Ying Zichu wanted to say some warm words to Ying Zheng, his son whom he had not seen for a long time.

However, Zhao Ji clung to her like a dodder flower, so she had no choice but to give up.

He ordered the palace people to take Ying Zheng and Baitao into the palace, and then left hand in hand with Zhao Ji.

Looking at it this way, they really look like an ordinary folk couple.

Baitao was also happy for Aunt Zhao. She tugged on Ying Zheng's sleeve next to her and said, "Ying Zheng, aren't you happy that you are back home?"

"Happy."

Ying Zheng rubbed her head.

Baitao also touched the top of her hair, but didn't feel anything different.

Then why does he always like to rub his head?

He is now so tall that he can be rubbed with just one hand. In a year or two, he may have to bend down and rub his head. If she bends down, she will look shameless as a vixen.

No, we need to help him get rid of this bad habit.

After thinking about it, Baitao held her head a little unhappily, "Don't rub it, otherwise it won't grow taller."

"Eat more and you will grow taller," he said.

Baitao remembered that her brother had said the same thing before, and her eyes dimmed a little: "Why are you like my brother? My brother also said that if I eat more, I will grow taller."

Ying Zheng realized that he had aroused her sadness, and looked down at her. His cold and silent eyebrows instantly melted away, and the warmth that he had not seen in his relatives before seeing him began to ripple at this moment.

He took her little hand and clasped it tightly, "From now on, I will be your brother."

"Are you trying to trick me into calling you Brother Zheng again?"

Baitao tilted her head to look at him. The sunset was rubbed into her eyes, like layers of floating light.

Ying Zheng lowered his eyelashes: "It's just a title, you can call Taotao whatever you want."

"Then if I call you Brother Zheng, will you be happier?"

"meeting."

Baitao showed a small expression that said "As expected", "Actually, you were not very happy just now, were you? You were forcing a smile and making fun of yourself. You people are just weird."

Ying Zheng said nothing, but rubbed her head again.

"..." Comes and comes and comes.

Baitao puffed up her face and glared at him. In her own eyes, she must have been fierce, as fierce as a tiger. Unexpectedly, it fell into the eyes of Ying Zheng. He reached over and pinched her cheek, "Taotao, be good."

.”

Baitao: "...."

Bai Tao was so angry that she took out her hand and put it all the way through the opening of his sleeve, wanting to tickle him and make him look good.

Unexpectedly, after several scratches, Ying Zheng's breath was not disturbed, and the rays of light stopped on his eyelashes like a resting golden butterfly.

Baitao's hand was tired from scratching, so he put it down, a little frustrated, "I won't scratch you anymore, my hand is still tired."

Ying Zheng pursed his lips, put her free hand in his palm, and held it well.

He didn't say a few words during the whole process, letting Baitao let out her little temper, with a kind of drowning tolerance.

When Baitao was led by him to his residence, he saw rows of palace lanterns being lit by the palace people. They were far apart, as if they were brought together by the wind, creating a dreamlike ripple.

She tugged on Ying Zheng's sleeve next to her.

When he was looking at her with lowered eyebrows, Baitao covered his face with his sleeve and said in a not too loud voice, "Brother Zheng."

His arm was obviously stiff.

Baitao wants to run away.

Ying Zheng squatted down, and Baitao didn't dare to look into his eyes. Those eyes were as white as ice and snow, and as black as dark clouds, and the haze inside seemed to have been washed away.

"Call again," he said.

Just call, call once, don't be afraid to call twice.

Baitao opened his mouth and said, "Brother Zheng, Brother Zheng..."

Ying Zheng held her in his arms and said, "Taotao, I'm happy, really."

The little boy's embrace was really warm, and Baitao felt as if she was staying in a stove. She rubbed his youthful energy and human emperor's aura, and squinted her eyes comfortably, "I feel happy when you are happy."

Ying Zheng hugged her tightly, ignoring the gazes of the palace people in front of him, as if they were the only two people in the world.

How could there be such a sweet person?

Ying Zheng thought to himself that her every move, word and smile were like sweet spring water soothing his old wounds and pains. He just wanted to hold her in his arms and protect her.

"Let's go, Taotao, go back to our home."

"OK."

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he restrainedly let her go, held her hand and walked in.

*

Snow falls on winter nights, snow melts and spring comes, and in the blink of an eye it’s scorching summer.

During this period, Ying Zheng paid homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and recognized his ancestors. Lu Buwei officially became his teacher. This status recognition established him as the eldest son of Qin and the crown prince of Qin.

