Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Under normal circumstances, Ye Shuo probably wouldn’t be so kind. Even if he met a lost child, he would at most hand the child over to the guards beside him.

But isn’t this guy in front of him 30% similar to him? It just so happens that Ye Shuo is relatively free at the moment, so it’s okay to chat with him for a while.

Ye Shuo just found it interesting at the moment and didn’t think too much about it. There was also a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

Although the child was lost, he did not seem to panic. He even looked at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of him with some curiosity.

Ye Shuo felt that although this child looked a bit like him, he was much dumber than he was when he was young.

After a while, the child realised that there was no one around him without him noticing.

“Dad, Dad…”

The child began to look around, but there was no familiar face around.

The child couldn’t help but start to panic.

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t worry.” It was evening now, and there were a lot of people coming and going. He was afraid that he would get lost again if he wasn’t careful. It would be bad if he met human traffickers or something.

The material of the clothes the child was wearing was just ordinary cloth, so he must be a child from an ordinary family. If he was spotted by human traffickers and abducted, his parents would probably have no place to cry.

Ye Shuo took out a small piece of cake from the packed cake and gave it to him, and said to him in a soothing tone: “How about this, you eat a piece of cake to calm your nerves first, and I’ll help you find your father later, okay?”

The child had just come here following the aroma of freshly baked cakes, and when he saw Ye Shuo taking out a piece of hot and steaming date paste cake, his attention was gradually drawn to him.

Ye Shuo felt that he was wrong. How could there be such a stupid child like him in ordinary people’s families? He didn’t know what kind of parents could give birth to such a child. He was too easy to be deceived.

What a waste of this clever face.

Ye Shuo laughed, and seeing that he was concentrating on eating the date paste cake in his hand, he picked him up easily.

Feeling his feet were off the ground, the child subconsciously wanted to shout, but just as he made a sound, Ye Shuo shook the oil paper bag in his hand and said, “If you behave yourself, these snacks are all yours,” and the child immediately became obedient.

When Emperor Jingwen was getting impatient waiting at the stall nearby, he saw his son holding a child and walking towards him against the flow of people.

The youngest son was tall and good-looking, which made him eye-catching. Now that he was holding a child, he was even more conspicuous. Most of the people on the street, especially the women, couldn’t help but look over here.

Emperor Jingwen: “?”

There was a flash of doubt in his eyes. Where did he get such a strange child in just a short time?

The next moment, Emperor Jingwen’s doubts were answered.

“I just found him at the door of the pastry shop. I guess he was brought out by his father, and then he got lost, so I brought him here.” Ye Shuo had checked and found that he was just an ordinary child and there was no danger.

Ye Shuo sat down.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but twitch his lips.

“What’s wrong with you?” He has so many nephews that it’s not enough for him to play with, right? Now he has started to kidnap and play with young children on the street.

Emperor Jingwen didn’t understand why he was so interested in children.

When the child was eating happily, Ye Shuo put his hands under his armpits and brought him close to his cheap father, saying, “Dad, don’t you think this child is pretty?”

‘Look, he looks so much like me’

Ye Shuo almost blurted it out, but he realised instantly that this child looked like him in his previous life, and had basically nothing to do with him in this life.

When Emperor Jingwen heard his youngest son say this, he reluctantly looked at the child.

“It’s OK.”

Emperor Jingwen himself was extremely handsome, and his children were all equally good-looking, so he did not think there was anything unusual about this child.

Ye Shuo felt that his cheap father’s standards were too high.

Look at this child, how cute he is.

Emperor Jingwen thought that since the child was lost, he could just hand him over to the guards. Unexpectedly, his own son insisted on taking him with him, and kept saying that it was time for dinner anyway and the child would not need much food.

Emperor Jingwen wondered if he was going to get married soon, as he was so patient even with strange children.

The child in front of me is a little silly, but he is relatively easy to take care of. Plus, at the age of five or six, he is able to understand what adults are saying and won’t cry at every turn.

He asked one of the guards to stand guard at the door of the pastry shop to see whose child was lost. Then Ye Shuo took his adoptive father to the gate of the imperial city to eat fried liver.

Emperor Jingwen found that it was not so rare for his youngest son to bring him food, drinks and toys throughout the day, as these were all available in the palace, and were even much better than those outside. The most rare thing was this leisurely mood.

I don’t have to think about anything for the whole day, and I feel like my whole body has relaxed.

No wonder the youngest son likes this kind of life.

Unfortunately, he was the emperor, and he was destined to never feel at ease until he closed his eyes.

In just a moment, Emperor Jingwen broke free from the emotions that suddenly arose.

The sky gradually darkened and the lights came on. It was still far from curfew. Lanterns were hung high on both sides of the moat. Under the moonlight, the surface of the river was shimmering with silver light.

