My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 766 Confrontation

Chapter 766 Confrontation
The roar was like thunder, plunging the hall into a deathly silence.

Ying Zheng's face flushed.

He had just drunk some good wine and eaten some delicious meat, and the sweet taste was still lingering in his mouth.

Ying Zheng was furious, his hair stood on end and he stared straight at Fusu.

"If you were sober, you would know. I gave you your current position out of kindness."

"The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit." Fusu put his hands behind his back and said in a cold tone, "What's the point of giving up the throne? Whoever is sitting on it gets the throne."

Good guy.

After hearing this, Ying Zheng became like an angry pufferfish, his face turned red with anger, and smoke was almost coming out of his head.

"If there is no me, where would you come from? Where would there be the Great Qin today? Where would there be the Second Emperor of Qin today?"

"I heard that you abolished the posthumous name system? You actually abolished the posthumous name system. Do you want to put me in an unjust position? Aren't you asking me to be cursed for eternity?"

Ying Zheng was filled with anger.

He jumped up suddenly and cursed Fusu, pointing at his nose.

"I raised you to this age, and you treat me like this!"

As he spoke, Ying Zheng started crying again.

"Do you know how I feel staying in this broken palace every day?"

"My heart is buried in the ground with your mother."

Ying Zheng sat on the ground like a child.

The people outside the hall had their ears pricked up like lightning and their eyes widened like copper bells.

Everyone who heard the crying and wailing inside couldn't help but feel sympathy for the old emperor.

But Fusu just looked at his father with a cold face.

He saw through Ying Zheng's trick at a glance.

A man like Ying Zheng had long transcended all emotions. He was a man who had walked out of hell and had survived the trials of beauty, money, fame and fortune. How could he shed tears for something like this?

Seeing his heartless look, Fusu guessed that Ying Zheng must have expected his coming.

Since childhood, Fusu discovered that Ying Zheng was a dramatic actor.

Fusu had a dark face and said nothing.

He walked around Ying Zheng and sat down on the seat.

Ying Zheng's mouth opened slightly and he cursed in his heart, this bastard actually didn't fall for it!
But Ying Zheng still wanted to put on a show, he really didn't want to stay in this shabby place anymore.

When he gets out, I will find an opportunity to sit on the throne again, and when this time is over, I will return the throne to Fusu. By then, I will be worthy of my ancestors.

The protruding horns on Ying Zheng's forehead sparkled with light. There was a cunning light in his wise eyes, and his humble attitude concealed his desire for power.

"I was wrong. Fusu, you understand me. Otherwise you wouldn't have come."

"Think about the past, how good I was to you."

"Thinking back on the past, you were such a kind and filial child."

Ying Zheng said this while wiping his eyes. When he found that he couldn't squeeze out tears, he pinched himself hard.

"I remember when you were little, we went hunting together. I asked you to shoot small deer, and I shot big deer."

"You told me at the time that the doe had just given birth to a fawn, and that they were a mother and child. You said that when you saw the fawn and child, you thought of you and your mother. You said that your mother didn't want to see this, so you refused to kill the fawn."

Fusu was quite surprised, "Father actually still remembers this."

"I have always remembered it." Ying Zheng felt that Fusu was indeed kind-hearted, and he had not objected to his self-proclaimed title until now. "You were such a kind child when you were young. You invented paper, saying that you wanted to benefit the people; you also simplified the characters, saying that you wanted to make the lives of the people more convenient and simple."

"Fusu, you have the kindest heart. You are the most filial child in the world."

Ying Zheng kept repeating these words.

Fusu could only shake his head helplessly, "But has Father forgotten something?"

"What did I forget?"

"I was only eight years old that year and had just learned to draw the bow and shoot arrows. After I said that, my father got furious and scolded me, saying that the son was not like the father." Since Ying Zheng was pretending to be confused, Fusu could only help him recall it.

"My father also said that I was too soft-hearted and that a child like me would have no future. My father also went to reprimand my mother that day, saying that it was she who spoiled me and drove me out of Jiaolan Palace."

When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes widened. "Really? Is this true?"

Ying Zheng shook his head, "I don't remember this happening."

Fusu looked at Ying Zheng and began to have a headache.

After being disturbed by Ying Zheng, Fusu even forgot why he came here.

Yes! He came here to give up his job.

But Ying Zheng quickly added, "These past few days, I often dreamed of your mother. I don't know if she is doing well in the underworld, but I have always wanted to go down and accompany her."

Fusu didn't say anything either, but just stared at Ying Zheng quietly, which made Ying Zheng feel uneasy.

Ying Zheng has always been good at speaking.

Soon he stopped talking about what he wanted to do next, "When the late queen was alive, I was too confused and didn't know how to spend more time with the queen. Alas——"

"I still remember that the Queen once promised me to travel around the country with me. But now..."

As Ying Zheng said this, he started crying again.

