It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Xu Zhi walked on the shadows of the stars, the breeze brushed a strand of hair by her ear, and there was a vibration in the wind.

The top floor of the Que Tower is where the books are stored, containing the handwriting of people who have lived here.

The staircase was very long. Xu Zhi dismissed the attendants, lit the lamp himself, and recalled the conversation with Ying Zheng.

"I never believe in fate. But you, you are soft-hearted." He leaned over to look at her like he did when he was a child. "Hehua, although you act differently from your brother. But you are siblings after all. Deep down, you don't agree with Li Si and Yao Jia's ideas."

"...Father,"

Ying Zheng raised his hand to stop her. He lowered his head and stroked her hair. "In the early years, you understood me at a young age. Now, do I finally understand my daughter?"

He looked at her deeply and buried half of his face in the black light and shadow again.

Ying Zheng continued, "The prophecy is so vast, yet someone dared to instigate it. Do you also think that I believed the words in the prophecy and sent Meng Tian to the border in the north, and that I listened to the noise of the Hu people and attacked them with heavy troops?"

Xu Zhi felt a chill down his spine, yet he was extremely clear-headed.

Could it be that this was not a rumor fabricated by Xu Fu and others at all, but rather a reason to send troops to the north, an excuse to transfer the remaining heat of the war after pacifying the world?

She only understood it when she was doing theoretical research.

——This country, which has risen through war, has long been on high alert with the strong support of six generations of monarchs. The productivity of the entire country must be deployed for it to exert its greatest power.

Once you relax, you will face collapse and death.

She had known it all along, hadn't she?

When she was in the middle of it, she could only numb herself with luck.

How could she reverse this outcome by changing a person or preventing him from betraying her?

She just didn't expect that she wasn't the only one who knew it.

She raised her head and said, "Father knows the symptoms. Why didn't you find water to put out the raging fire before it starts?"

"Fusu finally understood this principle in the border area. Why do you understand it less and less as you grow older?"

"For the princes and states, military merit and titles cannot be achieved in a day, nor can they be taken away in a day."

"Only a capable minister can handle such a matter." Ying Zheng looked at her, "Hehua, do you think there is such a person in the court?"

"some."

"who?"

"Li Xian cannot share his father's worries until the Ming Dynasty is restored. However, there are naturally better people than him."

Ying Zheng waited for her to speak.

Xu Zhi raised his head, "Meng Yi is a man worthy of my father's trust."

Ying Zheng suddenly laughed and said, "I heard that you have been arguing with him these days."

The "Lüshi Chunqiu" in Ying Zheng's hand was then placed on the table. She guessed correctly that this was the work of Mo Qi, and it was a version with annotations by Lü Buwei.

Her eyes fell on it, which was the AD date with all the traces deliberately erased.

She froze, unable to breathe.

210 BC, the year when Qin Shi Huang died in Shazhou.

207 BC, the year when the Qin Dynasty fell.

She almost didn't dare to ask Ying Zheng if he knew the meaning of Arabic numerals.

She felt the coolness of jade in her palms, and something so heavy that it seemed to be crushing her.

"Father, any loyal person must have a heart as hard as wood or stone. My daughter quarreled with him, knowing that he would not flatter or lie, and he missed the important matter because of his grudge."

Ying Zheng thought, "I heard that Zhao Jia often talked about you with others in the border areas. If you do those things again..."

She thought about it for a long time, then suddenly knelt on the ground and said sincerely, "The borderland is bitterly cold, but it is also a good place to train people. Father has good intentions, and I understand..."

Ying Zheng thought he had really scared her. He really wanted her to learn her lesson, but he really didn't want her to be too far away from him.

"What nonsense are you talking about again?"

She paused, "So how does Father want to resolve this situation?"

Ying Zheng looked at her with deep eyes, and even the fish in the pond became quiet.

He used the most common words to say the most incisive words, "All the history books of the six states that were not used by Qin were burned, and all the nobles of the six states that were not submissive to Qin were killed."

"If my daughter were to execute first and report later, I'm afraid that father would be unhappy..."

Ying Zheng waved his hand, "My Hehua will not let me down."

With Ying Zheng's words, Xu Zhi unknowingly walked to Yuelin Palace.

Historically, many descendants of the nobles of the six kingdoms survived. Did her series of actions actually prompt Ying Zheng to make up his mind to wipe out the entire clan?
Kill it.

It should have been a long time ago, right?

If she had not been soft-hearted at the beginning and had immediately killed Han An in the King Han’s Palace...she would not have wavered again and again.

Her top priority was to get rid of Zhao Gao, who was such a conspicuous thorn.

Then according to Ying Zheng's intention, as long as we find out the connection between Zhao Gao and the former land of Zhao State...

Xu Zhi was thinking.

"No one has come for a long time."

A very familiar old minister. Xu Zhi turned slowly and said, "Captain, it's been a long time since we last met. Why are you here alone?"

Wei Liao had gray hair on his temples and was holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand. He smiled solemnly, "Princess Yong'an, there are fewer wars here, so there is naturally no need for an old minister."

"Do you see the bustling and lively place below?"

Wei Liao knelt down. Under the bright moon and gentle breeze, Xu Zhi also wanted to relax.

So I looked in the direction of his finger, and it was where Li You had established his government.

The lights stretch for a hundred feet, and red silk covers the ground for ten miles.

A year ago, she watched her elder sister Ying Yuanman get married and she had seen a similar grand occasion.

The palace maid explained, "…Li You, the governor of Sanchuan, is getting married to Princess Ying Shuman."

