Wandering the Heavens

After receiving the news from the Embroidered Uniform Guard that Liu Ji had become a bandit in Mangdang Mountain, Yu Xian felt relieved and began to turn his attention back to Xianyang. In order to maintain the balance between Yi Xiaochuan and Zhao Gao, he planned to add some spice.

However, Meng Tian abandoned the army garrisoning the Great Wall and Prince Fusu and returned secretly to Xianyang.

"Let the word get out that Queen Tuan is missing in Xianyang. In order to take revenge, Tuan sent assassins to sneak into Xianyang to kill the emperor." Yu Xian thought about it and decided to create some trouble for Yi Xiaochuan. How can the world develop if they are in love every day?

Even Yu Xian knew that Meng Tian had returned, so there was no reason for Zhao Gao not to know about it.

"Are you saying that Meng Tian has returned, or that he sneaked into the city?" After receiving the report from his confidant, Zhao Gao walked around the study twice.

"It was witnessed by the soldiers who were checking at the city gate. The general has come to ask the Lord what to do about it."

"Do you know why he came back?"

"My Lord, Meng Tian looks extremely anxious, but I don't know why he wants to come back."

"Then let's wait. Meng is loyal to the Qin Dynasty. The first thing he will do when he comes back is to ask to see Your Majesty. We must keep calm and not panic." Zhao Gao thought about it and decided to ignore it for now.

"I will go back and report to the general."

"Wait, tell Yan Le to pretend he doesn't know on the surface, but to step up defenses secretly and ensure he can mobilize the army to take control of Xianyang City at any time!" Zhao Gao added.

Not long after the confidant who delivered the message left, Zhao Gao received an order from the Qin Emperor asking him to enter the palace.

Zhao Gao served the Emperor of Qin for many years and had seen the real Qin. He had a general idea of the people in the court and never doubted Meng Tian's loyalty to Qin. Meng Tian secretly returned to Xianyang. Either there was a problem with the Great Wall or there was something unusual in Xianyang. So no matter what happened at this time, he had the obligation to stand by Meng Tian's side.

You should fight at ordinary times, but you must be reliable at critical moments. Without a sense of the overall situation, how can you survive in the court?

Besides, given the relationship between Yan Le and himself, if something happened in Xianyang, he would not be in any good situation and would have to bear joint liability.

Li Si was ignorant at this time. As the prime minister, he naturally received the news that Meng Tian had secretly returned to Xianyang, so he came to see Zhao Gao at night.

"Gao pays his respects to the Prime Minister." Zhao Gao was still quite polite towards Li Si.

"Lawyer Zhao, don't you know that Meng Tian has secretly returned to Xianyang?" Li Si asked straight to the point, with a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

"The emperor is in charge of all world affairs. If the emperor lets me know, I will naturally know." Zhao Gao sat up straight and replied.

"Meng Tian left the Great Wall without permission and sneaked into the capital secretly. This is a serious crime. You and Meng Tian are not on good terms. Why don't you seize this opportunity to bring the Meng family to ruin!"

Hearing this, Zhao Gao began to doubt how Li Si got the position of prime minister. After all, he was a ruthless man who would even kill his own fellow disciples for his own glory and wealth. In addition, he had been in power for too long and his mind was a little unclear.

"Your Excellency, you are too kind. Zhao Gao is not on good terms with the Meng family, but Zhao Gao has not received any accurate information about Meng Tian's secret return to Xianyang. The Meng family are loyal and good people of the Qin Dynasty. How can you frame Meng Tian based on hearsay? This is too disheartening. Besides, Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of affairs, so how can he have time to deal with such trivial matters?" Zhao Gao said slowly.

Li Si had the urge to open Zhao Gao's head and take a look. Why don't you take a look at what you are talking about! As Hu Hai's teacher, Zhao Gao was naturally opposed to the military representative Meng Tian who supported Fusu. He usually seized on the trivial matters of the other party to make them die. Now what Meng Tian did was worthy of extermination of the clan, and you, Zhao Gao, actually pretended not to see it!

