Because Jingpingjun Nongyu defected, Zilanxuan, which had stood in Xianyang City for nearly twenty years, was finally razed to the ground. A new inn was being built at this time.
On the street opposite the construction site, no more than fifty steps away, there was a restaurant with elegant furnishings and simple atmosphere. At this time, two people of extraordinary status were dining.
"Zhao Gao failed. His Six Sword Slave was so strong that he blocked Wei Zhuang's move of Hundred Steps Flying Sword and was seriously injured."
"Oh? Zhao Gao never reported Zhen Gang's injury to me. It seems that Li Si will need to personally care about the safety of his subordinates later."
After all, Li Si was not a cultivator. He was much older now, his face was sallow, and his nasolabial folds were marked with gullies, making his entire face look unusually thin.
However, as the left prime minister of the empire, Li Si had a very spiritual temperament, especially his eyes, which were as sharp as an eagle and as deep as an abyss.
Sitting across from Li Si and having dinner with him was Guo Wei Liao. He looked older than Li Si, his hair was almost silver, his face was rounder and a little whiter, and he was not as fierce as Li Si.
He smiled in a friendly manner, like an amiable old man who likes to chat with others.
"Haha, Mr. Li, we have been friends for more than ten years. Let me tell you straight. Zhao Gao is not a threat to you, so why should you be like this?"
"Haha, Sir Guowei, Zhao Gao and I have been fighting openly and secretly in Luowang for ten years, and I have never seen you say anything. Why this time, Li Si just failed to borrow a knife to kill someone, but you made him speak in person."
Liao leaned forward, stretched out his neck and said softly: "Master Li, don't you know that the eldest son, Fusu, has already given the crown ceremony?"
Um?
Li Si paused subconsciously, blinked his eyes and then acted as if nothing had happened.
"Time flies so fast. Li Si still remembers the eldest son's full moon look. Unexpectedly, so much time has passed."
Speaking of the eldest son Fusu, we have to mention the current internal situation of the empire.
Fu Su's mother, Mi Hua, was Ying Zheng's first wife, and her maiden name was Mi. Although the power of the Mi surname in the imperial court was not as powerful as it was in the Qin Dynasty, the emaciated camels were bigger than horses, so they still could not be ignored.
Xiong Dian, Lord of Changwen, was a Taiwei, nominally the highest military official in the central government. Those with the same rank as him were the Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor.
However, the power is completely incomparable. Under Ying Zheng, a powerful emperor, Taiwei is just a title. It is a compliment to the natal family, but it does not hold real power.
This is a major political force inherent in Fusu's birth.
With Ying Zheng's intervention, Fusu later became Fu Nian's teacher and entered the Central Academy to study.
This is the second largest political force around Fusu. The Confucian group headed by Fu Nian.
At the same time, while studying at the Central Academy, Fusu had access to the best young talents in the empire, and was completely trained as a successor.
The forces surnamed Mi are considered native to the Qin State, while the Confucian forces headed by Fu Nian are from outside, and their distribution is also good.
However, everyone obviously felt that His Majesty the Emperor was cultivating the eldest son as a prince, but the position of prince has not been officially determined for so many years, and even the imperial queen has not been established.
In recent years, probably because Fusu has grown up, His Majesty the Emperor has obviously become more affectionate towards the eighteenth Young Master Hu Hai.
Hu Hai was born after the fall of the Zhao Kingdom, and his biological mother may have come from the Zhao Palace.
The reason why this is possible is that no one has ever seen this lady who gave birth to a prince. Rumors speculate that His Majesty the Emperor went to Handan in person and accidentally killed him, but how close he and the Zhao people were.
Qiu, so...
Now Hu Hai is twelve years old, smart, lively and active. He doesn't like studying literature, but he is very interested in martial arts. If Gai Nie hadn't defected, I'm afraid Hu Hai would have worshiped Gai Nie as his teacher and learn swordsmanship.
