Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

The only bad thing was that the Sixth Prince’s life was harder. He had to help his son clean up almost every day. At most, he had to wash him two or three times a day.

Even though there were palace servants around him and the Sixth Prince didn’t need to do it himself, he was still very worried. The clothes that Xiao Ye Jin brought with him every day would soon be insufficient.

At first, Ye Jin and the Sixth Prince slept in separate rooms, but later, in order to protect his son from his younger brother, the Sixth Prince simply slept with his son himself.

However, the more the Sixth Prince acted like this, the more Ye Shuo became more outrageous.

Life in the temple is really boring. It is also kind of fun to compete with the Sixth Prince in wits and courage from time to time.

Often, the Sixth Prince would be talking to someone, and in the blink of an eye, his son would disappear. Looking at the figure running away not far away, who else could it be but his younger brother?

Xiaojiu seemed to treat his son as a trophy, and stealing him would be considered a success.

The Sixth Prince just felt that his younger brother was extremely childish and had made no progress at all over the years.

Ye Jin was terrified at the beginning, then became trembling with fear, and finally became numb and cold now.

Oh, I’m used to it.

Now, suddenly a pair of hands came from behind, picked him up and ran away. Little Ye Jin felt no emotion at all.

“Ninth Uncle, we have to go back early today. I still have to study.” Seeing that he could not resist, Ye Jin took the initiative to propose conditions and negotiate with him.

Ye Shuo felt that the children of the royal family were really miserable. They finally had a vacation, but they couldn’t escape the fate of studying.

It’s not that studying is bad, reading is definitely a good thing. You should study when you should study and play when you should play. It would be too tiring to think about studying when you can’t play.

This child doesn’t seem to have a childhood…

Fortunately, there was a small porcelain kiln behind the temple, which was usually used to make some simple ceramic utensils, such as pottery jars, bowls and plates. Basically, it was self-sufficient. Seeing an idle windlass, Ye Shuo took him to make a few small bowls by hand.

In the meantime, Ye Shuo took Ye Jin to the mountain to pick up some firewood.

It is extremely cold in the mountains in winter, but fortunately, once you start exercising your body will gradually start to heat up, so after walking back and forth, it won’t be so cold anymore.

Then, Ye Shuo taught Ye Jin how to make charcoal step by step.

Ye Jin was stunned. He felt that the Ninth Prince knew so many things that he could even burn charcoal.

Then he told this to the Sixth Prince. The Sixth Prince looked at his son’s eyes, which were slightly surprised, and was silent for a moment before saying, “…Except for studying, your Ninth Prince knows everything.”

Especially when it comes to having fun, it reaches the pinnacle.

The Sixth Prince had a headache. He never thought that his son would find it interesting to pick up branches to make a fire, even though it was just some simple chores.

But that’s how children are. When they make something with their own hands, the participation they get in it is incomparable to anything else.

Just when Ye Shuo and Ye Jin were looking forward to opening the kiln, the next day, news came that the Queen was celebrating the Thousand Years Festival.

Calculating the time, the Queen’s birthday is around these few days.

When she was in the palace before, it was basically just a routine matter. In the first few years, she would entertain ministers at banquets. But after the Thirteenth Prince was born, there were no more such banquets. Basically, they were just held in the backyard, and Ye Shuo didn’t keep track of it.

The Queen is the mother of a country, but now Emperor Jingwen seemed to have just remembered it and hurriedly had a family banquet set up in Bailu Temple.

The emperor was busy grieving for the deceased prince, so how could he remember anything else? How could the queen not be angry?

In fact, on the day of the queen’s birthday, Emperor Jingwen was still mourning the prince with the abbot, and only came out of the meditation room when the family banquet was about to start in the evening.

No matter who it is, I guess no one would be happy celebrating their birthday under such circumstances.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not very good, Ye Shuo was very tactful and did not show up. He took the cleaned Ye Jin and quietly walked around behind the crowd and came to the table.

