Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Xu Chongyi has raised Tuantuan for ten years, but Tuantuan is not just ten years old. Tuantuan was already an adult cat when she brought him home.

Its previous owner was a concubine in the palace. The concubine died of illness, and she couldn’t bear to see Tuantuan become a wild cat, so she returned it to the Beast Taming House. Then, because of Tuantuan’s good personality, it was adopted by Xu Chongyi after many twists and turns.

And now Tuantuan has disappeared without a trace, how can Xu Chongyi not be anxious?

“We haven’t seen it like this normally, so the people around us were a little careless and let it run away without paying attention.” Cats and dogs like to run outside, and Xu Chongyi was particularly careful at first, but as time went on, there were always omissions. When talking about this, Xu Chongyi couldn’t help feeling annoyed.

Ye Shuo hurriedly comforted him, “Don’t worry, don’t worry, maybe he got lost. I’ll take people to look for him later.”

When the time was almost up, Ye Shuo took Jian Jian straight to the study.

At the time of Shen, Ye Xun, Ye Yan and others came out of the study. The moment they saw Ye Shuo, the five of them were stunned at first, and then became excited.

Today the sun rose from the west, and today the Ninth Prince actually came to pick them up from school!

However, after they understood what he wanted to do with them, Ye Xun and Ye Yan immediately felt that it was just as they expected.

The Ninth Prince was indeed not the kind of uncle who would love his nephews. It turned out that he wanted to ask them to do hard labor.

“How can a grandson of the emperor go to look for an old cat?” Ye Yan shouted in dissatisfaction.

No one noticed that when the little prince passing by heard the word “cat”, his whole body became stiff.

Before Ye Shuo looked over, the little prince quickly buried his head.

Although the three of them did not get along well with the Queen, the little prince was innocent after all, and the child was quite pitiful. Ye Shuo had never seen him smile.

Ye Shuo is also a human being, and sometimes he has the same hypocritical problem as others. When hostile people do not threaten him, he is willing to show his kindness.

So when he saw the little prince, Ye Shuo greeted him casually.

However, the little prince did not feel happy, but his eyes were full of fear.

Ye Shuo thought he had scared him, so he quickly took two steps back.

The little prince almost fled away from here.

The other party’s cowering look made Ye Yan and the others look down upon him even more. Just like this, is he still a legitimate son? Huh.

“Okay, don’t be dissatisfied. Come and help us. It will be dark soon.” Ye Shuo patted their heads one by one.

The Ninth Prince is so rude. Please, they are the emperor’s grandsons. Their fathers are a prince and a crown prince respectively. Even though he doesn’t need to be too cautious as an uncle, he still has to observe basic etiquette, right?

It’s a shame to order them around like this every day.

However, Ye Xun and Ye Yan are just like this. It’s nothing more than simplicity and freedom.

Only when they are with the Ninth Prince can they do whatever they want and say whatever they want.

Therefore, although Ye Xun and Ye Yan were cursing, their actions were not slow and no one knew what they were trying to do.

“Okay, including Jianjian, whoever finds Tuan Tuan first will be the winner today.” Ye Shuo doesn’t make special arrangements, he always treats everyone equally. As for himself, who has ever seen a referee leave the court with a contestant?

“Humph! Uncle Nine, you are so boring.” Who would work hard for something like this!

The four Ye Yan brothers said these things, but their actions were completely different.

Children have more energy and are no less efficient than adults.

Besides, Tuan Tuan was an old cat and he couldn’t run far, so the group started from Xu Chongyi’s palace and then spread out to the surrounding areas.

Cats are different from dogs. Dogs will make marks along the way, but cats are timid and easily frightened by passers-by, so they panic and lose their way, and in the end they don’t even know where they are going.

Now that three whole days had passed, Tuantuan must have been extremely hungry. Ye Shuo took the meat jerky that Xu Chongyi had given him, which was Tuantuan’s favorite, and called Tuantuan’s name.

But what was surprising was that after so many people had been searching for almost an hour, they still couldn’t find any trace of Tuantuan.

However, many other wild cats were found.

