It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Chapter 516 I Never Believe in Fate (1)

Ever since Xu Zhi and Meng Yi had quarreled that day, the two of them became even more incompatible. After leaving Zhangtai Palace, they almost disliked each other, and half a month passed like this.

What made Xu Zhi depressed was that during this period, Li Xian's eye injury had not made any progress. His duties could not be transferred to others, and there was no way to continue his work while he was blind.

Plus there was more or less pressure from Li Si and Meng Yi.

Xu Zhi simply went to his house with great fanfare. In the past, she usually went there at night, and she found that his place was clean and sparsely populated.

A black-clad attendant she had never seen before led her inside and said, "Your Excellency has not been out for a few days. You were just in the pavilion."

"Where is Uncle Chen?"

The attendant bowed his head, "The eldest son has been sent to Nanzheng County for something, and the Lord has sent Chen Lingshi to do official business."

"Okay. You guys go down." Xu Zhi walked to the door of the backyard and stopped. "Where are the rabbits in the yard?"

"Your Highness?" He was puzzled and nodded, "I don't know."

Xu Zhi waved his hand and stepped over the stone threshold.

The bamboo leaves swayed, and under the North Corner Pavilion, a person sat there quietly.

He was not wearing an official robe, nor did he carry an iron sword. He was dressed in a dark robe and kneeling in the pavilion. The breeze blew the belt tied around his head, and his robe fluttered like a black cloud, with a green color behind him.

She sighed and said, just looking at it, it really is a silk painting of Warring States figures.

The person in the silk painting came to life and spoke to her.

"…Princess Yongan?"

"How do you know it's me?" Xu Zhi immediately took two steps forward, his voice filled with irrepressible joy, "Can you see it? Can you see it?"

Hearing her voice approaching, Li Xian put down the tea in his hand and said with a smile, "The sound of the princess's hairpins and rings moving has always been engraved in my heart."

He didn't know that Xu Zhi had waved in front of him twice, holding in his hand the confession letter he had written earlier.

He only heard a long and gentle sigh. After a long while, she said with a hint of resentment, "If the symptoms still don't improve after another month, I will not let Huang Shigong go." His shoulders sank, "I will catch him back no matter where he is."

Before she could finish her two sentences, two palace servants brought a screen over.

"Princess, please come this way."

"Do I have to do the same outside the palace?"

One of them was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and said, "The princess is of noble status. I, your servant... will follow the palace rules. Your Highness, please forgive me."

"Palace rules? I haven't heard of when this palace rule was established."

The palace servant promptly reported his immediate superior, "The Lord of the Palace said that Her Royal Highness the Princess has returned to the palace from Chu. Her status is different, so she needs to..."

"This princess needs to take this eyesore away immediately."

The palace servant paused, "This... the palace order said that this was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor."

Zhao Gao held the position of Palace Magistrate and was the emperor's personal attendant. Most of what he said were the emperor's edicts, and no one in the palace questioned him... Even the eldest princess at that time, Ying Yuanman, followed Zhao Gao's words before she got married.

Princess Yong'an sneered, "If it was my father's order, why didn't I know about it? I think it was the Zhao Mansion Order who was talking too much nonsense. How many of you have the guts to put your hands on me?"

The palace servant realized belatedly that the princess in front of him was no ordinary princess. Even though she had gone to Chu to be a widow, Ying Zheng had not abolished her original palace.

Now that she is back, she still lives in her Zhilan Palace.

The palace servant nodded rapidly and quickly called a few people to move the screen away as quickly as possible. "Princess, calm down. We will remove the screen right away."

As she spoke, the palace servant secretly glanced at Lord Li who was sitting next to her. Fortunately, Lord Li was blind... After all, there were many rumors between her and him, so she wanted to take everyone away.

"Wait." The princess waved her hand, "Leave one aside."

Then a bamboo tube was stuffed into Li Xian's hand, and she said to him: This can be called a wired phone.

She then ordered, "I want a scroll of silk and an inkstone."

So Li Xian could never have imagined that she came to his house not only to care about his snow rabbit that had gone to his father's house, but also to leave a painting called "Photo".

After half an hour, Li Xian felt very uncomfortable being stared at by her. "…Is the princess okay?"

"do not move."

She put away the ink brush, looked at it with satisfaction, rolled it up, held it in front of him and said to him, "I have at least drawn 80% of your appearance."

Her embroidery skills are so poor and she hasn't improved in many years. How good can her painting be?
"…real?"

"Of course it's true."

Xu Zhi called the follower over, and when the man saw him, he stood still.

Xu Zhi looked at his dumbfounded expression with satisfaction. "Sir, it's more than 80%, the princess has superb painting skills, it's really wonderful."

"Of course."

In the past, she drew a lot of bottles and jars. This sketch was something she picked up again eight years ago. Over the years, she has naturally become more proficient at it.

-

Mo Qi thought that not telling them would be a kindness to them.

The arrival of late autumn made Tang Zhipei feel that life was rapidly slipping away from him.

In the end, he did not meet anyone. However, Mo Qi did not expect that the manuscript was indeed in the cave in Kuaiji County.

But it is not a unique copy.

-

In front of Ganquan Palace, the gloomy weather makes people feel depressed.

"Princess Yongan."

