Chapter 357 The Son of Heaven is angry
In Yongcheng, several people were sitting in the palace, drinking freely.
These people seemed to be eunuchs in the palace, but they all spoke these vulgar words loudly, drunk and did not care about the etiquette of any ministers. And the one sitting in the upper position was naturally Lao Ai. Lao Ai held the wine cup in his hand, looking extremely comfortable. Indeed, life was not as comfortable as it is now. In the palace, he almost covered the sky with one hand, and the queen mother obediently allowed him to mercy.
In Yongcheng, those supervisors sent by Lu Buwei dared not offend him, ignored his behavior and let him do whatever he wanted. He was almost the king of Yongcheng. Whoever dared to offend him would be arrested and executed. Whoever could please him would be able to get an official position. In this place, the empress dowager's seal was more useful than the Qin king's seal, which made Lao Ai continue to expand and his ambitions became greater and greater, and he did not even take the King of Qin and Lu Buwei seriously.
He looked at the eunuchs beside him drunk and said, "Zhengwang performs a ceremony in the Qinnian Palace in Yongcheng. He is already twenty years old... Do the two and third sons know why he came to Yongcheng? He came to pay homage to the empress dowager and also to pay homage to me... It is said that he still needs to get married, and these require the permission of the empress dowager and me to do so... If I disagree, Zheng cannot perform a ceremony here, even if he can't get married!"
Looking at the arrogant Lao Ai in front of him, several eunuchs were stunned. Some eunuchs stood up and said, "How can you call the king's name directly? Besides, coming to Yongcheng to perform the crown ceremony is a etiquette that Qin has always had. How could it be because of you? As a minister of the king, you should not be rude to the king!"
When Lao Ai heard this, he was extremely angry. He stood up swayingly, walked to the eunuch, grabbed his neck and slapped him. Lao Ai shouted angrily: "I am the king's father, how dare you be rude to me?!" The eunuch's face turned red, but he dared not speak out. He didn't dare to provoke Lao Ai again. He just lowered his head. Seeing that this guy didn't dare to speak, Lao Ai pushed him away.
Lao Ai laughed wildly, and pointed at the eunuchs in front of him and laughed loudly.
"When the king arrives in Yongcheng, let the two and three sons see how respect the king respects me!!" Lao Ai said, and then continued to sit down and drink. He did not take the eunuch sitting in front of him seriously. At the end of the banquet, when Lao Ai's confidants helped him return to the back hall to rest, the other eunuchs looked at each other a few times and left the place. By midnight, they left the palace and gathered at the home of the beheaded eunuch.
The eunuch who was humiliated by Lao Ai blushed. Looking at the friends in front of him, he said, "This fake eunuch is completely crazy. He must want the king to expose his crimes. Otherwise, if he does something even more crazy, we will definitely be punished. Maybe our family will be affected by him. We must draw a line with him and we must not be implicated by this madman."
"You are right. I once heard him openly slander the Marquis of Wucheng. He said that Marquis of Wucheng has no official position, no one of his disciples, and he looked down on him. Is this what ordinary people can say? If he makes a mistake after drinking, we will all be implicated and executed..." Another eunuch was also a little worried.
Lao Ai thought he had obtained the entire palace, so he became more and more arrogant and even insulted the King of Qin and Marquis of Wu Cheng. The eunuchs had wanted to follow him to enjoy their fortunes, but seeing him becoming more and more crazy, these eunuchs were a little scared. If they had a normal mind, they would not say that they would let Marquis of Wu Cheng be their disciples. This guy was definitely crazy and had to close his relationship with him earlier.
Everyone began to list his crimes one after another. As Lao Ai's follower, these people did have many crimes about Lao Ai. After they finished sorting out, the beaten eunuch said, "Let me go to the King of Qin and report these things to him." The other few people seemed a little hesitant at this moment. It was also a gambling for them.
Because they were unable to determine whether the King of Qin would believe his words, whether the King of Qin would silence him, and whether Lao Ai would survive and start revenge on him.
However, what Lao Ai said today was still too terrible. They would rather keep their lives than expose him, and they would not accompany this madman to die.
Coincidentally, the King of Qin was about to come to Yongcheng to perform the ceremony. After some discussion, the eunuchs hurriedly left here.
