Longevity by Picking up Attributes in the Battlefield Chapter 340 - 155: Zhao Feng: Emperor Qin Shi Huang Went to Handan for Efang! (Part 4)

This time, his curiosity was truly piqued.

Ying Zheng mused aloud, "What great talent would be worth My journey of thousands of miles?" He then added with a domineering laugh, "Not even Guiguzi!"

"Could it be that the Great King has left something behind in Handan?" Zhao Feng asked, unable to think of anything else.

Ying Zheng did not respond immediately. Instead, he picked up the wine jug, poured a drink, and took a sip. After a moment of silence, a reminiscent look filled his eyes with longing as he said slowly, "I am looking for my wife."

Hearing this, Zhao Feng was shocked. "The Great King’s wife?" he stammered. "No way."

"If she is the Great King’s wife, why would she have remained in Handan? Did she not accompany the Great King back to Qin?"

"Why did she not become the Queen of Qin?"

With the revelation of such a secret, Zhao Feng’s interest was completely aroused.

At that moment, memories raced through Zhao Feng’s mind as he cross-referenced all the history he knew. He felt as if he had just uncovered Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s greatest secret.

"She returned with me," Ying Zheng sighed, his tone laden with endless guilt. "But I failed to protect her."

Zhao Feng nodded but did not reply.

Zhao Feng understood instantly.

"That is not your fault, Great King," he said, trying to offer some comfort. "Although I did not experience what the Great King went through, I have heard about the events following your return to Qin. Though you ascended the throne quickly, you had not yet taken personal rule, so many matters were beyond your control."

"At that time, there was the powerful Chancellor Lv Buwei, the former Tai Hou, the Zong Shi, and the Hundred Officials. The court was ever-changing, and everything was outside your control," Zhao Feng said slowly.

"If a man cannot even protect his own woman, it is a failure for him."

"I failed back then."

Ying Zheng took another drink, the guilt in his eyes never fading.

Clearly, this was the knot in his heart. If he could not find his beloved, this knot would never be untied, not even in death.

Listening to these secrets of the future Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Feng’s feelings were, unsurprisingly, very complex.

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