Qin Shi: I only work eight hours

Chapter 246 Xu Lin is promoted to Imperial Advisor
"No."

"I just suddenly thought of some interesting things."

The parrot answered.

"Why isn't my sister asleep yet?"

Yingge put her legs together and asked, puzzled.

Because Li Ji had long hair tied up high and looked very heroic, she had a good impression of Li Ji!

"Can't sleep."

"I was hungry, so I grilled some lamb and chicken."

"Xinzheng is more than a thousand miles from Xianyang. You must not have eaten well on the way, right?"

Li Ji said.

After she finished speaking, she placed the plate between herself and Yingge.

Then he handed Yingge a pot of tea.

Do you prefer tea or alcohol?

Li Ji glanced at Xu Lin's room and then asked.

Unlike Jing Ni, she is a self-disciplined person with great self-control.

She could endure it, not just for one year, but for two or three years.

"Drinking will cause trouble."

"I usually just drink water."

Parrot answered truthfully.

Li Ji nodded and tapped the teapot against Ying Ge's.

"Sir, you've been in South Korea for almost a year. Many interesting things must have happened during that time, right?"

"Little sister, could you pick a few items and tell me about them?"

Li Ji asked while eating lamb skewers.

She loves listening to stories!

"can."

Parrot readily agreed.

Then he told Li Ji about Xu Lin killing Jade Tiger and his secret collusion with Hu Meiren and Lady Mingzhu.

After hearing this, Li Ji's eyebrows lit up with joy.

Then Yingge told her about what Xu Lin had done in Xinzheng.

"Sir, can you make ice with stones?"

Upon hearing this, Yingge's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.

"It's too late today. I'll teach you how to make ice with saltpeter tomorrow!"

Li Ji patted her chest and said.

She and Yingge hit it off immediately, chatting happily as if they were sisters!

……

A quarter of an hour later.

Liji couldn't help but burp.

Then he stretched comfortably.

Why don't you go to sleep too?

"Xianyang is the capital of Qin, filled with Shadow Guards and Net assassins, so there is no need for night watch."

Lizzie suggested.

"No."

"I'm not sleepy yet."

Yingge waved his hand.

Since she had promised Xu Lin that she would take charge of keeping watch, she had to do so.

Seeing this, Li Ji stopped trying to persuade her and went back to her bedroom, yawning.

I must say, Xu Lin has a really good eye!

Parrot is one in a million in terms of physique, personality, and temperament!
……

The next day.

Xu Lin slept until the afternoon.

When he woke up, Liji was already preparing dinner.

"Sir, what would you like to eat tonight?"

Li Ji looked in the direction of the sound and asked.

Xu Lin's leg still twitches from time to time, which shows how outrageous Jing Ni was last night!

"Let's cook a fish."

Xu Lin answered while thinking.

He ate a lot before going to bed last night. At first, he wanted to try it, but then Jingni insisted that he eat it!

Therefore, he is not hungry at all!
Xu Lin had just finished washing up when Zhao Gao suddenly requested an audience, saying that the king wanted to see him.

"it is good."

Xu Lin nodded.

Then he went to Zhangtai Palace with Zhao Gao.

……

After a stick of incense.

Xu Lin arrived at Zhangtai Palace and met Ying Zheng.

"Mr. Xu, you're finally back!"

When Ying Zheng saw Xu Lin, he was overjoyed.

"Your subject is fortunate to have fulfilled his mission!"

Xu Lin cupped his hands in greeting.

"General Wang Jian mentioned the matter of destroying Han in his letter."

"You have made a great contribution!"

"Tell me, how should I reward you?"

Ying Zheng asked in a loud voice. Then he waved his sleeve to dismiss those around him and let Xu Lin sit down to talk.

"Your subject dares not claim credit."

"What I did was merely icing on the cake."

Xu Lindao.

"Sir, you are becoming more and more modest!"

Ying Zheng criticized.

After he finished speaking, he personally poured Xu Lin a glass of wine.

He knew Xu Lin didn't like drinking, but he would drink a lot of wine to celebrate the destruction of Han!

The Book of Documents says, "Pride invites loss, humility brings benefit."