After a final struggle, Li Si and Zhao Gao parted ways unhappily.

Seeing Li Si's hurried steps, Zhao Gao's eyes became colder and colder. He had met Meng Tian in front of the emperor in the afternoon and learned the purpose of Meng Tian's return to Xianyang. But Li Si was kept in the dark. He didn't even know the situation, but wanted him to attack Meng Tian, treating national affairs as a joke!

At this time, Yi Xiaochuan saw Meng Tian, who looked tired.

In recent days, Yu Shu has become closer to Yi Xiaochuan because of her mother's disappearance and the fact that Emperor Qin is a big pig's hoof who doesn't understand romance. Yi Xiaochuan, who is proud of his love, is in high spirits at the moment.

"Brother, you're back!" Yi Xiaochuan couldn't help but quicken his pace when he saw Meng Tian drinking at home.

"After asking for instructions from Prince Fusu, I rushed back to Xianyang day and night with a dozen of my followers, and only went home after paying homage to Your Majesty. As a general in charge of guarding the imperial city, how come you don't even know about this?" Meng Tian didn't know what he liked about him in the first place that made him regard such a person as his own brother.

"This...Brother, you know, Yu Shu has been ill because of her mother's disappearance. I am trying to find someone. The defense of the palace has been handled by the deputy general recently." Yi Xiaochuan explained with a smile.

"Meng Yi, as a subject, you should call her Concubine Li! Besides, isn't it Zhao Gao's son-in-law who is responsible for finding someone?" Meng Tian was already tired from running around for days, and now he was even more tired.

"Brother, Yan Le didn't intend to look for us, he was just being perfunctory! He just wanted to see a fool of himself." Yi Xiaochuan was a little dissatisfied.

"Meng Yi, don't think that I know nothing just because I'm not in Xianyang. In order to find Queen Tuan and her entourage, Yan Le almost turned Xianyang upside down and offended so many people. The impeachment memorials against him are piled up on your Majesty's desk. You can say that he is incompetent, but you can never say that he didn't go looking for them!" Meng Tian slammed the table and cursed.

"Forget it, let's talk about business! Don't worry about whether Concubine Li is sick or not. I came back this time because I received a secret report that a group of Hun assassins have secretly sneaked into Xianyang and are going to assassinate Your Majesty. I have already reported the situation to Your Majesty with the young master's letter and my own memorial during the day. You must take good care of the guards in the palace. If there is any mistake, even if you are my brother, I can't save your life." Meng Tian looked at Yi Xiaochuan's stubborn look and couldn't help but feel angry.

"After the matter of the Xiongnu assassin is settled, you should leave Xianyang and go to the Great Wall with me!"

"Brother, why?"

Yi Xiaochuan is very clear-headed now. He knows what will happen to Xianyang Yushu if he leaves her. Who will take care of her?

"Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Meng Yi, you must remember your identity. You are a minister of the Qin Dynasty, and she is His Majesty's concubine. I can't control what you think in your heart, but you are not allowed to do anything beyond the duty of a minister!" Meng Tian frowned.

"My dear subject, big brother, you always think like this. We are all human beings. We all have two eyes, a nose and a mouth on our faces. What's the difference?" Yi Xiaochuan was very dissatisfied with Meng Tian's reminder.

He was spoiled since he was a child, and he was not given the moon when he wanted the stars. When he came to Daqin, he was very dissatisfied with the fact that people were divided into different classes. It was because of their status that his love with Yu Shu became so difficult. What family, country and the world were even more bullshit. Why should he sacrifice his love with Yu Shu for others?

"Meng Yi, listen to me carefully! My family, Meng, is originally from Qi. Later, we came to Qin to pursue our ambitions. We have come this far because of our duty! If you talk nonsense like this and someone with ulterior motives hears it, at best you will lose your life, at worst the Meng family will be confiscated and exterminated!" Meng Tian slammed the table again.

"Then, big brother, just live your life according to your duty!"

Who doesn’t have a temper? Yi Xiaochuan also retorted and left home.