In the palace, Qin Shi Huang was sitting on the dragon throne, staring at him with a sharp gaze. Prince Fusu's heart tightened, but he still tried to remain calm, stepped forward and saluted, saying: "Fusu greets father."

Qin Shi Huang nodded slightly, motioning him to stand up. Then, he slowly said, "Fusu, do you know why I summoned you?"

Prince Fusu's heart sank. He vaguely guessed something, but still pretended not to know and said, "I don't know. Please tell me clearly, father."

Qin Shi Huang sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Recently, someone in the court reported that you and Qi Xi secretly colluded to claim military merits, intending to eliminate my enemies and plotting something illegal. Do you have an explanation for this?"

Upon hearing this, Prince Fusu immediately understood everything.

He took a deep breath and said frankly: "Father, I have always acted uprightly and have never had any ill intentions."

"Fusu suspects that someone is behind this."

The investigation of Qian Xiao went so smoothly a few days ago that he sensed something was wrong. He didn't expect that someone was waiting for him here.

This is the person behind the scenes who is planning to bite him.

If Fusu could think of these, Qin Shihuang must have thought of them too.

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"Fusu, do you know why I take this matter so seriously?"

Although the scheming Prince Fusu had some guesses, when he thought of the image he always presented, he shook his head and indicated that he didn't know.

Qin Shi Huang sighed and continued, "It was not easy to establish the Qin Empire. I have worked hard for the prosperity and stability of the country all my life. However, there are always people in the court who have evil intentions and try to overthrow my country."

"I summoned you here not because I really doubt you, but because I want to take this opportunity to find out who is behind this."

Prince Fusu heard this and bowed respectfully, "Fusu understands."

Seeing this, Qin Shihuang nodded with satisfaction.

Then he picked up the pen and wrote the edict himself.

Prince Fusu has made great contributions to the reform and has worked very hard, so from now on Prince Fusu will rest in the Xianyang Palace and the affairs in his hands will be handed over to Meng Yi and others.

The edict was written by Qin Shihuang himself. Once it was announced, both the court and the public were shocked.

Originally they were all speculating that Prince Fusu might take over the Qin Dynasty, but they didn't expect this to happen suddenly.

Considering that the recent report on military corruption was related to Prince Fusu, isn't this a disguised punishment?

Could it be that they guessed wrong before?

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At the same time, Meng Yi had just received the news from the investigation.

He held the heavy report in his hand, his eyes gleaming with disbelief.

The report came to shocking conclusions using a lie detector given by an immortal and a series of high-tech tracking devices.

The man who manipulated everything behind the scenes and attempted to frame Prince Fusu was hiding deep in the Xianyang Palace and had a close connection with Concubine Wei.

He rubbed his temple gently, not knowing what to do for a moment.

Although His Majesty has not appointed a queen, he still has many concubines in the harem.

What's more, after the six kingdoms were conquered, all the concubines and maids were taken into the harem.

This Wei Ji is one of them. In the early years, Wei Ji blocked the knife for the emperor when the assassin was trying to assassinate him, and thus gained some favor.

Moreover, she has always maintained a gentle and virtuous image, so how could she have been involved in such a conspiracy?

This matter is of great importance and must be handled with caution so as not to alert the enemy.

In the dead of night, Meng Yi was walking alone in the corridor of Xianyang Palace. The moonlight was like water, sprinkling on his shoulders, adding a bit of loneliness and determination to him.

The next morning, Meng Yi quietly strengthened the guards around Wei Ji's residence on the pretext of a routine inspection of the palace security. At the same time, he secretly deployed more high-tech surveillance equipment to ensure that any disturbance could be captured.

The Xianyang Palace seemed calm and peaceful, but in fact there were undercurrents.

Meng Yi waited patiently. Not long after, the eavesdropping device suddenly issued a rapid alarm, indicating that there was unusual activity in Wei Ji's residence.

He immediately mobilized his men and quietly surrounded the target location, preparing to capture the mastermind in one fell swoop.

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Somewhere in the Xianyang Palace, Wei Ji, who had no idea that she had been exposed, was in a very happy mood.

The news that Prince Fusu had been dismissed from his post and was allowed to take a rest finally put to rest all the worries she had had over the past few days.

Although this layout resulted in the loss of some manpower and their being purged as Zhao Gao's followers, it was not a loss in that it pulled down Prince Fusu, who was currently in the limelight.

She formed an alliance with people from the other six countries. Her original plan was to take advantage of Zhao Gao's ambition and gradually complete her plan of restoring her country.

For this purpose, she arranged for many sorcerers to lure the tyrant into taking the golden elixir.

Fortunately, she did not stay in the Xianyang Palace for nothing. The tyrant's control over the harem was not that strict, so she was able to find Xu Fu.

She teamed up with Xu Fu and made the tyrant take the golden elixir for many years, which weakened his body and would lead to his death sooner or later.

After the tyrant dies, she can support a puppet and then she will have no worries about restoring her country.

I don’t know what happened when the tyrant went to the border some time ago. Not only did he cut Zhao Gao into pieces, but he also wiped out Xu Fu’s nine clans.

The two major forces that she could originally use suffered countless casualties at once, and now the only one she can use is a small character like Qi Xi.

Wei Ji's heart bled when she thought of this, as this was all she had been planning for many years.

At this moment, the maid looked panicked and hurried into Wei Ji's bedroom. The news in her hand seemed like a hot potato, and she hurriedly reported: "Madam, it's bad! Meng Yi seems to have noticed us and is coming here to investigate."

Upon hearing this, Wei Ji's face instantly turned gloomy and the teacup in her hand was almost crushed.

She suppressed the panic in her heart, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, and whispered to the maid: "Why are you panicking? The more times like this, the more you need to stay calm."

"Go and send a message to the allies of the other six countries immediately. Tell them that we must move forward with our plan and start tonight to assassinate Prince Fusu."

When the maid heard this, although she was frightened, she did not dare to disobey. She nodded quickly and turned to leave.

"Wait." Wei Ji suddenly stopped the maid and added, "Tell them that this must be done cleanly and neatly, without leaving any traces. Once Prince Fusu dies, the Qin will definitely take action, and that will be the best time for us to restore our country."

The maid took the order and left, while Wei Ji stood alone in front of the window, looking at the gloomy sky outside, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Although I don’t know why Meng Yi found out about me in just one day, I have been exposed now.

She could only make the best of a bad situation. Once she took this step, there was no turning back, but she had nowhere to retreat.

For the sake of restoring her country and for the sake of her dead tribesmen, she is willing to pay any price.

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After the news of Wei Ji spread quickly, the remnants of the five countries who wanted to restore their countries gathered urgently in the secret stronghold of the anti-Qin forces, and the atmosphere was solemn and tense.

As for why there were five countries, it was mainly because there was no one in Chu.

There were only three households that could be considered as the real Chu State, namely Xiang Yu, his uncle and others.