[Various] The Deposed Crown Prince's Survival Story

The seventeenth year of King Zheng of Qin

After eating vegetarian food for several months, until his eyes were almost as red as Hehua's and Baozhu's, Fusu sadly realized that he couldn't grow horizontally, so he started desperately trying to grow vertically.

Although Fusu is only nine years old, he is quite tall, comparable to a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy. Coupled with his still stunningly handsome face and the ever-growing popularity of various fan fictions about gods and immortals, Fusu has replaced Ying Zheng as the new male god of Xianyang girls in just two years.

That's right, it's always the case that only the newcomers laugh, but who hears the old ones cry?

But for Fusu himself, this feeling was far from pleasant, such as the current scene, where a meeting was in progress...

"Second brother, can't you be a little more handsome? You're so much uglier than eldest brother. When you chat with Hehua, this princess will lose face."

"Langgan, before you say that, take a look in the mirror and see if you are as good-looking as Hehua."

"How can I, the princess, not be as pretty as Hehua? I, the princess, am so cute and beautiful!"

A nine-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl were seriously arguing about "who is cuter and prettier".

"You foolish sisters, of all the princesses, I am of course the most beautiful."

The pretty little princess rolled her eyes at her two silly older sisters, then took out a small mirror from her sleeve and began to look at herself in the mirror. Touching her face, she said with a look of infatuation, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest princess in the world?" Then the pretty little princess put on a fake voice and said, "The prettiest princess in the world is of course you, the fifth princess of His Majesty the King of Qin, E'na."

"Baozhu, why are you eating raw vegetables?"

"I saw Xiaobai eating so happily, so I thought it was delicious, and that's why..."

"Oh, so is it delicious or not?"

"Well... Sister Hehua, you'll know once you try it yourself."

A pair of foodies, holding a small rabbit, were seriously discussing which of these "effeminate" dishes was tastier, while holding two pieces of a dish that looked so nauseating that Fusu (a type of Chinese herbal medicine) would make them want to vomit.

Besides these typical characters, there are also the Fourth Princess Dai, who always acts like someone owes him millions every time she appears; the Ninth Princess Lian, who can fall asleep sitting on the ground; and the Eighth Prince Zhou Zhang, who only knows how to laugh foolishly. They really make things much easier for Fusu.

Dressed in a black ceremonial robe, Fusu sat high on the main seat, his gaze sweeping over the scene below, which resembled a bustling market. A smile slowly crept onto his lips, revealing a hint of murderous intent.

These brats, it's been so long since they've had a meeting together, they've all forgotten how adorable their big brother is.

With his index finger crossed over his middle finger, Fusu snapped his fingers loudly.

Compared to the bustling main hall, the snap of fingers was naturally faint, but it wasn't meant for these mischievous kids.

"one two Three……"

Fusu counted silently in his mind, and just as he finished counting to "three", he heard a deafening roar coming from outside the palace.

"Ouch!"

The roar of the king of beasts made the entire hall tremble. It was extremely domineering and filled with murderous intent. Not to mention a few unruly children, even slightly weaker adults would be frightened.

The children all stared at the entrance of the main hall. A huge white-browed tiger with drooping eyes walked into the hall with a graceful, cat-like gait. It lay down at Fusu's feet, watching the crowd, as obedient as a kitten, or perhaps a puppy.

Judging from its menacing gaze, this "dog" is extremely dangerous.

"Brother Fusu summoned us here today. What important matter do you have to discuss?" The one who spoke was the twelfth prince, Run. Because his birth mother was a concubine who accompanied Mi Ji in her dowry, Fusu treated him more kindly than his other brothers and sisters.

It was precisely because of this relationship that Prince Run dared to speak out boldly when Fusu was unhappy.

"I've summoned you here for only one thing: Neishi Teng's army is already at the gates of Xinzheng, and Father King will soon annihilate the entire state of Han..."

At this point, Fusu was momentarily dazed. If there was anything regrettable and irreversible that happened during his month-long disappearance two years ago, it was Han Fei.

Two years ago, the Qin state officially launched an attack on Han, and this time the purpose of the attack was to completely destroy Han and take all of Han, rather than to conquer cities and seize territory as in the past.

As a prince of the state of Han, Han Fei could not bear to see such a thing happen in his own country. Therefore, he risked his life to submit the "Book of Preserving Han" to Ying Zheng, persuading him to leave Han behind.

Originally, because Ying Zheng did not value Han Fei, and Han Fei had been repeatedly humiliated by Fu Su in the past two years, his life was far less comfortable than it had been in history, so his enemies did not hate him so much that they were determined to kill him.

However, Han Fei's suggestion that Qin should not attack the weak state of Han, but instead attack the powerful state of Chu, was simply intolerable.

At that time, there were seven states in the world, and only three of them were powerful: Qi, Qin, and Chu. Qi was Qin's best friend and was also the farthest from Qin, so it was basically a no-brainer.

As for the State of Chu... well, Chu is very similar to the State of Qin. Both were barbarian lands that were not recognized by the Central Plains dynasties, with poor mountains, bad waters, and unruly people.

To attack other countries, sending a general and a detachment would suffice, but to conquer Chu would require the full strength of the entire nation.