There was boredom in the palace, and many people kept cats and dogs. Sometimes they were not abandoned intentionally, but because the owners of the cats and dogs had an accident, or were demoted, or were sent to the cold palace, or died of illness, and they could not take care of the cats and dogs when they could not take care of themselves.

Cats and dogs reproduce quickly, and even though the palace guards would kill a batch every year, the rest would still remain.

In addition, cats can catch mice, so as long as they are not rampant, no one usually cares.

Just like that, Brother Ye Yan rushed over with a hawksbill turtle in his hand, shouting, “Uncle Nine, look, is this the one?”

Ye Shuo curled his lips: “…Although this tortoiseshell cat is also very cute, but, Tuantuan is a white Persian cat.”

Ye Shuo had clearly explained Tuan Tuan’s characteristics before, but Ye Yan and his brothers were so excited that they simply forgot about it.

“What about this?” Soon, Ye Xun also came back with the cat he found.

This time the look was right, but…

Ye Shuo said weakly: “But Tuantuan has two mandarin duck eyes.”

So it’s neither of these two.

It would be a shame to let these two napping cats make a wasted trip, especially with Ye Yan’s method of catching the cats. It hurt Ye Shuo so much just watching it.

He quickly asked the two groups of people to put the cats down. Ye Shuo fed the two cats some dried meat and then let them go.

In the next half hour, a few people found other cats and dogs, but none of them matched Tuantuan.

“…I’m so tired.” Ye Xun had the least physical strength and was the first to give up, so he sat down.

When he said this, he looked around and found that Ye Yan and the others were not there, so he was so presumptuous.

Ye Shuo took Jianjian and Xiaoluzi with them to continue searching.

Soon Jianjian couldn’t bear it anymore. She didn’t care about her image anymore and picked up a stone and sat down.

Ye Shuo didn’t think there was anything wrong. While Jian Jian was holding the bamboo tube to drink water, Ye Shuo said casually, “Xiao Luzi, you guys help keep an eye on her first. I’ll look for Tuantuan nearby.”

As he said that, Ye Shuo went to check some nearby corners where cats and dogs liked to hide.

There happened to be a rockery here, and Ye Shuo planned to go inside the rockery to take a look.

Climbing to the top of the rockery, Ye Shuo lowered his head and looked down. There was nothing here, nothing here, and nothing here.

Just when he was about to give up, he accidentally saw a dark place that looked like a cave.

These are the places the cats and dogs in the palace love the most.

Ye Shuo jumped down from the rockery and stood outside to listen. When he heard no movement inside, he leaned over and went in without any precautions.

Then, Ye Shuo smelled a faint smell of decay.

Ye Shuo’s heart paused and he almost subconsciously took out a fire starter.

Then Ye Shuo saw the mess in the dog hole.

There were dead mice and a cat that was very dirty but had vaguely discernible white fur.

Ye Shuo’s pupils suddenly shrank, and all the sounds were blocked in his throat.

Just at this moment, there was a noise outside –

“Uncle Nine has been in there for so long and hasn’t come out yet. Could Tuan Tuan be in there?”

“Let’s go around and take a look.”

Almost at the moment he heard footsteps at the door of the dog hole, Ye Shuo subconsciously extinguished the fire, turned around, and blocked the dog hole in front of him tightly.

Jianjian was stunned when he saw this: “Hey, brother? Tuantuan is not here?”

Ye Shuo shook his head gently: “No, let’s look for another one.”

The children did not suspect anything and soon went to other places under Ye Shuo’s leadership.

After such a long search, naturally nothing was found.

As night fell, Ye Xun, Ye Yan and the others left with tired steps, saying that it was too tiring to look for a cat and they never wanted to help find a cat again, don’t even think about it!

Ye Shuo smiled and watched them leave.

As for Jianjian, she was so tired that she fell asleep in her wet nurse’s arms.

After signaling the wet nurse to send Jianjian back, Ye Shuo hurriedly brought Xiao Luzi back to the dog hole in the rockery.

Xiao Luzi was a little confused at first, but after seeing the situation inside the dog hole, Xiao Luzi was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

“This is… Tuan Tuan!?”

Ye Shuo didn’t know the answer to this question, so he could only wrap up the white cat and give it to Xu Chongyi.

