"Nonsense! If he didn't believe me, why would he kneel before me? Wait a minute..." Zu An suddenly realized, "You almost tricked me. What do you mean by pretending? I am the First Emperor, Ying Zheng."
Mysterious woman: "..."
"You've really gotten addicted to pretending?" the mysterious woman sneered. "Then do you know who I am?"
"You are..." Zu An was about to answer when he suddenly remembered something, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face. "You are my... wife? My empress?"
Mysterious woman: "..."
"You're really getting into character! You actually know my identity, yet you still dare to spout nonsense here!"
Zuan chuckled awkwardly, "I've only just regained my memories, so I don't remember a lot of things..."
"Shut up. I wouldn't fail to recognize my own husband. Don't try to fool me with the lies you told Zhang Han." The mysterious woman sneered. "Besides, you couldn't even fool Zhang Han."
"What do you mean?" Zu'an recalled that she had said something similar just now. Could it be that Zhang Han really saw through me?
“You made three mistakes in front of Zhang Han just now,” the mysterious woman said calmly. “First, Ying Zheng is ruthless, cruel, and ungrateful. If Ying Zheng were truly resurrected, he would not forgive Zhang Han so easily after learning that Zhang Han had destroyed the last main force of Qin.”
"I've just regained my memories and I'm still very weak. What's wrong with saying some conciliatory words to temporarily stabilize it?" Zuan felt he was getting more and more into the role.
"It's not a problem to appease him for now, but your methods are too naive. Also, your statement 'It is fate, and no human power can change it' is clearly not in line with Ying Zheng's character. Ying Zheng boasts that his achievements surpass those of the Three Sovereigns and his virtue exceeds that of the Five Emperors. He believes that he is as old as heaven and earth and as radiant as the sun and moon. How could he possibly submit to any so-called fate?" The woman's voice was full of sarcasm.
Zuan fell silent. He was just a keyboard warrior, good at giving advice online, but in reality, it would be strange if he didn't give himself away when impersonating the First Emperor.
"Your second mistake was claiming that the girl with the braids was your friend in order to save someone," the mysterious woman continued.
"What's the problem?" Zuan asked, puzzled.
"Ying Zheng is arrogant and conceited. He will not allow anyone to be his equal, let alone have any so-called friends. You can call that girl your subordinate, maid, or even female slave, and Zhang Han will not refuse to release her, but you cannot call her your friend," the mysterious woman explained.
Zu An recalled the situation just now. No wonder Zhang Han's tone had changed. Even he could feel it. However, he still asked unwillingly, "Hmph, I have been reborn and have been completely transformed. What's wrong with my personality changing? Does he think I'm an imposter just because of that?"
"Personality isn't so easily changed. Besides, you've made more than just the two mistakes mentioned above; there's an even more fatal one," the mysterious woman's distant voice said.
"What?" Zu An was startled.
"You just mentioned being worried that the undead legions might rush out and disturb me?" The mysterious woman's voice was filled with sarcasm.
"Is there a problem with this?" Zuan asked, looking puzzled.
The mysterious woman did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Do you know what those undead legions are?"
"Isn't it said to be the wronged souls of the rebel armies of the six eastern kingdoms?" Zu An asked.
"Hahaha~ If you're going to pretend to be Ying Zheng, you should at least do it convincingly. Ying Zheng wouldn't be so easily swayed by others' words," the mysterious woman let out a chilling laugh. "Those undead legions aren't some rebel army from the six eastern states, but rather the last two hundred thousand main force troops of the Great Qin Empire!"
"What!" Zu An's expression changed drastically.
The mysterious woman's voice drifted over: "Back then, Zhang Han was the Minister of the Imperial Household Department. He was in charge of the prisoners from Mount Li who were building the imperial mausoleum. At that time, the world was in chaos, war was raging, and the Qin state was on the verge of collapse. He led the prisoners from Mount Li to defeat various rebel armies. Later, the court kept supplying him with soldiers, and the main force ended up in his hands."
"He was indeed very capable, defeating all the heroes and seemingly about to completely quell the rebellion, but then he suddenly appeared out of nowhere... In the Battle of Julu, he and Wang Li were defeated by Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, and were defeated again in the Battle of Zhangyu. In addition, he was at odds with Zhao Gao, a powerful minister in the court, and fearing that he would be executed, he surrendered to Xiang Yu, which led to the massacre of the last 200,000 elite troops of the Qin state by Xiang Yu."
"The spirits of 200,000 Qin soldiers are sealed beneath this pool."
Zu An's expression changed drastically. No wonder he had noticed that all the escaped undead hated Zhang Han to the bone. So that was the reason.
"Because those undead were Qin soldiers, they wouldn't bother you?" Zu'an pondered where he had gone wrong.
“No, because Ying Zheng wouldn’t worry about that,” the mysterious woman replied.
Zuan: "???"
What's wrong with you? Can't you just say it all at once? I always have to keep asking follow-up questions. It must be tiring for the straight man.
The woman's voice continued, "Do you know what Zhang Han was doing before he suppressed the rebel armies of various countries?"
"Wasn't it said that he was the then Minister of the Imperial Household Department, in charge of the construction of the imperial mausoleum or something?" Zu An replied.
"No, to be precise, it's not building an imperial mausoleum, but a mausoleum for the empress," the woman said with a sigh.
"The Empress's Mausoleum?" Zu An was taken aback. "But there are no corresponding records in later history, and even whether the First Emperor had an empress is a matter of much debate."
"That's because Ying Zheng destroyed all traces of my existence, just like he burned books and buried scholars alive," the woman said. "Since you know this history, you should be able to guess my origins from my surname."
"Are you a princess of the Chu Kingdom?" Zu'an asked tentatively.
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