Ye Shuo bought two green-faced, fang-toothed monster masks, put one on himself and gave the other to the child next to him.

Because the mask is too big, even with a rope tied on it, it would fall off the child’s face from time to time, and the child would have to reach out to hold it up from time to time. But despite this, he still had a lot of fun playing with it.  

Ye Shuo originally wanted to buy one for his stepfather, but unfortunately, Emperor Jingwen refused to accept it, thinking that wearing the same mask as a child would undermine his dignity.

How can a prince be so close to an ordinary child?

Ye Shuo was already used to his stepfather’s embarrassing behaviour, so he was not surprised at all. He thought it was quite interesting.

By the time of guarding, Emperor Jingwen felt a little tired.

Noticing the flash of fatigue on his cheap father’s face, Ye Shuo took the initiative to ask for it back.

“I don’t know if the child’s father has come to find him.” For such an irresponsible parent, it must have been enough for him to bear after more than an hour.

Let’s see if that person dares to be so careless next time.

Ye Shuo held the child in one hand and supported his cheap father with the other, and slowly walked towards the pastry shop.

At this time, there were already few people in front of the pastry shop. From a distance, Ye Shuo saw two people standing there. One was the guard that Ye Shuo had specially left behind, and the other one should be the child’s father.

Faintly, one could hear the child’s father anxiously explaining something.

“Sir, can you tell me where my son is now?”

After waiting for so long, the man was almost getting anxious, but the person in front of him just said that he knew the whereabouts of his son, but refused to tell him where he was. As time went by, the man couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

The guard was unmoved when he heard this: “Don’t worry, your son is fine now.”

He was even lucky enough to catch the eye of Prince Rui. Even the guards had to sigh that he was so lucky.

But for a man, he doesn’t care whether he is a prince or not, his son is the most important thing.

“It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault. I didn’t take good care of him.”

The man was naturally no match for the guards, but he didn’t dare to offend them, so he could only hit his head in frustration.

As he got closer, Ye Shuo saw an oil-paper bag dropped at the man’s feet. Now the bag was torn, and the scattered cakes inside were scattered all over the ground.

It doesn’t take much to tell who these pastries are for.

The child’s father did not seem as irresponsible as he had imagined. The material of his clothes was even inferior to that of the child. Although the child was wearing cloth, it was fine cloth. On the other hand, the child’s father was wearing coarse cloth.

Even though the man was squatting there with his back to him, Ye Shuo felt somewhat familiar with him for some reason.

While Ye Shuo was in a daze, the child in his arms didn’t have so many scruples and shouted, “Dad!”

Hearing the familiar voice, the man was startled at first, then he raised his head instantly.

“Li’er!”

When the man saw his son, he no longer cared about anything else and rushed over here subconsciously.

When he saw the man’s appearance, Ye Shuo couldn’t control himself and his pupils shrank suddenly.

How could he forget, how could he forget, this child is somewhat similar to himself in his previous life, so the child’s father must be –

The white and fat man in front of me looks almost exactly like Mr. Gu when he was young.

Ye Shuo never expected to see such a face here at this time.

Seeing him rushing towards him, Ye Shuo subconsciously took a step forward. Just as he was about to move, he saw the man take the child from his arms without hesitation.

Ye Shuo felt his arms go empty, and then he saw the father and son hugging each other in front of him.

At this moment, Ye Shuo was just glad that he had just bought a mask.

Just when the man was getting excited, he heard a deep voice from above his head: “Are you the father of this child?”

Emperor Jingwen looked at the two, one big and one small, and felt that they really did not look like father and son.

One has a handsome appearance, and the other looks like a white steamed bun. Given the contrast, this scene of a loving father and a filial son seems inexplicably funny.

The man finally reacted and bowed hurriedly, “Thank you, my lords. Thank you, my lords.”

“No need to thank me.” Emperor Jingwen did not have the leisure time to do that. If he met a strange child on the road, he would not take him out to play for most of the day.

“If you want to thank someone, then thank my son.”

It turns out that the two people in front of him are also a father and son.

The man hurriedly thanked him: “Thank you, young master. Otherwise, I would not know what to do if I lost this child.”

Since his wife passed away, this only son has been his lifeblood. He may not care about anything else but this child.

Noticing the other party’s face full of ecstasy and gratitude for having recovered what he had lost, Ye Shuo opened his mouth and tried several times, but no sound came out.

Emperor Jingwen then noticed that his usually talkative youngest son had not said a word since he saw the man.

Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but turn his head and look over.

Ye Shuo turned his head away almost instantly.

A strange feeling suddenly arose in Emperor Jingwen’s heart.