Chapter 120 The main text is finished [Jinjiang genuine version only released·Conferring the title of Crown Prince...
The imperial capital of Xianyang is more than 2,000 miles away.
Lü Zhi, who was resting with her eyes closed in the carriage, heard the eunuch outside calling out to her. She quickly opened her eyes and got out of the carriage. She bowed to the eunuch who had brought her back and said, "Thank you, my lord, for bringing me back."
The black-clad eunuch sitting on the carriage also nodded slightly and said, "You're welcome."
After saying this, the palace eunuch grasped the reins in his hand, controlled the direction of the horse, and drove the carriage towards the Weishui Bridge.
Lu Zhi watched the palace carriage turn at the end of the street before turning around and walking into the house with a tired look on her face.
In the past two years, as she gradually gained a foothold in the palace, she arranged for her two brothers to join the army in the suburban camp.
The three brothers and sisters devoted themselves to building their future in Xianyang City, and moved their original residence from the East City to a small house in the southwest town.
Today is a rest day in the military camp.
It was almost curfew, but my sister still hadn't come back.
Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi hurried to the door of their house and waited. As soon as they arrived at the door, they happened to run into their second sister who was coming in.
Seeing Lü Zhi's exhausted look, Lü Ze hurried forward, extended his hand to support his second sister, and looked at her with a distressed expression, saying:
"Sister has been coming home later and later these days. Is it because the affairs in the palace are too complicated?"
Lu Shizhi also opened his big eyes and looked at his second sister who was strong-willed with heartache.
As Lü Zhi walked into the courtyard, she looked at her two brothers, who were looking at her with worry and distress. She couldn't help but shake her head in amusement and said,
"Big Brother, Second Brother, I'm not tired. It just so happens that things have been quite busy at the Zhangtai Palace these past few days. Once I'm done with this, I can get off work and return home earlier. Besides, my two brothers, I'm your Majesty's Shangshu Zuoshi, so it's natural that I should be busy on weekdays. If I suddenly have some free time one day, wouldn't that displease your Majesty?"
Lu Zhi blinked and said playfully.
"Alas, Chi'er, even though that's true, you still have to worry about your health. Women's physical strength is inherently weaker than men's. You're so stubborn and work so hard. If you accidentally burn yourself out in the palace, your life will be over."
"Okay, big brother, I understand. After I'm done with this busy period, I'll take good care of myself."
"Let's go back to the house and talk about this."
The three siblings walked into the house together. The two old servants in the house had already placed dinner on the table.
Lu Zhi washed her hands with her two brothers. After she knelt down on the seat and drank a sip of warm scented tea, she felt the fatigue in her body begin to dissipate little by little like the tide.
In order to avoid disaster, the five brothers and sisters followed their parents and moved from their hometown in Qi to Pei County in Chu to settle down. Later, by chance, the three brothers and sisters came from Pei County in Chu to Xianyang in Qin.
During this period, the three brothers and sisters of the Lu family had experienced many things. They were busy with their own things during the day and rarely saw each other. Now that they finally had time to get together, they no longer followed the rules of not talking while eating or sleeping.
Lu Shizhi picked up the ceramic bowl on the table and drank half a bowl of hot egg noodle soup in one gulp.
He took out a handkerchief from his bosom and wiped the soup from the corner of his mouth. He looked at his sister, who was kneeling in the main seat with chopsticks, eating the steamed dumplings slowly and carefully. He couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Chi'er, what's with the recent notices? The propaganda wall in the barracks is covered with notices about the achievements of His Highness the Crown Prince. The whole army has been talking about the young prince enthusiastically these days!"
"I've never seen the royal family do this before?"
Hearing her second brother's question, Lü Zhi paused with her right hand holding the chopsticks, and asked the two old servants to go down and rest. Then she looked at the two brothers who were looking at her and said in a very low voice:
"Big Brother, Second Brother, you must be more cautious in your military actions recently. If I am not mistaken, His Majesty wants to finalize the succession of the Qin Dynasty and announce it to the public."
"Heir? Could it be that the eldest son will be appointed as the crown prince by His Majesty?"
When Lu Shizhi heard this, his eyes widened in shock.
After a start, Lu Ze looked at his brother with an unfathomable expression:
"Shizhi, Your Majesty is now in the prime of life. Even if you want to appoint a crown prince, you don't necessarily have to appoint your eldest son."
Hearing his elder brother's somewhat confusing words, Lu Shizhi recalled the content of the recent notice that had been hotly debated by the common people, as well as the rapid rise of the emperor's eldest grandson's reputation in the army. He couldn't help but gasp, "Hiss—if Your Majesty really has transcended the generations to appoint a crown prince, looking through the history books of various countries, this would truly be a strange story within the imperial family."
Hearing the conversation between the two brothers, although Lu Zhi did not speak, a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and deep in her eyes was an unconcealable strong expectation -
Appoint a crown prince - the eldest legitimate wife or a wise and capable one.
The eldest son is not the legitimate heir, and his personality is pedantic and dull. One can honestly say that he is indeed a rare kind and honest person in the royal family, but if he is to be the crown prince, he feels that he is a bit lacking.
