The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

Upon seeing Ying Zheng's ferocious expression, Hu Hai instinctively tried to run away.

But as soon as he turned around, the armored soldiers on either side had already pinned him to the ground.

"run?"

"This Great Qin still belongs to me; it hasn't fallen into your hands yet. Where do you think you can run off to?"

As Ying Zheng approached step by step, his incredibly ferocious expression terrified Hu Hai so much that he wet his pants.

"I...I didn't do anything! I haven't done anything at all!"

Hu Hai struggled frantically.

Looking at the son he once loved so dearly, Ying Zheng felt only regret.

I regret spoiling the wrong person!

"You haven't done anything? You mean I can only punish you after you've done something?"

"Huhai, if it weren't for the divine grace of the immortals, my Qin dynasty would have perished in your hands!"

"Go kneel down obediently next to Zhao Gao. If you say another word, I will cut out your tongue."

At a single command, Hu Hai was immediately taken to Zhao Gao's side.

He dared not utter another word of begging for mercy.

Everyone knows that His Majesty the First Emperor's words were never just threats.

He said he'd cut off his tongue, so he definitely wouldn't keep it!

After slaughtering all his brothers and sisters, Hu Hai, at Zhao Gao's instigation, turned his murderous intent to court officials and local officials.

From the Right Chancellor Feng Quji downwards, countless officials died tragically at the hands of Hu Hai.

Zhao Gao took the opportunity to support his own cronies.

In a short period of time, most of the court fell into his hands.

Then Hu Hai asked Li Si how to make the people under his rule obedient so that he could enjoy happiness forever.

In order to preserve his position, Li Si simply introduced a series of harsh laws and punishments, which took another big step towards the demise of the Qin Dynasty.

Unfortunately, no matter what he did, the final outcome was predetermined.

Zhao Gao would not let him go.

After gaining control of most of the court, Zhao Gao arbitrarily fabricated numerous charges without evidence and imprisoned Li Si.

After a series of tortures to extract a confession, Li Si's crimes were confirmed, and he was sentenced to death and his entire family was exterminated.

"Ha, Li Si's fate is quite fitting for him."

Ying Zheng sneered.

[Due to the implementation of a series of severe laws and punishments.]

In addition to conscripting a large number of laborers to build the Epang Palace and the Lishan Mausoleum, Hu Hai also continuously increased taxes in various regions.

Even those who escorted grain and money to Xianyang were not allowed to eat the grain on the carts; they had to carry their own grain.

Under such pressure, the first peasant uprising broke out.

The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising!

"Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, speaking of which, they can be considered my predecessors."

"A book is hidden in the belly of a fish, a fox speaks, the Great Chu will rise, and Chen Sheng will be king."

"And there's that saying, 'Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?'"

"It must be said that these two people were really capable and had ideas. Their uprising was the beginning of the demise of the Qin Dynasty."

Upon seeing this, Liu Bang couldn't help but smile and sigh.

Ironically, after news of the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising reached Xianyang, Hu Hai not only did not send troops to suppress it, but also doubted the authenticity of the news.

In his view, the Qin Dynasty should be at peace, so how could anyone rebel?

With only sycophants remaining among the ministers below, naturally no one would oppose his words.

A massive uprising was reduced to a few insignificant petty thieves in their mouths.

A few righteous individuals stood up and declared that this was a treasonous rebellion, but those who told the truth were the ones who were punished.

It is inappropriate to speak of crimes!

From then on, no one dared to speak the truth in front of Hu Hai.

"Is it inappropriate to speak of crimes?"

"Hu Hai, your prestige far surpasses that of me."

Ying Zheng was so angry that his vision blurred.

Can't we even speak the truth anymore?

The rebels are almost at our doorstep, and when the ministers below speak the truth, you send them to jail?

So you think that if you close the door, the rebels outside will disappear on their own?

Isn't this just pure self-deception?

"I always thought that Zhu Qizhen was stupid enough to single-handedly destroy an army of 200,000, but I never imagined there could be something even more stupid!"

Whose general is this?

Oh, so he's the First Emperor's son. That's alright then.

"To be honest, although we know that Hu Hai was a foolish ruler, this is the first time we've ever heard of such an absurd thing."

"I reckon if this guy hadn't been so stupid, Zhao Gao wouldn't have chosen to support him as a puppet."

Old Zhu sneered.

He regained his confidence.

Although Zhu Qizhen was incompetent, useless, and stupid.

But at least he wasn't as stupid as Hu Hai.

The practice of covering their eyes and pretending the rebels disappeared is truly eye-opening!

Even though Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had a great deal of influence, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao didn't pay much attention to them.

On the contrary, Hu Hai became even more obsessed with eating, drinking, and having fun, and ignored all the affairs of the palace, leaving them all to Zhao Gao.

At this point, all the civil and military officials realized one thing.

In name, Hu Hai was the emperor.

But the one who truly held the reins of power in the entire Qin Dynasty was actually Zhao Gao, who stood before them.

To demonstrate his standing among the officials, Zhao Gao specially sent a deer into the palace for the court assembly on this particular day.

The screen changed from subtitles to visuals again.

Zhao Gao stood arrogantly before the civil and military officials, pointing at the deer in front of Hu Hai.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of the fine horse I specially had someone buy from the East Market a few days ago?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Hai did not immediately question it, but instead rubbed his eyes.

After confirming that he hadn't misread it, he spoke with some doubt.

"This is clearly a deer, how could it be a fine steed? Prime Minister Zhao, have you been deceived?"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gao turned to look at the officials below with a half-smile.

"I say this is a fine steed, but His Majesty says it's a deer. What do you all think?"

His tone was full of threat.

In an instant, all the smart people realized what was going on.

"Your Majesty, this is clearly a fine horse! How could it be a deer? You must be mistaken!"

“That’s right. This old minister has seen countless horses, and this is clearly a Ferghana horse!”

"The Prime Minister has excellent taste! He actually managed to buy such a fine horse!"

"I wonder where the Grand Chancellor purchased such a fine horse? Could you please tell me? I would like to buy one as well!"

All the ministers in the court seemed to have something wrong with their eyes.

They actually identified this ordinary deer as a prized Akhal-Teke horse!

Even Hu Hai was no longer certain.

He rubbed his eyes several times, trying to make sure he wasn't seeing things, but no matter how much he rubbed, all he could see was a deer!

"But, but what I saw was a deer, Prime Minister Zhao, what's going on?"

"Is there something wrong with my eyes?"

Hu Hai panicked.

"Perhaps Your Majesty's killings were too excessive and offended Heaven, which is why Heaven punished you, causing you to mistake my Ferghana horse for a deer."

"From now on, Your Majesty should stay in the palace and cultivate yourself in seclusion, and make as few public appearances as possible. Perhaps this will allow Heaven to rescind its decree."

Zhao Gao was talking nonsense.

Hu Hai actually believed it and nodded repeatedly.

"Perhaps that's the case. Then we'll leave the affairs of state to Chancellor Zhao!"