Volume VIII Chapter 54 After the new edition of Zhao Mourning

During the Warring States Period, there were three most famous female representatives, namely Zheng Sleeve, Zhao Ji, and Zhao Zhan.

Zheng Sleeve, the favorite concubine of King Huai of Chu, beautiful and jealous, the King of Chu favored Wei Meiren, and designed the King of Chu to cut his nose. Infatuated with Qu Yuan, he falsely accused Qu Yuan, and ordered the king of Chu to send Qu Yuan to Hanbei. Zheng Sleeve also intervened in the government affairs, accepted bribes, and let Zhang Yi go, causing the Chu State to lose six counties in a row, and the king of Chu died in Qin, which became a joke in the world.

Zheng Sleeve is dead, but the two behind her have a greater impact than her.

Zhao Ji is a singer who can sing and dance. has an indescribable ambiguous relationship with Lü Buwei, falls in love with Yingzi Chu, and gives birth to Yingzheng. After becoming Qin, he raised Chang Yu as the head of the face and gave birth to two sons, who were powerful. Ying Zheng can have today, a large part of it is supported by Zhao Ji behind him, and his political scheming skills are quite powerful.

The last Zhao Zhan, whose status is lower than Zhao Ji, is a prostitute. Singers are different from prostitutes, Zhao Ji is also the daughter of a rich and noble family, and when she enters the Lu Mansion to study singing and dancing, it is easy to deal with upper-class figures. Prostitutes are different, they are cheap slaves who can be bought and sold at will, and the word 'Ji' cannot be used after the name, but can only be used 'advocate', also known as advocating women, describing a very poor birth, and a slave in nature.

If you don't know this, then please review "The Legend of the Martyr", which says that Zhao Zhan first married the Zhao Wang clan, and his husband died and was widowed. King Zhao loved her beauty and married her, but was opposed by Li Mu and others. Zhao Chong held a grudge, first used a trick to force the queen to step down, deposed Zhao Jia as the crown prince, and then used a trick to force Li Mu to die. After the death of King Zhao, he raised his son Zhao Qian to become King of Zhao, accepted bribes, and cheated with Chunpingjun, and finally ended up being killed by the doctor of Zhao and destroying his entire clan.

Although Ying Zheng has never seen Zhao Zhan, the person who is a contemporary of his mother can still remember the memory of his previous life in a trance. What's more, Zhao Ji had mentioned that person before, so he naturally knew something. But now Zhao Ji said that she wanted to save her, which subverted Yingzheng's worldview all along, and there was actually this version of Zhao Zhan.

But listening to Zhao Jiyan: "The outside world is rumored that Xiao Advocate flattered, first killed his first husband, then killed King Zhao, and then forced Li Mu to death, in fact, these are all appearances." She also has an unknown identity, that is, she and I are half-sisters. ”

Hearing this, Ying Zheng almost didn't jump up, Zhao Zhan was actually his mother's own sister. Mother's business over the years has been loved by the people of Yongcheng, and her past identity as a singer has little influence. But the Empress Dowager of Zhao Guo was obviously cheating with Chunpingjun, and even openly went in and out of Handan City, I really don't know how Zhao Qian endured it.

At least his mother, for fear of affecting herself, hid directly in Ganquan Palace, and didn't even return to Qin Palace, so she did it quite secretly. If Zhao Ji still wants to contact Zhao Zhan, Ying Zheng really doesn't know how to do it.

Zhao Ji also understood Yingzheng's feelings, and said slowly: "Zheng'er, don't worry, and listen to me slowly talk about this matter, you will understand what I think." It all started on a snowy night more than 30 years ago......"

More than 30 years ago, heavy snow enveloped a farmer's house. This family is a wealthy family, with 100 acres of fertile land, no shortage of brocade clothes and weaving clothes, and there is also the surname of the country's 'Zhao', which should have lived happily. It's a pity that the outbreak of the Battle of Changping broke the originally peaceful home.

Born in troubled times, this family is destined to be chaotic, and both Qin and Zhao have invested in this protracted battle. The grain and grass of the Qin State became very tight, and the strong men were sent to the front line everywhere, and the national strength of the Zhao State was worse than that of the Qin State, and even the ten-year-old boy was sent to the front line.

The only male in this family died a few days after being sent to the battlefield, and under the pressure of several taxes, he couldn't listen to it anymore. And Zhao Ji was born in such a family, she was only thirteen years old that year. Before his death, her father asked her, are you willing to marry into the Zhao royal family? Zhao Ji immediately shook her head and said no, she hated this country so much, her only brother was sent to the battlefield, and she couldn't even find a corpse when she died, and her home had been cut off from incense.

