Chapter 475

The ten words fell into Lord Changping's ears. Thinking of the people he had seen earlier, Lord Changping was unusually unwilling. Of course, he did not want to see such a result.

Whether it was the father and son Xiang Yan being captured, or the six great elders failing to ambush Su Xuan and becoming Su Xuan's prisoners, he did not want to see such results. Even earlier, regarding the assassination of Qin by Jing Ke, he had never thought it would fail.

He did not want to see any of these results.

How could he be satisfied?

But Lord Changping could not say these words.

Simply because the person who asked this question was the Qin Wang, Ying Zheng.

No one expected that the Qin Wang, Ying Zheng, would appear here. Although according to the relationship between the Qin Wang and Su Xuan, this was not a strange thing, but for Lord Changping, the Qin Wang appearing here meant that the situation had become even worse for him.

Why was Lord Changping wary of Su Xuan?

Besides Su Xuan's powerful strength, it was even more because Su Xuan had a close relationship with Ying Zheng. Su Xuan was a great help to Ying Zheng.

It would be better to say that Lord Changping was wary of Ying Zheng than to say he was wary of Su Xuan.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

After the initial astonishment, Lord Changping bowed to Ying Zheng.

Tian Guang, who was following him, also bowed to Ying Zheng.

Even though he had no good feelings for Ying Zheng in his heart, at present, his identity on the surface was Lord Changping's attendant.

"Lord Changping has not yet answered my question!" Ying Zheng said.

Lord Changping raised his eyebrows and asked Ying Zheng in confusion, "Please forgive my dullness, Your Majesty. I truly do not understand what you mean by this question!"

"Does Lord Changping truly not know?" Ying Zheng's gaze suddenly became sharp, like two sharp swords, falling on Lord Changping.

"As far as I know, Lord Changping is unusually familiar with the people in the two rooms next door!"

Lord Changping said hurriedly, "This is slanderous talk. I have never seen the people in the two rooms next door." He explained, "If Mr. Su hadn't taken me to see them, I wouldn't even know that someone was impersonating the father and son Xiang Yan, the Grand General of the Chu State, and came to my Qin Guo. As for those six old men, it is my first time seeing them!"

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of Ying Zheng's mouth, "Lord Changping is indeed eloquent. No wonder you were able to order people to persuade Yan Dan back then, letting him carry out the plan to assassinate me!"

His gaze fell on Tian Guang beside Lord Changping, "It was this gentleman who persuaded Yan Dan back then, right!"

Tian Guang showed "panic", "Your Majesty, I…"

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "You don't need to explain. Mr. Tian Guang, you don't need to hide your identity either. I have known for a long time that you are the Xia Kui of the Agricultural School."

It would have been better if Ying Zheng hadn't said this; once he said it, Tian Guang appeared even more terrified.

The previous panic was something he had deliberately feigned, but now, hearing Ying Zheng state his name and his identity as Xia Kui, he was truly terrified.

How much did Ying Zheng actually know?

Him stating Tian Guang's identity caused Tian Guang to be terrified and also caused Lord Changping beside Tian Guang to be shocked.

After Ying Zheng finished stating Tian Guang's true identity, his gaze fell on Lord Changping again. His voice was slightly cold, forcibly suppressing his anger, "Xiong Qi, I have always considered that I treated you well. Although you are a grandson of the Chu State, I have never cared about this point, entrusted you with heavy responsibilities, and always regarded you as a trusted minister. As a result, you racked your brains trying to murder me and ruin the foundation of my Qin Guo. I want to know, why is this?"

A long time ago, when Ying Zheng realized that Lord Changping had problems, Ying Zheng very much wanted to ask Lord Changping such a question.

But he did not directly fall out with Lord Changping.

After all, Lord Changping's identity was unusual; he was not only a relative of the Chu State but had also helped Ying Zheng a lot back then. If it weren't for the help of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen, the rebellion of Lao Ai would not have been so easily quelled.

If possible, Ying Zheng also hoped that Lord Changping could turn back from his errors. In that case, he could pretend not to know those things and not pursue Lord Changping's crimes.

Unfortunately, Lord Changping did not turn back from his errors but went further and further on the wrong path. After knowing each thing Lord Changping did in secret, Ying Zheng's patience for Lord Changping also decreased a bit, until it reached the point of being unbearable.

"Your Majesty, I…"

Lord Changping spoke, just about to explain.

Ying Zheng directly interrupted his words, "Am I still your King?"

Lord Changping was silent.

After Ying Zheng finished those words, Lord Changping knew that he had been completely exposed. Although he didn't know how Ying Zheng knew those things, combined with what he saw and heard today, it actually didn't matter anymore. He didn't need to hide or disguise himself anymore.

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After no longer needing to wear a mask to disguise himself, Lord Changping found that he suddenly became much more relaxed.

He faced Ying Zheng, looked at him, and said with a complex tone, "At least, you were once my King!"

"Then when exactly did I stop being your King?" Ying Zheng asked Lord Changping.

Since he had already chosen to fall out today, Ying Zheng just wanted to get a clear understanding from Lord Changping.

Lord Changping was silent again. In a short moment, he didn't know what he was thinking. Ultimately, he answered Ying Zheng's question with a bitter tone, "When you no longer cared about us relatives of the Chu State and were determined to destroy the Chu State, you were no longer my King!"

"Just for the sake of the Chu State?"

Ying Zheng looked at Lord Changping with a strange tone.

"If I remember correctly, you were born in the Qin Guo and grew up in the Qin Guo. You have never stayed in the Chu State for a single day."

"Yes, I have indeed never stayed in the Chu State for a single day, but my father, when he was still in the Qin Guo, always admonished me that I am a Chu person, a descendant of Zhurong!"

"Your father?" Hearing Lord Changping's words, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sneer.

"You truly have deep feelings for that father who abandoned you. I truly cannot understand your obsession with the Chu State, but after hearing these words, I would like to remind you of one thing."

"You only remember your father, but you have forgotten that your mother was a princess of the Qin Guo!"

"The Qin Guo has the grace of giving birth to you, the grace of raising you, and has even entrusted you with heavy responsibilities, never failing you in the slightest. Then what about you? How did you treat the Qin Guo? Are you truly clear in your conscience?"

Clear in your conscience?

Of course, there was guilt!

Hearing Ying Zheng mention his mother and these things, Lord Changping was silent again.

He certainly knew that the Qin Guo treated him very well, and he had also thought about serving the Qin Guo. However, when Ying Zheng was determined to destroy the Chu State and the friendship between Qin and Chu no longer existed, thinking of the words his father said back then, he knew that he ultimately had to make a choice.

For a long time, Lord Changping answered Ying Zheng's words. He responded with a very short sentence.

"I am a person of the Chu State!"