"Now, I am the only old man left." Ying Zheng cried and wiped his tears with his sleeve.

Fusu looked at the scene and said suddenly, "It is a waste of talent to let my father live in this Yuzhen Palace."

Ying Zheng felt there was a lot of irony in these words.

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu's cold face and thought to himself that this boy was very smart and he didn't fool him today.

What should I do now? I have lost all my face.

Fortunately, no one saw it.

That's not right, Ying Zheng, if you want to leave this broken place, this small sacrifice is worth it.

Besides, didn’t the kid Fusu come after all? After all, Fusu still has his father in his heart.

Ying Zheng sat on the ground, continued to play dumb, and said aggrievedly, "I succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, and began to rule the country at the age of nineteen. I have experienced so many ups and downs during this period."

"The previous king left early, leaving me alone."

Ying Zheng had long since stopped being ashamed of the trivial things in the past. He brought up Lao Ai, Prince Chengjiao and others, and talked about many old things.

Fusu was sitting there, and he felt drowsy after listening to it.

Ying Zheng was speaking excitedly, but Fusu said coldly.

"enough."

"Father, please stop making trouble."

"I know you better than you do. Let's not play this kind of trick between us. Your words may fool anyone, but not me."

Fusu leaned forward, intending to threaten Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng still didn't give up. He wanted to get out. He couldn't stand this pure and simple life of cultivating immortals. All appearances are false.

Ying Zheng was unwilling to accept this view.

He regretted it and just wanted to go back to the past and live the good old days.

Ying Zheng just pretended to be aggrieved, "Fusu, what are you talking about?"

Fusu felt like he was about to become a Muggle.

Reforming the palace is like trying to catch loaches in a sewage pool with your eyes closed.

There was a fire in the backyard that never went out.

Now Ying Zheng is messing around again at this time.

He probably thought he was a fool and couldn't see through his tricks.

Fortunately, Fusu's personality is more like his mother's. If he had really taken after Ying Zheng, Fusu might have been planning to find a big cage to lock Ying Zheng up.

"Your Majesty, father, may think that he is just eating, drinking and having fun in Yuzhen Palace. But in fact, every expense you make is consuming the national fortune of our Great Qin."

"And every expense is very expensive."

Fusu no longer hid anything and spoke frankly to Ying Zheng.

Consuming national fortune——

This is Ying Zheng's weak spot.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Ying Zheng became as quiet and obedient as a kitten. "Don't make trouble anymore. The whole court is busy with your illness. Do you feel happy like this?"

"Every time you make trouble, I have to be distracted and even use my energy to deal with your affairs. And the court officials all open their eyes wide and their bloody mouths wide open, ready to eat me at any time."

"Every move you make, the whole court is just pretending not to notice, but in fact, they all know it clearly."

"In fact, the only one who is confused is you, my Lord and Father. Everyone knows clearly. There is no eternal dynasty in this world, and even less eternal life."

"Countless people stared at the jokes of our father and son, trying to find opportunities to gain benefits and damage the Qin Empire to satisfy themselves."

"When my father was young, he hated the pests that harmed the country and spared no effort to eliminate them. But since my father came to power in the later period, he has nurtured many corrupt officials."

"Heaven moves forever, it does not exist for Yao, nor does it perish for Jie."

"The laws of the universe will not show special kindness to a person just because he has made great contributions, and will not allow his empire to never decline."

"We will not destroy a country prematurely just because a person is cruel."

Ying Zheng couldn't believe it, "Are you blaming me?"

Fusu said nothing.

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu cautiously, like a child who had made a mistake.

"I am the First Emperor, I am the First Emperor. Is it a sin for me to enjoy myself after accomplishing such a great cause?"

Ying Zheng looked at the ground in panic.

In fact, once Fusu made his words clear, Ying Zheng heard everything clearly.

He is no longer a wise ruler, but has long since turned into a tyrant who devours the flesh and blood of his people.

At this time, Ying Zheng thought of the words that many loyal ministers and righteous men had advised him in the past.

Let us follow Ying Zheng and recall the past. When did Ying Zheng begin to fall?

That’s right, after Ying Zheng destroyed the State of Zhao, which he hated, this man who gained great power began to undergo some changes.

As the king of a country, after he destroyed the State of Zhao, he personally drove to Handan, Zhao State, and killed all those who had bullied him and his mother in Handan City.

That was the most painful past for Ying Zheng.

Those who live under justice and peace have a happy life; but those who defend justice and peace have a painful life.

Many people take the word hatred very simply, thinking it is just an attitude towards the enemy.

In fact, hatred itself is a kind of resentment, and it is often this resentment that hurts people the most.

Think about the cute and lively little Ying Zheng in his youth, who lived among a group of peers who attacked him on all sides. How much darkness was shrouded in the heart of this little child?

