Wang Zhaojun sat quietly in the Ice and Snow Palace, looking at everything that happened outside Xuan's window, his eyes as if they were frozen in ice.

From beginning to end, Wang Zhaojun did not intervene in the earth-shattering battle outside the palace, just sat in the palace and watched everything, but her mood was all affected by the people in the battle. As an outsider, Wang Zhaojun's emotional fluctuations in her heart have always reflected the battle situation, and when there are earth-shaking changes in the battle, her heart is also turned upside down, because she and Jing Kegao, who bravely entered Xianyang Palace, have the same hot wish - to put Yingzheng to death. And fate always carries ill-intentioned humor...... The two who were still pushing Yingzheng to the last step with the wishes of 10,000 people one second, but the next moment they were seriously injured and fell to the ground, and they were separated from life and death.

When Gao Yuanli let out the last mournful cry, when Jing Ke showed the last poignant smile, the moments of despair and sadness condensed into cold tears and fell into Wang Zhaojun's ice-blue eyes. People who have not experienced it can't feel it, Jinggao's love is already a longing that runs through life. Seeing the final goodbye of the two, Wang Zhaojun's inner emotions surged in an instant, and then, the empathetic sadness turned into a cold air that was colder than frost, freezing all her thoughts and feelings. When Jing Ke finally fell alone under the moonlit night, Wang Zhaojun seemed to have fallen into the abyss of ice. Those who have not truly loved cannot understand the grief of this farewell. And Wang Zhaojun can understand it...... She and Han Xin's love also experienced pain and injury, and every day she sat in this ice and snow palace made Wang Zhaojun look forward to the autumn water. I don't think about eating, I don't think about sleeping, I just sit quietly.

She thought to Han Xin, the former morning and twilight were like misty clouds and smoke fluttering in her heart, and she couldn't avoid it and couldn't catch it...... I can only miss, day after day. They were born at the wrong time! It is this chaotic era that upends everyone's fate and tears everyone's happiness apart - and this era is all created by Yingzheng! This demon-like monarch pushed the entire Qin Chu into the whirlpool of fate. If it weren't for Ying Zheng, Jing Ke and Gao would have fallen in love with each other in a peaceful country, and if it weren't for Ying Zheng, she and Han Xin would have been married on the Beiyi Ice Plain three years ago. However, all this is shattered, and it is all because of Yingzheng!

Hate! Bitter hatred! In the twenty-five years of Wang Zhaojun's life, for the first time in his life, he had a real hatred, and the hatred went deep into the bone marrow and penetrated to the soul! She hated Yingzheng, but she didn't dare to attack him, or even resist him...... No matter how much she wanted Yingzheng to die, when Jing Ke and Gao gradually separated from Yingzheng, she never helped...... She must leave a way out for herself and the thousands of lives of the Beiyi Ice Clan!

The reason why Wang Zhaojun was placed under house arrest by Ying Zheng in Xianyang Palace as his concubine was because Ying Zheng grabbed everything about her - Ying Zheng knew that Wang Zhaojun, as the frost princess of the Beiyi Ice Clan, regarded the peaceful life of the Beiyi Ice Clan as the highest wish, and she could sacrifice everything for the harmonious life of the clan, and also knew that the people of the Beiyi Ice Clan regarded Wang Zhaojun as the guardian goddess of their Ice Clan, and they could make great sacrifices for many things for the safety of the Frost Princess...... Therefore, Ying Zheng used trickery to secretly forcibly intercept Wang Zhaojun back to Xianyang Palace, and coerced Wang Zhaojun to marry his princess by trampling the Beiyi Ice Clan with thousands of troops and horses, and at the same time used Wang Zhaojun's safety in Xianyang Palace as a bargaining chip to force the arrogant Beiyi Ice Clan to surrender to the Qin Chu regime.

In the end, Ying Zheng used his power to win the surrender of the Frost Princess and the Beiyi Ice Clan without spending a single soldier. Wang Zhaojun hated her, but she was also afraid of this man, so even when Ying Zheng was facing the dilemma of death, she couldn't believe that he would really die and help Jing Gao. Wang Zhaojun knows that Yingzheng is far deeper than many people think, and his gaze has never been incomprehensible.

Outside the Ice and Snow Palace, the ghost warrior stared at Jing Ke's body lying in a pool of blood for a moment, and then slowly put the sword in his hand into the sheath, without squinting, and turned to leave. The ghost warrior didn't speak, but quietly walked past Ying Zheng's side, a red carcass ghost armor turned into smoke and sand, and disappeared in the breeze of Jingyi, and his figure had long since disappeared into the thick darkness of Xianyang Palace. And Ying Zheng was still standing still, and the dragon's pupils looked up slightly at the starry night dome at this moment. Ying Zheng noticed, yes, even if he was under the siege of Gao Yuanli and Jing Ke before, he also noticed the change in the night sky. The dark night dome suddenly became bright, and the stars suddenly shone together—everything was instantaneous.

