Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 127 The oil lamp has burned out [6k second update, please subscribe]

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, there were sounds of weapons falling to the ground outside the hall.

"Boom-boom--"

In an instant, many soldiers threw their weapons to the ground without any hesitation.

Ying Ji's face twitched slightly.

Good guy, is this the difference between you and An Guojun?
  I have been talking for a long time, why not explain the Qin Law in such a serious and business-like tone to An Guojun?

Of course--

If those soldiers were to tell, although they believed in Chen Ye's character and would believe Chen Ye as long as he made a guarantee, in fact they believed more in "Qin Law" and believed that Chen Ye would uphold the dignity of Qin Law. .

This is the role of "personality".

Chen Ye has been upholding the law of Qin for decades, even to the point of not recognizing the benefits of the law of Qin.

Even his enemies will believe Chen Ye as long as he says he will act in accordance with Qin's laws.

There is another reason why these soldiers are so simple, and that is that both the Queen Mother and the two young masters are about to lose this treasonous war.

If these three people had even some hope of reaching that position, some of these soldiers might be willing to fight to the death.

Money is the most able to move people's hearts.

This is the iron law.

Chen Ye waved his hand slightly, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward and controlled everyone present.

Some other soldiers and chamberlains began to put out the fire.

The burning hall is the "Zhangtai Palace" of the Qin State. It is the political center of the entire Qin State and the place where the King of Qin lives. Naturally, it cannot burn in the flames like this.

Chen Ye walked to Mi Bazi.

Mi Bazi just stood there, motionless.

The rest of the soldiers dared to arrest Young Master Kui and Young Master Fu, because they all knew that neither the king nor the ministers would let these two young masters go. The best outcome for these two young masters would be to live in prison for the rest of their lives, or perhaps I have lived my whole life in the clan temple.

There is absolutely no chance of turning around.

But the Queen Mother is different.

This is King Qin's mother. Can the King really be cruel enough to deal with the Queen Mother?

This is a huge problem.

Therefore, the soldiers did not dare to take action, let alone use force against the Queen Mother, so they could only let the only person present who had this qualification come.

Chen Ye walked up to Mi Bazi and looked at the Queen Mother Xuan with a somewhat complicated expression.

He let out a long sigh and said, "Why do you have to do this?"

Chen Ye thought to himself and said: "You feel that the king does not have you in his heart and does not keep you in his heart?"

"But have you ever thought about when you have never been partial since you were a child?"

"When the king loves you the most, you love not the king but the other two young masters. Is it because they have been by your side the longest?"

Mi Bazi just said lightly: "What do you want to say?"

Chen Ye ignored Mi Bazi and just continued: "But you probably don't know the reason why the king was not with you in the first place."

There was a bit of sarcasm in the corner of his mouth, and at this time, Chen Ye seemed to be fighting for the injustice of Qin King Ying Ji.

Mi Bazi frowned slightly: "What do you want to say?"

Chen Ye chuckled: "You must have forgotten, Queen Mother, that when the king was six years old, because the late king loved the king very much, you told the king that you wanted him to stay by his father's side, please the king, and win The king’s favor.”

Mi Bazi's expression gradually changed slightly.

She looked at Chen Ye but said nothing.

Chen Ye continued regardless: "So, the king has been staying with the late king for a long time, in order to win the late king's favor."

"In the twelfth year of the late king's reign, the year when he was about to become king, you were named queen."

"The reason given by the late king is that you have given birth to three sons, and all three sons are very smart."

"Is it?"

Mi Bazi's voice was a little dry: "What do you want to say?"

Chen Ye looked at him and said: "But the actual reason for this matter is that the king exchanged a "promise" promised to him by the "late king". For this promise, the king listened to the words of the late king and voluntarily proposed Go to Zhao State as a hostage."

"Your glory was earned by your son traveling thousands of miles away from home to go to another country as a hostage, and narrowly escaped death."

Mi Bazi stood there, her body trembling slightly, and there were almost tears in her eyes.

"What do you want to say?"

It's still the same sentence, but there is a little choke in the tone of this sentence.

Chen Ye shrugged his shoulders and did not answer Mi Bazi's question. Instead, he continued: "Also, do you think the king is unwilling to take the two young masters back?"

He chuckled: "He does hate the two young masters, but it's not for other reasons."

"But you have never looked at him again since he became an adult."

"The king wants you to bow your head and tell him that he is your best son."

Chen Ye didn't wait for Mi Bazi to say "What do you want to say?" and continued: "In addition, you must have guessed that this matter was planned by me and the king."

"But you must not have guessed why it takes so much trouble for me to solve you, right?"

