How to Be a Male Queen

【The Truth About the Death of the First Emperor】

The reason why Qin Sheng was able to resist at such a time was because he still had a hole card left.

The pillars of Hanyuan Hall and the beams of the roof are carved with hollow patterns. Even Qin Yuan, who lived here for more than ten years, did not expect that there is a mystery hidden inside.

Qin Sheng pulled the wooden board off the corner of the bed and pressed the switch.

Subtle gear sounds come and go one after another, making it impossible to judge the specific direction.

At Qin Yuan's order, the Lingnan Guards surrounded them as quickly as possible, and tightly protected the nobles.

Qin Xiang also drew out the long sword at his waist, and stood in front of the elders.

Qin Xiyao guarded Princess Anyang behind him, with a vigilant look on his face.

Princess Anyang held a soft arrow, and she showed no signs of cowardice.

Qin Yuan and Prince An looked at each other with serious expressions on their faces.

Qin Sheng climbed to the corner of the dragon bed, stared at the crowd with red eyes, and said darkly, "I didn't want to kill you, but you forced me to!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a fine piercing sound in the hall, and sharp arrows shot down like raindrops.

Qin Yuan was relieved instead. Fortunately, Qin Sheng still had a sliver of reason and didn't use the black fire, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

——A mere rain of arrows, he doesn't pay attention to it.

Lingnanwei danced the long sword in his hand to create afterimages, and the sound of clanging and clashing could be heard endlessly.

Through the thin arrow, Qin Sheng evoked a weird smile.

Qin Yuan frowned, and was speculating about his other plans when he heard someone shout, "No! The arrow is poisonous!"

"Hahaha..." Qin Sheng twisted his face and let out a strange smile, "Don't worry, there are still a lot of poisoned arrows, enough to keep you all here, all of you!"

Qin Yuan's face turned completely cold. He grabbed an arrow with his bare hands, flipped his wrist, and with a "clang", the palm-length arrow was nailed straight to Qin Sheng's feet.

Qin Sheng's complexion changed, and the weird laughter stopped abruptly.

"Stop!" Qin Yuan grabbed an arrow again, held it in his palm, and pointed at Qin Sheng like a threat.

Qin Sheng looked at him vigilantly, with a look of struggle on his face.

Qin Yuan threw the arrow out without hesitation.

Qin Sheng quickly put his feet away and curled up into a ball.

The arrow, however, grazed his temple and lodged on the bedpost.

Qin Sheng stiffened his neck, not daring to breathe.

"Do you want to come again?" More and more Lingnan Weis were shot, and Qin Yuan was about to lose his patience.

While waving his spear, Prince An yelled sharply: "Old Wu, why are you still hesitating?! Do you want everyone to die here and hand over the Qin family to others?"

Qin Sheng retorted confidently, "I still have a son! If I die, someone will help him ascend the throne!"

As soon as these words came out, an old woman's voice sounded abruptly, "Your Majesty! This old slave deserves to die, this old slave is responsible for His Majesty's entrustment!"

Following the words, an old woman in her seventies came out from the secret room in the apse, followed by a young eunuch in Tsing Yi.

Qin Sheng closed his eyes and said impatiently: "Okay, there's no need to say anything, I already know."

Momo Li burst into tears, "Your Majesty, you already know? Was it the queen who said it? Did she admit that she killed the Fourth Highness?"

When Qin Sheng heard the words, his body shook violently, and he said in shock, "What did you say? What 'killed the Fourth Highness'? Tell me clearly!"

Nanny Li was taken aback for a moment, and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, didn't you say you already knew? This old slave thought that the empress had already told you...the Fourth Highness went yesterday!"

With an expression of disbelief on Qin Sheng's face, he roared in a low voice: "Nurse, what do you mean by 'going'? How could a good little Si die? Are you confused!"

Facing the emperor's accusation, Nanny Li could only cry blindly, and could no longer speak a complete sentence.

When they were talking here, Qin Yuan and the others were still resisting the arrow rain.

The little eunuch in Tsing Yi quickly raised his head and glanced at it. After seeing the face of His Highness Prince Qingping, he gritted his teeth with determination and said sharply:

"Your Majesty, I have seen with my own eyes that the Fourth Highness is indeed gone. At that time, the empress empress had a conflict with the deposed concubine Chen Shi. The empress empress pulled out a golden hairpin to kill Chen Shi, but was snatched away by Chen Shi. When Shi was stabbing at the Empress Empress with a golden hairpin, the Empress Empress pulled the Fourth Highness over to block her body, and the Fourth Highness was stabbed in the neck, and she could not be saved on the spot..."

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he fell on the ground, his hands shaking with fear.

