Chapter 105: Donghuang Taiyi

"Are you certain?"

Beiming Zi’s attitude shifted slightly after hearing Donghuang Taiyi’s words.

He also understood that he and Donghuang Taiyi and Li Si were now grasshoppers on the same string.

Regardless of whether he wanted to intervene in future matters or not,

Li Si and Donghuang Taiyi would not let him go.

Under these circumstances, he naturally hoped that their actions would have more certainty.

"Moon God will choose the direction for our path forward."

Donghuang Taiyi’s voice was very calm.

Moon God had this strength.

"Ying Zheng, the number of elixirs he consumes daily has now reached five."

"Hmph, he won't live much longer."

Donghuang Taiyi sneered, then spoke.

Beiming Zi and Li Si looked toward him simultaneously upon hearing Donghuang’s words.

"Elixirs?"

As the closest powerful minister to Ying Zheng, Li Si was naturally aware that Ying Zheng had been consuming elixirs daily for some time.

He had originally thought these elixirs were specially refined by those alchemists to nourish Ying Zheng’s body.

He had not expected this.

"Is that alchemist in the palace one of your people?"

Although it was a rhetorical question, Li Si spoke with the tone of a statement.

Donghuang Taiyi did not answer Li Si’s question, but his silence gave Li Si the best answer.

Li Si drew a sharp breath.

He had not expected that Donghuang Taiyi had long since secretly inserted other people into Ying Zheng’s side.

One must know that since becoming Emperor, Ying Zheng had been very cautious about his food and drink.

No one could harm him through poisoning.

He had not expected Donghuang Taiyi to find another way.

He knew that Ying Zheng had always harbored a desire for immortality.

Donghuang Taiyi had utilized exactly this point to send that alchemist in the palace to approach Ying Zheng.

"A fine scheme."

Hearing Donghuang Taiyi’s words, Beiming Zi could not help but offer a word of praise.

This scheme had likely begun to be laid out five years ago.

Given Ying Zheng’s suspicious nature, he would not easily trust others.

This alchemist must have resided within Ying Zheng’s palace for a long time.

Perhaps it was because he achieved certain results that Ying Zheng slowly began to trust him in his heart.

"You just said that the number of elixirs Ying Zheng consumes daily has reached five; what does that mean?"

Li Si asked.

Although he knew these kinds of elixirs could strengthen the body,

he was not clear on their specific effects.

"Hmph, this kind of elixir is addictive."

"The more one consumes, the more toxins accumulate in the body."

"The most critical point is that these toxins cannot be detected at all."

"Only after they accumulate to a certain amount in his body might they be detected, but by then, it will already be too late."

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Donghuang Taiyi’s mouth.

This type of elixir was one of the few recorded in the Yin-Yang School that could kill without leaving a trace.

And its unique point of killing without a trace was that when one first started taking it, it indeed had great benefits for the body.

"What if he doesn't die?"

Beiming Zi asked what was in his heart.

To Beiming Zi’s question, Donghuang Taiyi only let out a cold snort.

"This is not a matter of whether he wants to die or not."

"If he doesn't die, then I don't mind lending him a hand."

When saying this, a flash of killing intent appeared in Donghuang Taiyi’s eyes.

"Tell us your specific arrangements."

Li Si subconsciously rubbed the joints of his left hand again.

He felt that this arrangement by Donghuang Taiyi might allow him to completely shake off Ghost.

"Once Ying Zheng dies, we will choose to support either Huhai or Fusu."

"In this way, we can grasp the power of the entire Great Qin."

A hint of ambition was revealed in Donghuang Taiyi’s eyes.

These forces of the Hundred Schools of Thought, in the final analysis, were all somewhat dissatisfied with Great Qin.

Although the Yin-Yang School was doing quite well on Great Qin territory,

that was, after all, a position of being under one person but above ten thousand.

"Fusu? Huhai?"

Li Si’s eyes flickered.

These two princes were the only two sons Ying Zheng had left.

If Ying Zheng passed away, the throne would certainly be handed to one of them.

Choosing one of them to support

was indeed a good idea.

"Who do you favor more?"

Li Si actually already had a candidate in his heart.

However, he decided to ask for the opinions of Donghuang Taiyi and Beiming Zi.

"Prince Fusu is pure and kind by nature, but his personality is somewhat stubborn and not easy to manipulate."

"Prince Huhai, hmph, he does have some thoughts about the position under Ying Zheng’s seat, but his ability is not even as good as Prince Fusu’s."

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Beiming Zi expressed his views on Prince Fusu and Prince Huhai.

"If we are to choose one person to support, then Prince Huhai is naturally the better choice."

"And he is easier for us to control."

After Beiming Zi finished expressing his thoughts, he looked at Li Si and Donghuang Taiyi.

Li Si nodded in agreement.

"What you say is correct."

"Prince Fusu is pure and kind by nature and is indeed not easy to control."

"Let us choose Prince Huhai."

The three of them discussed it and had already formulated their next step in the plan.

……

The night dissipated, and Xianyang City slowly calmed down.

Since the major incident occurred, the chaos in Xianyang City had only lasted for a very short time.

Once Zhao Mingqu’s corpse fell, slowly, no one talked about this matter anymore.

It was still the teahouse in the East City.

Feng Quji sipped the tea in his cup.

During this period, the imperial court had been unusually calm.

Although he had been excluded from the center of the vortex of power,

his keen senses still allowed him to perceive that a huge conspiracy was being born beneath the calm.

During this period, Feng Quji had not intervened in any affairs within the imperial court at all.

This did not mean he had given up or was unwilling to manage the court anymore.

On the contrary,

Feng Quji was waiting for an opportunity.

His keen senses told him that a major movement was about to occur.

And the best way was to detach himself from it while this major movement was happening.

Thinking of this, Feng Quji let out a deep sigh.

He had originally thought that after that person was gone years ago, he would be able to display his grand ambitions.

That was why he had also intervened in that matter back then.

Upon sensing the undercurrents beneath the surface, he had also gone with the flow and given it a push.

But he had not expected that after that person was gone, he himself would completely stumble in the imperial court.

After that incident, he was even more directly excluded from the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Feng Quji felt a sense of regret.

Had he known it would come to this, he would not have gone with the flow and taken action against that person back then.

In that case, although his own brilliance would have been tightly suppressed beneath that person,

he would not have ended up like this, with his light completely extinguished.

……

……

……Ding.