Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Chapter 157: Building a Mansion

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“Well…you’re back…”

The boy who just woke up is not fully awake yet. The hoarseness mixed with the boy’s unique clear voice creates a strange feeling, which makes people can’t help but shudder, and even their hearts are trembling.

The maid following behind Jianjian couldn’t control herself and her cheeks flushed slightly.

Ye Shuo leaned there, yawned lazily, and asked, “What homework did Master Cen assign today? Is it too much? If not, you can just help me write it.”

With a “crack”, something broke.

Jianjian woke up immediately.

Damn it! I was deceived by his face again!

He does this every day, but I still get deceived every time. Why can’t I learn my lesson?

“Do your own things! Do your own homework!”

Jianjian, who is now eight years old, is no longer as gullible as she was before. She deeply suspects that her brother did it on purpose and wanted to use this face to confuse her and achieve his ulterior motives.

so……

“Don’t even think about it!”

Seeing her intense reaction, Ye Shuo did not force her. He sighed in his heart that his sister was not as cute as before, and said, “Then call Xing Yucheng into the palace and let Xing Yucheng help write it.”

Poor Xing Yucheng, he made one wrong step after another. Ever since he received the five taels of silver as a child, he has never lived a peaceful life.

What’s more, in the year when he became the top scorer in high school, Ye Shuo generously gave him a house, and Xing Yucheng couldn’t even refuse.

Over the years, the silver Xing Yucheng had saved had become a considerable sum. If he was discovered, according to the laws of the Great Zhou, beheading would be the least severe punishment.

Perhaps the previous lesson was too painful, Xing Yucheng is now probably the most honest official in the entire Shangjing City, and he is now showing signs of PTSD.

Xing Yucheng himself had good abilities and had made remarkable achievements in the three years he was in office, so he was soon transferred back by Emperor Jingwen. In addition, due to his honest and upright character, his career was naturally smooth sailing.

Although Xing Yucheng may not be so willing to come back…

“…Brother, please spare Lord Xing.” Ever since learning about this, Jianjian suddenly felt infinite sympathy for Lord Xing.

He was a well-known genius before, and he won the top spot in the imperial examination. Now he is a fifth-rank official in Beijing, but he still cannot escape the fate of doing homework.

“We still have to give Lord Xing some face.”

Ye Shuo spread his hands: “Either he helps me write, or you help me write, you choose one.”

“…Then let Lord Xing write it for you.” Jianjian has learned her lesson after being fooled twice. She now understands the essence of “It is better to let my friend die than to let me die.”

“Look, you…A-choo!” Ye Shuo wanted to say something, but he felt an itchy nose and sneezed as soon as he opened his mouth.

“You deserve it! Who told you to sleep in the yard in May? It’s fine if you just slept, but you didn’t even cover yourself with a blanket.”

Despite complaining like this, Jianjian still pulled out her handkerchief, her eyes full of hidden worry, fearing that he would get sick again if he wasn’t careful.

When the Imperial Concubine and the Sixth Princess came back from touring the garden, what they saw was the Seventh Princess teaching the Ninth Prince a lesson.

This scene can only be seen in Qiuwu Palace. Other princes don’t have the patience to fight and play with the princess all day long.

“Hey, Jin’er is here.”

“Let Uncle Nine take a look to see if our Jin’er has gained weight again.”

When Ye Shuo saw the little kid in the Sixth Princess’s hand, his eyes lit up.

Before the little kid could react, he felt his feet were off the ground the next moment.

Ye Shuo is now sixteen years old. He is already over 1.8 meters tall and has a tendency to continue growing taller. In addition, he inherited good genes from his grandfather, so his body is extremely strong.

Although it doesn’t look much from the outside, the explosive power contained in his body is far beyond what ordinary people can compare to.

The old Duke of Zhen once estimated that, in terms of strength alone, he is no worse than he was in his twenties, but his grandson is only sixteen years old and has not yet reached his peak.

In this situation, it was naturally easy for Ye Shuo to lift a mere child.

At first, the precocious little kid was still tense, but in the end he couldn’t help it anymore and started to scream.

The Sixth Princess was already used to all this. She was a little nervous when he did this for the first time, but after doing it many times she no longer thought it was a big deal.

“That’s right. You’re still so young, why do you always learn from your father?” Keeping any emotions in your heart for a long time can easily harm your body, which is why some bad guys live longer.

Because of Xiao Ming, the child’s health is not very good. If he becomes like his father again, it will be disastrous.

Realising that he was now so high from the ground, the little kid subconsciously hugged Ye Shuo’s neck tightly.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Let’s go, Uncle Nine will take you to find your father.”

Looking at her brother-in-law with skillful movements and standard postures, the Sixth Princess couldn’t help but sigh that if only her husband could be half as good as him, no, even one-tenth of him.

It’s not that the Sixth Prince is inconsiderate. After all, he is so smart, and the way he speaks and does things will not make people feel uncomfortable. If he were just a husband, the Sixth Princess would have no dissatisfaction.

But his attitude towards his son was far less intimate than that of the Ninth Prince.

Maybe it’s because he is the only son and my husband has high hopes for him, so he is not as tolerant to his child as other fathers.

In the entire Great Zhou, people like the Ninth Prince are actually a minority.

The Sixth Imperial Concubine subconsciously asked about her brother-in-law’s marriage: “Has Mother Rong arranged a marriage for my brother-in-law?”

