Editing Qin Shi Huang (section)

===Lao Ai's attempted coup===
As King Zheng grew older, Lü Buwei became fearful that the boy king would discover his liaison with his mother, [[Lady Zhao]]. He decided to distance himself and look for a replacement lover for the queen dowager, and found a [[macropenis|macrophallic]] man named [[Lao Ai]].<ref name="Mah">Mah, Adeline Yen. (2003). ''A Thousand Pieces of Gold: Growing Up Through China's Proverbs''. Published by HarperCollins. {{ISBN|0-06-000641-2|978-0-06-000641-9}}. pp. 32–34.</ref> According to ''The Record of Grand Historian'', Lao Ai was disguised as a [[eunuch]] by plucking his beard. Later Lao Ai and queen Zhao Ji got along so well that they secretly had two [[illegitimate son]]s together,<ref name="Mah"/> and Lao Ai was ennobled as Marquis and showered with riches. Lao Ai, now grown ambitious, had been planning to replace King Zheng with one of his own sons, but during a dinner party he was heard bragging about being the young king's [[stepfather]].<ref name="Mah" /> In 238&nbsp;BC, while the king was travelling to the former capital Yong ({{lang|zh|雍}}), Lao Ai seized the queen mother's [[Chinese seal|seal]] and mobilized an army in an attempted [[coup d'état]].<ref name="Mah" /> When notified of the rebellion, King Zheng ordered Lü Buwei to let [[Lord Changping]] and {{ill|Lord Changwen|zh|昌文君}}<!--Please keep the interlanguage link until the article is written--> attack Lao Ai. Although the royal army killed hundreds of rebels at the capital, Lao Ai successfully fled.<ref>The Records of the Grand Historian, Vol. 6: Annals of Qin Shi Huang. [http://ctext.org/shiji/qin-shi-huang-ben-ji] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130414130732/http://ctext.org/shiji/qin-shi-huang-ben-ji|date=14 April 2013}} The 9th year of Qin Shi Huang. 王知之，令相國昌平君、昌文君發卒攻毐。戰咸陽，斬首數百，皆拜爵，及宦者皆在戰中，亦拜爵一級。毐等敗走。</ref>

A bounty of 1 million coins was placed on Lao Ai's head if he was taken alive or half a million if dead.<ref name="Mah" /> Lao Ai's supporters were captured and beheaded; then Lao Ai was captured and executed via [[dismemberment]] by five horse carriages, while [[familial extermination|his entire clan was exterminated to the third degree]].<ref name="Mah" /> His two young sons were also executed, while the Queen Dowager Zhao was placed under [[house arrest]] until her death many years later. Lü Buwei was [[forced suicide|forced to commit suicide]] by drinking a cup of poisoned wine in 235&nbsp;BC.<ref name=wood/><ref name=Mah/> Ying Zheng then assumed full power as the King of the Qin state, and [[Li Si]] became the new [[chancellor of China|chancellor]] in replacement of Lü Buwei.