The Great Qin Imperial Palace, the former is the imperial city, and the rear is the palace city. The front end is the place where the administration of the Great Qin Imperial Court is located, including the main hall of the court meeting, the office of the prime minister, the imperial historian, Jiuqing, Fengchang, Lang Zhongling and so on. Later, it was the living and resting place of the royal family, including the emperor's bedroom, the queen's and concubine's bedroom, the ancestral shrine, and the place of sacrifice.

The whole palace is located in the middle of Xianyang, facing the four main streets of east, west, north and south, and there is a moat about 100 zhang wide extending all around, and there is a wide dragon bridge on it to connect with the street.

The entire Xianyang City is a big array, with the imperial city as the eye of the array, and the moat water as the guide, stimulating the power of the earth under Xianyang City, and stirring the dragon vein of the Absolute Dragon Ridge.

Passing through the wide street of Xianyang City and entering the main street of the Imperial Palace City, Xiang Ji no longer looked at the outside scene, but sat upright and closed his eyes, concentrating without saying a word.

The surrounding city defenders lined up along the street, stretching from the gate of the palace to the inner hall. The cars of the princes from all walks of life walked side by side, until they stopped in front of the Randian Square, and the princes got down from the cars, and then they had the opportunity to meet and talk. They are all big lords of the Qin court, although there are few opportunities to meet on weekdays, but there are a lot of games and dealings in private, and everyone is certainly not unfamiliar with them. And on such an occasion, they are all the masters of a gate valve, so they will naturally not lose their bearing, and they are cordial greetings to each other, without the slightest secret contention, and they are a happy scene. Xiang Ji saw that not only the head of the family brought him here, but every prince was accompanied by a young junior. And these people are all calm and energetic, and they are not mediocre at first glance. Xiang Shu greeted everyone and said in a low voice to Xiang Ji: "The emperor will hold a banquet in a while, and the younger generation of the princes will compete in martial arts, and the heirs of the royal family will also participate, you have to be prepared." Xiang Ji asked: "Do you want to keep your hand, or let it go?" Xiang Shu smiled slightly, and said: "It's a banquet without a good feast, so why keep your hand? Show your strength, and when the incident breaks out in a chaotic battle, it will be fearful, so not only to win, but also to win beautifully." ”

Xiang Ji finally showed a smile on his face, his eyes flashed with excitement, and said, "I don't understand, these princes, don't anyone notice the problem here? Xiang said: "No one knows that Pinglong is opposed, and they will not believe that he can rebel, maybe it is not appropriate to say that he is opposed." But everyone knows that he is the most loyal person to the imperial court, if he does not set up a net, only relying on these Praetorian Guards of the Qin Court, it is tantamount to a fool's dream. And they didn't believe that the emperor would dare to do this, so they were naturally not afraid. ”

"And," Xiang Hao arched his hand at one of the princes, and continued to smile and said: "Of course the princes will be prepared, except for our strength in the Juelong Ridge, the princes' own personal guards want to rush to Xianyang, at most, it will only take an hour. Unless Emperor Qin is crazy enough to kill all the princes in the world, as long as the stalemate continues, it will be exchanged for the result of the armies besieging Xianyang. But if you do that, won't you force the princes of the world to rebel? No matter how you look at it, there is no need to worry too much. Xiang Ji said in a deep voice: "In this way, the princes of the world are nothing more than this. Xiang Shu shook his head and said: "It may not be that no one has guessed the truth, but we are not the same? If you are the owner of the valve, you don't even have the courage at all, how can you lead a gate valve? Not to mention, Zhao Low is here." Xiang Ji followed Xiang Tan's line of sight, and saw an old man in his fifties walking over, with white hair fluttering, pale face, no blood, his eyes were shining, and he walked lightly as if he had no muscles and bones, so he greeted Xiang Zhan with a smile: "Zhenxi Hou! Zhenxi Hou has not seen you for a long time, and he is becoming more and more energetic, this time, he must accompany the emperor for a drink! The emperor also mentioned you yesterday, saying that you are the most capable person among the princes and kings of Great Qin!" Zhao Low, the prime minister of Great Qin, first served the emperor as a eunuch, and then took over the post of prime minister after the death of Prime Minister Li Si. ...,

Originally, Xiang Ji was still quite curious about this legendary eunuch prime minister, but after hearing the other party's words, his brows frowned slightly, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

It is definitely not a good intention to say such things out loud in front of so many princes. And the other party just pretended to be nothing, from inadvertently, this person's insidious and shameless is better than rumors. But Xiang Hao didn't have anything to do, arched his hand at Zhao Low, and said: "How can Xiang Hao be virtuous, how dare he be so praised by the emperor! The prime minister governs the world for the emperor, and the cicada is exhausted. I am the great Qin country, the people live and work in peace and contentment, all of which are the achievements of the prime minister, and the prime minister is the most capable person in the world. Xiang Hao's words were upright, free and easy, and his words were sincere, as if they were ironclad facts, but everyone here, who didn't know that Daqin had a declining situation now, it can be said that most of it was due to Zhao Low. Seeing Xiang Tan quietly ridiculing Zhao Low, everyone was happy in their hearts, and a few princes even laughed.

