It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Chapter 515: Insatiable Greed and Anger

Shen Zhi was brought by her from Zhilan Palace to Hanzhong in Nanzheng County. Along the way, Ying Hehua rode side by side with her. She could not forget the scene an hour ago.

Ying Hehua walked over the fallen leaves. The ground was wet because it was snow that had not yet frozen. She walked quickly, but even faster was that before Ying Hehua could reach her, a thermos was stuffed into her hand by a palace maid.

"Princess," she wondered.

The two pairs of eyes met, and Shen Zhi saw an unprecedented determination in her princess's eyes.

"You have never done anything to offend the Qin State. If there is one mistake, it is that you have wasted a lot of my time because of your concealment. If you can be honest with me, maybe our journey will be easier."

She said this without further hesitation, and quickly changed out of her princess attire, put on casual clothes, and left with a few secret guards.

Shen Zhi stopped her when she was about to mount the horse.

"Step aside."

Shen Zhi panicked immediately, "Your Majesty has never asked me for any news about the princess. His Majesty just cares too much about the princess and doesn't want her to get hurt."

"Are you going to threaten me with this?" She frowned, and a tired sigh could be vaguely seen in her eyes.

She gripped the reins tightly and said in an urgent tone, "Princess, you must listen to the imperial physician's order. You should rest in the palace. How can you bear the bumpy journey?"

"Father also knows?"

"No, it's not. The princess told me not to tell anyone, and I swear to God I didn't tell anyone else."

"I am willing to bring back what the princess wants. If I cannot do so, I am willing to sacrifice my life in exchange."

"Life is such a precious thing, don't make promises lightly." Ying Hehua stroked the horse's mane, "What makes me sad is not that you are my father's person. What makes me sad is that, up to now, I still don't know anything about many things. After years of preparation, I found out today that what I want is actually in the hands of others. I need to go through a big circle to get it back."

"Shen Zhi. Do you know how many decades there are in a person's life?" She paused. "For some people, there are only three, two, or one. How many decades can I get if I fight against fate?"

For a long time, Shen Zhi didn't understand the meaning of Ying Hehua's words.

This princess, who was extremely wise, always had a deep sadness engraved in her bones and blood. It seemed that nothing could make her stop. But what was it that made her unable to stop?

In the blink of an eye, she arrived in Hanzhong without stopping.

"Princess, are you still willing to believe me?"

"you are not willing?"

"No." She looked at her and presented the seal that could mobilize the secret chamber of Nanzheng County. "Since the princess rescued me from the car in Bolingsha, Shen Zhi's lifelong wish is to assist the princess, and I will never regret it."

Shen Zhi and Ying Hehua had just arrived in Hanzhong. They went straight to Liu Bang's house, and Lu Ze unexpectedly showed up. This coincidence made Shen Zhi feel that things would not be that simple.

Liu Bang's house was better than most, but the central room was not big. At the east end was a firewood pile half a man's height, the thatched roof was blown up by the wind, revealing the neatly stacked pinewood underneath.

When Liu's mother heard that it was Doctor Li's friend, she started to prepare the meal, but she complained a little that the pine wood here was not as durable as the mulberry wood from Mangdang Mountain.

Shen Zhi discovered that when Ying Hehua heard the words "Mangdang Mountain", his attention instantly turned away from Li Xian.

The irony of fate is so simple.

The only remaining pill was eaten by Liu Bang's son.

Xu Zhi was shaking with anger, and his hand was trembling as he raised the whip.

"You want me to come here just to see with my own eyes the reason why Zhang Han lost his treasure?"

Zhao Gao's sinister voice from many years ago echoed in Li Xian's mind - "Since you and I know the ending of the prophecy, it is not too bad compared to being dismembered and abandoned in Mount Li. Lord Li, you understand, you have always understood that I can never achieve that ending by my own strength. You understand the reason. You must understand..."

Why did Qin fall so suddenly?

That was a deeper and more terrifying answer than Zhao Gao's.

The heart-piercing remarks coupled with threats heavy enough to crush a person's will were enough to drag him into the abyss.

"Don't say that she regards her father as her role model. In other words, Lord Li is also a talented person and a pillar of the country. If Lord Li is not so stubborn and complies with my wishes, then Ying Hehua will still be Ying Hehua. Otherwise, you know, even if I die, I will never miss any opportunity to completely crush the enemy and bury him with me."

Soon, she came to Hanzhong from Xianyang.

She could only listen to him, head bowed, speaking in a voice colder than winter: "You can say I'm just using my old tricks. I am just the kind of person I am. I can never change."

"Li Xian, if I can't bring back the elixir, my mother will be bedridden. I thought we had it in mind, but you didn't even discuss it with me..."

It's a tacit understanding... Can he also understand that she and he are in tune with each other to another extent?

It's just that all they see is each other's most cruel, bloody and ugly side. Carrying the burden of the past, they have to find a way out of this mud. Can this be considered "mutual sympathy"?

Li Xian felt a sweet taste in his throat, but he let out a smile colder than a lamp wick. He interrupted her: "Is it a tacit understanding? Ah Zhi, when have you and I not lived in a cage?"

The moonlight slanted in through the carved window lattices, illuminating the dark tide surging in his gray eyes.

"...Perhaps what Zhao Gao said is right. Isn't it good for you and I to be on guard, calculating, and entangled like this all these years?"

Her lips trembled, her face turned pale, and she looked at him in disbelief. "I can't control you if you want to degenerate. I can even understand you wanting to rebel... but you clearly know what the outcome will be. You know... you know what happened to your father back then, and you went along with him?" She looked at him in disbelief, as if he were some kind of monster. "Are you crazy?"

The moonlight dyed his falling hair a frosty color.

"My father?" His lips curled up in sarcasm. "The princess mentioned my father. In fact, I wanted to say that since he had decided to forge the imperial edict, he should not have had the slightest bit of softness in his heart and left behind so many troubles, such as Gongzi Gao, Ziying, and Hu Hai. He was not thorough enough in his crimes, and that was the reason for my father's failure."

She didn't understand him, never had.

She felt how ridiculous she was.

Even though he couldn't see it, he quickly grabbed her raised wrist.

She has a sharp weapon in her hand.

After several struggles that were not really fights, he pressed her against the wall, rubbed her trembling lips with his fingertips, and his hands clasped around her waist did not give her any chance to struggle.

He ignored the blood on his palm where the sharp blade had cut it, and smiled fiercely.

"In fact, I am so similar to my father. Hehua, I still call you that subconsciously. Azhi, we agreed when we first met in Xianyang Palace, didn't we? You are the princess who is high above, and I am the guilty minister who is atoning for your sins. No matter what, you are Ying Hehua, a princess. I hate Zhang Liang, I hate him for snatching you away from me. But now, I hate Mo Qi even more, I hate why he identified you and stripped you again and again... Maybe for me, I didn't kill these two people, which is also the reason for my failure."