Chapter 32 The Frightened County Magistrate
Li Si was stunned when he saw the people in the box.
Why are Your Majesty and Marquis Wucheng here?
Ok?
What about the three-year-old kid next to him?
Why are Your Majesty and Marquis Wucheng visiting a brothel with a three-year-old child?
What is the identity of this three-year-old child?
Li Si searched his memory in his mind and had the impression that Zhao Yi was a three-year-old child.
Could it be His Majesty’s illegitimate child outside?
Do not!
It's impossible. If he was an illegitimate child, Your Majesty would not have secretly brought him to the brothel.
Instead, he publicly announced to all officials that he had a new prince and granted the three-year-old child the status of a prince.
In fact, Li Si had already guessed the answer, but reason told him that it was impossible.
The middle-aged man on the left was ready to attack: "Do you know who I am? Here you go..."
Li Si quickly reached out to stop the middle-aged man, "Wait!"
Of course Li Si knew what his companions wanted to do.
Using his status as the magistrate of Shaqiu County, he forced His Majesty and the others to vacate the box.
Li Si said righteously: "I think things like the box should be divided into first come first served. Since others came first and we came later, the box should be theirs."
Not to mention the first come first served rule now, even if Your Majesty arrived later, I would not dare to grab Your Majesty's box.
"You can't force someone to leave the box. This is immoral and not what a gentleman should do."
If the magistrate of Shaqiu County dared to snatch Your Majesty's box now.
Soon the official hat on his head will be lost.
I even have to run and kneel before His Majesty to apologize.
The Shaqiu County Magistrate turned to Li Si and said, "But Mr. Li..."
Then he saw some panic in Li Si's eyes.
"Let's go out and talk first, so as not to disturb Mr. Zhao's enjoyment of the performance." Li Si quickly interrupted the county magistrate.
The magistrate of Shaqiu County was aware that even the Left Prime Minister of the Great Qin State said this, and he knew there must be some hidden story behind it.
So he nodded and said, "Okay."
Although he often acts arrogantly as the county magistrate in Shaqiu County, he is not stupid.
The fact that Li Si, the left prime minister, was so fearful showed that the person in the box was no simple person.
There are only a handful of people in Daqin who have this status.
Li Si and his companions left the box.
After Li Si left, Zhao Yi said, "Oh, Old Zhao didn't realize you were so impressive."
"That guy surnamed Li is obviously a high-ranking official, so he is qualified to stand in the middle."
"As soon as I saw you, I gave in."
Ying Zheng smiled and explained, "I just had some communication with him, so he gave me some face."
Wang Jian on the side complained in his heart.
It's not just a little communication, but his position was given by your Majesty. How dare I not give your Majesty some face?
This kid Zhao is not easy to fool. He can see that Li Si is a high-ranking official.
After Li Si walked out of the box, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
The Shaqiu County Magistrate at the side asked in a low voice: "Thank you, Lord Li. I wonder if Lord Li could reveal who was in the box just now?"
Li Si rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'll tell you later. Let's find a private room first."
Alas~ You are so impatient in doing things, no wonder it is difficult to achieve great things. Until now, you are still just a county magistrate.
If it weren't for the fact that Li Shen, the magistrate of Shaqiu County, was related to me, I really wouldn't want to have anything to do with him.
Li Si asked the brothel owner to find an empty box.
Although the possibility is small.
But what if?
He didn't want something like that to happen again.
After entering the box, County Magistrate Li Shen hurriedly asked, "Sir Li, who were those people in the box just now?"
He really wanted to know the answer, because he had just offended the person in the box.
So he has to apologize, and the value of the apology gift will be determined by the identity of the person inside.
Li Si shook his head and said, "Alas, it's normal that you forgot. After all, you met him five years ago. And that gentleman is wearing casual clothes now."
After all, they were outside now and His Majesty was traveling in casual clothes, so Li Si used "that adult" to refer to His Majesty for fear that there might be eavesdroppers.
"five years ago?"
As soon as Li Shen heard about five years ago, he realized something.
Five years ago he was appointed as the magistrate of Shaqiu County in Xianyang.
He remembered!
Who is that person in the box?
Although five years had passed and he looked a little older, he was still wearing casual clothes.
Inside the box was His Majesty the Great Qin Shi Huangdi who had appointed him five years ago!
Finished!
Why couldn’t I remember it just now?
Did I just want to rob His Majesty's box?
Unable to believe the truth, he asked tentatively: "Is that the one in the box?"
As he spoke, he pointed his finger upwards.
Li Si nodded and said, "Yes, that's the one."
Upon hearing this, Li Shen slumped in his chair, with cold sweat the size of soybeans breaking out on his head.
He said in a panic, "Master Li, tell me what to do? Otherwise, I should go to his house and kneel down to beg for mercy."
Li Si said coldly: "No! If you knock on the door now, you will really be dead."
He didn't know what to say about Li Shen. Now that His Majesty was wearing casual clothes, it was obvious that he didn't want others to know his identity.
Why did Li Shen think of knocking on the door and begging for mercy? How could such a foolish person appear in the Li family?
Li Shen anxiously asked again: "Then what should I do? Who would have thought that that person would secretly visit a brothel, using a fake identity, and bringing a three-year-old child with him."
"I originally thought he was just a wealthy businessman named Zhao. But in the end..."
Li Si raised his finger and whispered, "Shh~ Don't talk so much. It won't be good if others hear it."
Alas~Although he is a little stupid, he is still a family member after all.
Please help if you can.
After all, he wanted to grab the box for his own sake.
Who told His Majesty to act out of the ordinary by taking a three-year-old child to a brothel and using a disguised identity?
So what happened to that kid?
Li Si suspected that His Majesty did not leave Shaqiu County and often disappeared during the day and came back at night to deal with memorials.
I'm afraid all this has a lot to do with that three-year-old child.
Li Shen immediately covered his mouth with his hands.
"Things are not irreparable yet, because that person doesn't know who you are. Even if he wants to punish you, he will come to me to ask."
"I will naturally speak up for you when the time comes. But that person may still demote you, so you have to be mentally prepared."
Li Shen nodded and said, "I understand."
In his opinion, as long as he can stay alive, he can accept demotion or something.
"But you have to get rid of this temper in the future. Things like robbing the box must never happen again." Li Si reminded again.
"Even if you give me ten times the courage, I won't dare to do it again."
Li Shen did exactly as he said, and from then on he stopped showing off his power and became very humble and approachable. In the end, he became a good official praised by the people.
Zhao Yi never thought that he could become a good official just by visiting a brothel.
On the other side, Zhao Yi stopped gossiping with his scumbag father.
Because Yu Ji is on stage and the show is about to begin...
(End of this chapter)