Although the eldest grandson of the emperor is a generation apart, he is of noble birth, is the eldest son and the legitimate heir, and is courageous and intelligent. He is also the most outstanding person in the three generations of the current royal family except for His Majesty the Emperor. Not to mention that His Majesty values him, even Lu Zhi thinks that the eldest grandson of the emperor is more capable of taking on important responsibilities than the eldest son.
As long as Your Majesty lives long enough, what's wrong with appointing a grandson as the heir? Even waiting patiently for the birth and growth of the great-grandson is worth it.
Now that the emperor's eldest grandson's political achievements have been spread throughout the world, Lu Zhi knows that the day she has been waiting for will not be too far away.
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Several bright flashes of lightning streaked across the dark night sky, and the sound of thunder and lightning resounded through the night sky. Immediately afterwards, raindrops as big as beans fell from the sky, hitting the tiles on the roof and making them crackle.
There were many people in the imperial capital who were as sharp-eyed and clear-minded as Lu Zhi. Many civil officials and military generals had glimpsed the emperor's thoughts and preferences from the notices recording the achievements of the emperor's eldest grandson.
Even Qin Ying herself felt something unusual.
After a few drizzles of autumn rain and a cool autumn wind, all the speculations, aspirations and waits of the civil and military officials finally came true at the end of late autumn.
On the last day of September, Qin Ying, dressed in a small black robe, followed her father into the palace. She was originally going to study with the teachers in the side hall of Zhangtai Palace as usual.
Unexpectedly, not long after the morning class began, he was led from the side hall to the outer hall of Zhangtai Palace by several eunuchs in black.
In the towering main hall, as soon as Qin Ying entered the outer hall, he saw it was full of people.
The moment he stepped over the threshold, the civil and military officials in black and red official uniforms all saluted him as if they had finally seen some important target.
His father, second uncle, and third uncle, who were kneeling at the foot of the imperial steps, were also looking at him with smiles in their eyes.
Qin Ying, who was about to turn seven, felt something in his heart. He subconsciously looked up at his grandfather, who was kneeling beside the high imperial desk. Seeing his grandfather's handsome eyes with a smile, his heart couldn't help but beat fast. He took a deep breath and walked slowly and calmly into the hall. When he reached the foot of the imperial steps, he bowed to his grandfather at the top and said:
"Ying greets Grandfather."
The First Emperor smiled and nodded. Without saying anything, he turned his head to look at the black-robed eunuch standing beside him. The eunuch hurriedly bent over and carefully picked up a black and red silk scroll from the imperial desk. After slowly unrolling the scroll, he looked at the eldest grandson of the emperor below and said loudly:
"Please ask the Emperor's eldest grandson Ying to receive the order."
Qin Ying knelt down on the wooden floor, lowered her head and listened attentively.
The black-robed eunuch immediately raised his voice, looked at the rows of ink characters on the scroll, and read aloud:
"The Great Qin Emperor's Decree to Establish the Crown Prince—"
"Issuing an imperial decree: I have heard that the governance of the Three Dynasties was based on identifying the virtuous and the incompetent, and establishing the foundation of the nation... Now that the world has been conquered and the land has been unified, it is time to establish a crown prince to ensure the safety of the country... The Emperor's eldest grandson, Ying, is favored by heaven, intelligent and brilliant, with a sharp mind, and a kind and filial character..."
"My eldest grandson, at the age of one, began to learn about benevolence and filial piety. At the age of three, he was involved in agricultural policy and understood the hardships of the common people. At the age of seven, he was proficient in poetry and literature and understood the great principles of the Spring and Autumn Annals... He can maintain peace and stability in the country, and he is both civil and military. He is sincere and kind, and truly embodies the virtuous example of the Qin Dynasty and inherits the precious treasures of the ancestral temple... No other sons or daughters of the royal family can match him... Although Ying is young, I love him very much!"
"I now order the Grand Historian to select an auspicious day... to grant you the Jade Book and the Golden Seal, and to enthronize you as the Crown Prince... and to announce this to the whole world, so that all may know."
"Edict of the ninth month of the autumn of the thirty-second year of the First Emperor."
As the word "edict" fell, the whole hall was silent, and then there were cheers and applause from the court officials, which was enough to show how much the newly-minted "Crown Prince" was expected by the civil and military officials.
The dark face of Wang Ben, the Marquis of Tongwu, turned red with excitement.
Even though Qin Ying had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but burst into tears of excitement after hearing the edict of enthronement written by his grandfather. What moved him most in the edict was not the three words "Crown Prince" which symbolized the crown prince position, but his grandfather's words - "Although Ying is young, I love him very much." From these few words alone, it was enough to see that even though his grandfather was the First Emperor, he had to bear considerable mental pressure to skip the "primogeniture system" and bypass the eldest son who had already reached adulthood to make his young grandson the crown prince. After all, the position of crown prince was related to the foundation of the country. Once it was decided, if it was changed midway, it would cause great chaos. For the young "Crown Prince", other things could be put aside. The biggest hurdle he faced was growing up smoothly within the royal family.
