10 Chapter 10

◎ Unfounded worries.

After seeing his father off, Fusu ordered someone to fetch water to wash his face. He had other plans for the day, but after hearing his father's words, he decided to take a break.

After lying down on the couch, Fusu planned to play with his mobile phone for a while.

Fusu opened the group chat and swiped upwards, only to see Li Ying sigh: "I think the eldest son is acting like a spoiled brat to his father."

What followed was all kinds of ridicule from Liu Ju and Li Chengqian, accompanied by various emoticons. The general idea was that Fusu was pretending to be young and thick-skinned. He was already old, but he was still addicted to pretending to be a child. Could he really be stupid?

Fusu looked at the time. Li Ying must have heard it when he was talking to his father outside. Later, when he was crying to his father, no one saw it.

——Although Fusu extremely doubted Li Ying's evaluation of her being a spoiled child, he felt relieved that no one saw him crying. He changed to a more comfortable position, lay down, and started typing.

Fusu: My father loves me, I am willing to act like a child and act stupid. I am a child in front of my father, I am stupid in front of my father, I am happy, you guys can go too~

Liu Ju: ...

Li Chengqian: ...

Liu Ju: I want to vomit

Li Chengqian: Same as above

Fusu: Brother Liu, you are missing a period.

Liu Ju: ...

Li Chengqian: Hello, Brother Ying, the spoiled kid.

Fusu sent an eye-rolling expression, then summarized his achievements today in the group, and conveyed his experience as a veteran to the two newcomers without any grudges.

Liu Ju: Thank you, Brother Fusu.

Li Chengqian: I don't need this experience. My father is the Khan of Heaven and the white moonlight of the Tang Dynasty. With or without me, he is the most powerful emperor.

Liu Ju: My father is the most powerful emperor

Fusu: My father is the most powerful emperor

Liu Ju: Our fathers are all great, but mine is number one.

Li Chengqian: Haha, do you understand the value of the strongest carbon-based organism in the seventh century?

Liu Ju: I'm going to vomit for five minutes first.

Fusu: First of all, the title of emperor comes from my father.

Li Chengqian: ...

Liu Ju: ...

Li Ying: Young Master, you killed the game.

Fusu yawned, stuffed his phone into the quilt, and fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up the next day, Fusu looked in the mirror and wanted to cry but had no tears.

Why didn’t anyone tell him that crying too much would make his eyes swollen?

Fusu waved his hand and had the bronze mirror removed. He held his chin with a worried look and asked Li Ying, "Is there anything that can reduce the swelling?"

Since there was no one around, Li Ying quickly pulled out his phone to check, his curiosity lingering: "Young Master, you stayed up late again? Didn't you just conclude that biting off more than you can chew? Why are you..."

Fusu interrupted him: "I didn't stay up late, what did you find out?"

"Well..." Li Ying said, "Young Master, you know, nothing in this world is perfect, so... do you want someone to boil an egg for you?"

Fusu was speechless for a moment, then said, "Remember to report any loopholes in your work."

"Okay." Li Ying agreed promptly. He put away his phone and asked eagerly, "Master, do you have any plans for today?"

Fusu asked in return, "What do you want?"

Li Ying said, "You gave your father everything about farming, from composting and sowing to finally growing crops. You even told him about iron smelting. I think they'll be busy for half a year. For the time being, I don't think you'll have anything else to do except go to school."

Slacking off at work, Li Ying thought happily, I can also enjoy the happiness of slacking off.

Fusu said, "There are some."

Li Ying was shocked: "What's going on?"

Fusu said, "Didn't you just mention eggs? Let's raise them."

"Raise chickens." Li Ying reminded.

Fusu: “…”

Fusu ordered as a matter of course: "Go and check the breeding of poultry and livestock, and then write it down." He pointed to his desk, "I'll keep an eye on it for you."

Li Ying ran over and sat down, copying with the brush for a long time. He didn't react until he rested his tired arms.

"Young Master, I'll remember this, but you can't show it to your father." Li Ying rubbed his arm and grinned.

Fusu had just finished reading a scroll of bamboo slips and was slowly closing it. When he heard this, he didn't even look up and just said, "Didn't I tell you to raise chickens?"

"We." Fusu emphasized.

Li Ying was stunned and asked in fear, "Master, are you referring to me by 'our me'?"

And we seem to be silent.

Fusu raised his eyes and smiled, revealing his white teeth: "Of course you won't be alone."

Li Ying just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Fusu say again: "I will send someone to help you."

Li Ying said in despair: "I don't want to raise chickens."

Fusu smiled and said, "Think about your internship. If you want to pass, do more work for me."

Li Ying: “…”

Working two jobs for one salary, like a beast of burden for three hundred years. No wonder no one takes the civil service exam in the underworld! Whose good people are like social animals when they are alive and like ghost animals when they die?

But no matter how Li Ying wailed, he had already jumped into the fire pit and there was no way to save himself. He could only continue to work tirelessly.

Fortunately, someone came to rescue him soon. When it was time for Fusu to eat, the temple servants had to serve the eldest prince.

