After Zhao Gao left the big tent, he was thoughtful.

His Majesty has already taken the decoction, and according to what the imperial doctor said, he should not wake up for a while, and naturally there is no need for him to serve, so Zhao Gao left with confidence.

As soon as he remembered Meng Yi's domineering appearance just now, Zhao Gao was furious, and he was even more faintly afraid in his heart. In the past, when His Majesty was still healthy, although the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi were on the same page as him, they were still polite on the surface, and they would never point their noses and scold him as an 'old dog' like today.

Now His Majesty's health is getting worse day by day, and Meng Yi's attitude towards him is getting worse and worse.

Zhao Gao knew in his heart that all his power and wealth were pinned on one person, and that was His Majesty. If His Majesty is gone, he will be like a duckweed who has lost his heel, and what awaits him is only a dead end - in order to please His Majesty for more than 30 years, he has offended too many powerful people, and they dare not resent His Majesty, so they can only transfer their hatred to Zhao Gao.

Not to mention, Gongzi Fusu was the first person to kill Zhao Gao, and then counted the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi. If His Majesty Dragon Emperor returns to heaven, they will not let Zhao go either.

No way. Zhao Gao slowly slowed down, and said to himself in his heart: You must not just sit still. Otherwise, when His Majesty returns to heaven, it will be the day when he Zhao Gao dies.

So what should be done? Thinking of this, Zhao Gao felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Meng Yi is in charge of Yulinwei, and without His Majesty's protection, it is indeed easy for him to kill himself. Meng Tian commanded the 300,000 northern army of the most elite in Great Qin, and his son Fusu was in charge of northern Xinjiang, and Zhao Gao was definitely not the opponent of the two brothers.

Since you can't compete with it, it's better to settle for the next best thing and find a backer to save your life.

How is Lees?

Zhao Gao shook his head secretly and vetoed him.

This person has been Qin Xiang for more than ten years, and the set of learning that Mingzhe protects himself is perfect. Don't look at the fact that he has always been polite to himself, it's just that he doesn't want to offend himself, a close minister next to His Majesty.

Moreover, one of the most important reasons why His Majesty appreciates Li Si is that he is very loyal and has no ambition. Although Gui is the head of a hundred officials and is the most powerful person in Great Qin except for His Majesty, Li Si has always been able to abide by his duty. What to say, what not to say, what to do, and what not to do, no one in the world knows better than him, so he can gain the constant trust of the moody Qin Shi Huang for more than 30 years.

This man was too cunning, and if he had thrown himself at him, he would have shown a sincere attitude to meet him by now. Once His Majesty dies and Fusu Gongzi ascends to the extreme position with the support of the Montessori brothers, he will definitely not hesitate to abandon himself, and he is unwilling to have any conflict with the future His Majesty.

Reconcile with Meng Tian and Meng Yi's brothers? Zhao Gao decisively rejected this idea. There has been no conflict with Meng Tian, he is just a good minion of Fusu, but Meng Yi ......

Thinking of this, a burst of hatred flashed in Zhao Gao's eyes, just ten years ago, just because he sat down on the ghost when he was wiping the throne, and was furious when His Majesty found out, he handed him over to Meng Yi for trial. hated that Meng Yi, he insisted on killing himself, but fortunately, in the end, His Majesty took care of the old feelings and pardoned himself. However, Liang Zi with Meng Yi has since ended.

Zhao Gao is not a gentleman, he can laugh at enmity. On the contrary, he was a eunuch, and his physical disability made him more prone to hatred. He hated Meng Yi, so he tried every possible way to frame Meng Yi's brothers, and tried his best to slander the son Fusu they supported in front of the first emperor.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to reconcile with them.

Now the only person he can rely on is Gongzi Hu Hai. Fusu is loyal, and if he ascends the throne, he will definitely treat his younger brothers and sisters preferentially. He is Hu Hai's master, and he has always been bent to welcome, Hu Hai is very close to him, if Fusu wants to kill himself, he can let Hu Hai intercede, and he should let himself go.

Zhao Gao secretly made up his mind in his heart, although he was a little unwilling, but he was helpless. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the thing that should be considered now is how to save this old life.

There was a sound of broken footsteps behind a tent not far away, but Zhao Gao lowered his head and was distracted, unaware of it. Violently bumped into a palace maid around the corner, and the water basin in the palace maid's hand was knocked to the ground by Zhao Gao, and most of the water was splashed in Zhao Gao's arms.

Zhao Gao was furious, and when the palace maid saw that it was Zhao Gao, she was immediately frightened, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing desperately to beg for mercy. I was extremely scared in my heart, Zhao Gao's cruelty was well-known in the Qin Palace, and he killed the palace people at every turn because of a small mistake, and if he offended him this time, how could he still live.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Gao's face slowly calmed down, and she just reprimanded the palace maid, she naturally couldn't guess that Zhao Gao didn't want to make trouble at such a critical time, so she didn't pursue it.

tremblingly bowed down and was about to retire, but was stopped by Zhao Gao, turned around tremblingly, and asked in a trembling voice; "Lord Zhao, what else do you have to order?"

Zhao Gao looked at the empty basin in her hand, and recognized her as a maid in the palace of Gongzi Huhai, so he asked; "Where's Childe?"

