Chapter 292: The fifteen-year-old Prince Ying Zheng
Open your eyes.
A bright lamp burned in the dim room.
Zhang Heng walked up and took a look and found that only one-third of the lamp oil was consumed.
According to normal circumstances, he should wake up after the lamp oil ran out, but now he woke up much earlier than expected.
"Three years..."
Zhang Heng calculated one or two.
He stayed in the archipelago world for thirty years, and three years passed in the true world.
If he remembered correctly, Ying Zheng should be fifteen years old this year.
I don’t know if he has returned to Qin or if he has ascended to the throne.
By the way, there is also that little girl Hua Rou.
I don’t know what’s going on with me these years of traveling abroad.
Everything should go well. He has left a back-up on Hua Rou. If Hua Rou is in danger, he will sense it.
No, it means Hua Rou is relatively stable.
"Earthly Immortal Realm!"
Zhang Heng opened the window and looked at the sunshine outside.
If it goes as expected, thousands of years later, he, Zhang Yong and Liu Nan will meet again in the immortal world.
Dong dong dong...
There was a knock on the door.
Hou Wu's voice came from outside the door: "My boss, are you out of seclusion?"
"How has the business of Hengguzhai been in the past three years?"
Zhang Heng waved his hand, and the charm attached to the door frame automatically fell off.
"Everything is fine..."
Hou Wu first gave his affirmation, and then added: "On the Queen Mother Huayang's birthday, I sent generous gifts on behalf of Hengguzhai, thus getting in the way of the Queen Mother Huayang's younger brother, Yang Quanjun."
"Yang Quanjun is a man who likes rare things and elegance. He has a noble spirit. For the sake of Queen Mother Huayang, not many people in Qin dare to provoke him. With his help, the business in the past few years has been successful."
It’s done pretty well.”
Zhang Heng nodded silently.
Queen Mother Huayang was the wife of King Xiaowen of Qin, and Qin Yiren regarded her as his mother, thus ascending to the throne of the crown prince.
After King Xiaowen of Qin died of illness, Qin Yiren became the king. He also respected the Queen Mother of Huayang very much, and would ask the Queen Mother of Huayang for advice on undecided state affairs.
It can be seen from this.
The Queen Mother Huayang is not bad in terms of strength and influence.
This is a person who can check each other with Prime Minister Lu Buwei, and Yangquan Jun is the only younger brother of the Empress Dowager Huayang.
Although I don't have much ability, I can't resist having a powerful sister.
The younger brother is more valuable than the older sister, so Mr. Yangquan has become the most unprovoked person in Xianyang City. Even Lu Buwei's carriage has to give way to him.
"You and Mr. Yangquan are on good terms, and you should be familiar with the affairs in the Qin court."
Zhang Heng looked at Hou Wu: "Tell me, during the few years I have been in seclusion, great things have happened in the world."
Hou Wu said seriously: "My boss, many major events have happened in the past few years. First of all, not long after you retreated, Qin State Prime Minister Lu Buwei reached an agreement with Zhao State Prime Minister Zhao Xuanji to welcome back the seven cities on the Qin and Zhao border.
Zhao Zheng is the hostage of the State of Zhao."
"Although Zhao Zheng was young, he was very calm. King Qin liked him very much and changed his name from Zhao Zheng to Ying Zheng. Six months later, he was appointed as the crown prince and crown prince."
"In the past, the people in Xianyang always liked to talk about King Qin's second son, Cheng Xi. Now that Ying Zheng is back, people rarely mention him. It is said that the Queen Mother Xia is still very unhappy about this."
Queen Mother Xia is the biological mother of King Qin Yi.
It's just that she has a bad background and is not as favored as the Queen Mother Huayang.
In order to become the crown prince, Qin Yiren adopted the Queen Mother of Huayang as his mother. Now that Qin Yiren has become the king, although she has also become a queen mother, she is only the Queen Mother of the West Palace and has nothing like the Queen Mother of Huayang of the East Palace.
Compare.
As for Qin Wangyi’s second son, Ying Zheng’s younger brother Cheng Xi.
His mother is the daughter of an exiled Korean aristocrat.
When Queen Mother Xia saw that she was beautiful, she summoned her to the palace to show her to Qin Yiren. After she was spotted, she became his favorite concubine.
Therefore, Cheng Yu can be regarded as a person of the Queen Mother Xia.
The Queen Mother Xia wanted him to become the prince, but unfortunately Ying Zheng had a bigger background. Ying Zheng's mother was Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji was Lu Buwei's concubine before, but she was taken away by Qin Yiren.
Therefore, in Lu Buwei's view, the relationship between Ying Zheng and him is certainly closer than that between Cheng Yu and him.
