The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 257 You give me the power of the king, and then I will listen to you?
"Come and get it yourself." Ying Chengjiao snorted coldly and fell into thought again.

One plan to attack the prime minister, depose the queen, and centralize power... Is my brother really a fifteen-year-old child?

There is nearly thirty years’ falsehood about Prince Chengjiao’s age of twelve, but Qin Wangzheng’s age of fifteen is absolutely genuine.

Ying Chengjiao, who is still a teenager in this life, has a changing look in his eyes.

My brother said that being in a struggle was a joke, but Master Cheng Jiao was really in a struggle.

Originally, Ying Chengjiao thought that before the flood control was successful, the conflict between his teacher and his brother would only be hidden underwater and would not surface.

Brothers who are not in power can be changed imperceptibly by observing their teachers governing the country.

To attack Zhao was what King Zheng of Qin wished.

It was neither what Lu Buwei wished, nor what Ying Chengjiao wished.

However, the fact is that the teacher showed an attitude of suppressing the elder brother from the very beginning - he completely regarded the elder brother as a junior, an incompetent disciple, rather than a king.

And his brother's resistance was unprecedentedly fierce - he chose to kill Afang, who had a potential for succession, on the much-anticipated day of the New Year and the new emperor's sacrifice to heaven, or in the palace of Yongcheng.

In Ying Chengjiao's view, both sides' desire for power has reached a pathological level.

The teacher said that for the sake of the greater good, Heaven, Earth, the Emperor, parents and teachers could all be killed.

My brother...has killed the person next to me.

The progress of the struggle between the prime minister and the king far exceeded Ying Chengjiao's imagination, and it became intense from the very beginning.

If this continues, conflicts will continue to accumulate and hatred will continue to increase.

Division Commander Lu Buwei will inevitably follow the footsteps of history - he will not be able to step down safely and will die a violent death.

Thinking of this, Ying Chengjiao no longer hesitated and said with a serious face:

"I will help you take power. Can you agree to a few conditions?"

Qin Wang Zheng smiled and said, "Oh,"
"You want to negotiate terms with me... or several people... tell me what you want to talk about."

Ying Chengjiao sat upright and said in a deep voice:

"First, please wait until you have tamed the flood before you start the military campaign.

"Second, please spare Lü Buwei's life.

"three……"

When his brother talked about the eleventh point, King Zheng of Qin could not help it.

He held up his hand, palm facing outward, signaling his brother to hold off on speaking.

After his brother shut up, King Zheng of Qin lifted up his crown and held it in front of Ying Chengjiao, unable to bear it any longer:

"With so many requirements, why don't you be the King of Qin?
"Lü Buwei seized power openly, but you did it covertly.

"You clearly treat me as a puppet that you can manipulate at will."

Prince Chengjiao pushed back his black crown and robes, his face full of righteousness:
"Brother, don't joke like that.

"The King of Qin can only be my brother, and I will always support my brother!

“How can a kind-hearted person like me be king?

"As for the talk of puppets, it hurts the relationship between us brothers.

"I'm just giving you advice, brother."

"What kind of advice are you giving?" Qin Wangzheng cursed angrily, "You are clearly talking about conditions!"

"Almost, almost..."

“Much worse!”

"Brother, don't pay attention to this rhetoric. Think carefully about the content. Brother wants to kill the prime minister and depose the queen to consolidate the monarchy, and I want to kill the nobles to consolidate the monarchy. Who is the monarch? It's brother! In the end, isn't this for brother's good?"

"Oh, I am the king, and it is for my own good to have the king's power."

"correct."

"Then I will listen to you?"

"……yes."

"Then, is it me, the ruler, or you, the ruler Chang'an?"

"Then let me ask you, brother. If what I say is right and beneficial to Qin and to you, will you listen?"

"……listen."

"That's it."

"Can you be absolutely right?"

"I can..."

"You are a bird!"

Inside the carriage, the atmosphere was heated.

The car curtain was lifted, and a cool breeze suddenly blew in, making the two brothers shiver.

King Zheng of Qin glared at him, wondering who was so blind as to be so presumptuous and was about to punish him.