The palace maid saw that Zhao Gao was not looking for trouble with her, so she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and hurriedly replied; "My lord, Gongzi Huhai is playing with the palace people in the back tent, and I was originally ordered to fetch water for Gongzi."

"Fetch water?" Zhao Gao frowned, he didn't know what tricks this living treasure was playing, and when he saw that his front shirt was wet, he was troubled again. With a wave of his hand, the palace maid stepped back, turned and walked towards the dormitory.

Back in his bedroom, Zhao Gao found a clean set of clothes to change into.

It was getting late, and there was no light in the tent, so it was a little dark. Zhao Gaoxian squinted, straightened his clothes in front of the bronze mirror, and was about to go to find his son Hu Hai. Unexpectedly, before leaving, he saw a pair of eyes staring at him from the bronze mirror, and he was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly turned around.

I saw a Taoist sitting on the coffee table behind him at some point, and he happened to drink slowly with the wine jug on the table, looking at Zhao Gao with a smile, and suddenly said:

"Are you afraid of me? Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Gao wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and smiled at the Taoist: "How come." ”

"It turned out to be An Zhenren, when did you always come back?"

An Qisheng left the frame of the First Emperor a month ago under the pretext of looking for immortal friends, and there has been no news, so Zhao Gao will have this question.

An Qisheng raised his head and took a sip of wine, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he had an endless aftertaste, and praised with a smile; "Drink back and forth, it's still the smell of Lord Zhao's wine here."

Zhao Gao barely squeezed out a few smiles, "If An Zhenren likes it, I will have someone send you more than a dozen altars in a while." ”

"No need." An Qisheng shook his head and said with a regretful expression; "Good wine is for tasting, mediocre people like you, who only know how to chew peonies, are really ruining the scenery, extremely boring, extremely boring!"

Zhao Gao hurriedly nodded yes, and seeing that An Qisheng was still there to taste the aroma of wine, he asked cautiously; "When a real person comes to find you, you shouldn't just talk to you about your experience of drinking."

"It's really smart, it's worthy of Zhao Gao." An Qisheng smiled and praised, "You can taste it too." After speaking, he poured the wine and handed it to him, and Zhao Gao hurriedly caught it.

"I've come to see you to ask how your majesty is doing."

Zhao Gao was stunned for a moment, and then pretended to be relaxed; "Your Majesty's health has been a little sick recently, so it is not convenient to deal with government affairs."

"Is it just a problem?" An Qisheng smiled, held the wine jug in his hand, put the spout in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully, closing his eyes as if enjoying it very much. Ban Xiang suddenly opened his eyes, with a little weirdness in his smile, looked at Zhao Gao and said; "Your Majesty is dying."

'Bang', the bronze jue in Zhao Gao's hand fell to the place in fright, his face was pale and there was no trace of blood, and he looked at An Qisheng and said in a lost voice: "How do you know?" ”

After speaking, Zhao Gao noticed that he was speechless, and he asked, 'How do you know?' There is no doubt that he has told An Qisheng that he guessed correctly.

An Qisheng guessed correctly, His Majesty is about to die. No one dared to tell Zhao Gao and the ministers with trembling and slight illness in front of the first emperor, including the imperial doctors. But Zhao Gao is different, he is His Majesty's close attendant, and he can hide from everyone, but he can't hide it. His Majesty is already old, very old, but he still forcibly patrols the east despite his physical weakness. I kept coughing up blood for the first few days and eventually fell ill. Zhao Gao privately asked an imperial doctor, Xu Yili, and the imperial doctor quietly told him that His Majesty only has a month to live at most, and he should make plans early.

Zhao Gao looked at An Qisheng in horror.

But how did he know, did he really have the power of ghosts and gods to survey the future? In the past ten years, Zhao Gao has obeyed his arrangement, and what An Qisheng asked him to do can finally make His Majesty Longyan happy, and slowly, Zhao Gao climbed from a eunuch to the CRRC Mansion Order, which is equivalent to Jiuqing's status.

However, Zhao Gao, who became the commander of the CRRC government, avoided An Qisheng like a snake and scorpion, and hid from associating with him.

Because he was scared, really scared, An Qisheng's eyes seemed to be able to see through all the thoughts in people's hearts, in front of him, Zhao Gao only felt that no thoughts could be hidden from him.

An Qisheng didn't speak, just looked at Zhao Gao quietly, his eyes were full of smiles, but this smile made Zhao Gao feel creepy, as if he could see through his soul, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Finally, An Qisheng opened his mouth and smiled; "Zhao Gao, do you know that your death is approaching."

This sentence completely broke the last line of defense of Zhao Gao's psychology, sat down on the ground, hugged An Qisheng's calf and said in a lost voice: "I still hope that the real person will save me, save me." ”

"You want to hope that Hu Hai will intercede for you." After listening to Zhao Gao's thoughts, An Qisheng frowned, looked at Zhao Gao with a strange expression and a face full of snot and tears, and said in surprise; "Why don't you think about supporting Hu Hai as emperor."

Zhao Gao's body shook violently, with an incredible look on his face, and he said in a trembling voice; "Real person, are you kidding, although Gongzi Hu Hai is very popular with His Majesty, His Majesty will never hand over Daqin to a swinger who does not learn and has no skills."

A strange smile rose at the corner of An Qisheng's mouth, and he said quietly; "Who told you that only the prince designated by His Majesty must be able to ascend to the throne."