Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Ye Shuo had a sad face: “What’s the difference between this and asking for my life?”

Emperor Taicheng quickly calmed down and said, “This is a good thing.”

Good fortune, huh? Who are you trying to fool? He had seen this trick in his previous life.

With tears in his eyes, Ye Shuo looked at his good brother with accusatory eyes.

Emperor Taicheng subconsciously looked away.

“As the regent, you will be second only to one man and above everyone else.”

Ye Shuo: “…”

“…Such a good thing, you should leave it to others, such as…big brother?” The eldest prince has lost a leg now, and he can’t take that position anyway, so it’s okay to let him take it!

Upon hearing this, Emperor Taicheng said: “The eldest prince has his own son.” Having a son of his own will make one selfish.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but curl his lips: “I also have my own child, my wife just got pregnant, and she will give birth in six months.”

Emperor Taicheng did not expect that Princess Rui was pregnant, especially at such a critical juncture.

But it does make sense when you think about it. The two have been married for more than four years, almost five years. Logically, they should have had their own children a long time ago. It is already very late to have their first child now.

Emperor Taicheng instinctively wanted to ask if it was a boy or a girl. If it was a princess, it would be fine, but if it was a prince…

But he still held back.

Even if he is the prince, what can he do? Without this one, there are still the second, third, and fourth… Xiaojiu is still young, and he will have other children sooner or later, unless he can no longer have children.

Such a thought flashed through Emperor Taicheng’s mind quickly, but he dismissed it immediately.

Although Xiaojiu doesn’t like power struggles, he is not stupid. If he does anything about it and he is found out, he will make a big fuss and end up making things worse.

At the beginning, he even dared to retaliate against the eldest prince, and killed the Beiting envoy in the posthouse with a knife, proving that he was not a coward. With his temper, he might even poke a hole in the sky.

Therefore, Emperor Taicheng paused and said sincerely: “Congratulations.”

Ye Shuo never expected that he would react like this. His expression froze slightly, and he suddenly felt as suffocated as if he had punched cotton.

At first, the former prince treated Xiaojiu in a similar way, and there was no record of the late prince doing anything specific for him. But despite this, after the late prince’s death, he still diligently took the late prince’s son to his house and raised him. RŊŎᛒĘs

And when his father was seriously ill, he disregarded all consequences and risked being criticised by the whole world for letting Princess Rui use the medicine, which allowed his father to live that much longer.

If he was not sincere, and had even a little bit of selfishness, he would not be able to do these things. If even he could not be trusted, then there would be no one in the entire royal family that Emperor Taicheng could trust.

Emperor Taicheng probably knew how to deal with him.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Taicheng said, “It’s a pity that I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to that day. I originally wanted to hug your child after he was born.”

Seeing that Xiaojiu’s expression was indeed beginning to fail to hold, Emperor Taicheng couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

As the saying goes, attacking the city is inferior, attacking the heart is superior, it is so.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but grit his teeth. He was talking, but why did he stir up emotions? Xiao Ming was indeed insidious.

This is what Ye Shuo can’t stand the most.

But at the same time, Ye Shuo was not so easy to compromise: “If big brother can’t do it, then He Xiang, He Xiang should be fine, right? Jin’er is his great-grandson!”

However, Emperor Taicheng shook his head upon hearing this: “It is precisely because of Prime Minister He that I want you to take the position of regent.”

He Xiang has been in the court for many years, and his power has long been deeply rooted. Emperor Taicheng relied on him before he ascended the throne, so he naturally hoped that He Xiang’s power would be as large as possible. Now that he has become the emperor, he has to be on guard against it.

In order to avoid the chaos caused by external relatives in politics, the little prince became a puppet of the Queen and the He family. Emperor Taicheng needed a member of the Ye royal family to check and balance him.

“This matter concerns the Ye family and is not my business alone. As a prince, you must also shoulder your own responsibilities.”

That’s why Ye Shuo recommended the eldest prince. The eldest prince must be very happy about it.

But the eldest prince was happy, but Emperor Taicheng was not.

“I don’t trust them. The only one I can trust is you.”

It’s like this again, and it’s like this again!

Ye Shuo almost vomited blood, because he thought he could be trusted, so he was thinking of him for all the work, right!

The crown prince was like this, the eldest prince was like this, and now Xiao Ming has become like this too.

What kind of people are they!

Ye Shuo couldn’t hold it in any longer, and wanted to pound the ground on the spot: “I beg you, brother, can you please let me go!” He only wanted to be a prince in peace and live his life happily, why couldn’t he do that?

The more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt, and Ye Shuo almost cried.

If he had a choice, Emperor Taicheng would not want this.

Emperor Taicheng sighed, but his tone was particularly firm: “No.”

Ye Shuo: “…”

For God’s sake, kill him, kill him now!

Ye Shuo tried to make a final struggle: “But I’m definitely not made of this material!”

However, Emperor Taicheng himself did not have high expectations for him. If they were too high, Emperor Taicheng would not dare to ask for them: “I don’t need you to do anything, you just need to occupy that position.”

At first, Emperor Taicheng promoted people from the Zhen Mansion only for Xiaojiu’s sake. Now, thinking about it, it was fortunate that the eldest and eighteenth sons of the Zhen Mansion were promoted at that time.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. With the support of the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion, even if Prime Minister He has rebellious intentions, he will not be able to accomplish anything big.

