Xiong Qi was coerced by Tian Guang and reluctantly began to carefully inquire about the itinerary of Gong Shuqiu and Ying Jue.
As a result, Gongshu Qiu, an old man who is a technical geek, spends all day bored in his house studying machine skills. According to his current status in the Qin State, unless Ying Zheng orders it, the rest of the people really have no right to ask him to put down what he is doing.
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Since a traitor like Zhong Langcheng appeared in the palace guard, Ying Jue's imperial army has now taken over the duty of guarding the palace. Ying Jue himself lives in seclusion and is located close to the palace, so it is impossible to say that he has a shadow secret guard.
It is simply an impossible task to deliver these two people to Tian Guang without exposing himself.
"Tian Guang, you..."
Knowing the specific situation of Gong Shuqiu and Ying Jue, Xiong Qi cursed Tian Guang countless times at home.
Even though there was nothing that could be done for the time being, the day was still rushing forward, and in a blink of an eye it was the day when the coffin of the Queen Mother Huayang was to be buried.
From Xianyang to Lishan, the team carrying the coffin stretched for several miles.
The last time he helped his mother, Zhao Ji, return to Handan, Ying Zheng did not take any of the concubines in his harem with him. This time, he helped his grandmother, the Queen Mother, with almost all the named ladies in his harem.
Mi Hua's face looked haggard, and her dry cheeks had no traces of tears. Her lips were dry and her eyes were dull.
Fusu walked with his mother. His mother was sad, and so was he. He stared in the direction ahead with hazy, tearful eyes.
Others, such as Princess Guili of Qi, Princess Ji Yi of Yan, Princess Han, Princess of Wei, etc., also shed tears.
As the leader of the Mi family, Xiong Qi was on his way to see him off, but his thoughts were still affected by Tian Guang's threat.
Ying Zheng was watching the road ahead, and noticed his appearance, so he came over and asked with concern: "Cousin, my grandmother has passed away. I and you are all juniors, so we should fulfill our filial piety. My cousin is not here, but what's on your mind?"
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Xiong Qi was startled and responded in a panic: "Your Majesty, your Majesty..."
At this moment, his mind went through countless choices.
The lives and future of the entire Mi clan rest on his shoulders.
"Your Majesty, I just remembered that the Queen Mother was still chatting and laughing with Mi Hua not long ago, but suddenly there was a separation between yin and yang, alas~"
Ying Zheng cheered up and did not feel too much sorrow. "Death and life matters are beyond the control of human beings. The life of my grandmother, the Queen Mother, has been enough to shine on our great Qin for eternity."
The Empress Dowager Huayang influenced four generations of Qin kings. She has glorified the Qin Dynasty through the ages. This is an exaggeration, but it is not wrong.
The words were kind, but Xiong Qi's face turned gloomy upon hearing them, and the king did not respond to the queen.
He felt that there was no need to speak out about Fusu's teacher.
In fact, this is because Xiong Qi's thinking has become rigid. The operating mode of in-law politics and foreign relatives' politics has firmly trapped him.
Empress Dowager Xuan, Empress Dowager Huayang, and Zhao Ji are all representative women in Qin's foreign relations politics.
In the current political system of the Qin State, the queen is generally relatively low-key and has less political interference.
But after the death of their husbands, the new king succeeded to the throne, and they became queen mothers. They became high-ranking and powerful and began to actively participate in politics.
Especially when the new king is still a young son when he succeeds to the throne, the queen mother often becomes the center of governance, and the queen mother's relatives form a large political group around her.
The Chu family has been very familiar with this since the Empress Dowager Xuan was declared. The Empress Dowager sat in the harem of the Qin State, married the new king to a daughter-in-law from her mother's family, and another member of her own family was in charge of power in the court.
If this double insurance continues, it can ensure that you will not suffer disaster for a few decades. In the next few decades, it will just be a different person, and the principle of operation will still be the same.
The combination of Zhao Ji and Lu Buwei that appeared later followed the same principle. They suppressed the Chu faction.
Even though he was suppressed, Xiong Qi was still the censor of the Qin Dynasty, and Mi still occupied a small part of the court. It can be seen that this set of principles is very practical.
What Xiong Qi is worried about now is that Ying Zheng has not established Mi Hua as queen. He is not sure whether the successor Mi will be able to continue the glory for decades.
Regarding this issue, Ying Zheng's attitude has never changed.
In the past, foreign relatives groups such as the Queen Mother Xuan Wei Ran group and Zhao Ji Lu Buwei group would never be able to rise in the Qin Dynasty where he was victorious.
As for saying that the harem has no owner, people are uneasy and want to cause chaos. Just because he is Yingzheng, this harem and this country will be as peaceful as Mount Tai.
This courage of the First Emperor may have its advantages and disadvantages.
As mentioned earlier, the Queen Mother's involvement in politics and the strong political power of her relatives are also related to the Qin Kingdom's throne succession system.
In the Qin State, it is generally very clear to determine the successor. Establishing the crown prince early can ensure a smooth transition to the throne.
The Queen Mother intervened in politics and formed a group of relatives, but this objectively ensured that the Qin State would not break out into uncontrollable chaos during the change of power.
Referring to the Zhao Kingdom next door, among the twelve generations of kings, the eleven generations have all beheaded their brothers, and some even beheaded their fathers.
After a simple two-sentence conversation, neither Ying Zheng nor Xiong Qi spoke again.
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A few days later, Xianyang Imperial Prefecture
Bai Feng appeared on the top of the tallest pavilion in the mansion, with the white feathers on her shoulders fluttering in the wind.
His eyes locked on the person below.
The other party seemed to be just an ordinary person, but he always "passed by" the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion on time in the past few days, which made him very concerned.
"Huh~" He jumped down from the stairs.
In a flash of white shadow, a passerby disappeared, and no one around him noticed at all.
Bai Feng pressed the man against the wall of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion and asked coldly: "Who are you?"
The man held Bai Feng's hand with both hands and struggled to say: "Hero, you, you, let me go, or I will scream. This is Xianyang."
This attitude shocked Bai Feng for a moment.
He snorted coldly, then drew out his sharp feather blade and got close to the opponent's neck, "Qin Fa, of course I'm afraid. But you were already dead before I was punished by law."
The other party immediately surrendered and said, "No, no, no. If you have something to say, it's easy to say. Hero, whatever you say is what it is."
Bai Feng took back the feather blade and continued to ask: "Who are you? I have never seen you before. Who told you to come here on time every day."
"The villain is just a street sweeper. When I go home after sweeping, this is the closest way. No one will let me go here."
"Then why haven't I seen you before?"
"Oh! I remembered that a few days ago, when I was sweeping the street, I bumped into Mr. Changping's carriage. He asked me to sweep in a different direction from now on to prevent him from seeing me again.
Who is Mr. Changping? It’s good that he hasn’t been taught a lesson. How dare you not listen to what he says?”
"Huh?" Bai Feng suddenly became alert. What kind of thing is Chang Ping-Jun and a street sweeper doing?
He suppressed the doubts in his heart and warned the man: "You won't know anything after you get out of here."
"Yes, I don't have anything -"
Before the man finished speaking, his eyes blurred and he found himself standing on the street outside. He blinked twice and ran away quickly.
Bai Feng summoned a bird with one hand and let it fly to Luowang headquarters.