Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

After all, they are brothers. The Seventh Prince is seriously ill now, and Ye Shuo has to go and see him no matter what.

When he arrived, Dingning and the others were already waiting there.

The three princesses all have very complicated feelings towards this uncle. Thanks to the various small actions of the seventh uncle, the three princesses have made great progress, but it is also because of this that the three princesses are more wary of each other.

However, these are not the most important things. The most important thing is why the emperor is reluctant to take action. Now that the seventh uncle is seriously ill, Dingning and the other two have a vague premonition that the matter should have an answer.

Dingning and the others knew that the Seventh Uncle owed their father a lot of favours in the past. Their father even saved the Seventh Uncle’s life. But they didn’t know how much of this favour was left now, or, did affection really exist in the royal family?

Ye Shuo did not communicate much with his daughters. He just nodded slightly and walked straight in.

When the emperor arrived, everyone in the palace naturally came to greet him. When passing by the prince, Ye Shuo’s gaze lingered for a moment.

All I can say is that he is worthy of being the son that the Seventh Prince values ​​the most. He is indeed handsome and heroic.

Looking at the rest of the people, they were much inferior in appearance and demeanour. A glimpse of the whole picture revealed the whole picture, let alone other things. Ye Shuo just glanced at them casually and looked away. However, there were one or two princesses among them who looked full of energy and spirit. He didn’t know if it was intentional by the Seventh Prince. Considering how smart the Seventh Prince was, it must be true.

No matter what the prince was thinking in his heart, he now appeared respectful and humble on the surface. He was neither humble nor arrogant when facing Ye Shuo, and was vaguely familiar but not out of measure. He kept the distance just right, making it difficult for people to feel bad about him.

Ye Shuo could see that the other party was indeed a very intelligent person. Although he was not as smart as his father, he was not far behind. It was just a pity…

Ye Shuo seemed to be completely unaware. In a flash, he was led by the prince to the courtyard in the centre of the palace.

When Ye Shuo stepped into the house, he could clearly smell a very strong smell of medicine. He had smelled this smell many times over the years. Similarly, he had seen this scene many times.

No matter who the person is, even if he is an emperor or a prince, he will always look ugly when he is dying.

Ye Shuo seemed not to have noticed the Seventh Prince’s sallow and withered face. He lifted his skirt and sat down in front of the Seventh Prince’s bed naturally, calling out, “Royal Brother.”

Feeling the movement beside him, the Seventh Prince’s eyes moved, and after a while he opened them with some difficulty.

Looking at the still tall figure in front of him, the Seventh Prince suddenly recalled the past in a trance.

Whether it was the generous donation of medicine or “selling himself” to save his brother, it was the greatest favour to the Seventh King who was in a desperate situation at that time.

Perhaps knowing that he didn’t have much time left, the Seventh Prince talked a lot with Ye Shuo.

The past is so heavy that it seems like a lifetime ago.

As early as when the two mentioned Emperor Jingwen, Emperor Taicheng, and even the former crown prince, the prince was very tactful and sent the servants out, including himself, and just waited outside the door to avoid suspicion.

Looking from a distance, Ye Shuo said suddenly: “This kid is not bad.”

He is capable and skillful, and is considered to be the best among the royal family members.

“Yes.” The Seventh Prince did not deny it. After all, this was his most outstanding son. He also followed Ye Shuo’s gaze and after a while, the Seventh Prince said, “It’s a pity that he is not as good as the three princesses.”

Others didn’t know what the Seventh Prince meant by “not as good as the three princesses”. If they heard it, they would just think that the Seventh Prince was being modest. But Ye Shuo could tell that the Seventh Prince was saying that his son was not as lucky as his daughters.

Yes, how many people in the world can be as lucky as the three princesses?

