Hu Hai quickly said, "Father, I don't know what I have done wrong. I beg for your forgiveness."
After saying this, Hu Hai rested his head on the back of his hands and leaned forward to the ground.
Hu Hai's eyes were rolling around as he hid them with his movements. He couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that I've been lazy and haven't studied hard these past few days, and my father has found out? Or... is it because I forced myself on a palace maid?"
But no matter what Hu Hai thought, even if he racked his brains, he was destined not to figure out the real reason.
At this moment, his heart was filled with anxiety.
The First Emperor stood up from his seat and walked over to Hu Hai. He looked down at Hu Hai and shouted, "Hu Hai, you rebellious son, do you know your crime?"
At that moment, the aura around Ying Zheng suddenly exploded, like a towering mountain, pressing down Hu Hai so hard that he couldn't breathe.
Hu Hai forced himself to suppress the fear in his heart and said in doubt, "Father, I was wrong."
He pulled at the corner of Ying Zheng's clothes, raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng helplessly, "Your son will study hard, please don't be angry, take care of your body."
The First Emperor's momentum immediately weakened, and there was a struggle in his eyes as he looked at Hu Hai.
But... it was only for a moment.
Ying Zheng looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao and said, "Girl, tell me what this bastard did.
Let him hear for himself whether he deserves to live in this world."
After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he turned around with a flick of his sleeves. He didn't want to see that rebellious son again.
Cheng Xiaoxiao stood up and said respectfully, "Okay, Ancestor."
She looked at Hu Hai and said, "After your ancestor passed away, you listened to the instigation of Zhao Gao and Li Si and tampered with the ancestor's will. With their support, you successfully became emperor. Later generations called you Qin Ershi."
This scared Hu Hai so much that his heart almost stopped beating.
He felt a little uneasy in his heart. He thought that if Cheng Xiaoxiao continued talking, he might really not survive.
It’s not that Hu Hai didn’t think about stopping it, but he was powerless.
Sure enough, Cheng Xiaoxiao continued, "You believed the slander and forced Fusu to commit suicide, unjustly killing the Meng brothers."
"You are cruel and immoral. Because you were afraid that your throne would be taken away, you killed your brothers and sisters in batches.
In the first batch, you dragged your twelve brothers to the Xianyang market and beheaded them, and chopped the ten princesses into pieces in Du County.
In the second batch, you crushed six brothers and ten sisters to death in Duyou."
"You murdered your own relatives, cut off your own arms, favored Zhao Gao, were deaf and blind, ignored rebellions, and were slow to respond. Your harsh laws and harsh punishments made every court official feel insecure. Ultimately, the Qin Dynasty fell in your hands."
As Cheng Xiaoxiao spoke, Hu Hai's heart was filled with turmoil, and his vest was soaked with cold sweat.
Hu Hai kept shaking his head and muttering to himself.
"impossible!"
“Absolutely impossible!!!”
Hu Hai knelt down and took two steps forward, crying bitterly and saying to the First Emperor, "This is impossible, father."
"Don't you know best what kind of person I am? I know my own limitations and have never coveted that position, let alone harming my own siblings and loved ones."
"Father, please trust me."
Seeing that the First Emperor did not move, Hu Hai went to pull Fusu, "Brother, brother, please believe me, I am not that kind of person, I will not harm you."
Fusu said nothing, but just stared at him in a daze.
Hu Hai suddenly looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao and said viciously, "Where did you come from, you witch? How dare you bewitch my father?"
Cheng Xiaoxiao: "..." I just stated a well-known fact, blame me?
"Father." Hu Hai looked at the First Emperor again, "You must trust me."
at this time.
Ying Zheng, with his back to the crowd, had red eyes.
The image of Hu Hai growing from a toddler to a little boy who cared about him kept flashing through his mind.
The First Emperor was in great torment and found it difficult to make a decision for a moment.
"Bang!" Ying Zheng turned around and kicked Hu Hai, who fell to the ground.
The First Emperor sighed softly, "I have always loved you dearly. I really want to trust you, but..."
"We, the younger generation, have traveled here from two thousand years in the future. What she said is all things that have already happened. How can I believe you?"
"Forget it." The First Emperor waved his hand. "Come here! Take this rebellious son away and lock him up. He will be beheaded tomorrow. No one is allowed to approach without my order."
"Yes." Two guards came forward and took Hu Hai away.
The First Emperor slowly walked back to the table...
At that moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that there was a sense of desolation lingering around the First Emperor.
Fusu also returned to his seat and sat down. He looked at the dishes on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.
It was actually expected by everyone that the First Emperor did not kill Hu Hai immediately.
After all, that was his own son. How could he kill him immediately just because of something that hadn't actually happened?
Moreover, with Zhao Gao already executed and the First Emperor able to live for decades longer thanks to the Rejuvenating Elixir, it's perfectly normal for Ying Zheng to react this way. (Ying Zheng would have killed Hu Hai, but this is just to illustrate his struggle and his reluctance to kill his own flesh and blood. Just be gentle with your criticism!!!)
Ying Zheng sat in his seat, revealing a wry smile. He looked at the crowd below and said, "Do you think I'm a bit indecisive?"
"No." Cheng Xiaoxiao shook her head. "It's just human nature. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, let alone humans."
The First Emperor looked ahead and said, "I just can't do it for the moment."
Fusu stood up, bowed to the First Emperor, and said, "Father, I think this is a bit too cruel to my eighteenth brother."
Cheng Xiaoxiao: “???” Brother~Are you too kind?
"After all, those things haven't really happened yet. If we keep him by our side and teach him well, maybe Eighteenth Brother can change for the better. Father..."
Cheng Xiaoxiao: You may not believe it, but I don’t think he can change.
"That's enough." Ying Zheng interrupted Fusu's plea, "He forced you to commit suicide, and you still want to plead for him?"
Ying Zheng looked at Fusu and said solemnly, "As an emperor, being too kind will only harm yourself."
Hearing this, Fusu pursed his lips and gently pinched his fingers, "Yes."
Fusu sat down, but his mind drifted away. He still felt that he should give his eighteenth brother a chance.
The First Emperor pinched his brows, pointed at Fusu and asked Cheng Xiaoxiao, "Is there any way to change this awful thing?"
Fusu, the annoying thing: "..."
"Puchi!" Cheng Xiaoxiao laughed out loud in her heart.
Forgive her for never having seen such a good-looking awful thing!!!
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