Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

“The same to you.”

Ye Shuo didn’t say anything, and without even having time to wash the blood off his body, he gritted his teeth and climbed onto the horse.

The next moment, Qingfeng rushed out like lightning, as if to break through the night.

On the other side, Liangzhou.

Ever since the plague began to spread, Yao Zhi has been feeling uneasy.

Although Ye Shuo is now the regent, Yao Zhi knows that he does not have much power. If Shangjing City is really that safe, Emperor Taicheng would not have entrusted the position of regent to him before his death.

Now that the new emperor is young and the Great Zhou has suddenly suffered such a natural disaster, his days in the capital must be extremely difficult. Although I don’t have much ability, it is not a problem for me to guard him and protect him.

Things have changed so much at this time and such a big change has happened. If I continue to stay like this, I’m afraid it won’t work.

Yao Zhi looked at her daughter who was sleeping soundly on the bed. After a while, Yao Zhi finally carried her daughter out. Yao Zhi handed her daughter to the Imperial Concubine and several masters, and expressed her wishes. The Imperial Concubine was about to speak, but Dingning was still so young, but she heard another voice coming from not far away.

“Sister-in-law, I will go with you.” Regardless of whether she is a princess of the Great Zhou or her brother’s sister, Jianjian has the responsibility to do so.

Jianjian usually wanders around outside and doesn’t come back, but she still had to go back after her niece was born. As a result, this time, she was delayed for so long.

After more than three years, Jianjian has become much more mature than before. Although her face is still childish, her eyes are exceptionally bright.

Even Wu Yi made a rare appearance.

Emperor Jingwen’s last will asked him to protect the safety of the Ninth Prince. At this moment, it was impossible for Wu Yi to sit still.

Seeing this, what could the Imperial Concubine say against it?

“It’s a blessing for Shuo’er to marry you.” How many people in the world can do this?

It’s human nature to covet pleasure and stability, to seek benefits and avoid harm. Even between husband and wife, most of them will flee when disaster strikes. Dingning is only two or three months old now, and it’s the time when she needs her mother. Even if Yao Zhi doesn’t go back, no one will say anything.

Yao Zhi shook her head when she heard this: “Xiao Shuo and I are just supporting each other.”

Yao Zhi was confident that if it were her and she were in danger, he would rush to her side regardless of the consequences.

The Great Zhou was in a precarious situation right now. They were far away in Liangzhou and didn’t know what was happening in the capital. Ye Shuo hadn’t sent a letter for some time. If something really happened to him, Liangzhou might not be safe.

Therefore, before leaving, Yao Zhi specifically reminded: “The situation is complicated now, no matter who it is, please pay more attention to it, Master.”

Once they find something wrong, several masters, together with the people in the martial arts world who are on good terms with Yao Zhi, should be able to help the Imperial Concubine and her daughter escape.

Huo Tianyi and the beautiful woman are also old hands, experienced and with sharp eyes, so they naturally understand what their disciple means.

“Don’t worry, with us here, nothing will happen.”

After explaining everything that needed to be explained, Yao Zhi, jianjian, and Wu Yi looked at each other, mounted their horses, and headed for the mysterious and dangerous Shangjing at full speed. ɌꝋËs̈

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When Ye Shuo returned to the palace, the entire Chengming Palace had been sealed off.

Ye Shuo casually pulled a palace servant over and asked sternly, “Where is the emperor? How is the emperor?”

Such a thing happened in the palace, and there was already chaos. The palace servants were panicked, and when they heard the voice, they subconsciously wanted to salute, but Ye Shuo grabbed them and asked again.

“I ask you, is His Majesty in there now?”

The palace servants responded and nodded hurriedly: “No, not only His Majesty is here, but the Empress Dowager is here too.”

When the little emperor was diagnosed with an illness by the imperial physician, Empress Dowager He issued an imperial decree to seal off the palace immediately. Seeing that the little emperor was so young, how could Empress Dowager He bear to leave him alone in there? So she was sealed in along with the little emperor.

The little emperor is still young and has not yet started a family. The ones who are in charge of everything in the palace now are the childless concubines of the previous emperor, Concubine Wu and several others.

Hearing this, Ye Shuo wanted to walk in without thinking. However, he was stopped by someone after taking just two steps.

“Your Majesty, you must not do that, Your Majesty! You cannot go in!”

Now, Ye Shuo just wanted to know how his nephew was doing.

However, what he didn’t expect was that Empress Dowager He seemed to have anticipated it and had issued an imperial decree in advance.

“It’s the Ninth Uncle, the Ninth Uncle is back…” The little emperor lying on the bed heard the familiar voice and forced himself to open his eyes.

When Empress Dowager He heard this, she couldn’t help but feel a lump in her throat.

“Yes, Jin’er, your uncle is back. He definitely doesn’t want to see you like this, so Jin’er, promise your mother that you will cheer up, okay?”

“But… son is really sleepy…” The little emperor, who had vomited five or six times, tried to stay awake, but had no choice but to fall into a deep sleep.

Empress Dowager He felt nervous and looked hurriedly at the imperial physician beside her. When she saw that the little emperor was fine for the time being, she reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Empress Dowager He came to the door.

“The Regent.”

Looking at the tightly closed palace gate, Ye Shuo was filled with anxiety when he suddenly heard a familiar female voice from inside.