And what Xiao Jiu said, isn’t this quirky, playful personality just right?

Ye Shuo understood it immediately. He never thought that the image of a dandy boy that he had established would end up hurting himself.

It is true that man proposes, God disposes.

Oh my god, are you kidding me? Ye Shuo couldn’t help it and sat down on the ground.  

Seeing him so distraught, Emperor Taicheng’s eyes flashed with a hint of pity, but in the end, he still did not give in.

“There is no rush for this matter. You can stay in the palace for a while and just keep me company.”

It was already against the rules for an adult prince to stay overnight in the palace, and it was even more unprecedented for a new emperor to ask his own brothers to stay overnight after ascending the throne. His Royal Highness Prince Rui was indeed different from others.

Also, I have never seen a regent being kicked around like a ball, so the eunuch has learned a lot this time.

Having said that, Ye Shuo lay on his own bed in Qiu Wu palace, feeling that things were definitely not that simple, and Xiao Ming must have another trick up his sleeve waiting for him.

Sure enough, the little prince was seen early the next morning.

Almost three years had passed, and Ye Jin had grown a little taller, but his pale face was exactly the same as Xiao Ming’s, which really made Ye Shuo’s eyes hurt.

Maybe it was because he heard about what happened last night, but Ye Jin knew in his heart that this was all caused by him. He also knew that the Ninth Prince was in a bad mood, so naturally he didn’t dare to bother him like usual.

But he dared not disobey his father’s words.

So Ye Jin found a corner where Ye Shuo wouldn’t see him and quietly picked up the book to read.

The dignified prince is now huddled aside like a poor little thing, not daring to make a sound. Ye Shuo has reason to suspect that he did it on purpose.

“Did your father tell you to do this?”

The young man spoke out of the blue, which scared Ye Jin so much that he almost dropped the book in his hand.

Ye Jin was a little confused about what he meant by his flustered movements: “What?”

Ye Shuo took a deep breath and asked, “What did your father ask you to do?”

After Ye Jin realised what was happening, he answered honestly, “My father didn’t tell me anything else. He just told me to do what I usually do after I come to your place.”

It is enough to perform normally, why do anything extra.

This Xiao Ming!

Ye Shuo guessed Xiao Ming’s thoughts. At first, he didn’t want him to get his wish and didn’t intend to care about it. But then Ye Jin came here for several days in a row and studied until dark. Ye Shuo really couldn’t pretend not to see it.

It was another evening, and Ye Jin couldn’t hold it in any longer, so he said, “Uncle Jiu, I need to go to the bathroom.”

Having said that, Ye Jin ran away.

After leaving the gate of Qiuwu Palace, Ye Jin could no longer hold it in and started coughing violently.

“Cough, cough, cough, cough…”

Ye Jin had been in poor health since childhood, and as he grew older, his condition not only did not improve, but became worse. However, he did not want to worry Emperor Taicheng and the Queen, so he kept it a secret out of habit.

However, this time, after Ye Jin finished coughing, he looked up and found that the Ninth Prince was standing not far away, just looking at him quietly.

Ye Jin’s expression suddenly became stiff.

“Ninth, Ninth Uncle…”

He just noticed that the child’s face looked a little strange, so he wanted to come out to check it out, but he didn’t expect to see this scene.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but take a deep breath, “How long have you been like this?”

Ye Jin stumbled more and more: “It’s been more than a year…”

“It’s been more than a year?” Ye Shuo’s voice rose, “How dare you learn like this?”

Even an adult can’t stand reading from dawn till dusk.

Ye Jin was entangled for a long time, and really didn’t dare to hide it: “I just want to be able to share the burden for my father as soon as possible…”

…Fuck! How did Xiao Ming raise a child?!

Ye Shuo’s expression became uncontrollably ferocious.

Ye Jin was immediately startled and hurriedly grabbed his clothes: “Ninth Uncle, don’t be angry.”

Ye Jin had already felt very uncomfortable because of the Regent incident before, and now seeing him like this, Ye Jin was almost upset to death.

He didn’t want to cause trouble to others, but unfortunately, he seemed to be a ‘trouble’ himself.

“It has nothing to do with you.” Ye Shuo also knew that his performance had scared him, and he forced a smile.

No matter what, Ye Shuo would not involve innocent children.

After finally calming the little prince down, Ye Shuo turned around and went to look for Xiao Ming. He felt that it seemed necessary for him to have a chat with his good brother.

However, what Ye Shuo never expected was that when he arrived at Chengming Hall, he actually ran into Xiao Ming applying medicine.

His legs were a bloody mess. When the imperial physician was using a knife to cut away the rotten flesh on his legs, large beads of sweat could be seen rolling down his head.

The veins on Emperor Taicheng’s forehead were all exposed, and his hands, which were grabbing the quilt, were turning white.

About an incense stick later, Emperor Taicheng finally pulled himself together and looked at his brother who suddenly broke in.

“Why are you here at this time?”

Ye Shuo opened his mouth: “Your legs…”

Emperor Taicheng asked someone to wipe the sweat off his face and casually said, as if he was talking about the weather, “Well, it should be erysipelas, and it’s rotten.”

Only then did he remember that he had never seen Xiao Ming get out of bed since he came back.

In an instant, Ye Shuo’s heart trembled violently.