Bonus chapter for 21,000 nutrient solutions: "My cousin is worried about me..."
The princess was born just as good news arrived from the front lines.
After Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, Wang Jian, Xin Sheng, and Li Xin led the Qin army to attack Yan. They defeated the combined forces of King Xi of Yan and Zhao Jia west of the Yi River. The Qin army advanced rapidly and captured the capital of Yan. King Xi of Yan and Zhao Jia fled to Liaodong.
King Xi of Yan never imagined that King Xi of Qin would be so ruthless. He had already cut off the head of his own son to beg for peace, yet King Xi of Qin remained unmoved.
Face or sentiment? What is that?
Ying Zheng ordered, "Let Li Xin go to Liaodong to pursue the remnants of the Yan state. Wang Ben is Wang Jian's son. He previously made meritorious contributions in the attack on Wei. Let him pursue the remnants of Zhao Jia's forces. We must annihilate the Dai state!"
With keen ears, Banban pricked up his ears. Li Xin?
Does she have long blonde hair?
She had seen it in her past life on the phone of the grandfather and grandson of the shopkeeper.
She had already finished her postpartum confinement period, and she never expected to hear this name at the little princess's full moon celebration.
After giving the order, Ying Zheng turned around and asked, "What is it?"
“…It’s nothing.” She said, slightly embarrassed.
Four-year-old Ying Zhao kept insisting on holding his little sister, raising his hand for a long time. Qian Yin had no choice but to look at Ying Zheng and Banban's expressions before she dared to carefully hand the little princess to him.
"Xing Shu, let your brother hold you." Ying Zhao was very strong and easily caught the swaddled baby.
Banban was afraid her son would drop his little sister, so she quickly bent down to support her, asking, "Can you hold her?"
"I can!" Ying Zhao's cheeks flushed red, but he stubbornly refused to let go.
It's truly laughable.
Xing Shu has already opened her eyes. Her pair of clear, glassy eyes are indeed large and bright. Her eyelashes are inherited from Ying Zheng, thick, long, and black. When she closes her eyes, they look like a small fan folded up.
Even his eyes look like his.
Back then, it was precisely these eyes that captivated Banban.
Qian Yin smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Zhaowu is very beautiful. She is only a month old and already has such a face. It is enough to foresee her demeanor in the future."
"My cousin and I's child will certainly not be ugly." Even so, Banban held her breath and gently touched the child's cheek, which was incredibly soft.
Perhaps because someone touched her, she finally moved her eyes, and suddenly opened her warm, wet little hand to grasp Banban's fingers tightly.
So many people came to the full moon celebration. After a series of celebrations, the little guy was finally able to see his mother again, and he stared at her intently.
Just then, Ying Zhao, being too small to carry his little sister, was taken over by Banban. "Mother, carry her. Zhao'er, take a rest."
"Star Hub?"
Little Star Pisces blinked slowly, its thick eyelids fluttering.
When Ying Zhao was young, his wet nurse told Banban that infants at this age cannot see. Although they can look at things briefly after one month, their vision will soon become blurry.
She can actually blink to 'refresh the screen'.
This realization and metaphor amused Banban, who gently rocked Xiaoxingshu in her arms, saying, "Mother is holding you."
The princess's one-month celebration was attended by countless people. Fortunately, Zhangtai Palace was large enough, and as the weather grew warmer, there was laughter and conversation outside.
Before long, an elderly woman came over, leaning on her cane.
Yun Jiling whispered a reminder, "The Queen is Lady Guan, the wife of General Wang Jian."
"What's Guan's name?" Banban asked.
Cong Yun was slightly taken aback, then quickly recalled the corresponding name in her mind, "Guan Zhujing".
"What a beautiful name," Banban exclaimed, raising her voice to respond to the other party, "Madam Guan, I'm so glad to finally meet you. I haven't seen you attend palace banquets for many years."
"I am old and my body is no longer what it used to be. Your Majesty is awe-inspiring. This old woman pays her respects to Your Majesty."
“Absolutely not.” Banban hurriedly asked Congyun to help her up. “How could we trouble you to bow, Madam? The General has made great contributions to our Great Qin. You have worked hard to manage the household and raise the children. Even Wang Ben was raised by you. He is very good. The King has been relying on him a lot lately.”
Guan Zhujing smiled with satisfaction, and said modestly, "Your Majesty is too kind. It is all within my duty."
"Upon hearing the princess's name, I knew that the king had high hopes for her and wished to see her in person."
Banban loved hearing these words and was happy to show her her daughter. "Look," she said.
Guan Zhujing softened her expression, raised her hand and carefully peeled off the swaddling clothes. The back of her hand was dry, with prominent bones, and the bracelet on her wrist was stained with a bit of frost.
"What a beautiful princess!" she exclaimed.
"The princess is the daughter of the king and queen. Madam, would you please take a look and see what you think of their appearances?"
Though she was not seen, her voice was heard; it was Bu Xianglian.
The surrounding area immediately burst into laughter.
"Well, now you even dare to joke with the King." Banban joked with her a few times. She had always been on good terms with Meng Tian's wife. Although they weren't close confidantes, they got along very well.
The three talked for a while, but Guan Zhujing's health was really not good, and he couldn't stand up, so he asked someone to help him back to the table.
