Chapter 1 I am Qin Er Shi

  A faint crimson sunlight spilled over the distant high mountains, casting a layer of pale yellow with dark red light on the mountain tops, like a dream. As the sun gradually hid behind the mountains, the burning red glow also slowly faded away.

  In the blink of an eye, the last wisps of sunset in the western sky had merged into the vast twilight, and the sky gradually darkened. The surrounding mountains presented a cyan outline, and the dusk deepened, with the earth shrouded in a haze of confusion.

  Among mountains, on the straight highway.

  A long, long procession was moving along the main road, one after another orange-red torches lit up in succession, far away from a winding dragon gradually formed, stretching for dozens of miles, banners fluttering, long spears piercing the sky, carriages rumbling and horses whinnying.

  In the long procession, in the middle was a magnificent black carriage with an elliptical top cover, pulled by twelve strong and majestic black horses. The carriage moved slowly, and Hu Hai sat inside, looking through the window lattice at the gradually disappearing sunset, his eyes suddenly clear but with a hint of confusion.

  He is Hu Hai but also isn't Hu Hai.

  To be precise, his body belonged to Huhai, but his soul came from the 21st century, more than two thousand years later.

  Before his soul was replaced by Hu Hai, he was a young man who struggled hard and had a small dream: to have a house facing the sea, with warm spring flowers, 4M wide band, and be able to order takeout. For this small dream, he has been struggling all along.

  Three days ago, he was in a hurry to see a client, walking on the streets of Xi'an, when suddenly a disaster occurred, and the street collapsed.

  Then the ground sank right under his feet, followed by a blackout, and when he came to, he found himself on this huge carriage, and then he knew he had become Hu Hai.

  What the f**k? This is a pit! That's clearly a heavenly pit, isn't it? How else could I have passed through directly?

  It has been three days since he arrived in the Great Qin Dynasty and became the second emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, but he still hasn't adapted to his role.

  For the past three days, he had been holding back his anger. This is ridiculous! Why did you have to possess someone like Hu Hai, who was a short-lived emperor for only two or three years? Now all the power is in the hands of Zhao Gao and others, and he himself is just a puppet!

  Are you guys really going to pretend to be foolish emperors every day, just waiting to die? Waiting for Zhao Gao, the first great traitor in history, to let his son-in-law slaughter himself? Waiting for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's "are kings, princes, generals, and ministers born of noble blood?" and then the Great Qin will perish?

  For three days, Hu Hai thought a lot, with anxiety, confusion, stealthy joy, complacency, and even a little melancholy.

  He was anxious about coming to more than 2,000 years ago, with only that little bit of history in his mind, what to do; confused is his future, the setting sun of the Great Qin, Hu Hai who eats and waits for death is himself.

  It's a delight that Nima Laozi is after all an emperor; with a sense of pride and satisfaction, the current Great Qin Empire belongs to him, and countless lands across China are his, so can't he do as he pleases? Leave his mark on future generations of China?

  He was pleased that Nima had watched so many time-traveling dramas, and as a result, they really did travel through time, and became the second emperor in Chinese history, although this emperor's life was short-lived, and now he is just a puppet.

  Hmph, haha, emperors, emperors, don't they have **three thousand beauties?** And they're all natural, classical beauties without plastic surgery, no grape-colored hair dye or black wood ear piercings... and let's not forget Yu Ji! And the infamous Xiang Yu, king of Chu, who was known for stealing women. Just thinking about it gets him excited. Every time he thinks about this, he falls into endless fantasy.

  Now he has a new dream: majestic China, spanning Eurasia, the center of the world, all nations come to pay homage, eternal and immortal for ten thousand years.

  Now I am Hu Hai, Hu Hai is me, he told himself so.

  Huhai thought to himself that he would become an emperor for the ages, thinking about how to allocate his three thousand beauties, a lewd and lustful smile gradually appearing on his face, from time to time letting out a few snickers that made people's hair stand on end.

  The despicable smile made the palace maids around the carriage tremble with fear, and they couldn't help but secretly scold this foolish Second Emperor, fearing that he might come up with another torturous idea. They quietly distanced themselves from the carriage.

