Chapter 192

During that period, no one knew what happened. It was only known that when Seeing Ying Zheng left Empress Dowager Zhao Ji's place, he appeared extremely angry, and then ordered her to be imprisoned in the cold palace of Yongcheng and reduced her many expenses.

From Seeing Ying Zheng's perspective, he did not think he had done anything wrong. Even if his attitude toward his mother might have been a bit bad, if one traced the cause, it was ultimately because Zhao Ji and Lao Ai had an illicit affair first, and even this time Lao Ai's rebellion might not have been without his mother's help. Otherwise, although Lao Ai was the Marquis of Changxin, how could he mobilize troops? The reason he could mobilize troops was because he used the Empress Dowager's decree.

Even a tiger does not eat its cubs, but Zhao Ji's actions were more poisonous than a tiger, so Seeing Ying Zheng could not help but feel a bit cold-hearted.

But for some reason, this matter was spread out, and Seeing Ying Zheng concealed what happened in the Yongcheng palace; after all, that was a royal scandal and could not be made public.

Therefore, in the eyes of those who did not know the reason, Seeing Ying Zheng's imprisonment of his mother and reduction of her expenses was truly an unfilial act.

Admittedly, Lao Ai was the Empress Dowager's person and was once favored by the Empress Dowager. Lao Ai's rebellion certainly had a part of the reason in the Empress Dowager's excessive favor for Lao Ai, allowing him to hold great power, but the culprit of this matter was ultimately Lao Ai. What was the meaning of the Qin Wang venting his anger on the Empress Dowager?

Immediately, there were officials who accused Seeing Ying Zheng.

If Seeing Ying Zheng had honestly softened his stance, brought his mother back, and restored her expenses, it would have been fine.

But because of Lao Ai's matter, Seeing Ying Zheng was in the heat of anger, and he himself was a person with a fiery temperament, so naturally, he would not agree to this.

Thus, a conflict between the monarch and his ministers that should not have happened unfolded.

If only one person accused Seeing Ying Zheng, Seeing Ying Zheng would at most treat him as a fool and would not be too calculating. But it seemed there was a force pushing behind the scenes, and in the end, many ministers began to accuse Seeing Ying Zheng.

Seeing Ying Zheng did not think he had done anything wrong, but these people accused him recklessly.

This caused him to be furious.

Finally, under the attack of anger, this conflict between the monarch and his ministers... saw blood.

The angry Seeing Ying Zheng ordered people to execute the officials who accused him in court.

After the ministers were killed by Seeing Ying Zheng, the nature of this matter suddenly changed.

No one cared whether Seeing Ying Zheng's imprisonment of his mother and reduction of her expenses was right or wrong; they only thought that this Qin Wang, who had only recently assumed personal rule, was a tyrant, and they accused Seeing Ying Zheng one after another. Even some people proposed that Chancellor Lu Buwei should continue to hold state affairs on behalf of the Qin Wang, and there were quite a few who echoed such a proposal.

Not long after Seeing Ying Zheng executed Lao Ai and assumed personal rule, the first conflict between the monarch and his ministers unfolded quietly, causing a storm in the city for a time.

In the room, Su Xuan did not play chess with Yan Lingji.

Mainly because this entertainment activity of playing chess was enough to play once in a while; if one played it all the time, it would be a bit boring.

He sat cross-legged and finished digesting a pill.

The many pills brought from the Han State were almost consumed. It seemed it was time to ask Seeing Ying Zheng for some benefits.

Yan Lingji saw Su Xuan open his eyes and finish his cultivation, and asked Su Xuan a question: "In your opinion, is this Qin Wang's behavior right or wrong?"

Su Xuan said: "If Seeing Ying Zheng were not the Qin Wang, his behavior would naturally be no problem. A commoner's anger can splash blood three feet; whoever dares to accuse me recklessly, I will make him pay the price."

"But he is the Qin Wang, and his behavior this time is wrong."

Yan Lingji looked at Su Xuan curiously.

Su Xuan said indifferently: "As a King, one must put one's personal emotions last. Everything must absolutely not be done on impulse, because every decision he makes affects many people."

"In order to conceal his mother's scandal, he did not make the affair between Lao Ai and his mother public. Under such circumstances, even if someone accuses him, he should happily endure it, rather than confront the ministers to the end."

"The ministers do not know the truth of the matter, and being treated like this by the Qin Wang, they will only think that the Qin Wang is unfilial and unbenevolent, and he is truly not a master of men!"

Su Xuan commented wantonly on Seeing Ying Zheng's right and wrong; it could only be said that Seeing Ying Zheng at this period was indeed still too immature.

He had grand ambitions, and after assuming personal rule, his idea of wanting to realize his ambitions one by one was good, but he was ultimately handling state affairs independently for the first time, and his means of acting could not be called sophisticated.

He could not yet be called a mature politician.

Su Xuan's tone changed again: "Of course, this matter might not be without others pushing behind the scenes!"

Yan Lingji was a smart woman and soon guessed who Su Xuan was referring to: "You mean... Lu Buwei?"

"Although Lu Buwei returned power to Seeing Ying Zheng due to the situation, judging from his sending people to assassinate Seeing Ying Zheng that day, he clearly did not want to just give away the power in his hands."

"This matter, as expected, is his handiwork!"

As for the means, they looked subtle, but in reality, they were not. From the fact that Lu Buwei even used such means, it proved that he was gradually running out of tricks. The main reason was that Lao Ai's rebellion failed, and he was deeply involved with Lao Ai.

"Since you have already guessed who the person behind the scenes is, do you want to inform the Qin Wang about this?" Yan Lingji asked Su Xuan.

Su Xuan pondered for a while. Originally, he did not want to pay attention to such matters in the imperial court, but after thinking about it, Lao Ai was already dead, and Lu Buwei's era should also end. It was time for this chariot of the State of Qin to start moving.

Continuing to let Seeing Ying Zheng be trapped in such trivial matters was also a bit unreasonable.

"It seems I have to write a letter to the Qin Wang!"

Su Xuan's letter was written quickly, and he asked Yan Lingji to make a trip to deliver the letter to Gai Nie's residence.

The next day, Gai Nie entered the palace to teach Seeing Ying Zheng sword arts and brought this letter to Seeing Ying Zheng.

After reading Su Xuan's letter and understanding the reason, although Seeing Ying Zheng was unwilling, he ultimately made a compromise.

Because in this letter, Su Xuan mentioned "the world." To seize the world, one must first learn to make appropriate compromises!