The Story of Gao Yi

Before Ying Zheng took charge, Lu Buwei had power in both the government and the public. Gao Yi was born in a family of officials, and the struggle in the family caused him to lose his relatives. In order to avenge his father's murder, he promoted his vicious concubine and his son to the highest position. He also introduced his younger brother Lao Ai to the Empress Dowager Zhao as a favor, causing him to fall from the top and be ruined. The Seven Kingdoms competed for hegemony, and he, Ying Zheng, and Chu San were known as the Iron Triangle. One day, Chu San said to him, "The jade you are carrying is the key to the basement three miles away from the burial pit of the royal tomb." From then on, Gao Yi's identity became confusing. No one knew whether he was a son of an official or a member of the royal family...