Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Whoever is missing will be quickly replaced.

Ye Shuo, together with others, knelt in front of Emperor Jingwen’s coffin for three whole days. Regardless of whether the people around them were being sincere or not, they all looked very sad.

The Imperial Concubine cried and fainted several times, and her pointed eyes were swollen like walnuts. Seeing this scene, Prince Su couldn’t help but feel a pang of bitterness in his heart. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, “Prince Rui, why don’t you accept the order?”

“Son…I accept your order.”

When he stood up, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but feel dazed for a moment. It was Yao Zhi who helped him up from behind, and Ye Shuo finally came back to his senses.

In the end, the emperor still cared about him.

When the Sixth Prince saw the imperial edict made of brocade, he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, but there was not much surprise on his face.

The ninth brother got what he wanted, and he also got what he wanted. As for the other brothers… seeing that the fifth prince and the eighth prince seemed to be resentful on their faces, the sixth prince did not take them to heart at all.

They were not my opponents in the past, and they are even less likely to be in the future.

The next task is to escort Emperor Jingwen to the imperial mausoleum. All the royal relatives, including the eldest prince and a number of married princesses, will accompany him to see him off for the last time.

I still remember how his father was always serious and solemn, but time passed quickly and everything turned out to be in vain in the end.

Those walking in the front were naturally the eldest prince, the sixth prince and Ye Shuo. The eldest prince was the eldest, the sixth prince was the heir appointed by Emperor Jingwen, and Ye Shuo was the most beloved son of Emperor Jingwen during his lifetime. Only the three of them could stand here.

This was a national mourning, and the entire streets of Shangjing were cleared out. The procession composed of royal relatives stretched for more than two miles. Paper money flying in the sky was like heavy snow, and under the strong wind, it was almost blinding to people’s eyes.

As he walked, he realised something was wrong. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but look at the Sixth Prince beside him and asked, “Why did you bring him here too?”

The person Ye Shuo was talking about was none other than Ye Jin.

Counting the days, Ye Jin is only about seven or eight years old now.

It would have been fine if he had brought it with him, but he didn’t even leave anyone to help him.

When Ye Shuo was in the mourning hall before, he was in no mood to pay attention to anything else. Now, after thinking about it a little, Ye Shuo realized that Ye Jin seemed to have stayed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for three whole days.

For three whole days, apart from a little food, he didn’t even drink water. Ye Jin was born weak, and this was going to cost him his life!

No wonder the kid looked so bad. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but frown: “Why don’t you ask the guards to carry him?”

The Sixth Prince naturally felt sorry for his only son, but there was nothing he could do.

“My father has just passed away. As the future crown prince, Jin’er should be here to see him off for the last time.” As for why he didn’t let anyone carry him, it was naturally because he was afraid that other royal relatives would laugh at him.

“But this place is dozens of miles away from the imperial mausoleum.”

The Sixth Prince’s gaze remained unchanged: “It’s only a few dozen miles, it should be no problem.”

Ye Shuo took a deep breath and couldn’t help but said, “You are such a cruel father.”

This was the first time that Ye Shuo confronted the Sixth Prince, and this was after the Sixth Prince made it clear that he would succeed the new emperor.

The Sixth Prince was silent and said nothing.

Ye Shuo didn’t care about that and picked the child up from the ground.

Just when Ye Jin felt dizzy and didn’t know whether he should speak, suddenly, he felt his feet lifted off the ground and fell into someone’s arms.

This smell, this familiar movement…

Ye Jin raised his head suddenly: “Ninth Uncle?”

After realising what was happening, Ye Jin immediately started struggling: “Ninth Uncle, put me down! Don’t let anyone see me!”

As Ye Jin spoke, he subconsciously looked at his father, while the Sixth Prince looked at the Eldest Prince beside him. Just as the Eldest Prince frowned, he saw Ye Shuo also looking at him.

The eldest prince: “…”

The eldest prince opened his mouth and tried to hold it in for a while, but he couldn’t help it and uttered: “What do you mean?”

“Why are you looking at me? Can I still argue with a child?”

The eldest prince didn’t even take a brat seriously. This kid really didn’t look that good. When Yan’er and the others were this age, they could train with other soldiers on the parade ground. But he was nothing like this. He felt like a strong wind could blow him away.

It is true that like father, like son. The Sixth Prince is not good himself, and his sons are not good either, far inferior to his own sons. The eldest prince felt much more balanced in his heart.

After hearing this, the Sixth Prince nodded towards Ye Jin.

Ye Jin immediately calmed down.

At this moment, Ye Shuo felt really tired for his brothers who lived in the eyes of others.

Prince Su and Prince Jin at the back couldn’t help but look at each other upon seeing this, and inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps, my brother’s worries are unnecessary.  

