The huge palace suddenly fell silent, except for the heavy breathing of the First Emperor on his bed.

After issuing the last edict of his life, the First Emperor suddenly felt relieved, and even felt that death did not seem to be as terrible as he imagined. He just stood motionless, quietly waiting patiently on the bed.

There was some confusion in my mind, and all kinds of people kept flashing in front of me, some dead and some still alive, scene by scene, and finally fell silent. The First Emperor slowly opened his eyes, stared at the empty darkness in a daze, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

For so many years, I have tried my best to escape death, and tried every means to live forever, but in the end, I just added to the joke of the world after dinner.

An Qisheng, An Qisheng, are you a real person or a demon? Why can you see the future, why can you still look the same for 40 years. Forty years ago in Handan, after you ascended the throne of God, you asked me to be sympathetic to the feelings of the people and benefit the common people. But ten years ago, you found me again and asked me to conquer the south of Baiyue. I chose to believe in you, but you failed to live up to my trust in you.

A terrible thought flashed through him, and the First Emperor only felt cold all over. If An Qisheng is really a demon, then what he is doing to bewitch himself is not the way to destroy the country?

A feeling of powerlessness surged through, and the First Emperor only felt weak, and suddenly felt a little relieved. Even if he did something wrong, he has no power to change it now, and he can only hope for the next emperor.

The youngest son Hu Hai is smart and clever, good at observing words and feelings, good at manipulating interpersonal relationships, and good at speculating on his own mind to please himself! These tips are okay to be a person, but they are definitely not good to govern the country!

The eldest son, Fusu, is different, he is thick by nature, honest and silent, and he is unwilling to hide his thoughts by bending his will! On the major issue of governing the country, he dared to adhere to principles, dared to "go against himself", and dared to admonish himself when he was angry! At that time, he opposed his book burning and pit Confucianism, which is a powerful evidence, which shows that he has the courage to carry the world on his shoulders, and that he has firm beliefs, which is a quality that must be possessed by an emperor. His violent rule has offended the people of the world, and in the future, when the Soviet Union comes to power, he will inevitably implement benevolent government, so that the people will be grateful, which is beneficial to the stability of the Qin State!

Fusu, Fusu, don't let your father down, the country of Daqin depends on you.

I closed my eyes and lay down for a long time, and I vaguely heard a commotion outside the door. The First Emperor opened his eyes and saw a little eunuch walking in in a panic, so he asked with difficulty; "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, when Princess Huayang heard that His Majesty had woken up, she clamored to come in, and the minions couldn't stop her."

The First Emperor showed a smile on his old face, and said softly: "Let her in." ”

Ying Ke sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his father in a daze. The pain and suffering of more than a month has made the originally sturdy First Emperor as thin as skin and bones, with deep eye sockets and skin like dry bark, lifeless. Ying Ke felt sad in his heart, and tears couldn't help falling.

"Ke'er, isn't my father still dead, why are you crying, it's not beautiful to cry anymore."

Win Ke just nodded desperately, and was afraid that his father would not like it when he saw it, so he held back his tears and just whimpered and sobbed.

"Help your father and the emperor to get up." Ying Ke hurriedly reached out to support the First Emperor and helped him sit up.

The First Emperor snuggled up to the collapse, gasped for breath, and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of Ying Ke's eyes. Seeing that the corners of her eyes were slightly red, her nose kept twitching, and the corners of her mouth flashed a smile, gently stroking Ying Ke's face,

"It's been a long time since I've seen my little Ke'er, do you miss your father?"

Ying Ke put his face on the face of the First Emperor, and his voice was choked, "Father, Ke'er misses you very much, and they don't let me see you." ”

The candlelight moved slightly, reflecting the cheeks that could be blown and broken, and the crystal skin seemed to be imprinted with a layer of red glow. The First Emperor looked at his daughter, his expression was a little dazed, and he remembered her biological mother, Mrs. Chi Guo, who was his favorite when he was young.

