Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Chapter 95: Decision

Song Meiren gave birth to a princess, and the princess only identified her adoptive mother three days later.

Because Concubine Song had always been on good terms with a talented lady of the same rank when she was alive, the little princess was given to that talented lady to raise.

Now that the Queen is pregnant and in poor health, the Emperor is also unhappy, so he uses this as an excuse to deprive her of her power over the six palaces.

In addition, Emperor Jingwen knew the ability of the imperial concubine, so he directly bypassed the imperial concubine Rong and handed over the power of managing the six palaces to the three concubines Shu, De, & Xian.

After all, Concubine Song gave birth to only a princess, and the princess’s mother was already dead. Under such circumstances, concubines Shu, De, & Xian would naturally not care much.

Without having to think too much, the talented person already knew who it was.

If you clap your hands in this palace, you will end up taking away other people’s flower pots.

Lady Song carried the baby for eight months in fear, but all she did was to make wedding clothes for others.

Zhou Cairen got a child through someone else’s belly without any effort. Even though it was just a princess, it would ensure her a safe life for the rest of her life.

After quickly calming down, Ye Shuo turned around and went to look for his mother.

“What’s wrong, Shuo’er?” The imperial concubine was taking a walk in the yard at that time. When she saw her son, she keenly noticed his depression, so she squatted down with difficulty and asked.

Ye Shuo didn’t even think about it, and hugged his mother. He opened his mouth, but couldn’t say anything else. He buried his head in his mother’s neck. After a while, he just said in a sullen voice: “I’m fine, mother.”

Even though Ye Shuo didn’t say anything, how could the imperial concubine not feel something unusual?

Concubine Rong was shocked by her son’s rare fragility.

He was like a little bastard and a devil. This was the first time Concubine Rong saw this side of him.

This made Concubine Rong even more panicked than Ye Shuo. She raised her head subconsciously and began to ask for help from the people around her.

‘Aunt Jing!’

However, Nanny Jing had been with the Imperial Concubine all day, so how could she know what had happened?

In the end, it was Xiao Luzi who made the shape of “Song Meiren” with his mouth and reminded them.

Concubine Rong quickly came to her senses. It seemed that Concubine Song’s matter had upset her son. Without thinking, the concubine hurriedly comforted him softly, “Don’t worry, Shuo’er, mother will be fine.” While comforting him, the concubine patted her son on the back.

No matter how powerful the imperial concubine is, she can still think through the basics.

She naturally knew how difficult it was for a child who had lost his mother to be in this palace. The Crown Prince was still the Crown Prince. After losing his mother, didn’t he still have to be cautious and tread on thin ice? Not to mention the Sixth Prince.

Therefore, before her son grew up, Concubine Rong would never let anything happen to her.

When Emperor Jingwen arrived, what he saw was the mother and son crying in the yard with their heads held together.

Emperor Jingwen hesitated for a moment. Firstly, he couldn’t go forward or backward in time. Secondly, he was afraid of the tears of women and children.

But since he was already there, Emperor Jingwen had no choice but to go in.

“Xiaojiu, Imperial Concubine, what are you two doing in the yard?”

Ye Shuo and the imperial concubine looked in the direction of the sound, and soon, Emperor Jingwen received two pairs of rabbit eyes from the mother and son.

I really cried…

Watching this scene, Emperor Jingwen felt his scalp tingling, especially Xiaojiu. After hearing the reason, Emperor Jingwen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Don’t worry, your mother will be fine.” Children are children. They would actually be scared by such things.

Reluctantly letting go of the imperial concubine’s hand, Ye Shuo wiped his face with his sleeve and said in a faint voice: “Father, how do you know? You can’t do anything about this matter.” Humph, since this matter is not put on my stepfather, it will be easy for him to talk about it.

Under normal circumstances, Emperor Jingwen would certainly be angry if he was questioned like this.

But when he caught a glimpse of his son’s cat-like face, Emperor Jingwen thought for a moment and decided not to bother with a child.

“I am the emperor, and my words are law.”

“…”

After a moment’s silence, Ye Shuo curled his lips and said, “But Dad, you are the emperor, but you are unwilling to give your son even an imperial edict.” The emperor is so stingy.

Here’s what happened. Didn’t the old doctor say before that the sex of the fetus could be roughly determined when the baby is three months pregnant? Now his mother is five months pregnant, and Ye Shuo had checked his mother’s pulse two months ago.

Ye Shuo flipped through ancient books and found a record in them that said: “If the left pulse of the fetus is fast, it means it is a boy, and if the right pulse is fast, it means it is a girl.”

That is to say, if the left pulse beats faster, it is a boy, and vice versa, it is a girl.

“Men and women have the same pulse, but their wrists are different. Yang is weak and Yin is strong. The left pulse governs the official, and the right pulse governs the government. The left pulse is strong for men, and the right pulse is strong for women.”

The human pulse is divided into three parts, namely “Cun”, “Guan” and “Chi”. “Only Chi is different” means that the “Chi” part is different.

Although I don’t know if there is any scientific basis, this is ancient times after all. In the absence of scientific and technological support, Ye Shuo can only make judgments based on these.

