Chapter Fifty-One: The Palace of Tranquility

  Seeing the Qin people around the square showing signs of losing control, Hu Hai hastily whispered: "Zhang Ai Qing, you quickly loudly pass on the edict, just say that I said I'm fine, let them all disperse as soon as possible. You have the Imperial Guards pay attention to maintaining order, absolutely cannot allow trampling to happen, if there are those who take advantage of the situation to cause trouble, capture them, don't kill anyone."

  Zhang Han handed Huhai over to the eunuchs who had arrived with a sedan chair, and whispered a few words to the eunuchs who were crying and wailing on the side, before hurrying off to arrange for Huhai's surrender.

  The Qin people gradually quieted down as soon as they heard Zhang Han's edict, and when they heard Hu Hai's edict, the Qin people repeatedly asked to convey to His Majesty to take good care of his body, and then gradually dispersed.

  Hu Hai was carried on a soft couch, looking at the following Ying Teng and smiling: "Old Master Zong Zheng, you are deceiving heaven and earth. If the people find out that I am like this, I'm afraid I will be blamed by the people of the world."

  "Your Majesty's body is worth a million gold, how can you really bear the whip. However, this matter is known only to the old minister and the two chancellors, Wei Lao and Zhang An, and no one else in the court knows about it. Your Majesty doesn't have to worry."

  "It seems that I will have to lie on this soft couch for a while. But I am very curious, how did the old ancestor deceive heaven and cross the sea?" Hu Hai, Li Si, and others had small calculations in their hearts, but they would not dig their own graves in this matter.

  "Haha, a little trick, Your Majesty can ask me to tell you again another day. For now, it's best for Your Majesty to return to the palace and take care of your body."

  Heard the tone of ridicule in Winteng's words, Hu Hai rolled his eyes, must he really stay in this palace? If not staying in the palace, he definitely can't appear in public, what to do then? The prisoners were just transferred today, where are they going?

  Huhai, covered in blood, crawled onto the soft couch and was carried into the Xianyang palace. He scared Green Pearl half to death as she had just gotten up, thinking that Huhai had been assassinated. Later, it was heard that Huhai had given himself thirty lashes, and his tears flowed non-stop.

  The imperial physician was right behind Hu Hai, who didn't dare to speak directly and pretended to be weak, letting the imperial physician leave the medicinal plaster for treating injuries. The imperial physician knew that the emperor had just been beaten so badly, he must have been unhappy in his heart, originally a bit fearful, now hearing Hu Hai hurry them out, one by one as if they were pardoned, they left without even farting to thank him.

  When he stood in front of the imperial physician, Hu Hai suddenly jumped up and said: "Alright, stop crying, or you'll become a little kitten. Do I look like I have anything on my mind?"

  Green Pearl still had tears on her face when she saw Hu Hai covered in blood jumping out of bed, and after hearing that Hu Hai was fine, she looked left and right for half a day before finally confirming that Hu Hai was indeed fine. She immediately burst into laughter and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, you're teasing..."

  "Hush! Don't let others hear! Hurry up and prepare, I want to take a bath and change clothes, this bloody outfit is making me feel miserable." Hu Hai stopped Green Pearl's cheers.

  After much persuasion, Lu Zhu was finally convinced to leave, and Hu Hai took a comfortable bath.

  When Huhai himself came out dressed and refreshed, Zhang Han had already been waiting at the gate of the palace.

  "Zhang Ai, have the imperial guards started transferring those convicts and slaves yet? Who is leading them?" Hu Hai lay on the soft couch, letting Green Pearl attend to his wet hair as he spoke to Zhang Han.

  "Your Majesty, the 100,000 Imperial Guards have begun to transfer the prisoners after Your Majesty returned to the palace. The Judicial Commissioner, Lord Yao, is in charge of counting the number of prisoners with the help of the Left and Right Monitors and the Prison Administration Office. General Meng Li, the Deputy Commander of the Five Garrisons, leads the 100,000 Imperial Guards to escort the prisoners to Fengqiu."

  "Yes, absolutely do not disturb the people of Xianyang. You again let Wang Jian lead 50,000 imperial guards to be responsible for maintaining law and order in Xianyang, and transfer the remaining 50,000 imperial guards to the Bashang camp. Are there any garrisoned soldiers in the Bashang camp?" Hu Hai ordered and asked.

  "Your Majesty, the large camp at Bashang has only over a thousand soldiers responsible for guarding and repairing the barracks, with no garrison troops. However, Your Majesty, now that all the imperial guards have been transferred to the large camp at Bashang, the number of guards led by Wei Yang is less than 10,000, shouldn't some imperial guards be transferred to guard the Imperial City?" Zhang Han hesitated and said.

  "Are there not 50,000 Imperial Guards in the city? And also the soldiers from the Left and Right Guard Command of the Yao Jia Fu, you order someone to lead the 50,000 Imperial Guards into the Weishui Upper Camp first, repair the barracks. After all the convicts have been transferred to the Weishui Upper Camp, I will return to the Weishui Upper Camp."

