It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Chapter 559 The Past Lingers, Flowers Seem to Be Killed (2)

During the two months in Jicheng, he reattached his friend's leg, and Li Xian was taught by Jing Ke, his swordsmanship improved, and he could be considered a man of great martial arts skills.

Meng Tian also praised him highly.

How could Li Xian know that this man named Jing Ke would become the first friend to die at his hands?

Ten years later, he came to Zhangtai Palace with a map not to seek peace as an envoy, but to assassinate Ying Zheng.

Then he died, the Tai'a sword from Ailao Mountain piercing his chest.

Then, his body was dragged out of the hall, leaving a trail of blood several feet long.

There has never been a second set of swordsmanship. When the flowers bloom, their fragrance will fade and all the flowers will die.

Ying Zheng ordered that Jing Ke's body be executed and abandoned at Caishikou, and that the people of the six countries should witness the consequences of his assassination.

Later, a man came to the Qin Palace...Jing Ke's friend with a broken leg.

Li Si ordered Li Xian to kill Gao Jianli, but he could not bring himself to do it. He could only say to the blind Gao Jianli, "Zi Yu hopes you will live."

Gao Jianli asked, "Did you know who Ziyu's teacher was back then?"

"...I..." Li Xian was silent, then continued, "He is a disciple of Ailao Valley. He is very skilled in swordsmanship. I know that."

"So you intended to approach him from the beginning?"

"No." He looked up. "It was an accident."

When Li Xian left, Gao Jianli played the music he had played in Jicheng.

There was no joy like before, only the coldness of Yishui River, which froze Li Xian stiff all over.

He suddenly stopped, stepped back, grasped Gao Jianli's shoulders, and said in a low voice, "I'll let you go. You take his body back to Yandi with you, and never come to Xianyang again."

Gao Jianli shook his head and smiled somewhat sadly, "Zi Yu said that his apprentice was a soft-hearted person and very naive. I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that you are really a little drunk, Master Li."

The bronze flames of Yuelin Palace flickered continuously, and there was no more hearty laughter.

"Go tell the emperor that I am willing to stay in the palace as a musician."

"Gao Jianli, I said, I'm letting you go, did you hear me?"

Gao Jianli laughed deep in thought, reached for the wine on the table, and took a sip. "Jing Qian, you don't act like a Qin official, but rather a Chu person. You should have said that you would kill me immediately and send our bodies back to Jicheng together."

Li Xian lowered his head and began to feel helpless, "No, I can't do this."

How can it be said that Jing Ke and Gao Jianli were close friends?
They will use death to confirm a promise.

Two years later, Gao Jianli also died.

Gao Jianli's assassination made Ying Zheng lose the ability to trust the people of the six countries.

The people from the six countries here also include Li Si.

"Three years ago, among the court officials, who went to Yuelin Palace to see Gao Jianli?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Li Xian, the supervisor of the secret cabinet of the four counties," Zhao Gao replied.

Gao Jianli avenged Jing Ke. Li Xian could no longer stay in the inner court and also lost the opportunity to marry Ying Hehua.

He was ordered to supervise the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum.

During the three years in Mount Li, he recalled those words over and over again.

I don’t know what happened, but I remembered it as - there are no friends, only positions and enemies.

He looked more and more like a Qin official, and his clothes became darker and darker every year.

Four years later, Li Xian returned to Xianyang.

When he saw Meng Yi in prison, he could not make any other expressions.

Meng Yi, already a prisoner, said, "You are a heartless person. My brother treated you so well, why did you betray him? When he committed suicide, did you even think of our friendship?"

"There are only positions and enemies here," he said.

Meng Yi punched him in the face, and he was also hit hard by the knife that Meng Yi stabbed.

Mistake upon mistake, every mistake is wrong.

Later, many people died.

He established his government in Mount Li. When Ying Zheng's coffin was transported back to Xianyang, he was the Minister of Works and the supervisor of the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum. Zhao Gao ordered him and everyone else to keep silent about the emperor's coffin.

But Ying Hehua met him at this time.

