Chapter 195

"Li Yuanba slew six hundred thousand enemy troops in a single battle!"

"Slew six hundred thousand enemy troops — how could that possibly be true!"

"And there's also Tu'an!"

"Tu'an may be a small country, but it relies on the Xiongnu for backing. Though it has time and again tried to flatter Great Qin, and during the reign of the First Emperor it promised again and again that it would send a princess to Great Qin to sue for peace!"

"But… after all these years, not a single whisper of movement!"

"The First Emperor, not wanting a head-on clash with the Xiongnu, simply ignored the whole matter!"

"This caused Tu'an to keep stalling on the matter, again and again!"

"Now the new emperor is bragging wildly, claiming the Tu'an Princess is coming to Qin? That doesn't feel very likely!"

Under the rumors spread by certain people, many common folk of Xianyang City sighed and sweated for Facing Ying Su!

And many nobles laughed heartily, waiting to see Facing Ying Su make a fool of himself!

One month — just one month — if there is still no news of the Tu'an Princess coming to Qin!

Then they will spread the fact that the new emperor is nothing but a braggart all across the realm!

But… the Tu'an Princess is about to arrive in Qin!

And at this moment it was Feng Jujue himself who presented the report, and in an instant, everyone was stunned!

The Tu'an Princess is coming to Qin?

What does that mean?

It means the rumors collapse on their own!

It means Li Yuanba slaying six hundred thousand enemy troops in a single battle is true!

And it also means Li Yuanba stormed into Tu'an and forced the King of Tu'an to hand over the princess is true too!

No wonder the new emperor is shouting about destroying the Xiongnu!

Even if I had Li Yuanba, I would want to destroy the Xiongnu too!

In that single instant, the common folk of Xianyang City boiled over!

That day, countless commoners of Xianyang City were all shouting the new emperor's name!

Some even shouted out that slogan that made Seeing Ying Zheng tremble with rage!

"The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!"

And under such slogans!

The next day, a lavish caravan of carriages entered the great streets of Xianyang City!

097, What? Princess Princess Yushu: Beast Facing Ying Su! He's not even fit to be called a beast!

"The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!"

"The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!"

On the great streets of Xianyang City!

The Tu'an Princess's caravan was advancing!

And on both sides of the street, every commoner of Xianyang City was shouting!

The Tu'an Princess entering Qin — for many commoners of Xianyang City, this carried great significance!

This was the first time, since the new emperor's accession, that a small border state had submitted to the new emperor!

This represented the new emperor's throne!

"The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!"

"The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!"

"The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!"

At this moment, countless people were all shouting!

Countless people were all crying out!

They were beside themselves with excitement!

But… this very sound made countless nobles, and officials as well, feel afraid, feel trembling!

But what exactly they feared, what exactly made them tremble — even they themselves did not know!

If it were merely Li Yuanba's slaughter of six hundred thousand men, they had long since heard of it, and at the time they did not feel afraid at all!

If it were this so-called cry of the people's hearts, they did not fear that either — in the eyes of the nobles, common folk are no better than pigs and dogs. Even though the so-called slave system was abolished by every nation long after sages like Kongmenglaozhuang were born, and by the time of Qin Shi Huang it was abolished once again!

Yet in the eyes of the nobles, common folk are still slaves!

To say they feared the common folk — that was impossible!

Common folk are the same as slaves, slaves are the same as common folk!

Nobles afraid of slaves?

The more you hear that, the more absurd it sounds!

But… the more they heard this sound, the more it made their hearts panic, their gall bladders turn cold!

The more they heard this sound, the more it made them feel afraid!

Everyone was trembling for no reason at all!

Even Seeing Ying Zheng, far in the outskirts of Xianyang City, upon hearing these words, was trembling as well!

But his trembling was entirely different from the nobles'!

The nobles' trembling was panic, a groundless fear!

But Seeing Ying Zheng was not afraid — he was furious!

The new emperor far surpasses the First Emperor!

This was not the first time he had heard this line!

But... every time he heard it, he was filled with immense anger!

Every time he heard it, he felt a surge of rage!

So, he immediately summoned Zhao Gao to ask what had happened and why the people of Xianyang City had suddenly acted this way!

Zhao Gao hurriedly reported: "Princess Tudan has entered Qin!"

"Princess Tudan has entered Qin?"

The moment the words left his lips, Ying Zheng was stunned!

He rushed out to the courtyard immediately, gazing toward the direction of Xianyang City!

At that moment, he was utterly shocked!

No one understood better than him what Princess Tudan entering Qin signified!

It meant that outside the Great Qin, a nation had recognized the status of Ying Su as the new emperor!

Even though Tudan was merely a country the size of a palm!

But... even the smallest country is still a country!

When a country sends a princess, it signifies submission!

And this matter... had actually been accomplished by Ying Su!

At this very moment, he was deeply shaken.

Even though he had learned of this matter long ago, when it truly happened before his eyes, he still felt shocked!

Recognition by other nations!

What a terrifying thing this was!

"Tell me, if one day the Xiongnu, the Baiyue, and all of them submit to that rebellious son, if the various tribes of the Xiongnu and the various tribes of the Baiyue all send their own princesses to beg for peace with that rebellious son, at that time, even if I return to the throne, then... am I still the Emperor?"

Ying Zheng looked at Zhao Gao!

Zhao Gao was stunned; he immediately knelt, then trembled and kowtowed!

Ying Zheng said nothing!

At this very moment, he felt only panic!

Because once the Baiyue, the Xiongnu, and all the people of the world, the civil and military officials, all the nobles, the soldiers of the Great Qin, and everyone else, all completely submit to Ying Su!

Then even if Ying Su is not on that throne, he is the Emperor!

Even if I truly return to Xianyanggong and push that rebellious son off the throne, it cannot change the fact that he is the Emperor!

Because... that is how the Emperor is.

Everyone in the world may refuse to accept anyone, but they cannot refuse to accept the Emperor!

Because the Emperor is supreme power!