The next day, Lao Ai woke up and looked at Zhao Ji who was sleeping beside him. He rubbed his forehead. He drank too much yesterday and couldn't remember what happened yesterday. After eating and gathering his confidants, Lao Ai asked about what happened last night. These confidants were also from the bottom class. Relying on his former relationship with Lao Ai, they had the current level. They were just good at catering to Lao Ai, but could not give any suggestions and strategies.
They smiled and told him what Lao Ai said yesterday, and even the matter of beating the eunuch was not forgotten. Lao Ai couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He shook his head and said, "It seems that I am indeed drunk. I don't know that I treat them like this. In this way, you go and invite him over. I want to apologize to him for his mistakes!" When the confidants heard this, they naturally blew hard again, blowing up the noble character of Lao Ai.
Then, they went to find the eunuch last night.
Unfortunately, when they arrived, they realized that the eunuch had left, and even his family had left. The confidants couldn't help laughing. This coward actually ran away like this? They took the opportunity to snatch the things left at home in the inner room and divided them equally. Then they returned to the palace to report their lives. A confidant said to Lao Ai: "We rushed to his mansion, and his mansion was empty. The neighbors said that he took his family and left Yongcheng in the morning."
Lao Ai was stunned and laughed just now. The confidants naturally laughed loudly. They said, "He must be afraid that you will blame him, so he is in a hurry to escape from Yongcheng."
Lao Ai smiled for a moment and suddenly stopped. He frowned, but didn't know what he thought of. When his confidants saw that Lao Ai's appearance became a little serious, they did not dare to say anything more. Lao Ai looked at them and said, "Why did he leave Yongcheng? He works in Yongcheng. If he leaves Yongcheng, wouldn't officials from all over the country catch him? What excuses does he have to let the inspectors let him go?"
Lao Ai thought for a moment and shouted, "Not good! I'll find the eunuchs who drank with me yesterday!"
The confidants realized that something was wrong and went out one after another. However, like the eunuch, the people who drank last night fled from Yongcheng and did not give birth to one. Lao Ai was suddenly panicked. He personally left the palace and went to the gate of the city to ask the officials stationed here. Of course, these officials did not dare to be rude to Lao Ai, so they had to tell him what they knew.
When these people left Yongcheng, the officials stopped them, and they said they were going to Xianyang to complain. If they stopped them at this moment, they would definitely be killed in the future. Therefore, after registering their information, these soldiers allowed them to leave. Lao Ai was furious and did not understand in his heart that these people went to Xianyang to complain. No wonder they were not worried about the officials along the way. If these officials learned that they were going to complain, they would probably escort them to Xianyang.
Lao Ai's control over Yongcheng was carried out through the late emperor, so he only curbed the high officials in Yongcheng. At the bottom, he had no control. Lao Ai sent his confidants to find these people and executed them on the charge of treason. At the same time, he returned to the palace in a hurry. Zhao Ji was sitting in the palace at this moment, looking at the two children in front of him gently.
This is his and Lao Ai's child. The age difference between these two children is only two years old. Their brother is more lively, while his younger brother is more restrained. Zhao Ji likes them very much. They are with Zhao Ji every day, and they can't see the indifference like the King of Qin in their eyes. Zhao Ji is tied hair for them and combing them into a horn.
Lao Ai hurriedly walked into the palace. His face was pale. He trembled. Looking at Zhao Ji in front of him, he said dazedly, "Something happened..." Zhao Ji was stunned, then lowered his head, looked at his two sons, and said, "You go out to play first, come in later!" The two brothers were still very obedient and left here with a jumping jump. Lao Ai watched them leave, and then looked at Zhao Ji.
"What happened?"
"Someone is preparing to inform the King of Qin and impeach us."
Zhao Ji also trembled for a moment and looked at Lao Ai in fear, "This...Who? Who? What to do...What to do?" Zhao Ji suddenly panicked. She actually knew very well that the affairs between her and Lao Ai could not be hidden, and they would be discovered by the King of Qin sooner or later. However, she had no choice but to have two sons with Lao Ai. She lived a very happy life in Yongcheng. She could only pretend to forget these things and not think about these things. But when this day really came, she was so scared.
She completely lost her courage, and even lost her thoughts. Her mind was blank. She just looked at Lao Ai in front of her, hoping that the fake eunuch in front of her could come up with a way for her to solve these things. Although Lao Ai looked at Zhao Ji in front of her, she was also afraid, but there was a crazy idea that kept stimulating his mind. He gritted his teeth and his eyes were red. He said, "It's better for us to go into Xianyang first."
Chapter completed!