Now that Ye Shuo has grown up, he naturally can no longer sit with the imperial concubine and Jian Jian. Instead, he sits on the left with the other princes, while the imperial concubine, Jian Jian, the virtuous concubine, and the concubines sit in the row on the right.

Buddhism is a quiet place, so naturally there is no sound of decadent music. Fortunately, there are some martial monks in Bailu Temple, so the banquet was not boring.

Of course, not boring is only from Ye Shuo’s perspective. He likes these things and is interested in the boxing and stick techniques in the temple, so naturally he would not be unhappy.

But looking at the Queen, her expression is almost unable to be maintained.

The Queen was filled with hatred and felt that the Emperor was too heartless. Even though he was angry at her for acting on her own, so many years had passed, and wasn’t it enough that he had punished and humiliated her like this?

The crown prince was dead, the previous empress’s legitimate son was dead! Yet, he still refused to even look at herself and her son.

For a moment, the queen felt disheartened, and the last bit of concern for Emperor Jingwen in her heart disappeared.

However, compared to the empress, Emperor Jingwen’s spirit and complexion were better than before. The abbot of Bailu Temple was indeed an accomplished monk. After some persuasion, Emperor Jingwen seemed to relax a little.

As the monks were coming and going, the eldest prince, who was sitting at the front, was originally doing nothing. Soon, his attendant came in from outside, and while everyone’s attention was on the group of monks, the attendant quickly whispered a few words to the eldest prince.

“Your Highness, General Xu sent a message saying that in the evening, on the back of Zilu Peak, there were traces of trampled grass and trees on a small path. There were also some fresh footprints beside the stream. It is estimated that someone came up the mountain. General Xu asked if we need to send troops up immediately?”

This is a temple after all, and most of the soldiers are only stationed at the foot of the mountain.

They are not ordinary villagers!

The eldest prince was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes changed slightly. The fourth prince beside him looked over subconsciously, and the eldest prince returned to normal almost instantly.

“There are many wolves at night, remember to tell General Xu to be alert.”

Although he said this, the eldest prince shook his head slightly at his servant.

The attendant had followed the eldest prince for many years, so how could he not know what his every move meant?

“Yes.” The attendant went out again without much hesitation. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have gone to pass on the message to General Xu.

The eldest prince did not notice that Emperor Jingwen, who was at the top, glanced over here.  

Even though he was the eldest prince, he felt his heart pounding at this moment, and he felt inexplicably irritated.

Zilu Peak has been sealed off, and there are so many people guarding the foot of the mountain, with the imperial carriage prominently among them. Now an outsider is going up the mountain in the dark, he must have bad intentions.

The eldest prince was almost certain that this wave of assassins was targeting his father. At the same time, the words that the second prince said in the Xuanzheng Hall that day once again emerged in the eldest prince’s mind.

Ever since that day, the eldest prince has been feeling uneasy. He wanted to ask someone, but the seriously ill second prince refused to speak and just looked at the people he sent with a gloomy expression. This made the eldest prince angry and resentful, but he could do nothing about it. The seeds of doubt in his heart gradually sprouted.

Of course, this is not the most unsettling thing for the eldest prince. What makes him most uneasy is the actions he took in Shangjing City during the period when his father was missing.

At the moment, my father is immersed in the pain of losing the crown prince and has no intention to investigate. Once my father recovers from the pain and knows that I am leading troops to control Shangjing…

The eldest prince didn’t dare to imagine what would happen to him, his wives, concubines and children.

Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, the eldest prince had to make a choice. It would be too late if he delayed any further!

General Xu and General Fang at the foot of the mountain were both his confidants who had followed him in battle for many years. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the eldest prince could not help but be tempted.

The commander-in-chief of the Black Armor Guards happens to be ill right now. Isn’t this God creating an opportunity for him?

But the eldest prince really couldn’t kill his father and brothers with his own hands, so these assassins came at the right time.

