It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Chapter 554 Immortal Master Li Si (1)

The snow is falling less.

"If the captain sobers up, please give him this book."

"promise."

Only then did Xu Zhi realize that the person who took the book from her was not a servant, but a soldier wearing soft armor.

...Has Wei Liao been stared at like this all the time, seemingly with both restraint and freedom?
At that time, when Qi was being destroyed, she was really afraid that Wei Liao would run away halfway like in history. During those years in Fuqiu Palace, she often hinted to Ying Zheng not to let him go.

She returned to her desk and wrote down several recipes.

"Your Highness, this is..."

Xu Zhi turned sideways and said to the soldier, "It's not easy for you to watch over him. It's cold in winter, so tell the captain to drink less cold wine." She paused, remembering something, "If the captain's family can't see him, the money and compensation can be taken from Zhilan Palace."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After she left, she saw a soldier coming in with a box of things, "Who sent this?"

"The Sixth Young Master often comes to visit the State Commandant. Young Master Hu Hai also comes along occasionally."

Ying Gao is a good kid, and as for the other one...

The snow outside is falling a little heavier.

Xu Zhi came out of Yuelin Palace. Wei Liao said a lot but it seemed like he said nothing... One thing is very clear: Lü Buwei's "Lüshi Chunqiu" is a taboo, and Mo Qi's things are taboos among taboos.

No wonder he was so alert when he met Li Si on Mount Zhongnan.

She took out the jade seal that Li Xian had stuffed into her from her sleeve. It was intricately carved on top and had seal characters engraved on the bottom.

Why was he so persistent in giving this thing to her? He remembered that Shen Zhi had just reminded her that Li Xian would invite her to his house for a chat in three hours.

The cool air reached her fingertips with the touch of snowflakes, and she subconsciously clenched them.

"Okay." she said.

She remembered what Wei Liao had said about the immortal master.

As luck would have it, Yuelin Palace is very close to the newly renovated Youxian Palace.

She was sitting in the carriage, the curtains were blown by the wind, and she saw the other party's carriage.

The frame was covered with plain white curtains, with hollow sachets hanging from the edges. The hood had dark curled leaf patterns, and some gold powder was painted on it, sparkling against the backdrop of the snow.

This is even more excessive than the ladies in the harem traveling, and even more ostentatious than Li Si's previous behavior.

It was so pretentious that if it were an ordinary situation, she would definitely go up and scold him.

Because the situation was special, probably with Ying Zheng's special permission, she could only keep her mouth shut.

Unexpectedly, her car stopped suddenly.

"what happened?"

"Your Highness Yong'an... your humble servant," the officer said after a long pause, "Your Highness, the Immortal Master, please allow me to pass through. Please wait a moment."

Xu Zhi didn't need to think about it, thinking this was probably a privilege. She chuckled, but didn't want to embarrass the military officer. "No problem. We'll just wait for you."

The military officers did not expect that the trouble-making Princess Yong'an was actually easy to talk to.

But he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as the Immortal Master started to act arrogantly.

We cannot do both at the same time, and we must each take a step back.

The female fairy at the front of the procession refused to give way.

The military officer came out to explain, but the fairy lady was still arrogant and said, "...Even if he is a prince of the royal family, he has to bow down to our fairy master when he sees him."

...The military officer was sweating profusely. This girl hadn't offended anyone else. In the entire Qin imperial family, besides His Majesty the Emperor, Princess Yong'an was the second person they couldn't afford to offend...

But Yongan not only ordered people to make way, she also waved her hand nonchalantly.

"The road isn't narrow, it's just that there are too many carriages. Immortal Master, you've come all this way and have made great contributions. It's okay for this princess to give way."

"Princess Yong'an. So it's you," she said.

Xu Zhi originally thought that this immortal master had great abilities, but he didn't expect that he would be so lenient with his subordinates. Was he here to cause trouble?

This is much easier.

Xu Zhi was still a criminal, and he left Zhilan Palace without any detention. These outsiders dared to openly challenge him.

It seems that neither the fairy lady nor the young Taoist nun knows her personality all along.

She has been locked up for more than three months now, so she can be domineering and overbearing without even having to act.

"This fairy lady seems to know me quite well?"

As she spoke, she began to tease him, and she came out from behind the curtain, got out of the car, and smiled, completely different from her appearance at Yuelin Palace.

The beautiful fairy seemed uncomfortable under her gaze. "...Your Highness is renowned, so it's only natural that you know." "Speaking of which, it's truly rare for a fairy to understand me so well. There aren't many people in this world who truly understand me. This princess is currently short of people; perhaps you could come to my Zhilan Palace?"

The princess who was speaking had black eyes that were as bright as jade, and she smiled with her eyes curved, but what she said made the military officers tremble with fear.

