The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 707 0015, Puppet Chu
As the saying goes, don't do to others what you don't want done to you.Zhao Zichu has had enough of this kind of life, and he will not let the next King of Qin be like him.

If Zhao Xiongqi is established as the crown prince, the crown prince will definitely listen to the words of the queen mother Huayang, or his mother's words.Then there will still be no changes in the Qin State in the future, and it will even gradually weaken.

Of course he knew that even if Zhao Zheng was made the crown prince, whether he could become the king of Qin was a big variable.It is very likely that the Empress Dowager Huayang will do something about it, even if she finds someone to assassinate Zhao Zheng, it is not surprising.

The core of the problem lies in this, if Zhao Zheng does not want to become the prince of Qin, Zhao Zichu can only obey the arrangement of the Queen Mother Huayang.He once asked Zhao Zheng about this matter, and Zhao Zichu was very satisfied with his eldest son's answer.

Back then, he lived in Handan, Zhao State as a hostage.At the beginning, Zhao State and Qin State were allies, and King Zhao regarded Zhao Zichu as his guest of honor.Later, there was friction between Zhao State and Qin State, and King Zhao no longer summoned Zhao Zichu.However, if the king of Zhao did not summon him, other dignitaries in the state of Zhao would still be willing to make friends with Zhao Zichu.

Later, Qin State and Zhao State went to war, and the dignitaries of Zhao State respected Zhao Zichu at a distance. Zhao Wang wanted to kill Zhao Zichu several times to vent his hatred.

When King Qin Zhuang left the bedroom of Empress Dowager Huayang, he clutched his chest and his face was bloodless.The result was exactly as Lu Buwei expected. The Empress Dowager Huayang resolutely opposed King Zhuang of Qin making Zhao Zheng the Prince of Qin.If he insists on going his own way, the Empress Dowager Huayang will call a group of ministers for a court meeting.

Tingyi, as the name suggests, is a meeting.Gather the members of the Zhao clan who are officials in the court together to discuss the establishment of the crown prince.Vote after deliberation, and most of the time the monarch has no right to change the voting result but can only choose to accept it.

It's so good, King Qin Zhuang sighed heavily, surrounded by the eyeliner placed by the Empress Dowager Huayang.He had just quarreled with the queen mother just now, and now there is no one to support him.

People's hearts are not going down in ancient times, and King Zhuang of Qin saw Lu Buwei at the door of his bedroom.Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admire Lu Buwei's reasoning ability.

But that's fine, the more the Empress Dowager Huayang strongly opposes it, the more it can prove the necessity of his doing so.Could it be possible for this child Xiong Qi to follow in his own footsteps? Thinking of this, Zhao Zichu was filled with strength.

He is really fed up, the dog jumps over the wall when it is anxious, and the rabbit bites people when it is anxious, not to mention that he is a majestic seven-foot man.

Helping King Qin Zhuang back to the bedroom, Lu Buwei listened to King Qin Zhuang's narration, and then fell into silence for a long time.Things did go as he expected, but this was the worst outcome he had expected.The Empress Dowager Huayang has never liked Zhao Zheng, so she will never allow Zhao Zheng to become the Prince of Qin.

Zhao Zichu is in poor health and may die at any time, so the current position of Prince Qin is like half a monarch.Although the Empress Dowager Huayang could be in charge of all the affairs of the Qin State, it was a decision she dared to make only after getting the support of the elders of the Zhao clan.

They would never let the Empress Dowager Huayang, a woman, make a final decision on such major matters involving the future fate of Qin.The reason is simple, because the Empress Dowager Huayang is not from Qin, and she is not from the Zhao clan with the surname Ying.

Lu Buwei told Zhao Zichu a long time ago that he could not make Zhao Xiongqi the prince no matter what.Even if the Empress Dowager Huayang tried her best, Zhao Zichu would not give in.

However, Lu Buwei reminded Qin Zhuang Wang Zhao Zichu that today he sang against the Queen Mother Huayang face to face, and the Queen Mother Huayang would definitely trouble Zhao Zheng's mother and son.He was classified as the king of Qin, and the Empress Dowager Huayang could not do anything to him.But she will never watch Zhao Zheng become the prince, so she will find a way to trouble Zhao Zheng's mother and son.

Lu Buwei couldn't guess what harm the Queen Mother Huayang would use, but he repeatedly reminded King Qin Zhuang that he must be extra careful these days.No matter what happens, keep calm first, and then analyze and solve the problem.

The officials in the DPRK disagreed with the establishment of the crown prince. On one side, the Empress Dowager Huayang supported Zhao Xiongqi, on the other side Lu Buwei supported Zhao Zheng, and on the other side remained neutral and waited for changes.

During this period, Zhao Zichu vomited blood many times, but the officials were indifferent to it.What they are most concerned about now is who will be the Prince of Qin.

Lu Buwei knew that the Empress Dowager Huayang was powerful, so he had been working hard to lobby those veterans who remained neutral.Headed by Lord Shang, this group of veterans claimed that they would not help either side under the banner of not offending either side.

However, the establishment of a prince is imminent, and this is a black and white multiple choice question.Maintaining neutrality is only temporary, and they always choose to stand in line.

The two sides couldn't argue, and finally had to hand over the matter to the court.The court meeting was presided over by Lu Buwei, and several veteran officials from the court participated.The Empress Dowager Huayang is not qualified to participate in the court meeting, so she can only learn about the content of the court meeting from Zhao Xiongqi.

On the first day of the court meeting, from morning to night, everyone had a lot of differences.But what surprised Zhao Xiongqi the most was that Lu Buwei actually supported him as the crown prince.

He told the Empress Dowager Huayang about this, and the Empress Dowager was angry and annoyed when she learned about it, because Zhao Xiongqi had no brains, and because Lu Buwei dared to confront her like this.

But she seemed to have forgotten that the reason she wanted Zhao Xiongqi to be the prince was because Zhao Xiongqi had no brains.He can't turn a single muscle, and he doesn't know how to think twice when encountering problems.Only such people are easy to control, so that she, the queen mother, can continue to control the power of Qin.

Zhao Zheng was naturally present during the court meeting, but he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.Lu Buwei hoped that he could say a few words, so that the old ministers of Ying's Zhao family could help him.It's a pity that Zhao Zheng didn't say a word, but he still won in the end.

In the third court meeting, Lord Shang led those old ministers who had been neutral before to stand in the camp that supported Zhao Zheng.The result of the court discussion was to make Zhao Zheng the prince, and the king of Qin had no right to change the result of the court meeting, let alone the queen mother.

The bedridden King Qin Zhuang was lying on the bed, Lu Buwei and several imperial doctors were in the room, and Duke Shang was standing beside the bed.The young eunuch was writing the imperial edict, and after he stopped writing, he read it to King Qin Zhuang.When King Qinzhuang was about to affix the emperor's seal on the edict, the Empress Dowager Huayang broke into King Qinzhuang's bedroom with Concubine Zhao.

She couldn't help saying that someone had Lu Buwei and Duke Shang kicked out, saying that she had something important to discuss with King Qin Zhuang.Even in the face of Duke Shang's questioning, the Empress Dowager Huayang still insisted that King Qin Zhuang drive them away.Because what she was going to say next was related to the future fate of Qin.

Lu Buwei and Duke Shang left the bedroom of King Qin Zhuang, and then they went to the military camp guarding the palace.At the same time, the Empress Dowager Huayang signaled Concubine Zhao to tell King Qin Zhuang everything about it.

(End of this chapter)