It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

When the news came that Ying Yuanman had arrived in Yongcheng, everyone was ready to welcome her.

This year is the first year of the Qin Empire.

The palace maids of the Da Zheng Palace originally thought that Yongcheng would still be empty this year, but they did not expect that not only the eldest princess Ying Yuanman had returned, but even Princess Yongan had come as well.

Yong'an has always been favored and has been connected with the government. Once a woman is linked to politics, no matter what her personality is, she will be known as arbitrary and harsh.

Tian Dan knew that if he wanted to stay in Yongcheng for a long time, he had to find someone to lean on in the royal family. The eldest son was out of reach, but he wanted to get close to Princess Yong'an, so he could take this opportunity to suppress the dispute between him and the officials in Yongcheng.

It was said that Princess Yong'an came to Yongcheng secretly and rarely went out on weekdays. She only appeared for a quarter of an hour after the Zheng State Banquet. Thanks to Meng Yi and Li Xian's presentation of official business to her, Tian Yi's counselor surnamed Song found an opportunity to present his feelings.

It’s a pity that he didn’t get close to her, and Tian Dan couldn’t learn what Princess Yong’an looked like from him.

Until the eldest princess Ying Yuanman also arrived in Yongcheng.

Tian Dan bribed the palace maids of Da Zheng Palace.

On this snowy day, the Da Zheng Palace became lively as people came for different purposes.

She spent a lot of sleep last night on standardizing weights and measures, track and so on. She thought about how to put Zhang Cang to work in these matters and give full play to his talents. She discussed many ways with Li Xian, but they still felt that they were not cautious enough.

At this moment, she was leaning on the soft couch to rest and did not go out into the open air.

When the Qin Dynasty was first established, the concept of the royal family was not clearly separated from the royal family of the past.

For the nobles, there are things to do in the snow.

Although the scale of Ziying's arrangement was far inferior to that of the Xianyang Imperial Palace, it was not on the same level as the Zheng State Banquet.

The Warring States period's fine lacquerware is generally simple and elegant.

These lacquer tables placed in the hall were decorated with cloud and tiger patterns, black and red hooks, and gilded. Each of them was carefully selected from the top-quality items in the lacquer garden.

The wine vessel was placed in the suspended tripod, and steam rose up, the aroma of wine spread everywhere, and melted a lot of frost and snow around. As the temperature rose, a moist hollow circular black mark appeared on the sandalwood board.

Xu Zhi was really envious of these arrangements, but she couldn't face the northwest wind and could only stay next to the fireplace.

She was not without common sense. She just stood up and took two steps, but the wind blew and she had to come back.

Along with it came her itchy throat.

Xu Zhi couldn't help but sigh that the silk cotton cloak was still too thin.

She only learned from Ziying that Yuanman would return to the Da Zheng Palace in Yongcheng before New Year's Eve every year.

Xu Zhi was puzzled. The princess had lived in Xianyang for almost three or four years, and life in Xianyang was naturally much better than in Yongcheng.

With this question in mind, Xu Zhi got on the carriage to the Da Zheng Palace, but unexpectedly met someone on the road.

Zheng Guo did not dare to come to see Ying Hehua directly for several days. After all, he was not stupid. It was unlikely that his daughter's marriage to Zhang Yuan would proceed without questioning in the presence of Meng Yi.

He had already decided to discuss the terms with Meng Yi. But the banquet went smoothly. After much investigation, he found out that it was because of Ying Hehua.

Zheng Guo knew that after he left, he would probably never have any contact with Xianyang again in his life.

Before he left, he insisted on thanking him in person.

But at this time, it is not easy to meet Ying Hehua.

Zheng Guo's heart remained the same, and his stubborn sincerity overlapped in him. He did not bring any servants with him, nor did he put on any thick clothes. He heard that Ying Hehua was going to wait for the princess in the Zheng Palace, so he waited for her at the entrance to the palace.

After a long time, his hair was covered with snow.

Zheng Guo thought that he would never see her, and if he waited any longer, he would probably get sick from the cold.

"Why do you people in Yingchuan like to wait outside so early in the morning?"

The crimson skirt draped in front of him.

In the distance was her carriage.

Xu Zhi didn't see him at first, but luckily Azhi was always observant and saw Zheng Guo from a distance.

