BXBX NOVEL Chapter 264: Ending
Fortunately, Prince Rui was there. Prime Minister He never thought that Prince Rui’s carefree character would play a miraculous role at this time, but at the same time, when he thought about assisting the new emperor with him in the future, Prime Minister He had a terrible headache.
Speaking of which, Prime Minister He was also miserable. Although he had a keen eye and picked out the latent Emperor Taicheng at first sight, and it turned out that he had indeed bet on the right horse and successfully continued the glory of the He family, but unfortunately Emperor Taicheng passed away too early, forcing Prime Minister He, who was already at the age of retirement, to work so hard and even had no time to rest.
After most of the ministers and clan members had left, Ye Shuo’s true colours were revealed.
“Phew…I’m so tired.”
He Xiang, who was standing by, saw that he was not standing properly, frowned, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
I wanted to say something, but I was afraid of being pestered by Prince Rui.
“Now, can we finally leave?” The fifth prince said unhappily. I really didn’t know what he was thinking. He was willing to kneel at the feet of a baby. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to bear it.
“Just performed well.”Ye Shuo waved his hand: “Alright, alright, let’s go.”
The fifth prince turned around and left, but the seventh and eighth princes bowed to the new emperor before leaving.
Now that Emperor Taicheng is gone, the eldest prince, who has been as obedient as a quail for nearly three years, finally has a chance to speak again.
“Emperor Taicheng actually chose you to be the regent.” The eldest prince now finally knew what the good news he had mentioned before was.
But the eldest prince still found it unbelievable. He felt that Emperor Taicheng was desperate and tried every possible means in the end. He really dared to do anything.
“He’s not afraid that you will destroy his only child.” In this regard, Lao Liu is quite courageous.
“What do you mean?” Ye Shuo frowned.
“Do you look down on me?”
To be honest, the eldest prince really doesn’t look down on him.
Ye Shuo took a deep breath and decided not to bother with these trivial matters.
Ye Shuo thought for a moment and said, “Since you know, then give me a hand instead of just standing there and watching.”
“It’s that easy.” The eldest prince was too lazy to meddle in such trivial matters. Besides, it was like that when Emperor Taicheng was in power. It would be good enough if he didn’t cause trouble after his death. 𝘳𝔞NȯᛒЁ𝐒
Ye Shuo probably knew what the eldest prince was dissatisfied with, but father is father and child is child.
“The kid didn’t offend you, did he? When did you become so petty?”
“I’m stingy? I’m still stingy?” The eldest prince pointed at his nose, looking incredulous.
Not wanting to say anything more to him, the eldest prince turned around and prepared to leave. However, he had just taken two steps when Ye Shuo grabbed his arm.
“Brother, brother, no, no, no. My request is not high. I just ask you to keep an eye on the starlings.” After all, Ye Shuo is alone and it is impossible for him to take care of everything. As for the secret guards that Emperor Taicheng left for the little emperor, forget about their quality. Their quality is so bad that even a wooden man like Wu Yi would be pissed off when seeing them. They are probably of no use for the time being.
Without the useful secret guards, the little emperor’s control over Shangjing would be greatly weakened.
Ye Shuo had no choice but to find a few more helpers.
As for the Fifth Prince, he and the Seventh Prince were restraining each other and could only expose each other.
The eldest prince had already had a grudge against the eighth prince because of what happened before, so what if they were brothers? Now the one who least wanted the eighth prince to regain power was probably the eldest prince.
“Brother, please be kind and help your younger brother.” Ye Shuo has always been very thick-skinned and doesn’t care about his face at all.
Seeing the young man behaving like this, the eldest prince’s brows suddenly furrowed.
“Let’s talk properly, why are you being so fussy?”
“Brother, if you don’t agree, I won’t let go.”
The eldest prince: “…”
“Okay, okay, okay, I promise, just get out of here.”
After cursing the man as shameless in his heart, the eldest prince limped away on his crutches.
On the other hand, after the coronation ceremony, Xing Yucheng became extremely anxious and his first reaction was to prepare to run away.
However, although he was already the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in his early thirties, a fourth-rank official was not considered a low position at his age. You have to know that his father was only a third-rank Shangshu all his life. But it was still not high enough to be in the hall today, so he had to wait until all the adults left before he could leave.
For some reason, the Minister of Works felt that his son was particularly impatient today.
“What are you in such a hurry for?”
Xing Yucheng noticed that the Regent had let go of Prince Ding, and his heart immediately sank: “…You will know soon.”
Almost as soon as the words fell, the young man’s voice was heard.
At this time, Xing Yucheng was only one step away from the gate of Xuanzheng Hall.
“Xing Shaoqing, please stay for a moment, don’t leave yet.”
Who in the whole of Shangjing didn’t know that the third son of the Xing family was the companion of His Royal Highness Prince Rui in the past? Even though so many years had passed, Xing Yucheng had been tied to His Royal Highness Prince Rui from the very beginning, and there was really no need to hide it.
In an instant, everyone’s attention was focused here.