In the imperial court, except for the Mi surnamed Confucians around Fusu, there were many forces with no clear preference.
For example, Li Si.
What the organization behind the scenes wanted was to control the world. If the power of the empire was smoothly transferred to Fusu's hands, it would be nothing. At this time, Li Si was very needed to help Hu Hai to fight for the crown prince's position.
Therefore, Liao quickly stepped forward to stop Li Si and Zhao Gao from continuing to fight among themselves, and asked them to unite their front first and help Hu Hai up.
As for why it is Hu Hai, apart from the fact that he is young and easily manipulated, the most important thing is that he is obviously favored by Ying Zheng.
Favoritism, many heroic overlords cannot escape this fatal emotional weakness.
As soon as Liao opened his mouth, Li Si knew that he had reached an important node concerning the fate of the empire.
His choice was naturally to support Hu Hai.
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After Li Si returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he immediately summoned his confidants.
In ten years, his development has been extraordinary.
In terms of martial arts, there are seven evil swords that belong directly to him, and each of them is a first-level master of Luowang Tianzi.
The leader of the Seven Evil Swords is Tian Meng, holding a large sword.
This famous sword, forged by the secret sword-forging skills of the peasant soldier master's lineage, was also the last famous sword of the soldier master's lineage, and it was finally in his hands.
The remaining six swords were made by Xu Fuzi, the world's best swordsmith, who used the power of the Qin State to process meteorite iron and took three years to make them. They are:
Metal, Bai Geng.
Wood, tree singing.
Water belongs to Shen Yuan.
The fire genus is Suiyang.
Yin, comet.
Yang belongs to the genus, brilliant and destroyed.
In addition, the Daju Sword is of the earth attribute, and the Seven Swords combine metal, wood, earth, water, fire, yin and yang.
Because Lu Yanzi's Seven Swords is the most precious and has its own unique moves, although this combination of seven swords has a bad reputation, it will always be dragged down by people and belittled by Lu Yanzi's Seven Swords. Li Si is also always criticized by others.
The legend is that he lives in the shadow of his junior brother Lu Yan.
In terms of intelligence, Li Si's chief staff officer was a woman.
She is Tian Meng's wife, Tian Qui.
As a woman who was trained since she was a child and sent to Zhao Gongzi Qian to make suggestions, Zhao Qian was naturally very talented. However, her first opponent in life was Lu Yan, and Zhao Gongzi Qian was still an Adou who could not support him. She had nothing to do with it.
It was a suspenseful defeat, and he almost lost his life.
Tian Meng, who was still under Lu Yan at the time, picked her up back into the trap and healed her injuries. Later, the two came together.
Later, Tian Meng turned to Li Si. Tian Meng was pregnant and was taken as a hostage by Li Si.
Ten years later, Li Si fulfilled his promise and respected Tian Qui very much. The treatment of Tian Meng's son Tian Ci in Li's house was almost the same as that of Li Si's youngest son.
Tian Meng's family of three have truly entered Li Si's house, and it is difficult to escape.
In addition to Tian Qui, Li Si also has a promising young talent in the empire - Yingbu, who is in his early twenties.
Born into a wealthy family of generals, the Ying clan of the Chu state had no choice but to be exterminated by the king of Chu during the civil war. The young Yingbu was taken away by his uncle Yingren and fled to the state of Qin.
Li Siben was from Chu, so he took Yingren and Yingbu into their homes very willingly and treated them with great courtesy.
Yingbu grew up in Li's house and received the best education. He was later sent to school and entered the Central Academy with excellent results. His future was unlimited.
The eldest son of the empire Fu Su performed the coronation ceremony, marking the official start of the battle for the crown prince.
Li Si looked at his confidants and his heart surged:
It has been almost twenty years, and this day has finally arrived. Junior brother Lu Yan, senior brother still remembers the sunrise in Wu Sui.