"Zhao Zheng, I am Yu Sikou's son, how dare you hit me?"
On the country road, two seven-year-old children were wrestling with each other. There were also three or four children around the age of seven or eight who were watching, and the person who spoke was Yu Sikou, one of the most powerful people in Zhao State today.
's only son.
He has been favored and arrogant since he was a child, so he has developed a unique character. Naturally, he has no good attitude towards the son of Qin's protégé Zi Chu. Every time he sees him, he is ridiculed.
"It was you who bullied me first."
The seven-year-old Ying Zheng had a look of determination on his face, and did not show any timidity because the other party was the son of one of the Nine Lords.
"Who said you are the son of a proton, and you are the kind who was abandoned? Everyone in the Zhao country knows that your father, in order to escape for his life, did not care about you and your mother's life or death, and left you to fend for yourself in the Zhao country." Yu Sikou's son
scoffed.
"You're talking nonsense." Little Ying Zheng's face turned red with anger.
"I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, you can ask them." Yu Sikou's son pointed at several of his companions who were watching.
Little Ying Zheng unknowingly stopped pumping his fist and looked at these people.
These people were a little bold and immediately testified that what Yu Sikou's son said was true.
Young Ying Zheng suddenly turned pale. The great father he imagined in his heart was no longer as majestic as before.
When he was two years old, his father fled back to Qin with the help of Lu Buwei because the Zhao people wanted to kill him. He could not remember anything at that time, so his father was only a very vague figure in his heart.
It may be that he fantasizes about his father's image through his mother's dictation.
Instilled by his mother, in his mind his father had always been a gentle gentleman who read poetry and books, but what happened today caused cracks in that image of his fantasy.
"Zheng'er, you got into a fight with someone again. Didn't I ask you to study hard? How can you be successful in the future if you look like this?" Zhao Ji looked at her son with bruises on his face and expressed his hatred for iron.
said in a tone of voice.
"Mom, tell me, does my father no longer want us?" Xiao Ying Zheng stared at his mother eagerly, wanting to hear something different.
"Of course not, who are you listening to nonsense?" Zhao Ji said in surprise.
Xiao Yingzheng was overjoyed when he heard this, his eyes regained some sparkle, and continued: "But why do those people say that?"
Zhao Ji's face showed a complicated look, and then she put her hands on her son's shoulders and said seriously: "Zheng'er, listen carefully, your father has not abandoned us mother and son. One day, he will take us
Mother and son were taken back to Qin."
In the darkness, Chu Fei looked at this scene curiously, with a trace of thinking on his face.
The next year, little Ying Zheng finally received the news about his father. His mother did not lie to him, and his father finally sent someone to take them back to Qin.
He was really happy at this time, not because he was about to become the son of the Crown Prince of Qin, but because he could finally see the father he had fantasized about for a long time.
Along the way, he and his mother went through dangers and finally returned to Qin.
However, due to the interference of Queen Huayang, little Yingzheng did not see his father as he wished for a long time.
It wasn't until his father became the new King of Qin that the situation began to improve.
But then, he and his mother encountered even greater trouble.
Although her mother was already a lady, she was not favored by the Empress Dowager Huayang. Instead, she preferred the mother of the young master Cheng Yu because she was her niece.
The Empress Dowager Huayang wholeheartedly wanted to control the Qin State with the blood of Chu people and become a woman like her ancestor, the Empress Dowager Xuan. Unfortunately, Huayang had no heirs. This goal was destined to be impossible to achieve with him, but Huayang was also an extremely jealous person.
As a woman, it is impossible for her to find a love rival for herself, so she can only place her hope on her niece.
Just to put it casually, the reason why Yiren changed his name to Zi Chu was not to please Huayang?
Although the name can be changed, it is not the blood of their Chu people after all. Therefore, the Queen Mother Huayang hopes that the next generation of King Qin will be of the blood of their Chu people.
So naturally, mother and son were made things difficult by the Empress Dowager Huayang at every turn.
Logically speaking, after Zichu succeeded to the throne of King Qin, Zhao Ji should become the queen. However, due to the obstruction of the Queen Mother Huayang, Zichu did not establish a queen for a long time.
Today's Yingzheng mother and son are in a precarious situation, and if they are not careful, they will fall into a situation that is beyond redemption.
After two years in the palace, he is no longer the little boy who loved fantasy.
"Are you Zhao Zheng? No, I should call you Ying Zheng now."
Ying Zheng, who was ten years old at the time, had gradually lost the immaturity of a child. He was thinking about how to deal with his mother's situation in his palace, when suddenly a figure appeared in front of him, which really shocked him.
You must know that this is a palace, and not just anyone can come in. The person in front of me has never been seen before, and he is dressed strangely, and he is not from the Qin State.
"Who are you, and why do you know my previous name?" Ten-year-old Ying Zheng looked at Chu Fei and asked with a wary look on his face.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what's important is that I have been observing you for a long time." Chu Fei said with a smile.
"Observe me for a long time?" A look of surprise appeared on Ying Zheng's face.
"Yes, I have been paying attention to you since you were still in Zhao State." Chu Fei said.
"What is your purpose?" Ying Zheng looked at Chu Fei with even more vigilant eyes.
"You don't have to be so nervous. I have no ill intentions towards you. Not only that, I'm here to help you."
"Help me? Why?"
"Because you are the one I chose." Chu Fei said.
Ying Zheng was a little confused. Even as a young man, he was already more mature than his peers, but after all, he was still only a half-year-old child. How could he guess Chu Fei's deep meaning?
Chu Fei didn't want to continue talking too much about things that didn't belong to this world, but continued: "Do you want to change the status quo and become the new King of Qin, or even the first emperor in Chinese history."
"Emperor? What is emperor?" He only knows the words emperor or emperor. For example, the three emperors and five emperors in history have never heard of the emperor.
"The emperor is the three emperors with virtue and the five emperors with high merit." Chu Fei said.
"The virtues of the Three Emperors, the merits of the Five Emperors?" Ying Zheng muttered to himself after hearing this, and soon his eyes lit up.
Chu Fei was like a wolf grandma who abducted Little Red Riding Hood, and said seductively: "Do you want to be the emperor?"
"think!"
It is said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a prince who does not want to be an emperor is not a good emperor.
Everyone has ambitions, and Ying Zheng at this time is no exception. Of course, what he wants to be the emperor now is more to change the current precarious situation.
But then there was a wry smile, let alone the emperor, it would be difficult for him to keep his position as a prince now.
"Well, as long as you do what I say from now on, you will soon become the emperor of the ages."