall full of ancestral tablets.

The main hall opened its doors early, waiting for the arrival of the King of Qin today, and Qin Zheng stood in front of the full ranks, feeling that the ancestors seemed to be examining themselves. He looked up at the tablet placed on the top, the top was Fei Lian next to the evil lai, and the bottom was his grandfather King Xiaowen, as well as the tablet of his father King Zhuang Xiang.

Nine years had passed since his father's death, and he had almost forgotten what that gentle and generous man had been. Sometimes he would wonder why he was not the same character as his father, and once he accidentally said it, he only remembered that his father smiled and patted his shoulder to comfort: "The dragon has nine sons, each of them is different, there is no need to worry." ”

He lit three incense sticks and inserted them in the huge bronze incense burner in front of the rank, and then he led the royal family members behind him to perform the first salute in front of the tablet, and then listened to the patriarch who had white hair trembling in front of the rank, reciting the sacrificial text in the difficult and difficult dialect of the old Qin people in the West. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer royal families who can understand this language, and most of the royal families speak a dialect.

Qin Zheng listened to the sacrificial text probably first said the merits of the ancestors of the past dynasties, which is really unscrupulous, it has been more than half an hour since one by one, and his grandfather only said filial piety to King Zhaoxiang, too, it is really difficult to say the merits of the three days of reign.

When King Qin was listening to the sacrifice in the palace, Zhao Ji was frowning and looking at Chang Yu in front of him. Chang Yu's lips went up and down, but she didn't seem to understand what he was saying.

Zhao Ji took a deep breath with her hand on her chest, looked at the handsome man in front of her, but felt very unfamiliar: "Why do you want my seal?" Is there anything you can't do in Yongcheng? ”

The gentle smile that Chang Yu showed made Zhao Ji shudder, she took a few steps back, but Chang Yu still grabbed her wrist tightly.

He looked at the panicked Zhao Ji and sighed and said, "The Queen Mother must also know that now is the best time to get rid of King Qin, if it is delayed any longer, there will always be someone to tell you." When the time comes, not only will I die, but our children will also be killed by the order of King Qin. Hurry up and give me the seal, King Zhuang Xiang has been dead for so long, let his son accompany him, presumably he will not feel lonely. ”

"No, I won't give it to you. Although my husband died young, he also really loved me more than me, how dare you be so arrogant? "Zhao Ji couldn't believe that the person who had always behaved respectfully and politely wanted to kill the king and kill her Zheng'er. Before she could say anything more against her, she felt a pain in her neck and fainted.

Chang Yu dragged Zhao Ji's neck with one hand and her leg with the other, and placed her on the bed that once carried the happy time of the two. He reached out and stroked Zhao Ji's furrowed eyebrows, realizing that he couldn't smooth it and finally gave up. Slowly left a kiss on her forehead, and then went to the side of the room to find the queen mother's seal.

Chang Yu, who went out of the hall, squeezed out a smile and ordered the maid outside: "The Queen Mother is tired and resting, don't go in and disturb you." The maid knelt down and promised.

With the seal of the queen mother, Chang Yu went all the way unimpeded and entered the palace where the king of Qin lived. He rummaged through the desk, and finally found the seal of King Qin in a wooden box.

He left the palace and went straight to his manor outside Yongcheng, where there were his own private soldiers, who had been tempted to obey his orders.

Qin Zheng had already finished the sacrifice at this time and carried out the crowning ceremony on the platform outside the Qi Nian Palace. The direct elders are no longer there, so he has to select a clan elder with a big reputation from the clan branch to preside over the ceremony for him on the stage.

All kinds of etiquette were cumbersome, and the officials below waited until Qin Zheng changed the hairpin and re-crowned it, and knelt on the ground to salute another monarch of Qin.

Seeing this scene, Chang Pingjun and Chang Wenjun couldn't help but think of the half-brother of the successor monarch in Chu, no matter how you look at it, the King of Qin in front of him is more imposing. Yes, Changping and the two of them are the sons of the daughter of King Qin Zhaoxiang and King Chu Kaolie, and they became prominent in Qin because of their embarrassing status in Chu State. The two of them are quite capable, and they are also regarded as Qin Zheng's elders, and now they are responsible for the left and right ministers.

Here I want to say that there is not only one prime minister of the Qin State, there are Xiangbang, left, center, and right ministers. Of course, so many positions may not be appointed at the same time, depending on whether the monarch has such a need at that time.

Qin Zheng, who had been busy for a day, planned to go to the side hall of the Qi Nian Hall to rest for a while before returning to the palace, but he didn't want to hide a small official in the side hall. He was about to have someone arrest him, but he didn't want him to see Qin Wangzheng come in, and knelt down and said that there was urgent news to report to the king.

Qin Zheng's brows furrowed slightly, his deep eyes staring at the person in front of him who was trembling but insisted on reporting the news, and waved his hand to let the guards let him go for the time being.

"Let's see what it is that will make you bold enough to break into the palace and wait for the widow." Qin Zheng's calm voice with unknown meaning made the little officials below not know their joy and anger.

"No, this matter is related to the Queen Mother, and I also ask the King to quit others." The little officials below did not raise their heads and said such things.

"Stand down." As King Qin's voice sounded, the rest of the guards and palace maids in the palace retreated silently, and the door was also closed.

