Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

In the end, Ye Shuo just said: “No matter what others do, mother, you just need to stay the same as you are now.”

Up to now, all people and things have changed. Only with his mother can they temporarily put aside their worries and relax a little.

The former Imperial Concubine Rong, now the Empress Dowager Wei, is like the Big Dipper in the sky. As long as the Big Dipper is there, he and Jianjian will never be lost and will always have a home.

“Of course, it would be even better if you could take good care of yourself and stay with us forever.”

Perhaps it was because her life was going too smoothly, the Queen Mother Wei now no longer had the aggressive attitude she had when she was young. She is more straightforward than when she was young. In addition, she has always been generous and disdainful to argue with the palace servants. Therefore, everyone in the palace actually likes her, who is a little arrogant but very easy to please, including Concubine Sun and Princess Zhaocheng.

When Concubine Sun married Emperor Taicheng as a concubine a few years ago, she had heard of the title of the Imperial Concubine in the palace. She originally thought that she would be a very difficult person to get along with. However, for the sake of her daughter’s future, Concubine Sun felt that it would be okay for her to endure the grievances. It was not until she really met the Queen Mother that she realised that as long as she went along with the Queen Mother, basically nothing would happen.

What the palace lacks the most is people who know how to read other people’s expressions. People with little brains simply cannot survive in such a place, so having a master like Queen Mother Wei who has the highest status and does not like to bully others is undoubtedly a blessing. In addition, all her former opponents who deserved to die are dead. Even with the second master by her side, Queen Mother Wei still often feels lonely, so she is willing to listen to the stories and grievances of the palace people. Over time, this cold and magnificent palace inevitably gave rise to some warmth.

As expected, probably because Ye Shuo hit the nail on the head, the serving maids and eunuchs were fine, as they didn’t even dare to breathe in the presence of the emperor. However, Ye Shuo clearly saw that several of the people who usually served him subconsciously glanced at his mother.

However, Queen Mother Wei did not think it was a big deal. She had enjoyed everything she should have enjoyed in her life, and had obtained everything she wanted. She was not as persistent as ordinary people, so she said, “What does it matter? You are not children anymore.”

There was nothing that could be done when the two children were still young, but now one of them is the emperor and the other is a princess with power, so the Queen Mother Wei really has nothing to worry about.

As if he had heard the hidden meaning in her words, the entire hall suddenly became silent almost the moment the words fell. Even the Queen Mother Wei could feel it. She noticed the disapproval and worry in her son’s eyes, as well as the hesitant expressions of other people around him. She was stunned for a moment, and after she reacted, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

“What are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that? Birth, ageing, sickness and death are the laws of nature. I can’t decide…”

Noticing that Ye Shuo and the others’ expressions were getting more and more strange, Queen Mother Wei finally changed her tone: “Alright, alright, I get it. I will definitely take good care of my health in the future. Is that ok?”

Due to her family background, Queen Mother Wei had a preference for heavy taste since childhood, so it was really a challenge to ask her to change to a light taste.

After receiving a positive answer, the hall soon returned to its former warmth and joy, as if the pervasive sorrow of the previous moment had never existed.

For some reason, Queen Mother Wei always felt that they did it on purpose.

A crisis was perfectly resolved. Jianjian on the side couldn’t help but snorted and laughed, seeming dissatisfied, but there was nothing she could do. Her brother was best at deceiving their mother, so it was not surprising that he could get away with it this time.

At noon, Ye Shuo specially had lunch at his mother’s palace. After the meal, while helping his mother digest the food, looking at his sister beside him, Ye Shuo suddenly remembered something, so he lowered his voice and asked: “By the way, have you told mother about the danger of this matter?” Ye Shuo didn’t like to hide things unless it was necessary.

However, the next second, Jianjian nodded very casually, and Ye Shuo was really shocked.

With his mother’s personality, it’s not right to protect them like his own eyes!

Ye Shuo turned his head and looked at his mother, but Queen Mother Wei looked back calmly and had no intention of answering at all.

Queen Mother Wei would never tell him that she almost blurted out the words of rejection at that time. At that moment, she even had the idea of ​​breaking Jianjian’s legs and locking her up to take care of her for the rest of her life. For Queen Mother Wei, fame, wealth, and leaving a name in history were not important. Only her health and safety were the most important.

It was not until Queen Mother Wei met those bright, shining eyes that it seemed to say: How can such a bright pearl be covered in dust?

Even if Queen Dowager Wei never knew what kind of feeling that was in her life, she was still uncontrollably shocked by such strong persistence. At that moment, even Queen Dowager Wei was infected by it. It was a pity that she was born too late and had no chance to experience it personally. It was really a pity.

It’s just that it’s a bit embarrassing to talk about this, so let’s not mention it.

Ye Shuo wanted to ask more, but Queen Mother Wei kept silent. During the stalemate between the two, Xiao Luzi came hurriedly. Ye Shuo and Jian Jian looked at each other and knew immediately that something big had happened.

After suppressing his emotions in time, Ye Shuo walked towards the imperial study.

In less than a moment, Ye Shuo realised that Beiting had attacked again. Judging from the time when the battle report was delivered, Da Zhou should have already confronted Beiting.