"The wind rises, and the stars shine." ——Ying Zheng stared at the bright stars in the night dome, his eyes were deep and mysterious, as if in the ethereal void, he wanted to see through the star's gaze. This is a sign...... Ying Zheng also conjectures that the stars suddenly wake up, and the night dome flickering is a kind of fate in the dark. And if that were the case, there would probably be only one thing it would sign...... The big picture is about to change! Ying Zheng retracted his gaze, but his heart seemed to be surging. Then, Ying Zheng turned around and glanced at Wang Zhaojun, who had been sitting in the Ice and Snow Palace, and the king's breath in her eyes suddenly pressed on Wang Zhaojun's heart, making her a little out of breath for a moment. But just a glance, Ying Zheng turned around and walked away, walking alone along the road where he came.

——Time went back a little hour, and in Huyao City, thousands of miles away from Xianyang Palace, Liu Bang was still sitting in his quiet underground study and pondering. Maybe he was thinking too much, so that Liu Bang, who has always been rigorous, also ignored the problem of time, and stayed in the study until the evening for some reason, today Liu Bang has a lot of thoughts, and his mind is like a storm dancing. And Liu Bang also has inexplicable anxiety in his mood, and there is always an illusion in the dark...... It was as if something was about to happen. Perhaps the "wind" was too strong, and it poured into the quiet underground study and infected Liu Bang. The bat, which was "rescued" by Liu Bang, also strangely kept flapping on Liu Bang's side, which made Liu Bang's mood even more anxious.

However, at this moment, two "tick" sounds suddenly sounded on the left wall of the study, and when he heard this sound, Liu Bang's eyes flashed suddenly. The wall of the study is specially designed by Liu Bang, and there is a sound transmission channel between the left wall and the barracks on the ground, which can communicate sound. So Liu Bang stood up, raised his hand and tapped the wall twice, touched the mechanism of the sound transmission canal, and then heard a message from the soldiers on the ground - "Report to the King of Han, an envoy from the King of Chu has just come, saying that the King of Chu has something very important, and invites you to rush to Longshun City to discuss it immediately...... They repeatedly emphasize – 'immediately'. "The storm is up...... For some reason, this idea suddenly popped up in Liu Bang's heart, which was very abrupt, but after thinking about it carefully, Liu Bang didn't feel that there was anything wrong...... This was the first time in three years that Xiang Yu had taken the initiative to find Liu Bang, and it was only a few days after they had just met. This shows that there must be something very important, and Xiang Yu's invitation to him to Longshun City shows even more that the importance of this matter is above the guarding of the border city!

Liu Bang's eyes suddenly lit up - that's right! It's just that the storm is rising! ——After the First World War, Xianyang Palace returned to its usual dead silence and darkness, especially those palaces far away from the Ice and Snow Palace, which were not affected by the night attack battle at all, and always maintained a strong darkness and heavy silence. The main palace of Xianyang Palace, which is located in the heart of Xianyang Palace, is like this, it is really like a giant beast falling into a deep sleep at night.

Outside the main palace of Xianyang Palace is an incomparably wide court land, the leftmost end of the court land, the ground is drawn and enclosed by a three-zhang long circular inlay, and the circle is surrounded by a disk center just above. The stone dragon stretched its palate, and a slender stream of water dripped from the dragon's palate and landed in the ground.

The strange flow of water accumulates into a clear pool on the ground, and with the dripping of the water, the surface of the pool is always rippling with layers of slight waves. But the strange thing is that the inlay is obviously very shallow, and the waterhole is clearly rippling, but there is no water overflowing the circular inlay, only the breath of life of the pure spirit floats out...... This inlay surrounded by a stone dragon resembles a strange and clear pool, a pool that embodies the breath of life.

This "spring pool" is the origin spiritual land of Qin Chu located in the Xianyang Palace. Ying Zheng sat quietly on the thousand-step staircase outside the main palace of Xianyang Palace, surrounded and swallowed by the darkness of the night. However, a pair of unusually bright pupils always stared at the Origin Spirit Land, which was also surrounded by darkness, with a gaze that shocked all things. Ying Zheng always stared, staring silently. He always felt that something was about to happen...... No, something has already happened! And he just sat outside the main palace of Xianyang Palace, waiting for the news to come.

In those days when he was in Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng had been paying close attention to the information sent back from all over the palace, especially the letters and documents sent back to Bai Qi, Afang Palace, and the border city. Ten days ago, he received a letter from Xiang Yu from Long Shun City, which said that he hoped that Han Xin would be transferred back to the mainland and reunite with his fiancée, Princess Frost...... So Ying Zheng knew that Han Xin had returned to the country.

Two days ago, he received a secret letter from Bai Qi, which stated that Han Xin appeared in Merlin City and participated in the defense of Mozi's side, and then quickly returned to the border city...... Therefore, Ying Zheng knew that Han Xin was already on the way back to the border city with the shocking information of the truth of the inner country, and Bai Qi was pursuing with all his might. Ying Zheng knows that the national chess game, which has been in control for three years, has taken a turn for the worse - Xiang Yu and Liu Bang have always been the biggest obstacles in his game of chess, once they know the truth - the whole situation will be difficult The former country has long since died, and only the emperor's heart remains unchanged.

