The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

The whole capital was filled with a festive atmosphere these days, because the King of Wei was about to ascend the throne. Although it didn't matter to the common people who ascended the throne, it was a great joyous event, and they could also benefit from it. The most important thing was that the new emperor would grant amnesty to the whole country when he ascended the throne. Those whose relatives and friends had committed crimes could take this opportunity to reduce their guilt, and some could even be released from prison.

Zhao Yao also benefited from it. All the civil and military officials knew that the relationship between His Royal Highness the King of Han and His Royal Highness the King of Wei was very good. When His Royal Highness the King of Wei ascended the throne, His Royal Highness the King of Han's status would rise, so many ministers came to visit Zhao Yao, the most favored brother of the future emperor.

Zhao Yao never dreamed that he would become the object of flattery one day. This made him laugh and cry. He never liked to interact with the ministers in the court, so he simply closed the door and did not meet any of them. He also refused all the gifts secretly sent by the officials.

At this time, Zhao Yao was in the courtyard of the Prince of Han's mansion, basking in the sun and playing chess with the King of Chu.

"Tenth brother, have you really decided to return to Swamp Mansion and not stay in the capital?" After these days of recuperation, the King of Chu's body has improved a little. At least his face is no longer pale and bloodless.

Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "No, I will leave when Big Brother ascends the throne. I will immediately return to Swamp House." It is better to stay away from the capital, a place of trouble. If I continue to stay, I might get into trouble.

The King of Chu looked at Zhao Yao and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Tenth brother, I hope you can stay in the capital."

When Zhao Yao heard this, he looked at the King of Chu sitting opposite him in surprise and confusion: "Fourth brother, why?"

"You stay in the capital, first, you can help him, and second, you can persuade him." When the King of Chu said this, his brows slightly knitted, his face a little solemn, "You should know what kind of personality he has, and his methods of doing things are extremely extreme. I am worried that he will make the court..."

The King of Chu didn't finish his words, but Zhao Yao understood what he meant. Zhao Yao stopped playing chess and asked, "Fourth brother, are you worried that Eighth brother will mess up the court?"

"Yes." In fact, the King of Chu hoped that Zhao Yao would ascend the throne more than the King of Wei, but he knew in his heart that Zhao Yao had no interest in the throne.

"During the time when Myna was regent, the court was doing fine. Besides, with Prime Minister He and others around, they won't let Myna do anything reckless." Myna does things in an extreme way, but that doesn't mean he will only use extreme means to deal with things.

"Now that he has not ascended the throne, of course he is cautious and consults with Prime Minister He on everything. After he ascends the throne, do you think he will still consult Prime Minister He on everything?" The King of Chu has been fighting with the King of Wei for 20 to 30 years, and he is the person who knows his temperament and methods best in the world. Now, the King of Wei handles the affairs of the court in an orderly manner without any chaos. But after he ascends the throne, in order to establish his prestige and to gain power, he will not be like this now. He will even use any means to achieve his goals.

"Prime Minister He and Grand Tutor Liu are my father's trusted ministers. Now the important affairs of the court still depend on Prime Minister He and them. How long do you think he will tolerate them?" The King of Chu continued, "Do you think that with his temper, he will always listen to Prime Minister He and them? With his temper, he will want to establish his authority in the court after he has been on the throne for a period of time. Who knows what will happen then." When a new emperor wants to establish his authority, he usually starts with court officials, especially those who hold important positions and hold real power.

What the King of Chu said made sense. Zhao Yao had not thought of this aspect.

"He values ​​and trusts you. If you stay by his side, you can not only help him, but also persuade him." The King of Chu said seriously, "In this world, you are the only one who can listen to his words."

"Fourth brother..."

The King of Chu knew what Zhao Yao wanted to say and interrupted him: "I know you don't want to stay in the capital and don't want to get involved in the right and wrong in the capital, but Tenth Brother, you don't want to see him make the court a mess and make the people suffer."

"Fourth brother, Eighth Brother is not as bad as you say." Zhao Yao felt that the King of Chu was exaggerating.

"That's just his nature."

"Fourth brother, you should also know that being an emperor is different from not being an emperor." Zhao Yao said solemnly, "My eighth brother is just my eighth brother now, there is no distinction between the emperor and his subjects. But when he becomes the emperor, he will still be my eighth brother, but he will also be a king. Do you really think it is a good thing for me to stay in the capital?"

Zhao Yao's words left the King of Chu silent.

"I'll leave the capital and return to Swamp House, away from Big Brother, so that the relationship between us won't deteriorate. But if I stay in the capital and often dissuade Big Brother, do you think Big Brother will listen to me every time?" Zhao Yao asked again, "After a long time, do you think Big Brother won't get tired of me?"

What Zhao Yao said was so true that the King of Chu was unable to refute it.

"If I stay in the capital, my fate may not be good." Zhao Yao did not exaggerate. "I'd better go back to Swamp House, away from everything in the capital, so that I can continue to be good brothers with Big Brother." He was really tired of living a comfortable life in Swamp House and staying in the capital to live a life of walking on thin ice. "Besides, I have to take you back to Swamp House for treatment. If you continue to stay in the capital, you may be in danger."

