Chapter 43: The Past of the Country: The Equalizer
When the first morning light shines through the clouds, the figure of dawn appears at the end of the sky, like a dazzling and gentle curtain, turning over the long silent night of Xianyang Palace.
The light of dawn shines through the window and falls on the woman's delicate face. She opened her wistful eyes, and her dark blue and demonic red pupils looked at the faint purple light in the golden morning light in the sky, intentionally or unintentionally.
Mi Yue was actually woken up by the boiling noise in the palace, just in the early morning, as soon as the peaceful Xianyang Palace set off an inexplicable alarm, very irritable, it seemed that something had happened......
ββ¦β¦ Someone ...... coming" Mi Yue frowned slightly, her lips opened slightly, her voice was not loud, but there was a deep noble aura, and as soon as the words fell, the noisy sound outside the palace suddenly fell silent.
"The mother is angry, the slaves and maids are too loud, the slaves and maids are guilty, and the slaves and maids deserve to die." Several palace maids knelt outside the palace and said timidly.
"What are you all about?" Mi Yue said weakly, the laziness on her face made her not even in the mood to blame the palace maids who disturbed her dreams.
"Returning to Xuanhou Niangniang......" The voices of several palace maids paused for a while, and then said timidly, "Last night, the saint died, and the imperial doctor Xu Fu was killed............
"Huh?" Mi Yue's sleepy eyes suddenly woke up, and a shocking cold light came out of her two-colored pupils, she was not surprised by the emperor's death, she knew that under the manipulation of Xu Fu's demon, the emperor's death would be sooner or later......
However, Xu Fu's death was too unexpected for her. This man who controls the entire government openly and secretly, the depth of the city and the strength of the government are beyond her imagination. It is precisely because of the excessive jealousy in her heart that she is allowed to sit in the harem, as the queen, she has always restrained her power, indulged Xu Fu's various evil deeds, and tolerated his gradual power to the government and the opposition.
But now, the news of Xu Fu's death was in front of her, and it happened on the same night as the emperor's death.
By the way, if it was last night, she remembered that the battle in Lingcheng also happened at that time...... The overlap of this series of major events made Mi Yue feel a kind of illusion of overlapping dreams for a moment...... In a trance, deep doubts reminded her of one personβand only that person!
"Who is it...... Killed the imperial doctor Xu Fu? Mi Yue tried her best to suppress the excitement that poured out of her soul in her voice, in fact, she wanted Xu Fu to die more than anyone else, and she also knew and believed that only that person could kill Xu Fu.
"Returning to Xuanhou Niangniang...... several palace maids said timidly, "It's the second prince Yingzheng...... Your Highness, he's back......"
The dark blue and demon red pupils froze for a moment, a long, long moment.
At this moment, Mi Yue's whole person was stagnant, and her eyes were complicated with all kinds of emotions, but in the end, she only had a very shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, like a faint purple light in the morning light of the sky.
On this morning, which was as quiet as ever, the supposed tranquility was scattered into powder under the morning light, and the news of the death of the emperor and the death of the imperial physician spread throughout the country in a short time, pushing this harmonious and peaceful world into great shock and turmoil.
At the same time, the battle between the two armies in Lingcheng came to an end, and the rebels who lost the command of the supreme general experienced an unexpected defeat, with more than half of the casualties, and the Imperial City Janissaries with the holy name of defending the country also paid the price of tens of thousands of lives.
The war lasted three days, with more than 200,000 casualties. But at the end of the war, Bai Qi returned to the battlefield with a series of heavy news such as the death of the emperor, the death of the imperial doctor, and the return of Yingzheng to the palace, and directly commanded the Imperial City Guards who were still alive on the battlefield, leaving only a battlefield with a mountain of corpses and rivers of blood.
This big war seems to be like a farce, hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded are just a foil to the great changes in the homeland, and any enemy army and our army are directly included in the banner of Yingzheng in the end...... Because there is only one power camp left in the huge kingdom, Yingzheng, there may still be people who hold him back, but there is no second force that is against him.
Ying Zheng grasped it right, and it was only the life and death of him and Xu Fu who decided the outcome of this battle...... And he's alive now.
The wind blew wildly on the blood-stained yellow sand, blowing the dark blue cloak and hunting.
Bai Qi wore a war demon armor, facing the enemy and the enemy generals who survived the bloody battle, and the innate general spirit shocked them, and with a volley of the scythe in his hand, he brought countless soldiers under his command and marched back to Xianyang Palace.
Xiang Yugao stood at the head of the city, his hands clasped in front of his chest, a lion's hair and blue hair dancing wildly in the wind, and his eyes were complicated to stare at the large number of soldiers who were marching towards Xianyang City with Bai Qi in the distance. Liu Bang stood beside Xiang Yu in silence, his eyes on the crowd moving in the distance, revealing equally complicated eyes.
"Bastard...... The war of hundreds of thousands of troops was actually used as a foil! Xiang Yu clenched his fists and slammed them the gray-brown city wall.