"What's the matter, come quickly!"

"No, your subordinate is a small official of the Yongcheng Palace, and I once saw the Queen Mother and the Marquis of Changxin playing. The Marquis of Changxin had fun playing with the palace people, and the palace people won, and the Marquis of Changxin was drunk and scolded and scolded, "I am the false father of the King of Qin, how dare you and the palace people fight against me." ’

His Majesty was suspicious, and His Majesty believed that Marquis Changxin had not been punished by the palace. His subordinates were afraid that they would cause trouble in the palace, so they had to tell the king here. The little official trembled and hesitated before continuing, "Since the queen mother made Chang Yu the marquis of Changxin, he recruited a wide range of guests and privately stored dead soldiers, and everyone in Yongcheng obeyed him.

Those who want to be in office will stay outside their doors every day and pay generous gifts, and they will be able to obtain the official positions they want. Now that the king has come up to Yongjia and crown him, and the Marquis of Changxin has not arrived, his subordinates are afraid that he has bad intentions. ”

When Qin Zheng heard such news, his head throbbed, if what the person in front of him said was true, then now was a very dangerous moment, he called the guards outside the door, and asked them to detain this little official and keep him under strict guard.

At this time, he thought that there were still two close princes of Chu in the palace, so he hurriedly asked people to invite Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun. He also ordered the guards to gather all the palace guards and eunuchs.

Qin Zheng looked at the guards who were rushing away, and looked at the remnant sun in the west like blood, as if he had attached a touch of ominousness to the huge palace.

Chang Pingjun and Chang Wenjun were resting in a convenient hall, they were not young people, and the long coronation ceremony made their bodies a little unbearable. When the guards brought the news of King Qin's urgent summons, they straightened their clothes and hurried there.

When Changping Jun and the others arrived, they found that the young emperor had a calm face, looking at the sunset that was about to set in the distance, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Changping walked to his side and reminded: "What is the important thing that the king has summoned us?" ”

Qin Zheng didn't care about avoiding anything at this time, and told the two of them the news he had gotten. The two were shocked when they heard this, if Chang Yu rebelled in Yongcheng, and the Yongcheng garrison was insufficient, the king was afraid that he would be in danger. Changping Jun tried his best to persuade: "Why should the king be in danger, why don't you follow your subordinates to the Xianyang camp." ”

Chang Wenjun is Chang Pingjun's younger brother, and he also nodded and persuaded King Qin: "My brother is reasonable, and I hope that the king will put the country first." ”

Qin Zheng seems to have returned to the time when he was chased and run, obviously he was just a lowly eunuch, but he could shake the court and scare away the monarch. No, he's not going to let that happen again. He stared at Changping Jun with red eyes and ordered: "Zuo Xiang quickly went to Xianyang to bring 10,000 soldiers and horses to help." The right prime minister led the guards in the palace, and the eunuchs gathered to guard the palace gate. ”

The two saw that King Qin's attention had been decided, so they had no choice but to hurry away in two ways. Changping Jun took a few guards and set up a light car and quickly ran towards Xianyang. Chang Wenjun divided the assembled guards and others into a team to deal with possible attacks. In order to gather more soldiers, he sent a few cavalry and recruited the soldiers defending the city of Yongcheng with a warrant from Xiangbang.

Qin Wangzheng is really angry and angry when he thinks of Zhao Ji in the palace now, but he hasn't really investigated yet, and it's not good to question her directly. He sent a few people to invite the queen mother from the palace to him, and asked the soldiers to gather all the soldiers from the nearby palace city here.

The palace is not far from here, the guards entered the palace of Zhao Ji, and found the queen sitting on the edge of the bed with a pale and dejected soul, so they had to pick her up and take her to the frame and drive towards the Qi Nian Palace.

Qin Zheng was waiting in the hall at this time, and when he saw the guards bringing the disgraced Zhao Ji, he asked the guards to retreat, approached a few steps and asked: "I heard that the eunuch concubine who is beloved by the queen mother is a fake eunuch, I wonder if the queen mother has something to say to the son?" ”

Zhao Ji's forehead and nose were shining with beads of sweat, watching Qin Zheng approach, reaching out and groping him to check if he was injured. Qin Zheng asked again with a cold face, and then her lips trembled and said, "He was sent by Lu Xiangbang to relieve me of loneliness, if we hadn't had a child, he wouldn't have wanted so much." It's all my fault, I didn't expect him to be so bold. ”

He closed his eyes in pain, he was humiliated again after all, and this humiliation should have been given by his closest mother. His eyes were red and he stared at his trembling mother and asked her, "Does the queen mother care about her son's feelings in the slightest?" There were rumors in the capital that the son was the heir of Lu Xiangbang, but the queen mother and the adulterer gave birth to a bad seed in front of the ancestors of the Qin State. ”

Qin Zheng flicked his sleeves and strode out of the palace, but Zhao Ji cried and grabbed the corner of his sleeve: "Zheng'er, the queen mother didn't expect things to turn out like this, I'm just too lonely." Chang Yu stole my seal, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to you. ”

With a tear, Qin Zheng's sleeve robe was torn, and he strode out of the palace without looking back at the crying Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji held a broken corner of fabric in her hand, knelt on the ground softly and cried bitterly, she realized that everything was ruined.