Chapter 106: In this life, she will never be able to leave Yongdi!
Inside Zhangtai Palace.
The eunuchs and palace maids who served the First Emperor stared at this scene in amazement, finding it quite a dream.
Ying Chengjiao came too quickly and too urgently this time. They were usually cleared out early, but this time they didn't have time to be driven out.
"Everyone, get out." The First Emperor froze, staring at Ying Chengjiao and shouting angrily.
When the emperor is angry, millions of people die.
The eunuchs and palace maids all trembled.
"only."
"only."
"only."
“…”
They responded in the most respectful tone, then lined up and walked quickly out of Zhangtai Palace.
Chang'an Jun will definitely be severely punished for his disobedience to Your Majesty. He must not be implicated.
As they thought this, they walked faster and seemed to be running away.
"Zhao Gao, you stand guard outside the palace gate."
After the eunuchs, palace maids and others had left the Xianyang Palace, the First Emperor gave instructions to Zhao Gao alone.
"only."
Zhao Gao bowed respectfully and walked out of the Xianyang Palace in small steps.
As he walked, he sighed inwardly: If Gao is still here to carry out the seal and order, he would not have to leave today. Your Majesty seems to trust the God of Plague more now.
He stepped out of the hall, closed the door for the two brothers inside, turned around and waited quietly.
Gai Nie, who did not receive any orders, walked between the First Emperor and Ying Chengjiao. It seemed that he was protecting the First Emperor, but in fact, he was trying to make his presence felt in front of the First Emperor.
Gai Nie: Why is it that licking dog that always goes out? I also want to go out for some fresh air...
Ying Chengjiao has been with Gai Nie for a long time and knows him too well. He can tell what Gai Nie is thinking just by looking at his actions.
He pointed his thumb at the palace door behind him and said to Gai Nie, "You go out and guard it too!"
Gai Nie had a cold and hard face, looking very dissatisfied. But his eyes were slightly shining, and he turned his head to look at the First Emperor.
I'm going out?
The First Emperor, whose face was filled with anger just now, looked at Gai Nie's expressionless face, smiled slightly and shook his head.
“No.”
Gai Nie turned his head coldly, took three steps back, and stood beside the First Emperor again, his white shirt fluttering.
He and Zhao Gao were both responsible for protecting the First Emperor. He believed that the reason why Zhao Gao always left and he stayed behind was because Zhao Gao flattered the First Emperor and he would not. The First Emperor deliberately treated him differently, making him suffer and Zhao Gao idle.
Ying Chengjiao gave Gai Nie a helpless look, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
Gai Nie gave a depressed look in return and glanced sideways at the First Emperor, looking very angry.
Just stay here, I'd rather die than be a bootlicker! Why would a real man do this?
All this happened in just a few breaths.
In the eyes of the eunuchs and palace maids, the First Emperor, who would be furious with Ying Chengjiao and punish him severely, rubbed his face with both hands, and the initial anger and the smile he showed to Gai Nie were all replaced by fatigue.
The First Emperor yawned loudly, exhaling all his fatigue, and his hands were placed on the table, pressing down on the memorials.
Then he lowered his head and looked at the table, as if he was talking to it, and said in a deep voice: "You are here."
Ying Chengjiao's face quickly darkened from his rage. He sat cross-legged in front of a table piled with memorials, staring at the table that looked ordinary and said, "I'm here."
The First Emperor sighed and said, "You shouldn't have come."
Ying Chengjiao chuckled and said, "But I still came."
The First Emperor raised his head and stared into Ying Chengjiao's eyes. He fully released the power of the emperor that could suppress the whole world and make them afraid to cause chaos towards Ying Chengjiao, and said with murderous intent: "If you come, you will die."
Gai Nie's heart skipped a beat and his hand unconsciously grasped the sword.
No matter who it was, when seeing the First Emperor and Ying Chengjiao confronting each other, and hearing the First Emperor say with murderous intent that Ying Chengjiao must die, they would think that the First Emperor wanted to kill Ying Chengjiao.
Although Gai Nie felt a little strange in his heart, he always felt that something was odd and it seemed like he had heard this conversation before.
Although Gai Nie couldn't understand why the First Emperor didn't even care about Ying Chengjiao reading the memorials some time ago and even let Ying Chengjiao approve the memorials, he wanted to kill Ying Chengjiao when they met today.
But Gai Nie quickly put all this behind him. Now was not the time to let his imagination run wild!
He was ready - as long as the First Emperor gave the order to kill Ying Chengjiao, he would take Ying Chengjiao and rush out of the palace with a sword!
Ying Chengjiao raised his head and stared back at his brother without hesitation. He looked calm and composed, as if he was not restrained by the power of the emperor at all. He said softly, "Who can survive without dying?"
