The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 330: The Assassination Was Successful
Ying Zheng circulated Qi in his palms, and the temperature of his hands rose slightly. He carefully loosened the meridians for Zhao Ji.

An expert like Ying Zheng knows where the meridians and acupoints of the human body are with his eyes closed. Of course, for the sake of rigor, Ying Zheng still looked very carefully.

Well, the toes are also painted pink, which really complements each other.

Using Ying Zheng's Qi to clear the meridians just to relax is such a luxury that is hard to describe.

This luxurious way of doing things also brings an unimaginable feeling of comfort, which can be seen from the comfortable expression on Zhao Ji's face.

Zhao Ji was not really that tired at first, but Ying Zheng played tricks on her several times today and she was always being bullied by him. She was a little angry and wanted to make trouble for him. But now, she felt really good.

I just felt my whole foot was enveloped by heat, and the invisible true Qi and Ying Zheng's two big hands were soothing my whole foot. It felt so relaxing, even more comfortable than stepping on velvet.

"Hmm~" The comfortable feeling made Zhao Ji couldn't help but moan and sigh.

I laid down my upper body, well~it's much more comfortable this way, my whole body feels more comfortable.

Ying Zheng shook his head helplessly again, and input a little more true Qi into Zhao Ji's body, which stimulated the true Qi in Zhao Ji's body and slowly circulated it through her meridians. This would make her feel more comfortable all over.

A full quarter of an hour passed before Ying Zheng changed to the other jade foot.

Zhao Ji was about to fall asleep comfortably.

No, it's still a little uncomfortable. The idle leg is bent and feels uncomfortable. Zhao Ji lifted up her little foot that had just been massaged and placed it on Ying Zheng's shoulder. Well, it feels really comfortable now.

Ying Zheng glanced at her sideways, raised his eyebrows, and let her do as she pleased.

Finally, both feet were healed. Ying Zheng took down the feet that were on his shoulders and held them in his arms.

"Mother, I'm well now. You can rest now."

Zhao Ji hummed in a daze: "Hmm? Is it done? So soon?" She was really about to fall asleep.

Ying Zheng said helplessly: "It's already been two quarters of an hour."

Zhao Ji suddenly realized: "Oh oh."

Zhao Ji propped herself up and sat up straight.

He narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, Zheng'er, get up quickly."

Just as Ying Zheng was about to stand up, Zhao Ji suddenly attacked!
She raised her foot extremely quickly and kicked lightly at Ying Zheng's chest. Ying Zheng pretended not to be able to react and let her kick him. The force was so light that he basically didn't feel it, but he also pretended to stagger and almost got kicked down.

Zhao Ji felt completely relieved now, haha, she finally got the kick.

Zhao Ji was so happy that she laughed out loud and her body was shaking.

After Ying Zheng stood up, he angrily said, "My mother is trying to assassinate me again! I just massaged your feet with all my heart, and you turned your kindness into hatred. Humph!"

As she said this, she waved her sleeves and was about to leave. Zhao Ji laughed and said, "Oh, it was unintentional. I don't know what happened just now, mother. Um, it seems like I had a cramp."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly: "I have used my true Qi to soothe my mother for so long, how could she have cramps?"

"My Queen Mother, you really broke my heart. I am leaving now!"

Having said that, Ying Zheng strode out of the hall, looking really angry.

Zhao Ji was frightened and panicked. Seeing that Ying Zheng was about to walk out the door, Zhao Ji hurriedly jumped off the bed to chase him.

It was about to enter winter and the weather was already a little chilly. Seeing Zhao Ji running towards him barefoot without wearing any shoes, Ying Zheng hurriedly went to Zhao Ji, held her horizontally in his arms, and walked to the bed to put her down.

He said angrily: "You are so old, how can you still be so ignorant? The weather is so cold, and the floor heating hasn't been turned on yet. What if you run around barefoot and catch a cold?"

Zhao Ji was happy in her heart, knowing that Ying Zheng was not really angry. However, she still couldn't bear it for the sake of losing face, so she quickly gave Ying Zheng a way out.