She asked, why didn't you save her brother? Why didn't you let her see her father?
"Father has indeed killed many people in his life, but he has never wronged your Li family. He has given you the highest position among the ministers and given you such a great honor..."

"I don't want my father to lie in that place. An abalone shop, covered by carriages and horses... How could you be so cruel?! How could you?"

Li Xian no longer had the outspokenness he had in his youth. Facing her, he even lost the sincerity he had towards Gao Jianli.

It was in such a state of disrepair that so many things caused him an uncontrollable fear.

"I can't do it," he said.

With tears streaming down her face, she drew her sword and slashed at him.

His body reacted subconsciously and used the first move of Jing Ke's sword technique, "Standing Out."

Li Xian saw that the thing in her sleeve was stamped with the imperial seal.

"Your Highness, the Princess, holding the imperial edict, are you coming to marry me, or to beg me?"

Ying Hehua wiped the tears from her face. She looked at him and suddenly said with a joking smile, "At this time, my lord, do you still dare to marry me?"

He released the sword from her hand and said in a casual tone similar to that of a Chu person, "Since the princess has gone to great lengths to come to my house, why should I not dare?"

"I want to beg you more than getting married."

"What do you want?" His eyes were full of indifference.

"Let Gongzi Gao go," she said.

Li Xian smiled wickedly, "Young Master Gao? I've barely heard of this younger brother of yours, Princess."

His eyes were filled with a deep, dark color, and he lifted her chin in a charming manner. "Oh, Your Highness, how would you like to ask for it?"

Ying Hehua looked at him. "Your Excellency was demoted to Mount Li as a supervisor. Why haven't you married in all these years? Do you know that the Emperor still has the imperial edict granting marriage?"

He didn't dare look at her for too long and retreated a little. He couldn't answer any of her questions.

Ying Hehua smiled broadly, "Why don't you even dare to look at me?"

The moment Li Xian turned his head, he was stunned by such a breathtakingly beautiful smile.

He had been coveting her for many years, but for some reason, such a top-notch beauty had not left the palace for ten years. With her appearance and figure, if she had left the palace earlier, and if Ying Zheng had allowed her to marry, who knows, she would have caused chaos in the world.

Her eyes were brimming with slightly red tears, as if they had seeped from cold water. He was used to living in the Lishan Mausoleum, accustomed to the dim light, but a sliver of yellow candlelight happened to brush past her neck, making her appear as delicate and fragile as a swan. At this moment, he inexplicably felt some thoughts he shouldn't have. Pure and primal desires…

The laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict and absolutely prohibited the trade of power for sex. Once discovered, the punishment was demotion at the very least, and the death penalty was the most direct punishment.

But she was his fiancée, and always had been.

If she was willing to humble herself and beg him, if she was willing...

The wind blew, and the yellow candle swayed, making people feel even more dizzy.

She actually raised her arms and embraced him, not caring about the fishy smell of the dirt outside that lingered on her robe. She leaned against his chest, her tone gentle and mournful, as if she had forgotten that she had swung a sword to chop him half a minute ago.

"My father and brother are gone, and I am adrift in this world. Hehua is all alone, and my life hangs by my neck."

Seeing a princess of a country do this, Li Xian was visibly stunned.

The voice was captivating. She was truly petite. She clutched his sleeve, tilted her head upwards, and her eyes grew moist. "All I have is this body. Please protect me, sir."

His brain couldn't keep up with his instinctive reaction, so he leaned down and kissed her. His movements were very awkward, and he just wanted to occupy her.

The soft touch on her lips sent a shiver down his spine, as if his long-dormant heart was melting. He lingered, gripping her waist like a predator, finally climbing up her neck and biting down on a row of light red teeth marks.

"Is the princess sincere?"

He held her and laid her on the couch, their eyes meeting. Although she looked at him with a blush on her beautiful face that softened people's hearts, there was no affection in her eyes at all. Apart from that, there was even a hint of coldness.

But she hugged his neck, her fingertips caressing his face, biting her lower lip gently, and acted pitifully. "I let you kiss me, so I'm sincere."

