In the meeting hall of the west hall of Xianyang Palace, Xiao Pan sits on the dragon seat on the top of the three steps. The seat of Li Si, who is responsible for writing records, is located behind him.
The next floor sat Queen Mother Zhu Ji.
Other ministers lined up on both sides and sat on the ground.
On one side are Lu Buwei, Cai Ze, Wang Wan and Meng Ao, on the other side are Xu Xian, Lu Gong and Wang.
When the matter of Zheng Guoqu was discussed, Lord Changping came in with a solemn look and reported that Xiang Shaolong had something urgent to see. Everyone was shocked.
Xiaopan naturally knew what was happening and immediately ordered Lord Changping to summon Xiang Shaolong in.
Xiang Shaolong entered the hall proudly, and after performing the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, he explained the whole matter, and then said: "This matter is originally within the scope of my subordinates' authority, but Lu Xiong kept saying that it should be judged by Prime Minister Lu, because the matter
Since Prime Minister Lu has a good reputation, my subordinates dare not deal with it privately, so it is up to the Crown Prince, the Queen Mother and Prime Minister Lu to decide on the report."
Lu Buwei was so angry that his face turned blue and he said angrily: "Where is this bastard now?"
Just by reading this sentence, you can see how tyrannical Lu Buwei is.
In this case, it was only after Xiaopan, as the prince, expressed his opinion that it was the turn of others to speak. Lu Buwei spoke so domineeringly that he committed the crime of indifference.
Although he expressed his dissatisfaction with Lu Xiong, he still used the tone of a parent blaming the younger generation, which was not an attitude of dealing with justice.
Xiaopan was well prepared and said calmly: "You Xiangguo, please don't get angry. Let us make things clear first."
She turned to Zhu Ji and said, "Is it right for the Queen Mother and the Prince to do this?"
Zhu Ji looked at Xiang Shaolong, who was standing proudly at the foot of the stairs, with an extremely complicated expression in his eyes. Then he glanced at Lu Buwei, who was glaring at her, and sighed quietly: "Do as Wang'er wants."
In this situation, she can only support her beloved son.
Lu Gong Xu Xian and others showed surprise. They did not expect that this young prince could actually handle complex crises with the style of a general.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter involves the struggle between Lu Buwei and Xiang Shaolong, and the matter may be big or small.
Xiaopan suppressed the excitement in her heart, ignored Lu Buwei, and said calmly to Xiang Shaolong: "The reason why Lu Bang has not committed any adultery yet is because it was exposed in time and he could not succeed. This is a serious crime. I wonder if there are any witnesses in Xiang Qing's family?
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Xiang Shaolong said: "The couple is waiting outside the hall. You can summon them immediately so that the Crown Prince can question them."
Cai Ze interjected: "Young Lord Ming Jian, you can go to the capital law office to handle such trivial matters without having to worry about it. I think the urgent task now is to find out whether Deputy Commander Lu had an affair with Commander Xiang out of misunderstanding."
There was a collision, which offended Commander Xiang. The two armies of cavalry and guard are the two pillars of city defense. The most important thing is to regard peace as the most important thing and to turn conflicts into friendship. I ask the prince to observe carefully."
These words are clearly in favor of Lu Xiong.
Cai Zenai was the former prime minister and had a respected position. Under normal circumstances, Xiaopan would have given him some favor, but now of course he would not let it go.
Xu Xian and Lu Gong, who wanted to speak, had no choice but to swallow the words that had reached their throats.
Lu Buwei's expression softened. When everyone else, except Li Si and Xiang Shaolong, thought that Xiaopan would accept Cai Ze's proposal, the future Qin Shihuang slapped the dragon on the table, stood up proudly, and stepped down the dragon steps with his hands behind his back.
When he arrived at Zhu Ji's table, he said coldly: "The words of Cai Qing's family are wrong. Our Qin Dynasty has initiated the Martingale Reform. The most important thing is that generals abide by military laws and abide by the order of superiority and inferiority. Therefore, they can give orders and follow orders, and soldiers can use their orders to control our army."
Be invincible and dominate the world."
Then he moved forward and walked down the lowest step, looked around the ministers with sharp eyes, and said calmly: "If someone violates the military law and openly commits a crime below, but we turn a blind eye to it, this matter will spread and it will have an impact on the morale of the army."
Who can estimate how big it is? Therefore, I will never let this matter pass by. If it is really proven that Deputy Commander Lu has indeed committed such a serious crime, he will definitely be dealt with according to military law and will not be leniently spared."
Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded as they listened. They didn't expect that the prince, who was still a big boy, could talk so eloquently and make sense, full of the spirit of a generational hegemon.
Lu Buwei and Zhu Ji listened in astonishment as if they recognized Xiao Pan for the first time.
Only Li Simi, who was bowing his head in a humble manner, was elated because he was the author of these two words.
Lu Gong raised his arms and shouted: "You are worthy of being the crown prince of the Qin Dynasty. My military orders are like a mountain, and rewards and punishments are clear. This is the basis for our Qin army to remain undefeated in many battles."
After Xiaopan smiled slightly, seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, he couldn't help but feel timid, and hurriedly returned to the dragon seat to sit down, and said a little discouraged: "What do you think, sirs?"
How could Cai Ze dare to say anything after being scolded indirectly by him? He lowered his head in silence.
Although Lu Buwei was furious and loved and hated his "son", he still did not dare to openly contradict him in front of everyone. In fact, he also knew that the young prince's words were reasonable. He could only look at Zhu Ji and hope that
Let her come to the rescue.
Zhu Ji knew clearly that Lu Buwei was begging her for help. If it were not Xiang Shaolong, she would have done so without hesitation. Now she had no choice but to pretend to be invisible.
Meng Ao coughed dryly and said: "Shaolong and Deputy Commander Lu are both people who are well known to Wei Chen. This should not have happened. According to Wei Chen's guess, it may involve the two armies of the capital, cavalry and guards.
There is a rift, and since both of them have not been in office for a long time, they were not aware of it for a while, which led to misunderstandings. I hope that the crown prince will oversee it."
Zhu Ji finally nodded and said: "General Meng's words are reasonable. Your Majesty, please don't act rashly, which will damage the harmony in the army."
Seeing that Zhu Ji was finally willing to speak for him, Lu Buwei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This matter can be left to the Prime Minister to handle it. I guarantee that those who violate military laws will not be treated lightly. The prince can rest assured."
When Xiao Pan, Xiang Shaolong and Li Si heard the shouting, Xu Xian, who had been silent all this time, stood up, came to Xiang Shaolong's side, and said calmly: "Wei Chen wants to go outside with Shaolong."
, I will speak out my thoughts after I come back and ask the prince for permission."
Except for Xiang Shaolong and the other three, everyone else was shocked and wondered what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd.
After Xiang Shaolong happily followed Xu Xian, Wang Wandai wanted to take the opportunity to speak, waved his hand to Xiaopan to stop him and said: "We will talk after Zuo Xiangguo comes back."
Wang Wan didn't expect Xiaopan to be so powerful, so she had to swallow her words back.
The council chamber was in a strange silence.
Everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes on Xiaopan, the future Qin Shihuang, and looked at him as if they had known him for the first time.
He still had a childlike square face with a calm and confident expression, he sat as steady as a mountain, and his eyes were shining, making it impossible for people to figure out his inner thoughts.
Zhu Ji's first thought was that her son had grown up.
These days, she is just like Xiang Shaolong's description of the long drought, she is as glued to the poison as glue, fighting every day, trying her best to enjoy the love between men and women, so that she can use sex to anesthetize herself and avoid this cold reality.
In her legendary life, the four most important men were King Zhuang Xiang, Lu Buwei, Xiang Shaolong and her beloved son, but fate caused her to form a complicated and unspeakable relationship with them.
Especially when Lu Buwei poisoned King Zhuang Xiang to death, she didn't know how to deal with herself, and made her feel ashamed of Xiaopan and Xiang Shaolong. The most terrible thing was that her personal interests forced her to join forces with Lu Buwei to protect the throne.
The status of one's own mother and son.
Only poison can make her forget everything.
At this moment, she intuitively felt that there was a gap between her and her son that did not exist before, making it difficult for her to understand her prince son.
Lu Buwei is even more contradictory.
He has always maintained a very close relationship with his "son" Xiaopan, cultivating him with all his strength, hoping that he will become a talented person, so that father and son can rule the Qin Dynasty, even unify the world, and establish an immortal hegemony.
This is also the reason why he wants to kill Xiang Shaolong by any means necessary. He will never allow anyone to dilute Xiaopan's respect and love for him.
But he never thought that Xiaopan would conflict with him because of the royal power. At this moment, he clearly felt it.
At this time, he still hadn't seen through the fact that the whole thing was a well-designed layout. He only thought that Xiaopan was handling this unexpected incident impartially.