Nanny Li nodded again and again, and added dully: "Yes, that's right, the Fourth Highness was killed by the Queen and the Chen family, and now the Chen family has been silenced by the Queen, Your Majesty, you must be the master of the Fourth Highness! "

"Concubine Chen is dead too?" Qin Sheng's face flashed a trace of grief.

Nanny Li nodded, and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Qin Sheng with a wave of his hand.

At this moment, Qin Sheng felt a strong sense of unwillingness—Xiao Si died, and his last son died!

Seeing that his state was not right, Prince An raised his voice and shouted: "Old Wu, hurry up and turn off the mechanism! Although your little four is dead, there is still Yuan'er and Xiang'er here! There is no little one here. Prince, the Qin family can't be destroyed!"

Qin Yuan?

And Qin Xiang?

Qin Sheng shook his head, no, none of them can.

Unreliable, one or two are all unreliable!

A look of madness appeared on Qin Sheng's face, and he secretly stretched his hands towards the corner of the bed——If you want to die, let's all die together!

Everyone is in a bad mood.

At this moment, Qin Xiang jumped onto the dragon bed like a gust of wind, and using his sword as a knife, he slashed straight down.

Qin Sheng was so scared that his face turned pale, he quickly withdrew his hands, and rolled towards the end of the bed with his head in his arms.

Raised the sword in his hand and dropped it, the mechanism at the corner of the bed shattered to pieces.

There was another sound of machine guns, and all the arrow holes on the beams and pillars were closed.

Finally, no more sharp arrows shot out.

Time seems to stand still at this moment.

Qin Xiang half-kneeled on the dragon bed, his forehead covered with fine beads of sweat.

Qin Sheng held his head in horror, and stared at the son who had always looked down on him with wide eyes.

The astonishment on the faces of the others has not dissipated.

Hearing a "plop", Qin Xiang fell to the ground unexpectedly.

Qin Xiyao hurried over to help his waist and abdomen, but his hands unexpectedly felt damp and hot.

After seeing the source of the blood stains on his hands, Qin Xiyao shouted in a trembling voice: "Xiang'er was shot by an arrow!"

Princess Anyang dashed forward, raised her sword to Qin Sheng's neck, raised her eyebrows, "Antidote!"

"This is a poison outside the Great Wall, and there is no antidote..." Qin Sheng looked at Qin Xiang with a complicated expression.

At this moment, a young general wearing a silver helmet rushed to Qin Xiang unexpectedly, carried him on his shoulder and ran out.

Everyone in the room was dumbfounded.

Qin Xiyao tried to catch up with the hem of his clothes, but was stopped by Qin Yuan.

"Uncle Seventh Prince, that's Prince Tuoba." Qin Yuan whispered.

"Prince Tuoba can't snatch my son!" Qin Xiyao pushed Qin Yuan's hand away and said anxiously, "Xiang'er has been poisoned and must be treated as soon as possible!"

Qin Yuan persuaded again, "Tuoba Yongjun has many talented people under him, he will not harm Qin Xiang, not to mention, there is Aunt Anya's cat..." Tuoba Yongjun probably has a special way to contact Princess Anya as soon as possible.

Qin Xiyao's heart skipped a beat, "That medicine cat?"

Qin Yuan nodded.

Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief—they all knew about the cat's origin and special features.

***

The death of the fourth prince finally made the matter a foregone conclusion.

Qin Sheng didn't have the capital to fight against Qin Yuan in the first place, and now he didn't even have a reason to struggle.

Princess Anyang sent Prince An back to Prince An's mansion, turned around and pulled An Ziming on to go to Qinzhou.

After all, Qin Xiyao was still worried, and took his guards to chase his son.

Qin Yuan stayed in the palace and arranged for the wounded guards to go to heal him, while waiting for Qin Sheng to write down the imperial edict.

Yes, "Zen position", not "passing position".

He saved Qin Sheng's life just to let him hand over the throne alive.

This is the throne that belongs to the direct line of the Qin family, the throne that belongs to the emperor's brother, and also the throne that belongs to Qin Zhi, the son of the emperor's brother.

Qin Yuan has been planning for so many years because of this insistence.

Qin Sheng personally dealt with the queen, and his methods can be described as vigorous and resolute.

Empress Ji was ordered to commit suicide for the crime of mutilating the prince and murdering the concubine.

Ji's family ransacked their homes and their property was confiscated. Regardless of the age of the Ji family, the men were exiled and the women were made official slaves.

In Ji's hands, the Heavenly and Earthly Flying Dragon Guards, from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, were all garrisoned far away from the border, and were not allowed to return to Beijing for life.

On the day when Ji's mansion ransacked the house, the queen stood on the palace wall and looked expressionlessly in the direction of her mother's house.

