90 Chapter 90

◎Tomorrow. (Fusu chapter ends)◎

In the palace, Ying Zheng was helped by palace servants to change into light casual clothes. After lying down casually on the couch, he stared at the gauze curtain above his head in a daze for a while.

After a while, Ying Zheng smiled lightly.

"Call..." Ying Zheng paused, then changed his tone, "Please ask the Crown Prince to come over."

The eunuch took the order and went down. Soon, Fusu came over. Ying Zheng waved his hand and asked everyone to leave.

"Father." Fusu bowed and sat down next to Ying Zheng.

"Father, I'm sure you're tired today," Fusu said. "I just asked the kitchen to make some of your favorite dishes. Tomorrow..."

Ying Zheng suddenly said, "The intern next to you, Li Ying, has applied three times to see me. Did you know?"

"There are many more..." Fusu blinked slowly, "Father, what did you say?"

Ying Zheng patted his head and said with a smile, "Silly boy, how could you be so good at hiding? Do you know how long I have been looking for you?"

"Father..." Fusu murmured. He looked into his father's eyes. These eyes... belonged to his father, the father whom Fusu had not dared to face for more than two thousand years.

"Are you really stupid?" Ying Zheng tried to pinch his face again, but his hand hit nothing.

Fusu knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Father, I am guilty."

Ying Zheng paused, withdrew his hand, and asked calmly, "Where did you go wrong?"

Fusu said, "I trusted the words of the treacherous ministers and mistakenly believed the forged imperial edict, which allowed the villain's evil scheme to succeed, disrupting the government and ultimately... destroying the Qin Dynasty. All these mistakes are the fault of Fusu alone."

Ying Zheng twitched his fingers and asked, "Were you the one who persuaded Hu Hai to forge an imperial edict and usurp the throne? Were you the one who imposed excessive corvee labor? Were you the one who mutilated his brothers? Were you the one who slaughtered the ministers?"

Fusu was stunned, then slowly shook his head.

Ying Zheng then asked, "Or was it you who forced Feng Jie and Feng Qubing to death? And it was you who killed Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi, and Li Si?" At this point, he sneered, "Oh, Li Si indeed deserved to be killed."

Fusu couldn't help but look up at his father: "Father, don't be angry..."

"I haven't finished asking questions yet." Ying Zheng said.

Fusu didn't dare to say much and listened to his father obediently.

"Has the imperial edict you received been stamped with my seal?" Ying Zheng asked again, "Then whose handwriting is on it?"

Fusu looked at his father's expressionless face. Perhaps no one could see the First Emperor's true feelings on this face, but Fusu... this time he could finally feel his father's heart.

Fusu knelt forward, took his father's hand, and said, "Father, I will never say such things again. Please don't be angry."

Fusu was heartbroken when he thought about the death of the Second Emperor of Qin in his previous life, and his father, who had founded the Qin Dynasty with his own hands, would be even more heartbroken.

Letting his father mention and review this painful fact again would only make Fusu more painful.

Ying Zheng snorted softly and looked down at Fusu, his face still expressionless.

Fusu stood up on his own accord, patted his hem, and sat down next to his father again. Only then did Ying Zheng's expression soften a little.

Fusu knew his father wouldn't speak again, so he asked dryly, "Father, why are you suddenly... Is it because of today's Fengshan ceremony?"

Ying Zheng said, "Perhaps I have already arrived. Why don't you guess when I arrived?"

Fusu shook his head and said, "I know, Father, you know, I know."

Ying Zheng looked at him for a moment, raised his hand and pinched his eldest son's face, and asked, "Since you know this, why have you been hiding from me?"

Fusu felt very guilty. He touched his nose and whispered, "I too... only slowly understood after coming here."

"You just understood?" Ying Zheng raised his hand and tapped Fusu's forehead, not sparing any more strength. "Since you understand, why are you still saying those words to anger me?"

"Fusu was wrong." Fusu immediately lowered his head to admit his mistake, and rubbed his forehead with a wronged look.

Ying Zheng smiled helplessly and said, "You've become even better at acting like a spoiled child. Why didn't I ever see you act like a spoiled child with me before?"

Fusu paused and said honestly, "Father is really too busy. I don't want to bother you."

Ying Zheng was stunned. Last time, neither he nor Fusu had learned how to get along with each other.

One of them doesn't know how to be a father, and the other doesn't know how to be a son. No matter how much they care about each other, neither of them is willing to say a word.

"Fusu, I am not only the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, but also your father." Ying Zheng rubbed Fusu's head and looked at him softly. "Whenever you come, you will not disturb me."

Fusu nodded, tears in his eyes, and said, "Yes."

Ying Zheng laughed and said, "According to the laws of the Great Qin, it is illegal for a man to shed tears. You are my crown prince, you cannot knowingly break the law."

Fusu was startled for a moment, then slowly began to laugh: "Father, just keep it a secret for me, no one will know."

Ying Zheng raised his hand and gently patted Fusu's head, as usual.

