Chapter 1: Becoming Zhao Ji
In April of the ninth year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the emperor stayed in Yong, and the Marquis of Changxin rebelled.
No one is destined to sleep well this night.
"Marquis of Changxin, Lao Ai, committed treason and was executed yesterday. The Queen Mother, who assisted him in this rebellious act, has ordered him to remain in Liyang Palace forever, and not to leave the palace without permission."
Zhao Yuanxi pinched his face, wondering if he was still dreaming.
She traveled through time and became the mother of Qin Shi Huang.
Oh my god!
Everyone knows that Qin Shi Huang's mother, Zhao Ji, was stupid and evil. Not only did she keep a male favorite, she also gave birth to two children for him. Later, she even turned against him and helped Lao Ai to seize Qin Shi Huang's throne. In the end, Lao Ai was killed and she herself was placed under house arrest.
If she had come a month earlier, Zhao Yuanxi would have been confident that he could let Ying Zheng feel the love from someone two thousand years later. But now Zhao Ji has done what she should do, and Zhao Yuanxi can only say, haha!
The eunuch who delivered the imperial edict put it down and left without even looking at Zhao Yuanxi. His perfunctory attitude made Zhao Yuanxi very melancholy.
The eunuch's attitude represents Ying Zheng's attitude.
Ying Zheng really hated this mother. If he didn't want to be branded as unfilial, it wouldn't be surprising if he had killed Zhao Ji directly given his personality.
But now it was Zhao Yuanxi who was being treated like this, and she felt that she could still be saved.
Yongcheng is about 300 miles away from Xianyang, and it takes about two hours to drive there, but this was more than two thousand years ago, so it can be said that the emperor is far away.
If she stayed here obediently, Ying Zheng would not take her life. After all, if Zhao Ji was seeking death, wouldn't he just imprison her?
She didn't believe that she could be more hated than Zhao Ji.
"Oh, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have studied science and would have learned more about the history of the Qin Dynasty! Now all I know is that Qin Ershi fell. Isn't that like taking off all your clothes and only seeing a mosaic?"
Zhao Yuanxi lay on the bed, crossed his legs and muttered to himself.
The two guards guarding the door were horrified. They looked at each other and had only one thought in their minds: the Queen Mother has gone crazy.
But it’s okay to be crazy. It’s worse than being crazy before.
In the Xianyang Palace, candlelight flickered, and the man's shadow was stretched out very long, like a beast in the dark.
"Did Qin II die?" Ying Zheng slammed the bamboo slips in his hand on the table. This was simply nonsense.
His great Qin was born in a land with millions of Qin troops, thousands of miles of fertile land, and countless wise ministers and generals. The unification of the six kingdoms was just around the corner. How could it perish in the second generation?
Even so, the four words "death in the second generation" still bothered him.
He unified the six kingdoms and became the only king in the world, but when he died, the Qin Kingdom ceased to exist?
Ying Zheng now prefers to believe that this is the Queen Mother venting her dissatisfaction with him and deliberately cursing him. What she is cursing is not only himself, but the entire Qin State.
Thinking of this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes.
Zhao Yuanxi, who had no idea that his casual words had almost sent him to the gates of hell, was now fast asleep.
She is not the type to waste time on internal conflicts. She knows she will not die, so she should just eat and sleep well!
[System binding successful, farming system has been activated.]
Release Task 1: Plant 100 mu of fertile land and harvest more than 100,000 jin of grain
Mission duration: Four months
Mission item: A bag of corn seeds
Mission Reward: One "Strength to Pull Mountains, Power to Gain the World" Pill]
???
Is this the golden finger given by time travel?
What a powerful task prop, but what a useless task reward!
Zhao Yuanxi himself is engaged in agriculture and knows the importance of food to a country.
Corn has a high yield. One acre of land can produce an average of about 800 kilograms of grain. With proper management, it can even produce as much as 1,000 kilograms. Many countries plant it on a large scale to ensure food supply.
Isn't this mission for nothing?
but--
Zhao Yuanxi stared at the screen in the middle of the white space, "You were the one who brought me here two thousand years ago?"
[This isn't the host's time and space two thousand years ago, but a similar parallel time and space. After you died suddenly from staying up late, your soul drifted here and was captured by the system. The task of farming is because it was detected that the host only knows how to farm.]
Sudden death from staying up late? Zhao Yuanxi's mouth twitched. No wonder he felt so light-headed that night. Thinking of his unfinished thesis, Zhao Yuanxi regretted it so much!
"What about the original Zhao Ji?"
On the day of the Empress Dowager Qi Nian Palace Incident, she passed away along with her two children. This body became vacant, so the host was placed there. If the host does not wish to leave, they can do the same as the Empress Dowager.
Leaving? Doesn't that mean dying?
Zhao Yuanxi was silent. Actually, he didn't really want to die.
"What if I don't do this mission?"
[If the mission time has passed and the mission is not completed, the host will be forced to leave. ]
"You're threatening me!"
Another line of text appeared on the screen: [If the host can raise Qin King Ying Zheng's favorability to 100, he will no longer be restricted by the mission.]
Either she farms well or she builds a good relationship with her adopted son. The former seems to be the simpler of the two options. As for conquering her adopted son, she has to meet him in person.
Zhao Yuanxi chose to take on this task.
Two thousand years ago during the Warring States Period, this was a vast ocean for agriculturalists! There was so much they could do!
After waking up, Zhao Yuanxi looked at the small bag of corn seeds on the couch and began to adapt to this supernatural phenomenon.
She was planning to take a walk here first, but was stopped as soon as she arrived at the palace gate.
"Empress Dowager, you can't go out." The guard lowered his head and dared not look directly at Zhao Yuanxi, but did not take a step back.
“Get out of the way!”
"Please don't make things difficult for me, Your Majesty." The guard knelt on the ground.
Zhao Yuanxi felt a bit of a headache. If these people had a bad attitude, he could still use it as an excuse to scold them, but now they were kneeling here, and it seemed like he was being unreasonable.
"Okay, I won't go out!" Zhao Yuanxi said slowly, "Tell him a message for me. If he doesn't want to see me hanged here, let me go out. I'll just wander around and won't go back to Xianyang to get in his way."
The guard trembled with fear, "I will report this to the king immediately."
Zhao Yuanxi stopped looking at the person lying on the ground and turned to the female historian who was serving beside him and said, "I'm hungry."
On the other side, Ying Zheng laughed angrily after receiving the news. After threatening to commit suicide, he cried out for hunger. Would a person who wanted to die still think about eating?
Ying Zheng understood that the Queen Mother was just forcing him, but what right did she have to force him?
Ying Zheng sneered, "If she wants to die, then let her die!"
"Your Majesty! No!" The old eunuch immediately knelt down. "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is your mother no matter what. If she hangs herself in Yongcheng, what will the people of the world say about you then?"
Veins popped up on Ying Zheng's forehead, and he wished he could kill the Queen Mother to vent his anger.
He had just come of age and was not yet the expressionless emperor who had unified the six kingdoms. Faced with his own mother's betrayal and the current threats, he was filled with rage!
"I am the King of Qin, who dares to criticize me?"
"Even King Li of Zhou could hardly silence the multitude of the world. Why would Your Majesty risk such disapproval? Moreover, in my humble opinion, the Queen Mother's actions are not an offense to Your Majesty, but rather a sign of submission to You."
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