The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 160 Farewell
"Go ahead and say goodbye properly." Ji Yaoyao touched the girl's soft hair. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and her tone became lower: "Don't leave any regrets."

The girl opened her mouth, and instinctively tried to make out a few words, but nothing came out.

She stood up and bowed gently to Ji Yaoyao.

He turned around, went out, and stepped into the Peach Blossom Palace's main palace.

Ji Yaoyao held the side hall door, her almond-shaped eyes gentle as she watched the main palace door open, and then close.

She lowered her head slightly and gently wiped away her tears.

The moment she raised her head, her phoenix eyes were full of majesty, just like the ancient female war goddess Fu Hao.

"Call Lu Buwei to see me." She said to the palace maid standing outside the side hall.

The palace maid leaned forward and said "Yes", then left in a hurry.

Ji Yaoyao narrowed her phoenix eyes and glanced at the palace maids, eunuchs, and officials within her sight.

Everyone bowed their heads slightly to show respect.

Some people who had something hidden in their hearts trembled slightly.

Ji Yaoyao pointed at an eunuch who was about to bury his face in his neck and said, "He is a traitor and should be beaten to death."

The eunuch knelt on the ground with a plop, begging bitterly, his tears and snot mixed together, looking so miserable that he didn't look like a human being... They were not treated as human beings in the first place.

The two eunuchs dragged him away like a dead dog; the sound of heavy blows and shrill screams rang out almost at the same time.

The birds on the peach branches were frightened and flew away, leaving only a few remaining feathers.

Soon, both sounds disappeared, leaving only the chirping of birds.

The palace maids, eunuchs, and officials dared not even breathe.

He didn't dare look his wife in the eye, or even glance at her out of the corner of his eye, for fear that he would become the next piece of meat sauce.

Ji Yaoyao walked into the side hall and waited patiently for Lu Buwei.

The eunuch who was beaten to death was Han Wangran's spy.

Of course, Han Wangran has more than one spies. To be precise, most of the people outside are Han Wangran’s spies.

She couldn't kill them all, and she didn't want to kill them all. She killed one just to show her attitude.

If you turn a blind eye.

1. It will cause Han Wangran to be suspicious and jealous.

She is such a smart person but she couldn't even find a spy. There must be something wrong.

Second, it would make Han Wangran become more aggressive and squeeze her little remaining living space.

If she completely ignored the spies, Han Wangran would replace everyone with spies.

If you want to blend in well with the crowd before you have enough strength, you can’t be too individual, but you can also be without attitude.

The way to strike the right balance varies depending on the situation and the person, so it cannot be generalized.

Ji Yaoyao is very good at handling these things, and the nickname "Nu Shen Buhai" is not for nothing.

Living in the Han Palace, there are some things she cannot avoid, and what she has to do is to do things based on the unavoidable things.

She knew that her summoning of Lu Buwei would soon reach the ears of the King of Han, so she did it on purpose.

There are two types of tactics: covert conspiracy and conspiracy.

The difference between a conspiracy and an open conspiracy is that a conspiracy will die if exposed to the light, and will not work if it is discovered. An open conspiracy will still have a high probability of success even if it is exposed, and the other party will fall into the trap even if they know it is a trap.

Ji Yaoyao often uses conspiracies, not because she doesn't know how to use open schemes, but because her power is too weak.

The prerequisite for the realization of most overt conspiracies is to possess powerful strength.

So far, Ji Yaoyao has only used an open conspiracy once, for the sake of her country.

This was the second time, for her son.

Peach Blossom Palace is the main palace.

Bai Wuxia looked at the young man, not knowing what to say. She had not prepared to say goodbye.

She thinks it's pretentious.

But since I'm back again and I promised my wife, it would be hypocritical if I didn't say goodbye... The girl thought to herself, looking at the boy who put down Gongsun Longzi on the chair:

"I am going back to Qin State. I am saying goodbye to you and leaving."

After saying this, the girl wanted to leave, her mission completed.

She raised her foot and tried to turn around.

"Can you please not leave?" The boy's voice of trying to keep her was childish and sincere.

The girl paused for a moment, looked at her apprentice whose face showed obvious disappointment, and suddenly smiled.

In two or three quick steps she leaped in front of the young man, as swift as a rabbit leaping up and as swift as a falcon swooping down.

As we got closer, the nostalgia, loss, and reluctance in the boy’s eyes were clearly visible.

The girl felt warm in her heart.

She traveled thousands of miles with him and slept in the same bed with him.