Pulling at Ying Zheng's wide sleeves pitifully, he said, "It's mother's fault. Mother is wrong. Zheng'er, please don't be angry. Mother just wanted to play a joke on you."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly and said nothing.

Zhao Ji pulled Ying Zheng's sleeve and shook him gently.

Ying Zheng still didn't speak.

Zhao Ji pulled Ying Zheng's hand and shook it gently: "Is it okay?"

"Hmph, I won't do it next time."

Zhao Ji chuckled and nodded vigorously.

Ying Zheng nodded helplessly. This had happened for who knows how many times today. He was really helpless.

Seeing that Ying Zheng was no longer angry, Zhao Ji smiled inwardly and said with a bitter face: "My mother needs to rest. Can Zheng'er stay with her? It will be fine if she falls asleep before leaving."

Ying Zheng's heart softened, and he said gently, "Rest, I will be by your side."

Zhao Ji nodded gently and closed her eyes. She was indeed a little sleepy. The massage from Ying Zheng just now was so comfortable that she should sleep after that.

She just closed her eyes and opened them again, and asked softly, "Zheng'er, does mother really have wrinkles?"

Ying Zheng tidied Zhao Ji's messy hair and smiled gently, "What nonsense are you talking about? Mother is still as beautiful as ever, and will always be young. Well, just don't slack off in your practice."

Zhao Ji smiled slightly, so sweetly, and then she closed her eyes and rested peacefully.

Seeing Zhao Ji close her eyes, Ying Zheng took out a brocade handkerchief, walked to the end of the bed, and gently wiped Zhao Ji's pair of jade feet, although they were not dirty at all.

The wooden floor in the hall was not only shiny, but also spotless, without any dirt at all. However, Ying Zheng still wiped it carefully.

Zhao Ji felt a little itchy, and subconsciously retracted her legs, curled up slightly, closed her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

After wiping, Ying Zheng covered Zhao Ji with a brocade quilt, then sat beside the couch, watching Zhao Ji rest.

Perhaps she was really sleepy, or perhaps because Ying Zheng was watching over her, Zhao Ji soon fell into a deep sleep.

Zhao Ji's sleeping posture was extremely beautiful, with her long hair spread out on one side like a thread in the night, a soft green hand slightly supporting her cheek, and her breathing was gentle.

Ying Zheng pointed his finger in the air and used his invisible internal force to fix a strand of Zhao Ji's hair.

The nights are long in autumn and it was already dark. Ying Zheng stroked Zhao Ji's beautiful hair, then stood up and left silently.

A political creature like Ying Zheng, who had long become ruthless, possessed supreme power, and he had the power to be willful enough.

If a monarch uses his power arbitrarily, it will only harm himself and others. If he only uses his power slightly arbitrarily, it will only harm himself a little and harm others more, and the officials and people under his rule will be really miserable.

But Ying Zheng did not want to act arbitrarily. The hole in the dam could not be opened casually, and no one knew what would happen after it was opened.

However, in recent years, his power has grown, his position has become more stable, everything has gone smoothly, and he has become less and less tolerant of disrespect from others.

They often have some willful and even tyrannical thoughts.

I have thought many times that I can do whatever I want, it just makes the people suffer. I have made great contributions to the world and my virtues have protected all people, so shouldn't I be able to enjoy myself?
The people can also understand that for the pleasure of their kings and fathers, they can better shoulder the burden of the world, and it is completely normal for them to be willful occasionally.

Although this thought only flashed through my mind occasionally, it was scary enough.

It's okay when you are young and strong, but now the world has not yet been unified and there is still a goal. If the world is really unified and there is peace, it would be terrible if you really want to be willful at that time.

Ordinary people can only imagine that the emperor also used a golden hoe to farm and ate steamed buns and pancakes at will.

It is impossible to understand how terrible the emperor's enjoyment is, and it is completely impossible to understand what large-scale construction projects mean. It is impossible to understand what is hidden behind these four short words.

An emperor who is restless but has no self-control is even more terrifying than an ordinary tyrant.