Zhao Low didn't seem to care, walked closer and grabbed Xiang Hao's hand, and said: "Zhenxi Hou, I went to Xiang's house eight years ago, thanks to your warm hospitality, after this time to worship the sky, you must be in Xianyang for a few more days, let me do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, huh, this is?"

Zhao tilted his head, looked at Xiang Ji a few times, and suddenly smiled: "It must be the little overlord Xiang Ji, tsk, what a talent, really young and promising, young and promising! My Daqin has such a young hero, it is really God bless the emperor! The emperor has heard of your achievements, and you have to work hard in the pre-imperial competition for a while, the first person in this Daqin is young, but it must be you!"

"Hmph"

As soon as Zhao Low's voice fell, a few cold snorts suddenly sounded next to him, and many people looked at him unkindly.

The people who can be present today are all the most potential children of the princes in the world, and when they heard Zhao Low praise Xiang Ji in public, of course they were hesitant.

Xiang Ji sneered in his heart, understanding that this was Xin Low deliberately making enemies for himself, but his face was impassive, and he bowed and said: "The prime minister has won the award, and he will definitely work hard to live up to the emperor's expectations." ”

Zhao laughed lowly, patted Xiang Ji's shoulder and encouraged him a few more words, and then turned to leave.

After he left, Xiang Hao smiled faintly and said in a low voice: "It seems that my Xiang family is really a thorn in the emperor's eye." ”

Xiang Ji smiled disdainfully and did not speak.

"Bell!"

The loud bell rang, and a row of golden guards came out of the hall, and their steps were neatly arranged on both sides, from the entrance of the palace to the main gate of the palace city, forming a human wall.

A group of princes arranged the ceremonial crowns, arranged them neatly, and entered the hall in a mighty manner.

The attendants lined up in the hall and sang loudly: "The princes pay homage!"

The princes knelt on the ground, Xiang Ji hesitated, and finally knelt down.

But he held his head high and stared directly at the dragon chair until he watched Emperor Qin slowly walk to the center and sit down.

This supreme ruler of Great Qin, Qin VI Ying Ziyou, was less than twenty years old, with a thin body and fair skin. The appearance is also quite dignified, but the face is very ugly because of the perennial indulgence in wine, and a pair of eyes seem to be unable to open, obviously in a state of qi deficiency and kidney deficiency.

Even in the black imperial robe, there is no majestic and solemn momentum, and it even looks a little out of place.

Looking at Xiang Ji's almost undisguised provocative eyes, the emperor's expression was stunned, and then his face was angry.

"All the ministers are flat!"

After the princes got up and sat down, the emperor looked at Xiang Ji, then at Xiang Tan beside him, rolled his eyes, and said: "Today, all the kings gather in Xianyang to worship the heavens with me, which is really a grand event that my Great Qin has not had for decades! I have already laid out the imperial meal, and today I will definitely get drunk with the kings! It's just that it's too early, we might as well play and have fun first." In this way, the kings are too old to fight, so how about the descendants of your heirs compete with each other and show the demeanor of the princes?"

This was arranged in advance by the young disciples of the gate valve, and naturally no one would have any objections, but in the emperor's words, when it came to "playing for fun" and "the kings are old", they made everyone hesitate, and many people showed a look of disapproval.

The emperor didn't see the expressions of the princes at all, he looked at Xiang Bin, a vicious smile suddenly appeared on his face, and said excitedly: "That's it, it's rare for me to be happy today! After the competition, the last three winners will have the qualification to compete with me, and those who lose to me will be rewarded, and those who win will be rewarded!"

The emperor's voice fell, and the princes frowned together.

It is not bad to say that the emperor is ignorant and ignorant, everyone knows that his force is really not very good, but he made such a request, clearly asking the victor to deliberately give in. Actually, it didn't matter, but they all knew what kind of temperament the children and nephews they brought with them were, and if they didn't have that trace of arrogance and unwillingness, how could they have grown to this point and stood out from the crowd of young people?

Even if everyone has not had much respect for him for a long time, as long as he has not rebelled for a day, he will always obey the king's orders in name.

"Okay, that's it! Then I will announce the start of the competition, you young heroes should be very light, don't kill people, haha!" The kings were still hesitating, and the emperor had already spoken again, blocking the words to death.

And hearing his words, the princes were even more furious in their hearts, what do you mean by "shoot lightly, don't kill people?" Does it mean that it doesn't matter if you don't kill, injure or maim you?

The people brought by the princes are all the best juniors in their gates, no matter what the victory or defeat is, if there is any mistake here, it will really outweigh the loss. I wanted to say two sentences to the end, but I was afraid that the other princes would laugh at me for not having confidence, so although the princes were worried in their hearts, they had to smile on their faces and curse in their hearts...... ）