Countless people, faced with desperate situations, think of retreating, deceiving themselves, becoming numb, or even ending their own lives.

However, in such an environment, Qin Shihuang was created.

It is not difficult to imagine that, in fact, the young Ying Zheng in Handan City had only the desire for revenge buried in his young heart.

What kept him alive, besides his biological mother's love, was revenge.

Some people's lives are destined to be different from others.

Others are nourished by love and light and become stronger.

But some people are different. What drives them to survive and become stronger is the desire for revenge.

The great Qin Shi Huang may never have gotten out of the shadow and nightmare of his childhood throughout his life.

Revenge was a major theme in the first half of Qin Shihuang's life.

Unifying the country and fulfilling the wishes of his ancestors was the main task of Qin Shi Huang's later half of his life.

In fact, Ying Zheng had changed since he fulfilled his first wish.

He relieved his hatred by destroying the Zhao royal family.

In other words, it took Ying Zheng thirty-four years to resolve the hatred in his heart.

Thirty-four years is enough for a person to develop an extreme personality and gradually develop into a paranoid person.

As early as when he was 34 years old, he already had violent tendencies. At first, he just didn't succeed, so he had been suppressing it.

This long torment, the tolerance towards the ministers, and even the servility towards Liao, everything was done to achieve revenge.

At the end of the Warring States Period, revenge was a life issue for almost everyone in that era.

Ying Zheng wanted revenge on the Zhao royal family, and the Zhao people wanted revenge on the Qin people...

However, such a serious problem had never been discovered by his ministers because of Ying Zheng's sufficiently tolerant personality.

Perhaps Ying Zheng's mentors, his two uncles Xiong Qi and Xiong Yi, once understood Fusu's inner thoughts and even enlightened Ying Zheng when he was young, but those enlightenment and protection came too late.

In Ying Zheng's heart, there was no moment of relaxation for the entire thirty-four years. It was not until he destroyed the State of Zhao that he finally let go of his obsession.

But he himself can never go back to the way he was before.

It can even be said that Ying Zheng's life never began. He was like a strongest fighting rooster chosen by God. From the moment he was conceived as an embryo and was born, he began his gloomy life.

This person's life is so inspiring, and the ups and downs are so great.

It is not surprising that he became a butcher, but it would be strange if he did not become a butcher.

Fusu's words dragged Ying Zheng into the abyss.

Why do I have to recall things related to the State of Zhao?

It was because there began to be voices opposing Ying Zheng and reminding him to act, starting after he destroyed the State of Zhao.

When Ying Zheng fulfilled his first great wish in life, revenge, and washed away the humiliation of his childhood with blood, he began to change.

Ying Zheng thought he had escaped from that nightmare, but in the end he had not. He just ran towards another nightmare.

The world is always dark, and the clouds and mist of Daze Township spread in the hearts of everyone in the world.

Ying Zheng only thought that he was living in the light, but in fact he had just closed his eyes.

The time he closed his eyes was after he destroyed the State of Zhao. Having achieved his first great wish, Ying Zheng thought he was very powerful.

At that time, Ying Zheng thought that Wei Zhuang and Wang Wan wanted to harm him deliberately, or they were dissatisfied with him, so they said so many unpleasant words on purpose for him to hear.

Ying Zheng never understood why, after he had vented his anger, all those former loyal ministers and righteous men in the court suddenly came together to advise him.

This sounded like alarmist talk to Ying Zheng, who had destroyed the State of Zhao at that time. He would not listen to them and instead felt disgusted with these people.

It was from that time that Ying Zheng's life turned from a path that was biased from the beginning to another path that he thought was the right way.

Fusu didn't know what Ying Zheng was thinking, but from his father's expression he could tell that he felt remorseful, but more importantly, he was in pain.

Fusu wanted to help Ying Zheng get rid of his guilt, but he didn't know what he could do.

But what needs to be said still needs to be said.

"From today on, all treatment in Yuzhen Palace will be simplified."

Ying Zheng heard it, but didn't react.

He abdicated on his own initiative, and Ying Zheng just thought he had messed up. Even after the abdication, he still fantasized about taking back the throne from his son like a lunatic...

Ying Zheng now came to his senses and felt that he was being very ridiculous.

He simply treats family and national affairs as a game.

Every criticism Wang Wan and the others made about me was correct, but why didn’t I listen to them at the beginning?

Ying Zheng fell into despair.

He fell into the abyss and no one rescued him.

He missed his queen very much, but she had no desire for fame and fortune in the world, and left without hesitation, wishing to erase his name.

And she really did manage to erase her name.

Ying Zheng sat on the ground with his head lowered as if he was thinking about something important.

Fusu felt pain in his eyes when he saw Ying Zheng like this.

But he had no choice, he still had a lot to do. Maybe he would not be relieved of this responsibility until he died.

At least his father is happy now because he has taken on the burden for him.

"I'll find a chance to see you again."