Zhao Ji is very smart, Shinong is a businessman, and the status of a businessman is the most humble, and his family is in business, and he is destined to be exploited by the powerful. So she would rather be a singer and just want to get away from the country as soon as possible. Her father told her that she also had a younger sister, who was raised by a farmer in a neighboring village.

After his father's death, Zhao Ji sold the family property and took the initiative to go to the Lu Mansion. Qin Zhao was fighting, but he didn't prohibit merchants from coming and going, and Lu Buwei was very capable, if Zhao Ji wanted to leave Zhao State, he could only take the Lu Mansion route.

Coincidentally, Lu Buwei saw that Zhao Ji came to defect with her family property, so naturally she couldn't be regarded as a real singer. Even if the powerful came, they were just selling their art and not selling themselves, and the two exchanged deeds and talked happily, and once they drank too much and had a relationship. When they woke up the next day, they all acted like nothing had happened, because both of them were smart people and they were bent on leaving Zhao.

At this time, Ying Zichu came, and Lü Buwei's target appeared, persuading Zhao Ji that they could not leave Zhao State like this, and they must find ways to bring Ying Zichu back to Qin State together. They were all born in businessmen, and Zhao Ji also understood Lu Buwei's thoughts, without the high power to rely on, the merchants could never escape the fate of being exploited.

A strategy was formed, which was to make Zhao Ji a woman who was a young man. Women always have to get married, and Zhao Ji didn't agree at first, but after dating Ying Zichu for a few days, she found that this man was really good to her.

One day, Ying Zichu wanted to travel, and Zhao Ji thought that she had a younger sister, so she took Ying Zichu to that village. After going there, the sisters recognized each other, which made Zhao Ji very happy. That night, the two talked and laughed for most of the night, and before leaving, Zhao Ji also sent a lot of property to Zhao Zhan.

Back in Lu Mansion, Zhao Ji felt that Yingzi Chu was a good man, who knew how to ask for warmth, and was an ideal person who was entrusted with his life. I wanted to give myself all to him tonight, but was stopped by Ying Zichu, saying that there was no hurry now, and in half a month, he would take her to see a noble performance.

Zhao Ji doesn't understand, singing and dancing performances are her forte, and she often performs in front of Ying Zichu in private, don't you think she dances beautifully? Pretending to be annoyed and ashamed, Yingzi Chu was helpless, so she explained the reason in detail, and the reason why she was taken was because her sister had a bad reputation in the upper echelons. He wants Zhao Ji to see his sister clearly, so as not to become like her.

What kind of person is your sister? Zhao Ji didn't understand. When she went to that banquet, Zhao Ji couldn't believe her eyes, her sister in the distance was already married. The husband's family didn't know how to cherish her, and they wanted her to come out to be a prostitute, because of her beauty, she was praised by many nobles of Zhao State. This banquet was held by Zhao Sheng, and when Zhao Ji was leaving, he saw his sister being dragged to Zhao Sheng's room......

When she came back that night, Zhao Ji threw herself into Ying Zichu's arms and cried loudly, and Ying Zichu told her that if she wanted to survive in this world, she had to fight by all means. He is just a proton, he is humiliated everywhere in Zhao Kingdom, and if he follows him, life will be difficult. Ying Zichu has a very eye-catching character, that is, she is her own woman, and she would rather die than let others get involved.

Ying Zichu asked Zhao Ji, if Zhao Sheng coerced him with his life one day, would you become his guest like your sister? At that moment, Zhao Ji completely understood Ying Zichu's affection, it turned out that Ying Zichu didn't want to touch her, because she didn't want to harm her. If you don't get a satisfactory answer, you'd rather not have any relationship with Zhao Ji, which is the best for each other.

Zhao Ji became the woman of Yingzi Chu and moved into the Proton Mansion, and sure enough, she received attention from all sides. Even Zhao Sheng and Wei Wuji have come, and even really threatened the safety of Ying Zichu, but they were all rejected by Zhao Ji. When those people saw that Zhao Ji was strong, they put all their thoughts on her sister, and they were still hyping it up in Handan City.

During that time, Zhao Ji was worse than dead, after giving birth to Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng was sent away by Zhao Sheng and others, the mother and son lived separately, and Ying Zichu and Zhao Ji had no way at all. If you have hatred in your heart, you will naturally come up with extreme means.

Zhao Ji found Zhao Zhan, and the two sisters worked out a series of plans in order to survive. First, Zhao Chong poisoned her husband and threw him into the well to destroy the traces of poisoning. Zhao Zhan's husband is a member of the Zhao royal family and a member of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhan said to Zhao Sheng: "My husband is dead, I did not serve him well, and I have been widowed since then to cleanse my sins from my body." ”

Zhao Zhan's husband is very good with Zhao Sheng, and seeing that Zhao Zhan has become like this, it is not good to covet her beauty anymore, so he will give up. Zhao Sheng didn't know that he was not greedy for Zhao Zhan's beauty, but someone was greedy, and that was King Zhao.

