Poverty Alleviation in Qin: A Sky-High Review of "I Am the Female Prime Minister of All Time&qu

Zhao Gao, who had been trembling, suddenly stopped shaking.

He glanced sideways at Li Si beside him, a sinister gleam in his eyes.

Wasn't Li Si the one shouting the loudest just now?

He spoke with great righteous indignation, vowing to eliminate treacherous officials.

And now? He can't utter a single word.

That's great. He originally thought he was going to die this time, but now even the Imperial Censor is caught up in this mess.

There is a path to the underworld, and there are companions there.

Since death is inevitable anyway, it's not a bad thing to be able to drag Li Si down to hell with me.

Li Si: "..."

Emperor Qin Shi Huang's gaze was deep and somber. He had never expected that Zhao Gao, who served by his side, would plot to forge an imperial edict, and that Li Si, the current Minister of Justice, would also be involved in it.

So Li Si had long been dissatisfied with his eldest son?

Looking at Li Si's flustered admission of wrongdoing, Ying Zheng's dark eyes revealed a deep disappointment. He had always valued Li Si, knowing his talent and skill in using Legalism, and had entrusted him with important responsibilities.

Two madmen, each with their own ambitions, are surprisingly compatible and in sync.

The emperor and his ministers have been together for many years, always united in governing the country.

Unexpectedly, upon his death, with just a few words of instigation and enticement from Zhao Gao, this minister on whom he had placed his hopes was easily swayed, abandoning his loyalty to the emperor and joining forces with Zhao Gao...

Li Si, are you truly loyal to me, or only to power?

It's truly... both laughable and pathetic.

It's one thing for Xu Fu and Zhao Gao to have deceived him.

Li Si...

Li Si, Li Si, how could someone as intelligent as you be so foolish at this crucial moment?

Ying Zheng couldn't understand it.

Li Si couldn't figure it out either.

The First Emperor's gaze turned icy; he wouldn't even glance at the three men below him, and said in a deep voice, "Guards, imprison the traitors Zhao Gao, Li Si, and Hu Hai in the dungeon!"

Upon hearing the commotion, the palace guards immediately stepped forward and quickly escorted the three individuals to the palace.

Li Si was dragged to his feet by the guards, frantically pleading, "Your Majesty! I know my crime! I know I was wrong! I beg Your Majesty to have mercy and forgive me this time! I was also misled by Zhao Gao!"

He struggled desperately, banging his head against the high platform.

Hu Hai, standing to the side, was terrified out of his wits. With his arms held by the guards, he kept looking up and crying out, "Father! I was wrong! Father, spare my life! I will never dare to have such delusions again. Please forgive me, Father!"

His former arrogance and conceit have vanished, leaving only cowardice and fear.

How dare such a useless person dream of becoming the crown prince?

Princess Ying Yinman and the other princes and princesses couldn't bear to look at him; they simply couldn't understand Zhao Gao's thought process.

Of all the people Zhao Gao could have promoted, he had to choose this fool.

The key issue is that Zhao Gao was an idiot.

Li Si, who has always been highly regarded by his father and is extremely shrewd, actually made a foolish mistake.

Just then, a sweet voice rang out again:

[Every Qin king betrayed his prime minister, but only Li Si betrayed the Qin emperor.]

The above passage perfectly illustrates Li Si's life, which started strong but ended poorly.

After saying that, the view from the sky screen zoomed out to outside the tent.

In the scene, Cao Can and Zhou Bo, who should have been resting in their tents, are quietly listening to Zhao Gao and Li Si's scheme to forge an imperial edict.

"..."

The scene shifts again, and the perspective turns to Prime Minister Song Ye's tent.

"Boss, what should we do next?"

Song also uttered a single word indifferently: "Wait."

"Wait—?" the two asked in unison.

Finally, Song put down his pen, looked up at the two of them, and slowly reiterated, "Just wait."

Even now, we still don't know why Prime Minister Song did this, or when he saw through Zhao Gao's long-hidden ambitions and set up a trap early on, waiting for Zhao Gao, Li Si, and their group to willingly walk into it.

