Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

"Your Majesty, Prince Yong wants to see you."

In the Xianyang Palace, the eunuch Ling, who was already wrinkled and old and looked like he might be buried at any time, bent over and said humbly.

"The third brother is back, let him in.".

"Yes!"

Just as the eunuch Ling was about to leave, Ying Zheng suddenly asked, "How many years have you been with me?"

The old eunuch was stunned for a moment and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have been with you since you were nine years old."

It seemed that Ying Zheng suddenly remembered that this old eunuch had become his personal eunuch when he just returned to Qin from Zhao, taking care of his daily life.

Therefore, after Ying Zheng inherited the throne of the King of Qin, even though he had no power at that time, he made him the most powerful eunuch in the inner palace.

Now that he thinks about it carefully, the other party has been with him for more than 30 years.

The old eunuch was already over fifty at that time, but now he is over ninety, which is rare in this era.

After a moment of silence, Ying Zheng said: "You are not young anymore, you may want to return to your hometown to spend your old age."

The old eunuch smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I have no connection with my hometown for a long time. I have been living in the palace since I entered the palace, and I am used to it."

"Let me stay with your Majesty for the last few years."

Ying Zheng nodded slowly, and said with dignity: "Okay, then I allow it."

The eunuch bowed and left with a smile.

Not long after, Ying Wei appeared in the Zhangtai Palace.

He looked at Ying Zheng who was sitting at the table at this time, and frowned slightly.

In the countless years in the past, every time Ying Wei came to the Zhangtai Palace, he saw Ying Zheng handling documents and government affairs expressionlessly.

But this time when he came to Zhangtai Palace again, Ying Zheng just sat there. There was nothing extra on his desk, only some tea and desserts.

At that moment, a word suddenly popped up in Ying Wei's mind-the hero is old!

Ying Zheng, he is old...

At this time, Ying Zheng is no longer as radiant as he was when he was young, although he has been enjoying the best things in the palace and his appearance seems to be well maintained.

But Ying Wei still noticed that Ying Zheng's skin has begun to dry up, even a little yellow, and his face has become much thinner.

The reason why he still looks majestic is entirely the result of makeup.

Ying Wei also put on makeup at this time to make his appearance look more in line with his age, so as to avoid Ying Zheng's suspicion.

He was a little emotional and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, I greet you."

Ying Zheng sat up straight, but his words were a little weak: "No need to be polite, let King Yong sit down."

The eunuchs and maids in the palace quickly brought cushions.

After Ying Wei knelt down, he looked at Ying Zheng and asked with concern, "Your Highness, your complexion is not good, have you asked the imperial physician to treat your body?"

YingZheng smiled and said, "I'm just a little tired recently. The imperial physician said that I'm fine, so don't worry."

Ying Wei was still worried and said, "Brother, the heir of the medical family is now in Qin State and works for me. Why don't I let the heir of the medical family come to the palace to take a look and check your Majesty's pulse?"

Ying Zheng refused and said, "I understand your concerns. The heir of the medical family is not very old. In my opinion, he is not much better than the imperial physician in the palace."

Ying Wei believed this. Medicine is profound and extensive. Even if she is a so-called heir of the medical family, she can't be good at everything. After all, human energy is limited.

Those who can become imperial physicians in the palace are naturally top talents. If we talk about the so many doctors in the entire imperial hospital, they are better than the heir of the medical family.

Ying Zheng's refusal seems reasonable, but Ying Wei still noticed the problem. His body might really be a little bit bad!

Otherwise, as an emperor, especially one who wanted to live forever, he must be very concerned about his health.

Even if Ying Zheng thought that the heir of the medical family was not necessarily better than the imperial physician in the palace, he would definitely summon the other party to see him to see if he needed to supplement anything, and he could also compare it with the conclusion of the imperial physician.

But Ying Zheng refused, which means that he did not want his physical condition to be known by the heir of the medical family, let alone by outsiders.

Even his younger brother Ying Wei, he could not let him know.

Whenever an emperor was in poor health, it would be the beginning of a political storm, and it might even be the beginning of chaos in the world.

As a qualified emperor, it was normal for Ying Zheng to do this.

However, Ying Zheng did not know that in this Xianyang Palace, Ying Wei seemed to have no spies at all. With Ying Zheng's skills, it was impossible for Ying Wei to bribe the eunuchs in the palace.

But Ying Zheng would never have thought that Ying Wei's biggest spy was actually the Queen Mother.

Although Zhao Ji, who had received many essences from Ying Wei, was already quite old, she was still full of energy and even looked like she was in her twenties.

It was for this reason that Zhao Ji had to put on makeup every day and even completely ignored Ying Zheng.

The relationship between the mother and son had been stable for so many years, so Ying Zheng didn't care.

But Zhao Ji, using her status as the Queen Mother, could easily grasp the information in the Xianyang Palace.

Now it seems that, just as Zhao Ji told him, Ying Zheng's health is already very poor. If he takes good care of himself, he may live a few more years.

Or he still puts all his energy on government affairs as in the past, and he may die of exhaustion at any time.

This is why when Ying Wei met Ying Zheng this time, the other party actually started to take care of his health and didn't even deal with government affairs.

Ying Wei was thinking about this. Ying Zheng leaned forward and asked expectantly, "Third brother, has the matter of Mount Shu been resolved?"

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Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Ying Wei suddenly had a poem in his mind - it's a pity that the seat in front of me is empty in the middle of the night, and I don't ask about the people but the ghosts and gods!

Once Ying Zheng would never care about these things. The high-spirited First Emperor always thought about the people of the world and the great cause of the Qin State.

But at the last moment of his life, he also began to care about these ghosts and gods.

Ying Wei felt that when people reach old age and when their lives are about to end, their thoughts will change.

Even the First Emperor, who was the greatest emperor in history, was the same. Even as a time traveler, he was still afraid of death.

Only in death, he was the most equal to everyone.

Ying Wei would not laugh at Ying Zheng. If he did not have a golden finger, he would probably be the same as Ying Zheng, and he would care most about the elixir of immortality.

On the contrary, Ying Zheng's statement made Ying Wei feel that this was more like a human being.

He was a living person with his own ideas, things he liked, and things he feared, not the cold title of the First Emperor in the textbook.

Thinking about these things, he said, "I have ordered Meng Tian to send the Fusang tree in Shushan to Sanghai."

"The mirage has been built almost, but whether it can travel far still needs to be tested. It is not known how long it will take to go out to find the overseas fairy mountain. It is estimated to be at least one or two years, maybe three to five years, or even more."

Ying Wei's words made Ying Zheng's mind full of various thoughts.

One or two years is fine, but if it is three to five years, can I really hold on until then?

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For the so-called elixir of immortality, he has given up 80% of his mind.

The reason why it is 80% is because Ying Zheng actually did not believe that there is any elixir of immortality in this world from the beginning.

If it really exists, why are all immortals only recorded in legends, but not seen in the nearly 2,000 years since the founding of the Xia Dynasty?

In the past 2,000 years, there have been so many talented people and mythical figures, and so many emperors with both literary and military skills, but why none of them can live to this day?

In fact, Ying Zheng knew long ago that the elixir of immortality is most likely a scam, a scam of the Yin-Yang School.

But Ying Zheng knew this, but he still spent national strength to find it. This is also human nature, and people are afraid of death.

"Third brother, if you have nothing to do today, accompany me to walk around this palace."

I have been dealing with government affairs all my life. At this moment, Ying Zheng suddenly wants to be lazy and do something he has never done before.