People in the Qin Dynasty sought good fortune and avoided misfortune.

Chapter 532, Go and have your words with my Qin army's arrow formation (Bonus Chapter)

After rushing through the palace gates and passageways without any hindrance, Lao Ai directly removed his mask and threw it on the ground, his face filled with wild joy.

"Hahaha, as expected, we were caught off guard. Yanri, you've done a great job this time."

Lao Ai glanced back at Ying Yu before continuing toward the ancestral temple, speaking excitedly.

Ying Yu remained silent, watching as Lao Ai, who had been running at full speed, gradually slowed down and his figure blended into the crowd of retainers.

Many of the retainers were already blinded by Lao Ai's promises and the success of his betrayal, and did not notice Ying Yu's actions at all. Some even pushed aside Ying Yu and ran forward quickly, afraid that the people in front would steal their chance to capture Ying Zheng alive.

Inside the ancestral temple, Gai Nie, having heard the commotion outside, spoke to Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, Lao Ai has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ji was startled, abruptly stood up from her seat, then looked down at Ying Zheng, her voice tinged with pleading.
"Zheng'er, I'm begging you, please let him go."

"I will give you the seal of the King of Qin. I promise that from now on, he and I will never interfere in politics again. We will live peacefully in Yongcheng, no! In Xianyang Palace. We will stay in Xianyang Palace and not interfere in anything. I promise."

Ying Zheng slowly stood up, glanced coldly at Zhao Ji, and said in a cold voice.
"To escort the Empress Dowager to safety."

"Zheng'er, it's me."

Zhao Ji grabbed Ying Zheng's sleeve, her body went limp and she knelt on the ground. Before she could even beg for mercy, squads of fully armed soldiers emerged from the side room.

"Please, Your Majesty."

Two members of the royal family stepped forward and reached out to help Zhao Ji down.

"Step back! I am the Empress Dowager! How dare you offend me?!"

Zhao Ji flung away the hands of the two members of the royal family and said angrily.

"To escort the Empress Dowager to safety."

Ying Zheng shook off Zhao Ji's hand and walked outside with a cold expression, completely ignoring Zhao Ji who was still pleading behind him.

"Your Majesty, I apologize for my offense."

Two members of the royal family grabbed Zhao Ji's hands, lifted her up, and carried her towards a side room.

Their behavior was rude; they didn't treat the Queen Dowager of Qin like that, but rather like they were dragging away a mad old woman.

"You...you possess the seal of the King of Qin! How dare you disobey my orders?"

Fear finally showed on Zhao Ji's charming and beautiful face, and she hurriedly revealed the Qin King's seal from her sleeve.

However, the two men supporting Zhao Ji remained unmoved, glancing at her coldly before continuing to carry her toward the side room.

Looking at the soldiers who showed her no respect whatsoever, she realized something: her position as Empress Dowager was not because she was Qin Yiren's first wife, but because Ying Zheng was the King of Qin, and she was the true Empress Dowager.

The power she held was not due to her refusal to return the Qin King's seal, but rather because Ying Zheng respected her, which enabled her to exercise the power of the Empress Dowager.

If Ying Zheng no longer recognizes her, even if she still possesses the Qin King's Seal, that power will be as fragile as a bubble, easily burst. Ying Zheng, however, even without the seal, remains the King of Qin; his royal decrees are law and no one dares disobey.

"Hehehe~"

Zhao Ji smiled self-deprecatingly. By then, it was too late for her to understand everything. Her hand holding the seal suddenly loosened, and the Qin King's seal, representing the supreme power of the Qin state, fell to the ground.

Ying Zheng did not turn around to look at Zhao Ji. Instead, he walked to the palace gate, opened the tightly closed door, and walked outside.

Looking at Lao Ai charging in with more than two thousand men, Ying Zheng remained calm, silently observing his opponent, and placed one hand on the palace gate.

"stop!"

Lao Ai also saw Ying Zheng standing at the door, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand and shouted.

Everyone stopped abruptly, raising their swords and looking at Ying Zheng. Their eyes gleamed with a sharp light, as if they were seeing not a person, but mountains of gold.

"The Empress Dowager decrees that King Zheng of Qin is tyrannical, and therefore orders me to depose him and install a new ruler!" "Charge!"

Lao Ai's face lit up with an excited smile. He raised his sword and rushed up the steps. In his view, Ying Zheng's willingness to show himself meant that he had given up resistance.

"Depose King Zheng of Qin and establish a new ruler!"

The group of retainers shouted in unison, and then Lao Ai rushed up the steps.

Ying Zheng looked at Lao Ai and more than two thousand men charging towards him, his face showing no fear or apprehension. His gaze was as calm as if he were looking at a dead man. After flicking his sleeves, the tightly closed palace doors were suddenly pushed open.

"Clang~"

The palace doors were violently pushed open, and hundreds of soldiers in armor, armed with sharp weapons, rushed out of the palace. The soldier at the front held a shield as tall as a person and blocked Ying Zheng behind him.

These armored soldiers were not guards of Qinian Palace, but personal guards brought by Ying Zheng. They were all veterans of the Qin army, and they also had another name: Qin elite soldiers.

In an instant, the sound of a sword being drawn rang out. Qin Ruishi's sharp gaze was fixed on Lao Ai and his retainers. Their eyes were filled with excitement, as if they saw not a rebel army that far outnumbered them, but lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Rebels = heads that can be cut off = military merit, this is the thought in the minds of these Qin elite soldiers.

Moreover, although these rebels were numerous, apart from their leader, the rest of them were not even wearing any cloth armor. To Qin's elite troops, they were like lambs that had already been plucked, waiting to be slaughtered.

A murderous aura suddenly surged forth, rushing towards Lao Ai and the rebel army.

Faced with this murderous intent that resembled a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, Lao Ai's joy instantly turned into terror, his body trembled uncontrollably, and he almost lost his grip on the sword.

"retreat!"

Lao Ai suddenly shouted.

The group of retainers retreated instantly, but as soon as they stepped down the stairs, the open palace gates slammed shut, followed by a series of orderly footsteps and the clanging of armor.

Soldiers clad in black armor rushed out from both sides of the square, gathering at the palace gate like two long black dragons. Heavy shields slammed onto the ground, and sharp spears emerged from behind them.

The sound of a longbow being drawn rang out, and the sharp arrow gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

Seeing that their escape route was gone, the once high-spirited rebel army panicked instantly and retreated towards Lao Ai, their faces filled with fear, unsure of what to do next.

Lao Ai looked up at Ying Zheng with a gloomy gaze. Although he didn't know where these fully armed soldiers came from, there were at most eight hundred of them, while he had more than two thousand men under his command, so he was not without the ability to fight them.

Moreover, once he breaks through the encirclement, and Ling Qi and Zhao Xie arrive with reinforcements from the Lishan Camp and the Xianyang Imperial Guards, what are these people? They can be wiped out with a flick of the finger.

"Kill! Charge out!"

Lao Ai shouted angrily and charged toward the palace gate with his long sword in hand.

"kill!!"

Two thousand retainers followed Lao Ai and charged straight toward the palace gate.

Ren Xiao looked at the approaching rebel army with a contemptuous smile. Even the soldiers of the six states, clad in armor, dared not charge the Qin army's arrow formation, let alone these naked rebels.

"put!"

Ren Xiao sneered and lowered his raised hand. Instantly, the archers released their bows.

“Swoosh~”

The sound of arrows piercing the air rang out, and sharp arrows shot into the sky, drawing an arc in mid-air before heading straight for the rebels.

The three-edged arrow gleamed with a chilling light under the sunlight.

(End of this chapter)