No one knew what she was thinking, and no one asked her what else was on her mind.

That day, there was icy rain in the sky, the queen was dressed in white, with her face facing the sky, as the sound of evening drums from Ciyuan Temple resounded throughout the capital, she suddenly jumped and jumped off the tower unexpectedly.

The guards had no time to stop them.

The former mother of a country broke her neck in full view, and the bright red blood flowed all over the place.

She didn't want the last bit of decency left by the emperor.

The Ji family, which once held many soldiers and was prominent for a while, disappeared from people's sight in a deserted manner.

The Zen edict requested by Qin Yuan was soon made public. It was written by Li Liao, a member of Zhongshushe who had just returned to his post as an official.

"I am over fifty years old and in poor health. Although I am interested in political affairs, I am powerless. Zi Yuan of the Qin family has a noble character and has repeatedly made military exploits. He will surely inherit the great rule and love the people. Now I will only obey the destiny and leave the palace. Zen is located in the Yuan, to calm the people. The master announces the world and implements it according to the time."

Naturally, there was an uproar in the court.

Some people suspected that Qin Yuan had resorted to unscrupulous means, and even placed Ji's house raid and the death of the fourth prince on him.

Some people sighed, giving birth to the exclamation of "as expected".

Of course, more people are happy to see their success.

In recent years, the emperor's actions have repeatedly violated the bottom line of the Qingliu in the court. On the contrary, Qin Yuan's series of actions such as rectifying the Ministry of War, transforming ships, and forming a new navy have won the hearts of the people.

In addition, the recent deeds of Xiao Shizi smashing the granary, rescuing the victims, and building resettlement houses have also been recorded in Qin Yuan's credit book.

In short, His Royal Highness King Ping's accession to the throne is well-received.

As for the verbal criticism and penal punishment of some sour literati... Those who win will not care about these!

***

Outside the palace walls, the sky was boiling, but inside the palace was extremely quiet.

Especially for the two parties, they were silent to each other without saying a word.

After the preliminary handover was completed, Qin Yuan didn't want to stay in front of Qin Sheng anymore, so he turned around and walked out.

The door of the hall was opened, and the afterglow of the setting sun spilled into the inner hall. Against the light, the figure of His Highness King Ping appeared unusually tall.

Looking at his strong back, Qin Sheng suddenly said, "Zhen, I didn't kill Heng'er!"

Qin Yuan paused, but did not turn his head.

Qin Sheng closed his eyes, and said weakly: "Heng'er is sick, it's...a disease. Do you remember that year when he went to Quzhou to provide disaster relief? Then there was an epidemic, and he stayed for three months before returning... "

Qin Yuan clenched his fists, why didn't he remember?

In the autumn of that year, 10 people died in Quzhou.

In just three months, Brother Huang lost a full two laps. If he hadn't rushed to Quzhou to escort the person back, he still doesn't know how long he would stay there!

"Heng'er was contracted the sickness that time... He hid it from everyone, and even became emperor for two years with the disease... He is amazing." Qin Sheng said sincerely.

Qin Yuan's fingertips sank deeply into his palm - no wonder!

No wonder he insisted on living in the remote Luqi Palace, no wonder he hadn't had a lucky concubine in two years, no wonder he wanted to "drive" himself far away to Lingnan!

Qin Sheng lowered his head and murmured: "I didn't set the fire in the Luqi Palace, it was Heng'er himself, he burned all the things he used... and those servants, all died... "

He himself was in the fire, and there was no body left.

For so many years, the reason why Qin Sheng didn't say a word about it was because he was afraid. He was afraid that Qin Heng's virtuous reputation would overshadow him, and he was even more afraid of attracting the scolding of people all over the world.

——In that disaster relief, he should be the one who went there originally.

——If it wasn't for Qin Heng, he would be the one who got sick!

After dreaming back at midnight, Qin Sheng felt guilty and restless.

From Chengqing Hall to Taiji Palace, Qin Yuan traced step by step the path his brother had traveled.

Back then, after he drove himself to Lingnan, was he just walking back and forth in this huge palace alone like this?

Is there anyone to talk to when you are bored, and will it hurt when you are sick?

Was he sad that he couldn't get his reply?

At that time, I was betting my anger, deliberately ignoring him, deliberately not returning to Beijing, is the emperor very disappointed?

Or as usual, showing a helpless and tolerant smile?

Did he drag his sick body like that, opening one joint after another and paving one road after another for himself?

Brother Huang really understands him, he knows that one day he will come back...

Yes, he really is back.

However, the emperor's brother is gone.

I didn't even have a chance to say thank you, and, sorry...

Qin Yuan supported the dragon pillar in front of the hall, his eyes blurred with salty tears.