In a blink of an eye, even the youngest daughter is so old. The First Emperor looked at his daughter in a daze, but unfortunately he had been busy with government affairs for so many years, and rarely spent time on a large group of children, and missed too much.

stroking Ying Ke's hair with a smile, he cheered up; "Ke'er, don't worry, your brother Fusu has a gentle temperament, and he will definitely treat you younger brothers and sisters well. Father will leave a will, let him give you the best fief, let him help you find the best husband, and will not wronged our most beautiful little princess in Daqin. ”

The corners of Ying Ke's eyes were red again, and his head leaned lightly towards the First Emperor, and he sobbed; "Father, Ke'er doesn't want any fiefdom, doesn't want any husband, no matter how good Brother Fusu is, he is not his father. I just want you, you don't want to leave Ke'er, okay. ”

The First Emperor's heart warmed, he gently hugged his daughter, and was about to speak, but he heard a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and when he was about to reach the door, he stopped again, and Zhao Gao heard a few soft inquiries.

Ying Ke also heard that it was Zhao Gao's voice, and he didn't want him to see his crying nose, so he stood up, wiped the tears on his cheeks, and said with a forced smile: "Father, the son will go down first, and I will come over to accompany my father when Zhao Gao is gone." ”

Before leaving, he glanced at the bottom of the bed, and suddenly his childlike heart rose, thinking that it would be troublesome to enter and exit, so it was better to hide there. He stretched out his tongue to the First Emperor, lifted the corner of his skirt and got in. The First Emperor on the sickbed smiled slightly when he saw this, knowing that his daughter had been eccentric since she was a child, and she was used to it.

The bed is often cleaned, and it is also clean, and Ying Ke is a cat, and his eyes peek out through the crack of the bed. Seeing a pair of big feet crossing the threshold, it was Zhao Gao.

Zhao Gao walked to the door of the hall and shouted softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Seeing that the First Emperor did not answer, he waved his hand and asked the guards and eunuchs outside the door to retreat, and he walked in.

When he found that he was still a few steps away from the bed, Zhao Gao suddenly stopped, looking at the sleeping First Emperor on the bed and not speaking for a long time, his eyes flowing, as if he was thinking about something.

The First Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, and Zhao Gao, who was looking at him in a daze, was so frightened that he took a few steps back before he came to his senses, and forced himself to smile calmly: "Your Majesty, you are awake." ”

The First Emperor sighed and raised his eyelids, "What's the matter?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave just came to see if Your Majesty had a good night's sleep." Zhao Gao lowered his body and said respectfully as usual.

"I'm a little tired, you go down first, don't come to trouble me if it's okay." The First Emperor closed his eyelids again, and after a long time he hadn't heard Zhao Gao leave, he opened his eyes a little strangely.

"Why can't you go down yet?"

Zhao Gao did not reply immediately, but looked directly at the First Emperor, and the expression on his face changed several times. Suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, he clenched his fists.

"The minister has one more thing to tell." The respectful look on Zhao Gao's face slowly retracted, and his voice was cold. "Meng Yi is dead."

"What?" The First Emperor Huo sat up, his eyes widened, his face twitched, and he said in a trembling voice; "What do you say, Meng Yi is dead? Who did it, who did it? ”

Zhao Gao's smile was gloomy, he tried to raise his head and sneered; "Your Majesty, have you forgotten, Meng Yi and I have an enmity with the sky, and this is still thanks to you."

"Zhao Gao." The First Emperor roared in a low voice, like a wounded beast, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, glaring at Zhao Gao angrily. "You are so bold, do you want to rebel?"

Zhao Gao smiled softly, his smile was full of contempt, and slowly paced in front of the First Emperor, "I just want to rebel, what can you do, my majesty." ”

"Not only will I rebel, but I will take your throne. I've been serving you like a dog for decades, and you seem to have forgotten my last name. “

Zhao Gao puffed up his chest hard. "I am Zhao Gao, the same winning surname as you, Zhao, and the same blood of Mu Gong, why can you become the first emperor of the ages, and I, Zhao Gao, will grovel and serve you like a dog."

"You know what? Yingzheng, from the moment I was forced to be sent to the palace to be a eunuch, I hated you. Your bloodline not only stole the throne, but also exterminated us, cut off my male @ root, and made me a eunuch who was ridiculed by the world. I swore that I would take revenge, that I would take back everything that was rightfully ours. ”

The First Emperor clenched his fists, opened his mouth wide, and struggled to get up, Zhao Gao walked up to him with a contemptuous smile, slowly bent down and sneered: "Isn't it very uncomfortable?" Your Majesty, are you unwilling? Your Majesty. ”

"I have already issued an edict, but it is not an edict to establish Fusu, and then give him an edict to die. Your Majesty, haven't you always been afraid of loneliness, that's why you will build a continuous terracotta army to accompany the burial, you don't have to worry, your eldest son Fusu will soon come to you below. I will persuade that coward Li Si to set up Hu Hai together, and then let your favorite youngest son kill all your children, and then kill Hu Hai and I will be the emperor myself. Zhao Gao's eyes stared at the First Emperor viciously, like a hungry wolf.