Gai Nie's heart stopped for two beats.
Not only does His Majesty want to kill the Young Master, but the Young Master also wants to kill His Majesty? So should I help the Young Master or His Majesty today?
This multiple-choice question did not bother Gai Nie for too long, and he made a decision quickly.
In order to prevent unrest in the world, Your Majesty cannot die.
If the young master attempts to assassinate me today, I will stop him. When Zhao Gao and the other officials arrive, I will lead the young master out of the encirclement. That's fine!
“Hahahahahahaha!”
“Hahahahahahaha!”
The two bursts of laughter made Gai Nie, who was nervous, almost draw the sword at his waist and dance with it on the stage.
The paralyzed swordsman looked at the two people who had just wanted to kill each other, but now were laughing at each other and looked very happy. He felt a little at a loss and confused.
Why is this?
"I thought my brother was very busy and usually read the works of various philosophers such as The Book of Lord Shang, Lüshi Chunqiu, Han Feizi, and The Analects. I didn't expect him to read Gu Long's novels. His image has collapsed."
Ying Chengjiao was amazed and kept mocking him.
"I thought my brother was well-versed in all schools of thought and had read all the books in the Doctoral Office. Even if he could not open a new school among the hundreds of schools of thought, he could at least write a masterpiece that will be passed down through the ages. I did not expect that what he wrote were all vulgar things that are only for entertainment and are of no benefit to the country or the people. I am really disappointed." Ying Zheng retorted with a sneer.
"That was not written by me. The author's pen name is Gu Long. I was just copying it."
"Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng... I just don't understand why you are so displeased by the three names Ying Chengjiao. Why do you have to change the name every time you write something?"
“That’s really not what I wrote!”
"Then tell me, where are all these people you mentioned?"
"…In my dream."
"The most mad dreamer, Zhuang Zhou, could only dream of a butterfly and write a book called Zhuangzi. Your dream is about dozens of novels. If Zhuang Zhou was born a hundred years later and learned your dreaming method, the Taoist school would have dozens of classics comparable to Zhuangzi. Wouldn't it have surpassed hundreds of other schools of thought and become the most famous school in the world?"
Ying Chengjiao couldn't explain this kind of thing, and he was too lazy to explain it.
"Stop talking nonsense and start talking..."
Just as he was about to get back to the main topic, he suddenly felt an extremely sharp energy emerging from the palace, and it was heading straight for him!
He looked closely and saw a cold light. It was the half-inch sword unsheathed from Gai Nie's waist!
The peerless swordsman finally remembered why he felt that the conversation between Ying Zheng and Ying Chengjiao was so familiar.
Ying Chengjiao once told him that there was a peerless master named Shangguan Jinhong, who was famous for his mother and child dragon and phoenix rings. There was no rival for him. He had practiced to the point where "there was no ring in his hand, but there was a ring in his heart".
At that time, Gai Nie also asked what "there is no ring in the hand, but there is a ring in the heart" meant.
Ying Chengjiao told him that it was the same as his saying "There is no sword in the hand, but there is a sword in the heart".
Gai Nie is an expert in swordsmanship, and he feels like a close friend to Shangguan Jinhong, who is also an expert in a pair of mother-and-child rings.
So when Ying Chengjiao later told him about Shangguan Jinhong's deeds, he remembered some of it.
Among them, there is a conversation between Shangguan Jinhong and others, which is very similar to the conversation between Ying Chengjiao and Ying Zheng today...
"So there is no Shangguan Jinhong who is as good as the 'Mother and Child Dragon and Phoenix Ring' in this world. This person, like Lu Xiaofeng, was fabricated by Lord Chang'an." Gai Nie said coldly.
"I just learned a few days ago that Lord Chang'an's martial arts are extremely unique. Nie will definitely come to his house to learn from him in the near future."
Who wants to fight with a pervert like you...
Ying Chengjiao secretly groaned, and hurriedly said, "Okay, the reckless man has been itching to compete with you for a long time. If you want to compete with me, you have to beat the reckless man first."
Gai Nie said coldly, "Yes."
…
Chang'an Jun Mansion.
In a courtyard, leaves were flying all over the sky. A man in white was holding a dagger and stabbing at the leaves repeatedly.
The reckless man who was practicing with great enthusiasm suddenly felt his heart tremble, and the dagger in his hand deviated an inch.
The reckless man plucked seven leaves from the air, then stopped and looked at the hole in the center of the seven leaves in the eyes of ordinary people, and frowned.
In the eyes of the reckless man, the hole was not in the exact center of the leaf .
"I missed it by an inch. What happened to that sudden impulse just now?"
…
"Who is the reckless man?"
"You don't know him."
