Qin Shi Huang: Three Assassins, a Hidden Death, and the Coup Inside the Funeral Carriage

In the seventh month of 210 BCE, Qin Shi Huang fell ill at Shaqiu, many weeks from the capital at Xianyang. He was on his fifth inspection tour of the eastern empire. The Records of the Grand Historian places his death at the Pingtai palace when he was only forty-nine. The court did not announce it. Chancellor Li Si, the eunuch Zhao Gao, the emperor’s youngest son Huhai, and a few trusted eunuchs kept the news secret.

In the seventh month of 210 BCE, Qin Shi Huang fell ill at Shaqiu, many weeks from the capital at Xianyang. He was on his fifth inspection tour of the eastern empire. The Records of the Grand Historian places his death at the Pingtai palace when he was only forty-nine. The court did not announce it. Chancellor Li Si, the eunuch Zhao Gao, the emperor’s youngest son Huhai, and a few trusted eunuchs kept the news secret.

In the seventh month of 210 BCE, Qin Shi Huang fell ill at Shaqiu, many weeks from the capital at Xianyang. He was on his fifth inspection tour of the eastern empire. The Records of the Grand Historian places his death at the Pingtai palace when he was only forty-nine. The court did not announce it. Chancellor Li Si, the eunuch Zhao Gao, the emperor’s youngest son Huhai, and a few trusted eunuchs kept the news secret.

In the seventh month of 210 BCE, Qin Shi Huang fell ill at Shaqiu, many weeks from the capital at Xianyang. He was on his fifth inspection tour of the eastern empire. The Records of the Grand Historian places his death at the Pingtai palace when he was only forty-nine. The court did not announce it. Chancellor Li Si, the eunuch Zhao Gao, the emperor’s youngest son Huhai, and a few trusted eunuchs kept the news secret.