Zhao Ping'an watched the screen, where the modeling was still scrolling:
……
King Yingzheng instructed Li Si to go somewhere, then went to the screen and said, "To pay respects to the Empress Dowager."
"To ask for the Empress Dowager's well-being."
Across the screen, Empress Zhao's voice was choked with sobs:
"Son, what do you mean by this?"
"Mother, the old eunuch Meng Ai really blinded your heart!"
"Mother knows she is wrong and is willing to commit suicide."
"You can come to the back of the screen first, Mother, and we will talk."
Empress Zhao hasn't seen her son for more than half a year.
For the past six months, every time King Zheng of Qin attempted to see Empress Zhao, he was blocked by Lao Ai.
King Zheng didn't wait for his mother's response and asked in a rehearsed tone, "I presume you must know that Meng Ai is plotting to kill me?"
"If Meng Ai successfully kills me, how will you handle yourself?"
"Shall you continue to act as the Regent Empress Dowager?"
Empress Zhao did not directly answer his question, but only sobbed, "You are my son, how could I bear to see you die?"
She knew that at this moment, she had already walked on an irreversible path.
"Just don't let it come to bloodshed between family members."
Empress Zhao's voice was filled with entreaty. He knew that the matter of Zi Ying's two children couldn't be hidden from the "King Zheng of Qin" in front of him.
King Yingzheng had planned to put this matter aside, but upon hearing this, he shouted:
"Mother, it's not necessary to mention it. If you do, I'll have to ask some questions properly."
King Yingzheng shouted angrily, "Who are those children? Are they really Meng Ai's?"
Empress Zhao's face turned ashen, "Yes."
"Mother, if you say this, it means you really had two children with him?"
King Yingzheng was angry enough to make his voice shake, "Regent Empress Dowager, are you suggesting that Meng Ai's children should replace the current King of Qin?"
He finally understood what Zhaovi said:
[Remember: Do not fear, do not show mercy.]
Zhaozi, truly Zhaozi, the ability to predict is amazing.
He even calculated this step in advance.
Zhaozi chats!
Empress Zhao knew that the current situation was unchangeable.
She could only resort to the method of using classical references: "In the past, Empress Xuan also had children with the King of Yichu, but King Zhaoxing did not blame him either!"
King Yingzheng's voice grew colder, and his eyes shifted from a glimmer of hope to a cold void.
"Zhaoxing did not blame Yichu King for the past, but Empress Xuan personally killed Yichu King to benefit the Great Qin."
"But what about Mother?"
"Mother, are you planning to kill me for Meng Ai?"
King Yingzheng's every word resonated in Empress Zhao's heart.
Empress Zhao acted without hesitation, reaching out to grab King Yingzheng's long sword and holding it to her neck as she said:
"If you kill Zi Ying and the others today, I will commit suicide!"
Commit suicide?
King Yingzheng laughed.
The power of the emperor is beyond measure, and even the palace guards, who are many, cannot guess what he is thinking at this moment.
Most people think that King Yingzheng, a nineteen-year-old young man, should soften his heart.
King Yingzheng's voice was cold and crisp: "Put down the sword."
"I'll say it again, put down the sword!"
He finally changed his tone, no longer speaking to a child in the manner of a mother, but in the manner befitting a king:
Since the reforms of Lord Shang, the Great Qin has always been a country with strict laws. Today, even if Mother threatens me with death, the laws will not change.
"Even if I forgive Zi Ying today, Meng Ai must still be punished."
"Bring those two children here!"
Li Si, carrying one child in each hand, led the children into the back of the screen.
Empress Zhao's face turned pale as death immediately.
"Great King, these are the illegitimate children of Meng Ai."
"Good."
King Yingzheng took the two sacks, ignoring Empress Zhao's pleading. At this moment, all he could think of was Zhaozi's words:
[Remember: Do not fear, do not show mercy.]
He threw the two sacks to the ground, and bright red blood oozed out.
"Mother, live in Yong in the future."
King Yingzheng left with one final remark:
"Mother, you will live in Yong for the future."
"Tomorrow we will set off."
……
The modeling animation has come to an end.
Zhao Ping'an was about to see what the term "settlement" meant, but was interrupted by a loud and mournful knocking sound——
The terrified roommates of Zhao Ping'an burst into the dormitory, and the bravest one, Liao Tianming, with a face as pale as a ghost, told Zhao Ping'an:
"Zhao Ping'an, have you heard?"
His face was visibly terrified, "It seems that the entire dormitory building has been haunted."
Beside him, the eloquent horror writer Zhang Wenhao said:
"Some dorms say their phones ring mysteriously in the middle of the night, and several dorms on our floor have had cases of sleep paralysis."
"In the small group for this floor, the counselor asked us to fill out a form and report the situation. I checked and saw that only our dormitory had no haunted phenomenon."
Liao Tianming looked terrified and said to Zhao Ping'an, "Is it possible that……"
"Is it because our dormitory has the fattest and juiciest people, and they're planning to keep us for last to eat?"
"Or is it because of our attractive appearance?"
"If he's drooling over your looks, go and keep that female ghost company!"
Hearing his roommates' words, Zhao Ping'an suddenly remembered something.
"Inside the dormitory, there are traces of haunted phenomena everywhere else, but we don't have any……"
The thing he thought of would certainly not be Liao Tianming's supernatural theories, but a gift from a game:
[Sun Spring Sword]
He opened the "Pocket" section of his mobile phone and looked at the introduction of [Sun Spring Sword]. The golden embossed letters were vivid.
[Effectiveness: Hundred ghosts cannot invade, slay demons and exorcise devils.]
The text had suddenly changed.
He opened his pendant bag, and the small pendant for [Sun Spring Sword] was shining with blue light.
"Could it be that this sword is protecting me?"
...................
Records of the Warring States Period:
"Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, was the son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin. He was born in Zhengyuan month of the forty-eighth year of King Zhaoxiang's reign in Handan. At birth, his name was Zheng, and his surname was Zhao. At the age of thirteen, King Zhuangxiang died, and Zheng succeeded to become the King of Qin."
"Lao Ai was appointed the Marquis of Changxing. He was given the land of Yanyang and allowed to reside there. He had luxurious palaces, vehicles, clothing, parks and pavilions at his disposal, and everything important was decided by him. The territory of Xizhou in Qin's border with Wei and Jin was also made into a marquisate for him. When King Zheng heard this, he wanted to execute Lao Ai in public but was prevented from doing so by the suggestion of the prime minister. Instead, Lao Ai and his followers rebelled and were eventually defeated. King Zheng ordered the execution of other conspirators who were involved in plotting against him, including Lu Buwei and his three families, who were all put on trial and executed. The Empress Wang Zhi was exiled to Yong."
Among these, some have already been lost or are shrouded in too much mystery, existing only in wild historical accounts.
"Among them, there was someone known as Zhaozi who saved Zheng with the art of witchcraft, or as some say, with good fortune."
"However, this is too bizarre. Zhaozi already had the talent of governing the country and healing people. Where did he learn about witchcraft? This is not human. So let's put this aside for now."