As soon as he saw the person's appearance, the words on his lips changed in tone.

"Father, mother, queen dowager." King Zheng of Qin nodded slightly, maintaining the dignity of a monarch while maintaining the etiquette of a junior.

"It has nothing to do with you." Queen Mother Zhao chuckled: "I was wondering how I could hear the magpies singing in the early winter. It turns out that my other son came to see me."

Ji Yaotiao, who is in her early thirties, is like a peach at its most ripe and delicious. Her every frown and smile is naturally charming.

She bent down slightly and stretched out her hand:

"Come, let me help you get out of the car."

Ying Chengjiao shrank back and said with a wry smile:

"I don't need to bother you with this, mother, right?"

Ji Yaotiao remained silent, her posture unchanged, her smile still the same, her eyes fixed on her other son.

There was contempt and anger in the eyes of the Queen Dowager Huayang. She had always disliked Ji Yaotiao's frivolousness. Even when she was a barbarian from the State of Chu, she would not have been so reckless when she was young.

No, this is not being reckless, this is being dissolute!

The old woman was furious. She took half a step forward and was about to step forward to block Ji Yaotiao.

Qin Qi, the chief of the imperial clan, was quick-witted and quick-footed. He bent his arm and pressed it against the arm of Empress Dowager Huayang, then shook his head slightly.

Although the Queen Mother Huayang did not understand what he meant, she knew that Qin Qi was a steady and reliable person, so she kept silent.

If she had not supported Prince Chu of Qin, Qin Qi would have been the King of Qin.

This is also the reason why the relationship between the two has been rather cold in recent years.

Ying Chengjiao looked at Qin Wangzheng for help - "Why don't you take care of your mother! I'm scared of her like this!"
King Zheng of Qin looked away and did not meet his brother's gaze.

Zhao Gao had already found out that the strange man named Shan Feng was Amu's lover and her favorite in bed. Although her father had just died, Amu was taking a male lover, which was a big moral problem.

But King Zheng of Qin always remembered the dark years in Zhao State which he never wanted to recall again.

No one protected him except his mother.

He believed that his mother would not harm him.

Because of his attitude, his mother would not hurt his brother.

Time seems to stand still.

King Zheng of Qin, Qin Xi, Queen Dowager Huayang, and Queen Dowager Zhao, these four people represented the powerful people in Qin's national power, royal family, and relatives by marriage, and they were all waiting for Prince Chengjiao.

Young Master Cheng Jiao leaned against the deepest part of the carriage, with resistance in his eyes.

He didn't know why Zhao Ji insisted on helping him get out of the car, but he knew it was no big deal.

It is natural for a mother to hold her child's hand, and no one can say it is wrong.

The boy simply didn't want to.

He could understand that Zhao Ji's dissolute lifestyle was influenced by the overall environment of Zhao State, but he was unwilling to accept it.

Among all the people in this world, no two people are exactly alike.

Everyone has different thoughts, and based on different thoughts, everyone will live differently.

As long as it does not hinder Ying Chengjiao, Ying Chengjiao is unwilling to interfere with how other people live.

And now Zhao Ji wanted to help him get out of the car, which was a bit of a hindrance to him.

The boy stood still.

King Zheng of Qin, Qin Xi, the Queen Mother Huayang, and the Queen Mother Zhao also stood still.

After about half a moment, the boy lowered his head, secretly rolled his eyes, and said respectfully:
"Then I'll have to trouble you, mother."

He walked to the curtain of the carriage and reluctantly put his hand into Zhao Ji's hand.

Ji Yaotiao carried Master Chengjiao out of the carriage.

When getting off the carriage, she put her arms around Master Cheng Jiao's legs and held him in her arms.

This dissolute queen mother, who had found a male lover less than a month after the previous king's death, whispered in the ear of the stiff young man:

"Whether you acknowledge me as your mother or not, you are my second son."

The boy who was about to struggle turned his head away and closed his ears impatiently.

Ji Yaotiao smiled and carefully put the boy down.

When she came to Qin, it was the young man who helped her get off the carriage and protected them and their child.

When the young boy Wei Zheng went to Yongcheng at night, broke into the prime minister's house, and took a carriage back to the palace, she of course had to help him.