Looking at the familiar faces before him, the eldest prince had a fierce struggle in his heart and soon hot sweat appeared on his forehead.

Ye Shuo, who was standing by, was completely unaware of this and was eating the vegetarian food in front of him with great relish. When the sound of breaking through the air was heard, Ye Shuo was even stunned for a moment.

“There’s an assassin! Protect the king!”

Wang Ziquan standing by subconsciously stood in front of Emperor Jingwen, and his already shrill voice became even more piercing.

Among the princes, the thirteenth prince sat the lowest, because Emperor Jingwen had never acknowledged his status as the legitimate son, so he could only sit according to seniority.

The assassins rushed in from the main gate, and the Thirteenth Prince was naturally the first to encounter them.

The Thirteenth Prince was a coward to begin with. When he first saw this scene, he naturally rolled over and crawled in fear, “Help! Someone come and save me!”

“Someone, come quickly!”

Except for the eldest prince, Ye Shuo had the fastest reaction among almost everyone.

Hearing the Thirteenth Prince’s cry for help, Ye Shuo paused suddenly, but then he rushed towards the imperial concubine and Jian Jian opposite without hesitation.

When did the defence around my cheap dad become so lax?

The assassinations they have encountered in recent times are more than those in the previous 19 years combined. The last incident just happened, and now…

Wait, the last incident is not over yet!

They only found out that it was the two prefects who did it, but the two prefects obviously didn’t have that much power, so there must be another force behind it.

After Ye Shuo reacted, he looked up at Emperor Jingwen.

Seeing that his cheap father didn’t seem surprised after seeing the assassin, as if he had expected it, Ye Shuo suddenly thought of a possibility.

Could it be that my cheap dad is… fishing? ? ?

He is not sad because of the death of the crown prince, but he is really trying to lure the snake out of its hole!

In fact, my cheap father had already found out who was behind this, and he kept it a secret until today!

But Ye Shuo didn’t understand. With my cheap father’s personality, if this was really done by one of his brothers or someone else, my cheap father wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to put on such a show.

Ever since my grandfather fell into poverty, no one in the entire Great Zhou could threaten him anymore.

Unless the person behind this is from outside.

Following his adoptive father’s gaze, Ye Shuo only saw the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother had long lost her favour, and considering his stepfather’s previous attitude, Ye Shuo didn’t believe that there was love between the two of them.

But at this time, the first person his stepfather looked at was the Queen, which made Ye Shuo a little confused.

Then Ye Shuo suddenly remembered that he was once scolded by his adoptive father because the queen had too close contact with the princess from Beiting who was married to the princess.

No way…

This is the Empress of the Central Palace! The other master of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

Just when Ye Shuo was shocked, he saw the panic and fear on the Empress’s face. It was so real that it didn’t seem fake.

Ye Shuo hesitated for a moment, wondering if he had made a wrong judgement. Not to mention Ye Shuo, even Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but frown.

But if it wasn’t the queen, who else could it be?

At the same time, the fourth prince also came to the side of the thirteenth prince.

Ye Shuo was originally the closest to the Thirteenth Prince, but he ran away. The only one left was the Eighth Prince. The Eighth Prince wanted to rescue him, but was dragged to his side by the First Prince.

As for the Seventh Prince and the Fifth Prince, one lost his mother and the other lost his brother. Now their hearts are colder than each other and they don’t bother to care about such things at all.

The two of them only care about their own life and don’t care about the death of others.

Look at the Sixth Prince. He is already busy protecting his own son, so how can he spare any extra energy?

The Fourth Prince hesitated for a long time, but in the end he couldn’t bear to watch his brother die at the hands of the assassin, so he rescued the Thirteenth Prince before the assassin’s sword pierced him.

“Follow me, don’t mess around—”

Before the Fourth Prince could finish his words, a dagger pierced his chest.

Then, the dagger stabbed out.