Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

It would be fine if he came out from the front door, but he saw two people coming out from the back door. Why can’t they show it openly to others? It’s really suspicious to be so secretive.

Ye Yan told Princess Ding about this without much hesitation.

After hearing this, Princess Ding paused what she was doing.

Ten years have passed since their family returned from the border. Princess Ding has always had a good impression of her younger brother-in-law.

The Eighth Prince was very cute when he was young, and he became smart and clever when he grew up. Every time she met him in his mother’s palace, he would make her and his mother laugh. Over time, Princess Ding began to treat him as her own brother, and every time they encountered something, Princess Ding would inevitably protect him in front of the eldest prince.

However, this scene was so subtle, and at this critical moment, it was hard for Princess Ding not to think too much.

“Besides you, was there anyone else present at the time? Was your eighth uncle able to discover it?” Princess Ding couldn’t help but ask.

Ye Yan shook his head. After all, he was not a fool, so he subconsciously kept silent.

Ye Yan had been practising martial arts since he was young. He walked very lightly and was particularly good at hiding himself, so the Eighth Prince naturally could not discover him in time.

“That’s good.”

Princess Ding heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. After thinking for a while, she warned, “Your father has just recovered and cannot stand any stimulation. Please don’t make this public and don’t tell anyone else.”

Ye Yan nodded without much hesitation: “I will listen to my mother.”

Just when Princess Ding was hesitating whether or not to tell the eldest prince and exactly how to say it, what Princess Ding did not expect was that the eldest prince actually took the initiative to bring up this matter.

It was an extremely ordinary evening. Three months had passed since the eldest prince was injured. Under the ravages of the cruel reality, the eldest prince gradually realised that no matter how hard he struggled, his right leg that was chopped off by those people from Beiting would never come back.

After experiencing madness, decadence, and despair, the eldest prince finally accepted reality.

Besides, he had already written a letter of guarantee and put his lip print under the princess’s coercion. The eldest prince had never been an erratic person, and now he was too embarrassed to do the suicidal thing he had done before.

Since there was no way he could commit suicide anymore, the eldest prince would inevitably start thinking about the future.

Although some of those who followed him were his father’s men, the eldest prince still had many die-hard followers around him. Now he could see that it was impossible, and with so many people, the eldest prince had to find a way out for them.

Now he only has a few brothers left, the fifth, sixth and seventh brothers. Unless the eldest prince has been kicked in the head by a donkey, he would not give away so many good things to outsiders.

As for the Eighth Brother and the Ninth Brother… the eldest prince would definitely choose the Eighth Brother without hesitation, as he was his own brother from the same mother. Even though the Ninth Brother came to visit him every day, the eldest prince still did not give it too much thought. He already had the answer in his mind, but in his heart, he couldn’t help but say sorry to the Ninth Brother.

As for the prince behind Xiaojiu… the eldest prince didn’t even think about it and just passed by.

Who are those people? A bunch of half-grown boys who haven’t even grown all their hair yet, are they qualified to be on the same level as them? No matter what, that position will never be theirs.

However, just as the eldest prince finished speaking to Princess Ding, he noticed that there was something wrong with Princess Ding’s expression.

The eldest prince thought Princess Ding had considered Ye Yan and the others, and subconsciously explained: “It’s not that I don’t want to leave those things to Yan’er and the others, but even if I give them to them, Yan’er and the others may not be able to convince them.”

Ye Yan and his younger generation are not of high enough status to handle this.

“What’s more, this kind of thing has always been a double-edged sword. For Yan’er and the others, it would be better if it didn’t happen.”

It would be fine if his sons were gifted, and the eldest prince would fight for them even at the cost of his life. However, as Ye Yan and the others grew up, the eldest prince knew in his heart that although Ye Yan and his brothers were indeed excellent, they were far from being able to change their fate.

So let’s just forget it.

But what was Princess Ding thinking?

After a few hesitations, Princess Ding finally told Ye Yan what had happened that day.

The first reaction of the eldest prince upon hearing this was—

“This is impossible!”

The eldest prince almost blurted out.

Because the eldest prince is thirteen or fourteen years older than the eighth prince, the eldest prince’s impression of his younger brother is still that of the smart and clever child he once was.

When the eldest prince left home, the eighth prince was only two or three years old, and he was the most attached to his elder brother.

At that time, the Eighth Prince was full of admiration. Ever since he learned to walk, he followed him wherever he went. When he learned that he was leaving, his younger brother cried bitterly in his mother’s palace, holding his hand and insisting on leaving with him.

The mother was left with no choice but to have the Eighth Prince sent to his residence. On the day the eldest prince was leaving, she was afraid that he would make a fuss again, so she got up early before dawn and left with her family.

As expected, after waking up, the eighth prince found that his brother was missing. He cried for several days. Later, his mother used many methods to gradually divert his attention.

Then, a full ten years passed.

