Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

September is the season for eating crabs. Seeing that the weather was getting cooler, Ye Shuo mentioned it inadvertently. As a result, when Yao Zhi left the valley this time, she bought a basket of crabs.

In the deep mountains and forests here, the crabs are basically wild and rarely artificially raised, so the sizes vary greatly.

Some crabs looked to weigh less than one or two pounds, while others were more than half the size of a palm. In addition to hairy crabs, there were also some blue crabs mixed in. All of them were lively and looked particularly pleasing to the eye.

Crabs don’t need any special seasonings or complicated cooking methods. Simply steaming them is delicious enough.

About a quarter of an hour later, the lid of the big iron pot was opened, and the rich aroma of crabs immediately spread out.

Yao Zhi didn’t hesitate much and gave the largest ones from her share to Ye Shuo. The masters who saw this scene couldn’t help but feel a little heartbroken.

Ye Shuo was still dividing and packing crabs, but when he looked up, he saw his cheap father standing not far away, looking at him from afar.

Obviously, Emperor Jingwen also saw Yao Zhi’s actions just now.

How could he have the nerve to ask a girl to accommodate him?

However, Ye Shuo was not only embarrassed, but also extremely shameless: “Dad, I just happened to be looking for you. Since you came by yourself, why don’t we have something to eat together?”

Although Huo Tianyi and others were also prominent figures, people in the martial arts world were not that particular after all. Just as Emperor Jingwen was about to refuse, Ye Shuo pulled him to the table without any explanation.

Then, a big hot crab was stuffed into his hand.

After asking the Fourth Master, he was told that it was okay to eat one or two less, so Ye Shuo felt relieved.

Yao Zhi looked at the young man’s father curiously. Although Emperor Jingwen was already in his fifties, he was an emperor after all. He had an aura of majesty without even getting angry, which was really out of place in this countryside.

Huo Tianyi, who was standing by, couldn’t help but feel a little frightened. When the young man’s father was injured before, he didn’t pay much attention to him at all. All his attention was on Ye Shuo. In addition, Emperor Jingwen couldn’t get out of bed before, so Huo Tianyi hardly saw him.

Now looking at it, it is not so ordinary.

Huo Tian had seen many dignitaries while travelling around the world, but none of them could be compared with the middle-aged man in front of him.

Huo Tianyi finally began to guess the identities of this group of people.

Not knowing what the old man in front of him was thinking, Emperor Jingwen paused, said “sorry for bothering you”, and finally lifted up his clothes and sat down.

Then, Emperor Jingwen began to search around.

Everyone was confused and didn’t know what he was looking for, but Ye Shuo reacted and leaned close to his cheap father’s ear and said, “Dad, the conditions are simple right now, and we don’t have the crab meat, so you have to make do with this.”

Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help glaring at him. How could he eat without the crab meat? What would it look like if it was all over his hands and body?

Ye Shuo almost forgot that his cheap father was a mysophobe.

But since he has already stopped the person, he naturally has to take responsibility to the end.

“It’s okay, Dad. You don’t have to get involved. I’ll peel it for you.”

As he said that, Ye Shuo took the initiative to open a crab.

The young man’s hands were extremely deft. He easily shaved out the crab roe and a few crab legs with just one chopstick. As for the crab body, Emperor Jingwen would not eat much of the rest except for the part at the thigh root.

Ye Shuo didn’t hesitate and ate the rest of the crab body.

Emperor Jingwen always felt that the little bastard was too obedient, which made him feel uncomfortable. But after all, in front of so many outsiders, he couldn’t ask directly, so he could only ask with his eyes.

‘What did you do?’

Ye Shuo looked back innocently.

Emperor Jingwen took a deep breath and turned to look at the girl who was sitting face to face with his son.

To be honest, although this girl is not stunningly beautiful, she is very smart and pretty, the kind of smart and pretty that has never been seen in the palace, without any impurities. No wonder the little bastard fell in love with her.

However, such a woman could be favoured, but was far from qualified to become the prince’s consort. Emperor Jingwen still hoped that his son could find a well-educated and well-mannered lady from a noble family.

Emperor Jingwen was the emperor after all, and not showing his emotions on his face was a basic skill, so no one noticed what he was thinking at the moment.

During the meal, Emperor Jingwen’s every move revealed an indescribable nobleness, which made Huo Tianyi and the others feel uncomfortable.

Ye Shuo on the side couldn’t help but hold his forehead. Even at this time, his stepfather still couldn’t let go of his pride. Ye Shuo finally gave up completely.

After Emperor Jingwen left, Ye Shuo wanted to get some crabs, but found that there was only a mess on the table. Where were the crabs? Although the young man in front of him was the son of the man just now, for some reason, it was extremely easy to get along with him.

Huo Tianyi couldn’t help feeling a little proud when he saw this. He was so slow and still wanted to eat crabs? He must be dreaming.

Don’t leave him any!

Ye Shuo was silent for a moment, then looked at Yao Zhi who was standing beside him.

This was something Yao Zhi bought specially for him from the market outside, but he ended up only eating the crab bodies that his cheap father wouldn’t eat. No matter how he thought about it, he felt like he had lost out.

“My Lord…”

As soon as these two words came out, Huo Tianyi immediately jumped up from his seat, and several other masters also looked over.

Only Yao Zhi’s face was as red as an apple.

Huo Tianyi was so angry that he yelled, “What are you yelling about?!”

Ye Shuo was stunned: “Didn’t you say that I should marry the young apprentice?” Why did this old man go back on his word?

“We have already agreed, you can’t go back on your word at the last minute!”

Ye Shuo suddenly became alert.

“It is true that I want you to marry my disciple, but——” But he did not ask the young man to shout like that!

Huo Tianyi is a man after all, and he naturally knows how humiliating it is to force another man to marry his disciple.