Xu Chongyi was full of expectations at first, but after seeing this scene, she almost fainted.

“How, how could this happen?!” Looking at the scarred white cat, Xu Chongyi couldn’t help but widen her eyes. She was careless just this time, and there was no chance to make amends.

Ye Shuo remained silent.

Life in this palace is really too depressing. If it is suppressed for too long, dark things will grow wildly.

Compared with normal people, there are more abnormal people in the palace.

The only thing Ye Shuo could say to comfort Xu Chongyi was: “Judging from the wound, Tuantuan must have been treated like this after he died.”

Although it was still extremely cruel, at least Tuantuan did not suffer too much during his lifetime.

As for why Ye Shuo knew that the wounds presented by being abused while alive and being abused after death were different, it was a blessing in disguise.

“I remember Madam Xu, you said before that Tuantuan suddenly became restless some time ago. I suspect that Tuantuan knew that he didn’t have much time left, so he ran away this time.” Cats are creatures that generally don’t choose to die at home. When their lifespan is about to end, they will look for a secluded corner outside and close their eyes completely.

Tuantuan should be more than ten years old, the possibility is very high.

In ancient times, cats did not have sterilisation surgery or special medicines, so their lifespan was generally short.

“Concubine Xu, you don’t have to blame yourself too much. This matter has nothing to do with you.” Even if it is prevented this time, it will not be prevented next time. Cats are such strange and stubborn creatures.

Despite what Ye Shuo said, Xu Chongyi’s expression was still extremely forced.

Ye Shuo also knew that this kind of thing still had to be digested by Xu Chongyi himself, and no matter how much he said, it would be useless.

Ye Shuo bowed to Xu Chongyi in silence, then left.

While walking on the road, although Xiao Luzi felt unlucky, he was just angry. Ye Shuo, on the other hand, although he said it lightly, he did not feel relaxed at all in his heart.

First there were insects, rats and ants, then dead cats, gradually increasing in number. This was not a good sign.

Today is dead, tomorrow is alive, today is a mouse, an insect, and a cat, what will it be tomorrow?

Ye Shuo seemed to see an anti-social being slowly growing up not far from him.

No matter who the other party is, it is difficult for Ye Shuo to feel at ease because the imperial concubine and Jian Jian, as well as the crown prince and crown princess, Ye Xun, and Empress Zhao all live in the palace.

So the next morning, Ye Shuo specifically asked Xiao Luzi to find out who had passed by there in the past few days.

But it was obvious that there were so many people in the palace, including the concubines in each palace and the palace servants and eunuchs as numerous as stars, so asking like this would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Among the results that Xiaoluzi found out, there were palace maids, guards, imperial doctors, and even concubines from various palaces and princes and princesses. It was really difficult to tell who did it.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but rub his temples.

Ye Shuo even waited outside the dog hole by himself for a long time, but the dog hole seemed to be abandoned and no one went there anymore.

After a long time, Ye Shuo had no choice but to give up.

On the other side, Princess Huyan met the little prince again.

Princess Huyan was probably the first person who could break through the encirclement and walk to his side.

Therefore, the moment he saw her, the little prince subconsciously smiled.

Princess Huyan couldn’t help feeling proud when she saw this.

Princess Huyan was so intent on getting closer to the little prince that her attention was not on the small wooden stick in his hand. Naturally, she did not notice that the bottom of the stick was covered with dead ants.

Of course, the harem is not Princess Huyan’s playground, and Princess Huyan naturally knows her limits.

She did not meet the little prince very often, only once or twice a month, and each time lasted only about an incense stick’s time, so it was difficult for anyone to notice.

What’s more, Princess Huyan discovered that after she became close to the queen, more than half of the people following her in secret suddenly disappeared.

No matter what, the Queen is the legal wife of the Emperor of the Great Zhou. If she sees something she shouldn’t see, the person who sees it will be guilty.

What’s more, this is the harem, with so many concubines here, it is always inconvenient and it is inevitable that there will be omissions.

Although it was not an easy thing to disappear for a moment or two, it was not difficult for Princess Huyan.

And in such an environment, time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Sixth Prince’s wedding.