  "Your humble servant obeys your orders."

  "All right, you go and call Dong Wei that old man, then go to the Ministry of Land to supervise Feng Qi and others to measure the land. If there is anything, report it to me at any time." Hu Hai waved his hand and was about to drive Zhang Han away.

  "Your Majesty, I am not by your side. If you have an edict, how should it be handled?" Zhang Han hesitated and asked.

  Hu Hai thought for a moment and said, "Today, let Meng Kuo go to the Ministry of Land in your place. Tomorrow, you can go to the Ministry of Land again. It's about measuring land and handling important matters. You go and call Dong Ruo over, then arrange for him to accompany me on a trip out of the palace."

  "Your Majesty wishes to go where, I will let Weiwei scout ahead first and then deploy the Imperial Guard to follow."

  "Can I go out like this? Just you are enough. I want to go to Hei Bingtai." Hu Hai said, giving him a white eye.

  "Your Majesty, this... if something unexpected happens, I'm afraid I alone cannot protect you fully. If anything happens to Your Majesty, I will not be able to atone for it even with my death!" Zhang Han bluntly refused, although being allowed by Hu Hai to follow him to the mysterious Black Ice Platform in the palace had excited him, but compared to Hu Hai's safety, he would rather not go.

  "As long as we sneak out quietly, who would know that I'm not in the palace? Alright, it's settled then. You quickly go and arrange for a horse carriage to be prepared. We'll leave once Tong Wei arrives." Hu Hai said, leaving no room for refusal.

  Although Hu Hai said so, Zhang Yan did not dare to take risks. He ordered someone to find Dun Ruo, but instead went to find Wang Qian and asked Wang Qian to withdraw 10,000 forbidden soldiers and cavalry to wait for orders outside Xianyang City before going to find Meng Kui.

  Zhang Han left not long after, and then Ton Ruo arrived. Since the First Emperor had entrusted Ton Ruo with the secret of Hei Bing Tai, which was the most important thing in the imperial court, Ton Ruo's loyalty to the Great Qin was undoubtedly unquestionable. Therefore, Hu Hai did not hide the fact that he was unharmed.

  Moreover, as for the Black Ice Platform that they were going to, Hu Hai didn't even know how far it was. If Duan Wei thought he had severe injuries and wouldn't let them go, then it would be a loss. At this point, Hu Hai couldn't care about so much anymore. As for Duan Wei, he seemed to have known all along and wasn't surprised in the slightest.

  Huhai originally wanted to tell Dun Ruo not to say that he was not injured, but seeing Dun Ruo's completely unsurprised expression, he knew that this thin old man was cunning and didn't need him to do anything extra.

  Hu Hai directly told Dun Ruo that he wanted to go to Hei Bing Tai, and Dun Ruo was equally unsurprised. It's only natural, after all, anyone who knows about the existence of such a powerful killing tool in Qin would want to control it as soon as possible.

  When Zhang Han had arranged everything and returned to the Xianyang Palace, Hu Hai was already impatient. Dong Wei looked like he was about to die, and when Hu Hai asked him about the situation with Hei Bingtai for half a day, he kept repeating four words: "Your humble servant does not know."

  When he heard Zhang Han's request to see him, Hu Hai hastily ordered someone to announce it. Without waiting for Zhang Han to pay his respects, he asked: "Is everything ready?"

  "Everything is ready for Your Majesty."

  "Alright, let's go, Dong Ai. Lu Zhu, you guard the entrance of the palace, and tell anyone who asks to see me that I am resting."

  "Yes, milord!" Lu Zhu said with a reluctant expression.

  ……

  Hu Hai wore a suit of soft armor, with a black cloak woven with golden threads covering his head and face. He followed Zhang Han and Dong Yi out of the Xianyang Palace quickly. Outside the palace gate, an ordinary horse carriage was parked, guarded by a forbidden soldier.

  The chariot had no driver, Hu Hai was the emperor and could not drive the chariot himself, Tong Wei was old and weak and also couldn't drive the chariot, so it could only be driven by Zhang Han, the Lang Zhongling.

  Zhang Han carefully closed the horse carriage door, took over the reins from the imperial guard's hand, and said in a low voice: "You follow the carriage, after leaving the city go to Flying Horse to inform General Wang Qian, let him lead the army to disperse and follow the escort, and send soldiers to scout ahead in the direction of the carriage. If there is any change, report immediately. Absolutely do not approach the carriage."

  "Ah!"

  The imperial guard didn't ask Zhang He why, and after a low response, he disappeared.

  Zhang Han's arrangement was unknown to Hu Hai. At this time, he got into the carriage and asked: "Ton Ai, now can you tell me where Hei Bingtai is?"

  "Your Majesty, now it is possible for Chancellor Zhang to drive his chariot to the Xianyang Palace!"

  "Where is the palace?"

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