Great Qin: I Am Ying Zheng

Commoner from Zhao: "King Zheng of Qin, we're relatives. This humble commoner also bears the Ying surname and the Zhao clan name. If we go back a few hundred years, we're all one family."

Ying Zheng: "???"

Commoner from Han: "I beg the King of Qin to reconsider. Han, Zhao, and Wei were originally one family, but then... and so we split apart. By that reckoning, this humble commoner and King Zheng of Qin are family too. So could you withdraw the troops from the Qin-Han border first? I'm just an ordinary commoner. Seeing a great army at our doorstep terrifies me..."

After hearing them, Ying Zheng's mind is full of questions.

Lü Buwei: "Why are you all trying to claim kinship? If we're talking about relatives, the Queen Dowager Xuan and Queen Dowager Huayang were both from Chu, and they were elders of King Zheng of Qin. Doesn't that make Chu a relative of King Zheng too?"

By that logic, which of the Seven States isn't related to the others?

Commoner from Zhao: "Exactly! If we're all relatives, why keep fighting with blades every day? Can't we sit down and talk things out?"

At last, Ying Zheng finally understands...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.