Saint Qin Batu

Chapter 178 In-laws (Part [-])

"Your Majesty..." Zhao Gao hunched over and slowly placed several scrolls of bamboo slips in Ying Zheng's hands.

"This is the daughter married by the six eastern kingdoms, and a dowry..."

"Hmm." Ying Zheng replied softly, but he didn't show any intention of stretching out his hand to look.

"There is also this one, which is a woman sent by the nobles in Guanzhong..." Zhao Gao took out a pair of silk books from his arms again, and carefully placed them on several scrolls of bamboo slips.

"In Guanzhong?" Ying Zheng's hand that was writing the decree paused slightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Gao's eyes lit up slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Among them, the women donated by the Sima family, Baili family, and Meng family are the most..."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, but didn't ask carefully.

Seeing that Ying Zheng seemed not interested in the girls from these three families, Zhao Gao quickly stopped talking.

Although he received many benefits from these three families, Zhao Gao always reminded himself in his heart that he was Ying Zheng's servant, and only Ying Zheng could decide his life or death.

And Ying Zheng also knew what Zhao Gao was thinking, or what benefits he received behind his back.

However, Ying Zheng didn't care about these things.Ying Zheng knows very well that no one is perfect, and it is impossible to criticize a person for being completely loyal to himself without a little selfishness.

But that's fine, things like money are the least valuable in Ying Zheng's eyes.If you can buy people's hearts by relying on money alone, it is simply the most cost-effective deal.

"Are there people from the Chu family?" Ying Zheng asked suddenly.

"Chu family?" Zhao Gao was also taken aback for a moment, and then quickly reported several families.

Ying Zheng frowned slightly, and said, "Why are they all from Wei Fan's family?"

Zhao Gao was startled, as Ying Zheng's valet, he heard the dissatisfaction in Ying Zheng's words.

"Back to your Majesty, Xiong Quan, son of the state of Chu, just died, maybe he didn't think about it..." Zhao Gao found a far-fetched reason to explain.

"Really?" Ying Zheng frowned slightly.

The purpose of enriching the harem this time is to consider King Qin's face on the surface.After all, as the most powerful state of Qin among the Seven Kingdoms, the harem is empty, which is really unreasonable.

However, to Ying Zheng, these were nothing but fiction.What Yingzheng really wants to do is to use this to stabilize the Six Eastern Kingdoms and the old Qin faction that is about to move.

After all, in this era when one person can ascend to heaven, if a certain woman in the family can be crowned queen, her power will definitely increase greatly.

Now, the talents of Xiong Quan's family are withering, and it seems that they have reached the point of life and death. However, only Ying Zheng knows in his heart that the person who can lead Xiong Quan's family to the top has just appeared.

And to become such a person, one must be ruthless.In order to achieve the goal, I vowed not to give up.

Now, a huge opportunity was placed in front of him, why didn't he take it?

Is it really as Zhao Gao said?

No, it's not possible at all.How could an extremely calm and wise person be so sad because of a person's departure?Or, is he playing some tricks?
Ying Zheng thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

But Zhao Gao, who was standing beside Ying Zheng, was worried for a long time.

Companion to a king is like a tiger, especially in front of such a wise but equally ruthless king as Ying Zheng, the sense of crisis is even stronger.

However, Zhao Gao pondered for a long time in his mind, but he still couldn't find any women from Xiong Quan's family.

"Could it be someone from the old Qin family who destroyed the names on the list?" Zhao Gao couldn't help but have such a thought.

It's not that Zhao Gao wants to deliberately slander the old Qin family, but that Zhao Gao does have an extraordinary memory.It's almost like a photographic memory.

Since it is not on the list, it is really possible that the old Qin family has tampered with it.

"Zhao Gao, you should step back first..."

Ying Zheng waved his hand suddenly, signaling Zhao Gao, who was still struggling, to back down.

"Here!" Zhao Gao responded with a sigh of relief.

"Come out……"

After Zhao Gao left, Ying Zheng said softly to the empty hall.

