In the Hall of Yangxin, Lin Ze knelt next to Hu Hai, without squinting his eyes, and said softly: "I have been to the Prime Minister and the Tingwei. I will pay you one more visit later, and the overall situation will be settled. I will wait until the Young Master observes filial piety for a hundred days.
After His Majesty is laid to rest, the Young Master can successfully inherit the throne."
Hu Hai turned his head when he heard the words, looked at Lin Ze with bloodshot eyes, and said hoarsely: "Lin Ze, I have thought about how to compete with Fusu for this position countless times before, but after the death of my father, I have
A feeling of despair. If possible, I would rather be a young master for the rest of my life in exchange for my father to live a good life."
Lin Ze frowned slightly and couldn't help but shouted softly: "Young Master, what nonsense are you talking about? You should stop talking and be disturbed by it. Your Majesty's death has become a fact, can you still reverse it? People always have to look forward.
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"Besides, if the young master has this intention, there is no problem, but this position must be taken after all. Otherwise, both the young master and I will die without a burial place."
Hu Hai smiled sadly: "I understand, even if the meat rots in the pot, you can't give it to others easily. You taught me that, military advisor."
Lin Ze sighed, patted Hu Hai's shoulder in a comforting manner, and stood up to leave.
At this time, a Shaofu general walked into the hall, saluted Hu Hai and said: "Master, the Shaofu master has sent news that the tomb of the master of the Lishan Mausoleum has been activated by someone unknown. It has been closed and cannot be opened. Your Majesty's Spiritual Chariot
I’m afraid I can’t be buried in the main tomb, so I’d like to ask the young master to make a decision.”
When Hu Hai heard this, he was trembling with anger. He pointed at the general and said angrily: "You bastard, how can you guard the Lishan Mausoleum? How can your father be buried in peace when the main tomb is closed? You deserve to die, even if you die ten times.
It’s too much.”
General Zuo said with a bitter look on his face: "Please forgive me, Sir."
Hu Hai gritted his teeth: "Condemned? I wish I could kill you all. Tell me, can you find a way to open the main tomb?"
The general shook his head and sighed: "No, the design of the main tomb is to prevent villains from disturbing His Majesty's peace. Once it is locked, even the Grand Master cannot open it."
Hu Hai glanced at Lin Ze subconsciously, and Lin Ze said decisively: "Sir, you should immediately invite the Prime Minister and Ting Wei to come over to discuss countermeasures."
Hu Hai seemed to have grasped straw: "Come, please come over, Prime Minister and Lord Tingwei."
Soon after, Li Si and Zhao Gao came to the Yangxin Hall together.
At Hu Hai's signal, the general told the story of Lishan Mausoleum again.
Afterwards, Hu Hai asked: "Now that things have come to this, I wonder how the Prime Minister and Lord Ting Wei can teach me?"
Zhao Gao showed a look of realization and said: "Young Master, don't worry. I remembered something. When His Majesty passed away, he once said that he would go to Lishan Mausoleum on his own. Now it seems that the main tomb of Lishan Mausoleum should be closed by His Majesty himself."
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Hu Hai frowned: "Is this serious?"
Zhao Gao replied firmly: "This is absolutely true."
Lin Ze interrupted at the right time: "May I ask Lord Tingwei, has your Majesty ever left a legacy? For example, who will inherit the throne?" After speaking, he looked at Zhao Gao calmly.
Hu Hai also looked at Zhao Gao with searching eyes.
Zhao Gao looked deeply at Lin Ze, then at Hu Hai, coughed slightly and said: "Your Majesty did leave a legacy, and made it clear that Young Master Hu Hai will succeed to the throne, and Young Master Fu Su will assist him. I originally planned to leave it until His Majesty's affairs are settled.
, since we’re talking about this matter today, it’s best to make it clear.”
Lin Ze immediately bowed to Zhao Gao and Li Si: "Then please two adults to announce this matter in front of all the civil and military officials when the time comes, so as to ensure that our Great Qin Kingdom will not be destroyed."
Zhao Gao replied with a smile: "This matter will naturally be handled in accordance with His Majesty's decree."
