Chapter 251: Being Tricked

Yao Zhi looked over with some concern.

Ye Shuo took a deep breath, and forced himself to suppress the bitterness in his heart.

Strictly speaking, Wu Yi is no longer a secret guard now, and can walk openly under the sun.

However, the moment the mask was taken off, Wu Yi felt as if he had been stripped naked and felt uncomfortable all over.

“Master, what do you want me to do for you?” Not daring to look at the two of them, Wu lowered his head subconsciously.

He has never changed this habit over the years.

That’s right, who can expect a person who has been trained as a killing machine since he was a few years old to have his own thoughts?

Wu Yi’s personal will had long been destroyed in the day-to-day training.

No matter how many times Ye Shuo told him not to call him master, it was of no use, Wu Yi remained the same.

“Your Majesty’s last words, I dare not forget them.”

Ye Shuo was completely at his wit’s end.

Although his stepfather meant well, the Rui Palace was crowded with people and not a good place to stay. For a while, Ye Shuo couldn’t find a good excuse to put him there.

After all, many of Xiao Ming’s secret guards were trained by Wu Yi. Although they wore masks during training and no one knew each other’s appearance, they could be recognized by others.

But if Ye Shuo were to leave Wu Yi alone outside, he really couldn’t bear it.

When Ye Shuo met Wu Yi, he was only in his twenties. Now he is in his forties, which in ancient times would be the age for enjoying the company of grandchildren. However, Wu Yi is still alone, without even a single close relative. Ye Shuo doesn’t even know if there was any close relationship with him among the secret guards who were buried alive with him. Even if there was, they are all gone now.

Ye Shuo was really worried, and after thinking about it, he suddenly thought of a good place to go.

“You said that since Master and Wu Yi are both martial artists, they should have more in common, right?”

Also, the Fourth Master is here too. Wu Yi has been a secret guard for so many years, he must have a lot of hidden injuries on his body. It would be a good thing if he could take this opportunity to recuperate.

Yao Zhi thought about it and felt that there should be no problem. After all, the courtyard given by the emperor was big enough, and they could have a competition in their spare time. Isn’t it wonderful?

Seeing that Yao Zhi had no objection, Ye Shuo looked at his cheap master and asked, “What do you think?”

When Wu Yi heard the word “Master”, he frowned subconsciously.

I don’t want to deal with the Ninth Prince’s masters who suddenly appeared…

A flash of resistance passed through his eyes, but in the end, he didn’t want to disappoint him, so Wu Yi’s expression remained unchanged and he nodded gently: “Thank you, Master.”

Ye Shuo pulled the corner of his mouth uncontrollably and subconsciously wanted to speak, but in the end he just sighed: “Forget it…”

A few days later, a strange man came to Princess Rui’s mansion, but no one took it seriously.

Everyone knows that Princess Rui came from the underworld, and most of the people she associates with are from the underworld, so no one is surprised.

Ye Shuo’s plan was a good one, but what he didn’t know was that on the first day he entered the mansion, Wu Yi and Huo Tianyi started fighting…

The other side.

Just a few days after the coronation ceremony, the empress-crowned ceremony arrived as scheduled.

Looking at the thin man in front of her with a faint smile, the former Sixth Prince’s wife, now the Queen, couldn’t help but have a hint of complexity in her eyes.

To be honest, Emperor Taicheng treated me well, but after so many years of marriage, I still haven’t entered his heart.

It’s not that I feel sad, the queen just feels a little regretful. Everyone wants to have the best of both worlds, but it’s impossible to have the best of both worlds.

Perhaps, this is the norm between ordinary couples.

After all, people like Prince Rui and Princess Rui are only a minority.

Looking at the two people watching the ceremony with the same expression, the queen couldn’t help but sigh in her heart that the behaviour habits of these two people were becoming more and more similar.

However, what the Queen didn’t know was that Ye Shuo and Yao Zhi had almost the same idea in mind –

“This hair crown and clothes look too heavy.”

“Yeah yeah……”

When they reached the last two steps, Emperor Taicheng took the initiative to stand up from the dragon throne and came forward, which was a manifestation of his utmost love and respect.

Since the emperor gave her such a face, the queen naturally returned the favour and quickly drew up a list of contestants.

It was all based on folk sayings, and those selected were girls who looked like they were good at giving birth.

Looking at the list in front of him, Emperor Taicheng paused, then asked casually: “How did the queen perform at that time? Were you dissatisfied?”

Upon hearing this, the newly appointed eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department couldn’t help but shake his head.

“Your Majesty, the Queen has no complaints.”

After that, Emperor Taicheng said nothing more.

In the afternoon, Emperor Taicheng drafted the imperial edict to appoint Ye Jin as the crown prince.

Upon hearing the news, the queen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the previous prince’s example was there, who would really not want it to belong to his own son? As for the fact that the emperor also made Concubine Sun’s daughter the eldest princess, it was nothing.

In addition to the position of crown prince, there is also the selection of empress dowager.