"Your Majesty!" Tian Su fell from the roof and knelt on one knee.

"The widow asked you to monitor Xiong Qi, how is it going?"

"Going back to the king, it seems that something is not going well..." Tian Su replied with some hesitation.

"It's not going well?" Ying Zheng frowned slightly, and then quickly relieved.

"Tell me, what's wrong with it?"

"How should I say it?" Tian Su scratched his head slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "This is a feeling from the minister. I always feel that Xiong Qi is deliberately acting like something to me."

"go on."

"I guess, he found out about me a long time ago. However, he didn't take any action. Except for Xiong Quan's funeral, everything else is as usual." Tian Su replied affirmatively.

"Really?" Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then who did you meet?"

"It seems that, apart from his younger brothers and sisters, the others are the few old officials left by Xiong Quan." Tian Su said casually.

"It's only natural for Xiong Qi to see those old ministers. Presumably, Xiong Quan has given Xiong Qi his life's wealth..." Ying Zheng said softly.

"In that case, what do you want to do?"

"Your Majesty? You really want Xiong Qi to grow stronger?" Tian Su asked curiously.

Ying Zheng glanced at Tian Su lightly, then nodded.

"But, in my opinion, that kid is very shrewd. Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of raising tigers?"

"Tiger raising is a problem?" Ying Zheng chuckled, "Isn't there a tiger already in the court?"

Tian Su's eyes lit up, "Your Majesty, do you mean that two tigers are fighting?"

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, this is the law!"

"But, Sima Jun and his gang, don't they understand what the king is thinking?" Tian Su still said worriedly.

"You still haven't really understood the true meaning of the rivalry between the two tigers." Ying Zheng glanced at Tian Su again, and patiently explained.

"If two equally strong tigers are fighting, they may not fight to the death. They will only make some trivial moves. The previous Chu family and Lao Qin family are the best examples."

"Only one big and one small, one strong and one weak. The strong will make up their minds to completely put the weak to death. And the weak will resist desperately and tear a piece of flesh from the strong in order to survive."

Tian Su's eyes lit up slightly, but then he asked suspiciously: "But, isn't the current Yaodong Department completely controlled by you, Your Majesty? Why do you want to take the risk of cultivating Chu Gongzi Qi?"

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "Lv Buwei died, and Yaodong's power in the court is no longer as strong as before. It is completely impossible to fight against the old Qin's in the court. Only in the army, relying on Mongolia Ao's identity, there is still a possibility of a fight."

"However, Xiong Qi is different. This person has great talent and ambition. More importantly, he has the identity to unite the Chu Clan again. As long as the widows put some restrictions on the Queen Mother Huayang and get rid of waste like Wei Fan , is completely out of the question."

"Besides, although the Chu family is weak now, the foundation above the court still exists. If it is used properly, it won't take long for it to return to its former grandeur."

"Nowadays, the old Qin family is the big tiger in the court and the army. Only by driving the two little tigers, the Yaodong family and the Chu family, to fight against him, can the widow fully control the Qin country and never have the possibility of future troubles !"

After hearing this, Tian Su nodded in his heart.

If they really followed what Ying Zheng planned, the old Qin family might really take the lead in attacking the Chu family.After all, nowadays, what the old Qin faction is fighting for is the interests of the upper court, so how could it be possible for the Chu faction to revive and take a share of the pie?
In this way, the Chu family will definitely fight back, and conflicts will naturally arise.Even, in the end, it will expand to the point where neither side can hold back.

"By the way, you said earlier that Xiong Qi often sees his younger siblings?" Ying Zheng suddenly asked again.

Tian Su froze for a moment, then nodded and said: "Go back to the king, yes."

"Then what about his brother and sister now?"

Tian Su thought for a while, then his face turned ugly.

"My lord, Xiong Qi's younger brother, Xiong Huan seems to have been seeing a person secretly recently, but this person's identity is mysterious and his martial arts is strong. We have not been able to grasp his identity."

"As for Xiong Qi's younger sister, she has... already filled Xianyang Palace..."

(End of this chapter)