When every aspect of the pulse he took matched the girl’s, Ye Shuo felt like he was struck by lightning and his heart sank.

Murphy’s Law really proves to be true. The more you fear something, the more likely it will come to you.

Ye Shuo was clearly expecting a younger brother, but ended up having a younger sister.

Ye Shuo did not give up and called the old doctor over to examine the patient again.

As expected, the old doctor also said it was a princess.

Ye Shuo felt as if his whole body was in darkness.

It turned out that God couldn’t bear to see him live too smoothly. If he did, sooner or later he would create some trouble for him.

It was like this in my previous life, and it is like this in this life.

Sometimes, being too lucky will indeed lead to being envied by God.

But there is no way, the child is already here, we can’t just stuff her back in, right?

After all, Ye Shuo is not a child anymore. His soul is already that of an adult in his thirties. When he encounters a problem, he always finds a way to solve it.

After nearly a quarter of an hour of turmoil in his heart, Ye Shuo had no choice but to start considering the reality.

Firstly, although he was jealous of the arrival of the child, he was not too opposed to it. He had grown up and was no longer at the age of competing with a baby for milk.

The love that Ye Shuo received from his parents in his previous life was very complete, so complete that as long as he had the memory, this love was enough to support him to keep going.

Ye Shuo was a sentimental person, with a strong ability to love. Even though he had never met this suddenly arrived child, he already had a little fondness for him because of his mother.

This is what is meant by loving someone and loving his dog.

So Ye Shuo’s first reaction was, there are a total of three countries known today, so does the Great Zhou have a history of marriage alliances?

It is known that the queen has no legitimate daughter, and the next child is his mother’s. How could this not arouse concern?

So there was that scene two months ago.

Ye Shuo is not a god and cannot control everyone. All he can do is to prevent those around him from getting hurt.

When Emperor Jingwen saw his son looking up at him and asking if he could issue an imperial decree not to ask his sister to marry, his first reaction was: Is there something wrong with this kid’s brain?

At that time, Emperor Jingwen was full of confusion.

Where did this kid’s sister come from? Why is it linked to a marriage alliance?

When Emperor Jingwen heard Ye Shuo say that the imperial physician diagnosed that the imperial concubine’s baby was a princess, he was speechless.

“You actually asked me to give a clear order to a fetus that is only three months old and whose gender is not yet determined???”

Emperor Jingwen had never heard of such a request in his life.

The child is acting crazy again.

“This is simply nonsense!” This was Emperor Jingwen’s response at the time.

Then, as expected, Emperor Jingwen was entangled. He scolded and scolded the man, and almost beat him.

It’s not because Emperor Jingwen was reluctant to do so. When faced with such a tough and annoying child, even Emperor Jingwen would find it difficult to control his hands.

But, who could blame this little bastard for saying in the middle, “Dad, you can hit me if you want. Dad, just think about how many beatings I have to take to get a word from you. Any number will do. I’ll take as many as your son can bear”, which made Emperor Jingwen so angry that his teeth itched.

Just a few beatings, Ye Shuo thought he could definitely handle it, if he could really succeed, it would be a huge profit.

After waiting for a long time, Emperor Jingwen thought that he would finally behave himself. However, two months later, he still couldn’t forget it, so much so that Emperor Jingwen felt a little tired.

“Why do you worry so much about these things?” Especially the marriage of women. Emperor Jingwen thought that it was outrageous enough for him, a prince, to personally choose a husband for a maid. He didn’t expect that when it came to his own sister, it would be even worse.

The princess hasn’t even been born yet. Isn’t it too early for him to think about this now?

But his son didn’t know that this matter was different from ordinary ones. The marriage was related to state affairs, so Emperor Jingwen naturally would not agree to it easily.

If you promise this this year and promise that tomorrow, how can this be tolerated?

So……

“Just give up on this idea.”

Sure enough, this matter is not that simple. Ye Shuo also knows in his heart that this is just a matter of trying his luck, what if it works?

Who knew that my cheap dad would never give in.

Although he had expected it, Ye Shuo still couldn’t help feeling disappointed.

Seeing his son’s ears and head drooping at a speed visible to the naked eye, he felt more dejected than ever before.

Could it be that my refusal to agree to this matter really had such a big impact on him?

Emperor Jingwen was stunned and almost softened his heart, but then he came to his senses and immediately hardened his heart again.

With a sigh, Emperor Jingwen finally said earnestly: “Shuo’er, it is natural for the princess to marry a foreigner. The princess enjoys the support of the world, so she should naturally plead for the people when necessary.”

Ye Shuo also knew this truth, but truth is truth. When that day really comes, how can Ye Shuo bear it?

Let alone a marriage alliance, even if the princess got married, her mother would be sad. Just for this reason, Ye Shuo didn’t want to see such a scene.

If it can be avoided, why not avoid it?

It’s too early now, he can obviously do it.

It just so happened that today was the day when the imperial physician came to check Ye Shuo’s pulse. Ye Shuo did not give up, and after the old imperial physician finished taking his pulse, he asked the same question for the 23rd time.