Liu Bang didn't speak, just stood silently, his lilac pupils flowing with an extremely complex luster.
"We ...... Did you see the wrong Yingzheng? Xiang Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice.
In the previous ten years, the emperor was incompetent, Xu Fu was involved in the government, the national power was declining, and the people did not know the truth at all. It was Ying Zheng who was the first to stand up and build his own army on the charge of rebellion to resist the Qin and Chu regimes that Xu Fu had infected.
This is something that Xiang Yu and Liu Bang both want to do but dare not do! Because Xu Fu was only secretly manipulating the regime, the thousands of people of Qin and Chu did not know the inside story at all, but thought that Xu Fu was a loyal minister who assisted the emperor, and only those who really came into contact with the internal power of Qin and Chu knew how Xu Fu secretly controlled the government and invaded the imperial family.
But despite this, they did not dare to fight back easily, because Xu Fu grasped the emperor, and therefore the supreme power of Qin Chu, in such a situation, no one dared to attack the real darkness on the charge of treason. Even Xiang Yu and Liu Bang didn't dare to decide easily.
But such a person still appeared - Yingzheng! As the second son of the royal family, he did not have the right to inherit the throne, but he stood up on behalf of the entire Qin Chu's heart, facing Xu Fu and facing the darkness!
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang admired this man who lit the torch in the dark, so they used their power in the court to help this man develop. Without them, Ying Zheng would not have been able to start a crucial battle with Xu Fu in such a geographically important mausoleum.
Now, however, this "pivotal" battle has become a child's play. Neither Xiang Yu nor Liu Bang thought that Ying Zheng would take advantage of the gap in this battle and use the lives of his 100,000 soldiers as a cover, leading all the masters to Xianyang Palace to besiege and kill Xu Fu!
Ying Zheng, this man is more courageous than they imagined, even ruthless.
"I don't know...... Liu Bang said softly, his tone slightly helpless. He didn't know if Ying Zheng was a person worthy of their trust, or even a "king" worthy of their trust...... Because in any case, Ying Zheng did defeat the enemy at this most critical moment, killed Xu Fu, and ended that absurd era.
Xiang Yu was silent, of course he knew what Liu Bang meant, after all, Ying Zheng still killed Xu Fu and cleaned up Qin Chu's biggest stain in the past ten years.
"But the most critical issue now is ......," Liu Bang said in a deep voice, "Shengshang and Xu Fu are dead, and the Qin and Chu regimes are leaderless - a new ruler is needed at this time!" β
"Ying Zheng...... Is he really suitable to be the new emperor of Qin Chu? Xiang Yu pondered for a moment, turned his head and looked at Liu Bang and said silently.
In fact, the current situation is very clear, Ying Zheng killed Xu Fu, uncovered the black curtain of Qin Chu's ten years of power, not only washed away his own name of treason, but also instantly became a sage who saved the country in danger. Now that the emperor has died, there is no doubt that he will be the best candidate for the new emperor, even if he is not the eldest son.
"I ...... Can't be sure ......" Liu Bang stared into Xiang Yu's eyes and said slowly, this time he no longer said that he didn't know, but he showed his skeptical attitude.
In fact, both Liu Bang and Xiang Yu know very well that Yingzheng is actually the most suitable person for the monarch in the entire Qin and Chu, and he has too many qualities necessary for a king, so to speak, he is a natural king.
What kind of eldest son, no old precedent is a reason to prevent him from becoming king...... However, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu still wondered, is Yingzheng really suitable to become the ruler of Qin Chu?
In the dark, they all have a deep wariness of Yingzheng, and there is one thing that none of them mention...... Why did the emperor's death occur on the same night as Xu Fu's killing, and Bai Qi said that they couldn't save the emperor and caused him to die at the hands of Xu Fu...... But why did Xu Fu happen to murder the emperor when they went to besiege him?
Is everything really so accidental?
Xiang Yu and Liu Bang no longer spoke, but just stood quietly on the head of the city, looking up at the sky at the turn of day and night, in the faint night, faintly revealing the faint light of the strange star.
ββThe clouds and mist are light, the moonlight is silver, and there are few such beautiful moonscapes at night in Xianyang Palace.
The windows of the palace were quietly pressed, as if they had not been opened for a long time, because I don't know when it started, Mi Yue didn't like the dazzling dawn light that could pierce all darkness in the early morning.
However, in the left corner of the palace, the window closest to the bed of the Miyue mat is completely open. The silver-white moonlight shine through the window and gently sprinkled on Miyue's bed, as if covering Miyue with a thin white veil for the sleeping Miyue.
There was no bright light in the palace, there was a cold silence, and the moonlight fell on Miyue's jade-like face, which was exceptionally clear, and Yingzheng sat quietly beside Miyue's bed, converging his voice, blending into the silence of the palace, and only staring at the frost condensed by the moonlight on Miyue's face with the bright pupils like two dragons.
Mi Yue closed her eyes tightly and smoothed her breathing over and over again. She was actually awake all the time, and she woke up when Ying Zheng walked in through the Xuan window.