Since the birth of the three princesses, his younger brother had planned carefully, from the beginning, letting the three princesses start to study like the princes, to later on the ancestor worship in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, to the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, the imperial examinations, becoming female officials, entering the court, attending court, and marrying into the emperor’s family… Decades passed in the blink of an eye, after layer after layer of screening and filtering, until the birth of Princess Dingning’s first child, who was given the surname “Ye” by the emperor, the emperor’s purpose was almost obvious, but by this time, there were not many people left who dared to oppose it. Ŗ

How many parents in the world could be so deliberate and cautious? Not to mention that he was the emperor.

Seeing all these things one by one, the more he knew, the more complicated the Seventh Prince’s mood became. If he had a choice, the Seventh Prince would really like to be his son in the next life. Who in the world would not want to be his child? Even if his younger brother liked daughters more, it would not be impossible for him to give up his male body and reincarnate as a princess.

It’s a pity that he was born at the wrong time and had a father like Emperor Jingwen, so the Seventh Prince could only hold his nose and be carried away by fate, step by step to where he is today.

Although the Seventh Prince did not say it out loud, Ye Shuo could not help but shiver when he was looked at by his extremely complicated eyes.

“I always feel that you are thinking about something bad…” Ye Shuo lowered his voice, relying on the fact that Dingning and the others were far away and no one dared to eavesdrop, so his tone became casual.

The Seventh Prince just looked at him with a smile, not caring at all. He also spoke out his innermost thoughts in a voice that only the two of them could hear, with a calm expression.

Ye Shuo: “…”

Looking at his brother with a wrinkled face, Ye Shuo leaned back suddenly.

Swapping Ding Ning and An Ning’s faces with his brother’s… No! Forget it, he really couldn’t bear it.

Dingning and the others watched as the Seventh Uncle seemed to say something, which made the emperor suddenly look terrified, as if he was facing a great enemy. Just as they were secretly horrified and were about to step forward, they saw that the next moment, the emperor returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

Dingning and the other two paused for a while. After a while, when they realised that they had said everything they needed to say and recalled everything they needed to recall, and that the time was almost up, Ye Shuo finally stood up slowly and prepared to leave.

Although the atmosphere was still relaxed, both of them understood that this might be the last time they would meet.

“Your Majesty, please see me off for the last time in consideration of our past friendship.” The Seventh Prince said this as he leaned on the bed.

Ye Shuo knew that he couldn’t drink alcohol now, so he used tea instead of wine, only poured half a cup, and raised it slightly into the air.

Even though the Seventh Uncle is now seriously ill and dying, the emotion in his eyes when he looks at her father does not seem fake, but Dingning and the other two still remember the things that the Uncle did secretly behind their backs. How can they feel at ease letting the things in the palace enter their father’s mouth?

So after just a slight distraction, Dingning and the others reacted immediately.

However, at this time, Ye Shuo had already drunk up the tea in the cup. Only a soft “dong” sound was heard. When the Seventh Prince looked down, he saw that the cup was already empty.

The thing that the Seventh King least wanted finally happened.

My son is smart, but that’s all.

It still doesn’t work…

Seeing the prince who was watching this scene from a distance, he could hardly hold back the surprise in his eyes. The Seventh Prince knew that he had completely lost this round, so he no longer had any hope. He took a deep breath and said softly, “…I understand.”

Before Dingning could think about what the Seventh Uncle understood, they saw Ye Shuo walking out. Dingning and the other two had no choice but to hurry to follow him.

When they returned to the palace, Dingning and the others immediately called for the queen mother and asked for the imperial physician, for fear that there might be something unclean in the cup of tea that Ye Shuo drank.

However, if the medicine that His Royal Highness had worked so hard to find could be discovered so easily, he would not dare to put it into the teapot so carelessly. Combined with the strong medicinal fragrance, once the two are combined, even a god cannot save him.

So after a few days, the news that Ye Shuo was too worried and caught a cold finally spread.

His Majesty is not young to begin with, and the Seventh Prince is his elder brother after all. His Majesty can’t help but feel sentimental when he sees the Seventh Prince’s current appearance. Besides, it’s just a mere cold, and except Dingning and the others, almost no one takes it to heart.

Dingning and the other two also had no evidence, but their intuition told them that there was definitely something wrong in the palace that day.