Haven't you seen that even a man of great talent and strategy like Emperor Wu of Han, with unparalleled military achievements, indulged in pleasure when everything went well, built large-scale projects, and acted recklessly. At the beginning of his reign and when he passed away, the number of households in the world was halved. Although it was not the population, just imagine how much suffering the people had to endure as a result of such consequences. It's chilling to think about it carefully.

Then there is the original body. After unification, he started building large-scale projects and acted arbitrarily. Well, it is inevitable that he also has the meaning of being complacent and arrogant.

After all, Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han accomplished things that were unprecedented and will be remembered for generations.

After working hard to accomplish a great cause, who wouldn't want to enjoy themselves?
As for the common people, it is hard to describe how miserable they are.

Ying Zheng didn't want to, at least not now. He didn't want to make millions of people in the world suffer a fate worse than death.

This is not conducive to long-term rule or the survival of the empire.

In addition, I also had the little bit of kindness left. But fighting against my own desires is very difficult and uncomfortable.

Being able to be willful but still wanting to be controlled is also a very anti-human thing.

It is inevitable that there will be some irritability, and it will keep accumulating.

Emotions can only be released, not blocked. Even Ying Zheng needs to relieve and vent. Well, he can only vent in the harem.

But sooner or later, women and some sexual matters cannot be stopped.

So Ying Zheng needed an anchor point, an anchor point that made him feel that he still had emotions and that his heart could be soft.

That anchor point is Zhao Ji.

The first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Zhao Ji. From that moment on, or perhaps even earlier, the fate of the two people had been locked together, never to be separated.

Ying Zheng's heart has long been harder than steel, colder than black ice, calm to the point of cruelty, cruel to the point of being terrifying. If necessary, he can give up on anyone without hesitation.

In his mind, anyone, any emotion, and anything has a clear price, whether it is obvious or implicit, short-term or long-term, he can calculate it very clearly.

The only person he was unwilling to calculate was Zhao Ji.

The reason why humans are human and different from plants and soil is that they have emotions and desires. If all of these are abandoned, they are nothing more than walking corpses. No matter how powerful they are, or how much strength and power they possess, they are nothing more than machines, or monsters.

Power alienates people, and supreme power is even more so.

Such power is unimaginable for ordinary people. It is the power of life and death. A single word can decide a person's life or death. Countless people prostrate themselves at his feet, and countless people completely submit in awe.

A decision may affect the livelihoods of millions of people; an order may cause tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives to lose their lives and affect countless families.

Such power cannot be restricted, and even if it is run rampant it will only lead to destruction.

If one wants to destroy this power, the price the whole world will have to pay is so terrible that it is unimaginable.

How to avoid being obsessed with power and doing all kinds of willful, reckless and harmful things to others and oneself is something that we always need to consider.

Many monarchs choose to let things go and let themselves be completely overwhelmed by desires. Indulgence always brings happiness.

Feel happy amidst the pain and cries of people all over the world, amidst the extreme misery of the world.

You don't need to care about anyone, just make yourself happy.

Unlimited indulgence and willfulness are terrible, and this is acting recklessly.

The same was true of him in history. Just one year after his death, the entire Qin Dynasty disappeared.

Although there are many reasons, it is not a vague question how much responsibility one should take in order to satisfy one's own desires.

All the responsibility is placed on a young child, and if he were still alive, this would not be his character.

Some people always think that the emperor would be a good person, but a good person can never become a good emperor.

A qualified emperor has nothing to do with being a good person.

No matter what kind of wise ruler he is, the most important thing is to maintain his rule and be able to rule more.

The survival of the people is only because it is closely related to maintaining the rule, but it is not the purpose. Regarding this point, a qualified emperor will never put the cart before the horse.

Only those who have no choice would hope for the emergence of a wise and benevolent ruler; if there is no emperor in the world, they would still yearn for and admire those heroic and holy rulers.

That's really out of mind, just thinking about being a slave.

When a person expects a master, he has already put himself in the position of a slave.

Ying Zheng was very clear about this. If he deceived the people, he would not only deceive himself.

There are always some deceived and foolish people who think that a person's virtue must match his status and position.