This job has nothing to do with Li Ying, he just needs to stand aside.

The eunuchs were all considered Li Ying's new colleagues. Whether they were jealous of Li Ying's favor with the eldest son was unknown, but on the surface, they were all very friendly to him. At least, no one would deliberately pick on him. Of course, the latter might be related to the strict Qin law.

That afternoon, Ying Zheng sent someone to call Fusu. Fusu asked Li Ying if he wanted to go with him. Li Ying shook his head repeatedly. He didn't want to stand or kneel, he just wanted to lie down. Fusu smiled and let him go.

As soon as Fusu arrived at his father's palace, he felt that it was different from the past. Usually, when they met, there were no court officials present - except for that unexpected meeting with Li Si. Today, at a glance, in addition to Li Si, there were also Changping Jun, Meng Wu and Wang Jian, as well as several children and teenagers of different ages.

Thinking about what his father said yesterday about giving him a few men to work with, Fusu didn't understand what he meant at the time, but now after meeting these people, he suddenly understood.

Fusu stepped forward and saluted his father. Ying Zheng introduced everyone in the hall to him one by one. After everyone and Fusu exchanged greetings, they sat down.

Li Si and others had their own guesses about why the king suddenly summoned their children into the palace and selected these few to stay. When they saw Fusu coming in, their guesses were confirmed.

I didn't expect that the king would think so highly of the young master.

Last month, the king selected Chang Wenjun and Meng Yi to be the eldest prince's teachers. Less than a month later, he selected the sons and grandsons of important officials to be the eldest prince's close attendants.

Even though Fusu is the eldest son of Qin State and the person most likely to inherit the country in the future, he is only a five-year-old child now. To be honest, it is still unclear whether such a young child can be raised. As for paving the way for him to build power now?

Fusu sat down beside his father and listened to his father explain his intentions to everyone. From today on, Changping Jun's son Mi Qing, Wang Jian's grandson Wang Li, Meng Wu's grandson Meng Hua, and Li Si's son Li You had three jobs: to accompany Fusu in studying and practicing martial arts, and to do things according to Fusu's instructions.

No matter how much they doubted in their hearts, the subordinates could only accept the king's orders with joy.

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and asked them to report to Fusu early tomorrow morning, and then let them leave.

Everyone took their leave, and only the father and son were left in the hall besides the servants.

Ying Zheng raised his chin and said, "It's for you."

Fusu picked up the jade hairpin on the table and said with a smile, "Thank you, father."

The hairpin was made of excellent material and felt warm in his hand. Fusu knew at a glance that it was an old item of his father's, which made him happier than getting a new one.

Ying Zheng added, "I am not someone who goes back on my word. I will give you the person I promised you. But Fusu, please don't forget what you said yesterday. I gave you the person, but I didn't want you to make the same mistake again."

Fusu nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, father, Fusu will remember it!"

These four people were not yet of age to serve their father in the court. Their fathers and grandfathers were the indispensable people in the court. After listening to his father's words, Fusu did not think that this was delaying them.

Moreover, Fusu thought, I need them right now, and they don't necessarily have to be in the court to serve my father.

Ying Zheng then smiled and continued, "Yesterday I told you to tell your father's words to the former kings the next time you dream of them. Don't forget this."

Fusu nodded and said, "Don't worry, father. I told you last night that the previous kings didn't blame Fusu. My eldest uncle said that what you said was absolutely right. They also need to understand that I am young and that you have many things to do at court. They will slowly tell us what they have learned from the heavens in the future."

In fact, Ying Zheng could hardly remember what his father looked like, but his father had never been so considerate of his descendants. He had always been very strict with his sons.

Perhaps after dying, even his temperament has changed a bit, Ying Zheng thought aimlessly.

Life and death are serious matters, so it's not surprising that they can change a person's temperament. When Ying Zheng suddenly wanted to select a few people for his eldest son, wasn't that also a sudden thought about life and death?

Ying Zheng was not yet thirty years old, so he should not have worried about death. However, perhaps because Fusu had mentioned his grandfather too much recently, Ying Zheng could not help but remember that his father only lived to be thirty-five years old. If that was the case, it did not seem too late for Ying Zheng to worry about life and death.

Ying Zheng still has many ambitions that have not been realized. If it were only these few years, he would be very unwilling to accept it, but matters of life and death are something that mortals cannot understand.

Although the previous kings had foreseen the divine plan, predicting that Ying Zheng would be the one to unify the empire, what would happen next? Ying Zheng didn't want to simply die after unifying the empire. There was still much to do after unifying the empire. How much time would Heaven leave him?

Furthermore, there is Fusu... Since he succeeded to the throne at a young age, he would inevitably have to suffer more.

When Ying Zheng thought of the past, he felt a rare melancholy. He wished he could have the same longevity as King Zhaoxiang.

"Father?" Fusu was shocked to find that there was a look of worry between his father's brows. Why was that?

Ying Zheng came back to his senses and the young face of his eldest son appeared in his eyes.

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

When did he start to worry about nothing? Are all fathers so worried?