The Qin Dynasty had already designated a crown prince, and the eldest son, Fusu, was of outstanding character; the court and the public alike considered him the future emperor.

However, the First Emperor suddenly died of illness in Shaqiu. Zhao Gao and his entourage concealed the news of his death, and none of the court officials or members of the imperial family knew of it. Taking advantage of this period of information secrecy, Zhao Gao and Li Si planned to take a risky gamble and seize power.

After the First Emperor's death, all official documents and court affairs were handled by Chancellor Song Ye.

But no one expected that this seemingly normal transfer of power would "just happen" give Zhao Gao and Li Si an opportunity to manipulate and plot.

People from all walks of life: Brilliant, truly brilliant.

The civil and military officials: ...This is such a coincidence.

If they hadn't known that Song Ye had deliberately set a trap, they would have almost believed it.

Because Zhao Gao, the head of the Imperial Carriage Office, was constantly by Qin Shi Huang's side, in charge of the palace's seals and documents, he was intimately familiar with the emperor's handwriting.

Each of them had something to rely on, so they quickly reached an agreement and decided to forge the imperial edict.

The biggest obstacles to installing Huhai on the throne are Song Ye, Crown Prince Fusu, and General Meng Tian, ​​who are far away in the northern frontier.

To eliminate any potential threats, the two first forged an imperial edict, imitating the First Emperor's handwriting: falsely accusing Fusu of having rendered no merit in border defense, and then slandering Meng Tian for lax military discipline and for condoning the princes' discontent.

This fabricated imperial edict, issued in the name of the First Emperor, ordered Fusu and Meng Tian, ​​who were stationed in the northern frontier, to commit suicide.

Meng Tian: "?"

No, what does this have to do with me?

Having forged the imperial edict, Zhao Gao and Li Si, to ensure the plan's success, secretly sent messages to their respective confidants in Xianyang overnight.

[Internal and external coordination, with separate deployments.]

[On one hand, they falsely claimed that the First Emperor was seriously ill, suppressing news of his death and isolating themselves from internal and external communication. On the other hand, they secretly consolidated their power and placed their own people in key positions. They were just waiting for news of Fusu and Meng Tian's deaths to arrive from the northern border, at which point they would immediately enthrone Huhai.]

The plan was perfect, but unfortunately they overlooked Song Ye's presence.

The moment the words were spoken, the scene abruptly changed.

The night was deep.

Zhao Gao instructed his trusted confidant to ride at top speed overnight, carrying the forged imperial edict to the northern frontier, and to deliver the false edict as quickly as possible.

They forced Crown Prince Fusu and General Meng Tian to commit suicide.

The trusted aide, having received the order, dared not delay and rode swiftly under the cover of night. But before they had gone far, a sudden change occurred.

From the woods, a cold arrow flew out of the air without warning, piercing straight through the man's heart.

The man's body stiffened, and before he could even utter a cry of pain, blood gushed from his chest, and he died within seconds.

The horse beneath him was startled and reared up on its hind legs.

The violent shaking actually threw the man's body off the ground.

The camera then pans down, finally settling on a pair of simple black boots, before slowly panning upwards to reveal a cool and serene face.

The visitor was none other than Song Ye, the current prime minister.

Cao Can and Zhou Bo followed behind him.

Without Song Ye giving any instructions, Cao Shen understood and stepped forward, bending down to quickly search the corpse on the ground. His movements were swift and decisive, and in a moment he found the well-sealed fake imperial edict in his bosom.

Zhou Bo waited silently to the side.

After obtaining the forged imperial edict, Zhou Bo bent down, quickly picked up the corpse, and headed into the depths of the dense forest.

Song Ye's gaze remained fixed on the imperial edict in his hand. Without even looking up, he instructed, "Don't go too far. Just find a hole and bury it."

"Okay." Zhou Bo agreed and turned to step into the dark woods.

The entire sequence was executed flawlessly, leaving everyone completely stunned.

"???"

Wait a minute, aren't these three working together a little too smoothly?