"I hope you are well, Lord Zhao." The sun shone on her face, and the scarlet necklace on her body seemed to be condensed with other people's blood.

Zhao Gao's face turned pale and blue. He had finally found the exit from the inner palace to the outer court, but Yan Le was killed by her with a single knife.

Zhao Gao smiled but his face was not smiling. "The eldest son has always been upright and kind. His Majesty's act of burning books is very surprising to His Majesty the Emperor."

She looked at the palace gate and said, "The governor is worrying too much."

Although it was daytime, the inner hall was spacious and it became darker as one went deeper. The lights were lit in a row, casting Ying Zheng's figure on the pool, reflecting his tall and majestic figure.

She thought of what Zhao Gao had said just now, which reminded her in disguise that Ying Zheng had been in a bad mood recently because of the Hu people's affairs. She must give Ying Zheng an explanation.

She walked into the hall quietly and kowtowed, "My daughter pays respect to my father."

"Get up." Ying Zheng did not stop writing, "Are you feeling better?"

"Yes," she answered, without looking up.

"I summon Xia Wuqie to come and diagnose it with you again."

She then raised her head. Xia Wuqie, who was standing beside her, had a complicated expression on her face. She said, "My daughter is under the care of a medical officer. She is fine."

Ying Zheng glanced at her and motioned for her to go up the stairs.

Compared to the past, Xu Zhi was very cautious when she went up the stairs. The pearls and jade on her body did not make any noise. She had just taken two steps when Xia Wuqie had already retreated. Ying Zheng's voice sank to her side, "Is it not frightening or nervous for me to ask you to come here at this time?"

Xu Zhi bowed her head, "Father, your majesty is wise. Regarding the matter of Kuaiji County, your majesty once asked me to investigate the taxes. I was really worried, so I went to a remote place... Unfortunately, I encountered bandits and was unable to inform you in time, causing you to worry. I am guilty of an unforgivable crime, please punish me."

Ying Zheng stopped writing, "You are quite frank. Since you told me everything in one breath, it is not deceiving the emperor." He glanced at her, "In the past, Wang Wan often said that your temperament is similar to mine. Later, even Li Si said that you act decisively, quite like me in my youth."

Xu Zhi knelt aside and nodded, but tried to ease the atmosphere. She said softly, "The Prime Minister said this because I was often a guest in his house when I was young. My father ascended the throne when the empire was in danger. He worked hard for more than ten years and finally won the world. My father is like the sun and moon of the Qin Dynasty. I was able to shine under his wings. How dare your daughter argue with him?"

"As you said. I don't agree with what this book is about?" Ying Zheng said as he unfolded the scroll, revealing some of the burnt edges. "Hehua's character of acting first and reporting later is indeed similar to mine. Look, this Chu witch said that the red stone is engraved with me as a tyrant like Jie and Zhou."

After he finished speaking, he paused and handed the scroll to her. "Take a look."

Xu Zhi's back stiffened, and she nodded, "What kind of nonsense is this? I know without even reading it, it must be the arrogant words of that Chu person, father, please don't believe it."

Only then did she realize that some goldfish had been raised in the hall. The fish swam in the pond at inappropriate times, making the sound of slowly surging water waves.

Ying Zheng smiled and made room to the side, "Okay, Hehua, come here."

Xu Zhi took another step forward and moved closer. The rich fragrance of agarwood wafted from the beast-crane incense burner that stood tall on the side of the large desk. At this moment, a layer of sweat had already covered her back.

Ying Zheng stroked her hair, and then a majestic and steady voice suddenly rang out, causing the flames of the bronze lamp to sway, and the air and the pool water to tremble.

"Hehua, do you know why I have always doted on you?"

……

Then Ying Zheng smiled and said, "You are my daughter. I don't need a reason to love you."

Xu Zhi felt the oppression that belonged exclusively to the emperor and the imperial power. Every question he asked seemed to suck out some oxygen from the air. She was always worried that she would offend Ying Zheng at any time.

If Li Si and others knew that Yong'an was considering this now, he should be relieved to say: The princess did not waste her time in Yuelin Palace in vain.

"Hehua never flatters or deceives others, and can be described as straightforward."

In the spacious inner hall, Xu Zhi could only hear her own heartbeat and see the folds of her pearly dress.

Why did she change from the little princess who would laugh and chat on his lap, the daughter who could tell him anything, to what she is now?

He doesn't want a daughter who listens to his instructions attentively.

"Yao Jia has already made the coffin at home."

"Why is this?" Xu Zhi was puzzled.

Ying Zheng did not answer, "Tell me the truth, what exactly happened to the burning of the bamboo slips?"

"Father...I have no intention of hiding this from the Prime Minister and the Court Judge, but the rumors are so numerous lately that they are frightening."

"Scared?" Ying Zheng looked at her, "What is Hehua afraid of?" "Afraid of me?"

Over the years, she kept all the trivial matters away from Ying Zheng.

She thought about cooperating with many people, and even had the idea of ​​persuading Li Mu and Xiang Yan in a roundabout way.

She regarded Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Zhang Han, and even Jing Ke as persons to be won over, not to mention Han ministers, traitors, and enemies.

But the one who truly dominated the fate of the Qin State was Ying Zheng himself.

"If Father were to obtain a scroll that recorded the future of Qin, would Father believe it?"

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