Ying Gao slashed his sword crazily under the moonlight, venting the uneasiness, excitement and madness deep in his heart.
"Peng..."
Sword after sword, Ying Gao is like a monster who doesn't know how to get tired, venting his anger on a moonlit night.
On the attic, Wang Jian and Wang Ben slowly disappeared, and everything returned to normal.
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At this moment, Qin Wangzheng was also unable to sleep. He had received reports from Lao Tingwei and Guozhengjian, and the mountain that was pressing on his head had completely disappeared.
However, at this moment, while Qin Wangzheng felt relieved, he also felt a sense of emptiness, and a huge pressure hit him, making him feel even more dangerous.
He knew clearly that when one mountain fell, there was another one lying in front of him.
However, for Qin Wangzheng, his feelings for Lu Buwei were complicated.
He knew in his heart that without Lu Buwei's help, he would not be able to become the crown prince of Qin, nor could he become the king of Qin, let alone defeat Lao Ai in Qinian Palace.
However, Lu Buwei's involvement with the Queen Mother Lao Ai was a thorn in the side that kept the young King Qin awake for a long time.
He knew that he not only wanted to join forces with Lu Buwei, but also wanted to destroy Lu Buwei...
At this moment, Qin Wangzheng didn't know which idea had the upper hand.
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At this moment, Lu Buwei, who was in the Wenxin Academy, could not sleep either. He was looking at the bright moon in the sky, thinking a lot and thinking too much.
Many past events that had been floating in my heart for many years came to mind at this moment.
Lao Ai and the Empress Dowager acted arrogantly, which often made him sit up in the middle of the night. No matter how many times he found it unbelievable, he still clearly considered every detail of the matter countless times and wanted to make the final remedy.
However, the menacing Lao Ai and the lust-filled Empress Dowager already had the power to compete with him.
A big mistake has been made, but what makes Lu Buwei most distressed is that he was unable to end this most embarrassing situation in the most appropriate way.
He once sent the most skilled swordsmen to assassinate Lao Ai, but Lao Ai escaped one by one. He also sent Mo Hu to the Summer Palace in Liangshan more than once to persuade the Queen Mother to give up Lao Ai...
It's just that the Queen Mother has fallen into a trap, and his old and weak body can no longer pull her up.
If all his plots had not failed and Lao Ai and the Queen Mother were becoming more and more lawless, he would not have openly supported the King of Qin's pro-government, nor would he have secretly assisted the King of Qin in annihilating Lao Ai and affecting Zhao Ji.
Thoughts flashed in his mind, and Lu Buwei felt even colder. Especially when the students from the academy brought back King Qin's letter to the court and his subjects, he was even more disheartened.
The King of Qin regarded the Lao'ai Rebellion as a national and legal disgrace, which pointed directly at his political strategy.
The "Letter to the Government and Opposition Subjects" directly pointed out that his "slowing down the law and lenient punishments" was the source of chaos in the country. The government and the opposition in the Qin Dynasty wanted to purge the officials and clarify the situation of the dynasty.
But he, Wenxin Hou, the Prime Minister of Great Qin, only found out about it after the fact, which made Lu Buwei feel vaguely uneasy.
The moonlight was cold and cold, just like Lu Buwei's current state of mind. After half a lifetime, he actually felt lonely.
"Marquis Wenxin, you are so free..."
Just when thoughts were flashing in Lu Buwei's mind, and the dusty past kept resurfacing, an old laughter came from behind, which immediately made Lu Buwei excited.
He was so focused on things that he didn't notice someone walking behind him, but today it was the killer who came, and he was probably already dead.
With a slight frown on his brow, Lu Buwei calmed down and said, "Mr. Gangcheng?" When he turned his head and saw the appearance of the person coming, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Come, sit down under the pavilion——!"
After walking through a path paved with bluestones and entering the stone pavilion, Cai Ze shook his head: "Marquis Wenxin, I want to drink Zhao wine. You and I will get drunk today!"
Lu Buwei smiled slightly and waved to the servant outside the pavilion. After a while, the servant brought the wine and food cart and placed the wine and food on the stone table in the pavilion.
Lu Buwei signaled the servant to step back, and poured a cup of wine for himself and Cai Ze respectively: "Gangcheng-kun, just drink. I don't have much here, just a lot of wine..."
"Marquis Wenxin, we say goodbye today. I don't know when we can meet again..." As he said that, Cai Ze picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Lu Buwei was startled. He already had a guess in his mind: "Gangchengjun is in Xianyang and wants to drink with me. As long as Gangchengjun is willing..."
Hearing this, Cai Ze put down the wine cup and took a deep look at Lu Buwei: "I want to resign from office, what do you think of Marquis Wenxin?"
Cai Ze's words made Lu Buwei's heart skip a beat, and he couldn't help but said: "Don't worry, after a while, you and I will go together..."
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The two talked for a long time. Cai Ze drank another glass of wine and slapped Lu Buwei repeatedly, saying: "I know what you are thinking, but I just want to tell you that you are wrong!"
"Your Majesty, this person puts national affairs first, not grudges, and he doesn't care about rumors!"
Perhaps he was planning to leave. Cai Zezhi spoke impassionedly and no longer had any scruples: "Wang Shu seems to accuse you of being a political official, but in fact he is opening up for you and placing the blame on the late king!"
"To be honest, I also think that the officialdom needs to be rectified. Over the years, General Lao Ai has messed up the government offices..."
Hearing Cai Ze's words, Lu Buwei smiled quietly and said, "If that's the case, why are you leaving again?"
"Living in Qin has no merit..."
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"Tsunari-kun!"
Lu Buwei unconsciously lowered his voice: "There are rumors that the king killed Lao and Ai's two sons. How do you know about this?"
At this time, although Lu Buwei's three thousand guests were all here, he knew that such matters could not be discussed at all.
If Gangchengjun Cai Ze hadn't arrived today, he wouldn't have known who he should tell. Now that he had drank a few cups of wine, Lu Buwei was no longer hiding.
"Ha ha……"
With a loud laugh, Cai Ze shook his head at Lu Buwei and said, "This is simply nonsense!"
"I entered the Dazheng Palace in Yongcheng with Zhao Gao and saw with my own eyes that the rebels accidentally killed two sons. What does this have to do with the king?"
"This is just someone deliberately slandering the king!"
At this point, Cai Ze said again: "Speaking of which, this can be considered as God's favor for the Queen Mother. Chang Wenjun told me that since the Queen Mother was declared, there is one more rule of the Ying clan."
"As long as you are a queen or queen mother, no matter your personal relationship, if you give birth to an illegitimate child, both mother and child must be executed in the Ancestral Temple -!"
"Now that the two sons are dead, wouldn't there be a way to open up new areas for the Queen Mother..."
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"Why……"
Lu Buwei hissed, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Cai Ze: "According to Gang Chengjun's opinion, will the Lao Ai case continue to be carried out and sweep the entire court?"
This is what Lu Buwei is most worried about, because he knows that once this matter is investigated, a large blank will inevitably appear in the Qin Dynasty and the public.
This would be a devastating blow to the now prosperous Great Qin.