Yan Le and Zhao Cheng waited downstairs for a while, and when they saw that there was no movement above, they went up to inspect it, and saw that the two had committed suicide by hanging from the beam, so they asked the sergeant to put down the bodies of the two, and then rushed back to report to Zhao Gao. When Zhao Gao heard that the second emperor was dead, he was overjoyed, and immediately led Zhao Cheng, Zhao Gui and a group of henchmen of the same clan to rush into the Xianyang Palace, came to the emperor's office, took the jade seal of the country, wore it on his body, and then summoned hundreds of officials to the court. When the officials heard that the prime minister was going to the court, they all came to the court tremblingly. Zhao Gao looked at the ministers, and suddenly laughed and said: "The second emperor is extremely unreasonable, and he has excessive pleasure, he deserves it, he has committed suicide to apologize!" Now let's talk about the future! After listening to Zhao Gao's words, the officials were all at a loss for what to do. Zhao Gao asked Yan Le to read a proclamation that had been written a long time ago, to the effect that:

In the past, the first emperor went on patrol and unfortunately died of illness in the Dune Palace. The first emperor once left an edict to set up his eldest son Fusu to inherit the throne, but Hu Hai relied on obscenity and colluded with Li Si to tamper with the edict, so he changed Hu Hai to the crown prince. After Hu Hai ascended the throne, he forged an edict with Li Si, openly gave death to Fusu, and killed Meng Tian. When the second emperor became emperor, he had neither intelligence nor virtue, and he also brutalized the clan, killed the ministers, and made the government chaotic. Later, there was a large construction project and a violent expropriation, which led to the rebellion of the people of Shandong. It's hard to read about his crimes. Now the territory of my Qin State is getting smaller and smaller, and the hateful Yidi people, the bloody people, are committing a big offense. At a time when the country was in danger of survival, Prime Minister Zhao had to stand up and promote the way of Yi and Lu to mediate heaven and earth and stabilize the situation. Now that the faint monarch is dead, the prime minister will preside over the overall situation on behalf of the imperial court.

As soon as the proclamation was read, the ministers in the audience burst into tears. Zhao Gao was furious and reprimanded the ministers for not crying. One person stood up and said angrily: "Thief Zhao Gao, you dare to deceive the world!" Originally, you coerced the second emperor to usurp power and seize the throne, and then went on a killing scale to eliminate dissidents, but now you say that the emperor is not. I'm going to die with you today! After speaking, he picked up the wat board and rushed straight to Zhao Gao. When Zhao Gao saw that this person turned out to be Geng Zhong, the chief of Prime Minister Feng's mansion, he was furious in his heart, so he ordered the warriors to push Geng Zhong out and chop him into meat puree. Geng Zhong scolded to death. Zhao Gao killed Geng Zhong, and the courtiers were so frightened that they didn't dare to cry anymore.

At this time, one of Zhao Gao's henchmen took the opportunity to say: "Because the Second Emperor does not know the art of governing the country, it caused the rebellion of the Six Kingdoms, and their purpose is to get rid of the faint monarch." Now that the faint monarch is dead, the prime minister should preside over the overall situation, and your great virtue can be compared to King Wu of Zhou! Since Prime Minister Zhao Cheng has contributed to the country, and now he has the jade seal of the country, why don't you follow the heavens to inherit the throne of Qin and serve as the commander of eternity? When the ministers heard that someone was going to persuade Zhao Gao to be the emperor, there was an uproar, and everyone dispersed in an instant and left one after another.

When Zhao Gao saw this, he was furious and wanted to send someone to forcibly arrest everyone back. Zhao Gui hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "The prime minister can't. Now that the second has just died, the ministers must not be able to figure it out, this is human nature. If they are pushed into a hurry, they will call on the people of Xianyang to rebel, and there are so many tiger guards, if they unite to fight against us, the situation will not be easy to control. Zhao Gao listened to Zhao Gui's analysis and felt that it was very reasonable, so he did not forcibly arrest the minister.

Zhao Cheng and the others had been looking forward to Zhao Gao as the emperor for a long time, and now that they saw that the ministers had dispersed, they said loudly: "Please take the throne as soon as possible!" The clansmen also echoed and said, "Please take the throne as soon as possible to fulfill the wishes of the people!" So everyone bowed down to Zhao Gao, and persuaded him to be the emperor. Zhao Gao saw that the opportunity could not be missed, so he said happily: "Okay, thank you for your kindness, but I am only a little virtuous, I'm afraid I can't do it?" The clansmen said in unison: "It's just that the destiny is hard to disobey, please don't shirk the prime minister!" When Zhao Gao heard this, he was very happy, so he pushed the boat down the river and said: "Okay, well, since you said that the destiny of heaven is difficult to violate, then I will agree." ”

At this moment, someone had already brought up the second's dragon robe, crown crown, jade belt and Xiuyun shoes on a plate. Zhao Gao was above the court, and changed into the emperor's new clothes in front of everyone. When he was dressed, he ran to the royal steps with small steps. Suddenly, someone snickered. Zhao Gao reacted immediately, and he quickly stopped. It turned out that when he usually served the emperor, he always tended to go to the palace, so he forgot his identity at this time when he got used to it, so he came out of the foreign appearance. Zhao Gao was so embarrassed that his face was red for a while, so he had to use coughing to relieve himself, wanting to adjust the embarrassing situation of the gaffe just now. Zhao Gao stabilized his mind at this time, and only then did he take a square step and walk up to the Golden Rank Dan Majesty with his head held high.

