The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 431: Xianyang is big, it's not easy to live there
“If you admire his excellence, you must accept everything about him. Unless you are the master of everything, you will never be able to have everything.”

The Moon Goddess appeared silent and in a low mood.

In fact, she had adjusted her mindset a long time ago.

"My dear sister, I have understood this truth since I was a child, much earlier than a girl like you who was born with a special talent."

"It is better to be a pheasant's head than a phoenix's tail. This is just a self-consolation for those who cannot become the feathers of a phoenix's tail."

"People who say this may never have seen a phoenix."

"Tens of millions of pheasants combined are not as noble and rare as a feather from the phoenix's tail."

"Besides, even if you become a pheasant, you may not be able to become the pheasant leader!"

"There aren't many beauties in the king's harem, and even fewer who are qualified to compete. If you count carefully, there are only a few more than father. It's a small problem."

"But my good sister finally cares about me. How can I be worthy of her if I don't satisfy her? Well, with my good sister taking care of me, it will be easier for me to gain a foothold in the harem of the great king."

The Moon Goddess looked expressionless and a little depressed, but in fact, she was calculating a lot in her mind.

Mi Yan didn't know it yet, but she had indeed changed a lot in the past few years. She was living a happy life, had a good daughter, and was even pregnant with her second child. In addition, under the training of Ying Zheng, her personality had become much softer now.

People change, including Mi Yun. She was brought up quite well by Ying Zheng, although she still has one obsession.

Mi Yan's heart softened. This silly sister, does she really think being a king is so easy?
It would be hard to endure if you were not favored, and even if you were favored, it would be hard to endure. You couldn't separate them, just couldn't separate them. Fortunately, there were children, and the Queen Mother's place was also busy.

However, my father will definitely be happier when he knows about this.

At night, Mi Yan invited the Moon Goddess to sleep with her on the same bed.

This was the first time the two of them slept together, and Yue Shen had a lot of thoughts in her mind.

As for Ying Zheng, his prediction was correct. Zhao Ji was indeed not happy. She had been waiting for a long time and had even reheated the food twice.

But she didn't blame him. Zhao Ji was really worried that some emergency might have occurred.
Ying Zheng has not been busy recently and should not have come back so late at night. He didn't even send anyone to greet him. Now Zhao Ji was really worried.

However, when Ying Zheng hurried back, Zhao Ji took one look and was left with nothing but anger.

Before Ying Zheng sat down, Zhao Ji rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Oh, why is the King of Qin, who is so busy with government affairs, back now? Isn't it too early? It's not even daybreak yet. He is so busy with government affairs. He must be so tired."

Ying Zheng chuckled, sat down and washed his hands with the help of a maid, while avoiding the main point and saying, "Today, I had a lot of things to do and was busy. I came back a little late. It was my negligence that I did not inform you in advance. Please do not blame me, your mother."

Zhao Ji snorted coldly, glared at Ying Zheng, and said coldly: "Yes, I am very busy. I am so busy that I even have rouge and powder on the corners of my mouth."

Zhao Ji sniffed it and said, "There is still a woman's body fragrance on her body. The King of Qin is really busy."

Ying Zheng coughed twice, feeling somewhat embarrassed, and quickly raised his hands to beg for mercy: "Mother, it is my fault. Please be magnanimous and forgive me."

Zhao Ji snorted, "I thought something had happened. You came back so late without even saying hello. If you had said hello, I would have gone back a long time ago. I was left waiting for you!"

Ying Zheng coughed dryly a few times. He was indeed negligent today. It was because the Moon Goddess's dance was so charming that he forgot about time once he was engrossed in it.

He frowned and pretended to be pitiful: "Mother, I was negligent today. Please don't blame me. Alas, I am so hungry."

Zhao Ji snorted. She was hungry after waiting for so long because she was worried and hadn’t eaten. She was waiting for Ying Zheng to come back.

Seeing Ying Zheng's funny look, he wanted to laugh but couldn't help laughing. He snorted and gave an order: "Eat!"

Ying Zheng knew that if he pretended to be sympathetic to Zhao Ji, she would let him go. In front of him, Zhao Ji's heart would never be hardened. He chuckled and quickly prepared to eat.

When they were almost done eating, Zhao Ji asked jokingly, "Which girl have you taken a fancy to now? It must be a new girl coming in, right?"

Ying Zheng praised: "Mother is really a wise man, she is Yan'er's sister."

"Um?!"

Zhao Ji looked at Ying Zheng with disdain.

"Are the noble ladies of the Chu family born just for you? One is not enough, so you need two. Two is not enough, so you need a third. You just want the Chu family to have it, right?"

Ying Zheng quickly retorted: "No, it's just a coincidence. There are only three people. It's not as exaggerated as my mother said."

Zhao Ji spat and said sarcastically, "I don't know who said that. Oh, I will never judge people by appearance in the future. Look, is there anyone in the harem with bad looks?"

Ying Zheng said confidently: "I am talking about virtuous men and talents, not women. I am sick."

