If I understood correctly, it is said that the mayor of the capital of Zhao imprisoned the children. So the Lady Zhao tells the Emperor to save the children to become a nation's hero. Why would he imprison them???
sharewhen lady zhao says the zhao king imprisoned the children it was refering to the king gathered and demanded all the zhao children to comit suicides along with the rest of nation when Qin invades, and lady zhao believed thats wrong and therefore wanted the Qin emperor to rescue and preserve the innocent zhao children, even though they are children of his enemy, and hence be a hero by doing the right thing and save life. but of course, you seen how it turned out eventually...
shareYou made it perfectly clear, thanks for the answer!
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