But the attitude of Queen Mother Huayang in the palace is really unpredictable.

Ying Zichu's second son Chengjiao was only three years younger than Ying Zheng. He had been raised by the Queen Mother Huayang since he was a child, and he was doted on by the Queen Mother.

However, the Queen Mother Huayang showed an indifferent attitude when it came to Ying Zheng being crowned prince and Zhao Ji being crowned queen, and allowed another faction in the court to rise up.

That is, the faction of foreign ministers bound by Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji.

Mrs. Han, Chengjiao's biological mother, came to make trouble over this issue many times, but it was no use no matter how much she cried and cried.

To say that the trend in the palace has changed like this, Mrs. Huayang once again treated Zhao Ji Yingzheng with a cold face. She has never shown a good look, and even ridiculed and ridiculed Zhao Ji openly.

One sentence is about his background, one sentence is about not being able to be used in a big way, another sentence is about corrupting the royal family's atmosphere, and finally one sentence is about selling one's life and working in the industry.

The heart-breaking sentences directly made Zhao Ji embarrassed and unable to stand.

The battle between the harem and the former dynasty was not only rough and turbulent, but at least the situation was tense and about to break out.

In this situation, Zichu, as the king of Qin, was the only one who did not participate in the trouble.

In fact, when Ying Zichu's hostage, who had stayed in another country for more than decades, returned to his country and became the King of Qin, he mostly relied on Mrs. Huayang and the talented Lu Buwei.

As a result, his most urgent need is merit. Only merit can give him the weight to speak.

Where did this feat come from?

There is only war.

Yingzi Chu's leader had already sent troops to capture Chenggao and Xingyang in South Korea and changed them to Sanchuan County.

After his eldest son Ying Zheng returned to China, he no longer had any worries and went to attack the State of Zhao again. He captured a total of thirty-seven cities in the State of Zhao and changed it to Taiyuan County.

The Qin army was brave and good at fighting, and its morale was boiling. Even after taking so many cities, the unlucky Wei State also suffered a beating. However, this time the unstoppable Qin army fell down hard.

Wei Wuji of Wei State was Lord Xinling and had a high reputation among other countries. In order to resist the Qin army, he incited the four kingdoms of Yan, Han, Chu and Zhao to respond.

Except for Qi, who was too timid to fight, the five countries finally got together, cut off the Wei River, and set up an ambush in Shaohua Mountain to attack.

The Qin army was defeated and barely managed to escape back to the country.

After the Qin army general returned home, Ying Zichu did not pursue his mistakes and was tolerant and generous.

Unexpectedly, within half a month, Ying Zichu fell ill.

It is said that the illness is gone like a mountain, but this illness is so strange that the Queen Mother of Huayang came to visit and angrily scolded Zhao Ji, saying that she did not understand the rules of proportion, hollowed out the body of the King of Qin, and punished her to be grounded for half a month.

Zhao Ji was extremely angry and had no choice but to agree.

Women in the harem are short-sighted and only care about immediate gains and losses. Only Prime Minister Lu Buwei fully understands that this is a heart disease.

Ying Zichu was just trying his best to achieve great things, but he never suffered a tragic defeat. Behind his humility was nothing but depression and unresolved sorrow.

This kind of accumulated worry and lack of ambition has been the blood that has been flowing in Ying Zichu for more than thirty years. Lu Buwei could not resolve it in one fell swoop, so he had to offer a buffering strategy.

Lu Buwei said: "Now that the five kingdoms have experienced this battle, there is a faint tendency to unite. As the saying goes, a tiger is also afraid of a pack of wolves. It is better for us to use a divorce plan to frame the leader, Lord Xinling, so that he and the King of Wei will be alienated. When the time comes, The combined situation will be broken without attack."

What Lu Buwei thinks is exactly what Ying Zichu worries about.

"allow."

The alienation plan was very destructive. The Qin State had already exhausted it in the Battle of Changping, but it could not be used easily.

The ministers of the State of Qin sent letters to Lord Xinling's residence every day, with the same meaning: You are having an affair with me, you are having an affair with me, look, everyone, he is having an affair with us!

And it was very effective. King Wei became suspicious, and Lord Xinling was so angry that he vomited blood and became successfully ill.

The external worries were resolved, and Qin's status as the leader of the seven kingdoms was indestructible. However, the health of Qin King Ying Zichu did not improve at all, but became worse.

Zhao Ji and Mrs. Han rushed to his bedside to serve him. Ying Zheng would also greet his teacher Lu Buwei after finishing his studies.

The palace was filled with gloom and everyone seemed very busy.
To be continued...