In the past 29 years, Li Xian had never indulged in any romantic affairs, so he had never experienced such teasing. After all, he had the leisurely and romantic nature of Chushui and Chushan in his bones. The first time he pressed the woman under him, he didn't think about possessing her immediately, but about flirting with her.

He suddenly grasped her waist and turned her around, "I think Your Highness is even more beautiful and attractive when she is high above."

She didn't expect this change, and her brows subconsciously frowned, her expression stubborn and resolute. She grabbed his arm, her palms full of sweat.

He held her waist and chuckled, "Why, do you regret it?"

"No."

He was at his ease, "Princess, please do as you please."

She lowered her head. "The marriage certificate was issued several years ago. It was put aside after you went to Mount Li. No one taught me about this kind of thing."

She pursed her lips again and said, "I won't."

“The princess has done very well.”

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, she softened her body, supporting herself on one hand above him, her long, ink-black hair draped over half of her body. She cupped his face and said, "You can teach me to do better."

The tone was so calm, yet the words were captivating.

Li Xian couldn't think of anything else; no man in the world could remain unmoved by such words. Especially since his fiancée was a stunning beauty, so captivating.

He was completely smitten.

Until he was confused and distraught, his clothes were disheveled, and he was overwhelmed by lust.

Suddenly, a sentence rang in his ears.

"I am unfilial."

He froze abruptly, taking a sharp breath.

Her eyes seemed to deliberately conceal their sharpness as she looked at him, her gaze filled with sorrow. "Father has passed away, his body is not yet cold. Can you wait a little longer?"

He touched the bridge of his nose with a wet liquid.

She cried. If she had intentionally led him astray, her tears couldn't lie.

No matter how much he wanted, it all disappeared at this moment.

Not only did they keep the death a secret, they also forced her own brother to death.

She pushed his chest to help him stand up and continued, "I have nothing to fear from the known tragedy. I just don't know when death will come to you. Things like this, when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked, it's never special."

"No." He hugged her and said.

He didn't see the bone-chilling coldness in her eyes, "Then I'll wait for you to marry me."

Later, he did not expect that the Second Emperor, who always claimed to respect his father as the Second Father, would show unprecedented cruelty.

Something unexpected happened on the tenth day after she left the tent.

Ying Hehua is dead.

Not long after, her saying "When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked" came true.

The whole family was imprisoned and tortured.

One punishment after another was imposed on him.

Day after day of torture, extreme punishments, branding irons, bone piercing, all kinds of torture, just like breaking a leg bone and then reconnecting it.

In short, just keep him alive and don't let him die.

After a month, he sighed that the Qin criminal law created by his father was indeed extraordinary.

It was so painful that it repeatedly made him fall into a coma, and he couldn't remember many things.

Zhao Gao looked at Li Xian, who was covered in blood and flesh like an abandoned dog, and smiled sinisterly, "Tsk tsk, Lord Li is really stubborn. He won't even admit his guilt?"

Li Xian's mouth was full of blood, his chest was heaving, and there were so many scars on it that it was almost blurred.

"I am innocent...but I deserve to die."

"No, no," he smiled and told him calmly, "Your brother died before you and the Prime Minister."

Li Xian's tense string finally broke, "I will kill you!"

Zhao Gao took two more steps. "Oh, right. How did the late emperor's little princess die? You still don't know, do you?"

"What did you do to her?"

Zhao Gao smiled, "You refused to save Prince Gao and forced her to her death. Have you forgotten? The Emperor has long suspected that this sister is extraordinary. Unfortunately, I also oversee most of Lishan. Where do you think you can hide her remains without my noticing?"

"You dare!" His mind was empty, nothing in it, and he almost vomited. He roared, "Zhao Gao! How dare you touch her!"

"You deserve to die!!"

Zhao Gao brought the prepared silk book to him.

"Master Li, now, do you plead guilty?"

He watched all this in despair, exhausted all his strength, lost all struggle, and lay on his back on the ground.

Blood flowed from his waist like a river flowing together. Before he died, he saw a gardenia, as beautiful as the one embroidered on the palace gown she wore that day.

P.S.: Ahem, Ah Xian, why don't you think about why you died such a tragic death?