Although he knelt in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for so long, Ye Shuo was in good health after all. He recovered a lot after taking a nap for more than an hour before the funeral. Now he didn’t feel anything even though there was a child on his body.

As for the Sixth Prince, Ye Shuo was worried about his son at first, but as time went by, Ye Shuo soon began to worry about him.

“…Are you okay?”

It would be fine for Ye Shuo to hold a child in his arms, but it would be too much for him to carry an adult on his back. Besides, the Sixth Prince would never do that.

Unable to hold on to his brother’s arm, the Sixth Prince calmly wiped away the sweat that kept dripping from his temples, then shook his head gently.

The eldest prince, who was leaning on crutches, couldn’t help but sneer.

Feeling that the Sixth Prince’s hand holding his arm suddenly tightened, Ye Shuo had no choice but to glare at him.

I really don’t know what the cheap brother is trying to do at this time. Be careful or Xiao Ming will pull his pants off after he takes over.

The Sixth Prince is now such a treasure that not a single word can be said about him.

The eldest prince couldn’t help but roll his eyes at his younger brother.

They set out in a mighty procession before dawn in the morning, and it was almost noon when they finally arrived at the imperial mausoleum which had already been built.

When everyone stopped, the Sixth Prince opened his mouth and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: “Thank you.”

Ye Shuo put the child in his arms down without saying anything, thinking it was just a piece of cake.

Then, accompanied by a loud “fall”, even the body of Emperor Jingwen was completely buried underground.

From then on, no matter alive or dead, we will never see him again.

Another hour passed, and after all the procedures were completed, everyone was finally able to take a break here for a while. Otherwise, except for a very few people, everyone else would have collapsed from exhaustion.

The Ye family had its own tomb keepers since Emperor Gaozu, and after several generations, it has now become a village. However, the village is small, with only a few houses. As expected, only a few people are qualified to rest in the houses.

Carefully wiping off the dust that had accidentally stained the tablet of Emperor Jingwen, he turned around and saw little Ye Jin sitting there, looking at him with his big eyes. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but reach out and rubbed his head.

No matter what, he is the crown prince for sure, and it is really inappropriate for him to do this.

However, the Sixth Prince on the side thought about it but said nothing.

Ye Jin instinctively wanted to struggle. Ye Jin was not used to this kind of intimacy because it was too close… But when he thought about how good the Ninth Prince was to him and how he had just hugged him all the way, Ye Jin was too embarrassed to refuse him.

The Ninth Prince is good in every way, except that it would be better if we could keep a little distance from him.

Don’t be so… near…

Although the child’s hair was a little yellow, it was unexpectedly quite soft. Ye Shuo accidentally played with his nephew’s head for a long time. Ye Jin finally couldn’t bear it anymore and pushed him away, then protected her head tightly.

“Ninth Uncle, can you please be serious?”

It was almost time for lunch, and Ye Jin was frantically thinking about telling him that there were still many things to do later.

Ye Jin was thinking about how to refuse him, but just when he was about to open his mouth, he saw the Ninth Prince seemed to have seen something and then stood up.

Then, the Ninth Prince withdrew his hand and walked out.

Through the door, Ye Jin noticed that it was a young man who looked familiar, but because Ye Jin was still young when the incident with the prince happened three years ago, he didn’t remember much and he rarely went out due to health reasons, so he didn’t know the identity of this young man.

Ye Jin had a vague impression, but he just couldn’t remember it.

The Ninth Prince walked up to the other person very naturally, said something to the young man, and then the two of them left hand in hand.

Faintly, one could hear the young man calling him “Ninth Uncle”.

With the same name, the identity of the young man is self-evident, it is Ye Xun.

Emperor Jingwen was Ye Xun’s grandfather after all. Now that Emperor Jingwen has passed away, Ye Xun should come here to see him off and burn some incense.

It was just because of the matter of the former crown prince that Ye Xun dared not speak out, and just now he just followed far behind the team. Ye Shuo knew what he was worried about, so he said, “Come with me.”

After hearing this, Ye Xun followed.

Ye Jin suddenly remembered that besides himself, the Ninth Uncle had many nephews.

Although my father has only one son, he has many cousins.

The eldest prince on the side seemed to see what the future prince was thinking and couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows. Instead of comforting him, the eldest prince added fuel to the fire.

“There’s not much age difference between your Ninth Uncle and Ye Xun, and they’ve been playing together since they were young.” Ye Shuo has known Ye Xun for many years earlier than Ye Jin.

Ye Jin suddenly felt that the rice in the bowl no longer tastes good, and a slight sense of loss suddenly arose in his heart.

The Sixth Prince, who was standing by, saw this scene and for some reason, felt that it was somewhat familiar…