Upon hearing this news, the prince was filled with excitement.

Done!  

It was worth his efforts to find those two medicines. His father was really seriously ill. No matter how strong His Majesty was, he couldn’t help but soften his heart when facing his dying brother.

Seeing this, the Seventh Prince could not help but think that his son only thought that the emperor was lax for a moment, so he was taken advantage of. Why didn’t he think of another possibility?

It was precisely because the entire palace was under the control of the emperor, and their every move was in his eyes, that the emperor did not need to be on guard at all, so he drank the tea in the cup so happily.

If there are some things that the Seventh King wanted to do at the beginning, then now, he has to do it.

That half cup of tea at that time was a signal and a warning. The emperor believed that he could understand it, and the Seventh Prince did live up to his expectations and understood it.

For a moment, the Seventh King wished he wasn’t so smart.

When the emperor fell ill, all the evil spirits were exposed. In particular, the emperor’s cold not only did not get better, but became more and more serious as time went by. In addition, the emperor preferred Princess Dingning to be the crown prince. After the news spread that the imperial edict had been drafted, the final madness was about to come.

Ye Kuan felt that the time had come, so with the tacit approval of his father, he rebelled as a direct descendant of Emperor Jingwen.

However, this rebellion came and went quickly, and in the riot, swords and knives were merciless, and it was inevitable that some people would die. Even generals and princes were just flesh and blood.

For two whole days, the whole of Shangjing was in panic and blood flowed like a river.

What the prince had not expected was that the three princesses, led by Dingning, actually successfully resisted the rebellion. When he saw Lord Xu Kui personally leading her troops to help, the prince knew that the situation was hopeless. However, he never expected that the person who took action in the end would be his own father.

Although he knew his father was always cold-hearted, when he felt his body slumped uncontrollably in the chair, the prince couldn’t help but ask with red eyes, “Why?!”

However, the Seventh King only spoke, saying, “Everything you desire will be hurt.”

Since he wanted that position, he had to bear the risk of failure. The Seventh Prince, who had experienced the turmoil of the fight for the throne, knew this very well.

However, when the Seventh Prince found out that he was being used by the Emperor, he did not accept it completely. The reason he followed the Emperor’s wishes was just because he wanted to take a gamble.

The emperor needs him, so he will spare his life. This is the opportunity for them, father and son.

If His Majesty wants to use him, he must first lay out bait, which is why he has allowed him to develop his power in secret for so many years. If anything goes wrong with His Majesty, if anything happens, if His Majesty passes away, His Majesty’s plans will fail before the situation is established, and the three princesses will definitely not be able to get what they want.

The Seventh Prince expected that the Emperor had a backup plan, and that it would not be difficult for the three princesses to escape, but that position was unlikely to be achieved.

The Seventh Prince was betting on this accident, and the Emperor was betting that he would take the gamble. However, he never imagined that the Seventh Prince had waited for decades but never saw the accident happen. So now that things have come to this, the situation has become a foregone conclusion, and he has lost.

In the early years, when His Majesty was not yet the emperor, he said that a good body is the greatest asset, and this statement is indeed the golden rule.

The Seventh King is someone who cannot afford to lose. Now, it is time for him to accept punishment.

Thinking so, the Seventh Prince cut off the prince’s head without mercy amidst his horrified gaze and tragic wails, as if that was not his own son.

Even though he was terminally ill, the Seventh Prince’s mind was still clear. He knew very well that taking action himself was the best option. There would be no better way to deal with it, whether for his son or anyone else. Only in this way could his son suffer the least pain.

Then, under the horrified gazes of everyone in the palace, the Seventh Prince forced himself to walk out of the palace.

At that time, Dingning had already brought people to the Seventh Prince. Seeing this scene, even Yongning, who had the most violent personality, was stunned. He couldn’t help but feel frightened by the ruthlessness and decisiveness of the Seventh Prince’s killing of his own son.

Not only that, the Seventh Prince even committed suicide in front of others to atone for his sins of failing to educate his children and failing to supervise them.

