Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

In fact, Ye Shuo has tried his best to avoid dealing with his brothers over the years. He has also reminded himself not to invest too much emotion in them.

It’s just that emotions are something that cannot be controlled by humans. Over time, they will appear more or less.

Ye Shuo is a human, not a god. He simply cannot regard these living people as NPCs in the game. NPCs can come back to life after death, but they are just a piece of data. If they die, they are really dead and will never come back.

Especially the prince, who once saved Ye Shuo’s life by accident. If the prince’s attendant had not happened to come by, causing the midwife’s hand to tremble, he would have been dead by now.

Of all people, what Ye Shuo least wanted to see was something happening to the Crown Prince.

But now that the eldest prince is back, the possibility of nothing happening to the crown prince is extremely low.

Ye Shuo knew very well that once a person reached that point, he would feel helpless. Even if the prince did not want to fight, reality would force him to do so.

The eldest prince has made great contributions and is very popular for a while. If you want to compete with him, you will definitely need more followers.

How can the party develop? Don’t even think about it if there is no sufficient benefit.

If the prince’s position is stable, he will naturally attract a large number of followers, but if his position is unstable, what can he rely on?

At this point, Ye Shuo’s only hope is that the prince must not go astray.

My stepfather is no pushover, and neither are my group of fierce and ferocious brothers.

If the prince showed any weakness, he would be attacked and eaten by everyone.

The so-called crooked path is bound to be a dead end.

As for asking the eldest prince to give up voluntarily? If you put yourself in his shoes, it’s impossible.

Otherwise, why would the eldest prince risk his life and stay at the border for ten years?

Sometimes people just can’t see things too clearly. If they see too clearly but are powerless to do anything about it, all that will result is endless torture.

Ye Shuo subconsciously closed his eyes. He had never hated his own intelligence so much. It made him unable to harbour any hope of luck.

“elder brother……”

I don’t know if it was telepathy, but when Jianjian looked up, she was immediately frightened by her brother’s pale face.

“Brother, what’s wrong with you?”

Although Jianjian usually disliked him, she was still very nervous when she saw him like this, and even spoke in a much softer voice.

Seeing that he seemed to have frightened her, Ye Shuo was startled, then shook his head: “Nothing, I was just frightened by General Lan Ruo’s head just now.”

“Is it really scary?” Jianjian was originally unhappy that he suddenly blindfolded her, causing her to not see anything. Now seeing his performance, she suddenly felt sympathetic.

Ye Shuo nodded without hesitation: “Of course, it’s particularly scary.”

The princes, who rarely saw such a bloody scene, were also frightened at first, but they all tried their best to cover it up. He was the only one who said it so bluntly.

Even the eldest prince couldn’t help but look at his younger brother a little more.

This younger brother is a bit bad, but at least he is honest.

After all the soldiers entered Shangjing City, Ye Shuo went back with them in a carriage.

The great victory of the eldest prince made the people vent their anger. Flowers and purses were thrown at the eldest prince and his men along the way without any cost. After a while, the eldest prince and the generals were covered with the fragrance of flowers, which contrasted with their armor that had been washed but still had dried blood in the cracks, and their cheeks that were slightly glowing red. In the bloody scene, it became beautiful.

Lifting the curtain, looking at the flower petals all over the sky, and then looking at the little princess next to him who was having a lot of fun with a look of surprise on her face, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but smile.

After the eldest prince and the generals returned to the Xuanzheng Hall, his stepfather would naturally reward them lavishly.

Of course, this is not something Ye Shuo should worry about.

Emperor Jingwen was sitting on the dragon throne, still thinking about how to start the conversation. Unexpectedly, before Emperor Jingwen could say anything, the eldest prince had already stepped forward and offered the tiger talisman representing military power with both hands.

“Ten years ago, my father gave this tiger talisman to me. Ten years later, I have fulfilled my mission. Now the tiger talisman has returned intact to Zhao. I hope you can take it back.”

The moment the words fell, the expressions of the Crown Prince and the Grand Tutor changed almost at the same time.

The more the eldest prince acted like this, the more difficult it became for the two of them.

They originally thought that if he refused to hand over his military power, they would still have room to talk later, but now the eldest prince was so obedient that the two of them could not do anything.

Emperor Jingwen became even happier upon seeing this.

Looking at his eldest son’s now mature face, Emperor Jingwen was silent for a moment, then said casually: “You have suffered a lot in the past ten years.”

This sentence is not from an emperor to his subjects, but from a father to his son.

Emperor Jingwen knew that he owed a lot to his eldest son, so he couldn’t help but soften his heart now.

The eldest prince left home at the age of seventeen and returned at the age of twenty-seven. Although he had other thoughts, he also wanted to prove one thing –

He, Ye Liancheng, is no worse than Ye Chengzuo.