That time, Chun Pingjun came overnight and said that he would elope with Zhao Zhan, and if he didn't leave, he would definitely not be able to escape from the palm of King Zhao's hand. Among the magnates of Zhao State, Chun Pingjun is the best person to Zhao Zhan, this woman is too pitiful, thinking that her career is not smooth, and she is excluded by King Zhao everywhere, it is easy to have feelings with Zhao Zhan.

For the sake of Chunpingjun's life, Zhao Zhan refused the idea of fleeing and took the initiative to meet King Zhao. As soon as I entered the palace gate, I almost died many times, and in order to survive, I intrigued with many concubines in the harem. If it weren't for Chun Pingjun's support, Zhao Zhan might have died long ago.

At the same time, Chun Pingjun found Ying Zichu, and in order to give Zhao Zhan a good background, he would find a way to send Ying Zichu back to China. And let Yingzi Chu promise that he must become the crown prince, and when he becomes the king of Qin, he will also set up Zhao Ji as the queen. The relationship between Zhao Zhan and Zhao Ji, King Zhao and Zhao Sheng and other core figures of Zhao State are clear that with this relationship, Zhao Zhan's position will be stable and he will have the ability to fight with the queen.

The latter things, both parties did, Yingzi Chu, with the help of Lü Buwei, won the crown prince and became the king of Qin. Zhao Ji became the Empress Dowager of Qin, and Zhao Zhan also became the Empress Dowager of Zhao. This story may be over, but Zhao Ji said no.

Zhao Jiyan said: "Zheng'er, your father, as well as you and I can return to Great Qin, are all secretly promoted by Empress Dowager Zhao and Chun Pingjun. Among them, Buwei didn't know that I had a younger sister, although he contributed a lot, but someone contributed more. Tell me for yourself, should our mother and son repay this kindness? But I know that the people who knew about it back then are not dead. ”

"Especially Gongzijia's escape, it will make many people think of something, those people will definitely kill Zhao Zhan to vent their hatred. Now he didn't kill it, the main reason was that Zhao Qian was there, in case Handan City was breached, Zhao Zhan would be in danger. ”

Ying Zheng's whole body was cold when he heard this, what kind of woman is this, under such torture, she actually survived. not only sent his son to the throne of King Zhao, but also often fought openly and secretly with the magnates of Zhao State.

Zhao Qian must know these things, no wonder he has such abnormal behavior. did not send troops to support the front line, but mobilized all kinds of people and horses so strangely, it turned out to be killing people, and he wanted to get rid of all the people who bullied his mother and concubine back then.

But as Zhao Ji said, Zhao Qian is still too young, and Zhao Qian is surrounded by her enemies except for Chun Pingjun, a lover. Even if she became the Empress Dowager Zhao, she was reluctant to change the word 'advocate', because she was the queen of Zhao Mourning, and she had to remind herself from time to time how powerful the enemies around her were.

Ying Zheng is a person from the past, don't look at it as the monarch of a country, no matter how much he fights, he can't fight the entire elite force. He was in the Qin Palace, as well as the influence of many forces such as the Mi Ying and the two clans, Huayang Palace, Beigong, Ganquan Palace, Yiling Palace, etc., and basically did not dare to make too many mistakes at all.

And Zhao Qian's approach was to drive out those people, and after Li Mu died, Zhao Jia and others followed. Zhao Jia didn't leave by himself, but was forced to flee because he knew that Zhao Qian was going to do something to him.

Zhao Ji understands these very well, Zhao Zhan understands, Ying Zheng also understands, but Zhao Qian doesn't understand. It is estimated that the day of the attack on Handan is the day when Zhao Zhan was killed.

Only after experiencing it can he understand all this, Ying Zheng also took seven years to understand, and Zhao Qian is only three years, it is impossible for him to fight those powerful people.

This also explains why Zhao Ji is so eager to invade Handan, she wants to kill people and save people. Some people, only she can kill, because she is the Empress Dowager Qin. And some people, even if they stand in front of Zhao Zhan, she can't kill them, because she is the Empress Dowager Zhao.

If Zhao Chong doesn't kill, then he can only be killed, Zhao Chong wants to kill, but she is surrounded by enemies, if she kills them all, it is estimated that her son will not live long.

Since Zhao Chong is kind to himself, Yingzheng is thinking about who should be killed and who should stay. Before he could think clearly, Zhao Ji popped out another earth-shattering sentence, which frightened Yingzheng and almost fell under the table......