The emperor and he had a tacit understanding about what happened today. The Seventh Prince believed that with the emperor’s temperament, he would not kill them all. And the most outstanding prince in the whole palace, who usually suppressed his brothers to the point of suffocation, ended up with such a tragic ending. Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, the other heirs of the palace must have been frightened after this incident, and would never be able to rise again, and would never dare to have a rebellious heart. Knowing this well, the emperor and several princesses probably didn’t bother to make things difficult for them. In this way, their bloodline could be saved, and their hard work was not in vain.

The Seventh Prince was already seriously ill and would not live long. The price he paid was insignificant compared to what he was planning.

The fact that such an outcome could happen even when the emperor knew full well that he had rebellious intentions shows the skill of the Seventh Prince.

The Seventh Prince has feelings for Ye Shuo, so he is willing to be the whetstone for the three princesses, polishing her carefully, teaching her attentively, and fighting her personally without holding back. The Seventh Prince is also ruthless to Ye Shuo. Once Ye Shuo does anything good or bad, he will be merciless and kill him.

True and false, false and true, even if you are in it, it is difficult to tell them apart.

This was the last lesson Ye Shuo gave his daughters before graduation.

This is the so-called path of the emperor, the way of being a monarch.

No matter what others want to do, as long as you know what you want, that’s enough.

Therefore, when Ye Shuo learned the news that the Seventh Prince had committed suicide, he was not surprised. His brothers always knew what to do and when.

Ye Shuo understood his elder brother’s character. Now it seemed that his elder brother also understood him very well. And since he paid the price of his own life to make Dingning’s ascension to the throne a complete success, Ye Shuo would naturally follow the seventh elder brother’s wishes and ensure the continuation of his bloodline.

With the rebellion coming to an end, all obstacles were removed, and everything was going on track as planned. Ye Shuo could finally put down the burden on his shoulders.

Thinking of this, he extended his hand to Yao Zhi beside him——

“Although it’s a little late after so many years, I still want to ask, Azhi, are you still willing to wander the world with me?”

Yao Zhi is no longer the woman of Jianghu. She is now the queen, holding great power. When Ding Ning ascends the throne, she will be the queen mother, the most noble woman in the world. With such an identity, why would she sleep in the open with Ye Shuo?

So Yao Zhi paused for a moment, and then she asked jokingly: “If I say I don’t want to, will you force me?”

What he wants may not be what she wants.

Yao Zhi thought Ye Shuo would be surprised and question her, but he seemed to have expected it. He just smiled and shook his head: “No, Ah Zhi can do whatever she wants.”

“You walked into this vortex because of me. It was my wishful thinking at the beginning…” That’s why she had to passively accept all these court struggles. So today, how can Ye Shuo blame her for being greedy for power?

However, before Ye Shuo could finish his words, Yao Zhi grabbed his hand tightly.

She was a little hesitant at first. After all, so many years had passed and she didn’t know if she could adapt to life outside the palace. But now, she was suddenly willing.

Today, in this situation, I’m afraid only Yao Zhi would agree.

After receiving a positive response, Ye Shuo was stunned at first, and then completely relaxed.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

He thought that if he was reborn in ancient times, he would have made a fortune in this life. He had a father who was not very good at the beginning but was just okay in the end, a mother who loved him very much from beginning to end, a lovely sister who was now old, and a wife who could rely on him and three filial and hardworking daughters.

He has made many choices in his life from the moment he was born until now. Fortunately, he has never made a wrong choice, so he has lived his life smoothly.

That’s great, even if so many people died in the process, even if everyone who could die had died by now, even if he was the only one who made the right choices…

At the very end, Ye Shuo embraced Yao Zhi in his arms, hiding the confusion in his eyes. He slowly closed his eyes and let the past scenes come to his mind.

Ten days later, after recovering from his illness, the emperor felt unwell and felt that he had insufficient energy, so he passed the throne to the eldest princess Dingning.

In March of the following year, it was a beautiful spring day and the eldest princess ascended the throne, naming the reign Ming’an.