The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 250: Prince Qin and Princess Qi

The emperor chariots six horses, and the princes chariots five horses.

Today, the rulers of the Central Plains are all called kings, which is similar to the Son of Heaven.

Because there is still one who is collectively called the king in the world, when the monarch travels, he does not ride on the emperor's six carriages, but on the five carriages of the princes.

Tian Yan was dizzy and sat on the five-horse royal carriage, with a hint of restraint on her pretty face that was inconsistent with her nature.

The education she received since childhood made it difficult for the princess to imagine that someone other than the king could ride in the king's carriage openly.

When Ying Chengjiao was in Qi, King Jian of Qi once gave up his royal carriage for Ying Chengjiao to ride.

Sima Jimen rebuked him and said no.

Although King Jian of Qi was angry, he could only admit his mistake and admit that he had not thought it through.

This was certainly due to the benevolent government of Qi State, where the custom of face-to-face criticism was prevalent.

However, it can also reflect from the side the great significance of the royal frame.

Among the Central Plains countries, except Qi and Lu which was destroyed by Chu, the requirements for etiquette were not that high.

It is not common or rare for a king to invite someone to ride on the royal cross together to express his respect.

A single royal car is rarely given.

It was so rare that the king's chariot had already slipped out for almost three hundred steps.

Princess Tian Yancai of Qi, who attached great importance to etiquette, screamed when she found herself riding in the same carriage with Ying Zi.

Although there was a confidante Xuanyi in the carriage, they were not alone.

But it is immoral for a man and a woman to ride in the same car before getting married.

If her grandfather, the head of the Taishi family, knew about this, he would definitely sever his blood ties with her and never acknowledge her again.

The girl sat in a corner of the car in embarrassment, like Hakimi who was trying to hide after an emergency.

He glared at his personal maid with a vicious look, blaming her for not reminding him.

Xuanyi looked at the princess aggrievedly, her little face wrinkled into the shape of the word "囧".

[I thought the princess did it on purpose...]
The Seventh Princess appears to be well-behaved on the outside, but she is actually a rebellious little girl on the inside, and everyone in the palace knows this.

Xuanyi thought that the seventh princess left Qi and came to Qin to let herself go, imitating the love story of the Queen Mother and King Xiang of Qi.

Ying Chengjiao sat at the entrance of the carriage very gentlemanly, watching the two women communicating silently and performing eye contact with great interest.

A few grown men were plotting and scheming, but there was no point in looking at two beautiful girls, one big and one small, being shy and pretty.

Although since the invention of rouge, blushing is no longer the best expression of love for women.

But Princess Qi was not wearing any rouge at the time, and the silent love words that she kept saying on her pretty face that was flushed to the point of burning were the best love words.

The carriage wheels turned another two hundred times before Tian Yan was mentally prepared.

Thinking that even if I jumped off now it would not change the result of being in the same car, I straightened the details of my clothes.

He was straightening his collar and adjusting his cuffs, looking very busy.

He gave Ying Chengjiao a look that had no killing power but was only tempting, and said in a bad tone:
“Don’t look at anything indecent.

"Yingzi is staring at me, this is not gentlemanly."

Ying Chengjiao chuckled, his eyes fixed on her:

“Food, sex, and sex.

“This is a quote from Mencius.

"Mencius said that human nature is good, and he also said that food and sex are human nature, which shows that lust is a good thing.

“I’m watching the princess, and that’s just doing good things.

"How can doing good deeds not be what a gentleman does?"

Princess Qi wrapped the edge of her dress around her fingers three times, and unconsciously wrapped it around the fourth time.

She bit her teeth gently.

Tian Yan, who studied under Meng Yu and could be called the descendant of Mencius, was seven parts ashamed and three parts annoyed:

“Food, sex, and sex.

"These four words come from Mencius, but they come from Gaozi's mouth.

"It is Gaozi's view, not Mencius'.

"Mencius's words about benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom are not from outside, but are innate in human beings. It's just that we don't think about them too much.

"Mencius advocated that we should pay more attention to benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, rather than... not lust!"

Ying Chengjiao laughed heartily, from the bottom of his heart.

The negative emotions that have accumulated in recent days dissipated with the laughter.

His father died.

Before he died, he took away the Qin general who doted on him the most, Duke Bei, as well as those uncles and grandfathers whom he had always refused to call uncles and grandfathers.

The struggle for power between the teacher and the elder brother became intense from the beginning.

A series of events came one after another, leaving no time to breathe.

It's like a sudden downpour. Whether you have an umbrella or a raincoat, you will be soaked from head to toe.

Ying Chengjiao is in the midst of a torrent and has a special identity. It seems that he can do everything, but in fact he can do nothing.

When his father was about to die, although he was an expert in medicine, he had no way to treat goiter.

I could only watch as my father grew weaker and weaker day by day, and closer to death.

If he was like everyone else, knowing only that goiter was an incurable disease, Ying Chengjiao would not be so desperate.

But the key point is that Ying Chengjiao, who traveled through time, knew very well that goiter was classified as a thyroid disease in his previous life and was not fatal at all.