"I want you to cut off your children and grandchildren, and there is no place to bury your death."

"Hahahaha, hahahaha." Zhao Gao finished saying what he had wanted to say to the First Emperor in his heart for decades, and his heart was suddenly very happy, and he couldn't help but laugh wildly.

The laughter stopped abruptly, Zhao Gao's eyes widened, and he saw that the First Emperor had the strength to stand up out of nowhere, and pinched his neck with both hands. Zhao Gao hurriedly struggled hard, trying to get rid of it, but his eyes met the angry gaze of the First Emperor, and his whole body trembled with fear.

In the past thirty years, he, Zhao Gao, has long been accustomed to being afraid of the First Emperor, and the fear of him has penetrated deep into his bone marrow, and he has been swept away by the angry gaze of the First Emperor, since he can't afford to resist in the slightest. Paralyzed on the ground, I only felt that the hands around my neck were getting tighter and tighter, and it was getting harder and harder for me to breathe, and I shouted in my heart; My life is at stake.

But he felt that the confinement in his neck suddenly lightened, and then he came to his senses, hurriedly pushed hard, and fled to the side with a rolling belt. But he saw the First Emperor lying on his back on the bed, motionless. Zhao Gao had the courage to step forward and probe his hand at the tip of his nose, but he was already out of breath.

"Dead, he's dead." Zhao Gao muttered in his heart, and then burst into ecstasy, "This Great Qin country is finally going to be taken by me Zhao Gao." ”

The guards outside the palace were still standing upright, meticulously standing outside the palace gate, although they had just heard a burst of laughter in the distant hall, but they had been ordered by the superior to strictly prohibit them from checking.

Seeing Zhao Gao walking out from afar, a Qin general dressed as a deputy general stepped forward to respond, and as far as his eyes could see, it turned out to be Wang Qi entrusted by Meng Yi.

"Lord Zhao, what do you command?"

Zhao Gao cleared his voice, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty has gone to bed, you must guard the palace gate well, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Wang Qi with deep meaning, Wang Qi understood, and hurriedly bowed down; "Your subordinates obey orders, please rest assured."

Zhao Gao patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and whispered in his ear: "Do it well, what I promised you will definitely be done, I will give you the status and glory that Meng Yi can have, all you need to do is one event, that is, to be loyal to me." ”

Wang Qi's body shook violently, and his eyes revealed fiery desire. Although he is a member of the Wang family, he is from a small house, and his ability is only average. If he wants to achieve immortality, this life is destined to be hopeless, but Zhao Gao let him see hope, which is exactly what he wanted.

Wang Qi lowered his head violently, and his voice trembled, "Xiaguan was originally an adult's work for dogs and horses. ”

Seeing him like this, Zhao Gao nodded with satisfaction, thought of something again, hesitated for a while before slowly saying, "You send someone to help me do something." ”

Wang Qi arched his hand; "Your Excellency, please command."

"Send the wooden box on the table in my room to the top of the three peaks in Junozawa, don't stop at the top of the mountain, put down your things and leave. Remember, instruct your men not to open the box. ”

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will do it."

Zhao Gao looked at Wang Qi's departing back and was quite satisfied.

This is the reason why he chose Wang Qi, who is ambitious but not smart enough, and will only do things honestly without asking too much why. Another important point is that he was born in the Wang family, although he was born in a partial family, he is also Wang Qian's grandson and Wang Ben's nephew. Daqin started by relying on military armor, and if he Zhao Gao wants to gain a firm foothold in Daqin, he must have a spokesperson in the army. And it is a very good choice to support the Wang family, which has many famous generals, to replace the Meng family, which is just like the sky.

Meng Yi is dead, so all that's left is to convince Li Si to be on his side.

PS: Jiangnan will usher in the first recommendation this week, hehe, although it's just a small recommendation for the cover, but I'm still very excited. This week, two shifts a day will be resumed, about noon, and at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, if you think the writing is good, you can give a collection and give a red ticket, Jiangnan is polite here.