When Zhao Gao came to the throne, he did not sit directly, but first raised his head and carefully looked at the Golden Palace, and then looked around, only to see that the Golden Palace was indeed magnificent, especially the throne of the Son of Heaven, which was even more golden. Zhao Gao didn't expect that he had come step by step from a slave and today he had walked to the throne of the Son of Heaven, how incredible it was, and all this in front of him was the most noble and supreme position in the world. Since ancient times, I don't know how many heroes and heroes have fought for this position. It's such a rare position, but today it suddenly came out in front of my eyes. When Zhao Gao thought of this, his eyes suddenly darkened, and his mind was "buzzing", and he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his head was splitting. At this time, there was another "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" from the audience! Zhao Gao hurriedly looked up, only to see that the golden dome of the main hall was spinning, as if it was about to collapse, and the huge carved beams and paintings seemed to be falling on his head. Zhao Gao was so frightened that he hurriedly turned around and ran down the Dan Majesty, and almost fell. The people kneeling below were all taken aback when they saw Zhao Gao like this, and they didn't know what Zhao Gao saw, so they looked up at the ceiling of the Golden Palace together. But they looked at it for a long time, but they couldn't see anything, so they asked together, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" What do you see? Zhao Gao only felt dizzy, his heartbeat intensified, and he couldn't tell what was going on.

When Zhao Gui saw Zhao Gao like this, he asked, "Your Majesty, did you see anything?" Zhao Gao told everyone about the hallucination just now. Zhao Gui was inspired at this time, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this is all the minister's fault. It's a cloudy day, and the light in the hall is dark, so why did we forget to light it for you! So he hurriedly ordered the palace to light all the candles on the candlesticks. After a while, the candle lit up. Zhao Gui and others asked the prime minister to ascend the throne again.

Zhao Gao patted his chest, and then walked towards the throne of the Son of Heaven again. This time, he came to the throne very carefully. But as soon as he sat down, a strong wind blew in through the door of the temple, and the curtain moved. At this moment, a palace man suddenly shouted in a panic from outside: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty is in! It's Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty! ”

All the people who heard this were so shocked that they didn't know who His Majesty was talking about, so they turned around and looked at the door together, only to see a palace man running in, standing there motionless. Zhao Ping said angrily: "Isn't Your Majesty sitting on it?" What are you talking about? The palace man trembled and said, "I just ...... I just looked...... When I saw the Second Emperor walk in, I followed him, but he ...... Why is he gone! When they heard this, they were all terrified, and they looked around together, and they were all looking for where the Second was. At this time, Zhao Gao was also frightened, so he got up and rushed down with an arrow, and kept shouting: "Huhai boy, where are you?" I'm not afraid of you! Come out! But he couldn't see anything. Zhao Ping, Zhao An, and Zhao Pan were extremely annoyed at this time, so they pulled out their swords together and pointed at Gong Dao: "You bastard, call you nonsense!" "The three of them went together to kill the palace man just now. Zhao Gui hurriedly dissuaded: "No! Cannot! Today is the happy day of Your Majesty's accession to the throne, and you can't sweep away Your Majesty's happiness! The three of them stopped at this time, and shouted loudly to the palace people: "Get out!" The palace people hurriedly turned around and ran out.

Zhao Gui and others once again supported Zhao Gao to ascend the throne. Zhao Gao once again smoothed his breath, stabilized his mood, and walked towards the throne. But strange things happened again, suddenly a gust of wind blew into the hall, and the curtains on the left and right sides were also lifted, and some of the curtains even knocked over the candles on the candlesticks, just when everyone felt incredible, Zhao Gao suddenly saw the golden roof of the hall collapse again, he was so frightened that he quickly left the throne, but he fell to the ground with a stumble, and lay there straight and motionless. Everyone was stunned and looked around together, as if they were all looking for the ghost of the Two. After a while, Zhao Gao suddenly twitched non-stop, and he could still hear his teeth chattering. People looked nervously at Zhao Gao, only to see his eyes staring at the ceiling, as if he had seen something, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit.