…

After returning from the Fengshan Ceremony at Mount Tai, everyone in the court of the Great Qin clearly felt that the emperor seemed to have changed, the prince seemed to have changed, and the relationship between the emperor and the prince had also changed.

But when asked to explain specifically what had changed, they couldn't explain it and could only speak vaguely.

However, this change is not a bad thing in general, and the Qin Dynasty is moving forward steadily and strongly.

After regaining his memory, Ying Zheng improved the plan he had made before and was able to execute it more easily. In addition, with Fusu's help, the father and son worked together and the process went more smoothly. Before long, they had completely straightened out the Qin Dynasty's development plan for the past ten years.

When he was free, Fusu couldn't help but ask curiously, "Father, why are you back?"

Ying Zheng said, "You're wrong. You should ask how I got back."

Fusu blinked and asked in surprise, "Father, are you saying that you asked me to come back?"

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Not just me."

Fusu was taken into the underworld together with Liu Ju and Li Chengqian. Except for Ying Zheng, no one else was included.

"It's Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang," Fusu said. "Cheng Qian would be very happy to know this. This is his father's unique favor."

"But, father, do you need to pay any price?" Fusu asked hurriedly.

There is no free lunch in the world, and the underworld is not a charity. Even if my father and Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang were all emperors of the highest level throughout history, it would certainly not be easy to open up three parallel time and space at will.

Ying Zheng said nonchalantly, "It's a small matter. It's just that after returning from here, we must reincarnate."

"Father!"

Ying Zheng raised a finger and said, "Don't talk, Fusu. You know, not many people would choose to stay in the underworld for a long time after death. It's not a good place."

"When I was alive, I dreamed of immortality day and night. But after I achieved immortality in a certain sense, I felt..." Ying Zheng thought for a moment and concluded decisively, "It's meaningless."

"Life is full of ups and downs, birth, old age, sickness and death. Every day is a new beginning. When I occasionally look at those people above, I also find it very interesting."

Fusu listened quietly to his father's words, and for a moment it was difficult for him to express his feelings clearly.

However, staying in the underworld for a long time and watching others reincarnate throughout their lives is indeed not a pleasure.

Fusu said: "After returning, I will also cross the Naihe Bridge."

It’s a pity that his relationship with his father only lasts in this life.

At this moment, Ying Zheng looked at Fusu meaningfully.

Fusu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something: "Father?"

Ying Zheng raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's the matter?"

Fusu pursed his lips and asked nervously, "Father, can we still be father and son again?"

"Oh, I suddenly remembered something." Ying Zheng supported his chin with his hand. "The Hu Hai in the harem is actually the Hu Hai in my previous life."

"What?" Fusu's eyes widened. "He is..."

Fusu stood up in an instant and said angrily: "I'll go right away..."

"Why are you leaving? I haven't finished what I'm saying yet." Ying Zheng grabbed his arm. "He only has this one chance to be a human. In this life, his record of life and death only has ten years. By then, he'll have to return to his animal state."

"Still?" Fusu asked in confusion.

Ying Zheng said, "Hu Hai, and Zhao Gao, that traitorous bastard, will only be reborn as animals for the rest of their lives."

After more than two thousand years in the underworld, Fusu still understood a lot of the rules there. For example, people like Hu Hai, who committed such heinous crimes that they could only wander in the animal realm, would recover all their past memories when they returned to the underworld after death. This was also a kind of punishment.

But Fusu had no sympathy for them at all, and since he was talking about Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, Fusu couldn't help but think of the last member of the trio who forged the imperial edict.

"Father, where is Li Si? Has he been reincarnated?"

Ying Zheng did not answer but asked, "Do you still want to marry Li Si's daughter?"

"Father, I still hold the same opinion. Li Si is Li Si, and Li Si's daughter is Li Si's daughter." Fusu said, "Besides, I also owed Shi Lan a lot last time."

Ying Zheng said angrily, "I knew it. Those modern things have corrupted you. You will definitely not take concubines anymore, right?"

Fusu: “…”

Fusu felt very sorry for not being poisoned thoroughly by feudal ideas.

"Forget it." Ying Zheng sneered, "Being a relative by marriage is not that easy. Li Si's wish of being a marquis for generations and being called the orphan for generations is ultimately unattainable."

Fusu asked carefully, "Father, didn't Li Si also go to reincarnate?"

Ying Zheng said: "He wants to beg for my forgiveness, I told him..."

"I will never forgive anyone who betrays me." Ying Zheng said firmly.

His father has always had zero tolerance for betrayal, and Fusu certainly knew this. He regretted suddenly mentioning Li Si. Just like the fall of Qin, betrayal was something his father didn't want to think about.

Fusu thought for a moment and brought the subject back: "Father, you just changed the subject. You haven't answered my question yet."

Ying Zheng feigned confusion: "What other questions do you have? I'm tired and need to rest for a while. You can go back to the East Palace and come back tomorrow."

Fusu hugged his father's arm and said, "No, Father, you must answer me today. In the next life, can we still be father and son?"

"Tomorrow..." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "I will answer you tomorrow."

【Author’s words】

The main story of Fusu has been completed, and the extra stories will have to wait until the end of the third volume.