This means that Ying Zheng was about to die on the way to patrol, which directly caused trouble for the inheritance of the throne.

Under normal circumstances, Ying Zheng should have died in Xianyang, the imperial capital, and then sent a letter from Xianyang to Fusu, the governor of Shangjun, to return to the capital. Fusu would then receive orders to return to the capital and inherit the throne.

This trip doesn't take much time, only seven days at most, and maybe three or four days would be enough.

But even if it only takes three days, it is enough to make it full of suspense about who will win the throne.

There are more than a dozen princes in Xianyang City. Will they wait patiently for their eldest brother to come back and inherit the throne?

When Fu Su was transferred to the county, and Ying Zheng was still reluctant to establish the crown prince, there was always a consensus within the imperial court that the intensity of the prince's seizure of the throne would not be low.

The empire was different from the Zhou Dynasty, as well as the various vassal states that established themselves after the decline of the Zhou Dynasty.

The empire is completely unfeudal!

Everyone is treated equally, even the prince is no exception.

If the dozen sons of Ying Zheng cannot inherit the throne, they will only be rich and idle for the rest of their lives - it is difficult to say how far this "wealth" can go.

For ordinary people, this is of course a good thing when smoke comes out of ancestral graves, but for a dignified prince, it is very uncomfortable.

Not to mention, after the new emperor ascends the throne, it is difficult to say what he will think of these brothers who compete with him for the throne.

If the new emperor wanted to kill them on a whim... they really would have no power to fight back, they could only kill them at the neck.

Foreign ministers generally do not interfere with such internal affairs of the royal family.

They might try to dissuade the emperor from killing his son. After all, the prince is a potential prince and cannot be killed easily, but the emperor's brother...who cares?

In this case, if there is really no chance, these princes will definitely not seek death, but if there is a chance... some of them will definitely be willing to take a gamble.

Once a prince wants to take risks, three to five days are enough to make the transfer of the throne full of variables.

In the eyes of most people, it does not matter who the throne is passed to, but that it is important that the throne can be handed over smoothly.

Once this process goes awry, it will cause violent turbulence in the court situation, and even directly shake the power of the new emperor and the structure of the entire empire.

Therefore, Li Si had always believed that Ying Zheng would not choose the eldest son Fu Su - if Ying Zheng had this idea, he should show it instead of repeatedly punishing and reprimanding Fu Su.

It's a pity... Ying Zheng's thinking on this matter is inconsistent with the vast majority of normal people.

Because these people generally don't take the factor of immortality into consideration.

For Ying Zheng, immortality and being the emperor all the time is the best and most important choice. Inheriting the throne to his son is purely a backup plan.

Moreover, this backup plan seemed to him to be a completely useless plan before.

So he never thought about carefully arranging this plan - until Ying Zheng really faced death, he himself didn't know who he would choose to succeed the throne!

Who can guess Schrödinger’s successor?

After being surprised, Li Si couldn't help but frown.

For Zhao Gao, Fusu's succession to the throne was a fateful matter.

For Li Si, Fusu's succession was also not a good thing.

However, he is different from Zhao Gao after all. He is a serious and powerful prime minister who is both meritorious and useful to the empire. He is completely different from a slave like Zhao Gao.

Even if he is the emperor, it is impossible for him to be stabbed without any reason.

So it's not as urgent as Zhao Gao at the moment.

Zhao Gao knew this very well and was not in a hurry to get angry. He was just waiting for Li Si's further response.

"Since the emperor has given the order, then Zhao Mansion will act in accordance with the order. When the time comes, he will summon the eldest son to come down and join the convoy. Why are you suing me?" Li Si still did not express his position and asked calmly.

Zhao Gao chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm, and then said in a strange tone, "Master Xiangguo is very calm, but... do you really have no objection to the eldest son's succession to the throne?"

"The inheritance of the imperial throne is the dictatorship of His Majesty the Sacred Heart of the Free Emperor. How can we, the ministers, go beyond it!" Li Si seemed to be angry, his tone turned cold, and he replied with a flick of his sleeves.

Zhao Gao didn't care and continued:

"Once Mr. Fusu succeeds to the throne, do you think he will let you go?"
Chapter completed!