Huo Tianyi did leave some room for himself out of fear that there would be hidden dangers a hundred years later.

But this young man in front of me never mentioned the matter of marrying into the wife’s family from beginning to end, but he called me “Master” first. His intention was so sinister!

However, Ye Shuo really didn’t care what he was called. After all, he no longer needed to rely on titles to declare his status.

“In short, you are not allowed to scream anymore!” Huo Tianyi finally reacted.

Unfortunately, it’s too late.

“I am warning you, do not use these seductive tricks on Zhi’er in the future, otherwise -“

Before Huo Tianyi could finish his words, Yao Zhi had already brought over a plate of crabs. This was something Yao Zhi had secretly left for him when she saw that the situation was not good.

“Master, second master, third master, fourth master, fifth master, sixth master, you are such a fool, why do you waste food?”

Yao Zhi felt helpless. It was obvious that the masters couldn’t eat any more and would rather waste the food than leave any for him.

If Yao Zhi hadn’t discovered it in time, the last few crabs would have been spoiled by them.

Really, why did it come to this?

Six people ganged up to bully him. What would happen if Yao Zhi didn’t help?

The beautiful woman immediately realised that the more they acted like this, the more pitiful this young man looked. But what else could she do? Just watch?

Ye Shuo didn’t care what they were thinking and started eating happily.

He opened the crab shell, picked up the crab roe with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. The delicious taste made Ye Shuo forget everything else.

In Yao Zhi’s opinion, the young man in front of her was too easy to feed. A little bit of delicious food could make him so happy.

Yao Zhi unconsciously focused all her attention on him. She just watched Ye Shuo for as long as he ate. She didn’t even notice that several masters had left one after another.

But even though he liked it, Ye Shuo was not the kind of person who would make a fuss for no reason. It was fine if crabs could be bought at the market, but he could forget about other more rare things.

In particular, Ye Shuo discovered that in the past two days, she had been staying in the mountains for longer and longer periods of time.

In the past, Yao Zhi would basically come back when he got up, but now, she would not come back until noon, and when she came back, she would even bring back some fresh wild fruits.

You know, it’s already the end of September, and it’s almost October. Autumn is here, where can we get so many fresh wild fruits?

The first day was fine, but the second day was still like this, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but feel suspicious.

Then when it was night, he couldn’t help but stop Yao Zhi.

“Have you gone deeper into the mountains in the past two days?”

Yao Zhi was stunned. How did he know?

Under Ye Shuo’s gaze, Yao Zhi nodded gently: “…Yes.”

“Is it because of those fruits?” Ye Shuo asked again.

For some reason, Yao Zhi felt a little embarrassed when he looked at her. She originally wanted to just get away with it, but when she met his eyes, she suddenly couldn’t say anything.

Seeing this, what else did Ye Shuo not understand?

“Is it… for me?”

Yao Zhi opened her mouth and said, “I saw that you liked to eat it, so…”

It turned out to be because of me. Ye Shuo couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed.

This girl is silly, isn’t this what happened?

“Well, actually… I don’t really like eating that fruit that much.”

“Liar!” When Yao Zhi heard this, she subconsciously refuted it.

The look in his eyes is clearly different when he treats things he likes and things he dislikes.

Ye Shuo didn’t know that Yao Zhi had seen through his lie yet, so he continued: “So, can you please not go into the deep mountains to pick fruits for me?”

“OK?”

Yao Zhi wanted to refute at first, but when the last word “OK” came out, she couldn’t resist anymore.

Although Yao Zhi agreed, Ye Shuo still felt uneasy and suddenly had trouble sleeping.

The next day, Ye Shuo got up early for the first time and secretly followed Yao Zhi up the mountain. If Emperor Jingwen saw this scene, his eyes would probably pop out.

Yao Zhi is a trustworthy person. Since she promised Ye Shuo not to go deeper into the mountains, she naturally won’t go there again.

But unexpectedly, today, she actually found traces of wild fruits on the outskirts of the mountain.

However, the location of the fruit tree was not very good. It did not grow vertically but horizontally, sticking out from the middle of the mountain.

Although the location of the fruit trees is relatively steep, it is nothing for Yao Zhi, who has been growing freely in the mountains for more than 20 years.

In addition, Yao Zhi’s lightness skills were outstanding, so she was able to succeed easily.

So she didn’t think too much about it and immediately flipped over and jumped onto the fruit tree.

When she jumped down again, she saw the young man’s angry eyes.

Of course, Ye Shuo was not angry with her, but with himself. He ignored the impact that his words would have on the silly girl in front of him.

Despite this, Yao Zhi was still very panicked.

Ye Shuo tried his best to restrain himself, but he didn’t know that the slight abnormality still caught Yao Zhi’s eyes.

Ye Shuo was still the same, and Huo Tianyi and his group didn’t notice anything different.

Mei Yingzhuo noticed that his disciple was absent-minded, and asked, “Zhi’er, what’s wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?”

Yao Zhi didn’t know what to say and her heart was in a mess.

“Master Four, I, I don’t know either…”

But Yao Zhi soon organised her words: “It’s just that I can’t control myself when I’m with Master Gu. My heart beats very fast. Today he got angry, and I felt uneasy for no reason. I’m a little… scared? I’m afraid he will ignore me in the future…”

Yao Zhi kept on talking: “What’s going on, Fourth Master? Am I sick?”

Yao Zhi had studied medicine with Mei Yingzhuo for so many years, but had not found the corresponding symptoms, so she could only turn to her master for help.

However, as soon as Yao Zhi said this, Mei Yingzhuo’s yard instantly became quiet.

Looking at his disciple’s furrowed brow and slightly distressed expression, Huo Tianyi finally understood at this moment what it meant to regret something.