The King of Chu sighed and said, "Alas..."

"Fourth Brother, if what you just said happens in the future, I will return to the capital to persuade Eighth Brother."

The King of Chu nodded helplessly and said, "This is the only way."

Seeing the King of Chu looking worried, Zhao Yao consoled him, "Fourth brother, don't be so pessimistic. Maybe Eighth Brother will be a good emperor."

The King of Chu mocked unceremoniously: "With his temper..." Then he shook his head, "Impossible."

Fourth Brother really doesn't think the Eighth Brother will be successful. However, his worries are not without reason.

"Fourth brother, let's continue playing chess."

At this moment, Tongxi came over, first saluted Zhao Yao and the King of Chu, then leaned close to Zhao Yao's ear and whispered a few words.

Zhao Yao said directly: "Fourth brother is not an outsider, let the secret guard come directly."

"Yes, Your Highness."

In a moment, the dark guard armor appeared in front of Zhao Yao and the King of Chu.

Zhao Yao briefly introduced the Dark Guard A to the King of Chu, who then saluted the King of Chu and handed the secret letter in his arms to Zhao Yao.

After reading the secret letter, Zhao Yao's face suddenly became gloomy.

Seeing Zhao Yao's face as gloomy as water, the King of Chu asked with concern, "What happened?"

"Someone in Swamp House wants to rebel."

The King of Chu asked hurriedly: "Rebellion, who is rebelling?"

"Fourth brother, it's okay. The rebellion has been suppressed." Zhao Yao had expected this to happen, so he arranged everything before returning to the capital.

"Are you really okay?" The King of Chu was afraid that Zhao Yao was lying on purpose to reassure him.

"It's really okay. I had expected it, so I made preparations in advance." Second uncle, second uncle, you really didn't let me down. You are really preparing to send troops to rebel.

"You expected this?"

"Yes, I expected that." Zhao Yao smiled at the King of Chu and said, "Fourth brother, it's really okay now."

The King of Chu was relieved, "That's good."

"However, for safety reasons, I still have to return to Swamp House as soon as Myna ascends the throne." I have to go back and have a good talk with my second uncle.

"We have to go back quickly." The King of Chu was looking forward to going to the Swamp House. He had always wanted to see with his own eyes what the Swamp House looked like under Zhao Yao's control.

"Fourth brother, wait for me for a moment. I will write a letter back to Swamp House."

"Go and do your work."

Zhao Yao went to the study, wrote a secret letter, and asked Secret Guard A to deliver it to Chu Huan.

In the secret letter, he asked Chu Huan not to embarrass He Lianfang and temporarily put He Lianfang under house arrest in his yard. When he returned to Swamp House, he would personally deal with He Lianfang.

After writing the secret letter, Zhao Yao returned to the yard and continued playing chess with the King of Chu, but after a while, Yu Hai came to him for help.

Although the King of Wei's enthronement was not a grand ceremony, there were still many things to prepare for. As the emperor's younger brother, Zhao Yao naturally had to help.

Zhao Yao had no choice but to follow Yu Hai to help. After the work was done, he did not rush back to the Han Palace, but went to Kunde Hall to visit the emperor who was paralyzed by a stroke and could not speak.

The emperor sat on the bed, staring at Zhao Yao. "Are you disappointed that I'm not the emperor?" Zhao Yao laughed at the emperor while eating oranges, "You want me and Bage to become enemies, and then you want me to kill Bage and ascend the throne smoothly."

Although the emperor could not speak, he could express his thoughts with his eyes. At this moment, he glared at Zhao Yao.

"Do you think I will fall out with Big Brother B for Big Brother B and the Li family?" Zhao Yao sneered, "Big Brother B is indeed very important to me, but the Li family is not that important to me. I will not kill Big Brother B for the Li family."

If the emperor could speak, he would definitely curse Zhao Yao.

"I told you that I don't want to be the emperor. No one can force me to be the emperor, not even you." The oranges were very sweet, and Zhao Yao felt sweet eating them. "By the way, He Lianfang rebelled, but she didn't succeed."

The emperor blinked, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Before I returned to the capital, I guessed that he would start a rebellion and force me to do so, so I arranged everything before I left." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Back then, you arranged for He Lianfang to be by my side, firstly, you wanted him to teach me, and secondly, you wanted him to stimulate me to rebel. As an emperor and a father, you actually hoped that I would rebel. I really don't understand your behavior."

The emperor stared at Zhao Yao and shouted in his heart: It's because you, a bad boy, don't want to be the emperor, so I have no choice but to resort to this last resort.

"You've always known that He Lianfang wanted to rebel against you, so you let him work around me." Zhao Yao finished his orange and started eating snacks. "I didn't bother to ask about everything he did around me over the years. He thought I didn't know his purpose, but I actually knew it a long time ago."

The emperor looked at Zhao Yao in surprise: You little bastard, when did you know that?

