nucmednet Chapter 431: Zhao Gao died and Li Si was put into prison.
Chapter 431: Zhao Gao died and Li Si was put into prison.
Ying Zheng clenched his hands tightly inside his sleeves.
There was a little bit of bright red blood on the palm of his hand, flowing down between his fingers.
Qi Pan, who was standing behind Ying Zheng, looked at the blood dripping onto his sleeves.
Is Zhengge cruel?
No, not cruel enough.
If Zheng Ge was a little more ruthless, he could have had Hu Hai skinned alive just like he did to Xu Fu.
Whether it's being torn apart by a chariot, beheading, boiling... none of them is less cruel than being sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison.
But he didn't.
He just gave him a poisoned drink.
Leaving his body intact.
Let him die less painfully.
And it saved his face.
In history, Ying Yinman died a miserable death, being brutally tortured and dismembered by Hu Hai.
Now that Hu Hai died cleanly and his body was intact, it was already a sign of Zheng Ge's kindness, okay? !
"Drag down."
Ying Zheng gritted his teeth, withdrew his gaze from Hu Hai's body, and turned his attention to Zhao Gao and Li Si.
Zhao Gao and Li Si trembled all over!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Zhao Gao prostrated himself on the ground.
Li Si knelt on the ground in fear, "Your Majesty, please give me a chance to redeem myself for my crimes, as I have devoted my life to you!"
Li Si didn't dare to refute and could only try his best to find a glimmer of hope!
Your Majesty could even sentence the Eighteenth Prince, whom he had always favored, to death.
If he didn't try his best, show his abilities, and let His Majesty know that he was still useful, wouldn't he end up like the Thirteenth Young Master, who drank a glass of poisoned wine?
Ying Zheng's eyes moved back and forth between Zhao Gao and Li Si.
He even ordered the death of Hu Hai, so Zhao Gao...could not be spared either.
Although Ying Zheng felt reluctant, he still gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
"Zhao Gao... was sentenced to death."
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!!!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I have been serving you since the Zhao Kingdom!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life for the sake of our past friendship!!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!!"
Zhao Gao was pinned to the ground by two soldiers. One of them pried open his mouth and poured a cup of poisoned wine into his mouth.
"Your Majesty, um! Ugh! Your Majesty..."
Li Si, who was standing next to him, felt cold all over, as if he was in an ice cave!
The body kneeling on the ground was shaking like a sieve.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty actually sentenced Zhao Gao to death?!
What about him?
Does he still have a chance to survive?
Is he going to die here? ?
Li Si only felt that he was already in the clouds, just waiting for Ying Zheng to order his death and then be forced to drink poisoned wine.
One more step and he would fall from the clouds and be smashed to pieces!
A cup of poisoned wine went down my throat.
Zhao Gao lay on the ground with a pale face, his lips trembling, "Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
He could clearly feel the poison wine entering his throat, causing a burning sensation.
It goes all the way down to the abdomen, and then the abdomen feels like there is a fire burning.
The burning pain spread to the lungs and limbs bit by bit.
Until a sharp pain came.
"puff!"
Zhao Gao spat out a mouthful of blood!
He looked at Ying Zheng with complicated eyes, and his hands covering his abdomen fell down weakly.
Since he was a child in Zhao State, he followed His Majesty, who was still a hostage of Qin State at that time.
Serving him, being bullied, looked down upon, ridiculed and humiliated...
That period of time was the most unbearable memory in his life.
He followed His Majesty all the way back from Zhao State, watched His Majesty be named King of Qin, and watched His Majesty plan and deploy things bit by bit.
He took control of the court, drove Lu Buwei out of Qin, and took power alone.
Watching His Majesty attack the six kingdoms and unify the world...
He had accompanied His Majesty for countless days and nights, but now His Majesty personally sentenced him to death...
Zhao Gao had indescribable feelings in his heart. He didn't know whether the person recorded in history was him, or whether he did those things.
He only knew that His Majesty had given up on him and no longer wanted him...
"Your Majesty...If there is an afterlife, I will still follow you..."
Ying Zheng, who had been trying hard to hold back, almost couldn't help but rush forward and hold Zhao Gao's hand when he heard these words.
Reason made him stop and not move at all.
Watching Zhao Gao's eyes losing their luster bit by bit, Ying Zheng choked up.
"Li Si was taken to prison to await his fate."
"Drag Hu Hai and Zhao Gao away and give them a grand burial."
Li Si felt relieved when he heard this.
Saved!
He allowed the soldiers to take him away and put him in jail.
The bodies of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao were carried away.
Xu Fu's skull fragments and flesh were also shoveled into a bucket and taken away.
The blood on the ground was washed and wiped dry by the palace servants.
If it weren't for the thick smell of blood in the air, reminding Fusu and several ministers of what happened today, they would have thought it was just a nightmare.
First Xu Fu was skinned alive, then the eighteenth prince Hu Hai, and then Zhao Gao.
Three people died at once.
They are all the most trusted and closest people to Your Majesty.
Although Li Si escaped the disaster and survived, his end was definitely not going to be good.
Is the world of the Qin Dynasty going to change?
Ying Zheng suppressed his emotions, arranged accommodation for Qi Pan, and asked Fusu and a group of ministers to leave first.
Qi Pan looked at the increasingly darker spot on Ying Zheng's sleeve, bowed, and left with Eleven and Twelve.
It would be inappropriate for her to say anything now.
I'd better go back and sort out the seeds I'll give to Brother Zheng tomorrow.
With these high-yield grain seeds, Zheng Ge should feel better.
"Father............"
Fusu called out hesitantly, his face full of worry, and after bowing, he also retreated.
The immortal and the eldest son left, and ministers such as Feng Quji and Meng Tian also took their leave.
They also need time to digest what happened today.
Ying Zheng dismissed the palace maids and soldiers in the hall and walked up the stairs step by step alone.
His steps were slow and heavy, and his back was so lonely and filled with grief.
He stretched out a hand and placed it on the handle of the dragon throne.
The blood on his palm dyed the handle of the dragon throne red. He sat on the dragon throne, his straight back revealing a sense of fatigue.
After an unknown amount of time, Ying Zheng wiped his hands, bent over his desk and began to look through the government affairs that had piled up during his time away at Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods.
Qi Pan arrived at the residence arranged by Ying Zheng for her and opened her suitcase first.
He picked out a few seeds and prepared to give them to Ying Zheng tomorrow.
He also asked someone to prepare pen and ink and wrote down the methods of planting seeds.
After she finished her work, she asked someone to prepare hot water for her and gave her clean clothes to wash and bathe.
After that, he ate some more food, rinsed his mouth after digesting the food, and lay down on the bed to rest.
In the eleventh and twelfth order, one person will guard outside while the other one takes a rest and catches up on sleep.
All the people related to Xu Fu were cleared out overnight.
Hu Hai's mother, Zhao Ji, was also sentenced to death.