Chapter 193: The thoughts of Chancellor Lü, the schemes of Donghuang!

The next day, at the morning court.

Many ministers had prepared themselves to oppose Seeing Ying Zheng to the very end.

Seeing Ying Zheng had only just held his capping ceremony and assumed personal rule, yet he vented his anger on the Empress Dowager over trivial matters; this was unfilial. Furthermore, he slaughtered loyal ministers; this was inhumane. But Seeing Ying Zheng was, after all, the Qin Wang, and they had no way to pull him from his throne and replace him with someone else.

Therefore, they could only choose to remonstrate with Seeing Ying Zheng, hoping to make him change.

So?

Would Seeing Ying Zheng take the initiative to yield and change?

In the eyes of Lü Buwei, he would not.

He understood Seeing Ying Zheng very well. Because of the experience of living alone with his mother in Zhao Guo during his childhood, Seeing Ying Zheng had suffered greatly, which had forged his resolute and unyielding character—in other words, "stubbornness."

Seeing Ying Zheng's handling of the Lao Ai affair had exceeded his expectations.

Knowing full well the scandal between Lao Ai and his own mother, he had ultimately suppressed his rage and concealed the affair. However, it was precisely because of this concealment that his fury had not been fully vented. When the ministers, unaware of the truth, began to accuse Seeing Ying Zheng, they inadvertently triggered the anger that had been festering in the depths of his heart.

Lü Buwei had anticipated this long ago. What he wanted to see was Seeing Ying Zheng committing an irreversible mistake in a fit of rage.

Everything went exactly as he had envisioned.

Seeing Ying Zheng finally turned his butcher's knife toward the ministers who were accusing him.

Once the blood began to flow.

A rift appeared in the relationship between the ruler and his subjects. Even though Seeing Ying Zheng had held his capping ceremony and become the true Qin Wang, discord between ruler and subject remained a grave disaster. It meant that whenever he wanted to do something, those beneath him would no longer be so willing to obey.

'When it comes to governing a country, you are still far behind...'

Lü Buwei had already imagined the scenario where Seeing Ying Zheng would come to request his help in handling state affairs.

If Seeing Ying Zheng were given a few more years to temper himself, perhaps he could become an outstanding Qin Wang, but for now, this country could not do without him, Lü Buwei.

After the failure of Lao Ai's rebellion, Lü Buwei realized that the situation was beyond saving; killing Seeing Ying Zheng had already become very difficult.

Thus, he decisively changed his strategy.

From opposing Seeing Ying Zheng in the shadows, he shifted to cooperation.

After all, he was originally Seeing Ying Zheng's "Zhongfu" (second father), and Seeing Ying Zheng was someone he had personally supported to the throne. As long as his actions against Seeing Ying Zheng were not brought into the light and the two had not completely torn off their masks, there would always be room for maneuver.

If Seeing Ying Zheng were sensible and took the initiative to seek his advice on the Dao of governance, he would not mind guiding him a little.

Lü Buwei would develop such thoughts.

It was truly because after the Lao Ai affair, although he had destroyed all the evidence, he still felt a degree of anxiety, and subsequently discovered the fact that his energy was not what it used to be. In other words, he was already... old.

Lü Buwei refused to admit he was old, but he had to accept this cruel reality.

Seeing Ying Zheng had held his capping ceremony and was officially an adult; he himself was already old. Even if he killed Seeing Ying Zheng and continued to control the court, he could not hold it for many more years... Looking at it now, returning power to Seeing Ying Zheng seemed like a decent decision.

However, he believed he could still hold on for a few more years, so during these years, he had to find a way to earn a reputation for retiring gracefully after a job well done.

This time at the morning court, the ministers attacking Seeing Ying Zheng was a difficult problem he had set for Seeing Ying Zheng.

As long as Seeing Ying Zheng came to ask for his help as he had envisioned, he would not mind providing Seeing Ying Zheng with some insignificant assistance.

Before the morning court began, Lü Buwei had already imagined the scene of Seeing Ying Zheng continuing to clash with the ministers.

But when the morning court actually began, he was genuinely stunned.

Seeing Ying Zheng had actually taken the initiative to admit his faults to the ministers.

He stated that earlier, it had been his own mistake.

Even though Lao Ai had once been the Empress Dowager's man, Lao Ai's rebellion—what did that have to do with the Empress Dowager?

He should not have vented his anger on his mother because of that.

Besides that, he also began to admit his fault for killing ministers out of rage.

When a person is used to being weak, suddenly yielding does not attract attention, as they have always had a weak nature. But if a person with a fiercer temperament suddenly yields, it obviously leaves people stunned.

This was exactly the case with Seeing Ying Zheng this time.

The ministers had all prepared themselves to oppose Seeing Ying Zheng to the end, but as a result, Seeing Ying Zheng suddenly yielded, which caused all the words they had on the tips of their tongues to be stifled. ===== CHAPTER 195 =====