In the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang (2 10 BC), Qin Shihuang died of illness and wrote a letter to Fuxi to inherit the throne before his death. Before the imperial edict was issued, Qin Shihuang died. Zhao Gao Lishi conspired to tamper with the imperial edict of Qin Shihuang, supported Hu Hai, the eighteenth son of Qin Shihuang, to ascend to the throne, and forged a false imperial edict ordering Fu Su and Meng Tian to commit suicide.
Hu Hai sent messengers to send the testamentary edict to Shang Jun, but Fu Su didn't tell the truth in his grief, crying and really preparing to commit suicide. Meng Tian stopped him: "Now that the emperor is away, there is no prince, and I have 300,000 troops guarding the border. How can I commit suicide with a letter just because a messenger comes? I ask you to ask again. " Without thinking again, Fu Su said to Meng Tian, "Since the father wants his son to commit suicide, what else can he ask?" Say that finish fu su top-notch commit suicide.
Sima Qian's Historical Records commented: "Fu Surende." "Resolute and brave, trusting others is brave".
After Fu Su's death, Hu Hai succeeded to the throne and became Qin Ershi.
Fu Su's fame spread, and people all heard about his fame. During the Chen Sheng and Guangwu Uprising, they tried to take advantage of Fu Su and Xiang Yan's fame to take power.