Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Chapter 172: Ambush



Mo Shu, who was standing by, was horrified upon seeing this and subconsciously looked at his master.

At this moment, the crown prince was already in a state of confusion. It took him a long while to find his voice again.

The other side.

Two days later, Ye Shuo gradually realised that he was on a pirate ship.

Although he vaguely felt that his stepfather’s trip to the South was definitely not to see him as he said, and he must have other things to do, Ye Shuo did not expect that this matter would be so complicated.

It didn’t seem like an ordinary patrol at all. It seemed more like they had a target in mind and that’s why they came here on purpose.

As the group walked further away, the atmosphere on the ship became more and more solemn.

Except for Ye Shuo, no one dared to say anything. Ye Shuo was almost suffocating himself.

While the ship was docked, people were coming and going in my cheap father’s room. None of them were people Ye Shuo recognized. Some of them were wearing official robes, some were wearing white clothes, and some were wearing… that should be the clothes of military commanders, right?

The crowds were coming and going, and Ye Shuo was dazzled.

As if he had noticed his brother’s confusion, the Fourth Prince happened to be free, so he stood aside and explained casually: “That’s the governor of Shanzhou, the one dressed as a military commander is the garrison commander of Shanzhou, and that…that…”

“Stop, stop, stop.” Ye Shuo couldn’t stand it after listening for a while, “Why are there so many people? There are too many people.”

“That’s just the beginning.” The Fourth Prince laughed. As a prince, he should remember some important people clearly.

“Ninth brother, you have to learn.”

Ye Shuo didn’t care. Why would he learn this? He didn’t plan to work in officialdom.

Ye Shuo just didn’t understand what his cheap father was going to investigate. Why was he going through so much trouble?

Ye Shuo was confused, but he couldn’t quite figure out the direction. After thinking it over, he finally took advantage of no one’s attention and pulled the least trouble-making and most low-key Seventh Prince into a corner.

“Can you tell me what exactly did Father come here for?”

The more Ye Shuo looked, the more uneasy he felt. He had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen.

Being caught off guard by Ye Shuo’s arm, the Seventh Prince was silent as he looked at his brother’s face so close to him. He said, “Didn’t I say before that I would visit you in Liangzhou while on my southern tour?”

Ye Shuo: “…”

“Forget it, just pretend I didn’t ask.”

Ye Shuo turned around and was about to leave, but the next moment, he heard the Seventh Prince add another sentence behind him.

“Of course, that’s what it looks like on the surface. That’s what Father told us at the time.”

Ye Shuo paused, then turned around and saw the Seventh Prince silently mouthing words to him. To prevent the guards around from overhearing, he didn’t even make a sound in the middle –

‘Crown Prince’.

When Ye Shuo saw these two words, his heart immediately tightened.

Although he guessed that the palace would not be as peaceful as before in the next two years, he did not expect that things would have come to this point.

Having come to this point, Ye Shuo did not ask any further questions.

From now on, it is no longer something he can interfere with.

Not long after Ye Shuo asked this question, the first official, the prefect of Shengzhou, was dismissed.

Emperor Jingwen acted drastically and executed him on the spot after obtaining the evidence.

Ye Shuo did not go to see the governor of Shengzhou on the day he was being questioned. About half a day later, Ye Shuo heard the news of the governor’s death.

Then, when my cheap dad walked in, he could not hide the smell of blood.

Although Emperor Jingwen is no longer young, he has not lost his ambition at all. He killed all the people without blinking an eye.

The Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince followed Emperor Jingwen respectfully. Only Ye Shuo seemed so out of place at this moment.

When he saw those people, Ye Shuo suddenly thought of something.

The Fourth Prince knew all about the people summoned by his step-father before. Perhaps he had an idea of ​​it in his mind from the beginning.

There were also the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince. Even the most arrogant Fifth Prince was not the least bit surprised when they saw what was happening before their eyes, nor did they have any questions at all. They were totally unlike Ye Shuo, who asked questions everywhere.

Everyone knew that this southern tour was fake and that the purpose of investigating the crown prince was real, and everyone was cooperating silently.

This made Ye Shuo wonder whether they were the same in the court.

Everyone is looking forward to and pushing the crown prince step by step towards the abyss.

Among them is not only the eldest prince, but also the second prince, the fifth prince, the sixth prince, the seventh prince, the eighth prince, and even the fourth prince who seems the most indifferent may not be without that idea.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made such thorough preparations in advance.

Ye Shuo had said before that the crown prince was like a piece of delicious fat meat, and the others were jackals. When these jackals grew up, once the fat meat fell to the ground, it would be torn into pieces in an instant.

After figuring out the key, Ye Shuo realized that this time the prince must be dug out completely.

What we see now is just the beginning.

Just as Ye Shuo thought, as the ship went downstream, the number of officials being punished continued to increase.

There are about two days left in the voyage and the ship will arrive at Yeling.

That night, for some reason, Ye Shuo tossed and turned, feeling a little uneasy.

He didn’t have any seasickness problem, so it had nothing to do with seasickness. Unable to sleep, Ye Shuo put on a coat and went outside.

At that time, the silver moon was like a hook, the river was sparkling, and both banks were pitch black. Only the sound of cicadas was extremely noisy.

When Ye Shuo walked to the bow of the boat, he discovered that his cheap father couldn’t sleep either and was also outside getting some fresh air.

Ye Shuo tiptoed up behind his cheap father and quickly covered his eyes with lightning speed.

Emperor Jingwen: “…”

Emperor Jingwen’s thoughts were instantly disrupted.

The next moment, he heard the person behind him speak in a rough voice: “Guess who I am.”

Emperor Jingwen took a deep breath and said, “Xiaojiu, if you don’t let me go, don’t blame me for being rude!”

Who else could it be? Did he think his brothers were as boring as him? Others didn’t have the guts to do that.

There is no one else in the world who can do such a thing.

“Tsk, Dad, this is boring.” Ye Shuo didn’t want to do it either. The main reason was that when he saw someone with their back to him, he couldn’t help it and his hands became particularly itchy. It might be a problem brought by the modern times and he couldn’t get rid of it after all this time.

As he said that, Ye Shuo sat down on the deck, and the word “dirty” that Emperor Jingwen said was stuck in his throat.

It was hot and humid in the summer, even though there was water all around. Ye Shuo waved the folding fan in his hand and said, “Dad, why aren’t you sleeping so late?”

“Didn’t you sleep either?” Emperor Jingwen asked the guards to move a chair and then had someone wipe it clean carefully before he sat down.

One has noble manners, and the other is a playboy. The contrast between the father and son is too obvious.

Emperor Jingwen couldn’t stand it any longer, so he scolded, “You don’t stand properly, you don’t sit properly, look at you, you don’t look like a prince at all.”

Ye Shuo didn’t ask him what was bothering him, because the anger had already burned on him.

Ye Shuo stood up reluctantly. Just as he was about to say something, he accidentally saw an iron hook flying straight towards his cheap father.

“Be careful!” Ye Shuo subconsciously stepped forward and pulled his stepfather aside.

Then came the sound of breaking air.

Although the hook missed this time, it still managed to hook onto the edge of the ship.

The guards beside him swung their swords and hastily cut it off. However, even though one was cut off, the next one flew over.

Immediately afterwards, iron hooks came like raindrops, almost covering the entire edge of the boat.

Then, countless black shadows flew out from the water, holding hidden weapons, aiming directly at Emperor Jingwen!


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