In the early morning, the sun has not risen, and the east is white.

In a side hall of Afang Palace, the young man was already holding a bamboo slip and reciting aloud, with a slightly sharp voice, which attracted the early birds to chirp.

For the past eight or nine years, the boy has been like his uncle, sleeping until he wakes up naturally. And after changing to a rigid and serious teacher who does not smile, the teenager can no longer sleep.

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, thinking about why he hadn't eaten yet, the young man's recitation was interrupted for a moment.

The ruler quickly slammed into the table, making a crisp warning sound.

I was frightened at the beginning of the year, but now I am no longer surprised.

Knowing that this is not to hit himself, but just to remind himself, the boy is not afraid.

"A man of wisdom and skill must be far-sighted and discerning, and he will not be discerning, and he shall not be selfish. Those who are able to practice the law must be strong and resolute, and if they are not upright, they cannot be ......overbearing."

He beat his spirits and continued to read aloud in a straight voice, not daring to be distracted any more. Otherwise, the next time the ring ruler is hit in the palm of the boy's hand, it hurts.

Li Si, who was sitting opposite the table, had a serious face, holding a ring ruler in his right hand, and putting his left hand on his thigh, pinching it from time to time. If you take off the black pants she wears, you can see that her thighs are already bruised.

The student is sleepy, and he, the teacher, is actually even more sleepy.

From the main gate of Xianyang Palace, the eunuch to whom Afang Palace belongs leads the way directly to Afang Palace, which is two quarters of an hour that cannot be moved.

And from Li Si's house to the main gate of Xianyang Palace, it takes about a quarter of an hour by carriage. This is also because Li Si is in a high position and the mansion is very close to Xianyang Palace.

Li Si is a big gambler, and he is willing to be a lonely minister and gamble for a lifetime of glory and wealth.

And in daily life, Li Si is very steady. As a teacher of the eighteenth son, he wakes up an hour earlier than the students on the day of teaching. Allow a quarter of an hour to deal with the variables and make sure you can get there before the student gets up.

Bring the books for the students, take a quarter of an hour in the bumpy carriage that can only sacrifice comfort when speed is required, walk for two quarters of an hour in Xianyang Palace, and then listen to the students' morning reading.

The drowsiness of waking up too early, the exhaustion after exercise, and the hypnosis caused by the emotionless study of students. If he didn't pinch his thigh, Li Si might fall asleep at any time.

[I'll be fine after breakfast.] ]

Li Si said secretly, he was also waiting for breakfast.

With food in his stomach, if he survives this period of time, he will not be sleepy. Usually he slept soundly at this time, but these days he has been getting up early in the morning, and his body is not yet adaptable.

"The wise man is discerning, listening, and valuing the yin feelings of people. Able to law until the strength is straight, listen to the use, and overweight the adulterous behavior of people......"

The boy was still reading aloud, very slowly, almost word by word.

Because this book is the first time I have seen it, this is "Han Feizi" brought by Li Si.

The boy has reached the stage of knowing what it is, and why it is true. You can no longer simply learn "Qin Law", but know why "Qin Law" is so set.

[Si has become the prime minister, and it is difficult to go further, and the government affairs have not been very busy recently. It's better to write a book that has been learned all his life, and he can't get the name of plum, so that future generations can know my Li Si's thoughts and inherit Si's ideas. ]

The eldest son joined the army, and the remaining children were taught at home. You don't have to farm and weave, you can spend your days laughing every day. There is no shortage of money and food at home, and there are many customers. The children of the Legalists of the Qin State are all under their banner, and the court captain is the only one who looks to the horse, and a number of important officials are under his command.

The nobles of military merit, the big families don't say they are afraid of him, at least they don't dare to oppress him at will as they did in the past.

From a small official of the Chu State to a pillar of the pillars of the Qin State, Li Si, who is almost a supreme minister, has realized his vision and has nothing to ask for in a position of power.

Li Si, who was extremely glorious in his life, didn't need to fight anymore, just needed to maintain this dignity, and looked at the name behind him.

The book immediately said that these four words that he scoffed at and thought were out of reach were caught by him in front of his eyes.

[I'll start writing when I get home!] ]

When the young man saw that the teacher was distracted, his voice weakened again.

"Hand out."

Leese was expressionless.

The young man grimaced, shrunk and stretched out his little hand.

Syllable~

The hot stinging sensation, the boy shook his hand vigorously, thinking bitterly.

[Hand pain is much less severe than headache.] ]

After breakfast, Li Si taught for another hour, and then retired after assigning today's homework.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, threw off the bamboo slips and turned over to bed, and fell asleep. He was sleepy when he got up so early every day.

was sleeping sweetly, and suddenly his heart moved, and he felt that someone was beside him.

Since he came to Afang Palace, he has such a magical ability with different martial arts. Even if he slept to death, as soon as someone came to him, he would always wake up immediately.