The Minister of Works was silent for a moment, took a few steps back, and huddled into the crowd, pretending not to know him.
Xing Yucheng took a deep breath, then came to Ye Shuo and bowed to him: “Your Highness, what can I do for you?”
“Nothing much, I just need someone I can use right now. Could you please fill in for me?”
Feeling that it was really inhumane to make people work overtime without compensation, Ye Shuo hurriedly added: “Don’t worry, you won’t work for nothing.”
Xing Yucheng thought to himself, Your Highness, you might as well let me work for nothing!
But Xing Yucheng had no room to refuse, so he could only agree with tears in his eyes.
“yes.”
Compared to him, Wei Wen was much smarter. He left under the pretext of supporting the old Duke Zhen when Ye Shuo was talking to the Fifth Prince and the others. When Ye Shuo looked for him again, there was no one in the hall.
After returning to the bedroom, the little emperor was the only one left in the palace, and he finally relaxed.
The little emperor sat there, coughing and twisting wrinkles on both sides of his clothes with his hands.
I don’t know how I performed today, whether I showed any weakness, whether I made others laugh at me, and… whether I brought shame upon my father’s reputation.
Then, the little emperor was awakened by the sound of a communication outside.
“Your Majesty, the Regent requests an audience.”
The little emperor straightened his back subconsciously.
When Ye Shuo came in, the little emperor found that he seemed to be holding a box in his hand. When he opened the box, inside lay a bunch of candies wrapped in brown paper?
“These are throat lozenges. During the ceremony just now, I saw His Majesty seemed to be wheezing. Maybe he had a cough, so I went to the Imperial Hospital to get these.”
Although the coronation ceremony was kept simple, the entire process still took an hour.
Ye Shuo couldn’t help but say, “Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty.”
The little emperor felt warm all of a sudden, but what made him even happier was yet to come.
“Your Majesty behaved very well today, just like your father.”
“Really?” This time, the little emperor could no longer sit still.
“But I… No, I feel like I’m not steady enough when I walk. I stumbled when I climbed the stairs, and my hands shook when I sat on the throne. Also…”
Seeing the child talking more and more, Ye Shuo smiled and shook his head: “No, Your Majesty is already very good now. When Your Majesty grows up, he will definitely be even better.”
The little emperor finally let out a long breath.
After Ye Shuo left, the little emperor picked up a throat lozenge, peeled it and put it in his mouth. The cool and sweet taste quickly spread. Sure enough, after a while, the cough in his throat gradually became less severe.
A few days later, it was the day for Emperor Taicheng to be buried.
The little emperor was weak and young, so he naturally could not do the job of carrying the coffin. At this time, it was immediately clear how unpopular Emperor Taicheng was during his lifetime.
It was not proper for Ye Shuo, as a younger brother, to carry his elder brother’s coffin. He had no choice but to look at the eldest prince.
The eldest prince felt that he had offended someone, but in the end, he still resisted the urge to curse, waved his hand impatiently, and motioned Ye Yan and his brothers to come forward.
What Ye Shuo didn’t expect was that Ye Xun actually took the initiative to lend a hand. After all, Emperor Taicheng was his uncle, right?
Ye Shuo opened his mouth, but didn’t say anything.
Then, the posthumous title for Emperor Taicheng was decided.
Ye Shuo and the young emperor studied for several days and selected several titles with good meanings for Emperor Taicheng. As expected, they were all rejected.
The one who governs the heavens and the earth is called Wen, the one who is knowledgeable and talented is called Constitution, the one who makes the people turn to is called Benevolence, the one who keeps the people safe and secure is called Virtue, the one who works hard for the people and makes them well-fed is called Kang… None of these can be used.
Emperor Taicheng’s reign was short, just over two years in total, less than three years. He had just taken control of the imperial power, and his various decrees had not yet been implemented. Those that had been implemented had not yet produced results. In addition, Emperor Taicheng later raised demons in the palace and was obsessed with the way to immortality. He was not a wise ruler at all.
If no disaster had occurred in the end, and if the person who succeeded to the throne had not been the offspring of Emperor Taicheng, the situation would have been even more serious.
But even if Emperor Taicheng’s descendants succeeded to the throne, these beautiful posthumous titles still could not be used, but bad posthumous titles would not be used either, so a compromise was made and neutral posthumous titles were chosen.
Finally, after discussion among the royal family and the court, Emperor Taicheng was posthumously named Emperor Yuanzhuangping.
To desire kindness and love but have no virtue within is called being mean.
All talk but no moral character, the Sixth Prince ascended to the throne during the reign of Emperor Jingwen with his great ability, but he made no further achievements after ascending the throne, which is really disappointing.
When the ceremonial officer read out these words in the court, the little emperor was confused. When the court was over, the little emperor could no longer hold back and burst into tears.
No one knows his father’s abilities better than him. He just doesn’t have enough time, and other people will never know this.
Civil and military officials as well as the people could only see what Emperor Taicheng did on the surface, and no one cared whether he was good or bad.
From this moment on, the little emperor suddenly understood that if he failed to be a good emperor, this would be the end of him.