“Are you sure it’s definitely the princess?”

Emperor Jingwen: “…”

This kid is so annoying.

Not to mention Emperor Jingwen, even the old doctor’s ears were calloused. The old doctor, who was answering the same question for the 23rd time, was already numb: “Based on my experience, it is definitely the princess.”

It has been five months already. The old doctor really wants to advise him, Ninth Prince, ‘stop harboring illusions.’

Emperor Jingwen didn’t care much about it, and was even relieved when he heard that it was a princess. After all, she was also born to the imperial concubine, so the probability that this time it was the second devil was quite high.

If you are a princess, you should always be quiet.

Emperor Jingwen didn’t feel disappointed, so how come his son was even more patriarchal than he was?

Emperor Jingwen couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.

Emperor Jingwen, who had been the crown prince since the day he was born and had not been very close to his brothers and sisters since childhood, naturally could not understand Ye Shuo’s current despair.

Ye Shuo couldn’t help but reach out and put his hand on his mother’s slightly bulging belly. Just at this moment, the little thing in her belly moved.

Although I know that fetal movement is completely normal, and the baby is probably healthy, I don’t find it strange that he keeps moving around.

But when the bulge just poked his palm, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

After his stepfather left, Ye Shuo walked out and watched his mother fall asleep. He took a deep breath and immediately looked towards the small path next to him.

“Go and help me check something.”

After calming down, Ye Shuo planned to do a risk survey first.

Ye Shuo never makes decisions blindly. He now needs to consider the future risks comprehensively.

More than a hundred years have passed since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

During this hundred years, there must have been dozens or even hundreds of princesses. However, due to limited writing materials, only about ten or twenty of them are recorded.

Only about twenty or so made a little splash, and the rest disappeared without even leaving a word.

But even with these twenty or so princesses, the situation is not optimistic.

Princess Mingzhao, daughter of Emperor Gaozu, was born in the early days of the Zhou Dynasty, when the situation was unstable and foreign enemies happened to invade, so she had no choice but to be sent to marry. She died at the age of 22.

Princess Zhenxi, the daughter of Emperor Gaozu, was sent after the death of Princess Mingzhao. She was also married for a foreign mission and died at the age of 31.

Princess Anding, the daughter of Emperor Gaozu and the youngest daughter of Emperor Gaozu, married Marquis Xiao. Three years later, Marquis Xiao was sentenced to death by Emperor Gaozu, and Marquis Xiao was killed for treason. Princess Anding’s son was sentenced to death, and Princess Anding died of depression at the age of 30.

Princess Jing’an, the daughter of Emperor Taizong, was married to the northern Rongdi tribe in order to win over foreign tribes. She died in the wind on the way.

Princess Jingcheng, daughter of Emperor Taizong…………

Princess Minseong, daughter of Emperor Taejong…

The Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Taizong, who were extremely wise in the records of the Great Zhou Dynasty, were like this, not to mention the Emperor Gaozong, who was known for his absurdity. she was the princess of Ye Shuo’s step-grandfather. The fate of Ye Shuo’s aunts was even worse than that of the previous princesses.

Although they did not fall to the point of being forced to marry a foreign prince, they were randomly arranged to marry by the late emperor, who no longer cared about them after the arranged marriages, so they basically did not have a good ending in the end.

The late emperor had a total of seventeen daughters, but only a few are still alive.

There were almost no princesses who lived long lives. The oldest one only lived to be 47 years old. The premature death rate was simply outrageous.

As Ye Shuo browsed through them one by one, he became more and more frightened.

Unlike modern times, where brothers and sisters can take care of their own affairs and perform their own duties, the princess here will really die without the support of her father and brothers.

However, when he came to his stepfather, Ye Shuo found that two princesses had been married into the palace before. Because his stepfather was not as absurd as the previous emperor, he was a diligent emperor who would not neglect his children, so the two princesses were in a good situation now.

According to common sense, there should be no problems while the stepfather is in power.

But, it is only a should.

The princess born by his mother might live a good life, and might even be favored by her stepfather, but it might not be so. The eldest prince is still at the border and has not returned, proving that the border is not very stable.

There are precedents for marriage alliances, so will there be no precedents for them?

The princess may live a safe and peaceful life, or she may be pointed out by her stepfather or brother one day in the future like everyone else. The probability is half-and-half.

What Ye Shuo disliked most was gambling.

He bet that his cheap father was soft-hearted, that the prince would also be soft-hearted after ascending to the throne, and that he would not be able to develop any feelings with this sister he had never met, and he placed all his hopes on others.

Bet! Bet! Bet! It’s all about betting!

It’s still early now, and everything is still possible. Even if the probability is very small, just in case, Ye Shuo is unwilling to regret in the future because of his powerlessness.

There are some things that you can do without, but you can’t live without.

When that time really comes, you can’t act like a spoiled child or a fool like you do now. Personal feelings are nothing but a joke in front of the court and the country.

It’s just the same old path from my previous life.

Now that things have become a foregone conclusion, it is useless to escape.

Slowly closing his eyes, Ye Shuo gradually made a decision in his heart.