"Tell me his name and I'll see if I know him."
"Why tell you?"
The First Emperor stared at Ying Chengjiao, who was arguing with him, for a while, and suddenly laughed.
"Since you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. I wonder why Lord Chang'an is here?"
Ying Chengjiao's face was filled with anger, and he gnashed his teeth and said, "I have thought of two plans for my brother, why don't you use one?"
"You don't need to know."
"Brother, what are you thinking? Are you really acting on impulse?"
"Why tell you?"
Ying Chengjiao: “…”
Such a familiar feeling...
"Haha, no more trouble, my brother, what do you want to know? I'll tell you everything."
The candlelight in Zhangtai Palace was bright, but the light was not as bright as that on Ying Chengjiao's face.
Ying Chengjiao stood up, picked up the memorial that he had knocked to the ground, and brushed off the dirt.
Then he sat down beside the First Emperor, put one arm around the First Emperor's neck, and handed the memorial to the First Emperor with the other hand: "How about you review it first, my brother? I'll wait for you to review it and then we can talk."
The First Emperor took off Ying Chengjiao's arm with disgust.
Ying Chengjiao shamelessly hugged her again, shaking the pearls on the crown on the Emperor's head so that they jingled and collided with each other.
Gai Nie: For so many years, it turns out that the licking dog has been by my side...
The first emperor did not push Ying Chengjiao away the second time. He let Ying Chengjiao hug him and said unhappily , "Who is this reckless man?"
"...Jing Ke."
The First Emperor's body stiffened for a moment, and he suppressed his anger as he said, "The dagger is revealed now. If you hadn't been by my side, you would have almost killed my Jing Ke."
"Uh, my brother, you are joking. Xia Wuqie is right beside you. If I'm not here, he would throw a medicine box at Jing Ke and he wouldn't be able to get up. How can you be in danger of your life?"
"Haha, good, good, that's great..."
Ying Zheng said this with a forced smile while raising his right arm.
Gai Nie silently took the Qin King's sword, and considerately took off the scabbard and put the hilt in the hands of the First Emperor.
"I'll chop you alive!"
The First Emperor exploded in anger! He grabbed Ying Chengjiao with his left hand and chopped him down with the Qin King's Sword in his right hand!
Ying Chengjiao is not Ying Fusu, so he doesn't dodge or evade.
It was as if there was a spring on his butt, and he instantly bounced up and rushed out.
"You brat! Don't run!"
"Brother Emperor, anyone who kills someone shall be executed. This is written in the Qin Law! If you kill me, you will also die!"
"The Qin law states that anyone who assassinates a king will be put to death, and those who shield him will be punished. I will kill you according to the Qin law!"
"Bullshit! The Qin law clearly states that the king's entire clan should be executed! Do you think I'm the 27th Doctor who's playing crazy? I demand a fair trial from the Supreme Court. I won't accept lynching!"
"The Supreme Court has no say on this answer. I will still be the judge in the end. Stop right there! I will tell you the result right now. I will chop you alive and spare your entire clan!"
"That's not necessary. We are a family with deep ties, and we want to die in perfect order. I have so many nephews and nieces, and it makes me upset to see them all. My royal brother, please don't leave any of them for me. It would be best if they were all killed!"
"...You brat! How dare you make me exterminate my descendants! Stop right there! I will chop off your five limbs and abandon you outside Zhangtai Palace!"
The two chased each other in Zhangtai Palace and ran for a while. Finally, Ying Zheng was exhausted and held on to the table, panting.
Ying Chengjiao approached cautiously, massaging Ying Zheng's arms and legs to stimulate blood circulation, while apologetically saying, "Brother Emperor, I have satisfied you, so you should satisfy me too, right? Shall we issue an imperial edict tomorrow to promulgate the parallel system of counties and kingdoms and the Enfeoffment Order?"
"Your Majesty, I am not joking. Do you think I am like you, fond of making excuses and breaking my promises?"
"It is a great honor to know one's mistakes and correct them. My brother is very broad-minded and corrected them immediately. My brother's "The Book of Expelling Foreigners" and Li Si's "The Book of Remonstrance against Expelling Foreigners" are not only a good story today, but also passed down through the ages and admired by future generations. There is no such thing as too many good stories. Let's have another one!"
The First Emperor tilted his head, with the pearl curtain hanging diagonally blocking his face, and he seemed to be thinking seriously.
After a long time, the voice of the First Emperor was heard in the palace.
"Then you make a promise. You take over Yongdi, and I will issue an edict today."
"I can't do that."
As soon as Ying Chengjiao stopped moving, his face turned cold and his voice was as cold as the wind in the coldest days of winter.
"I didn't kill her because of my brother. As long as I am alive, she will never be able to leave Yongdi!"