"Before I went to Lingnan, I already knew everything." Zhao Yao looked at the emperor with disdain. "Do you and he think I'm stupid just because I'm young?"

emperor:"……"

"I allowed my second uncle to rebel beside me, but that doesn't mean I would let him succeed." Zhao Yao chuckled and said, "My second uncle is indeed an amazing general. The soldiers and spies he trained are very good and loyal, but my second uncle ignored me. He thought the soldiers he trained were only loyal to him, but in fact, they were loyal to me."

The emperor's eyes were filled with surprise.

Zhao Yao supported his face with his right hand and continued slowly, "Second Uncle thinks that I don't care about things and I'm just a young boy. I don't have the prestige that he has, so the soldiers will only listen to him and not me. But he forgot one thing. He trained the soldiers in the name of helping me, His Royal Highness the King of Han, to train. Besides, Chu Huan and others are also among the trained soldiers. Of course, the most important thing is that I, His Royal Highness the King of Han, have the ability."

The emperor looked at Zhao Yao with some disdain, as if to say, "You little bastard, you're bragging."

Zhao Yao saw what the emperor was thinking and said with a smile, "I am not bragging. I, His Royal Highness the King of Han, am very attractive in the Swamp House. Second Uncle thought that if I didn't care about training the soldiers, the soldiers would not obey me but only him. This is why his rebellion failed."

There was a look of shock in the emperor's eyes.

"You and Second Uncle underestimated me. I was too lazy to expose your tricks. You really thought I knew nothing." Zhao Yao laughed, "For example, you are now paralyzed by a stroke. You already knew that Bage poisoned you, so you just played along with him and tricked me at the same time."

When the emperor heard this, his eyes widened.

"I guess the person who has been poisoning you is Concubine Ying. She is from Bage, right?"

emperor:"!!!!!"

"Come to think of it, old man, you have been really cruel to yourself in order to make me the emperor. Now you are paralyzed. Not only can you not speak, you can't even take care of yourself." After saying this, he gave the emperor a thumbs up in admiration.

The emperor was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Why are you doing this?" Zhao Yao couldn't understand this behavior.

The emperor rolled his eyes at Zhao Yao.

"It's a pity that I didn't become the emperor as you planned." Zhao Yao said jokingly, "You didn't succeed, and you paralyzed yourself. You really lost more than you gained."

The emperor rolled his eyes in anger.

"When Big Brother ascends the throne, I will return to Swamp House." Zhao Yao stretched lazily, "I will go back and continue to be my Highness the King of Han, and live a carefree life."

The emperor snorted in his heart: You are dreaming!

"I will keep the witch doctor here and let him continue to give you acupuncture." Zhao Yao said, "I am not doing this for you, but for my mother. If you get better soon, my mother will have less toil." The stinky father brought this upon himself. With his temper, he was too lazy to save him and let him be paralyzed forever, but this would make my mother very tormented. For my mother, he had to make his stinky father get better soon.

Emperor: Rebellious son.

Zhao Yao stood up and said, "Okay, I'm leaving." Before leaving, he went to visit Concubine Li and told her about the situation of the Li family and the King of Chu.

Liangpin took Zhao Yao's hand and asked with a worried look on her face, "Is everything alright in Swamp House? Is Siyun okay?"

"Don't worry, mother. Everything is fine." Zhao Yao thought of the emperor and said unhappily, "Mother, father has brought this upon himself. You don't have to be too nice to him."

Liang Bin smiled and said, "When he gets better, I will settle the score with him."

Zhao Yao felt relieved when he heard Liangpin say that. It was getting late, so he didn't say much to Liangpin and left with Tongxi.

As soon as he left the palace, Yu Hai took him to Prince Wei's Palace.

The King of Wei has not yet ascended the throne and is temporarily living in the King of Wei's Palace.

"Myna, how come you have time to treat me to a meal today?"

"No matter how busy I am, I still have time to dine with you."

"Myna, if you have something to say, just tell me." Zhao Yao guessed that the King of Wei must have something to talk to him about.

"Yes, there is something." The King of Wei did not beat around the bush and said straight to the point, "I want Concubine Liang to be the Queen Mother."

Zhao Yao, who was drinking tea, was so frightened when he heard this that the tea went into his throat and he started coughing violently.

The King of Wei quickly reached out and patted him on the back to calm him down.

Zhao Yao coughed until his face turned red, and exclaimed: "My dear brother, what did you say? You want mother to be the queen mother?"

"Yes, Concubine Liang has always treated me very well, and I also regard her as my mother in my heart, so I want her to be the queen mother."

Zhao Yao could see that the King of Wei was sincere.

"My dear brother, you let your mother be the queen mother, then what about your biological mother?"

King Wei frowned slightly and said, "She doesn't deserve it."

"But she is your biological mother."

"She's not worthy of that." When his biological mother was mentioned, the King of Wei's face turned very cold, "Father would not agree to let her be the Queen Mother."

Zhao Yao thought: That’s true.

"Is it appropriate for my mother to be the Queen Mother?"

The King of Wei said seriously, "I want Concubine Liang to be my mother. There is nothing inappropriate about it." (End of this chapter)