As the breeze blew by, Xu Zhi finally felt that the stars tonight had some real beauty, and naturally continued, "Father's promise back then was indeed true."

Wei Liao glanced at her inconspicuously. It was almost twenty years ago that Ying Zheng personally went to Mount Li to retrieve the expelled Li Si. Later, he said in a small discussion that all of Li Si's daughters married princes of Qin, and all of his sons married princesses of Qin.

Ying Hehua, who was only seven or eight years old at that time, could actually remember things so clearly.

Ying Hehua didn't say anything.

Wei Liao asked, "Princess, are you upset that you were not invited to the banquet?"

“I’m not familiar with them.”

Xu Zhi was telling the truth. She was not familiar with her elder sister Shu Man. She had only met her once in the Qin Palace on the day when Queen Mother Huayang passed away.

"Not familiar?" "Li Jun Shou was the lifesaver of your Highness the Princess. The Third Princess grew up in the inner court, why do you say that, Princess?"

When the person who was speaking came out from the night, Xu Zhi immediately glared at him.

"My sister has been taught by the Doctoral Officers, so her temperament and knowledge are naturally top-notch. Li You's marriage to her is just like General Meng Tian marrying my elder sister. This is a blessing from heaven and a destined fate. People like you and me who are unlucky are naturally unfamiliar with this matter of marriage."

Meng Yi had no idea that she would be so outspoken. And in front of Wei Liao, who was visibly stunned, and then glanced at them. Didn't she know that he was a troublesome and gossipy old man?

When Ying Hehua caused trouble in Changle Palace, many people secretly stabbed Li Xian in the back. They said that he was a supervisor of four counties and the son of the prime minister. He was imprisoned in Zhilan Palace by Yong'an and tortured for three days. All these years of servility could not compare to the weight of a dead person in her heart.

...If Meng Yi had not learned the truth from Ying Zheng's side, he would have almost believed that Ying Hehua rejected Li Xian because of the young and deceased Prince Fu Chu of Chu.

The fact is—she killed Fu Chu.

Murdered him, yet remained a widow.

She followed Li Xian and escaped from marriage, but never gave him any promise.

She didn't want to marry him, and she never spoke to him kindly, but she said to Ying Zheng, "Meng Yi is worthy of my father's trust."

He couldn't understand her logic.

Meng Yi raised his hand to hold down the hatband that was blown by the wind, and subconsciously said, "The autumn wind is strong, the princess should return to the palace earlier."

As expected, she took all his words as offensive and immediately rebuked him, "It's late at night and there's a curfew. Does Meng Tingwei know that the palace rules are strict?"

Wei Liao immediately tried to smooth things over, saying, "Don't be surprised, Your Highness. Your Majesty sent you this evening, and I, this old minister, have been waiting for you here for a long time."

After a while, she pointed to a secluded place away from the hustle and bustle and asked even though she knew the answer.

"What is that place?"

"Princess, that is Supervisor Li's residence." Her maid Shen Zhi replied.

She shamelessly expressed regret, saying, "His brother is getting married, and his house is quite deserted," and then she almost ordered, "Please trouble the captain to take me out of the palace."

Wei Liao immediately perked up, stroking his white beard, "It's hard to get into the Li Mansion. I won't join in the fun."

After hearing this, Xu Zhi felt that Wei Liao's words were full of cold and warm human feelings. Foreign officials all speculated that Li Xian was seriously injured, and Xia Wuqi couldn't cure him, so he was likely to be disabled for life.

In other words, even if he was not injured, which official would go to the home of an inspector for no reason... Isn't this obviously asking for trouble?

"Since Your Highness wants to outline the mountains," Wei Liao glanced at Ying Hehua, "Why would Your Highness want to disappoint His Majesty the Emperor?"

"Captain, please stop talking nonsense." Ying Hehua interrupted him.

Wei Liao tried to make excuses, but then changed the subject, saying, "Since the Imperial Court has been ordered to thoroughly investigate the serious injury of Li Jianjian, and the princess is willing to talk, why don't you go together?"

Xu Zhi had done this many times: he would disguise himself and go to another court official's residence in the middle of the night with an official, either to visit the sick Wang Wan or to threaten Yao Jia.

But Meng Yi was determined not to do it. Soon, he was stared at by her, "Meng Yi, you have to understand clearly, now I have to condescend to ride in your car and do your business."

……

Looking again, Ying Hehua had already changed into a maid's clothes quite skillfully, and had also wiped off the flower ornament on her forehead very carefully.

Meng Yi's car was built according to the standard of a high-ranking official, so the compartment was much narrower than hers, and there was no stool for her to step on. When she got on the car, she was lucky to pull his sleeve to get on.

She felt Meng Yi's eyes turning around and looking at her.

She reacted quickly, so before he could glare at her, she glared back.

He didn't speak, and she didn't speak either, just turned her head and looked out the window.

The shadow of the lamp fell on her face, but Meng Yi didn't know that she was a lawless princess. In this moment of calm and gentleness, she was not only planning how to kill people, but also thinking about how to make him stained with the blood of beheading Zhao Gao first and then reporting to him.

She thought, if Meng Yi knew the past like Li Xian, she would definitely ask him, "I will help you get revenge, okay?"

The moon rose, and the wedding road was covered with red silk, all the way from Xianyang Palace to Li You's home. The silk cloth under the wheels was also prepared for Ying Hehua by the Qin Palace Shaofu a year ago. However, the two people who were walking on this road did not feel the joy spreading outside at all.

She felt like she was sitting on pins and needles all the way. She had never felt that the road from Xianyang Palace to Li Xian's residence was so long... (End of this chapter)