Vol 2 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Book 2 Chap 8 – The Empress of Zhao
When he returned to the Palace, Wu Tingfang was overjoyed and after gruarden for some sweet talk
AXiaowen of Qin who has ascended the throne for less than 3 days suddenly died, and Ying Zheng’s father has taken over the throne as King Zhuangxiang
Lady Ya said, “King Xiaowen is 53 years old this year, and has always been weak, but this ti the medicine offered by Lu Buwei, so everyone suspects that Lu Buwei has secretly done so Zhuangxiang and Lu Buwei, no one dares to say anything although they’re upset Hai! This Lu Buwei is extremely ambitious, and his methods vicious and excellent Now all the other states are afraid that the Qin army will start to invade east very quickly”
Xiang Shaolong was surprised and overjoyed at the news, and thought that the events are really similar to as depicted in the movie However he knows that the most important task for Lu Buwei now is not to attack the other 6 states, but to find a way to get his precious son Yingzheng back to Xianyang, then think of a way toIn that way the throne will fall into the hands of his son, and he will become in a sense the Grand Emperor
Lady Ya continued, “Lu Buwei has been athe states, so he’s very familiar with the situation in all the states If he were to come to power, the outcoains and not loyalty, and are not bounded by loyalty The thought of a person like that governing the expansion is enough to make one’s blood run cold”
Xiang Shaolong was thinking about Yingzheng instead All along, historians did not understand that when his father Yiren and Lu Buwei escaped Handan, they left behind Zhaoji and Yingzheng to avoid arousing suspicions, but why didn’t that Zhaos kill Yingzheng and his er
Now he understood, that is Zhao Mu’s ploy, deliberately thinning Yingzheng’shim a useless person They can then use him to make deals with the Qin in future, and even if he beco, a useless person like hi 2 birds with one stone, the ploy is indeed vicious It seems that Zhao Mu has now succeeded, so how can Emperor Qin unify the 6 states then?
He really has no idea
But if he does not see Eive up
It’s not difficult to iine that now that Yiren has ascended the throne to beco who is now the crown prince will rise Now that he’s a rare treasure, the Zhaos will certainly guard him evenothers’ suspicions?
Wu Tingfang ca about?”
Xiang Shaolong was jolted awake and on seeing Lady Ya’s heated eyes staring at hied the subject and asked, “Who is the Premier in Qin how? What’s the situation like?”
Lady Ya sighed, “It doesn’t matter who is in power, the position of Premier will end up in Lu Buwei’s hands sooner or later”
Wu Tingfang asked curiously, “Why is Sister Ya so afraid of the Qins?”
Lady Ya replied helplessly, “It’s not that I’m afraid of them, but there’s no one who is not afraid of theed in amorous acts, wine and beauty When the eneether for a while and once the enemy is defeated, they’ll return to their old ways However the Qins stillnature of the barbarians and were not influenced by the ways of the southern people Shangyang advised the Qins to prohibit philosophy books and the country will then prosper and strengthen Although I do not knoho is right or wrong, but seeing the Qins growing stronger day by day, who can say that it’s wrong of the Qins to prohibit philosophy books”
Only now did Xiang Shaolong realize that before Eyang has already done this long ago, burning the books first
Lady Ya added, “Before Fan Ju became the premier, the , and those in poere people under hi the far away states butthe Qin’s coht battles, depleting the country’s strength King Zhaoxiang therefore made plans secretly with Fan Ju to take backthe nearby states butfriendshi+p with far away states They ht to deal with Han and us, therefore the Changping battle happened And I move as well, hai!”