Concubine Rong also wanted to do this, but the problem was that her son didn’t have this idea at all, and the concubine was very worried now.

But Shuo’er refused to give in, and there was nothing she could do.

“Maybe he hasn’t met enough girls now. Maybe he will get the idea after he goes out and builds his own house.” Ye Shuo has received too many preventive measures in recent years, so the imperial concubine’s attitude has gradually softened. She is no longer as picky as before.

Speaking of building a mansion, according to palace rules, he should have moved out as early as last year.

But the imperial concubine was reluctant to do so, and the emperor was also reluctant to let him go, so the matter was postponed for another year.

Regarding the Ninth Prince’s residence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent nearly 700,000 taels of silver, the Imperial Concubine and the Duke of Zhen contributed 300,000 taels, and the Emperor allocated 300,000 tales from his own private treasury, totaling 1.3 million taels of silver. Even in the capital city of Shangjing, where every inch of land is valuable, the area occupied by the Ninth Prince’s residence is extremely impressive.

Compared with the Sixth Prince’s two hundred thousand taels, it is like heaven and earth.

Even the eldest prince’s mansion, plus the expansion after he was conferred the title of prince, cost less than one million taels in total. It is no exaggeration to call the Ninth Prince’s mansion luxurious.

Since the cost of building this mansion is so high, the workload is naturally much larger. Four years have passed since Ye Shuo was twelve years old, and it is only now completed.

This time, the imperial concubine and Emperor Jingwen really could not find any reason to keep their son.

The Ninth Prince’s Palace was completed about a month ago. The Imperial Observatory gave a good date in June, so at most there were only about ten days left.

The imperial concubine couldn’t help but sigh, feeling very reluctant.

Of course, this was not what made her most angry. What made her most angry was that when this little bastard mentioned moving out of the palace, he was not sad at all. Instead, he was full of anticipation and looked impatient, which made the imperial concubine really want to give him a beating.

“He is such a heartless person. I gave birth to him in vain!”

The brother-in-law was really straightforward. He didn’t even try to hide such a thing. The Sixth Princess found it both ridiculous and funny.

The other side.

Ye Shuo held the little kid in his arms easily, thinking to himself, these royal children are so easy to raise, each one is more obedient than the other. If it were an ordinary one and a half year old child, he would be so annoying when he makes trouble, but the children here are self-taught and are more well-behaved than babies.

But behind this understanding, there is a price to pay.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but ask: “Jin’er, Uncle Nine wants to ask you, have you listened to Uncle Nine’s advice recently and exercised more?”

The little kid had just started learning to speak, and right after that he started learning to recite poems. I really don’t know what Xiao Ming was thinking.

The only consolation is that since Xiao Ming discovered that exercise helps with having a baby, his physical fitness has finally improved.

He changed his career late and the results were average, so the little Jin’er had to start from childhood.

The little bean nodded obediently: “Yes…Uncle…”

“That’ll do.” It was too intense for him to bear right now. What Ye Shuo taught was nothing else but the second set of elementary school students’ radio gymnastics – Young Eagle Takes Off.

The little kid takes after his father, his hands and feet are uncoordinated, and the picture of him flapping his arms and legs like a duckling is so funny.

But Ye Shuo didn’t dare to laugh. Once he laughed, the little guy, who was just as concerned about his reputation as his father, would have to give up.

“Jin’er is awesome!”

Ye Shuo was not stingy with his praise.

The little boy’s face quickly turned red.

When Ye Shuo brought him to the gate of Qinzheng Palace, they had just caught up with the Sixth Prince and his men when they finished their business.

I guess they are discussing some national affairs today, and a group of people will be gathered soon.

The eldest prince, the second prince, the crown prince… all the way to the seventh prince are all here. As for the eighth prince, he has not yet become powerful enough, so he is usually not included in meetings like this.

Seeing Xiaojiu coming over with the child from afar, the eldest prince and the crown prince, who had just been on the verge of a showdown, felt that the scene was weird.

Why does he always like to deal with women and children? What kind of hobby is this?

As for the Sixth Prince, he watched helplessly as his son, who looked so lovely when he was singled out, suddenly became much more mediocre in the contrast with his younger brother, and the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch slightly.

Even though the princes don’t care much about their appearance, they don’t like to stand with their younger brother anymore.

Due to the limitations of ancient conditions, there were very few tall people. But in terms of height, only the eldest prince could compete with Ye Shuo. In this case, how could others like him to get close?

But God has always been fair. He gave him a good face and an excellent mother family, and he would make up for it in other ways.

Thinking about what the emperor had just said, that Xiaojiu would be leaving the palace soon, and that he would be assigned to the Ministry of Works and would only be given a nominal position, everyone subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the emperor is very sensible and what he said is true. Although he doted on Xiaojiu, he also completely deprived him of the qualification to move forward.

If you pamper someone but don’t give him power, everything will be like a castle in the air or a bubble in the water, which will shatter at the slightest touch.

Looking at it this way, the eldest prince and his companions suddenly felt that everything else was nothing, just some petty profits.

Poor Xiaojiu, he still doesn’t know what he has lost.

This child has never grown up carefully since he was young, and it’s the same now.

Since he was not a competitor, and Xiaojiu himself was not annoying, the eldest prince and the others turned a blind eye and did not bother to bother with him.

“?”

Noticing the sympathy that flashed in the Fifth Prince’s eyes, Ye Shuo was a little puzzled. What was going on?