Ten years ago, the eldest prince was just a young man who was holding a grudge in his heart and wanted to win his father’s favour.

So what if he was the crown prince? He was just born into the womb of the late queen, but his mother arrived at the crown prince’s residence two years earlier than the late queen!

And today, wasn’t he standing with the crown prince by virtue of his own efforts?

The eldest prince had been waiting for Emperor Jingwen to say this for ten years.

Just one simple word, “It’s hard work,” made the eldest prince’s eyes suddenly red even though he had never cried out in pain when a poison arrow pierced his shoulder.

“Replying to Father, it’s not hard. It’s what a son should do.”

Emperor Jingwen could not help but step forward and help him up personally.

When the prince saw this scene, he could only smile bitterly in his heart.

After all, one of them was the emperor and the other was the prince, so they quickly calmed down their emotions.

Then, the eldest prince brought an unexpected news –

Beiting is preparing to send an envoy to discuss the relations between the two countries.

Now that the war has come to an end, there should be an explanation between both sides, right?

What’s more, the eldest prince killed their General Lanruo and seized their three cities. Beiting cannot sit still this time.

General Lanruo’s head has been cut off and he cannot be resurrected. The other party’s only purpose in coming here is to take the three cities occupied by the Great Zhou.

Although the eldest prince won, the price he paid was not small. Therefore, the Great Zhou naturally had to be extremely cautious when dealing with the envoys from Beiting.

Emperor Jingwen’s heart trembled: “I understand. Let’s hand it over to the Ministry of Rites now.”

There is a lot of exchanges between the three countries, so the Ministry of Rites is familiar with such matters.

After a brief discussion with the ministers, Emperor Jingwen showed sympathy for the eldest prince and asked him how he had been doing over the years.

The ministers did not want to interfere in the affairs between the father and son, and soon they all left.

But when they were leaving, no matter whether it was the prime minister or the minister of the Chancellery, their eyes had changed to varying degrees.

Before the eldest prince returned, the prince’s position was naturally stable. But now that the eldest prince has returned, and has returned victoriously, the situation has suddenly become delicate.

He Xiang and Shang Shuling, who were not members of the Crown Prince’s party, had to take the eldest prince into their consideration.

The princes are trying to win over these old ministers, and these old ministers are naturally also considering these princes.

No one uttered a word, and soon they all dispersed.

The other side.

The queen had just returned to her palace and hadn’t even had time to sit down when she saw her son’s timid look and she became furious.

Especially when compared with the heroic and extraordinary eldest prince, his own son seemed even more stingy and cowardly.

What the queen wanted was a prince like the eldest prince who could bring honour to her, not a child like her own son.

“Cry, cry, cry, you just know how to cry. You really brought shame to me today!”

“It’s just a human head, but you are so scared. Look at yourself, do you look like a prince at all?”

What’s the point of giving birth to such a useless prince? Not only will he be burdened with illnesses.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. However, the queen also knew that with her son’s innate conditions, it would be difficult for him to become like the eldest prince in his lifetime. Although she was unwilling, the queen could do nothing about it.

Changing the subject, the queen quickly asked about the little prince’s recent studies.

In fact, the little prince knew the answers to all the questions she asked, but because the queen’s expression was so terrifying, the little prince was so nervous that he couldn’t answer them.

The more anxious he became, the less he could speak, and soon the little prince’s breathing became rapid and he looked like he was out of breath.

Instead of showing any sympathy, the queen became even more angry.

However, she had just cursed him twice. The little prince had been staying up late to study and had to get up early, and he had been frightened before. After coming back, he had to endure the verbal humiliation from his own biological mother. He couldn’t even catch his breath and fainted.

I touched my forehead again and it was burning hot.

Soon, the Queen’s Palace was in chaos.

And this summer rain finally fell.

*

Ye Shuo soon heard about the envoy’s arrival, and also heard the news that the little prince fell ill due to the previous rainstorm.

As to whether he really got sick because of the rain, Ye Shuo had an idea in his mind.

How could such a young child, less than four years old, not be frightened when he first saw such a scene?

The Queen has been trying to force the growth of seedlings, but she forgets that if she pulls too hard, the seedlings will rot.

The entire harem was very lively for a while because of the eldest prince’s return to the palace, but it quieted down after about half a month.

The days in the palace seemed to be unchanged, but the rain seemed to have turned on a switch, and it kept raining on and off, and it had been raining for half a month and it hadn’t cleared up yet.

Not to mention Emperor Jingwen and the Crown Prince, even Ye Shuo felt something was wrong.

You have to know that summer is the flood season. Given the drainage level in ancient times, too much precipitation would cause big problems.

As expected, three days later, news came from the south that the Yuan River, the mother river of the Great Zhou, had burst its banks.

After listening to Xiao Luzi’s words, Ye Shuo’s hand holding the charcoal pencil suddenly paused.