Xiang Shaolong saw the look of sadness in her eyes, and knows that she is now thinking of the Zhao Gua who can only talk strategy and lost his life in Changping He felt a great pity for her so he hugged and kissed her, saying gently, “Let bygones be bygones, don’t think too much”
Zhao Ya leaned into his ar lost his power, one of his great generals Bai Qi was never on good ter, Bai Qi destroyed 400,000 of our men, hisissue out of this and in the endto execute Bai Qi’s entire clan This enerals towards an outsider like Fan Ju, and finally it’s now Cai Ze of Yan who is now the Preood days for Cai Ze will soon be over”
Xiang Shaolong felt his joy run dry on hearing this, and felt that the future is bleak In this era, everyone will ed the 2 women and said, “Hai! Don’t think anymore We’ll drink and be o into the room immediately and have fun”
The 2 women’s pretty eyes shone and they repeated, “Drink and be merry today, and leave all worries to to” They followed hi
Xiang Shaolong secretly thought to hi to happen to about politics, it’s a silly dreae this era Why not have fun instead, enjoy each beauty as they come, that would be more practical Who knows if he’ll still be alive tomorrow, or if he’ll still be in this era?
He can’t help but think of the regal and elegant Zhao Ni
Let’s see if he’ll have a chance to flirt with the lady to experience and would not have put his journey here to waste
As for whether he can still return to the 21st century, he doesn’t really care anymore
Xiang Shaolong woke up before the sun rose, changed into hishis ar and archery
Fro to think about the future, but only wants to spend his ti life to the fullest
The , therefore his staht he spent did not affect him much Instead, if he doesn’t exercise, he’ll feel uncomfortable instead
He huuards the various techniques of controlling a horse, therefore he improved by leaps and bounds He was able to turn and flip at ease on horseback and execute various difficultin battle It’s just that he’s not too used to fighting a battle on a horse wearing heavy armor
After a hard practice, he let Cheng Xu take hined to him and after his shoent to Lady Ni’s residence Just as he was thinking how he should flirt with this beauty when he suddenly heard so him
Xiang Shaolong looked over in surprise and saw Lady Ni’son the left
He obviously knows that it won’t be anything good but he’s not afraid at all and walked over with large strides
The Little Master dashed into the building
Xiang Shaolong secretly laughed to hihtened his senses He had just stepped into the courtyard when there was a ‘whoosh’ and a huge net dropped down from above
Xiang Shaolong laughed and rolled forward, avoiding the net and jurass off his clothes
In the spacious courtyard 10 odd people holding swords ju place and surrounded hier kid as a head taller than him and shouted, “Beat him up!”
Xiang Shaolong took a look around and wanted to laugh These 10 odd people were between the ages of 14 to 17, and looks like little bullies in the royal fa up to deal with him
The bigger kid as shi+elding the Little Master could have been Zhao’s crown prince, so how can he let hihed and drew out his rainboord and went towards Master Pan
2 swords hurriedly went up in defense
Xiang Shaolong gave 2 heavy blohich stunned his opponents and their swords dropped to the ground, before giving theroaned as they fell to the ground
Xiang Shaolong laughed as he waved his sword, slashi+ng any sword that co any butt that he sees and in a short while he defeated this royal gang He pretended to roar and frightened this group of teenagers so much that they scattered away in fear
Naturally he will not let Master Pan off and he flipped hi his sword, slapped his buttboy up and said icily, “If you cry one ive you 10 slaps”
Master Pan has never seen someone so terrible and he immediately shut up
Xiang Shaolong escorted hi heard about what happened and was at the door waiting
Once Master Pan sees his ain
Lady Ni’s heart ached on seeing this and was about to console hi said loudly, “Lady will either hand hiain”
Lady Ni was startled and she lowered her head and said, “Of course I will hand him over to Mister!”
Xiang Shaolong smiled and said, “That would be best!” He lifted Master Pan by the scruff of his neck and dragged hi Lady Ni and the rest of the rinned at Master Pan as scraet up from the floor with a look of absolute hatred
Xiang Shaolong roared, “Sit down!”