Suddenly rising, his eyes full of vigilance, he shrank to the deepest part of the rosewood bed the moment he sat up, and opened his mouth to shout, "Someone's coming."

"Little Eighteen."

Ying Cheng opened her arms and smiled gently.

The young man was stunned at first, and then threw himself into the forest like a milk swallow, flew into Yingcheng's arms, and buried his little head in Yingcheng's arms.

"Uncle ......"

There is a palpable cry in this call.

Gently patting the little nephew's back, Ying Cheng laughed and said:

"I heard that my little eighteen has been learning Qin law recently, have you learned that men are not allowed to cry, violators shave off their beards, and their eyebrows are this law? You're so young that you don't have a beard, but you can't keep your eyebrows. ”

The little nephew should not, and his body trembled more and more, from the originally suppressed sobbing, to crying, and then to howling.

Before Ying Chengcheng came, he already knew that his little nephew had been spicy by Zhao Gao, and he had a headache for several days.

"Frightened by Zhao Gao from time to time? He's dead, and he can't bully Little Eighteen anymore, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. ”

"Uncle ......"

Raising his little head, the little nephew's face was full of tears, and his eye circles were visibly swollen a little.

"Mother died, they killed Mother ......"

Ying Chengcheng smiled.

He didn't have a good impression of Concubine Hu, and his previous impression of this dead princess was that he never gave his brother a good face. After learning that he had been framed by him, he was full of bad feelings towards Concubine Hu - vicious woman, damn it!

But for Ying Huhai, the one who died was the one who gave birth to him and raised him, scolded him for his sins, and accompanied him to catch insects and play.

Yingcheng's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and he had always been able to speak well in the face of an eight-year-old child, unable to say a word.

He was silent, his arms around his little nephew, and his heart-rending cry made him feel as if he was suffocating.

After a long time, the crying gradually stopped.

Hu Hai hated them, but Hu Hai didn't dare to say it, Hu Hai was afraid of death. Uncle, is Hu Hai very weak? ”

"No, when my uncle was so old, he wasn't as brave as Little Eighteen."

"Really?"

"Really."

"They thought that Hu Hai was still young and didn't understand anything, but in fact, Hu Hai knew everything. My father didn't really like me, and he didn't believe what I said. The queen mother doesn't really like me, and she shouldn't call her grandma. They pretended to like me, because they were afraid that their mother would seek revenge on them. They don't like Hu Hai, Hu Hai doesn't like them, Hu Hai likes his uncle, is it okay for his uncle to take Hu Hai with him? ”

Ying Chengcheng was silent, and he was caught off guard.

He hadn't thought about it before he came, he thought that this trip was just to coax the child.

There was a jar of glass balls in his arms, and he had planned to play a few games with his little nephew, and deliberately losing to his little nephew would make the little nephew happy.

The young man couldn't hide his loss, got up from Ying Chengcheng's arms, and said with a forced smile:

"I'm sorry, Hu Hai embarrassed my uncle."

The empty-handed Ying Chengcheng felt even more suffocated, and the little nephew was so sensible that he felt distressed.

"Uncle, don't say what Hu Hai said, it's okay, Hu Hai doesn't want to die."

Ying Chengcheng looked at the precocious and somewhat excessively mature teenager in front of him, who made the Great Qin II die in history, killed all his brothers and sisters, and was a little trance-like.

When Xiao Eighteen was born, Ying Cheng was murderous.

Kill this culprit who made Great Qin not die II, and let the Great Qin Empire prosper forever!

Ying Chengcheng didn't expect that one day, this little nephew he wanted to kill would regard him as the closest person.

After Concubine Hu died, Ying Huhai never played his favorite insect again. Without my mother to play with, what's the point of playing with insects?

For many late nights, Ying Huhai was biting the quilt and waking up crying. His mother died, and he couldn't cry openly, nor could he avenge his mother as a son.

The crowd around him seemed to be obedient to him, but he could clearly feel a layer of separation at a young age.

"If you're tired of crying, let's get some sleep first."

Ying Cheng wiped the towel, wiped the tears on the little nephew's face, pulled the brocade quilt for the little nephew, and sat at the head of the bed.

"Sleep, wake up, uncle will take you away."

"Hu Hai won't sleep, uncle, let's go now."

The boy kicked the quilt away.

Ying Cheng Chan pulled it up again.

"Why do you have to save some time for your uncle, so that your uncle can convince your father and the queen mother."

"Hu Hai and Uncle will go together."

Ying Chengcheng pressed down the struggling young man and pretended to glare sternly.

"Obedient! Sleep honestly and wake up with everything fine. ”

When Ying Cheng walked to the door of the dormitory.

"Uncle!"

Ying Cheng turned around and said softly:

"What's wrong?"

The boy pulled the quilt, nervous.