She didn't know how many times she had seen him act pretentiously and schemingly.

He once boasted that he could remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him. She looked disdainful, but she believed him in her heart.

She realized that he really didn't seem to hide himself in front of her.

She was very happy, so she laughed out loud, and her energetic face showed a hint of heroism.

She bent down, lowered her body, grabbed both sides of her apprentice's face with both hands and pulled them to the left and right. For the first time, she discovered that her little apprentice's face was really soft.

She grabbed the boy's face, forced him to look directly into her eyes, and smiled:
"You little pervert, are you going to cry?"

"Cry your ass off!" the boy retorted hastily, breaking free from his teacher's hands: "I won't cry even if you cry!"

She nodded with satisfaction, straightened her waist which was not thin enough to hold with two hands, and crossed her arms:
"That's good. A real man sheds blood but not tears."

The young man lowered his head and wiped away his tears, saying bitterly:

"Didn't you leave already? Why are you back?"

"...You knew I was leaving?" The girl was surprised. She always thought she hid it well.

The young man raised his head, his eyes slightly red, and sneered:

"Oh, stupid woman, your performance is full of loopholes.

“I taught you that being natural is the essence of disguise, you are being too deliberate.

“From the moment I discovered that you were somewhat indulgent towards me, I knew that you must be hiding something from me.

"Given that you have hardly ever left Xianyang City, there is a 99% chance that the things you are hiding from me are related to the Qin State.

"And my teacher knows 99% of Qin's affairs.

"The night I arrived in Wei, I knew you were going to join the Qin army. You were already exposed.

"I just don't understand!"

The boy jumped off the chair, his little head just reaching the girl's waist.

He pointed in the direction of Qin State in the west, tapping his fingers:

"Have all the men in Qin died? We need women to go to the battlefield!

"Lord Wu'an was a wise man all his life, but how could he be so foolish now, pinning his hopes of reviving his family on a woman like you!"

The young man's voice echoed in the huge palace.

The voice expressed dissatisfaction with the wooden tables and chairs, anger at the porcelain on the table, and incompetence and powerlessness towards the pillars standing on the ground and the corridors hanging on the roof...

The girl's face darkened and she pretended to be unhappy:
"What's wrong with a woman? You weren't born by a woman?
"You also look down on women and think that a teacher is not up to the task, right?

"According to what you said, do you think that I am a weak teacher?"

The boy's face froze, his mouth hardened, and he wanted to agree with the girl and say "Yes, yes, that's what I think." The harsh words floated up from his stomach, turned around in his mouth, and were blocked by his uneven white teeth. Through the gap between the teeth, he could vaguely see that the lips were closed at the last level.

“…No.” The boy said these three words with great difficulty because he wanted to save face.

But he still said it, because the girl is much more important than face.

"Then what do you mean?" the girl asked, a hint of tenderness in her eyes.

"I..." The young man uttered a word with difficulty. It was really difficult for him to say what he was thinking.

He looked up at the girl.

The girl's pretty face was blushing, not because of shyness, but because of the healthy and active blood circulation.

Big eyes and a smile on the corners of his mouth.

It was very close to him, so close that he could reach out and touch it.

It will be very far away from him, so far that it may disappear at any time.

"I don't want you to leave. I can't bear to part with you." The boy blurted out.

If he still had the energy to examine his inner self, he would find that this sentence was so natural and fluent that even he himself could not believe it.

The girl laughed, held the boy's waist with both hands and raised him above her head, tilted her head back and laughed:
"I can't bear to leave you either."

"Then don't leave."

"No, the Bai family depends on me for revitalization."

"But……"

"No buts. This is an opportunity I snatched away. It was given to me by the King of Qin. You should know what happens to women from big families, right?"

The young man bit his lower lip with his upper teeth and looked at his teacher, who had just turned fifteen according to the Qin calendar, as his vision gradually became blurred.

Women from large families wear brocade clothes, hold jade, eat delicious food, and enjoy the protection brought by their family.

They are born with things that ordinary people cannot get even after working hard all their lives.

Unlike men, they do not have the channels to rise to the top by becoming officials or generals, and do not need to work hard.

Therefore, they have only one path for the future: marriage.

In a healthy big family, everyone should contribute to the family.

If a child of a noble family only enjoys the family's convenience without making any contribution, he can still be very successful.

Then he must have one or more elders who shoulder his contribution.

"It seems you do know." The girl smiled beautifully: "The king said that we should hold our lives in our own hands. Although Bai still has a son, if I don't join the army, Thirteen will be married."