Chen Ye took out an edict from his arms: "This is the edict left by the late king. The edict clearly states that you will be deposed as queen and queen mother and sentenced to death."

He unfolded the edict and asked Mi Bazi to look at it carefully to show that he was not lying.

Mi Bazi stood there, holding her hands tightly in her sleeves.

The nails pricked her palms, and bits of blood fell from her palms to the ground.

The ground was already pitch black, the color of dried blood. There was already too much blood and sacrifice in this hall tonight.

Chen Ye said slowly: "Because the king begged me."

"He said that although my mother did not favor me, she would never help my brother in his rebellion, because my mother knew that if the two brothers wanted to succeed in their rebellion, they would have to use lightning speed to cover their ears. He could kill me."

"Although my mother doesn't like me, she won't kill me."

Chen Ye looked at Mi Bazi as if he were looking at a cold-blooded spider: "These are the king's exact words."

"He told me he was willing to make a bet with me. It wasn't an order, but it was a request."

"If you, Queen Mother, did not help those two young masters in their rebellion, then I hope that I can burn this edict and not leave anything to restrain his mother."

"But if you, the Queen Mother, help the two young masters to rebel, then the king will no longer interfere with your disposal."

After finishing speaking, Chen Ye walked up to Mi Bazi and blinked like an old naughty boy.

"Although I am over seventy years old, I am in good health and can survive with you."

"We will die together until one day."

"But you are indeed sorry for the king, and you are not worthy of the king working so hard for you. You even put down the dignity of the king to plead for you."

After saying this, Chen Ye smiled, looked at Mi Bazi and said, "Now, please go back to your palace and wait for the most important consequences that belong to you."

Chen Ye's words were very cold, but at this time Mi Bazi seemed to have lost his mind and had no time to pay attention to the coldness in Chen Ye's words.

She just walked towards her palace calmly, quietly, as if she had no soul.

Chen Ye turned around and headed towards the side hall.

Now that the matter is over, he wants to see Ying Ji.

Zhangtai Palace
  Ying Ji stood there, dressed in black robes, with a hint of loneliness in his back.

Previously, because he was in a hurry to put down this disaster, he had no time to think about the mutiny in the palace and the people who would inevitably appear behind it, but now that he had some free time, he thought of it.

Mi Bazi finally chose to help her two sons.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Ying Ji said slowly: "Is Lord An Guo here?"

He turned around and looked at Chen Ye, with a slight blush on his face and a little confusion. There were wine barons scattered on the ground, and the entire hall was filled with the smell of alcohol that could not be concealed.

It's all true.

"why?"

Ying Ji slowly asked: "Why can't grandma choose me just once?"

"When I was with my father, my mother didn't choose me."

"I've tried my best, haven't I?"

There was sarcasm in the corner of his mouth: "But it's still useless!"

"Boom-"

The wine glass in Ying Ji's hand was thrown directly to the ground, making a crisp sound when it collided with the ground. His angry and sad voice echoed in the hall: "Why?"

"why?"

"Obviously I am already the King of Qin, obviously I am already the supreme king, and obviously she is already the Queen Mother!"

"why?"

Ying Ji fell to the ground. He didn't understand why his mother was so partial. Even if he became the King of Qin, he couldn't make the balance in his mother's heart favor him.
  Chen Ye walked to Ying Ji's side and was slightly silent.

Yeah, why?

"Your Majesty, there is never any reason for this."

He seemed to be comforting, taunting, and self-deprecating: "No one's love is without cause and worry. The Queen Mother would do this. It can only be said to be the Queen Mother's choice."

"Why do you have to do this?"

"The first thing a good king needs to put aside is his emotions;"

"The Queen Mother helped you do that."

Chen Ye bowed slightly and said in salute: "In addition, how should we deal with the traitors Ying Kui and Ying Fu? Please let the king make a decision."

Ying Ji just waved his hand feebly: "Jun An Guo and several ministers of the auxiliary country will discuss it."

"I don't want to get involved."

He held the wine prince in his arms and drank with his head tilted up. The wine slowly fell down his clothes and cheeks, like tears.

Chen Ye looked at Ying Ji like this and just saluted slightly. He knew that Ying Ji needed a private space of his own at this time. This was what he did when he was sad before.

In the palace of the Queen Mother

Mi Bazi sat in front of the bronze mirror, looked at herself reflected in the mirror, and couldn't help but murmur to herself: "Did I really do something wrong?"

She really felt like she had done something wrong.

Her different emotional infusions into her three children brought her to this point.

Her partiality and unfairness took root in the hearts of the three children, and after a little rain watered them, they sprouted and grew.

Is this the price?

The price of her partiality?