Why do we say “again”? Because when Ye Shuo led the army to fight against the old Chen, Beiting often came to disturb them, but the Great Zhou wanted to avoid the war and avoid being attacked from both sides, so the two sides only stayed in the stage of manoeuvring. But this time, I don’t know if the destruction of the Chen Kingdom completely stimulated Beiting, so this time the attack was particularly fierce, and the border couldn’t resist, so the two generals wrote to ask for help.

Ye Shuo himself wanted to get rid of Beiting as well. Even if he couldn’t kill them all, he would expel them from this land completely to prevent them from harassing and looting him every few days. This had been going on for years, making most of the people in the north live in unrest. With old grudges and new ones, Ye Shuo wished he could eradicate this cancer right away.  

Putting down the battle report in his hand, Ye Shuo looked at General Xu and others below and spoke directly, asking them to find a way to come up with a practical plan.

General Xu is best at defending the city and is a conservative person. For an enemy like Beiting that is like weeds and will grow again next year even if one is burned this year, he generally prefers to be on the defensive and will never fight to the death with the enemy. When Beiting’s food and grass are almost used up, he will naturally retreat.

At first, General Xu thought that the emperor called them over to ask for their opinions, but he found that things did not develop as he had expected. The emperor directly asked them how to fight, not whether they should fight or not. This made General Xu, who had already analysed the pros and cons in his mind and was about to speak, choked immediately, and the words he had originally organised were instantly invalidated.

However, Ye Shuo knew the talents of this group of people. As long as he gave a death order, they would be able to give a perfect answer.

Sometimes, if you don’t push these people hard, they themselves don’t know how capable they are. Especially for someone like General Xu, whose official career has come to the end and who has returned to Beijing to enjoy his retirement, drastic measures must be taken. Otherwise, if anything really happens, this old man will definitely push it away.

Looking at the other person’s expression, Ye Shuo knew that he might have guessed right.

After a long pause, General Xu finally said, “Beiting comes almost every year. If you are too persistent this time, I’m afraid it will be bad next year.”

Unlike the weak Chen State, although Beiting’s army is small in number, each of them is an elite soldier. However, judging from the combat effectiveness of the team specially trained by the emperor in the past two years when fighting with Chen State, it is not difficult to repel Beiting. But it is extremely difficult to completely defeat Beiting, or to attack Beiting’s capital like they did with Chen State. As for complete destruction, it is undoubtedly a pipe dream. It is not because of their inferior combat power, but because the opponent can migrate. Even if they are driven away now, they can come back after recuperating.

Compared with the price they paid, it was really not worth it, so General Xu did not advocate getting too entangled with the other side.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

However, Ye Shuo had already made arrangements for this and was waiting for this day. Otherwise, he would not have dared to make such a bold statement as to destroy Beiting.

“What if I say that I have a way to completely expel Beiting from this land, so that they will not dare to invade again in the next ten, twenty, or even dozens of years?”

Upon hearing this, General Xu’s eyes widened immediately.

If that’s the case…if that’s the case…then it’s indeed worth paying some price.

He knew that His Majesty was not a man who acted without purpose. Although he didn’t know what method His Majesty had, as long as His Majesty had spoken, there must be something he could do. Judging from the results, General Xu really couldn’t think of a reason to refuse.

Seeing that they were finally willing to contribute, Ye Shuo was satisfied.

In just two or three days, the news that Ye Shuo was going to continue attacking Beiting spread completely, causing an uproar throughout the court and the country.

The high frequency of His Majesty’s deployment of troops is not a good sign. Moreover, have the previous losses been made up? It has only been a short time since the battle started again, which directly frightened the others who have not experienced it personally.

The old ministers wanted to stop it, but their voices were no longer heard in the court. As for the royal family, the two old princes wanted to come out of retirement, but they had just walked out of the palace when they were stopped by Prince Ding.

Looking at his two uncles with gray hair, Prince Ding cursed in his heart, knowing that the emperor’s favours were not in vain. When the emperor was a child, he was ruthless when commanding people, and he was even more so when he grew up.

Prince Ding had known that this day would come, and he had been trying his best to avoid conflict with his two uncles. But now there was no way to avoid it, and he had no choice but to go ahead with it.

The three men stood in two different directions and looked at each other. Prince Su and Prince Jin knew immediately that the new and old leaders of the royal family would eventually face off, and the transfer of power on the royal family side was finally coming.

Prince Su and Prince Jin were thinking, the eldest brother is so obedient to the emperor, what will happen if he is allowed to take over the royal family smoothly? When the emperor really speaks, there will be no one to persuade him.

Prince Ding thought that it was fine if he didn’t win the throne, but if he couldn’t become the leader of the royal family, he might as well hang himself with a rope.

While the three princes were fighting in full swing, the army, which had returned to the capital only a month ago, reorganised and left the capital smoothly, completely unaware of the struggle within the royal family.

Upon hearing the news, Prince Su and Prince Jin almost vomited blood.

After sending off the army, Ye Shuo was not idle. Although he did not have to be present in person this time, he obviously had other things to do, especially since there was internal strife in the royal family, and it was easy to fish in troubled waters. It would be a pity not to do something if he missed such a good opportunity.

Thinking of this, Ye Shuo raised his hand and called Wu Yi over.