Zhao Gui hurriedly stepped forward to inspect with courage, and everyone also called for help. After a long time, Zhao Gao slowly woke up, and then said: "I don't know what the reason is, I have seen the temple collapse many times, and suddenly the surroundings are like a fire, and then I don't know anything!" Have you seen the temple coming down? "People said they didn't see it. When Zhao Gao was completely sober, he no longer dared to approach the emperor's throne. Zhao Gao thought to himself: This must be that God does not allow him to be the emperor, in order to relieve himself of the siege, he suddenly laughed loudly: "I don't want to be an emperor at all, I just want to make you happy!" Today's events are just for a laugh! After listening to Zhao Gao's words, people didn't know whether it was true or not, and they all looked at each other. Zhao Gao said: "You help me up, I want to do serious things." Zhao Gui and the others helped Zhao Gao together. Zhao Gao sat on His Majesty Dan, and then he felt that everything was normal, so he muttered to himself: "I am in addition to the faint king, just to support justice, how can I think of anything wrong?" Now I'm going to nominate a prince of Qin to be the emperor, who do you think can do this? Everyone was incredulous and wanted to continue to persuade them. Zhao Gao smiled and said: "I just want to be Yi Yin and Zhou Gong, that's enough!" "Let Zhao Cheng convene hundreds of officials to the court again, and never dare to mention the matter of being the emperor again.

At this time, the hundred officials heard that Zhao Gao was not the emperor, but wanted to appoint someone else to be the emperor, so he reluctantly came to the court. Zhao Gao saw that all the officials were coming, so he said happily: "Everyone, the matter is too sudden, I can't accept it, let alone you?" You are frightened, as the saying goes, 'A country cannot be without a king for a day', now please choose a son to be the heir of the Qin State as soon as possible, right? Yes? …… You will discuss and deliberate, and who will be the most suitable? "The hundred officials just look at me, I look at you, and they don't speak. Because everyone knows that all the sons in the royal family are dead, how can there be any heirs, isn't this Zhao Gao's nonsense? Zhao Gao saw that everyone didn't speak, so he smiled and said: "Chang'an Jun's son, Ying Ziying, has no father since he was a child, and has lived in the deep palace for a long time, with good rules and regulations, and no bad deeds, this person can inherit the throne!" When the ministers heard that they wanted to make Chang'anjun's son, Ziying, the emperor, they all agreed. Zhao Gui didn't think so, he said worriedly: "Prime Minister, although Ziying lives in seclusion, I have never heard of any special talents for him?" Zhao Gao said with a smile: "In the clan of the Qin State, only this person is still there, in terms of reputation, he is the nephew of the first emperor." The nephew inherited the position of uncle and uncle, and there have been many people since ancient times! Besides, the child has already had a good name, and the people must support it, and the matter of the prince is so decided! The officials said happily, "Good! Lizi baby is the best! Lizi baby is the best! ”

Zhao Gui had a relative, and said to Zhao Gao in private: "Prime Minister, originally you were the most suitable emperor to be, since you didn't do it, but I was worried that Ziying was in the prime of life, and I don't know what he thought in his heart?" What to do once you take the throne and don't listen to you? Zhao Gao laughed, drew a circle with his right hand, and then said slyly: "Guanzhong is under my control, I want him to stabilize the situation first, if he doesn't obey my wishes in the future, I will ...... him" Zhao Gao said and drew a head-killing action with his hand. Then he said: "He's a chess piece in my hand, hehe!" Ha ha! Zhao Gui saw that Zhao Gao had already made up his mind, so he smiled heartily: "The prime minister is very worried, and the plan is very good, we are not as good as you!" ”

This child is the son of Chang'an Jun Chengjiao. Since his father left the Qin State, Ziying has grown up in the deep palace and is already in his thirties this year. Ziying knows the sinister in the palace, is very self-disciplined, and her joy and anger are invisible. In order to protect himself, he never interacted with the ministers of the court. But he was born to be a person who worries about the country and the people, although he is extremely dissatisfied with the X politics of the Qin State, and he is also extremely hostile to Zhao Gao, but he has never shown dissatisfaction. Now seeing that Zhao Gao openly killed the monarch and wanted him to come out to be the emperor, he secretly swore in his heart: he must find an opportunity to get rid of Zhao Gao. In order not to let Zhao Gao see his true thoughts, he pretended to be unassertive and mediocre. Now I suddenly heard that Zhao Gao had summoned him, and knew that the opportunity had come, so he led his henchman Han Tan to see Zhao Gao.

When Ziying came to the palace gate, he saw that Zhao Gao had already led the ministers to greet him. Ziying pretended to be very scared, and everything he said to Zhao Gao was submissive and obedient. Zhao Gao was suspicious, and in order to reduce Ziying's power and want to control him, he said to his ministers: "Qin used to be a vassal state, and since the first emperor unified the world, he has become an emperor. Now that the Six Kingdoms have been restored, and Qin's territory is limited to Guanzhong, there should be no more emperors in Qin, but it is right to call the former King of Qin. After listening to Zhao Gao's words, the ministers said together: "The prime minister can't be demoted." Zhao Gao scolded the ministers and said: "The affairs of the country are decided by me, and you can only obey!" Obey! Got it? The ministers had no choice but to swallow their anger and accept it. Ziying pretended not to have any opinion at this time, and was completely at the mercy of Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao also had no psychological precautions against the child.