Great Qin: With Hu Hai Ruling the State, All My Retainers Turned Evil

In the thirty-sixth year of the First Emperor's reign, a meteor fell from the sky bearing a prophecy: "The First Emperor will die, and the land will be divided."

To break the prophecy, the First Emperor announced that he was traveling east to seek immortals, but in truth, he was going incognito.

Before setting out, he ordered Hu Hai to govern in his place, with Zhao Gao and Li Si assisting him.

Who could have guessed that as soon as Hu Hai took charge, he would frame Ying Mu, the First Emperor's ninth son, for plotting rebellion, then secretly send assassins to kill him and make it look like he had "taken his own life out of guilt"?

At the brink of life and death,

a pair of iron halberds descended from the sky!

Your retainer feared you would die, sacrificed his true self, and became a corrupted Dian Wei!

Your retainer feared you would die, sacrificed his true self, and became a corrupted Xu Chu!

Your retainer feared you would die, sacrificed his true self, and became a corrupted Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, now assembled at the north gate!

Ying Mu slew Yan Le, the magistrate of Xianyang, and rode out of the city with a hundred cavalrymen.

"For the humiliation of being framed and the death of my retainers, the next time we meet, Hu Hai, you will die!"

When the First Emperor returns...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.