I still remember that when I just came back from the border, the Eighth Prince was only twelve or thirteen years old. When he saw me, there was joy, admiration and nervousness in his eyes. He wanted to get close to me but didn’t dare to. In the end, it was my mother who meditated with a smile, and the two of them gradually became familiar with each other.

All along, the eldest prince felt that there was still a brotherhood between the two of them, and that they would not end up in the same situation as others.

But what his wife and son say cannot be false either.  

Thinking of this, the eldest prince quickly calmed down: “When the eighth master comes tomorrow, I will ask him what’s going on.”

The Eighth Prince has to attend court every day, so he is far less free than Ye Shuo. Naturally, he comes less frequently than Ye Shuo, probably only once every four or five days. Counting the days, tomorrow will be about the same.

Seeing that the eldest prince had his own ideas, Princess Ding didn’t say anything else.

The eldest prince is very sentimental, but he is not a heartless person. When encountering such a thing, he can’t help but have doubts in his heart.

After tossing and turning in bed for most of the night, the eldest prince finally fell into a deep sleep near dawn.

The next day, the Eighth Prince was completely unaware and came to visit as usual.

Seeing his elder brother getting better and better day by day, the Eighth Prince couldn’t help but feel complicated, feeling happy but also a little regretful.

The eldest prince had something on his mind, and he didn’t try to hide it, so after a few words, the eighth prince vaguely realised that something was wrong.

Some things have been done and they are done, no matter how well you hide them, there will still be flaws.

The Eighth Prince never imagined that even though his elder brother was in such a state, he was still so well-informed. He was slightly shocked, but it was only for a short moment, and then the Eighth Prince knelt down with a thud.

Looking at his younger brother, what else did the eldest prince not understand?

The eighth prince knew that he could not think of shirking responsibility at this time, so he simply admitted his mistake.

However, no matter how good his attitude was, the eldest prince’s words made him completely lose his temper.

“I don’t care about anything else. I just want to ask you, when did you start to have this idea?”

The eldest prince has been running the army for many years, and although he is now in decline, he is still far from ordinary. He will not be deceived by the sweet words in front of him, and his words hit the nail on the head.

If it was just a recent thought, it would be fine, but if it happened in the past… the eldest prince would inevitably weigh in his mind the value of the brotherhood between the two of them.

The Eighth Prince was startled, and immediately realised how big a flaw he had revealed when his heart was overwhelmed.

In a flash, beads of cold sweat covered the back of the Eighth Prince. The Eighth Prince knew that if his answer could not satisfy his eldest brother, he would not be able to pass this test.

However, just as the Eighth Prince was frantically thinking of a countermeasure, the First Prince seemed to see through his thoughts and slowly spoke: “Don’t fool me, this kind of thing is not difficult to investigate.”

It’s over… Hearing these words, the Eighth Prince felt utterly disappointed.

The eldest prince could never have imagined that he had already visited his mother’s palace on the day he returned to Beijing, not a few days ago, not this month, nor last month.

What a great Eighth Prince! What a brother from the same mother!

Now, he actually used his clever mind on himself.

“Good, very good!” The eldest prince’s chest heaved violently, and he lost control and broke the teacup in his hand with a bang, which showed how excited he was at the moment.

The eldest prince practised the armpit crutches very hard, originally intending to use them to deal with Xiaojiu, but he did not expect that he would end up using them on his own brother.

In the end, the eldest prince beat him almost from his own courtyard to the gate of the palace in one breath.

The Eighth Prince tried to resist, but was beaten by the storm-like afterimages of the cane and fled away. Finally, the Eighth Prince became anxious and said, “Brother, I am your biological brother!”

“Brother, I know I was wrong, so what if you just forgive me this time?”

What the Eighth Prince didn’t know was that before today, the First Prince sincerely wanted to teach him what he had.

And it was precisely because of this that the eldest prince could not accept it. If the eighth prince had not been so impatient, if he had waited a little longer, everything would have been very different.

Also, there are some things that the eldest prince can give voluntarily, but others cannot ask for them, cannot snatch them, and certainly cannot covet them.

The Eighth Prince not only took it all, but also took it sneakily. How could the First Prince tolerate him?

In the past, the First Prince only thought that Little Nine was hateful, but now, in comparison, even Little Nine has become much cuter.

At the very least, Xiaojiu simply wanted to watch himself having fun, while the rest of them just wanted to drain him completely in one breath.

“I was blind in the past to see such a heartless person!” The eldest prince returned to his yard angrily with two crutches. He couldn’t help but curse on the spot.

This happened again and again, and the eldest prince felt that there was something wrong with his way of judging people.

“Since he is so unkind, don’t blame me for being unjust. I will just feed those things to the dogs–” Forget it, it would be a pity to feed them to the dogs.

The eldest prince paused for a moment, then immediately changed his words: “I would rather give it to Xiaojiu than to him!”

Hey, wait, where’s Xiaojiu?

After sitting there panting for a long time, the eldest prince finally realised that he hadn’t seen his younger brother for several days.

The eldest prince turned around and couldn’t help but ask, “Where’s Xiaojiu?”