He had already known about Lu Xiong's incompetence and stupidity, otherwise he would not have taken control of Zhongxie as the main one and Lu Xiong as the deputy.
Zhu Meng lost his life at the hands of Xiang Shaolong, which dealt a serious blow to his strength and messed up his manpower arrangements. Now Lu Xiong finally created a situation that was difficult to deal with.
The only thing that came to his mind at this moment was to kill Xiang Shaolong so that his dream of hegemony would not be disturbed.
As for Cai Ze and Wang Wan, the two people who were leaning towards Lu Buwei, they were like a wake-up call. They realized for the first time that the royal power controlled by Xiao Pan was always above Lu Buwei and could not be left to the hands of the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister.
Manipulation. As he grows up, one day he will become the king in charge.
Meng Ao's thoughts are relatively simple.
The reason why he is where he is today is thanks to Lu Buwei. He is completely devoted to Lu Buwei. Now he has more military power than the king, and he has become the biggest bargaining chip in Lu Buwei's hand. No matter what happens,
, he will only be loyal to Lu Buwei.
Wang's ideas were much more complicated than his.
This great general of Qin was an expansionist and warlike soldier.
Only by conquering the south and the north could he feel the meaning of life. This made him gradually lean towards Lu Buwei, because Lu Buwei's bold and adventurous spirit allowed him to give full play to his talents and invade the six countries eastward.
But suddenly, he realized that the underage prince had already shown the kind of ambition and heroic courage and spirit that made him have to reconsider his position.
Lu Gong, the most virtuous and respected person in the military, was a Qinist who supported the orthodoxy. He did not like Lu Buwei, an outsider from the beginning. And because of Xiang Shaolong's relationship, he was relieved of his doubts and was convinced that Xiaopan was the property of King Zhuang Xiang.
After seeing Xiaopan's outstanding performance, the brothers and sisters have made up their minds and decided to fully support this future Mingzhu.
Everyone in the hall was thinking about their own things, and there was silence for a while, creating a strange atmosphere and tension about the impending rain.
Xu Xian and Xiang Shaolong came back a moment later.
Xiang Shaolong stopped standing next to the king, leaving Xu Xian alone under the dragon steps.
After Xu Xiang and the two saluted, Xu Xian said loudly: "To report to the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother, I can absolutely guarantee that this matter is not related to the factional struggle between the people under the capital, cavalry and guard armies, resulting in misunderstandings and conflicts."
Lu Buwei said displeasedly: "How can Prime Minister Zuo be so confident?"
Xu Xian said with his always neither arrogant nor humble, chic and easy-going demeanor, which is easy to like: "Lü Bang once molested other people's wives in public on the streets of Xianyang, stopped the ministers who passed by, and even gave Lu Bang a scolding.
At that time, he felt that Lu Bang was dissatisfied. Just now, Wei Chen walked out to see if the young couple were people Wei Chen had met. Now it has been confirmed that they are correct. It can be seen that there are causes and consequences to this matter.
Someone in the cavalry framed Lu Bang and caused trouble. As for Lu Xiong, he forced his way into the capital cavalry office, forcibly kidnapped his son, drew his sword first, and then committed the previous crime. There are all witnesses and cannot be denied."
Only then did everyone understand the reason why he wanted to walk out, even Meng Ao was speechless.
Lu Buwei wanted to crush Lu Bang to death with his own hands. After Xu Xian's warning, this boy was still so bold that he did such a stupid thing.
Xiaopan snorted coldly and said: "Lu Bangding wanted to kill people and silence him afterwards, so he dared not take Zuo Xiangguo's words to heart."
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, knowing that the young prince had murderous intentions.
This is the most subtle part of the whole layout. Due to Xu Xian's testimony, no one will doubt that Jing Jun deliberately dealt with Lu Xiong and his son.
Zhu Ji frowned and said in a deep voice: "There is no doubt that Lu Bang acted deliberately; but how can Prime Minister Zuo be sure that Lu Xiong did draw the sword first and then commit the crime?"
Xu Xian said calmly: "Because Ying Ying and Lu Dan'er were both present at the time and can bear witness."
Lu Gong was stunned and said: "How did Xiao Dan'er get there?"
Lu Buwei sneered and said: "This is really strange. I wonder what Shaolong can explain?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiang Shaolong, who was standing at the end of the left column.