A disease that should not have been fatal took his father's life just because it appeared two thousand years ago.

Despair is terrible.

Being in despair, seeing hope, losing hope, and accepting the despair of despair are even more terrifying.

When faced with darkness, people who are born blind are more optimistic than those who become blind later in life because they have never seen the light.

After his father passed away.

I learned about the death of Duke Bie, and also the death of my uncles and grandfathers.

Ying Chengjiao deeply hated why he didn't know about it before it happened, and he also understood the implication of his father's words that the king had the final say in all matters in Qin - don't blame your brother, it was all your father's decision.

To achieve something.

The man is dead.

What can I do? What can I do!
Even now.

The teacher, Lü Buwei, held on to power for the sake of his greater plans, suppressed his brother, and moved forward firmly for their common dream.

How could any of the Qin emperors in history be willing to be a puppet? Especially Qin Shi Huang, who left a significant mark in history?
Immediately return the favor by establishing the queen.

Ying Chengjiao hoped that the division commander could carry out the government orders and move forward towards the grand plan.

He also hoped that his brother could take power and become an emperor of all ages in history.

But there is Lu Buwei who puts the people first, and Ying Zheng who puts the country first.

The former represents the people whose thoughts have not yet been awakened, while the latter represents the aristocrats who are the real rulers of the world.

Class struggle has always been an irreconcilable contradiction and cannot coexist.

What Ying Chengjiao is doing now is to make the commander restrain himself before trying to get his brother the king to join the plan.

Things that go against the will of heaven require people who go against the will of heaven.

Ying Zheng, who was able to create the county system that continues to the present day and pioneered a unified dynasty, is obviously much more suitable than Ying Chengjiao, a social animal who thinks he is just standing on the shoulders of giants.

It’s a pity that both his teacher, the Prime Minister, and his brother the King did not agree with his wishes.

The struggle between the two was in full swing, making Ying Chengjiao, who was caught in the middle, even more depressed.

As for the matter of establishing the queen, Ying Chengjiao did not deliberately inquire about it and intentionally did not participate in the struggle between the two.

But based on what some people with ulterior motives told him, he realized that there was definitely something fishy going on.

The first time Ying Chengjiao heard the name Afang, it was not a person’s name, but the name of a palace - Afang Palace.

When he learned that his brother wanted to make Afang the queen, he initially thought that she was a noble lady from some family and that it was a political marriage to win over powerful forces.

Later, the Queen Mother Huayang asked Ying Chengjiao for his opinion:

"Cheng Jiao, do you think I should acknowledge this granddaughter?"

Not long after the two talked, Ying Chengjiao was shocked to find that he had actually seen this Afang girl before. She was the woman that his father had found to relieve his brother's stress.

At that time, the two brothers were taking a hot spring bath, and Afang came in wearing a hazy veil to serve them.

Ying Chengjiao saw it all clearly.

If he had known that the girl's name was Afang, he would not have simply investigated and left the matter at that time.

The reason why Ying Chengjiao thought this matter was strange was different from that of the court officials who thought that Afang was a widow with a child.

His suspicion was that if his brother really loved Afang so much that he wanted to make her the queen regardless of her status as a girl from the hidden palace, why would he allow Afang to wear such revealing clothes in front of him?
Say something inappropriate.

As for the time when they were taking a hot spring bath, Ying Chengjiao thought that if he asked to taste Afang's flavor, his brother would readily agree.

Anyway, he really couldn't see how much his brother loved that palace maid.

Historically, Qin Shihuang never had a queen in his life, and he built the Afang Palace specifically for her.

If we combine history with the present to infer.

Qin Shi Huang loved Afang deeply, but Afang could not become his queen because of her status.

Qin Shihuang did not have a queen and built a palace specifically for Afang, just like the palace complex in the central royal palace today called Chengjiao Palace.

This makes sense too.

The more I think about the matter of establishing a queen, the more I feel there seems to be something fishy going on.

But Ying Chengjiao was unwilling to delve into it.

If he digs deeper, what else can he do except satisfy his limited curiosity?

He couldn't do anything without helping the two, so why bother with this troublesome matter? He might as well go meet the girl who suddenly ignored him in Qi.

Ying Chengjiao was called Zi when he was young and was very knowledgeable.

Tian Yan studied under Meng Yu and was well-versed in the knowledge of Mencius's school.

Ying Chengjiao deliberately misinterpreted Mencius's words and quoted Tian Yan to refute them.

The two people who were in love with each other chatted for seven or eight hundred steps, eliminating the gap brought by time.

Ying Chengjiao, who was well-known for his gentlemanliness, sat down next to Tian Yan politely and eliminated the distance between them.

The girl's evasive eyes, her clumsy busyness, her little movements of hiding in the corner as if she wanted to dig through the car body, were all scenery in the boy's eyes.

Tian Yan, who was taught to value etiquette since childhood, had her heart beating faster than five horse hooves in front of the rude Ying Zi.