He really doesn't know how to find a place. Since he knew she was using the back door, he still appeared at the gate of the Da Zheng Palace. You can't say that he doesn't know how to find a place.

He could also find a secluded place.

Zheng Guo was silent for a moment when he heard her say "you guys..."

Among these "them" was Zhang Liang. Zheng Guo didn't know much about the relationship between Ying Hehua and him, but Han Fei always reminded him earnestly. He was already confused, and seeing that his future son-in-law Zhang Yuan also kept silent about the matter, he knew even less.

"I have only just arrived."

"Soon?"

Jungkook sheepishly brushed the snow off his robe.

Her maid did the same and forcefully handed the umbrella to him.

"That's not possible." Zheng Guo evaded.

"You should take the water decree. If you get sick or something goes wrong, how can you live out your life in Lingnan?"

Zheng Guo paused, speechless, and could only nod.

Xu Zhi smiled slightly, "Shui Ling, do you have anything else to say?"

"Your Highness Princess, I am grateful for your kindness."

Zheng Guo spoke some words of gratitude.

"Shui Ling waited for me here for so long just to say this?"

Xu Zhi just asked casually.

Zheng Guoshui handed Zhang Yuan a secret scroll to him, and he passed it on to Ziying and told Ying Hehua everything.

Xu Zhi complained in his heart. With Zheng Guo's unspeakable personality, it was a miracle that he could survive for so many years in the political arena of Xianyang where people were eaten without leaving any bones.

"You're telling me this?"

"I don't know why the princess came to Yongcheng. I don't understand the twists and turns of my leaving Xianyang. But I know that the princess helped me, and I will tell you everything I know."

Be honest.

These four words are actually very simple.

But it is extremely difficult to achieve this in the Warring States Period when people were blinded by greed and were planning to kill.

Xu Zhi couldn't think of anyone else except Zheng Guo who would speak so bluntly.

Zheng Guo was a hydraulic engineer. How could there be any difference between hydraulic engineers in Korea and Qin? His career was just to make people live better.

Not only did she want to ensure his peace for the rest of his life, but she also wanted him to have the energy to continue to utilize his expertise.

But she was Princess Yong'an, and she couldn't say these words from this standpoint.

"If the Water Commander wants to thank me, then he should focus on the Lingqu project."

Zheng Guo didn't expect that she didn't put forward any conditions to him.

Many people say that Ying Hehua has changed a lot after growing up, but Zheng Guo alone doesn’t think so.

"Nothing else to say except this princess?"

"If Shui Ling knew what was on the scroll, he would definitely explain it to me. Since you didn't tell me, I don't need to ask. I will find the answer myself."

She shrugged at him. "The canal built by Shui Ling in Jingyang brought endless life to Guanzhong. Father will never forget its builder. What Shui Ling accomplished in the south together with Shi Lu was a feat that benefited the country and the people. If I stopped you for political reasons, Qin would be no different from the six old Shandong states."

She has always been the little princess who upholds her father's authority.

It was just that at this time, Zheng Guo found a similarity in her. Or maybe in addition to defending the interests of Qin, she was also working for the long-cherished wish of the world.

"Your Highness trusts me so much...I, I,"

Zheng Guo was obviously deeply encouraged and was speechless for a moment.

She smiled and said lightly, "Eleven years ago, when Shui Ling came to Zhangtai Palace with Prince Dan blindfolded, I was thinking that you don't have to be enemies with the past." She looked into his eyes, "Yan Dan didn't understand the truth until he died. ... Many people are obsessed with this problem. Only Shui Ling figured it out when he came from Qin to build the canal."

When two sincere people face each other, the wind and snow fade away and their age is forgotten.

"When the Central Plains and Lingnan water systems are well connected, I will wait for Your Highness to personally visit the canal to open the gates."

Xu Zhi said she would definitely come.

She hadn't taken two steps or gotten into the carriage when Zheng Guo's voice came from behind her again.

She saw him, his eyes determined, standing in the snow like a statue.

"Don't worry, you will be reunited as a family."

Her promise was a disguised way of letting him know that she would do her best to prevent Meng Yi from interfering in Zhang Yuan's matter.

Who knew that people are just so strange.

Zheng Guo seemed to have risked everything and was almost crying, but it was not because of his own business.

But for another person.

"I heard that your Highness has been on bad terms with Li Tingwei recently."

