Chapter 376: The Mystery of Lao Ai

"You all feel that Lao Ai is powerful, but I feel that Zhao Ji is the one who is awesome."

Suddenly, Heavenly Dragon Zhang Jie supported his chin with his hand and said thoughtfully.

"That's for sure; if she weren't awesome, how could she play against the Wheel-Turning King,

and give Ying Yiren, who had already passed away, such a large green hat,

and add two half-brothers to the First Emperor?"

Heaven-Dependent Zhang Jie nodded heavily in deep agreement.

With the heaven-defying talent that was enough for the Marquis of Changxin to be promoted to the Wheel-Turning King and make anyone who knew him exclaim,

even the "Niggers" specially selected in those small Liu Bei movies of the 21st century would be out of reach.

If Zhao Ji were also an ordinary woman, he wouldn't believe it at all.

Pirate Zhang Jie's firm and rigid face also showed some doubts:

"When I read this part, I always had a question,

which is, why did he dare to rebel just because Zhao Ji gave birth to two children for him?"

"This is indeed very suspicious; Lao Ai's final various performances and his identity are indeed very inconsistent.

In a country like Qin, where power was highly concentrated after the Shang Yang reforms,

and the monarch possessed almost supreme power and the right to speak as law,

a eunuch could become such a powerful minister just by the favor of the Empress Dowager, and even wanted to rebel,

boldly wanting to support his illegitimate child with the Empress Dowager to ascend the throne and replace the then King of Qin.

There was no great controversy at home or abroad about such an outrageous thing, which is very unreasonable."

"After all, the reason Zhao Ji's status was noble and she could become the Empress Dowager

was not because her own status was noble,

but because she was the biological mother of the current King of Qin, Ying Zheng; this is typical of a mother being honored because of her son.

Once Ying Zheng himself had any loss, her own status would definitely be shaken."

"And the Qin state at that time was a typical patriarchal society where men occupied absolute dominance,

and the inheritance of power looked at the patrilineal bloodline, emphasizing father-to-son succession.

Ying Zheng could become the King of Qin and then evolve into the First Emperor, whose 'merits surpassed the Three Sovereigns and virtues surpassed the Five Emperors,'

also thanks to him being the son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Ying Yiren, not thanks to him being the son of Zhao Ji.

Looking at it this way, Zhao Ji and Lao Ai's son was an illegitimate child,

without half the bloodline of Ying Yiren or even the previous kings of Qin,

and it was impossible for him to replace Ying Zheng and become the new King of Qin after killing him.

Yet it was precisely so, and Lao Ai still used this as a reason to gather a group of retainers,

making them willing to fight to the death for such an absurd reason,

for such a fake pie that had almost no possibility of being realized."

Heavenly Dragon Zhang Jie, who also had doubts in his heart, relied on his deep cultivation and

incomparably long breath to speak a series of words in one go.

"So there is a saying that Lao Ai, this Wheel-Turning King, had the identity of the Qin clan.

Lao Ai was very likely of the Ying clan, and also a close bloodline,

otherwise, under the clan system at that time, why would he think that after killing Ying Zheng,

he would still whimsically think that his and Zhao Ji's child could ascend the throne?

Although the Ying clan had no capable people, the civil and military officials in the court were not fools.

Allowing such an illegitimate child with an unknown bloodline and origin to ascend the throne that clearly belonged to the old Ying family

was directly digging at the foundation of Old Qin, and a slight carelessness would lead to the country not being a country.

This would undoubtedly affect the interests of everyone else who relied on the big tree of Old Qin,

except for a few beneficiaries like Lao Ai.

After all, everyone was originally vines entwined on the big tree of Old Qin, absorbing sunshine and rain well,

but this fake eunuch Lao Ai, after using Zhao Ji's shortcut to ascend to a high position,

very unethically prepared to pull the big tree of Old Qin directly into his own bowl."

"But even so, without suppressing the entire Qin state with his own strength,

like Cao Pi in the Three Kingdoms period after inheriting Cao Cao's position, although nominally still a Han minister,

he firmly grasped the military and political power, and was only one sentence away from usurping the throne,

Lao Ai still confidently believed that as long as he killed Wang Ying Zheng of Qin,

he could support his and Empress Dowager Zhao Ji's illegitimate child to ascend the throne.

Excluding the possibility that Lao Ai himself was a madman who had fallen into delusions and didn't care about external things,

and the possibility that all the civil and military officials of the entire Qin state at that time had been hit by the protagonist's intelligence-lowering halo in Long Aotian novels,

the only explanation is that Lao Ai himself also had the bloodline of the Ying family, was a member of the Qin clan,

and was a close bloodline, the kind that had the right of inheritance after Ying Yiren's line died out.

This allowed him and Zhao Ji's son to also become a member of the Old Qin clan, and after killing Ying Zheng, who was still young and had no heirs,

let their illegitimate child ascend the throne and become king by virtue of the prior order of succession.

As for how the former King of Qin, Ying Zheng, 'died young' after success,

that was not a topic others could participate in."

Devouring Zhang Jie, whose breath was also incomparably long, analyzed a long series of thoughts.

"Modern historians' research suggests that the name Lao Ai was likely a derogatory label given to him by the First Emperor after his failure.

similar to the Qing Dynasty's Yongzheng after ascending the throne, giving his biggest opponent during the Nine Sons' Struggle for the Throne,

even after he ascended the throne, he was still unwilling to be lonely and kept making trouble,

threatening his rule... the Eighth Prince Yinsi, the Ninth Prince Yintang, 'Aqi'na,'

'Saisehei' (meaning dog and pig in Manchu) slanderous names.

Lao Ai's true identity was also not a clown, but should be a Qin clan general,

the kind with military achievements. Only then would he have the confidence to launch a coup,

kill the current Wang Ying Zheng of Qin, and support the illegitimate child he had with Zhao Ji to ascend the throne."

Heaven-Dependent Zhang Jie recalled some information he saw while surfing the internet before crossing over, and after thinking about it, said so.

Devouring Zhang Jie's face still had lingering doubts:

"Your analysis makes some sense, but if Lao Ai was of the Qin clan,

then why would he risk hooking up with Zhao Ji through Lu Buwei's channel?" ===== CHAPTER 377 =====