Time gradually passed, and just when Qin Qing was about to forget what Ying Zheng had said, what she was worried about finally happened.

In the third year of Qin Wangzheng, I don't know what reason Yingzheng used to persuade Lü Buwei, and actually made him agree to transfer Wang Jian to the Mengjia army as a deputy general.

Wang Jian entered the palace as a guard for two years, and after she began to emerge, these were all expected by her, after all, she was a general, if she didn't have any achievements in two years, how could she lead the army in the future. It's just that at the same time that Wang Jian joined the Mengjia army, Yingzheng also used the excuse of honing himself, regardless of the opposition of the ministers in the court, and often personally led the troops to fight.

The roulette wheel of history deviated as she had a hunch, and knowing that her crossing had brought about a butterfly effect, Qin Qing's heart was half sad and half happy. Sadly, history has changed, and Yingzheng may be in danger of her life when she goes into battle, but she is happy that she has finally escaped the fate of history and can create her own future, although this future is unknown.

Since Ying Zheng and Wang Jian went to the battlefield together, Qin Qing rarely saw them again, and only every time Ying Zheng returned to the palace, there would be one or two opportunities to meet. Only when they meet occasionally, they are either separated by everyone at the banquet, or Yingzheng is busy with government affairs, and every time he hurriedly says a few words and leaves. She felt as if there was something between the two, and she felt a little lost in her heart.

In the same year, in order to curry favor with the increasingly powerful Qin State, Yan Wang Xi expressed his friendly attitude towards the Qin State and sent the crown prince Dan to Xianyang as a hostage. Qin Qing was curious about what the prince of Yan who bought the assassin looked like, so he made a special trip to the palace to see, but he didn't see the handsome guy, but he saw Lu Buwei and a loyal man talking about state affairs with Ying Zheng.

Later, I learned from Ying Zheng that the loyal man's name was Li Si!

Reese?! That Li Si, who once said that "people are not virtuous, such as rats, in their own ears!", and wrote the historical masterpiece "The Book of Exhortations"?! In later generations, Qin Qing had heard stories about him, so he remembered him as a person.

In his early years, Li Si saw rats eating human feces in the toilet, and when he saw people and dogs passing by. The rats were scared away. Later, he saw rats stealing food in the warehouse, and no one bothered him. Therefore, he issued a message "The virtuous of man is not good, such as a mouse, in his own ears!" Such feelings. The general meaning of this sentence is to say that if you want to get ahead. It should be like a rat hiding in the granary to steal food, so that it can do whatever it wants and enjoy it to the fullest.

Later, he was unwilling to be lonely, went to Qi to study, worshiped Xun Qing as his teacher, and was still a brother with Gongzi Fei in South Korea. However, after he served in the Qin State, he saw that Yingzheng admired his junior brother Han Fei, and killed Han Fei again. After the death of Qin Shi Huang. and conspired with Zhao Gao, falsely passed the will to kill the son Fusu, and supported Hu Hai as the emperor.

When Qin Qing heard these at that time, he only felt that he was an opportunistic and jealous villain with no energy. Even when I read the "Book of Exhortations to the Guest" written by him later, I thought that he only wrote this article to protect his own interests, which was really useful to the Qin State. After all, Li Si himself is one of the guest secretaries of the Six Nations. Ying Zheng's expulsion of guests must also be among them. Now I see the villain in this impression, and he looks so loyal. I was quite depressed in my heart, and secretly vowed not to judge people by their looks in the future.

In the fourth year of the reign of King Qin, the three-year covenant between Jing Ke and Qin Qing had expired. He offered her his resignation.

Jing Ke is leaving, Qin Qing is not surprised, this is what she expected, Jing Ke is like a bird flying in the sky, he cannot be restrained, it is rare that this small Qin Mansion can keep him for three years, and now he should be free. But to her surprise, Jing Ke was leaving. actually went to Steward Yu to propose marriage. I want to marry Xiu'er as my wife.

Although neither of the parties told her the news, she was the head of the Qin Mansion after all. Xiu'er is also a subordinate, and if she wants to marry, she needs to agree. When Steward Yu asked her what she meant, Qin Qing hesitated for a moment and finally agreed to the marriage.

After she and Xiu'er had a stalemate that night, the two hadn't spoken for three years, like strangers. She doesn't know when Jing Ke and Xiu'er had a relationship, and if she refuses to marry Xiu'er now, it is estimated that Xiu'er will hate her to death.

In history, Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, and finally ended in failure and died in the hands of Yingzheng. But now that what she knows has changed, what will happen in the future, and whether Jing Ke will assassinate Ying Zheng or not, she doesn't know. Maybe after the two get married, they will achieve an ordinary life.

After a few years, the people around her left one by one, Qin Qing suddenly felt cold and lonely, but she knew that there was no banquet in the world, and after being sad, she cleaned up her mood and continued to take care of the business of the Qin Mansion.

In the fifth year of the reign of King Qin, the arrogant and domineering Empress Dowager Huayang began to lose power, Lü Buwei and the Empress Dowager Zhao had a close relationship, and the Empress Dowager Zhao was in charge of the harem. After losing power, the Empress Dowager Huayang turned white and black-haired for a few days, her face was haggard, and she died of illness in her bedroom three months later

Qin Qing sat in Zhao Ji's bedroom, listening to this woman who was almost forty years old, but still like a charming and moving woman, proudly laughing at Huayang, who had just died, and felt sad for her in her heart: Doesn't she know that what happened to Huayang today may be a portrayal of her?

