Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 1237 - 195: Extra Story 2_2

"The belly moved...""It’s your little brother greeting you." Lady Liang smiled gently, "Your brother really likes you."

"Does he really like me?"

"Yes, he does."

From then on, the Eighth Prince often went to Kunde Hall to greet the brother in Lady Liang’s belly. Later, the brother was born, small and very cute. He really liked his brother, and his brother also liked him very much.

Not long after his brother was born, his mother passed away due to illness. On her deathbed, she held his hand tightly, continuously apologizing to him, and reminded him never to forget that he was Southern Wei, urging him to become an emperor in the future.

He didn’t like his mother, even hated her, often thinking it would be better if she were dead. But once she was gone, he didn’t feel any joy. Fortunately, Lady Liang was there; she was as good to him as ever, making clothes, preparing delicious food, creating fun activities, and teaching him to read and write. His brother liked him very much, always smiling happily when he saw him and asking to be held by him.

After his mother was gone, he moved out of Liuyun Hall and into Xingde Palace. However, Lady Liang, fearing he might be afraid alone, often called him over to stay at Kunde Hall and sleep with his brother.

As his brother grew older, he began to speak. Every time he saw him, he would sweetly call out, "Eighth Brother." His brother was like a shadow, following him wherever he went.

Later on, he started studying. Every afternoon, his brother would come to pick him up, holding his hand, and they would hop back to Kunde Hall.

His brother saved any tasty food for him, and kept any fun things for him to play with. His brother often went to Xingde Palace, slept with him, and told him not to be afraid.

Once, he caught a cold in the wind and fell sick in bed. Lady Liang and his brother stayed by his bedside, feeding him medicine and taking care of him.

His brother held his hand tightly, tears streaming down his face, begging him not to die.

From then on, every time he fell ill, his brother would nervously stay by his bedside, watching him, afraid that he would die and leave him.

No one in the palace cared about him, nor did anyone pay attention to him. Even if he died of illness, no one would bother, but Lady Liang and his brother cared. They paid attention to whether he dressed warmly, ate well, and slept well...

He feared the cold, but his brother was not afraid of it. His brother’s body was very warm, like a little stove. Whenever it got cold, his brother would warm his hands and his bed.

Although his mother was gone, he had Lady Liang and his brother, and his world didn’t collapse.

Lady Liang was not favored, and his brother was not liked by Father the Emperor. To protect Lady Liang and his brother and allow them a good life, he needed to do something. Additionally, the Southern Wei people found him, and he couldn’t just do nothing, or else Lady Liang and his brother would be in danger.

He deliberately got close to the Crown Prince, making him feel that he was useful. The more useful he became to the Crown Prince, the better lives Lady Liang and his tenth brother would have.

Sticking close to the Crown Prince for a long time, he discovered that the Crown Prince was merely a fool. If he became the emperor in the future, Great Zhou would be finished. For his sake and for his tenth brother’s, he had to compete for the throne.

As long as he became the emperor, his tenth brother could live carefree and follow his heart.

He originally thought his tenth brother was truly naïve and innocent, but unexpectedly, his tenth brother had already strategized everything for himself. His tenth brother didn’t tell him any of this, but he wasn’t angry because he didn’t inform his brother of these things either. Since his tenth brother didn’t want him to know, he pretended not to know.

He secretly observed his tenth brother’s actions and discovered that his brother’s intelligence, cunning, and tactics were all far superior to his own. Seeing his tenth brother so capable, he felt assured that he would do well in Lingnan.

Unexpectedly, the He Lianfang General beside his tenth brother took the initiative to contact him, wanting to cooperate. Truly an untrustworthy person. However, his care for his tenth brother was genuine, so there was no worry of betrayal.

Unexpectedly, the Father’s favored choice wasn’t the Fourth but the Tenth Brother. It turned out that all along, Father pretended not to love the Tenth Brother or like Lady Liang to protect them. It was truly unexpected that the cold-hearted Father would go to such lengths to protect them.

Father wanted the Tenth Brother to be emperor, but his brother didn’t want to be one. For avoiding getting involved in the bloody power struggle, his brother ran to Lingnan, far away from the capital’s influences.

If his brother became emperor, he would undoubtedly be a good emperor because, since childhood, his brother had always been sensitive to the people’s hardships and had done so much good for them.

For his tenth brother and for himself, he agreed to cooperate with He Lianfang and negotiated with the emperor. If it weren’t for him being poisoned long ago and not having long to live, it’s likely that neither the emperor nor He Lianfang would be willing to cooperate with him.

He had been poisoned by the emperor since childhood. If it hadn’t been for his brother accidentally giving him a bottle of Great Replenishing Pill, which mitigated the poison in his body, he might not have lived past twenty. His brother didn’t know that he saved him again.

Both He Lianfang and the emperor thought that by forcing his brother’s hand, he would "rebel" and turn against him. Yet, his brother let them down, not rebelling nor falling out with his Eighth Brother.

In his brother’s heart, he, the Eighth Brother, was very important. In his heart, his brother was also very important.

He took his brother’s throne, and he had to do something for his brother. Eliminating the Li Family and the influential clans would save his brother from having to deal with them once he ascended the throne.

Never did he think that he would still be around to see his brother ascend the throne. He could die without regrets.

He would wait at Naihe Bridge for Lady Liang and his brother. In the next life, he wanted to be Lady Liang’s biological son and his brother’s real older brother. And in the next life, they must reincarnate into an ordinary family, no longer as princes or royal descendants.

Decades later, he did become Lady Liang’s biological son and his brother’s real older brother.

"Brother, let’s go home. Mom surely made lots of delicious food."

"Alright, let’s go home."

"Mom, we’re back."

"You’re back, huh, hurry and wash your hands; dinner will be ready soon."

"Mom, I’ll help you bring out the dishes first."