"You're not going to come back, are you? If he didn't come back, his uncle would tell Hu Hai. Hu Hai won't blame his uncle, he just begs his uncle not to say what Hu Hai said. ”

The boy is very tired and tired these days, and he can't bear to wait again.

If the outcome is destined to be disappointment, then don't give him hope.

"Can't you sleep? Then read the book, read the bamboo slip on the table ten times, and my uncle came back. ”

The door opens and closes.

The teenager who didn't like to read jumped out of bed as fast as he could, picked up the bamboo slip he didn't like at noon when he liked to sleep, and read it aloud with full attention.

Reading and reading, the boy shed tears again.

"Uncle, you must come back......"

Afang Palace, the main hall.

Ah Fang poured a cup of tea soup for Ying Chengcheng and handed it over with both hands.

"When did my uncle come back?"

Ying Cheng took it with both hands and bowed his head slightly.

"Last night, I returned, don't be so polite to my sister-in-law, you personally pour tea and soup for me, and I don't know the taste when I drink it."

"Lilong has flew, now Ah Fang is just a waste, he can't even beat a sharp man, where is his uncle's opponent, and his uncle is afraid that a waste person can't succeed?"

Ying Chengcheng didn't drink the tea soup and put it on the table. He couldn't get used to drinking this thick thing for nearly thirty years, and he felt that it was better to drink hot water directly.

"Cheng Chan is not afraid of the imperial sister-in-law, but respectful. Jing Huang sister-in-law and the princess selflessly regarded the princess as his own, Jing Huang sister-in-law Yu Zhao served the imperial brother to make him through the most difficult time, Jing Huang sister-in-law practiced Li Long for the imperial brother to protect the imperial brother's life without worry. This respect has nothing to do with whether Lilong takes off or not. ”

Ah Fang put down a big stone in his heart and let out a long breath:

Uncle said this, Ah Fang was happy and ashamed. His Majesty didn't say some things to his uncle in order to protect Ah Fang, but Ah Fang couldn't affect the relationship between his uncle and His Majesty, and some words were not spit out and unhappy. ”

"The imperial sister-in-law has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak. After the imperial sister-in-law finished speaking, Cheng Chan also had something to say to the imperial sister-in-law. ”

Ah Fang's heart that had been put down was lifted again.

"Recently, these things in the palace, the death of Concubine Hu, the death of Zhao Gao, the cause and effect, my uncle should have heard about it?"

Ying Chengcheng nodded.

These things, Gai Nie Feige passed the book to him once, the bottle and the flying pigeon passed to him again, and Concubine Chu also told him the flying pigeon to tell him again, and he can no longer understand the process now.

The reason why he pretended not to know the situation in front of the First Emperor yesterday was that the First Emperor himself thought of the reason why Zhao Gao told the truth.

Most of the time, people trust their own analysis more.

"Concubine Hu's slut framed her uncle, saying that her uncle forcibly took possession of her body and gave birth to Hu Hai. Uncle didn't know the news, it wasn't that His Majesty didn't trust his uncle and didn't tell him, but that Ah Fang took it upon himself to put Bottler under house arrest. Uncle is practicing "The Yellow Emperor", His Majesty already knows the situation, how can he doubt his uncle? All this is Ah Fang's fault, and Ah Fang spends his uncle's belly with the heart of a villain. ”

After speaking, Ah Fang looked at Ying Chengcheng's expression with some apprehension.

She had only one uncle, and she had learned the strength of that uncle ten years ago.

At that time, Chu Gang, the son of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, died, and the two biggest forces in Qin Guoming were Lü Buwei and Zhao Ji.

In the matter of the establishment of the first emperor, the two forces did not recognize a maid as the queen, and the concubine was casually sealed, and the queen in charge of the harem must not let her, a lowly person.

Her uncle stood beside her husband, and in the face of the opposition of these two forces, he forced her, a little maid, to be the queen.

She read few books and didn't have that much knowledge.

But she knew very well that in order to make the two major forces of Zhao Ji and Lu Buwei retreat, her uncle's power must be at least greater than that of both parties.

After becoming the queen, knowing the glorious past of Ying Chengchan, she has always been afraid of Ying Chengchan, even if Ying Chengchan has never shown antipathy.

It is true that Ying Cheng Chan is kind to her, but it is also true that Ying Cheng Chan has the strength to usurp the throne. Ah Fang's attitude towards Ying Chengcheng has always been very contradictory.

"Hey, that's it?"

Ying Cheng laughed.

"As long as it's a man, he will definitely feel uncomfortable when he hears this kind of thing, and he can't talk about trust or distrust. With the straightforward nature of the imperial brother, if he really doubted me, he would have issued a holy decree to let me go back. He cares about the world, this little thing can make him uncomfortable for a while, where can he tolerate it for a long time. ”