Mi Bazi didn't know, she just sat there and looked at herself in the bronze mirror, slightly absent-minded. She seemed to feel that she was really wrong.

In the autumn of the third year of King Zhaoxiang, there was civil strife in Qin, and two young masters planned to rebel.

Later, he was put down by An Guojun.

According to Qin's law, the two young masters were executed without any mercy. This was to maintain the dignity of Qin's law.

certainly--

This is a clear statement. No one knows whether "Ying Ji" was jealous or not.

However, there was another major event in this war that no one mentioned again, and that was another participant in the rebellion.

Queen Mother Mi Bazi.

The king didn't mention it, Lord An didn't mention it, and many ministers of the auxiliary country didn't mention it. No one mentioned it, as if they had forgotten this matter.

Things in the court are still going on.

An Guojun Chen Ye still sits in the hall every day and fishes in a daze, as if nothing has changed.

The other ministers still quarreled every day.

But An Guojun Chen Ye's gradually thinning body showed one thing, that is, his health was getting worse.

Everyone has discovered this, but no one can accept it.

Many people have reacted to the previous "critical illness" incident. It was a plot by An Guojun and the king. Countless people hope that An Guojun's weight loss this time is also the same "plot".

Although the probability of this is very small.

Zhao State, Handan.

In the palace

Zhao He, dressed in gorgeous clothes, stood there, standing at the door of the palace, with a bit of unwillingness, a bit of guilt, and a bit of madness on his face.

Zhao He was King Zhao Huiwen, a king who brought Zhao to its peak.

His appearance also officially indicated the emergence of the Warring States period.

King Zhao Huiwen was benevolent, tolerant, and like a perfect gentleman. Under his governance, the Zhao Kingdom had numerous talents, including Li Mu, Lian Po, Lin Xiangru, and the famous general and prime minister He. These all appeared during the period of King Zhao Huiwen. matter.

However, at this time, there was no trace of "benevolence" or "tolerance" in King Zhao Huiwen. His face was extremely ferocious, with only the twisted pleasure of successful revenge.

"Squeak-"

A dull voice sounded, and the door of the hall in front of him was slowly pushed open by the chamberlain beside him.

King Zhao Huiwen walked in slowly.

In fact, the moment the door opened, the sun shone into the house. There was a man lying in the house. This man had a slovenly beard and messy hair, as if he hadn't washed himself in a long time.

His face was pale and his whole person was a little weak.

It was the previous King of Zhao.

King Zhao Wuling.

Zhao He's father.

King Zhao Wuling slowly opened his eyes, and he reluctantly raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight. The sunlight fell on his face, making him look even thinner when he was already thin.

"You came."

His voice was quiet and weak.

Zhao He stood in front of King Zhao Wuling, with an even more ferocious look on his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, let me see if you are dead!"

His tone was not good, but King Zhao Wuling just smiled and said nothing.

"You should know that I have no intention of letting your eldest brother inherit the throne."

Zhao He looked at King Zhao Wuling and said, "Yes, of course I know."

"But it's not that you don't have this idea, it's that you have no way!"

King Zhao Wuling was not angry: "Really?"

"Do you really think that with my power at that time, I still need to take care of whose face?"

Zhao He was stunned for a moment, but then he returned to his normal expression. He looked at King Zhao Wuling and said, "As long as you are willing to admit your mistake and issue an edict, I will have people bring you food and water immediately!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he hadn't eaten, drank or rested for a long time.

"Otherwise, you will just wait to starve to death in this hall! No one will come to save you!"

Zhao He's voice was cold, but if you listened carefully, you could still hear the hope hidden in his voice.

He hopes that his father can admit his mistakes and that his father can punish himself.

This way he can give him food and water.

Although we still won’t let him out or let him regain power, at least we won’t continue to starve him.
  King Zhao Wuling managed to sit up. His lips had become dry and even had some dead skin after not drinking water for a long time. He said with hoarse strength: "I can't."

Zhao He stared at King Zhao Wuling as if he was crazy: "I will starve you to death here! I will not show mercy!"

King Zhao Wuling slowly closed his eyes and lay there without saying a word.

He didn't seem to want to answer, nor did he bother to answer again.

Zhao He looked at his father lying there, looking at this father who would rather die than admit his mistakes, apologize to himself, and issue a decree for his sins!

He raised his head sharply and laughed wildly: "Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, hahahahahahahaha,"

"Good good!"

Zhao He turned around suddenly and walked out of the hall. His cold voice fell on the ears of King Zhao Wuling.

"Let me seal this hall! No one is allowed to enter!"

"I'm not even allowed to put mice in there!"

"From now on, no one is allowed to mention Yi!"

