Chapter 60

048. Twenty thousand troops rebelling? Does Ying Zheng dare?

When Li Si emerged from the garden, he immediately found Ying Su and said in utter panic:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the First Emperor is going to rebel!"

He shouted, his heart pounding with extreme alarm!

Ying Su was stunned, then asked: "Has he left the palace?"

"No! He has not left the palace, but the First Emperor asked me to tell you that he will sooner or later reclaim the throne!"

"Moreover, when I came out, I heard him order Zhao Gao to issue an edict to have the Yin-Yang School deal with Li Yuanba!"

"He also wants Wang Ben and Meng Tian to prepare to use two hundred thousand troops to reclaim the throne!"

"Even if they must kill until rivers run with blood, they will reclaim the throne!"

"Oh!"

Ying Su nodded and said nothing!

Li Si, still shaken, continued to bow before Ying Su and said:

"Your Majesty, we must immediately seal off Outside Xianyanggong, forbid Zhao Gao from leaving the palace, and forbid anyone from exiting Outside Xianyanggong!"

"At the same time, we should dispatch Yu Yu Huatian to guard the First Emperor closely, absolutely forbidding him from issuing any orders!"

Li Si kept shouting!

But Ying Su merely smiled and said to Li Si: "I have heard!"

"No, Your Majesty, this matter must be acted upon immediately; we cannot delay!"

"If Zhao Gao manages to send out this edict, then Meng Tian and Wang Ben will surely lead the great army to attack Outside Xianyanggong!"

"Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed any longer!"

Li Si was burning with anxiety!

Ying Su continued to smile: "Very well, I have heard!"

"Your Majesty, we cannot take this lightly; it must be acted upon immediately!"

Seeing Ying Su like this, Li Si was truly frantic, wishing he could order Yu Yu Huatian himself to immediately send people to seal off Outside Xianyanggong!

However, Ying Su was not at all in a hurry; in fact, he even pulled Li Si and said: "Li Si, have you ever tasted tea?"

"How about I take you to sample some tea?"

"Your Majesty!"

Li Si's scalp went numb!

"Your Majesty, the First Emperor is about to rebel; why are you not at all anxious!"

Ying Su said: "He is still within Outside Xianyanggong; how can he rebel!"

Li Si urged: "But even if he is within Outside Xianyanggong, a single decree can mobilize Meng Tian, Wang Jian, Wang Ben, and others!"

"Meng Tian has three hundred thousand Meng family troops under his command, and Wang Ben controls one hundred thousand Commandant troops outside the city of Outside Xianyanggong!"

"There is also Li Xin and Wang Jian; they all still have armies under their command!"

"As soon as the First Emperor gives the order, they will set out immediately!"

"Furthermore, there is the Yin-Yang School. According to the information I received, the First Emperor has already found the method of hegemony to deal with Li Yuanba!"

"I heard it is a puppetry technique so mysterious it defies gods and ghosts; once applied to a person, that person becomes like a marionette, told to go east they go east, told to go west they go west!"

"Without Li Yuanba, relying only on Han Xin's current fifty thousand new recruits, how can we resist the First Emperor!" 223 Li Si shouted again and again!

And Ying Su, looking at Li Si, was smiling.

Seeing Ying Su like this, Li Si grew even more anxious:

"Your Majesty, this matter truly cannot be delayed any longer!"

Seeing Li Si's anxious appearance, Ying Su decided not to tease him anymore and directly gave him a reassuring word:

"Rest assured, my father will not rebel!"

"Ah?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Li Si was stunned.

He looked at Ying Su with a face full of confusion: "This... why is that!"

Ying Su smiled: "Because a dog that bites does not bark!"

"Ah?"

Li Si was stunned once again!

Seeing that Li Si did not understand, Ying Su simply made things clear:

"A person who truly intends to rebel will not keep shouting that they intend to rebel!"

"Just look at me; before I ascended the throne, have you ever seen me shout about rebelling?"

"Moreover, what kind of person is my father? If he intended to rebel, could he let you know?"

"If he intended to rebel, would he still be staying quietly within Outside Xianyanggong?"

"What, have him send Meng Tian and Wang Ben with their great armies to attack, while at the same time handing himself over into my hands!"

"Is he mad?"

"Rest assured, he will not rebel!"

Ying Su said with a smile.

Li Si instantly realized the truth!

Yes, if he were rebelling, the first step would surely be to leave Outside Xianyanggong!

If he hasn't even walked out of Outside Xianyanggong, how can he talk of rebelling?

But he was still shaken:

"But... what if... what if it's true?"

"After all, he even issued the edict!"

Ying Su said with confidence:

"There is no 'what if' in this matter. If it were anyone else rebelling, I would believe it, but that is my father!"

"In all the world, no one cares more for his Great Qin than he does!"

"And he knows better than anyone what impact it would have on Great Qin if he sent Meng Tian and Wang Ben to lead two hundred thousand troops to attack Xianyang City!"

"So, he would not do such a thing!"

"If he did do such a thing, then he would not be Ying Zheng!"

"As for issuing the edict... it was just words spoken in anger!"

"If he truly wanted to rebel, he would absolutely do so secretly, without anyone knowing, and certainly not with such a grand display!"

"So, rest assured!"

"My father will not rebel; at the very least, he absolutely will not rebel now!"

"But... come to think of it, what did you say to my father to make him so angry?"

Ying Su smiled and looked at Li Si!

And upon hearing these words, Li Si felt ashamed!

Then, he knelt and bowed: "Your subject is guilty!"

Ying Su laughed heartily: "This matter is not your fault. You are the person my father trusts most. If you betrayed him, no matter what you said, he would be angry!"

"Alright, now come drink tea with me!"

"This is a new money-making path I have devised!"

"Similarly, I still need you to sell it!"

"What?"

"Tea leaves?"

"Making money?"

Upon hearing these words, Li Si was stunned!

But without any delay, he immediately asked Ying Su to take him to see it!

As for the matter of Ying Zheng rebelling... although he was still somewhat worried and fearful, he was no longer as panicked as before!"

Indeed!

How right Ying Su was!

Who, when wanting to rebel, would shout loudly that they are going to rebel?