Some court officials proposed to make the Imperial Concubine the Empress Dowager, saying that although the Imperial Concubine was not his biological mother, she had raised him for so many years and they were actually mother and son, so it should be so. Otherwise, he would be heartless and unfilial.

I don’t know if the person who said this was the Fifth Prince’s man, the Seventh Prince, or the Eighth Prince, but Emperor Taicheng was furious after hearing this.

The person who said this had an extremely sinister mind. If he agreed, Xiaojiu, the empress dowager’s own son, would be used as a gun by them sooner or later. But if he disagreed, he was afraid that he would create a rift with the Imperial Concubine Dowager.

Upon learning that Xiaojiu was also in the palace, Emperor Taicheng thought about it and decided to go to Qiuwu Palace.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

If possible, Emperor Taicheng did not want to become estranged from the Imperial Noble Consort and Xiaojiu…

Looking at everything familiar in front of him, the hem of Emperor Taicheng’s robe passed through the air, he raised his foot and stepped in.

At the same time, Jianjian was desperately winking at her brother, indicating that his mother was in a bad mood and asked him to be more careful.

Ever since Emperor Jingwen passed away, the Imperial Concubine Dowager has been a little listless.

After all, they have been together for so many years. Now that Emperor Jingwen is gone, how can the Imperial Concubine not be sad? The Imperial Concubine is also not young anymore. I don’t know if it’s because she’s old or what. Recently, she often thinks of Emperor Jingwen’s appearance and his every move and every word.

It was here that Emperor Jingwen read a book while she embroidered and watched her two children playing in the yard.

Emperor Jingwen laughed at her for being clumsy and her embroidery was ugly, saying that she was not right for the job, and told her to give up. But he turned around and hung the purse she had embroidered around his waist, and only replaced it when it became old.

However, she had only embroidered on a whim at the time, and had rarely touched needle and thread since then. She had always been careless, so she didn’t pay much attention to it.

Thinking about it now, I feel a little regretful.

Countless details were magnified, and the Imperial Concubine couldn’t help but murmur: “If I had known earlier, I would have embroidered one more for him…”

Ye Shuo really couldn’t bear to see his mother go on like this. There would definitely be problems over time. No matter what, he couldn’t let her stay like this for a long time.

Ye Shuo’s mind got heated, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Mom, do you want to leave the palace? How about your son taking you out of the palace?”

“Forget it, there’s nothing interesting outside…” The Imperial Concubine Dowager had been out before, so she couldn’t help but feel a little uninterested.

However, what Ye Shuo said this time was different from the previous petty quarrels.

He came forward and lowered his voice: “Son means to go to a farther place, north or south, east or west, anywhere is fine as long as it is within the Great Zhou.”

With a “click”, the pastry in Jianjian’s hand fell onto the table.

He, he, he…does he know what he is talking about?!

Seeing Jianjian’s shocked face, Ye Shuo asked casually: “Are you going?”

At this moment, Jianjian’s heart was shamefully moved. She met her brother’s eyes and saw that his expression did not seem fake. Her heart could not help but start beating wildly.

Looking at the Imperial Concubine Dowager, she was also dumbfounded.

“this……”

However, before the Imperial Concubine could answer, she heard a notification from outside the door –

“The Emperor has arrived!”

Emperor Taicheng knew that the Imperial Noble Consort had lived in Qiuwu Palace for more than twenty years, almost thirty years, and that she had decorated Qiuwu Palace herself. Therefore, he did not let her move to another palace like other concubines, but made an exception and asked her to continue living here.

What was Xiao Ming’s intention in coming so suddenly? He was so busy now, he couldn’t have come to pay respects to his mother, right?

This was the first time that Emperor Taicheng had met his younger brother in private since he ascended the throne. Just as Emperor Taicheng was thinking, if he was still as casual and rude as before, should he point it out directly or keep silent?

If he pointed it out directly, he was afraid that he would be unhappy, but if he kept silent, he was afraid that he would do the same in the future, which was a bit inappropriate.

Just when Emperor Taicheng was hesitant, he saw the young man in front of him kneel down with a plop without saying a word, and then bowed deeply to him.

“Welcome to His Majesty! Long live the Emperor!”

Emperor Taicheng was stunned as he had not expected this to happen.

Although this is the best possible outcome, for some reason, when this scene really happened, Emperor Taicheng felt even more uncomfortable.

We were once brothers, but now we are just strangers.

Could it be that, even he is going to become estranged from me?

His heart sank to the bottom of the valley with a thump. Emperor Taicheng gathered his fingers under his sleeves and said after a moment, “That’s not necessary.”

“Just call me Sixth Brother, like before.”

besides……

“There is no need to perform such a grand ceremony in private.”

However, the young man still knelt on the ground, and his voice became hesitant: “But, but you are the emperor now, this, this is probably against the rules…”

“Rules are dead, but people are alive. If I say it’s okay, then it’s okay. Who else dares to comment?”

This is what Ye Shuo was waiting for.

“Hmm.”

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?”

Ye Shuo jumped up from the ground without any trace of fear on his face.

Emperor Taicheng was stunned, then he realised that he had been tricked.