Bu Xianglian lowered her voice, "I have heard that when Madam Guan was young, she also went to the battlefield with the army and was no less than the heroes of today. It is a pity that after her marriage, she was confined to the life of the backyard, taking care of her husband and raising her children."
Banban was stunned. No wonder she wanted to see Xiaoxingshu.
"Women have always been like this, too easily tied down. With children, parents-in-law to serve, how can they go to the front lines? Even without these trivial matters in the household, how can they be separated from their husbands?"
Banban seemed to be deep in thought. He thought that Bu Xianglian and Meng Tian had worked together to improve the writing brush, so she must have some talent. She probably wasn't content to just be a lady in the inner quarters.
Banban comforted him, "To accomplish something, you don't necessarily have to leave the mansion. These days, His Majesty intends to revise the household register and include the names of all the women in the country in the register."
"Even if it is passed down to later generations, the credit for making such a fine brush is not only Meng Tian's, but also yours. Aren't there people in the streets who have made a portrait of you and say that you are the Brush Goddess?"
Upon hearing this, Bu Xianglian blushed and said, "It's all just the common people being silly."
"I can tell you're secretly pleased with yourself," Banban teased her.
Bu Xianglian was indeed happy and comfortable. It's not surprising that everyone has a desire for fame.
The princess's full moon celebration came to an end. Two months later, Wang Ben destroyed the Dai Kingdom, which was run by Zhao Jia who had declared himself king. He then joined forces with Wang Jian and Li Xin's armies to besiege the remaining forces of the Yan Kingdom, captured King Xi of Yan alive, and the Yan Kingdom was completely destroyed.
When Prince Xi of Yan was escorted back to Xianyang, he had been stripped of his royal robes, his long white hair was disheveled, and he looked utterly wretched.
Ying Zheng had his head severed while he was still alive and placed next to Ji Dan's.
He didn't really have any feelings for Ji Dan. They had just played together for a few years when they were young, and those years were also mixed with some tacit mutual exploitation. How much genuine affection could there be?
But he wasn't very happy.
Banban knew what he was thinking. "Cousin, you're not actually seeking revenge for Ji Dan, are you?"
"Many people outside say that my cousin is a man of great righteousness and loyalty. He angrily cut off the head of the King of Yan to offer as a sacrifice to Ji Dan for his childhood playmate."
"Yan Wang Xi was a weak and incompetent ruler. He established a crown prince early on, but was unwilling to let him cultivate his own power base, fearing that the crown prince would weaken his control over the court."
Banban keenly perceived that Ying Zheng's definition of King Xi of Yan was weak and incompetent, a term that seemed to subtly overlap with that of his father, King Ying Yiren.
He did indeed rely heavily on Lü Buwei in everything, and even when he was alive, Lü Buwei mostly held the reins of military and political power.
Ying Yiren's decision to make Ying Zheng the crown prince was not of his own volition, but rather based on Ying Zhu's will.
"He would put his own crown prince in such a dangerous situation for his own sake."
It wasn't until Ying Zheng suddenly said these seemingly ambiguous words that Banban finally understood that Ying Zheng had never forgotten the fact that Ying Yiren had abandoned him and Ji Changyue in Handan when he fled with Lü Buwei.
Ying Yiren certainly had his reasons, but human feelings are dynamic and cannot be simply turned over and done with.
Banban sat beside him and gently hugged him. "Cousin, do you think that if the late king had lived long enough, you would be no different from Ji Dan?"
"I am not Ji Dan." Ying Zheng's face was somewhat sour.
"Oh, cousin is much smarter than Ji Dan, he wouldn't do anything stupid." Banban skillfully stroked his hair, patted his head, and pinched the back of his neck. This trick to coax him never failed and always worked.
Sure enough, his expression softened considerably. He put his arm around her waist and leaned against her. "At first, I disliked Lü Buwei because Father always listened to him. I also thought that as the Crown Prince, it was necessary for me to establish myself in the court, but Lü Buwei was a powerful minister who wanted to dominate the court. I would only be his enemy. His ideal successor would definitely be a weak monarch like Father, so that he could control him."
“Naturally, Lü Buwei and I are enemies. He wants to eliminate me and install a new heir. What would Father think?”
"Although he only lived for three years before passing away, these became the fears in my dreams during those years, and there was no possibility of them happening."
The head of King Xi of Yan symbolizes Ying Yiren, a figure in his imagination who might harm him. Since it is an illusion, it is naturally unreal and does not exist.
The fact that Ying Zheng could speak these words so openly proves that he personally killed the fear that had gripped the young Ying Zheng in those years.
Banban listened in a daze for a while, then silently gripped Ying Zheng's hand. "Cousin, why didn't you tell me that day? How difficult must it have been for you to be afraid all by yourself, to have nightmares all by yourself?" Her words were anxious and sorrowful. Thinking back to those days when she was carefree, eating and sleeping, innocent and naive without a care in the world, she felt overwhelming regret. Ying Zheng wiped away his cousin's tears. "I forced you to come to Qin, not because I wanted you to be a toy for my amusement. If I had let you live in fear in the palace, I would have hated myself even more for my incompetence."
"But I feel so guilty. I thought I was proud to be with my cousin every day and to share your hardships. But today I realized I was living in a dream world and knew nothing about the storms outside!" As she spoke, she became extremely sad and fell into self-blame.
"My cousin felt sorry for me back then."
"Of course! It hurts terribly!"
That's enough.
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