The mechanical electronic sound of the system rang in his mind. Qin Ying had no time to listen carefully. He raised his right hand to wipe the red corners of his eyes. Then, in front of all the officials, he bowed respectfully to the father at the top of the imperial desk and said:
"Ying Ying accepts the order, long live the emperor."
The First Emperor smiled as he watched his grandson take the imperial edict from the eunuch's hands. He then waved to his grandson, who was standing below with red eyes, and said with a smile, "Ying, come up."
Qin Ying sniffed her red nose, holding the imperial edict in her hand, and walked up the steps step by step to the imperial stairs.
He had climbed the three-level imperial steps of the inner hall of Zhangtai Palace many times, but the imperial steps of the outer hall were higher and larger. Today was the first time since he was born that he walked up the imperial steps in front of civil and military officials at a court meeting.
He took each step very steadily and slowly.
The civil and military officials sitting on the two sides of the seat were also staring at the back of the little prince with shining eyes.
The Crown Prince, who will be seven years old next month, has lost a lot of fat compared to the previous two years. Because of his martial arts training, he has also grown taller in the past two years. Although his face is still very childish, just looking at his back, the young boy already has some of the tall and handsome men of the Qin royal family.
The young boy, who was walking steadily, came to the imperial desk with the imperial edict in his hand, and sat and stood close to the First Emperor. Both grandfather and grandson were wearing black clothes, and their eyebrows and eyes were almost identical, looking very similar.
Li Si, who was kneeling at the bottom, witnessed with his own eyes that the "Second Emperor" in his mind was finally confirmed. He was so excited that his old face immediately turned red and he bowed to the top and said loudly:
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The ministers who reacted followed suit and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise, long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, and a thousand live the Crown Prince."
Fusu, who was kneeling among them, was also one of those who shouted "Long live the emperor". He looked at the two people, one big and one small, at the top. One was his biological father and the other was his biological son. He was caught in the middle and lived a life where he was neither as old as the father nor as young as the son.
Today he finally waited for his father to confer the title of "Crown Grandson" on his son. He originally thought that when he personally experienced this scene, there would be some waves in his heart, but he did not expect that when he really saw this scene, his mood was extremely calm, without any ripples.
Compared with his fat son, apart from his identity as a "father" and the age of "adulthood", he has no other advantages that can suppress the fat son's glory as the crown prince.
If he lives long, he can still be the "Grand Emperor". If he does not live that long, well... like his great-grandfather who died young, the posthumous title of "Grand Emperor" is still the "Grand Emperor". A deep smile welled up in Fusu's eyes.
When awake, he holds the power of the world; when drunk, he sleeps on the lap of a beauty.
Standing beside the emperor, looking down at all the civil and military officials bowing down to him, no one could remain unmoved by this majestic scene.
Qin Ying stood next to her grandfather, turned her head and met his eyes, and the grandfather and grandson smiled at each other.
The little prince clearly heard an extremely clear, even excited, mechanical electronic sound in his mind -
[This system has verified that the historical records do not contain a story about the 27-year-old, in the prime of life, Qin Ying, officially and publicly enthroned as the Second Emperor by the First Emperor in the 42nd year of the Qin Emperor's reign! In seven years, the host has successfully reversed the fate of Qin Shi Huang's premature death, the extinction of the Qin imperial family, and the disastrous fate of the Qin Empire's demise in its second generation! Congratulations to the host on completing the main quest.]
[After a "beep" sound, the random blind box system will be unbound from the host and reward the host with the system mall. In the future, the host can still complete the system sign-in tasks and accumulate blind box coins to shop in the system mall.]
[“Ding——” The blind box system is unbinding. Countdown: ten, nine… five, four, three, two, one.]
[The "Didi" random blind box system No. 20250330 has been successfully untied from the host Qin Ying. For the rest of her life, I wish the host to become a good emperor who governs the country and protects the people, and loves the people like his own children! Best wishes!]
【"drop--"】
Two long "di" sounds rang in his mind one after another, and Qin Ying felt his head relax, as if he had experienced the feeling of Monkey King taking off his golden hoop. Although the blind box system has always been silly and sometimes even shaky in the past seven years, he can say with a clear conscience that if it weren't for the Fool Tong, he wouldn't have been able to live so smoothly in the past seven years.
He used his mind to select the system panel and saw the system mall page and the daily task sign-in page. The previously mandatory "taskbar" page had disappeared without a trace.
Although the system disappeared, his golden finger was not lost. The young boy's phoenix eyes became brighter and brighter. When the First Emperor saw his grandson's beautiful little face full of joy, his narrow and long phoenix eyes also shone like stars.
The joyful voices of the ministers shouting "Long live the emperor" were transmitted through the clean carved glass windows to the blue sky.
Standing beside the big pillar at the bottom, Meng Yi and Lu Zhi looked at the Emperor and the Crown Prince at the top with smiling eyes. These were the two generations of emperors they would follow for the rest of their lives.
The sunny days seem to have no end in sight, and the happy story of His Majesty the First Emperor and his caring grandson is still chasing time, never stopping, with their heads held high and their chests held high, striding forward...
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