Ziying wiped the cold sweat from her head and leaned against the wall, breathing secretly.

He wanted to investigate Xun Jin's past again, but he was afraid that Xun Jin would make bold words again.

"Slowly deal with him in the future." Ziying scolded.

Just as Ziying was about to turn around and return to the palace, a figure he hadn't seen for a long time appeared not far away - Zhao Cheng, who was the prime minister's deputy but did not petition with him.

Zhao Cheng looked anxious, walked over quickly, knelt down and raised his hands, "I failed to stop Prime Minister Lu. It was my dereliction of duty."

"Xiangguo Zhao should have come together. Prime Minister Lu has been rewarded." Ziying said with a smile.

"What?" Zhao Cheng asked in shock, wondering how such a crime could be rewarded.

Ziying couldn't help but smile, "Literati are very stubborn, so I gave him a book to change the temper of Confucian scholars."

"So that's it." Zhao Cheng suddenly realized, "Talk about it, Prime Minister Lu is still too young. Your Majesty left my brother's gang members behind and was almost taken advantage of by them."

"Those people are responsible for why Lu Jia came to petition?!" Ziying was shocked.

"This is what I just learned." Zhao Cheng nodded, "Not only that, they also want to communicate with foreign enemies and rescue Zhang Er who is imprisoned in Yueyang."

"I specially kept them here at that time. I don't know how to be gracious!" Ziying clenched his fists and cursed, "If I hadn't lost the battle, I'm afraid those people would still be pretending to be loyal ministers and good generals!"

Ziying's body trembled with anger. If Chen Ping hadn't come, the people he punished in his anger were Lu Jia and Li Xin, but those people were able to escape unscathed.

"Your Majesty, the person who told me the secret has come with me, and I want to see your Majesty now," Zhao Cheng said.

"This is the hero. Please invite him over quickly." Ziying ordered.

Zhao Cheng stood up, hesitated to speak, and soon brought back a man in his forties or fifties, dressed in red and wearing a rich crown. His appearance had deteriorated, but he still had a heroic spirit.

Ziying looked at the man carefully and frowned slightly, "I don't remember that I have this beloved lady in the court."

The man raised his hands seriously and said, "Go back to the King of Qin. I am not a minister of Qin, but the son of Chang Shang Wang Zhang Er. I have come here to beg the King of Qin to release my father."

"Then your Excellency is... Zhang Ao?!" Ziying said in shock.

"Exactly." Zhang Ao nodded.

Zhang Ao was not only Zhang Er's son, but also Liu Bang's son-in-law, who married Liu Le, Princess of Lu Yuan.

Ziying always thought that Zhang Ao could be married to Liu Bang only because he was young.

Liu Ying is only five or six years old this year. Although Liu Le is Liu Ying's eldest sister, they were both children when they were pushed out of the carriage by Liu Bang.

Zhang Ao really thinks that an old cow eats young grass...

"Liu Bang is so willing to give up." Ziying sighed secretly.

"What did King Qin just say? I didn't hear you clearly." Zhang Ao asked hurriedly.

"It's nothing." Ziying covered it up and asked, "So the person among my ministers who is collaborating with foreign enemies is your Excellency?"

"In order to rescue my father, I did contact the officials of the Qin State." Zhang Ao said bluntly.

"Hmph." Ziying smiled disdainfully, "The affairs of those traitorous ministers have been exposed, so you can only come to me to beg me, right?"

"Yes and no." Zhang Ao shook his head and said, "After I reached an agreement with Qin Chen, I heard that he wanted to avenge Zhao Gao and bring trouble to the court, so I changed my mind. I would like to help the King of Qin find some traitorous officials in exchange for the release of my father.

I have a real plan."

Ziying secretly laughed, Zhang Ao's method seemed wise, but his cleverness was mistaken for him.

Zhang Er was being guarded by Lu Sheng in Yueyang. If he joined forces with traitors or even went to Yueyang in person, as long as he saw Lu Sheng and revealed his identity. Lu Sheng thought Ziying was dead, Zhang Er would definitely let him go.

"Mr. Zhang Ao came a step too late. Your Majesty's imperial censor is currently interrogating those people, so you don't need your help." Zhao Cheng sighed.

Zhang Ao and Zhao Cheng were both from the Zhao country. Although Zhao Cheng was not in contact with foreign enemies, it was a pity that Zhang Ao failed to surrender.

Zhang Ao lowered his head and gritted his teeth, "Changshan Kingdom has been destroyed. Shen Yang followed Wei King Bao, and Pei Gong was seized by Lu Pheasant. My father is of no use to the King of Qin. I hope the King of Qin will be kind enough to release my father. I can spend all my wealth and work as a horse for the King of Qin."

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As Zhang Ao spoke, he fell to his knees with a plop and knocked his head on the ground.

"Mr. Zhang Ao doesn't have to be like this!"

Zhao Cheng quickly helped Zhang Ao up. The skin on Zhang Ao's forehead was completely broken, blood flowed across the bridge of his nose, and his eyes were a little blurry.

"Please ask the King of Qin for mercy!"

"Your Majesty, this..." Zhao Cheng wanted to persuade but couldn't.

Ziying was also a little bit intolerant. According to history, even if Zhang Er died, he would only live for less than five years. Zhang Ao wanted to be a slave in exchange. He was really a filial son.

Zhang Ao, who married Princess Lu Yuan, was made things difficult for Liu Bang, but he did not complain and still treated him respectfully as his son-in-law. Such a man could not refuse.

Zhang Ao broke away from Zhao Cheng and wanted to kowtow.

Ziying quickly stopped him, "Mr. Zhang Ao is an elderly man, so there is no need to come here."

"If the King of Qin does not agree, I will have no choice but to do this!" Zhang Ao pleaded.

Ziying was moved and wanted to laugh inexplicably. How could a group of people who wanted to die come to see him in one day?

"What Mr. Zhang Ao said is reasonable, and I agree." Ziying compromised.

Zhang Ao was stunned for a moment, not expecting it to be so easy to release Ziying.

"I am willing to offer all my family wealth, Meiji, to thank the King of Qin for his great virtue!" Zhang Ao said excitedly.

"Forget it." Ziying joked, "Changshan Kingdom has been destroyed, where will the money come from, sir?"

"I can get it out as much as I can." Zhang Ao explained, "My father once raised many diners. When the country was destroyed, I relied on their protection so that I could escape unscathed. The diners also helped bring out the money."

Diners?

Ziying's heart moved slightly. Zhu family's diners were full of treacherous and villainous people. But Zhang Er was different. He was once a diner of Lord Xinling, the "unparalleled one in the world", and his diners were all heroes among men.

Even the rogue Liu Bang would treat Zhang Er respectfully in the future.

If Zhang Ao could be bribed, those heroic diners would be considered serving the Qin Dynasty.

"I have a beauty from Zhao who originally wanted to bribe the Qin ministers, but now I will give them to the King of Qin as well!"

"Absolutely not, I really don't need anyone in the palace." Ziying said anxiously.
Chapter completed!