Chapter 99: Leave No One Alive [Jinjiang Authentic Edition Exclusive Release·Kill Them All!]...
He quickly quickened his pace and hurried into the inner hall. Just as he walked around the huge map screen, he saw two people in front of him standing with their backs to him, whispering to each other in the dim light against a very tall and thick pillar.
The man on the left looked very young just from the back, wearing a crown and a black robe, standing in front of a pillar. The other man seemed to be in middle age, also wearing a black official uniform, but he was slightly bent and lowered his head, with half of his body blocked by the pillar. The relationship between the two people seemed very close, their bodies pressed against the pillar, their heads very close to each other, they were concentrating on whispering something, neither of them turned their heads, as if they didn't hear the footsteps of him entering the hall at all.
The light in the inner hall seemed to be dimmer than that in the outer hall. Hu Hai could not see clearly, but he felt that the two figures in front of him looked very familiar just by looking at their outlines. In the dim light, he felt that the young man in the black robe and wearing a crown did not seem to be his father.
Although my father has become very young now, he is tall and has long legs. Moreover, all the civil and military officials in the court know that my father does not like crowns. Although the emperor looks very majestic wearing a crown and the twelve pendants of pearls and jade are also very beautiful, my father is obsessed with government affairs and always feels that wearing a crown is very cumbersome. He usually likes to wear a Tongtian crown on his head, and even abolished the crown at the beginning of unification.
The young man with his back to him, wearing a crown and a black robe, was of the same height and long legs, and had a noble temperament, but his figure seemed to be much smaller than that of his father, giving people the strange feeling of a child pretending to be an adult!
This person must not be his father!
Thinking of the glaring mourning clothes hung inside and outside the Zhangtai Palace when he entered it, the six-year-old Hu Hai subconsciously clenched his two little hands hanging by his sides, and a strong jealousy and inexplicable sadness burned in his eyes.
Could it be that this black-robed man with his back to him was Brother Fusu? Father had passed away, and Brother had ascended the throne?
That's it.
No matter how close brothers are, they are not as close as sons. If he reports Qin Ying to his elder brother, his elder brother will definitely not care!
Haha—he was unlucky after all, having been wronged by that little bastard Qin Ying for no reason! There was no way to seek justice!
Who made Xuanniao biased? The royal prince that was loved by heaven was not him, Ying Hu Hai?
Hu Hai, feeling extremely aggrieved and wronged, was gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, wanting to quietly turn around and leave while the two people in front of him didn't notice his presence. He saw the man in the black robe and crown, who had his back to him, suddenly turned around. Before he could react, the first words the man said stopped him in his tracks as he was about to leave.
"Ah, teacher, you are absolutely right. So, according to your opinion, how should I deal with them?"
[teacher? ! ]
After hearing the familiar voice of the young boy, which had lost its childishness and was full of youthfulness, Hu Hai's eyes widened in shock. He subconsciously took two quick steps forward and saw that the middle-aged man who was hunching over also turned around and faced him.
At this moment, a loud thunder rumbled outside the carved wooden window covered with white gauze on the wall, and a crackling, zigzag silver-white lightning suddenly appeared at the window.
Silvery white lightning flashed, illuminating the dim inner hall with a flash. The six-year-old Hu Hai was so shocked that he sat down on the cold wooden floor, his eyes wide open, almost popping out of his head, because he clearly saw the faces of the two people talking in front of him.
The young man in the black robe and the crown was him! And the middle-aged man standing next to him, bowing and speaking, was actually his teacher of Qin Law—Shangshu Zuoshi Zhao Gao!
he! ! !
[This, this…]
The scene before him was so horrifying that Hu Hai, with his pupils dizzy with shock, had no idea what was going on.
He was so scared that he sat down on the ground, and the "him" opposite him, who seemed to be ten years older than him, still didn't look at him, and even the middle-aged "teacher" next to him ignored him.
[Could it be that the two of them couldn't see him at all?]
Hu Hai looked down at his outstretched palm in a daze. There were lightning and thunder outside the window, and crackling raindrops fell from the sky and hit the black tiles above his head.
It was raining heavily outside the window, and it seemed like a summer rainstorm.
Hu Hai, whose head was a little confused, could no longer tell what was going on. He remembered that it should be the middle of winter in Xianyang, and it was because of the cold winter that it was easy to get sick.
[But why is it raining heavily outside the window in summer?]
Hu Hai, confused by the heavy rain outside and with his heart beating like a drum, could not understand why "he", who was only in his teens, would wear a crown and stand in the inner hall of Zhangtai Palace which was draped with mourning clothes. Why his "teacher" would call "him" "Your Majesty"?
[Could it be that before my father passed away, he saw my talent and passed the throne to me?]
The huge shock and secret joy at the moment this guess emerged were like a surging sea that directly submerged Hu Hai from head to toe.
He swallowed, his eyes shining, and was about to stand up from the wooden floor. The next moment, he heard what his "teacher" said to his grown-up self, and fell to the wooden floor with a "bang".
"Your Majesty, you are extremely wise. Although you ascended the throne under the protection of me and the Prime Minister, the late emperor's intended heir in his will was, after all, the eldest son."
"You have just ascended the throne, and the eldest son, Meng Tian, and three hundred thousand soldiers are stationed at the Great Wall. The eldest lady, the eldest grandson, and the other princes are all extremely suspicious of the late emperor's death."
"In my opinion, if we don't find a way to deal with these people, they will sooner or later become a disaster. Just as you forged the imperial edict to ascend to the throne, these people will use it to pull you down again!"
When Hu Hai heard this, his whole body went limp and his face turned pale with fear.