Li Si had no expression on his face and didn't reply.
Lin Ze knew very well that Li Si might have other ideas and would not express his opinion easily.
Zhao Gao noticed something strange about Li Si, but pretended not to see it.
At this time, another Imperial Guard soldier ran in, saluted Hu Hai and Li Si Zhao Gao and said, "I would like to report to Master Hu Hai that something bad has happened. Doctors and students from the Imperial College are inciting ignorant people in Chang'an City, accusing the Master of not having the right to host the ceremony."
, saying that only Master Fusu is qualified."
"In less than an hour, the Imperial College has gathered thousands of people. They kept shouting and shouting on Chang'an Street, and even planned to attack Xianyang Palace. Since the matter is serious, the commander-in-chief asked me to tell the truth to the young master and ask for advice.
How to deal with it?”
Zhao Gao was the first to speak out: "A bunch of rioters are so wanton. I ordered the guards in black to go to the streets to arrest people immediately."
But Li Si shook his head and said: "The truth is that I don't recommend taking people at this moment. You should know that it is better to defend the people's mouth than to guard against the river. Taking people at this moment makes us feel guilty. If we start a riot, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in Chang'an! Now His Majesty has passed away.
, The national system is unstable, and it is when it needs to be comforted, so it is better to send people to post notices to reassure them."
Lin Ze couldn't help but frown after hearing this. Could he have lost his mind trying to reason with a group of people who were deliberately spreading rumors? What does Li Si want to do?
Looking up, Old God Li Si was there, even looking at Lin Ze with a half-smile.
Lin Ze immediately understood his intention. Li Si's move was clearly to condone these people, but his intention was to put Hu Hai at a slight disadvantage.
As long as Hu Hai is at a disadvantage, he will have to rely on the Li family. In the future, Li Si can even secretly hold Hu Hai hostage because of this incident.
From Li Si's point of view, there is no problem with such a plan, but from Lin Ze's point of view, it is impossible to let it go.
However, Lin Ze did not ask Li Si and Zhao Gao for help, because if he did so, he would be in debt and would most likely be rejected by them.
Calculating the time, Han Xin will bring the Sirius Army to Chang'an soon, and maybe it will be used just in time.
Zhao Gao agreed with Li Si's suggestion. It was just a trivial matter and Zhao Gao didn't mind giving Li Si a face.
Later, Li Si excused himself to Hu Hai because he was busy with political affairs, and Zhao Gao followed suit and left with Li Si.
After the two people walked out of the Yangxin Hall, Zhao Gao suddenly said: "The Prime Minister doesn't seem to support His Majesty's decree?"
Li Si chuckled: "Master Tingwei is joking. If it is really His Majesty's will, I will naturally support it fully." The implication is that don't try to fool me with a fake one.
Zhao Gao sighed slightly and said: "I guarantee that the decree is absolutely true. It is because I heard with my own ears His Majesty's oral instructions before his death."
Li Si just smiled and said nothing, walking slowly in front.
When Zhao Gao saw Li Si's expression, he could guess what he was thinking, but since Emperor Qin had told him to support Hu Hai to ascend the throne, if he hadn't completed it, who knows whether Emperor Qin, who "faked his death", would settle the score with his wife.
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Therefore, Zhao Gao called out to Li Si: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, please stay. The lower official suddenly remembered that he had something very important to say to His Majesty the Prime Minister."
When Li Si heard this, he stopped and turned around and asked, "Oh, I don't know what you mean? Please give me some advice, Lord Tingwei."
Zhao Gao walked quickly to Li Si and whispered: "Your Majesty may not be dead."
Li Si was suddenly shocked and blurted out: "How is that possible?"
Zhao Gao said indifferently: "How is it impossible? Has the Prime Minister ever seen His Majesty's body? Or has the Prime Minister seen His Majesty with his own eyes and buried himself in the main tomb?"
"But?" Li Si was puzzled, but why did Emperor Qin fake his death?
"I'm afraid no one can answer this question, Prime Minister," Zhao Gao said and left leisurely.