Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 205 Daytime
Ying Zheng moved house.
He moved from the house where he was born to his maternal grandfather's house.

Because only my grandfather, a wealthy merchant from the State of Zhao, had the ability to protect this mother and son during the chaos in Handan.

And his maternal grandfather,

The feelings towards Ying Zheng, the grandson, are also complicated——

He loves his daughter's children and naturally wants to pamper them as well.

But when I thought of the child's father and his daughter who cried at home every day, I had no intention of teasing him.

He was busy building connections and easing the Zhao people's rejection of the Qin people in Handan. In the face of the King of Zhao's anger after hearing that Ying Yiren had fled, he at most arranged a maid to take care of Ying Zheng.

Grandfather thinks,

This is the best thing I can do right now.

Who made Ying Yiren abandon his wife and children, leaving his poor daughter alone and bearing the malice of the entire Zhao State?
As for the others,
He couldn't take care of it anymore!
At the beginning of Ying Zheng's reign,

She refused to believe that her father had abandoned her. She was so angry that she refused to eat, thinking that if she continued to act like this, her father would eventually appear.

But Ying Yiren was on his way back to Qin.

At last,
Ying Zheng still ate his meal.

With tears in his eyes, he bit off the beans in his mouth one bite at a time.

The maidservant who was serving him thought that the young master would definitely burst into tears, and had already prepared a handkerchief for him to wipe his tears.

But Ying Zheng was stubborn and didn't let himself shed a single tear.

then,

He went to look for Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was very angry about Ying Yiren's behavior, and even took her anger out on Ying Zheng.

For some time after being taken home by her father, she even refused to see her children.

But as time passed, Zhao Ji finally calmed down.

She stopped beating and scolding Ying Zheng, indirectly taking revenge on Ying Yiren, the unfaithful man.

She just held the child and said to him, "Your father doesn't want us anymore!"

"You must treat your mother well in the future, understand?"

"You are my only mother!"

Ying Zheng hugged her back, nodding his head and saying, "Okay!"

"I will never let my mother down!"

After hearing this, Zhao Ji showed a satisfied smile and touched the child's face, "That's good!"

About half a month later,

Zhao Ji finally showed her motherly side.

She began to sleep with the child and took him for walks holding his hand.

Although she still asked Ying Zheng not to disturb her sleep,
When taking a walk, I couldn't help but walk faster, causing the children with short legs to fall because they couldn't keep up.

But compared to before,
At least there is progress.

Ying Zheng was also very obedient.

He never cried in the middle of the night again. Even if he had a nightmare and woke up, he would just quietly wrap himself in the quilt, being careful not to disturb his mother.

He would only occasionally raise his head, look at Zhao Ji with eyes that were not as bright as before, and ask her, "Mother, I am so good, please don't abandon me!"

Zhao Ji responded casually, "Of course!"

"Mother will never abandon you!"

To put it another way,

After waiting for a long time,
The danger outside gradually faded away.

Zhao Ji returned to her old ways and started socializing with other noble ladies, discussing the latest fashions in dressing and decorations, and completely forgot about her child again.

Ying Zheng moved back to his small room again and slept alone wrapped in a quilt.

He is very small.

On a breezy night, it takes a long time to wrap up in the quilt to accumulate enough heat.

After making some progress on the plateau, He Bo came down again to take a break and remembered that there was a young Emperor Qin Shi Huang in Handan City.

So he turned into a big black bird, flapped his wings, and came to Handan again.

When he landed on the outer wall of Zhao Ji's father's mansion, he happened to see little Ying Zheng squatting on the ground, holding a small wooden stick, and silently digging at the dirt in the corner of the wall.

He Bo jumped down and landed next to the child. He stretched his neck to take a look, then asked seriously, "Are you going to dig a dog hole?"

Suddenly I heard someone talking.

The child was startled and looked around vigilantly.

then,

He saw the big fat bird he had seen before.

A sentence rushed out directly from his heart, reminding Ying Zheng of the hurt he had suffered - "Your father doesn't want you anymore!"

"What are you doing here!"

He puffed up his face and did not welcome the arrival of the fat bird.

Although this bird is magical and can speak human language.

But every time Ying Zheng saw it, he couldn't help but think of that day.

"Humph!"

The big black bird proudly puffed out his chest muscles and raised his two hairs, "I can go wherever I want in this world!"

"I don't want you to come here!" The child stretched out his short hands, trying to drive it away.

But he didn't do it.

Because He Bo is a nimble bird.

The child became even angrier.

He looked at the wings of the fat bird, thinking about its freedom, but he himself could only be trapped in the house...

Ying Zheng couldn't help but purse his lips, squatted down and started digging again.

"Why is no one with you?" Seeing that he had an expression that said "I'm so sad but I'm a stubborn guy so I won't say anything", He Bo jumped over again.

"I don't need anyone to accompany me!" The child raised his head stubbornly, "I can take care of myself!"

He Bo would never believe it!
He sensed the situation in the mansion and took everything in instantly.

Zhao Ji was talking to someone, discussing the new fashion in Handan city, and occasionally cursing Ying Yiren.

Her father was talking about business matters, trying to recover the losses caused by forcibly protecting his daughter and grandson.

Neither of Ying Zheng's relatives in Handan expressed concern for him.

As for the servants in the mansion, they did talk about this young master.

But it is nothing more than his special identity, his precocity, and his parents' attitude towards him.

And other things,
With their lowly status, what right do they have to interfere?

So He Bo understood why the child was so "independent and self-reliant".

"No one wants to play with you!"

He Bo cackled twice, "Poor cub!"

The child was so angry that he wanted to hit him with the stick in his hand.

He Bo jumped away and then stopped.

Children follow.

So He Bo did another long jump.

……at last,
The two sides were deadlocked in another corner.

The child sat on the ground, gasping for breath.

He Bo walked over with an arrogant step and touched the other person's hand with his wing.

"Forget it!"

He said to people, "At worst, I can come more often and play with you later!"

"Humph!"

"I do not need!"

The child took his hand back and held it in his arms, looking defiled.

He Bo let out a weird laugh, "I don't care what you think, I care what I think!"

The child hesitated and asked him again, "Will you come every day?"

"Huh, no way!"

Come every day,

Wouldn’t that make He Bo a beast at work?
and,

At most, he played with the First Emperor when he was a poor cub.

When the child grows up,
Not cute anymore,

The ghosts and gods will also go away.

People,

You still have to go your own way.

As for whether he would take the selected path or take a fork in the road, He Bo didn't care.

He just felt sorry for a little kid who had been wronged but wouldn't cry and could only squat in the corner and dig in the dirt to vent his anger.

Instead of a person named "Ying Zheng" who will become the King of Qin or the Emperor in the future.

(End of this chapter)