"Isn't the young lady happy for this palace?" Zhao Ji spoke happily for a long time, and found that his audience was absent-minded and a little unhappy in his heart.

Qin Qing smiled at her and said comfortingly: "The Queen Mother is in charge of the harem, how can Qin Qing not be happy for the Queen Mother?" It's just that Huayang has been glorious all her life, and now it's gone, and she feels sad. "At the same time, I feel sad for what will happen to you in the future! She just secretly added the latter sentence in her heart.

"This is what the slut did for himself!" Zhao Ji mentioned Huayang, still with hatred. Qin Qing didn't want to talk to her more, and was about to find an excuse to slip away, but he saw the little chamberlain Zhao Gao walk in after a report.

"The villain has seen the Queen Mother and the Young Lady!"

Zhao Ji leaned back on the couch, glanced at Zhao Gao, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"His Majesty King Qin ordered the villain to pass on Young Lady Qin to the past." In four years, Zhao Gao has become Yingzheng's personal attendant in the palace, although he does not stammer, he is still as only as good as when Qin Qing first met.

"When did Zheng'er come back? Why didn't anyone send a notification! Zhao Ji was slightly stunned, blaming the people in the palace for not doing things well. Qin Qing didn't think so, she had been messing around with Lu Buwei all day long, when did she care about Yingzheng? Now that I think about it, there is still this son!

Seeing that Zhao Ji reprimanded Zhao Gao endlessly, Qin Qing felt a little impatient in his heart, and came forward to relieve Zhao Gao, "Queen Mother, Zhao Gao is really annoying, and he should be reprimanded well, but at the moment, I am afraid it is not good to make His Majesty wait for a long time." ”

"Go ahead." Zhao Ji was also a little tired, and waved his hand to let go. After exiting the palace, Qin Qing hurriedly took Zhao Gao all the way to Yingzhengdi's study, and broke in without knocking on the door.

In addition to Ying Zheng in the study, there was also a plain woman in her fifties, who smiled amiably, making people feel like they wanted to come up and snuggle up to her. Looking at that smile, Qin Qing suddenly felt a little familiar, and he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

Looking at Qin Qing standing stupidly, he didn't know what he was thinking. Ying Zheng stepped forward and pulled her, and introduced to the woman with a smile, "Grandmother, this is the Qing'er I just mentioned. ”

Grandmother? Qin Qing didn't pay attention to the name he called when he introduced himself, and just looked at the woman blankly. Isn't Yingzheng's grandmother Huayang? Why did another one pop up? After half a ring, I thought that Huayang was just the stepmother of Yingzi Chu, and this should be the biological mother, Empress Dowager Xia.

After coming back to his senses, Qin Qing hurriedly saluted, "Qin Qing has seen the Empress Dowager Xia. "Empress Dowager Xia has rarely gone out of her palace, and today I don't know how she came to Yingzhengdi's study?

"Good boy, sit down." Empress Dowager Xia pulled Qin Qing to her side, gently stroked her hand, and said to Ying Zheng: "A few years ago, Empress Dowager Huayang held a banquet in the palace, and I once saw this child. Hearing her say this, Qin Qing also had the impression that there were three main seats at the banquet at that time, and Huayang was in the middle, and the one on the right of Huayang was the Empress Dowager Xia, but she didn't know that it was the Empress Dowager Xia at the time.

"Why haven't I heard from you?" Ying Zheng asked curiously. Qin Qing said with some embarrassment: "I didn't know the identity of Empress Dowager Xia at that time. ”

"After the death of the Empress Dowager Huayang, has Zheng'er arranged it properly?" Empress Dowager Xia seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked. Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment and frowned: "Shouldn't those be arranged by the queen mother?" ”

Empress Dowager Xia sighed heavily: "Empress Dowager Huayang has always been at odds with your mother during her lifetime, I'm afraid she won't be dedicated, and you have to worry more about this matter." Seeing that Yingzheng was silent, he continued to persuade: "If it wasn't for the help of the Empress Dowager Huayang, your father would not be able to be the king, even for this reason, you should do your father's filial piety." Qin Qing sounded a little embarrassed, these were all housework that belonged to them, should he avoid it as an outsider?

Just when she was full of entanglement, Yingzheng finally spoke: "Zheng'er knows, grandmother doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore." ”

"That's good." After receiving Ying Zheng's assurance, Empress Dowager Xia was obviously relieved, "People are old, and it is uncomfortable to sit for a long time, so go back to the palace to rest first." ”

When Empress Dowager Xia walked away, Qin Qing looked at Yingzheng carefully, and found that he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, and he had lost a lot of weight, and his heart was a little sour.

"What are you looking at? It's going to be watery. Ying Zheng's eyes were full of smiles. Qin Qing hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth, but found that he had been teased and gave him a fierce look.

Rubbing her hair, Yingzheng's face was full of helplessness: "Everyone else is getting smarter and smarter, why is Qing'er getting more and more stupid." ”

"What do you call me?" Qin Qing just reacted. What did he call her? Qing'er?! This kid used to call her "Sister Qing" all the time, but when did she change her name, I didn't discuss it with her! But when this title came out of his mouth, it was particularly beautiful.