In fact, this is a completely wrong idea that has been deliberately instilled by those in power.

A person's morality, ability, and status and position are never equal.

A moral person may not necessarily be capable; a capable person may not necessarily be moral; a person who is both moral and capable may not necessarily hold a high position or hold important posts; a person in a high position may not necessarily have both morals and capabilities.

Doesn't the emperor have desires? Does the emperor necessarily have morals and abilities? Quite the contrary.

The emperor has great power, so his desires are even greater, but the force that restricts their morality is very small. And because of the power they possess, their destructive ability is extremely strong, and the stronger their power, the stronger their destructive ability can be.

Many powerful emperors, after getting everything easily, would only fall into emptiness. In order to fill this emptiness, they would only indulge their desires.

A small indulgence by the emperor would result in the tears and blood of millions of people.

Ying Zheng in this life also has desires, whether it is power, spiritual or material, he has them.

But he didn't want to sink into it completely, so even besides Zhao Ji, Ying Zheng was willing to invest some feelings in her.

Fortunately, today, no one can bring him pain anymore.

However, with Ying Zheng's unlimited power, the only thing that can limit him is himself, except for destruction, and he needs to exercise self-restraint.

Ying Zheng voluntarily drove a wedge into the road for himself, set an anchor point, and created a weakness.

That is Zhao Ji. He will always protect her and they will never be separated.

Zhao Ji is not a bad person by nature. She has been well protected by him in this life and has a good personality now. With her around, if Ying Zheng is really deceived by himself, Zhao Ji can wake him up.

In fact, as long as Zhao Ji was there, she was a little light in Ying Zheng's mind. With this little light, he would never fall into complete darkness, nor would he ever fall into complete indulgence.

Because Zhao Ji was a political creature who was extremely cold-blooded and extremely rational.

As for the emperor’s so-called personal morality, who would dare to discuss it as long as his empire still exists and prospers?
Just like what happened with Nian Duan, there are many people who pretend to be confused.

As long as the emperor's personal preferences do not affect the world and do not harm living beings, even the most upright people will just pretend not to see them.

As for the dissolution of the empire that lasted for thousands of years, it didn't matter anymore. What did a few unofficial historical rumors count for? Could they cover up the great achievements that once shone through the ages?

The emperor is a monster! A qualified emperor is even more so!

It's a terrible monster called power.

It is already a rare thing that this monster can control itself and not lose control after becoming complacent and run wild on the land of the world.

Ying Zheng walked out of the hall and looked at the starry sky. He suddenly felt excited and wanted to let out a long roar. But when he remembered that Zhao Ji had just fallen asleep and was sleeping soundly, he gave up.

Forget it, don’t scare others, let’s go back to the palace and shout quietly. Ying Zheng hasn’t forgotten that there is a beauty waiting for him in Lanchi Palace.

There are many beauties in the harem, most of whom have beautiful voices, but if we talk about the one with the best voice, Li Ji is undoubtedly the first.

I'm very angry today.

While Daqin was working hard to digest its new gains, Prince An of Han, or King An of Han, finally came to Daqin again, ready to accept Daqin's enthronement.

After receiving the two memorials from South Korea, Ying Zheng accepted South Korea's sincerity and agreed to temporarily put the matter behind him.

However, a requirement was put forward that Han An must go to Daqin in person to accept the enthronement.

As for Han An, he had just succeeded to the throne and the war had just ended. Ying Zheng was not worried at all whether something would happen in the country if Han An left Korea and went to Qin. He was actually looking forward to something happening.

With Han An in hand, if something really happened to Han An in the country on his way to Qin, Ying Zheng would be happy to help.

As for Han An who received the news, he was so panicked that he lost his appetite and immediately summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss the matter.

Ever since the coalition forces were defeated, Zhang Kaidi's voice in the Korean court has become much quieter. On the contrary, Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei's voices have become louder.

However, Han An still knew the importance of the matter and did not blame Zhang Kaidi at all. This was the decision made by his father.

Zhang Kaidi is also loyal to South Korea, and the court also needs Zhang Kaidi to check Ji Wuye, whose power is growing.

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