"Li Si?"

"I don't know the origin of this, but I have to tell Your Highness what I have to say from the bottom of my heart. In the eyes of the world, my senior brother is jealous of his fellow disciples and is just a villain. However, my senior brother and I have studied under our teacher for ten years. My senior brother has a righteous character and always dares to speak frankly. He is definitely not cold and cruel. After entering Qin, my senior brother became an official. However, if it were not for my senior brother's protection, I would not be alive today when I was involved in the matter of Prime Minister Zhang. Also, I just came to Qin. If it were not for the "Book of Remonstrance against Expelling Foreigners", I would have been a ghost underground. I am ashamed to speak to the princess again. But I know that I will never return to Xianyang in this life, and there are some things that I cannot help but say.

If...if, Senior Brother...if Ah Xian commits an unforgivable crime against Her Royal Highness in the future. I beg Her Royal Highness to forgive him for the sake of your years of teaching. "

After he said that, he knelt on the ground and banged his forehead heavily on the snow.

His footprints slowly melted in the snow, but strangely, the snow covered some of the footprints and froze over. Perhaps Zheng Guo stepped too heavily, leaving indelible marks on his unique painting.

Forever, Li Si will never know.

His junior fellow apprentice said so many things he shouldn't have said on the day his career was banned in Xianyang, and he still hadn't learned what it meant to be cautious in what he said and did.

Zheng Guo, the country he thought needed his protection the most, had completely forgotten about Han State and his family.

Chenpu is spread out to the very end.

What he remembered were the countless days and nights in Lanling, his senior brother's reminder to be careful with his words in the court of Xianyang, and his kindness in taking off his official robe and putting it on him.

So he knelt in front of the most powerful princess in the royal family and gave it his all.

It is for him to ask.

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After Xu Zhi saw Zheng Guo off, he soon met Ying Yuanman.

She asked her why she kept coughing.

Xu Zhi was almost recovered, but she also had some harmless sequelae. She didn't want her to worry, so she simply said that it was because she ate a lot of shaved ice in the winter. Only Fusu and Yuanman would really believe her lies.

She had done it once before and it was indeed novel.

"Don't be greedy. It's fine to eat, but why do you come out in the snow?"

"If I wasn't here to wait for my sister, I wouldn't go out into the open air."

Ying Yuanman smiled gently, "I know Hehua is thinking of me." She reached out her hand to straighten the wrinkles of her robe, and touched the copper utensil she was holding, "If the hand warmer is cold, just change it." She frowned, thinking that the palace servants of the Da Zheng Palace did not take good care of her.

"Your Highness." The maid was startled and reached out to take it.

"It's too troublesome to keep filling such a small stove with hot water. It's more convenient if we don't use it." As she said this, she put the hand warmer in the maid's hand.

Then, she took her hand and said, "With the royal sister with me, I am not cold, I am warm."

Ying Yuanman felt that Ying Hehua didn't look like a spoiled child at all.

"Why are you still acting like a child?"

She was silent for a while, "Only my sister would say this to me."

Yuan Man gathered her cloak and said jokingly in her tone, "Yes. You are still the same as before. You don't know how to take good care of yourself." She said seriously, "Father originally wanted to wait for you to return to the palace with your grandmother's things, but I didn't know that you had no news in the past few days. I was going to Yongcheng in a few days, so I thought of telling you in advance and asked you to go back first."

Xu Zhi was thinking about the scroll in Yongcheng and Xu Fu's many unfinished things.

Willow twigs, she almost forgot.

"I've really been feeling a little unwell these past few days. I'm afraid I've caught a cold."

"偁嫚."

"I don't want to go back to Xianyang so early. I still have a lot of things to do."

"Tell me, I can help you."

"Really?" Xu Zhi originally didn't intend to drag her sister into this, but then she thought, they were both princesses, and their fates had long been connected.

Ying Yuanman touched her hair and said, "Really."

With Ying Yuanman's help, the matter of finding Xu Fu was accomplished unexpectedly quickly.

The next day, someone came with others.

"You," "Why are you, a minor official, in the princess' bedroom?"

In order to facilitate her work, Xu Zhi originally intended to conduct the search in secret, so she changed back into the outfit she wore when she first arrived in Yongcheng.

As a result, they met the people from Qi who came.

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