After such a great battle, regardless of whether the Qin state wins or loses, it will take at least several decades to recover its strength. However, the most likely outcome of this great battle is a stalemate and mutual destruction.

The State of Chu could absolutely be called the Afghanistan of the Qin Dynasty—the graveyard of empires.

Of course, the reason for the disintegration of the Russian bear was that the war against Afghanistan was not going well and had reached a stalemate, and was peacefully transformed by other countries; if the Qin state had been having a bad war against the Chu state, it would probably have been transformed by force.

Therefore, in Ying Zheng's view, Han Fei's proposal was pushing the Qin state down a path of certain death.

Ying Zheng, who was already in a bad mood because of Fusu's matter, was even more furious. He immediately ordered Han Fei to be imprisoned in Yunyang Prison. A few days later, Han Fei mysteriously died in prison.

With Han Fei dead, the state of Han would naturally be erased from the map.

The following year, Teng, the acting governor of Nanyang in the state of Han, surrendered to Qin.

In the third year, Ying Zheng did not even send any Qin generals, but directly sent Neishi Teng, a surrendered general, with a detachment to attack Han.

Now, Neishi Teng's army has reached the gates of Xinzheng, and the state of Han... is destined to perish.

“If the kingdom of Korea falls, the palace will surely hold a grand banquet, and we children will also congratulate our father on his achievements. I have summoned you here to discuss the matters of celebration.”

Actually, it wasn't anything serious. It was just that, according to the rules of the Qin Palace, whenever there was a great victory, all the princes and princesses had to participate in singing and dancing to celebrate.

In recent years, the Qin state has been winning one victory after another. As the eldest son, Fusu had long been tired of these things. But having a philandering father is troublesome. Almost every year, new younger brothers and sisters are added to the family. Therefore, Fusu has to remind the mischievous children every now and then.

In addition, the last time all the kids had a big reunion was several months ago. Kids grow up quickly, and they look like they've had plastic surgery after just a few months apart. Fusu doesn't want to walk down the street and not recognize his younger siblings.

In recent years, whether it was due to being busy with state affairs or having too many children and losing interest, Fusu had rarely seen Ying Zheng come to the harem to show his fatherly love.

If the mother is favored, things are fine; if the mother is not favored, Ying Zheng probably wouldn't even recognize which one is his own child.

Therefore, Fusu, who was still a nine-year-old baby, was forced into the position of father by the moral heavy hand of "the eldest brother is like a father".

What a tragedy! Who on earth could make a nine-year-old child a father?

Just as Fusu finished his meeting, he heard a palace maid report that Yuwen Qizi had just given birth to a baby boy.

After listening, Fusu looked up at the sky.

Others thought Fusu was contemplating some important national affairs, but only Fusu himself knew that he was wondering who the Seven Princes of Yuwen really were.

Yuwen... seems to be a Xiongnu surname... her given name was quite complicated, later her father gave her a Central Plains name, "Yuwen Ling"... and... she was quite beautiful...

After thinking for a while, Fusu finally remembered who Yuwen Qizi was. She was a beautiful woman who had been presented as tribute by Xiangrong Kingdom a few years ago. Not long after entering the palace, she was given the title of "Qizi" because of her merit in giving birth to the eleventh prince, Yuguang.

Although this was Ying Zheng's seventh son who had given birth to two princes in a row, Fusu did not think that Ying Zheng, who was currently busy, would have time to visit her sons. After thinking it over, Fusu decided to act as an elder brother and go visit his lovely younger brother.

From afar, before even reaching the gate of Yuwen Qizi's courtyard, Fusu saw a royal carriage, a symbol of status, quietly parked at the entrance.

Father has arrived? How strange, Father has time to visit the newborn prince today?

Fusu felt wronged.

It's not scarcity that's the problem, but inequality. If Ying Zheng had treated all his children so well, Fusu wouldn't have been upset. But he ignored his other siblings when they were born, yet he eagerly came to see this little dumpling, even before him. Fusu was unhappy.

It should be noted that Fusu was the only child among Ying Zheng's children who was born as an only child and enjoyed Ying Zheng's special favor.

As Fusu entered the hall, he saw his boss father holding a small swaddled baby and grinning foolishly. While laughing, he said, "Yuwen Qizi has made meritorious contributions in childbirth, and today he is specially granted the title of Eighth Prince."

"Su'er greets Father." Fusu ran to Ying Zheng's side with a smile and said sweetly, "Father, Su'er wants to hold her little brother."

Ying Zheng glanced at Fusu, lowered his body slightly, and handed the baby in his arms to Fusu. "Su'er, look, isn't the little brother cute?"

"Not cute!" Fusu looked at it for a while, then pouted and shook his head.

Ying Zheng looked at Fusu, seemingly waiting for him to explain.

"No one is as cute as Su'er. Su'er is the cutest, most adorable child in Xianyang Palace."

"Hahaha! Su'er, you're so cute! Come here! Didn't you want to hold your little brother? You hold him!"

Looking at the little ball of flesh that Ying Zheng handed over, Fusu felt, for some reason, an urge to snatch it and smash it to death.

Huh? Have I become this domineering?