Mi Yue was just pretending to be asleep, and Ying Zheng was just sitting on the edge of the bed staring at her beautiful face, and the atmosphere seemed very peaceful.
I don't know how long this tranquility lasted, but when Ying Zheng subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch Miyue's face in the quiet gaze, Miyue finally couldn't bear it anymore and subconsciously opened her eyes.
Mi Yue's eyes suddenly opened in front of Ying Zheng, and the faint blue and demon red luster flashed faintly, as if in the past.
Seeing Mi Yue wake up suddenly, Ying Zheng's outstretched hand immediately swung to the left side, brushing away a trace of dust on Mi Yue's sideburns. Then, Ying Zheng looked into Miyue's charming eyes, smiled and said, "Did you sleep well?" The queen mother, I haven't seen you for a long time, and my son has come to greet you. β
"Did you come to say hello in the middle of the night?" Mi Yue was still lying on the bed freely, staring at Ying Zheng's bright eyes with her eyes, and said with a sneer.
"It's true that Erchen offended ......" Ying Zheng smiled, "but there are some things that can only be said at night......"
Mi Yue stared at Ying Zheng's bright pupils, was silent for a moment, and then said calmly: "I know what you have to say...... But it's been seven days since you returned to the palace, and you've waited seven days to come to me, so you're so patient. β
"It's a compendium." Ying Zheng chuckled and said, "You know I'm coming to you, but you sit in this palace and wait for me for seven days, it's really patient." β
Mi Yue didn't reply, just raised her head slightly, and looked softly at Ying Zheng's handsome face that she hadn't seen for many years.
"As you say, you know what I'm talking about...... I killed Xu Fu, and the hub of the Qin Chu regime will gradually return to normal. β
"My father died, Qin Chu needs a new emperor, and I, as the one who led the army to kill Xu Fu and clear the government and the opposition, now I also have the situation - I, I want to ascend the throne!" Ying Zheng stared into Mi Yue's eyes and said word by word: "After you are a country, I need your support!" β
"I knew you needed me...... Mi Yue propped herself up, and Bingsi's bed slipped off her jade fragrant shoulders, faintly revealing the roundness of desire. She leaned close to Yingzheng's face and slightly opened her lips, "I know what you're afraid of...... You're worried about Xiang Yu and Liu Bang! β
"That's right, although these two are currently only ordinary generals in Qin Chu's country, they have a very strong strength. It is no exaggeration to say that they can definitely be included in Qin Chu's strongest list. β
"These two are ambitious, unconvincing, and far-sighted, not easy to control. It will inevitably become a huge obstacle to my ascension to the throne and even the realization of the imperial plan in the future. Moreover, they still have a certain amount of military power in their hands...... It's not easy to move! β
Ying Zheng frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "But it's impossible for me to give up on ascending to the emperor...... So, need your support! As long as you have the support of the queen mother, you can suppress most of the other reactionary public opinion, and maybe it will also affect Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's thoughts. β
"You're quite right...... But is there any reason why I must help you? Mi Yue asked with a chuckle.
"It's not that I have any reason for you to help me...... Rather, now only you can help me! β
Seeing that Mi Yue didn't reply, she just looked at him with a slight smile, and after a while, Ying Zheng continued: "However, if you have to, the reason is that Xu Fu can be a disaster for more than ten years because you gave him the opportunity to enter the palace ten years ago...... You are also directly responsible for Xu Fu's heinous crime of blaspheming imperial power! β
Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Mi Yue's eyes couldn't help but condense, a trace of cold suddenly appeared on her smooth back, and a very complicated gaze appeared in her eyes.
"Don't be nervous, no more people know about this, because everyone who knows has already been killed by me." Ying Zheng looked at Mi Yue's suddenly nervous expression, and said with a relaxed face.
"Are you trying to threaten me?" Mi Yue's eyes lit up, and she said with a slightly cold expression.
"Don't dare, don't dare to threaten the queen mother, just to remind the queen mother that our interests are connected ............to a chain," Ying Zheng said with a chuckle, grabbing the bed that had slipped down beside Mi Yue and gently putting it back on Mi Yue's exposed fragrant shoulders, covering her jade-like charming body.
"Don't bite a mother! I'm not your biological mother, and I'm not old-looking, so why do you abuse me so badly? Mi Yue said coldly, and at the same time stretched out her jade hand to open the hand that Ying Zheng was putting on the bed quilt for herself.
"Huh...... Well, so what are you going to do? Queen Miyue. Ying Zheng looked directly at the anger in Mi Yue's eyes, and said with a chuckle.
Mi Yue looked at Ying Zheng quietly, looked at his dragon-like bright eyes that flashed in front of her eyes, and then said word by word: "I can help you ascend to the throne of God, but I have one condition!" β
"What conditions? But it doesn't matter, as long as I can do it, I will satisfy you. Ying Zheng said affirmatively.
"Hmph, you can stand up to the emperor's identity quickly." Mi Yue sneered, and said seriously to Ying Zheng, "You can become the emperor, but I want to be the equalizer of your throne!" β