  If Hu Hai knew that his unintentional laughter would make his personal palace girls think so of him, wouldn't he vomit three liters of blood and die on the spot, then cross over again?

  Just as Hu Hai was indulging in his own infinite desires, a sharp and delicate voice suddenly came from the window of the carriage, "Your Majesty, Lang Zhongling Zhao has come to pay respects."

  This voice directly scared the Second Emperor of Qin, Hu Hai, who was just about to hold a grand meeting with three thousand beauties, and his morale was high. Hu Hai's heart was shocked and he cursed secretly for a long time before he angrily shouted: "Which Zhao official?"

  The people outside the carriage heard the endless anger hidden in Hu Hai's words, and their hearts were nervous, but they immediately thought of Lord Zhao and felt relieved. However, Hu Hai's question obviously shocked him for a moment, and he replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao is indeed Zhao Gao, the Imperial Physician."

  When he heard the two words "find high", Hu Hai suddenly remembered that in the past three days, there would be a Zhao gentleman coming to pay respects every day. At that time, Hu Hai had just worn this great Qin dynasty and was not used to his new role, so they were all rejected by him with physical discomfort and refused to see outsiders.

  Only today did I realize that the so-called Lord Zhao was actually the infamous eunuch Zhao Gao.

  Thinking that the original owner of this body died at the hands of Zhao Gao, Hu Hai couldn't help but grit his teeth. Now that you're here, you definitely won't let him die in the hands of this treacherous person again, nor will you let Great Qin be defeated by him.

  Hu Hai was eager to see the appearance of this number one eunuch in history, whether he was as ugly as the legend said, and whether he was as cunning as a fox.

  Having made up his mind, Hu Hai calmed down his excited mood and said in a low voice, "Let him come in."

  The eunuch outside the carriage was stunned, always feeling that something was wrong with Emperor Er Shi, this feeling had been there since three days ago, and today it was especially obvious. However, as soon as this thought arose, he himself felt that he was being paranoid, because after all, he was guarding the imperial carriage every day.

  Could it be that I've been exhausted for the past two days? It seems like I need to find someone to take care of the Second Highness for me, so I can rest. Otherwise, because I messed up Lord Zhao's entrusted task, no matter how many heads I have, they won't be enough to atone for it.

  Thinking of this, he seemed to see the cruelty of Zhao Gao's tactics and couldn't help but shiver quietly, hastily responding with a "yes" before retreating. He didn't dare keep Zhao Gao waiting.

  Before long, there was a gentle knock at the carriage door.

  "Who?" Hu Hai asked, although he clearly knew that at this time, the one knocking on the door would not be anyone else except Zhao Gao. However, he still asked who it was because he found himself getting a bit tense after his excitement, and he feared revealing his weakness in front of Zhao Gao.

  Zhao Gao heard Hu Hai's question, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. He detected tension in Hu Hai's tone and found it strange that he hadn't seen him for three days, now even his speaking tone had changed. Had the matter of returning to Xianyang three days ago that he had instructed him on frightened him? Was that why he hadn't dared to see him for three consecutive days?

  Zhao Gao thought he had gotten the answer he wanted, so he didn't think about it anymore. As the teacher who had taught this little emperor for over twenty years, he was very clear that Hu Hai was a person with no ideas of his own, timid and afraid of trouble, mediocre and incompetent. Although he is now the Second Emperor, what's the difference? He still wouldn't dare go west if Zhao Gao told him to go east.

  He must convince Hu Hai today, he wants Hu Hai to make up his mind as soon as possible, so that he can also prepare himself at ease, and after returning to Xianyang, he can launch it immediately, without giving those people a chance to turn over.

  "Your Majesty, your humble servant Zhao Gao pays his respects." Zhao Gao said with utmost respect and courtesy, bowing his head in greeting, but a hint of disdain flashed across his downcast eyes.

  Hu Hai took a deep breath and thought to himself that with his experience and knowledge spanning over two thousand years, he couldn't even handle a eunuch?

