The Great Qin Dynasty: The egg of the Black Bird was revered as a national guardian beast.

Meanwhile, when the First Emperor went on his tour, Crown Prince Fusu remained in Xianyang to oversee the country and exercise some of the emperor's power.

The court assembly has ended.

Fusu then went to Xianyang Palace.

Now, he no longer has the leisure he once did.

Although the core power still needed to be decided by the First Emperor, there were still many ordinary memorials that required his approval.

He sat behind the desk.

Before long, an attendant brought a large pile of memorials.

Looking at these memorials,

Fusu held his head, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

He now realized how difficult his father's life had been.

The daily review of these memorials left him utterly exhausted; he couldn't believe that his father had reviewed several times more.

I don't know how my father managed to persevere.

He smiled wryly and shook his head.

He took the memorial from the side, spread it out on the table, read it carefully, and then picked up his pen.

But at that moment...

A guard who was on duty outside the palace gate walked in.

He stood before the curtain, looking at Fusu behind the table, bowed, and clasped his hands in greeting.

"Your Highness, someone outside the palace requests an audience."

"Oh?" Fusu put down his pen. "You request an audience?"

He waved his hand and said, "Let him in."

"Yes." Lang Wei nodded, clasped his hands in a farewell gesture, and then stepped back.

Not long after,

A Confucian scholar dressed in the robes of a scholar-official entered and bowed to Fusu, saying, "Fusheng greets the Crown Prince."

Looking at the person outside the curtain, Fusu recognized him.

He is a Confucian scholar, currently serving as a Doctor of the Great Qin Dynasty. He is on good terms with his teacher, Chunyu Yue, and he himself knows Chunyu Yue.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand in a gesture of respect: "Please sit down."

"Thank you for the seat, Your Highness." Fu Sheng did not refuse, raised his hand in a gesture of respect, and then sat down in front of the curtain.

As Fusu asked with a smile, he picked up his pen and began reviewing memorials at the table.

"Fu Sheng, what brings you to see me at this hour?"

Fu Sheng raised his head and looked through the curtain.

He could tell that Fusu was in a good mood, and after much deliberation, he had come up with a plan.

He bowed and said, "Your Highness."

"I have come here today to remonstrate with you even at the cost of my life."

"A minister must remonstrate with his ruler when he errs. Now that you are the crown prince, I cannot stand idly by!"

Fusu stopped writing, raised his head,

He asked with a puzzled tone, "To remonstrate to the death?"

"Yes." Fu Sheng nodded and continued, "A minister must remonstrate with his ruler when he errs, and I should also correct him even at the cost of my life!"

After a long silence, Fusu put down his pen.

"Speak." He didn't look at the memorial on the table anymore, but instead raised his head and looked at Fu Sheng outside the curtain.

Fu Sheng lowered his head and lay prostrate on the ground.

"Now, the Crown Prince is the heir apparent of the country, but your teacher Chunyu Yue is imprisoned in the Court of Justice and is suffering all kinds of hardships."

"This situation is against etiquette and law."

"I, Fu Sheng, dare to speak out even at the risk of my life. I do not ask that the Crown Prince release him, but I hope that the Crown Prince will consider the bond between master and disciple and handle the matter appropriately!"

After Fu Sheng finished speaking, he carefully raised his eyes slightly.

Seeing Fusu sitting behind the desk without speaking, he immediately lowered his head as well, speechless.

The hall fell silent.

After a long while, Fusu's voice finally came through.

"Fusu also wants to pardon his teacher, but after all, it was the Emperor's order to imprison him. How can Fusu disobey the Emperor's command?"

"That's how it is."

Fu Sheng raised his head, having made up his mind.

He raised his head and said cautiously, "Young master, His Majesty is not in Xianyang after all."

"Besides, even if they knew, they probably wouldn't turn back during their inspection tour..."

He didn't say the rest.

Whether the First Emperor will return alive from this tour remains to be seen.

After all, they had all heard about it.

Before the tour, His Majesty the First Emperor had already fainted several times.

Fusu raised his hand, preventing Fusheng from continuing.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it."

His tone was unreadable as he spoke, his hand falling limply to the table.

"Very well, Your Highness, please think about it some more."

Fu Sheng stood up, raised his hand in a gesture of respect,

He glanced at Fusu one last time, bowed, and slowly left the hall and the place.

He knew Fusu's temperament, understood him, and knew what choices Fusu would make.

It's just a matter of time...

At this moment, what they have in abundance is time.

Fusu sat in the hall.

There was no one else in the hall except him.

Beside him, a flickering bronze lamp illuminated his profile vividly, while the other half remained gray.

He frowned and struggled.

"Phew." He let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he also made his own decision.

"hehe."

He chuckled self-deprecatingly. "To do such a thing, to disobey your father's orders, Ying Fusu, you are not worthy of being a son."

Slowly, silently, she closed her eyes.

Well, he thought, his father would certainly not argue with him over such a trivial matter...

That's all he was thinking.

.............

The news spread throughout the palace the following day.

As the Crown Prince regent, Fusu ordered the pardon and release of Chunyu Yue and others who had been imprisoned by the First Emperor.

The news spread shortly after the First Emperor's tour.

No one could sit still; the discussions were tinged with a sense of unease and unrest.

The courtiers remained silent, simply observing.

After all, this was a matter between the First Emperor and the Crown Prince.

Logically speaking, the First Emperor was nearing the end of his life, while the Crown Prince was in his prime, at the height of his power; they should have supported Fusu.

But after all, the First Emperor had not yet died!

The First Emperor's power had oppressed them for decades, and they were not yet able to adapt to it, so they dared not disobey.

Therefore, they could only remain silent.

However, there was one exception.

When Xuan Ye learned of this news, he had just refined the elixir of immortality and was about to test it on death row inmates.

But in the end, they gave up.

He walked alone to Xianyang Palace.

Standing in front of Xianyang Palace, he looked up at the familiar palace and remained silent for a long time.

The palace is still the same palace.

But the people sitting inside have changed.

He let out a breath and stepped forward, whereupon the two guards standing outside the palace gate bowed down.

"The Imperial Physician!"

Nodding, Xuan Ye was about to step inside.

At this moment, a guard raised his head, hesitated for a long time, but still said, "Please wait a moment, Physician."

"Please allow me to go in and give an explanation."

Standing there, Xuan Ye remained silent. In the past, when the First Emperor was still alive, he did not need to report before entering.

Only now has he realized it.

Anyone entering Xianyang Palace needs to report their presence. The fact that he could come and go freely before suggests that the First Emperor had given him permission.

Even if he were the Imperial Physician,

Lang Wei's duties also prevented him from freely entering and leaving the area!

Very well, Xuan Ye didn't want to make things difficult for Lang Wei, so after standing there in silence for a long time, he let Lang Wei go in to report.

Not long after, Lang Wei came out.

He clasped his hands in a respectful greeting: "Your Highness, please invite the Imperial Physician inside."

Nodding, Xuan Ye entered Xianyang Palace and soon arrived at the curtain.

Looking at the figure sitting behind the curtain.

My vision blurred for a moment.

He closed his eyes and let out a sigh: "Crown Prince, His Majesty appointed you to oversee the country, and this is how you've done it?"