"Besides, the beauties in my harem are not just good-looking, they are also talented and beautiful. It's not that I don't value virtue, but it's just that my beauties happen to be both talented and beautiful. How can this be said to be judging people by appearance?"

Zhao Ji spat and scolded with a smile: "You are so sharp-tongued and slick-tongued. No matter what you say, you are right."

Ying Zheng smiled complacently. Zhao Ji then said, "Hurry up and eat yours. I'm sleepy." She yawned with her hands covering her lips.

Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly and quickened his pace. It was a little late today.

The next day, Yue Shen got up and washed. This time she was not reserved and tried Mi Yan's dressing table, which made her even more envious!

It's such a luxury to use mechanical technology in such a meaningless place!
It's something that a maid can do, but they have to go to such lengths and use more complicated mechanical techniques, but it's really better!

Mi Yan didn't mind at all, instead she became even more proud.

I'm not afraid of trying, I'm just afraid that you won't try.

If you can't eat grapes, you can say they are sour. But if you are allowed to eat one to taste it and know how delicious it is, and then you can never eat it again, that would be even more torturous.

My dear sister, how can you know what is good if you don’t try it?

Mi Yun had also been fooled before, and now she is so greedy when she sees it.

The Moon Goddess also wanted to see Ying Zheng again, but after thinking about it, she decided not to. If it was like yesterday, she would have no dignity left.

It's really strange, why is the king so attractive to me?
When Yue Shen reached the palace gate, she was stopped by a eunuch. The extremely respectful eunuch stopped Yue Shen and told her that Ying Zheng had already arranged rewards for her and would take her to have a look.

After arriving, the Moon Goddess couldn't help but sigh in her heart, the king is so efficient and so generous!
In addition to granting Yueshen this mansion as a temporary residence, Ying Zheng also gave her four eunuchs, four personal maids, ten ordinary maids, fifty pieces of silk and brocade, five hundred gold coins, ten boxes of jewelry, and a carriage.

In this real world, even though the Moon Goddess is the Moon Goddess of the Yin-Yang School, to be honest, she doesn't have that much wealth.

What belongs to the Yin-Yang family belongs to the Yin-Yang family, not to hers. Although the Yin-Yang family has its own industry and is wealthy, its expenses are also high, and it cannot afford her to squander it.

On the contrary, she can live very comfortably in the Yin-Yang family. In addition to her own talent, more importantly, she is the umbrella of her family.

Previously, the King of Chu was the biggest protector of the Yin-Yang School in Chu, but now it is different.

The Yin-Yang family's protector has been replaced by the King of Qin. As for your identity as the sister of the King of Qin's wife, although it still needs to be respected, it is not as good as before.

Yue Shen herself was just the daughter of Shunping Jun, and a concubine's daughter. How much wealth could she get from the family? To be honest, it wasn't much.

As for the identity of the Moon Goddess, although she can use a considerable portion of the Yin-Yang School's resources and also has a share of the Yin-Yang School, to be honest, it is not much.

Although it looks glamorous, it actually doesn't have many resources.

If nothing else, Ying Zheng's reward would at least make Yue Shen more well-off, and she really wouldn't have to worry about money anymore.

Especially the mansion. It is not easy to live in a big house in Xianyang. In the entire Yin-Yang family, only Zou Shi has succeeded his brother's position, been conferred the title of doctor, and been rewarded with a mansion.

Even among the others who served in the Qin court, not many were rewarded with mansions, and even if there were, they were not this big and luxurious.

The Yin-Yang School's disciples either relied on their own abilities, most of them rented a house, or lived in the collective government offices provided by the court.

Otherwise, you can only live in the new Yin-Yang family residence.

Uh, that’s all outside the city.

There are also a few core disciples who can live in Zou Shi’s mansion.

There's no way. Do you know how expensive a house in a decent location in Xianyang city is?
As for the Moon Goddess, she was fine in the State of Chu before, at least she had her own house.

But when she arrived in Xianyang, Yueshen only rented a nice and quiet courtyard not too far from the center of Xianyang Palace.

There was no other way. She simply couldn't afford to live in a big house, and she only had two maids to serve her. It wasn't that she couldn't afford more maids, but the main reason was that if there were more people, the living experience would be worse.

Now, Ying Zheng's reward has greatly improved her living conditions.

Of course, if she entered the palace, she could have it all to herself.

Ma Pingjun was a member of the royal family of the Great Qin, so his mansion was naturally extremely luxurious and located in an excellent location. Even Zou Shi’s current mansion was no better than this.

Ma Pingjun was killed by Ying Zheng a few years ago for committing a crime, and his house was ransacked. Since then, his mansion has been vacant.

In order to establish his authority and to make room for his own people when Ying Zheng first came to power, he successively killed many people who were not loyal, those who did things too much, and those who were just sitting there doing nothing.

A new emperor has new ministers, and no one is immune to this.

It would be fine if the power could be transferred smoothly, but three kings have been replaced in four years. If it is Ying Zheng's turn to take power completely, some people must die.

It has to be said that killing the superior is really a matter of great benefits with no harm. Of course, the prerequisite is that one has sufficient strength and a legitimate reason.

(End of this chapter)