Ye Shuo subconsciously bowed: “Empress Dowager, how is the emperor?”

The place where the Seventh Prince had the accident was a full day’s journey from Shangjing. He rushed back before dawn today. One can imagine how anxious he was on the road. Empress Dowager He looked through the crack in the door and saw that the blood on his body had dried up and turned dark red, which made her even more certain.

Empress Dowager He was not blind. She knew very well how much the Regent cared about her over the past six months, and there was no doubt whether it was true or not.

Empress Dowager He knew that he was anxious, but the more anxious he was, the more he could not lose his composure.

What happens to mother and son depends entirely on him and his grandfather.  

“The Emperor is safe for now. Prince Regent, please do not worry and do not come in. Remember, you are still in charge of all matters in the court.”

No one in the royal family or the court is at peace, and there are too many eyes watching her and her son.

With Empress Dowager He’s attitude, it was confirmed that it was an epidemic. Ye Shuo no longer had any hope.

“I understand.”

“I will definitely live up to the trust of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager.”

But Jin’er is still so young. If he were to find out who did this, he would be skinned alive and tortured to death!

He reluctantly responded, and when Ye Shuo turned around again, his eyes were filled with an unprecedented murderous intent.

The little emperor was already weak, and it was inevitable that he would die even if he was well taken care of, let alone now! ?

Noticing that a palace servant next to him had a strange look on his face, Ye Shuo turned a corner and saw that the other party had followed him.

After a little verification, Ye Shuo knew that this person was the one who was planted in the palace by his eldest cousin.

Ye Shuo did not hesitate and spoke: “Do you know who did this?”

Ye Shuo quickly filtered out several names in his mind, even the seventh prince was on the list.

However, what he did not expect was that the palace servant said that this was a complete accident. It was a servant who went out to purchase goods in the palace who accidentally contracted the epidemic while out. After several rounds of infection, he accidentally infected the little emperor.

Ye Shuo’s first reaction after hearing this was: “Impossible.”

How could there be such a coincidence in the world? As soon as he left, the little emperor was infected with the plague. It was as if the plague was specially targeted at the little emperor when his defence was weakest. It must be man-made.

But Ye Shuo’s cousin’s servant still believed it, so there was only one possibility.

That person hid himself so well that he even managed to deceive the Empress Dowager and my eldest cousin.

Ye Shuo then went to find General Li Yuheng. Before Li Yuheng could salute, Ye Shuo’s voice, as if filled with ice, came over.

“Commander Li, if you are really so afraid of the powerful, you don’t have to take this position as commander.”

“When I left the capital, I asked you to keep a close eye on the Kings and the others. Is this how you did it?”

It’s called surveillance, but in fact it’s almost the same as house arrest.

Sure enough, when Li Yuheng heard this, he knelt down immediately and said, “The Regent King is very observant. I am sure that every move of the Tenth King, the Eleventh King, and the Twelfth King is under my surveillance.”

If he doesn’t even have this ability, how can he sit in this position?

Ye Shuo stared at him for a long time, and Li Yuheng broke out in a cold sweat.

After a while, Ye Shuo didn’t say anything and let him go.

The little emperor was born with a defect, and he was deficient since birth. He managed to grow some flesh on his face, but he was unable to resist the aggressive epidemic.

In just two days, countless medicines were taken, but to no avail.

Empress Dowager He watched helplessly as the look of death visibly spread across her son’s face.

“Mother…Jin’er is so scared. Jin’er doesn’t want to die…”

The little emperor was just a child after all. When that day really came, how could he not be afraid? The little emperor was so scared that he was shaking.

“Uncle Jiu, Uncle Jiu, save me…”

Standing outside the wall, Ye Shuo felt as if his heart was about to burst, and a fishy and sweet taste kept surging in his throat.

“Don’t panic, Jin’er. Don’t panic, Uncle Jiu is here. Uncle Jiu is just outside.”

In a trance, the little emperor seemed to hear a familiar voice. Later, perhaps realising that struggling was useless, the little emperor gradually gave up.

“Mother, I seem to have seen Father…”

I’m sorry, father. Jin’er is useless and cannot fulfil your request.

But don’t worry, Father, Uncle Nine will definitely complete it for me.

“Mother, Mother… I left something for Uncle Nine…”

Since so many people want this position, I will not give it to them. Even if I have to give it to them, I will keep it for the person who treats me the best.

Although he was not Uncle Jiu’s most beloved nephew, he left all the best things to him. In this way, even if Uncle Jiu had his own children, he would surely remember him.

Ye Jin has never really been a child in his life, but now he is finally being willful.

Anyway, when he dies, he won’t know anything. Even if it is a problem, it will be others who find it troublesome.

Maybe it was because he had foreseen the headaches everyone was having, but the little emperor suddenly felt his stomach ache go away. Foreseeing the chaos that would come with the adults in the future, he couldn’t help but laughed triumphantly.

The next moment, the smile shrank and withered like a flower bud. When the imperial physician checked again, he found that the little emperor had already died.

Then, a roll of imperial edict made of precious silk fell into Ye Shuo’s hands.

Uncle, uncle, I’m leaving now. I leave this place to you.

In a trance, Ye Shuo seemed to see his little nephew waving goodbye to him in the air.