"Your Highness, cough."

Having said this, the immortal master who was sitting in the carriage like a dead man finally raised his hand.

"Fu, come back."

When Xu Zhi heard this voice, she felt like she had heard it somewhere before. She couldn't think of too many things at the moment, so she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I'm still busy."

The official chased after him for two more steps.

"Your Highness, you... His Majesty the Emperor told you to meet with the Grand Commandant and then return to Zhilan Palace."

"I know," she said.

"Your Highness, this direction...is not the way back to the palace."

Xu Zhi didn't know why he had chased her out. She sighed and said to the carriage curtain, "Sir, there are many roads leading to my palace. Is it okay if I take a longer route?"

“…” The military officer lowered his head, feeling that he was meddling too much in other people’s business and shouldn’t have listened to everything he said.

"Your Highness, walk slowly."

When Xu Zhi arrived at Li Xian's house and saw the people in the pavilion, he was not very shocked.

Given Li Xian's personality, he rarely let her come to him on her own initiative. Or, most of the time, he would make his request when he gave her the Jade Seal in front of Yuelin Palace.

She had to come because it was Li Si who invited her.

There were no outsiders in the mansion anymore.

"Your Highness Yong'an." Li Si stood up and saluted.

Li Si had aged visibly. He stood there in the prime minister's robe, still looking thin, with white hair on his temples. He was no longer as vigorous as he was sixteen years ago.

Xu Zhi asked him to sit down. "Thank you, Prime Minister, for speaking on my behalf in front of my father," she said. She took out Li Xian's jade seal from her sleeve without any reservation and placed it on the table. "Please, Prime Minister, help me return it to its rightful owner."

Li Si's brows sank. Ying Hehua was far more capable than he had imagined. She didn't hide anything at all.

"What do you mean, Princess?"

"Isn't this what the Prime Minister wanted today, using Li Xian as an excuse?" She smiled. "I understand. A long time ago, you didn't want Li Xian to get involved in my affairs. This jade seal is the result of your hard work over the years. If it's something I can't do, I won't take it for nothing."

The implication is obvious.

Li Si understood clearly that he should not have come. But he could not bear to watch his son bury his life for an impossible fantasy. Li Si's family motto was extremely clear-cut: one could devote his life to the Qin State, but not to sacrifice his life for the love of a woman.

"The princess never thought..."

Li Si was about to think that all this was a trick of the superiors. Just as he thought, Ying Hehua and Ying Zheng were the same. After unifying the six kingdoms, they devoted themselves to consolidating their own interests.

"Does the Prime Minister think I am cold-blooded and ruthless to him?"

Li Si was slightly stunned.

Ying Hehua took the Xifeng wine from the table and poured himself a glass.

Xu Zhi temporarily regarded Li Si as a historical figure and also as her former teacher. Seeing that he had troubled her again and again for Li Xian, she wanted to explain everything to him in one go.

"When your son was trapped in Handan, I was also extremely worried. When he returned from the battle, Li Xian didn't. Later, I mistakenly heard that he had died at the hands of Zhao Li. For a time, I was at a loss. The Prime Minister always knew that Zhang Liang had ulterior motives. And so did I. I begged Zhang Liang for the defense map of Handan City. Later, when Li Xian returned seriously injured, I had completely forgotten how he abandoned me in Xinzheng. I asked him what he wanted to choose, power or something else, but he didn't tell me."

"But Her Royal Highness the Princess fell in love with that Han Chen."

"But in the end, I ruined it with my own hands." Xu Zhi drank the wine, covering up the sadness. "After that, another three or four years passed, and I gradually realized that some feelings are different from friendship and love."

"I don't understand what the princess insists on." Li Si said.

She was silent for a while.

Shen Zhi, who was standing by, also came to his senses.

Li Si was a typical Legalist. He simply could not use normal thinking to imagine love, normal emotions, or the kind of sincerity that was not above calculated interests.

He had been scheming against each other for so long that he had forgotten many things. Therefore, he chose to sit back and watch the deaths of Dun Ruo and Wang Wan without hesitation, wanting to see Ying Zheng sit on the throne forever and feel the coldness and cruelty shaped by the system.

It is for this reason that he placed his hope of feeling warmth again on seeking immortality.

The wind blew, and the bamboo leaves rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound.

"These bamboos were planted by Li Xian at Zuo Che's request. A few years later, the bamboo forest has grown into a large area, but Li Xian is rarely in the mansion."

"Actually, what I want to stick to is very simple. I don't want Li Xian to forget who he is. I don't want him to wonder why he went to such lengths to get me to marry him."

She looked at Li Si, and the last words were also spoken to him and to herself.

"I don't want him to forget why he came to Qin from Chu and why he chose to stay here."