Xu Lin explained.

After saying this, he stepped forward, took the wine cup, and drank a sip of rice wine.

"What are your impressions of Princess Hongryeon of Korea?"

"It is said that this Red Lotus is not only quick-witted but also as beautiful as a fairy."

"If you like her, sir, I will take her..."

Ying Zheng asked.

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xu Lin.

"Return to the king."

“I have already consummated my marriage with Honglian.”

Xu Lin answered seriously.

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng, dressed in a black dragon robe, was first taken aback, then surprised, and then gave Xu Lin a thumbs up.

Xu Lin truly deserves to be a high-ranking official of our Great Qin!

"In that case, from this day forward, you shall be the Grand Preceptor of the Great Qin!"

After a moment's hesitation, Ying Zheng's face darkened.

"I hope you can teach me how to govern the country and bring peace to the people!"

Ying Zheng suddenly stood up, faced Xu Lin, and bowed.

Xu Lin was startled upon seeing this, and immediately stood up and returned the greeting.

Ying Zheng originally intended to bestow Honglian upon Xu Lin, but it turned out that Honglian and Xu Lin had already consummated their marriage. Therefore, he had no choice but to appoint Xu Lin as the Grand Preceptor!
Next, Ying Zheng handed over the supervision of the construction of the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion to Zhao Gao.

"promise!"

Zhao Gao immediately accepted the order.

Just then, Xu Lin suddenly stepped forward.

"Wait a moment."

Xu Lin said in a deep voice.

Ying Zheng looked puzzled upon hearing this.

"Kings."

"I do not need a new residence."

"The Xu residence is already large enough."

Xu Lindao.

"But you are now the Imperial Advisor."

"It should be..."

Ying Zheng said.

He was interrupted again by Xu Lin before he could finish his words.

"Rules are dead, people are alive."

"If Your Majesty feels that the current Xu residence is not big enough, you can expand it. There is no need to build a new Imperial Preceptor's residence."

"The eastward expansion has only just begun, and I do not wish to exhaust the people and waste resources."

Xu Lin said with a serious expression.

He dislikes flattery and sycophancy. Why did the Qin Dynasty only last for two generations in history?

It has a lot to do with large-scale construction, so this idea must be nipped in the bud.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gao's heart skipped a beat.

Xu Lin's words reminded him of the royal mausoleum that had been under construction since the beginning of Ying Zheng's reign.

Ying Zheng ascended the throne at the age of thirteen. According to the ritual system, "serving the dead as if they were alive," so in the year of his accession, he ordered the construction of the royal mausoleum to begin, with Chancellor Lü Buwei in charge of the initial construction.

After Lü Buwei's death, the construction of the royal mausoleum was halted.

Ying Zheng recently planned to rebuild the royal mausoleum because he would become the ruler of all under heaven, so he expanded the scale of the mausoleum several times over!
Gai Nie, who was standing nearby, was also taken aback upon hearing this.

Only Xu Lin would dare to say that!
"Kings."

"When General Wang Jian attacked Han, he sent someone to shoot straw paper at Xinzheng. The straw paper said that the King of Han was ambitious and loved to build great projects, but did not care about the lives of the people."

"Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it."

Xu Lin continued.

"Sir, do you mean that I am the same as the King of Han?"

Ying Zheng said sternly.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gao immediately lowered his head.

"The king is busy with many affairs of state, while the King of Han is addicted to wine and women."

"Of course it's different."

Xu Lin shook his head, speaking neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"What I want to say is that we should cherish the people's strength at all times."

"Some things can be done, and some things are completely unnecessary to do."

Xu Lin added.

Ying Zheng still addressed him as "sir," which shows that Ying Zheng still retained his rationality.

Although Ying Zheng had his flaws, he was indeed very magnanimous, which was one of the reasons why Xu Lin liked him!
"I recently decided to rebuild the royal mausoleum."

"What is your opinion on this, sir?"

Ying Zheng nodded, took out the design drawings for the new royal mausoleum from under the table beside him, and had Zhao Gao give the drawings to Xu Lin.

(End of this chapter)