The figure of his father first appeared in the boy's mind, and then the figure of his mother, the figure of his teacher Lu Buwei, the figure of the Junior Attendant, no, already the Attendant, the figure of the Attendant whose surname was given by his father and was called Ying Bai...

In an instant, many people passed through his mind.

Finally, tears fell, he wiped his eyes and fixed his eyes on the face of his teacher Bai Wuxia.

That’s right, the young teacher completely meets her father’s recruitment criteria.

Lu Buwei wanted to get rid of the lowly status of merchants, to be able to hold his head high in Qin and Zhao, to gain respect in Qi, and to truly become a noble and rise to the upper class.

The mother wanted to save the country and marry to save Korea.

Ying Bai was determined to kill the Queen Mother Huayang's close ministers.

There are also young girls who, if they do not shoulder the responsibility of revitalizing the family, will be forced to marry.

The people my father wants are those who have risen from the brink of extreme situations and have no choice but to work hard.

Just like the father himself.

If you don't fight and compete, you will lose your head on the day the result of the Battle of Changping reaches Handan, and the anger of King Zhao, his ministers and the people of Zhao will be relieved a little.

Others said that he was good at selecting people. He could easily find Wang Jian, an unparalleled debater, from the Lantian camp of 100,000 people.

In fact, his father was the best at selecting people… He only found out today.

"I will marry you." The young man said seriously with red eyes.

The girl laughed so hard that she fell backwards. After a while, she stopped laughing and said with a smile:
"Okay, wait until you can beat me. If I'm still alive, I'll marry you, you pervert."

The young man wanted to say more. He wanted to say that there was no need to wait until later, he could get the king's marriage decree right now.

His father should be very clear about which is more important, the world-famous Chang'an Jun or the Bai girl with an uncertain future.

The girl spoke before he could say anything:
"You can't beat me yet, so you can't marry me now. The person I marry must be stronger than me."

She put him back in his chair:
"My life is my own decision."

She grabbed his hand and pressed it hard against her left chest.

The young man's hand was deeply sunken into a large area of ​​softness, but there was not a single hint of romantic feelings in his heart.

In a moment, he felt a strong heartbeat!

The sound of the heartbeat was like the sound of drums beating on the battlefield, "boom boom boom" sounding in his head.

The girl's mouth is curved:

"Do you feel it? My heartbeat.

“This is what you taught me, to follow my heart.

"My heart tells me that I want to become the first female general of Qin State and restore the name of Bai family to its original place!"

The boy pursed his lips and opened his eyes with tears. Not everyone's dream will come true.

He had never seen the name Bai Wuxia in any history book, either unofficial or official.

If the girl in front of him really did it, then she would be the first female general of Qin State and the granddaughter of Bai Qi, and even the most stingy historian would make a note of her.

Even if the name cannot be left behind, at least some clues will be left behind.

But no, nothing.

The identity of Bai Qi's granddaughter did not protect the girl. She died along with thousands of unknown soldiers on the battlefield, and was drowned in the vast torrent of history.

From Qin to Zhao, Yan, Chu, Wei, and Han, Ying Chengjiao worked hard to fight against Lin Xiangru, Wei Wuji, the princes, and the philosophers...

The string in his head was always taut, and it would only relax in front of the girl. The girl was the only person he completely trusted during this journey.

The experience of going through life and death together made him inadvertently pour a lot of affection into the girl.

This feeling contains closeness, admiration, and dependence...

What seems like an ordinary farewell to a girl is actually a farewell forever.

The girl stopped practicing, her heartbeat returned to normal, and she asked with a smile:

"Have you touched enough? If you have, I will leave. How about I let you reach in and grab a few times?"

The young man raised his head and asked with red eyes:

“Can I grab it and eat it?”

"Eat your head!" The girl pretended to slap him.

When it landed on the boy's head, it changed its fist into a palm and ruffled the boy's hair:

"I know you don't want to practice martial arts, and you look down on these things. You think that no matter how good you are at martial arts, you can't compare to the army.

"But you have to practice hard. No matter how advanced your political strategy is, you still need a strong body.

"Think about it, which noble have you ever met who doesn't know how to fight?

"I force you to do horse stance every day. You should be used to it. You must stick to it."

The boy didn't speak.

The girl continued:
"Don't blindly trust your perception. Don't think you can avoid the enemy's killing intent just by sensing it in advance."

The depressed boy was a little stunned. He thought that he was the only one who knew that he could sense the murderous intent in advance.
"How...did you know that?"

(End of this chapter)