Therefore, Lu Buwei had been persuading King Qin to welcome Ying Zheng back and not let Cheng Xi become the crown prince.
Where is the Queen Mother Huayang?
She has no heirs. The reason why she accepted Lu Buwei's bribe and helped Qin Wangyi become the king was to prevent herself from losing power. Therefore, the Queen Mother Huayang, Qin Wangyi, and Lu Buwei were partners.
After Qin Wangyi became the king, he was very respectful to her. She often told people that welcoming Qin Wangyi as the king was the best thing she had done in her life.
And she and Queen Mother Xia were in a competitive relationship.
She despised the Queen Mother Xia from the bottom of her heart and believed that she could only become the Queen Mother because she was the half-mother of King Qin. She secretly suppressed the Queen Mother Xia.
Now.
The Queen Mother Xia supported making Qin Wangyi's second son Cheng Yu the crown prince.
She objected. This objection was not because she disliked Cheng Yu, nor because she liked Ying Zheng.
But if Cheng Yu becomes the prince, he may become the next king of Qin.
When the time comes, the new king gets close to the Queen Mother Xia, how should she, the Queen Mother of Huayang, handle herself?
Therefore, the reason why Ying Zheng was able to serve as a hostage in the Zhao Kingdom for more than ten years and was established as the crown prince not long after his return was because of the great efforts of the Queen Mother Huayang and Lu Buwei.
"Ying Zheng is still the crown prince?"
"Yes."
Hou Wu answered in the affirmative.
"This is a mess!"
Historically, not long after Ying Zheng was established as the crown prince, King Qin Yi died of illness.
Later, Ying Zheng ascended the throne at the age of thirteen.
Now, Ying Zheng is fifteen years old and still the prince.
King Qin Yi was not dead at all, and it was different from history.
certainly.
It's actually normal to have differences. The true world is a world of immortality where monks exist.
The mighty one can move mountains and seas, and live forever.
As the king of the country, King Qin has the ability to practice Qin's law of governing the country. He is not an ordinary person and cannot be copied by the historical King of Qin.
Even Ying Zheng will not be the Ying Zheng in the history books.
It is hard to say whether we will explore overseas fairy islands in the future to obtain the elixir of life.
"Forget it, let it be chaos."
"The word "Ying Zheng" carries a great cause and effect. It is expected that even if he cannot ascend the throne as king at the age of thirteen, the throne of the future King of Qin will still be in his pocket. The difference is only a few years earlier or a few years later."
Zhang Hengxin was older and quickly forgot about Ying Zheng's failure to ascend the throne, and asked Hou Wu: "What has Hua Rou been doing in the past few years?"
"Miss Hua Rou has made many friends while traveling around the world."
Speaking of which.
Hou Wu carefully looked at Zhang Heng's face, and then said: "Not long ago, Miss Hua Rou came back and took a lot of healing medicine. It is said that..."
"What did you say, caused trouble?"
Zhang Heng said nonchalantly: "Young people, how can you be called a young person if you don't cause trouble?"
"I think so too."
"It's the person Miss Huarou provokes who is more difficult to deal with."
Hou Wu whispered: "Do you still remember Zhao Yi?"
"Zhao Yi?"
"Prime Minister Zhao, Zhao Xuanji's son who has the destiny of a true dragon?"
How could Zhang Heng not remember: "Wasn't he crippled by Zhao Xuanji?"
"It is useless, but for some reason, Zhao Yi had another adventure, continued his path, and gained good cultivation."
"While traveling abroad, the eldest lady somehow met Zhao Yi and became friends with him."
"Now that I know that Zhao Yi has become a monk, and Zhao Xuanji has issued a death order against him, Zhao Yi followed Miss Hua to Qin."
Hou Wu was a little afraid to look at Zhang Heng, and muttered: "Those precious medicines were prepared for Zhao Yi. It is said that he was injured by the dead soldiers of the Zhao family, and the injuries were not serious."
"All the dead soldiers are out!"
Zhang Heng was also convinced, shook his head and said: "It is said that tigers are poisonous and will not eat their children. This father and son are really interesting."
Zhao Yi has the destiny of a true dragon.
Since his birth, he has been feared by the Zhao royal family.
To show his loyalty, Zhao Xuanji killed his mother and deposed his son.
Zhao Yi once swore to heaven that if he embarked on spiritual practice in the future, he would cut off Zhao Xuanji's head to pay homage to his mother who died in vain.
Zhao Xuanji also vowed to kill Zhao Yi and offer his head to the king of Zhao.
Those who watch the excitement are not afraid of big troubles.
Father and son became enemies of life and death.
I wish I could eat its flesh and sleep on its skin, which is rare in ancient and modern times.
Not to mention other people, even Zhang Heng, who has traveled all over the country, has seen this kind of thing for the first time.