He was not a fool. He had understood from his "teacher's" words that his "father's" death must have been very sudden. There was no time to announce the edict that would allow his elder brother Fusu to ascend the throne. So, with the help of his "teacher" and "prime minister", "he" directly forged the edict and usurped the throne.
Oh my God!
Hu Hai was so frightened that his lips trembled.
Even though he was young, he knew how miserable his death would be if the incident of "forging the imperial edict and usurping the throne" broke out.
really--
He looked at "him" with a headache and put his hand on his forehead, cursing with jealousy:
"Since these people are a threat to me, kill them all immediately!"
"Humph! Big Brother is truly dishonest! When Father was alive, he was always irritating Him in the court. Father was so disgusted with him that he drove him to the borderlands. Now that Father has passed away, he's trying to run back to the capital and rebel against me?! He's simply outrageous!"
"Teacher, you have to help me. You must help me kill Fusu!"
"Your Majesty, this is not easy to handle. You must know that the eldest son is accompanied by Meng Tian. Meng Tian is your Majesty's trusted and loyal minister, and he has 300,000 loyal soldiers under his command. If we don't handle this well and provoke a counterattack from the army, what will we do then?"
Hu Hai pursed his lips.
"Well... then, let's send an imperial edict to the frontier in the tone of our father. When my elder brother was driven out to the frontier, he knew that our father was tired of him. Didn't he claim to be loyal and filial? Our father is the emperor, and I am the emperor. If our father ordered him to die, and he didn't, then he would be unfilial! If I ordered him to die, and he didn't, then he would be disloyal! I want to see, when the imperial edict is delivered to the Great Wall, will this loyal and filial elder brother of mine die?!"
"Your Majesty is wise! You are far superior to me!"
"What about the Meng family?" "Zhao Gao" praised them joyfully, then looked at "Emperor Qin II" in a very low voice and asked tentatively.
"Heh—with our father gone, what's the point of keeping the Meng family around? Teacher, pass the order down that as soon as my eldest brother dies at the frontier, Meng Tian should be executed as well. And Meng Yi, who's imprisoned in the prison, should be dealt with as well! I'm tired of him just looking at him!"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will deal with this matter as soon as possible." "Zhao Gao" leaned forward and said in an extremely flattering manner.
After hearing these horrifying words, Hu Hai's face turned pale as paper with fright.
He admitted that, although he harbored unrealistic ambitions for the throne, he had never imagined that one day he would personally order the death of his beloved elder brother. But then again—if he ever became the Second Emperor, then his elder brother, this annoying and troublesome presence, would surely be eliminated swiftly.
This was all just a normal struggle for imperial power. Hu Hai pursed his lips and suppressed the complicated and nervous emotions in his heart. He barely managed to smooth things over for himself, and then he heard his "teacher" say worriedly:
"Your Majesty, everyone in this capital knows that the eldest son and his wife are deeply in love, and the eldest grandson is the eldest son's eldest legitimate son. If the news of the eldest son's suicide reaches the capital, I'm afraid the eldest grandson and his wife will make a scene."
"Oh—what's the problem?"
"I'm worried about my elder brother, but what's the big deal about a couple of women and children? Considering they are my sister-in-law and nephew, I'll send a few people to the eldest prince's mansion to leave two intact bodies for them."
"promise."
Zhao Gao narrowed his eyes and smiled, looking at the smug smile of Qin Er Shi, and then he turned his eyes and whispered:
"Your Majesty has truly inherited the wisdom and decisiveness of the late emperor. No wonder the late emperor doted on Your Majesty when he was alive and was willing to take Your Majesty with him on tours outside the palace."
When Hu Hai heard this, his fast-beating heart couldn't help but feel a little sad. It was a pity that his father no longer loved him as much as before, and was even very cruel to him.
It’s all because Qin Ying was born!
snort!
But fortunately, I will be the winner in the future. Qin Ying, that little bastard, should have died long ago!
From what the two people said before him, he seemed to no longer understand what was going to happen in the future.
He was actually the "destined" "Second Emperor"!
"The Second Emperor of Qin" was also flattered by "Zhao Gao"'s praise and felt a little flattered.
People who are not yet twenty years old are the least likely to be praised.
The cheerful "Second Emperor of Qin" listened, and then he heard a hint of sadness in his "teacher's" tone:
"Your Majesty, although you were able to quickly and efficiently eliminate the eldest son's lineage, in my opinion, if you want to sit on the throne for a long time, it is not enough to just eliminate the eldest son's family, who pose a great threat to you."
"Hmm? What do you mean, teacher?"
Hu Hai, who was sitting on the ground, also looked confused. He was not bragging, he dared to say that among the eighteen sons, except for his eldest brother, his father loved him the most.
He felt that as long as his eldest brother was gone and the annoying Qin Ying was gone, no other brother in the royal family could compete with him.
Zhao Gao looked at the puzzled look of Qin Er Shi, his expression unchanged. He twisted his beard with his right hand and said quietly:
"Your Majesty, please do not forget that among the eighteen sons born to the late emperor, your mother was of the lowest status and you were also the youngest. Now you have surpassed all the other sons and ascended to the throne, but your brothers all have high status and connections behind them. Can you really allow these people to hang around you all day long?"
"after all……"
Although Zhao Gao did not continue speaking after the word "after all", the hearts of Qin Ershi and Hu Hai were both in a knot.
"After all," he obtained the throne by "usurping power", which is shameful to be seen in public!
"Yes, teacher did remind me. Since I can execute my eldest brother, then the rest of my brothers should not live. Let them accompany father in the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty's decree is to deal with all seventeen princes, right?"
"Zhao Gao" spoke in a very low voice, and his gentle tone seemed to carry a hint of temptation.
Qin Er Shi frowned and nodded emphatically: "Yes, from Fusu to Yiqi, all seventeen of them were killed, leaving no one alive!"
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