Xu Xiandao: "I have already asked Shaolong about this matter. It would be more appropriate to summon Lord Chang Wen and let him explain it."
Xiaopan ordered: "Zhaochang Wenjun"
The guard guarding the gate immediately conveyed the order.
Chang Wenjun, who was outside the waiting hall, walked into the palace, knelt down and complained, leaving Ying Ying and Lu Dan'er guarding the palace gate and telling Xiang Shaolong about their hard fight.
Lu Buwei's face became extremely ugly. He jumped out and knelt down and said: "The prince is in charge of the prison. Lu Xiong disobeys the orders of his superiors without distinction of superiority and inferiority. It is hard for a lowly minister to escape his guilt. Please punish the prince as well."
Even Xiang Shaolong was stunned this time, not knowing how to deal with it. Lu Buwei took the matter on him like this, and Zhu Ji would never allow Xiaopan to make it difficult for Lu Buwei to step down.
As expected, Zhu Ji said: "Please get up, Prime Minister, and let Ai Jia and Wang Er have a few words before deciding how to handle this matter."
Lu Buwei knew in his heart that Zhu Ji would not allow Xiaopan to convict him, so he still knelt on the ground and said with "heartache": "The Queen Mother, please issue a punishment, I am willing to accept the punishment."
When Zhu Ji saw that he was arrogant because of his favor, she secretly cursed in her heart and could not do anything to him. She whispered to Xiaopan: "The right prime minister has worked hard for us in the Qin Dynasty and has made great achievements. Moreover, because he has to deal with all kinds of things every day, sometimes it is inevitable that he cannot control the people below. Wang Erwu
For the sake of the Prime Minister, we should handle this matter leniently."
Xiaopan remained expressionless and silent for a while, and then said in response to everyone's expectations: "Since the right prime minister has come forward to intercede, Lu Xiong and his son can be spared from the death penalty. But this trip is related to the morale of our Great Qin army, and everyone involved
etc., including Lu Xiong, were all dismissed from their posts and were never allowed to join the army again. Lu Bang was required to receive a fifty-fifty cane in public as a warning to others. Guan Zhongxie was Lu Xiong's superior, and he was unable to govern his subordinates well, so he was demoted.
level, as for the commander, it will be held by the Xiang Qing family. The right prime minister will invite him."
Zhu Ji was stunned after hearing this. Lu Buwei also lost his bearings and stood up in a daze. He even forgot his words of gratitude for a moment.
Xiang Shaolong stepped forward and knelt down to accept the order, secretly thinking that this clever plan to directly control the guards must have come from Li Si's head.
Xiao Pan suddenly stood up and shouted coldly: "This matter has been decided like this, withdraw from the court."
Everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Xiaopan invited Zhu Ji to her feet and left with a high profile surrounded by the imperial guards and Li Si.
Xiang Shaolong felt a strange and unreasonable feeling in his heart, and at the same time he knew that these important ministers and generals of the Qin State in the hall, like him, had finally truly realized the courage and methods of "Qin Shihuang" to dominate the world.
But he is still just a minor.
Xiang Shaolong deliberately left with Lu Gong, Xu Xian, Wang and others in order to avoid being pestered by Lu Dan'er and Ying Ying again.
Stepping out of the palace gate, Lu Buwei and Meng Ao were waiting outside. When they saw Xiang Shaolong coming out, they came over to greet him and said, "What happened today was all caused by Lu Xiong. Although the prince pardoned his death penalty, his true identity is still unknown."
I will not treat him lightly, Shaolong must not take this matter to heart."
Lu Gong and others were greatly surprised. They did not expect Lu Buwei to be so generous.
Only Xiang Shaolong knew that Lu Buwei was determined to kill him during the three-day hunting period starting the day after tomorrow, so he deliberately showed his kindness to him in front of everyone so that others would not suspect his conspiracy. Of course,
The killing plan thought up by Mo Ao and Guan Zhongxie must be flawless, with no traces of flaws to be found.
Xiang Shaolong pretended to be embarrassed and said apologetically: "Young general, I have no other choice in this matter. Please don't be offended, Mr. Lu."
Lu Buwei laughed, and after chatting with Lu Gong and others, he affectionately pulled Xiang Shaolong out of the palace. Lu Dan'er and Ying Ying who were guarding the door were so angry that they could only stare.
Seeing Lu Buwei talking and laughing calmly, as if nothing had happened, Xiang Shaolong couldn't help but admire him.
The most powerful thing is hiding a knife in your smile