As the most beloved princess of King Jian of Qi, which scoundrel would dare to do anything disrespectful to her?

Do you really think that the good-tempered King of Qi would not kill people?

Princess Qi's breathing became more and more rapid. She could no longer bear it and gave Xuanyi a look for help.

He wanted his personal maid to sit close to him and keep Ying Zi, who had become a different person after returning to Qin, out.

Xuanyi stood up and tried to come over.

Young Master Chengjiao, who was originally a fist's distance away from the princess, moved his butt inward and avoided the fist.

Princess Qi and Prince Qin came together, and they had physical contact except for taking off their clothes.

Tian Yan was like a frightened rabbit, almost jumping up, and said in panic:
"You, you, you, what are you going to do?"

The palace maid Xuanyi was stunned and stood there for a while, not knowing what to do.

As someone who has taken care of Tian Yan since she was a child, she has experience in dealing with various situations, but she has never dealt with this kind of situation.

Is this Yingzi?

Ying Chengjiao raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes burning:

"I heard that Duke Huan of Qi once had sex with a woman in the royal chariot. I want to emulate this overlord to understand what he was thinking at the time."

No matter how politely these words are said, their meaning is indecent.

Tian Yan hugged herself, her lips curled up and she was about to cry, she was so scared that she couldn't speak.

Ying Chengjiao laughed and strode out of the carriage.

Ying Chengjiao was extremely happy to see him being so unruly in front of the polite Tian Yan.

It feels like there are always some people who like to persuade prostitutes to become good women and lure good girls into prostitution.

The five-horse royal carriage moves slowly on the road in Xianyang.

The driver was Wang Jian, a Qin general who had just returned from a great battle and was promoted to the second rank.

Ying Chengjiao sat down next to Wang Jian, feeling the wind brought by the carriage. At this moment, his mood finally became cheerful, and his depression was swept away.

"So fast?" Wang Jian said.

It was difficult to tell the expression on Wang Jian's bearded face, but Ying Chengjiao knew what he meant from the tone of his voice.

Men understand each other very well.

The young man looked serious and solemn:
“It’s over.

"She is my wife."

Wang Jian's whipping hand trembled, and he suddenly whipped himself:

"Wang Jian knows his guilt."

"Yeah." Ying Chengjiao responded without further investigation.

People in the Qin State, especially military generals.

Even people from their own country are looked down upon, let alone people from other countries, even princesses from other countries.

Wang Jian's attitude is the same as the attitude of the vast majority of Qin generals.

Inside the carriage, Tian Yan, who had calmed down, had a drastic change in her impression of Ying Chengjiao.

After hearing the conversation between Wang Jian and Ying Chengjiao outside, my originally bad mood eased a little.

In this era of male dominance and female inferiority, the story of Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng killing his favorite concubine for a disabled retainer became a famous story.

Ying Chengjiao, who was acting unruly in the carriage, spoke for her about a Qin general - Tian Yan, who recognized the general's uniform worn by Wang Jian.

If Ying Chengjiao had not insisted on coming over just now, Tian Yan would be very happy.

The girl snorted, but no one knew what she was humming.

Seeing that Yingzi had no intention of coming in again, she wiped away her tears, lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the scenery outside, and compared the Qin New Year with the Qi New Year.

Compared with the bustling Linzi, Xianyang is a little lacking in attractions.

No household here puts up door gods.

There was no singing in the streets, playing music leaning on the railings, or scholars talking loudly.

The joy here cannot be said to be subtle, because the words "New Year's low sale" are included in the shouting of vendors on the street.

But compared with the State of Qi, it was indeed very reserved.

But this time, Princess Qi was not complacent.

This implicit statement shows that people in Xianyang are not as unbridled as people in Linzi, and that the laws in Xianyang are much stronger than those in Linzi.

Law means stability.

For some reason, a question suddenly popped up in Tian Yan's mind.

[Is the people's genuine joy more important, or is a stable living environment more important?]
She didn't know the answer, she just sat in the carriage, not knowing where she was about to be taken.

As time went by, the girl got tired of the scenery outside and lowered the car curtains.

She listened to the casual conversation between Ying Chengjiao and Wang Jian outside the curtain, and before she knew it, the carriage had stopped.

Tian Yan's heart tightened, not knowing what Yingzi, who was about to come in, would do to her.

Ying Chengjiao's behavior just now really scared the girl.

"Princess, please get off the car." Yingzi's voice sounded outside, seemingly with a hint of an unknown smile.

Tian Yan bit her lip and lifted the curtain. She stood in the front room of the carriage and looked up. She saw a palace.

"Where is this?" The girl forced herself to remain calm.

"Chengjiao Palace." The young man smiled and replied, "My mother wants to see you."

After hearing Cheng Jiaogong, the girl didn’t hear anything else the boy said.

Naming a palace after her in the Qin Palace had as much of an impact on the girl as Ying Chengjiao coming to pick her up in the royal carriage.

The girl didn't know.

Chengjiao Palace is not a single palace, but a group of palaces.

(End of this chapter)