"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this old servant knows his mistake! Your Majesty, this old servant truly knows his mistake!"
At this moment, Zhao Gao's cries became even more mournful and desolate.
to be honest.
He had assumed that His Majesty had come today because he missed him.
That's why he deliberately tried to clear his name of his sins.
Unexpectedly...
His Majesty is already aware of what he has done over the years.
Little did he know that this would enrage His Majesty, who would utter such harsh words, making him want to beat himself to death.
How could he be so foolish?
"Don't shout or scream in the prison, or you'll regret it!"
Meng Yi was just thinking about how to cut Zhao Gao into more than three thousand pieces without killing him when Zhao Gao's cries and screams disrupted his thoughts, causing him to shout in a fit of rage.
The First Emperor stood beside him without saying a word, then turned his head and glanced at Zhao Gao as if he were a stranger.
That one glance,
With a resolute and icy gaze, Zhao Gao met his eyes, his eyes brimming with tears.
Suddenly, he felt ice-cold all over, his limbs trembled, and he collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down his wrinkled old face.
"His Majesty......"
"Meng Yi, I hereby give you three days to execute Zhao Gao. If you fail to carry out this punishment within the time limit, then you shall be torn apart by five horses!"
"promise!"
After saying this, Ying Zheng walked out of the prison without looking back.
Meng Yi, with a fanatical expression, was left behind, along with a group of prison guards whose eyes were green with envy.
"What...what are you going to do? Why...why are you looking at me like that?"
Zhao Gao lay on the ground and took several deep breaths before he could calm down.
But he didn't expect that.
By this time, a crowd of people had gathered outside his cell door, staring at him.
If that's the case, then so be it.
After all, he was once a powerful and imposing figure beside the First Emperor, and he was not without the attention of the masses.
But now, the longing and fanatical looks these people gave him made him very uncomfortable, and he felt goosebumps all over his body.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Zhao Gao's body is really bloated and bloated!"
"Liu Xi, do you think I should cut open his stomach first or start with his lower abdomen?"
"Go away, Zhang Li! All you're thinking about is this Marquis of Xianyang. I, Liu Xi, am definitely going to take all the credit. The lower abdomen and stomach are where the intestines are located. Cutting those areas first will definitely kill Zhao Gao instantly, you idiot!"
"Hmph, I'll cut my belly off first!"
......
"You, you bunch of soldiers, you rats hiding in this dark and hopeless prison, how dare you talk about me like this! You just wait until I get out, I'll make sure you suffer a terrible death!"
As Zhao Gao listened, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his lower body.
He touched his stomach and other body parts, and finding that they were still there, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in horror and snarled fiercely.
"Ha! Zhao Gao, who's afraid of you now? Based on what you've done over the years, His Majesty has long been utterly disappointed in you. You have no chance of leaving again!"
"Yes, yes, Lord Meng Yi is right! That damned eunuch has completely lost power! Why should we be afraid of him?"
"You eunuch, you're all bald and still barking at us! Come on, brothers, open the door and beat him up!"
"Okay!"
"No...no...what are you doing? No, no, no, don't come any closer! Ah..."
Zhao Gao, who looked like a sick old man lying on the ground wrapped in tattered leather clothes, was no match for these strong men.
The prison door was pushed open.
In an instant, the group of prison guards pounced on him like tigers descending a mountain, punching and kicking him relentlessly, causing him to cry out for help in pain.
But what about Meng Yi, who was in charge of this imperial prison?
He kept his eyes and ears to himself, and did not offer any advice or attempt to stop Zhao Gao from being beaten.
After all, everyone knows that Zhao Gao and the Meng family are at odds.
The two sides had long been in fundamental conflict over their interests. Now, it's just that Zhao Gao has lost power and is being beaten like a dog in the water.
Not long after being released from prison, the First Emperor heard Zhao Gao's cries for help.
He knew that Zhao Gao must have been retaliated against by that brat Meng Yi.
However, he did not launch a surprise attack.
Because Zhao Gao was no longer of any value to him.
"Gao Shu, do you feel that I am being cruel and ungrateful for doing this?"
“Your Majesty, this old servant does not feel that Your Majesty is cruel and ungrateful. On the contrary, I feel that Your Majesty is kind and righteous. Lord Zhao Gao deserves his punishment. Over the years, he has done so many things that have wronged Your Majesty. He even deliberately colluded with the imperial physician and charlatans to try to poison Your Majesty. The fact that he has met such an end is already an act of mercy from Your Majesty!”
When Gao Shu was asked this question by the First Emperor, he immediately focused his attention. He knew that if he answered even slightly wrong at this moment, he would lose his head.
Therefore, he answered the questions with great trepidation. Of course, he also knew Zhao Gao's importance in the First Emperor's heart; he was like family to His Majesty!
He naturally didn't want to slander them, so he adopted a compromise, avoiding the main issue and focusing on the minor details.
After hearing this, the First Emperor couldn't help but laugh. "Gao Shu, you've been with me for so long, and you haven't learned much else, but you've certainly picked up a lot of Zhao Gao's tricks. Hahaha, how about this: after Zhao Gao dies, you will take over the position of Chief of the Imperial Carriage Office!"
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