In a trance, Ying Zheng fell into the same silence as this night, not trembling, not silent, just like a lifelike statue, growing on this stone step, becoming a part of the Xianyang Palace for thousands of years. Yingzheng's people were as quiet as if they were dead, but their consciousness was slight, just like the shallow spring pool in the Origin Spiritual Land, quiet and restless.

The dragon's pupils, which symbolize the fate of Zhao, are also silent, looking at the silent palace and the silent night in the silence. Ying Zheng's consciousness is rippling like a spring, he has been on the throne for three years, and his imperial plan has also traveled for three years. In fact, in order to become a real king, Ying Zheng has been planning and preparing for a long time, as early as he didn't know how big the boundary of Xianyang Palace was, he was thinking, thinking about how to get out of his imperial road in this starry but dead world.

And everything kicked off on that night three years ago, that night, outside the main palace, before the origin spiritual land, that night, it was also the same dead silence, the same darkness, that night...... - three years ago - the whale bell sounded, and the long bell rang in the ancient palace city, not stopping. Legend has it that the bell of the whale bell is derived from the kiss of the mythical beast, and the roar of the kiss living in the deep sea can penetrate the abyss and enter the sky, and the bell of the whale bell has also spread through countless palaces and pavilions, countless corridors, and spread throughout the entire huge palace city, telling the people in the palace that the time has come. However, in this silent midnight, the main palace of Xianyang Palace is still lit, and the dim light shines through the palace, trembling and hesitating in the darkness of the night, which seems inexplicably weird.

In the palace, the emperor in an imperial robe with a decaying face sat on the throne with a gilded dragon seal, trembling incessantly. His eyes were stagnant, his expression was withered, and he was holding a cloud dragon jade seal in both hands, but his body was trembling uncontrollably, and he did not have the aura of a king that matched the throne of the imperial robe and jade seal. The palace is only half-lit with candles, and the lights are slightly dim. That's fine, he, doesn't like too bright light.

He, the tall man, stood in the middle of the palace, dressed in a red-striped black robe, revealing only a vulture and pale face, combing his long dark red hair, and staring quietly at the trembling old emperor on the throne with blood-red eyes. "It seems that the medicinal properties of the Immortal Pill have accumulated too much, and the side effects have become irreversible." Xu Fu secretly thought in his heart, but his blood-red eyes were always looking at the emperor who looked like a waste, however, it was this emperor who issued a secret order for Xu Fu not long ago, sending 300,000 imperial city guards to Qin Chuling City to meet Yingzheng's 100,000 rebels.

Ying Zheng ...... As soon as he thought of this person, Xu Fu couldn't help but feel a little cold, this man with the eyes of the dragon was the biggest surprise in his entire plan! As a imperial doctor, Xu Fu can come to the point where he is secretly controlling the regime and causing chaos in the dynasty, thanks to two people, the queen Miyue and the old emperor, the queen Miyue's desire for youth and beauty made Xu Fu, who is proficient in medicine and magic, enter the palace, and the old emperor's pursuit of longevity gives Xu Fu the opportunity to invade the country...... Eternal youth, this is still a bit of a way, Xu Fu refined a blood elixir for Miyue, and Miyue, who took this medicine, can keep her youth and beauty as long as she regularly ingests human blood every month. And eternal longevity, heh! Xu Fu only smiled in his heart, how could there be any eternal longevity? If he had, he would have lived a long life first! Life has an end.

Of course, Xu Fu would not say this to the old emperor, he firmly agreed to the old emperor and refine the Immortal Pill for him. But the truth is that Xu Fu took this opportunity to add a small amount of medicine to the old emperor's elixir. Over time, the old emperor's sanity gradually deteriorated, and at the same time he began to become obedient to Xu Fu. So, Xu Fu took advantage of this hot opportunity to secretly manipulate this puppet emperor and began the road of chaos in Qin and Chu for more than ten years. And now, Xu Fu knows that this emperor can no longer be used, and the long-term accumulation of drug toxicity has already distorted the physiology of the old emperor, and now, the medicinal properties have exploded, and his life has fallen on the bottom of the cliff, and he is only a moment away from death.

The dark red eyebrows as the long hair moved lightly, and Xu Fu's blood-red gaze gradually fell on the cloud dragon jade seal held by the emperor, and suddenly he felt the jade carved dragon staring at him with round pupils. Xu Fu blinked subconsciously, and then glanced at a piece of paper in his hand - a withered hand leaned out of the black robe around him, and tightly squeezed a piece of white paper, which was densely filled with words, but the most conspicuous thing was the vermilion seal in the right corner of the paper, and above the seal were eight square characters with imperial qi - "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity." "——This is the seal of the jade seal, the seal of the cloud dragon jade seal held by the old emperor on the throne! The paper with the jade seal seal is the imperial decree of the saint, and it is the holy decree that can edict the world! And what was densely written on the paper was the secret text of the imperial physician Xu Fu as the new emperor's equalizer.

Yes, Xu Fu had long known that the old emperor and the old emperor would not live long, and he had already secretly planned for his future. If the new emperor is concerned, just find a prince in the palace, anyway, they are all mediocre people, and it is better to be the new puppet emperor.

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