Master Pan immediately sat down
Xiang Shaolong said coldly, “Look! Look at you, you have no ability yourself so you went to look for help, thinking of bullying others by sheer numbers And you cry and scream when you lose, what kind of a hero is that”
Master Pan gritted his teeth and said, “You’re not a hero, the old bullying the young”
Xiang Shaolong humph, “If you’re afraid of me, you won’t come and find trouble with me on your own accord You know this is not a question of the old bullying the young, but a question of who is stronger and who is weaker”
Master Pan was du to be so forht for a , “Just now you kicked Young Prince’s butt, he will certainly tell his Majesty to chop off your head”
Xiang Shaolong sighed, “I see that you’re so young and yet you kno to flirt o But I did not expect that when you lose to others, you only kno to use despicable et lost! I do not want to see you ever again”
Master Pan eyed his suspiciously and got up He turned around and was about to leave when he turned back again and asked, “Why is it that when I ?”
Xiang Shaolong replied nonchalantly, “Mostor old When I saw youthat sister the other day, you did seeht your other skills would be good as well But I did not expect you to be so useless If you have some spirit in you then you should practice hard to be more capable than me and defeat me properly”
It’s the first ti his evil ways, so he nodded his head and said, “Just you see! One day I will defeat you”
Xiang Shaolong knows that he has successfully piqued his curiosity and thoughts of winning, so he said, “What’s the use of just saying it, just scram! I abhor those useless people who only kno to talk eo to battle, or else it’ll not be so a kick on the butt”
Youths have always idolized heroes Xiang Shaolong is good looking and easily defeated the powerfulharbored a respect and fear for Xiang Shaolong Now that Xiang Shaolong’s words sounded reasonable to his ears, he can’t help but felt his enmity reduce and he sat back down and said, “If I listen to you, will you teach ht earlier?”
Xiang Shaolong’s eyes gleamed and he said, “Do you kno valuable my skills are, how can I just teach you just because of a word from your mother If you want to learn, you’ll have to pass a test first” He continued with a smile, “But if you’re obedient, not only can I make you become Zhao’s true hero and swordsman, I can also teach you how to become a love expert that will charm all women to death All the beauties in the world will be yours to pick”
Using both hard and soft tactics, Master Pan’s face brightened Ever since his father passed away, he’s always envied others who has a father, and Xiang Shaolong just happen to fit into this emptiness Naturally he did not realize it himself, but in his heart he actually thirst for so to appear
He was silent for a moment before he ventured to ask, “Really! What kind of test do I need to pass?”
Xiang Shaolong know that he cannot be slipshod about this matter, so he stood up and helped him up as well
Just as Master Pan was surprised at the attention given to hi hi loudly, “First is to get a beating A person who cannot withstand a beating is not qualified to fight”
Although Master Pan was thrown onto the floor, but he only felt a slight pain and thought that this was fun, so he jumped up
Xiang Shaolong taught him a few moves of Judo on horestle, and allowed Master Pan to trip hi fun, and truly like a child’s character, he soon forgot all his hatred and enmity
Xiang Shaolong tousled his head and said, “Go and look for some other people to try my methods! If you listen to instructions and are obedient, you’ll certainly beco with extraordinary abilities”
Master Pan shouted in joy and ran out the door
Lady Ni who has been waiting outside the door all this while was dumbfounded; she cannot understand why her mischievous son would be so ecstatic?
She stepped into the study and looked du what to say at all
Xiang Shaolong walked over and closed the door He went behind her and said with a smile, “If I teach Little Master how to be close omen, ould Lady think?”
Lady Ni’s body shook and she turned around abruptly and asked hoarsely, “What?” She almost knocked into him, but she retreated, and this time it was only a small step back
Xiang Shaolong said nonchalantly, “Children are all rebellious and curious The more Lady tries to restrict him, the more he’ll want to break the rules So if we let hi, ould be the consequences, what responsibility he’ll have to take, he’ll learn to control himself instead”
Lady Ni stammered, “But he’s only 13!”