The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Ye Lanfeng was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked Ye Jinan to the ground. The imperial concubine was so frightened that she screamed and quickly hugged her son.

Looking at the extremely stupid mother and son in front of him, Ye Lanfeng really felt that he had been blind before.

At first, I thought Ye Chuji was a bit extreme and unfit to sit on the throne. I thought the imperial concubine didn't have so many tricks, and the son she taught shouldn't be like that either, so I wanted to make Ye Jin'an the crown prince instead.

Now it seems that one fool taught another fool. This Ye Jinan really doesn't have the intelligence to be the master of the world!

The more he looked at them, the more upset he became. Ye Lanfeng shouted:

"Get out!"

After Ye Chuji's accident, Ye Lanfeng's health became weaker and weaker. Now, he was angered by Ye Jinan and his mother, and he fell ill as soon as night fell.

Imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau were coming in and out, but Ye Lanfeng's high fever wouldn't go away and he kept talking nonsense from time to time.

When the news spread outside the palace, Ye Buhuo went to see him several times with Hua Rongyu and his son, but Ye Lanfeng's illness came like a mountain, and he was in a coma for seven or eight days without waking up.

The affairs of the court cannot be delayed. Now that Ye Lanfeng has only one prince, Ye Jinan, the responsibility of handling state affairs naturally falls on him.

Having tasted the feeling of being an emperor in advance, Ye Jin'an had no choice but to completely forget about Ye Lanfeng who was lying on the sickbed.

Two days later, Ye Lanfeng finally woke up. The father-in-law wiped his tears and said:

"Your Majesty, you are finally awake."

Ye Lanfeng said weakly: "How many days have I slept?"

"Your Majesty, you have slept for ten whole days."

The eunuch told Ye Lanfeng everything that had happened in the past ten days, including how many times Ye Buhuo had come to see him and how Ye Jinan was currently handling state affairs.

Ye Lanfeng paused after hearing this, "How was it handled?"

The eunuch smiled awkwardly and replied, "I am just a servant serving tea and water. How can I understand anything?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Lanfeng knew that Ye Jinan had handled the situation in such a mess that his father-in-law couldn't find any words to praise him, so he could only pretend not to understand.

Ye Lanfeng smiled faintly, "You know too much."

"Call Prince An to come to the palace to see me. Also, there is a secret box under the bed. Take out the contents and give them to me."

The father-in-law found the secret box, took out a long and narrow wooden box from it and placed it next to Ye Lanfeng.

When Hua Wu Ke received the order to enter the palace, he was still a little worried.

"Why did the Emperor look for you at this critical moment? He couldn't be thinking that he didn't have much time left, so he wanted to take you with him..."

The more Hua Wu Ke thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. He shook his head and said, "No, no, I'll go with you!"

Seeing her worried look, Ye Buhuo smiled faintly and consoled her:

"Don't worry, it's okay. With the Black Iron Army and the Hua Family Army here, he won't touch me. It would be dangerous if you go. What if he catches you to threaten me?"

"Be good in the mansion, I'll be back soon, okay?"

Hua Wu Ke sent him to the door with a worried look on his face, and reminded him, "Be careful and take care of yourself."

When Ye Buhuo arrived at the palace, Hua Rongyu and his son, as well as other important ministers were also waiting outside the palace. It was obvious that the emperor had something important to announce.

Before he could talk to Hua Rongyu and his son, Ye Buhuo was invited in by his father-in-law who had been waiting at the door.

"Your Majesty, you are finally here. The Emperor has been waiting for you."

When Ye Buhuo entered, he saw Ye Lanfeng leaning against the head of the bed, gently stroking a wooden box.

Ye Lanfeng pointed to a chair beside him and said:

"Eighth brother is here? Sit down."

After Ye Buhuo sat down, Ye Lanfeng said again: "Please accompany me to wait for my useless son, Your Majesty."

Ye Jinan was getting a little impatient reading those official documents and was resting in the imperial concubine's palace. He hurried over when he heard the emperor calling him.

Seeing the ministers gathered outside the palace, Ye Jinan was delighted, thinking that since he was such a high-ranking mayor, his father would definitely make him the crown prince!

Ye Jinan straightened his clothes, put one hand behind his back, walked past the ministers with his head held high, and entered the hall.

"Father, I am currently handling government affairs. Why did you call me here?"

Ye Lanfeng glanced at him, motioned for him to sit down, and then said to Ye Buhuo:

"Eighth brother, I have never asked you for so many years. Do you hate me?"

Ye Buhuo knew that Ye Lanfeng was talking about the throne, so he said, "I was dissatisfied in my heart. I was dissatisfied that my brother concealed the fact that the late emperor was seriously ill for the throne, which made me miss the last time I saw the late emperor. But I never hated my brother because of the throne."

Whether one can sit on the throne depends on the timing. Ye Lanfeng got this opportunity, but he missed it. He had nothing to say, let alone resentment.

Ye Lanfeng breathed a sigh of relief and handed the wooden box in his hand to Ye Buhuo.

In the wooden box, there was the imperial edict from the late emperor passing the throne to Ye Buhuo, as well as the relics of Ye Buhuo's biological mother, Ye Qingge.

"Now, I will return the throne to you. I only have one request, that my son live his life in peace."

Upon hearing this, before Ye Buhuo could react, Ye Jinan jumped up in dissatisfaction.

"Father! How can you pass the throne to an outsider? I am your son!"

Ye Lanfeng glared at him in dismay, "Look at what you have done these past few days. What have you done to the imperial court? If you were to sit on the throne, I'm afraid that before I die, the Ye Kingdom will no longer be called Ye."

Ye Jinan was still mumbling something, and Ye Lanfeng impatiently ordered his father-in-law to kick him out.

"Very noisy!"

"What I just said, will Eighth Brother agree?"

He was just a prince. Ye Buhuo would not be unable to tolerate him. He nodded, signaling Ye Lanfeng not to worry.

Ye Lanfeng nodded with a smile, "Let all the ministers come in."

The minister knelt on the floor in the room, and then the eunuch cleared his throat and said:

"The Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, writes: Prince An Ye Bu Huo is a man of noble character, with outstanding military achievements. He is strong and his will cannot be taken away, and even great persecutions cannot sway his heart. I wish to pass the throne to Prince An Ye Bu Huo, and all the ministers should assist him wholeheartedly and support the country together."

All the ministers said in unison: "Ministers, accept the order."

Hua Wuke, who had been worried for a whole day, never expected that Ye Buhuo would suddenly succeed to the throne after entering the palace. She touched the imperial edict that Ye Buhuo brought back and marveled at it.

Ye Buhuo was relatively calm, dealing with the political affairs that followed one after another.

Perhaps because his funeral affairs had been settled, Ye Lanfeng had no worries, for he passed away the day after the imperial edict was issued.

The sound of the funeral bells spread throughout the capital. Although Ye Lanfeng did not have any great achievements worthy of praise during his reign, he had protected the stability of the people for so many years. Upon hearing the news of his death, many people still came to the outside of the imperial city to pay their respects.

As soon as the mourning period at Yelan Peak was over, Ye Jinan took his mother and fled to the fiefdom that the late emperor had allocated to him before his death.

Ye Buhuo also moved into the palace with Hua Wuke.