"Since he is so willing to stay here and starve, let him starve!"

When the last word fell, King Zhao Wuling was lying there and could no longer hear Zhao He's voice. After Zhao He left for a long time, he sighed quietly.

In fact, is he willing to apologize to his son?

Of course I would.

But he cannot issue an edict to offend himself. If he issues an edict to offend himself, what will the world say about Zhao He?
  He said that he was jealous of his brother and harmed his father.

He said that all his rise to power was a mutiny and that he was unfilial.

The saliva of the people in the world can drown Zhao He!

King Zhao Wuling was not for Zhao He, his son, but for the entire Zhao country!

Once the king of Zhao does such a thing, Zhao will no longer be the first choice for talented people in the world!

Although not now.

But that would make Zhao Guo, which is not attractive to talents, even worse.

King Zhao Wuling was lying there.

He would rather starve to death.

I also don’t want the results of so many years of reform to be ruined by such a “little thing”.

However, King Zhao Huiwen did not know this from beginning to end.

Until King Zhao Wuling starved to death in this hall.

The winter of King Zhaoxiang's third year came quickly.

Ever since the Queen Mother led the two young masters to rebel in the autumn, the atmosphere in the country has changed a lot.

Although neither Ying Ji nor Chen Ye mentioned how to deal with the Queen Mother, everyone knew that the Queen Mother would never have a chance in the future.

However, there are still well-informed people who know the final outcome of the Queen Mother.

She asked herself to stay in the palace, and spent every day in the palace to pay homage to a "little god" in the mountains and fields of Chu State. She didn't know what she was praying for.

People can only speculate from the news circulating in the palace that she is praying for peace.

Because a maid heard these two words uttered by the Queen Mother.

And someone took this opportunity to report that the Queen Mother had realized her mistake and could she no longer be trapped in the palace.

At least she should be given the dignity of a queen mother.

Ying Ji didn't say anything, but the person who proposed the memorial the next day was directly thrown on the head by Ying Ji.

The bamboo slip directly smashed the man's head.

Later, news spread from the palace that Ying Ji went to the Queen Mother's palace and prepared to talk about this matter, but was turned away by the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother said that she devoted herself to spiritual practice and did not want to come into contact with others and be contaminated by the world.

At the same time, he also issued an edict, saying that he voluntarily practiced in the palace and hoped that no one in the court would slander the king.

When this edict appeared, people couldn't believe it, but they had no reason not to believe it.

The winter of King Zhaoxiang's third year was very difficult.

In November, An Guojun Chen Ye took a leave of absence for half a year.

When An Guojun came to court again, people's eyes were full of surprise and disbelief.

They found that Lord An Guo had changed.

Although the original An Guojun was very old, he was very energetic. Anyone who looked at him with his eyes would recoil in fear, but now his bright eyes have become extremely cloudy.

The original An Guojun was not fat, but he was more or less fleshy. Today, An Guojun is almost as thin as a skeleton.

The original King An was like a lamp filled with oil, burning to illuminate the darkness of Qin.

And now.
  The oil in the oil lamp seemed to have burned out.
  In the twelfth month of King Zhaoxiang's reign, Lord An Guo, who had been in court for only three days, took leave again.

After taking leave this time, An Guojun was never able to go to court again.

The Imperial Physician Ling kept going to An Guojun's residence. Not only the Imperial Physician Ling, but also the folk doctor known as "Bian Que" also said that he was willing to come to treat An Guojun because of An Guojun's character.

This "Bian Que" is not that "Bian Que".

He is a "title" inherited from the real miracle doctor "Bian Que".

However, after seeing it, he also shook his head and sighed, and bluntly said that An Guojun still had more than two months to live.

When this news came out, some people in the world cried bitterly and some were happy.

In the palace of the Queen Mother

Mi Bazi's condition was also not very good. She listened to the maid next to her talking about An Guojun's physical condition. For some reason, she refused to take her last breath, as if she was holding on to herself, even though the oil was running out.

She sighed faintly: "You are waiting for me to die."

"never mind."

"After all, it's been a few months of mediocrity."

"It's time for me to go see the late king."

After that, he took out the poisonous wine that he had prepared and drank it in one gulp.

Her heart has long since died, but it is just an oil lamp without a wick.

An Guojun Mansion
  Chen Ye's eyes were wide open. He lay there, breathing rapidly, but refused to die.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

"Father, there is news from the palace."

"The Queen Mother is so angry."

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"In the winter of the third year of King Zhaoxiang, King An and the Queen Mother died one after another, and the State of Qin was in great mourning. - "New Book of Qin·The Chronicles of King Zhaoxiang""

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