  "Come in." Hu Hai didn't know what to call Zhao Gao, the original owner of this body had dissipated into nothingness, leaving behind only a physical body and the vast lands of Qin. Even if the First Emperor were to crawl out of his tomb and stand before him, Hu Hai probably wouldn't recognize that this was his nominal old father.

  Hearing Hu Hai's words, Zhao Gao was even more certain of his suspicions and pushed open the door to enter.

  What appeared before Hu Hai was a tall man, wearing a green robe, with a high and vertical crown on his head, like a mountain shape, white face without beard, thick eyebrows and bright eyes, although not a handsome man, but at least it was the middle and upper appearance of a man.

  Zhao Gao's voice was loud and clear, if not for the fact that he didn't have an Adam's apple, Hu Hai would have thought he wasn't a eunuch at all, without any of the weakness and effeminacy of the kind often seen on TV.

  Seeing Zhao Gao's face, Hu Hai suddenly realized that if Zhao Gao was indeed a man who was neither masculine nor feminine, with an ugly appearance, how could the First Emperor have trusted him to stay by his side for decades.

  Zhao Gao saw that as soon as he came in, Hu Hai stared at him tightly. He stretched out his hands and looked himself up and down, puzzled, saying: "Is there something wrong with the body of the lower official? Your Majesty is staring at the lower official like this."

  The tone of this remark is somewhat disrespectful. Even though Hu Hai had only been emperor for three days, Zhao Gao seemed to have no regard for him as the emperor and even dared to question him back, venting his dissatisfaction in front of him.

  Hu Hai didn't show any expression, he knew that if he showed his dissatisfaction with Zhao Gao now, his life might be in danger. He hurriedly smiled and said: "I haven't seen Lord Zhao for three days, today I saw him and it's very cordial, so... haha"

  The rest of the words Hu Hai himself didn't know how to finish, so he could only force a few laughs to cover it up.

  Unexpectedly, Zhao Gao immediately believed Hu Hai's explanation and smiled: "Your Majesty, I will come to pay respects every day, but is your dragon body better?"

  Huhai heard Zhao Gao's words and suddenly felt a little sweat on his forehead. He didn't know what to call Zhao Gao, but then he thought of the word "Ai Chen" which was often used by emperors in ancient times to address their trusted ministers. He hastily said: "Zhao Ai Chen, my body has recovered a lot, please sit down." When calling Ai Chen, Huhai kept staring at Zhao Gao tightly.

  Zhao Gao seemed a bit puzzled when he first heard the word "Ai Qi", but after thinking for a moment, he seemed to have understood its meaning. He sat down with a smile and said: "Your Majesty's knowledge is profound, and you can come up with such apt and elegant words. I am deeply impressed."

  It is clear that the two words "Ai Qi" are not Hu Hai's usual way of addressing Zhao Gao, but it is obvious that Zhao Gao is very pleased with this pirated version of Hu Hai.

  Huhai listened to Zhao Gao's words and secretly let out a breath of relief, then he randomly made up an explanation: "I came across this term in a miscellaneous book I read over the past two days when I had nothing better to do. Since you, Lord Zhao, are my trusted minister, I thought it would be fitting to use this term to address you. Fortunately, you like it, so from now on, that's what I'll call you."

  Huhai's words were full of warmth and flattery.

  "Your Majesty can call me whatever you want, it's my good fortune." Zhao Gao laughed loudly and said, apparently pleased with Hu Hai's flattery.

  "Your Majesty, the matter I spoke to you about last time, have you given it any thought now?" Zhao Gao asked with a piercing gaze at Huhai.

  Huhai had no idea what was going on, so he covered his head and stammered: "Dear minister, I...I...haven't been feeling well these past few days, I forgot what you said, that...you tell me again."

  Zhao Gao observed that Hu Hai's expression was awkward and his eyes were evasive, thinking that he did not want to do that thing and wanted to shift the blame. Therefore, he directly pointed out: "Your Majesty, the Sand Hill plot, all the princes and ministers are suspicious of it, these people may have ulterior motives. Every time I think about this, I am worried and fearful of unexpected events. If the heart's great calamity is not eliminated, how can Your Majesty be at ease?"