Chapter 1144

Fortunately, the news was learned by Ying Zheng in advance, so Ying Zheng also sent a group of people.

They provided rescue the moment Fu Su was harmed, and only then was Fu Su saved by a narrow margin.

After clarifying the whole story, the ministers in the imperial court were suddenly enlightened.

Also enlightened were Yi Xiaochuan, Wang Li, Fu Su, and others.

That day, after Fu Su fell, they were once terrified and uneasy.

Before they could think of how to deal with this matter, another group of mysterious people appeared and directly provided rescue to Fu Su. Among this group of people, there was an old friend Yi Xiaochuan was very familiar with, Cui Wenzi.

It was precisely because of Cui Wenzi that Fu Su was saved; Yi Xiaochuan did not pursue how this group of people appeared.

They seemed to know that Fu Su would meet with an accident.

Now, Yi Xiaochuan and others understood.

Everything was within His Majesty the Emperor's calculations.

Yi Xiaochuan even thought a bit more; he thought of Su Xuan.

"Ying Zheng knows these things—does it have anything to do with you?"

Su Xuan even knew those secrets of his; no one knew how much Su Xuan knew.

If it were Su Xuan, discerning Hu Hai's conspiracy did not seem surprising.

After finishing the story, Ying Zheng looked at Hu Hai, who was constantly shouting grievances, and a sneer curled at the corner of his mouth, "You do not need to shout grievances anymore. I know everything you have done; even those assassins you sent to harm Fu Su are in my hands at this moment."

"Both human and material evidence are in my hands. What else do you have to say?"

Facts proved that Hu Hai really had something to say. He looked at Ying Zheng and kept begging for mercy, "Father Emperor, I am wronged! How could I harm my imperial brother? This must be someone intending to frame me!"

Although in recent times, Father Emperor had not been as favored toward him as in the past.

But even if one lost imperial favor, there was a certain process.

Hu Hai could only keep begging for mercy, hoping to arouse Father Emperor's pity and spare him this time.

Unfortunately, Ying Zheng had no intention of being moved.

"Hu Hai, just by virtue of you, you also want to become my successor?"

"You do not have this qualification!"

Looking at Hu Hai, Ying Zheng said the last sentence to him, and afterward, the imperial edict was immediately issued, "Convey my decree: from this day on, Hu Hai is demoted to a commoner, and all his family assets are confiscated!"

Once this sentence was spoken, Hu Hai's expression changed greatly.

His begging for mercy grew louder and louder.

But Ying Zheng paid no attention.

Being demoted to a commoner meant that from now on, he would have no chance at the position of Emperor; furthermore, Ying Zheng would also confiscate all his family property, which meant that he would become a beggar at the very bottom.

Wanting to make a comeback or even be a wealthy man would be impossible.

After having people take the shouting Hu Hai away and throw him out of the imperial palace, Ying Zheng looked at Li Si again.

"Li Si, you have disappointed me!"

Li Si knew what Ying Zheng was talking about. He sighed and said to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, Li Si has failed you and has no face to continue serving as Prime Minister. Li Si requests to retire!"

This sentence made many ministers sigh with emotion.

Today, for Qin, was an extremely unusual day.

First, Meng Yi and others who were on an expedition returned; it was originally a celebration banquet for the destruction of Tu'an, but unexpectedly, so many things happened at the banquet.

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Young Master Eighteen Hu Hai intended to harm the eldest young master Fu Su; the matter was exposed, and he was directly demoted to a commoner by His Majesty the Emperor.

And Li Si, who conspired with Hu Hai, also voluntarily resigned from the position of Prime Minister.

In Qin, it was not that no one had voluntarily resigned from the position of Prime Minister.

Lu Buwei of the past was implicated because of the Lao Ai case and was subsequently dismissed from the position of Prime Minister, but Lu Buwei's end was not very good.

Many people looked at Li Si's aged figure and revealed a bit of pity.

Hu Hai, as the eighteenth young master, was demoted to a commoner; this was only because he was the Emperor's son that he did not die.

Although Li Si resigned from the position of Prime Minister, his end would probably not be much better.

One must know, when His Majesty asked earlier what the crime of harming the eldest young master was, Feng Quji answered that the crime deserved death!

After the morning assembly ended.

Yi Xiaochuan remained in the palace, first following Ying Zheng to see Yushu. In any case, Yi Xiaochuan could be considered to have completed the task Ying Zheng and Su Xuan had entrusted to him—destroying Tu'an.

Reasonably and emotionally, one had to give Yi Xiaochuan some rewards, letting him see Yushu to deepen the obsession in his heart.

After Yi Xiaochuan finished visiting Yushu, Ying Zheng had people send him out of the imperial palace.

He himself went to the palace where Su Xuan was located.

Su Xuan was refining elixirs. Seeing Ying Zheng arrive, he could not help but tease, "Your Majesty is kinder than I imagined. I thought you would directly kill the likes of Hu Hai and Li Si!"

After all, according to what Gao Yao said, Hu Hai and Li Si were the culprits who caused the fall of Qin in history.

If it were the Hu Hai and Li Si of his own world, it would be fine; for the sake of past feelings, he could spare their lives. But this world was different. Although it was a parallel world, those familiar people, except for their names, had completely different appearances, and there were no feelings to speak of.

As a result, Ying Zheng actually spared them.

Su Xuan clicked his tongue in wonder.

"Demoting to a commoner, dismissing from the position of Prime Minister—it is just to let them have a temporary appearance of decency. The State Preceptor does not think I am a benevolent person, right?"

Ying Zheng would absolutely not let the likes of Hu Hai live.

As long as the other party was alive, there would always be variables.

Several days later, Hu Hai died in the marketplace, suspected of being kidnapped by bandits and tortured to death.