The one who came forward to help was Master Chengjiao, who acknowledged them as mother and son.

This support was given by Queen Mother Zhao, who acknowledged the child.

People always have a preference for the youngest child.

Ji Yaotiao certainly couldn't show favoritism, she could only try her best and treat the child as her own.

"You've caused such a big disaster, and you're still impatient? What's there for you to be impatient about?!" Qin Qi kicked him.

There are only two people left in this generation of the Qin royal family.

If anything happens to King Zheng of Qin, Prince Chengjiao will have to take the blame.

Qin Qi was afraid that something might happen to Prince Chengjiao, and he was even more afraid that the Qin state would fall.

Ji Yaotiao moved sideways with lotus steps, blocking Ying Chengjiao:
"It's good that the child is back."

Qin Qi's eyes were filled with rage, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the young man who was blocked behind Queen Dowager Zhao.

[How on earth could Qin Zichu and Ji Yaoyao, two heartless people, give birth to such a bastard?]
In the court full of power struggles, Prince Chengjiao, who was not a king, relied not on interests nor blood ties, but only on his true nature, and unexpectedly won the hearts of the two major foreign relatives, the Chu clique and the Zhao clique.

Even if he saw it with his own eyes, Qin Qi couldn't believe it. This was too outrageous...

Queen Mother Huayang coughed:
"It's too windy outside, it's not appropriate to beat the child, wait until we get back to the palace."

Zhao Yaotiao is like an old hen protecting her chicks:
"Cheng Jiao is already twelve years old. He is no longer a child."

Glancing at the indifferent young man, the Queen Mother, who had experienced four generations of Qin kings, said leisurely:
“Whether a child is or not is not determined by age, but by the person.

"Cheng Jiao, do you want to go back to the palace with your mother to lead the fight? Or do you want to go find Mi Huang who has been waiting for you to do something?"

King Zheng of Qin almost fell down when he leaned out of the carriage.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't understand how the Queen Mother Huayang could say such private words so naturally in public.

Ying Chengjiao, who had long witnessed the boldness of the Chu people...didn't understand either.

The young man was stunned for a while, then he grabbed his brother's robe and climbed onto the carriage:

“I’m going back to Xianyang.

"My mother asked me to go back for dinner."

Laughter and scolding arose from the east gate of Yongcheng Palace, and there was a lot of joy.

In the first year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, on the third day of the tenth month, at 3:30 am the hour of Chou.

King Zheng of Qin used the death of his beloved Afang to bring Lord Chang'an Ying Chengjiao, Chief of the Imperial Clan Qin Xi, Queen Mother Zhao Ji Yaotiao and Queen Mother Huayang Mi Buming into the game. They formed an alliance to fight against Lu Buwei, the most powerful prime minister since the founding of Qin, who held the Qin seal and more than half of the tiger talismans.

At the same time, Qinian Palace was in a bleak state.

Zhao Gao knelt in front of his mother's body for a long time, unable to get up, his heart and eyes filled with hatred and resentment.

His mother died and he lost his throne.

If his mother was the queen, then King Zheng of Qin would be his father.

If King Zheng of Qin had no offspring, or if all the members of the Qin royal family died, Zhao Gao would be the next King of Qin.

He hated Lu Buwei so much that he wished he could eat his flesh alive.

He believed that it was Lu Buwei who killed his mother and destroyed his throne.

House physiognomy.

Lu Buwei, who knew he was wronged but refused to argue, sat in front of a triple Shu brocade screen.

The copper lamp with a coiled dragon pattern on the desk cast his shadow on the bamboo slip in front of him, and also illuminated the name on the bamboo slip:

【Lüshi Chunqiu】

"If we don't accept the power that has been delivered to our door, then we will be wasting your Majesty's efforts." The skinny prime minister whispered to himself, "Your Majesty, you don't think that this will satisfy my appetite, do you? It's not enough, not enough..."

Stroking the rough bamboo slips, Lü Buwei showed a hint of intoxication on his face:
“There must be a classic in this world that cannot have a single word added, subtracted, or changed.

"This thousand gold, I want to see who dares to take it!"

(End of this chapter)