Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 768: Chapter 375: Bring that Brat Xiao Shi Back

In the Prince Wei Mansion, just a short while ago, several ministers supporting Prince Wei had left. They came to find Prince Wei regarding the reinstatement of Prince Jin.

In recent days, there have been rampant rumors about reinstating Prince Jin. These ministers are loyal to the deposed Crown Prince, following Prince Wei in hopes of restoring Prince Jin one day. Now that they’ve heard the Emperor wishes to reinstate the deposed Crown Prince, they couldn’t sit still and wanted it to happen immediately.

They suggested to Prince Wei to propose the reinstatement of Prince Jin to the Emperor in a few days. Prince Wei found their idea very good and agreed with their proposal.

After discussing how to propose the reinstatement of the Crown Prince with Prince Wei, these ministers left with excitement on their faces.

After the ministers left, Lin Xueyi walked out from behind the screen.

"Reinstating the deposed Crown Prince, they are really dreaming beyond their means."

Prince Wei sneered and said, "Wishful thinking."

Lin Xueyi sat down opposite Prince Wei, "In recent times, rumors about the Emperor wanting to reinstate the deposed Crown Prince have been quite credible, no wonder they believed them." In fact, it wasn’t only these few who believed, others took it seriously too.

"Regarding this matter, I am also very surprised." Reinstating the deposed Crown Prince was not a rumor spread by Prince Wei. "However, this rumor is spreading very well." Prince Wei never thought of spreading the reinstatement rumors because, in his eyes, the deposed Crown Prince was already a useless person of no value. Moreover, he was very certain that the Emperor would never reinstate the deposed Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, who do you think spread this rumor?"

Prince Wei didn’t answer but countered Lin Xueyi, "What do you think?"

Lin Xueyi pondered for a moment, "Prince Chu, perhaps."

Prince Wei shook his head and smiled, "Not the fourth, the fourth wouldn’t do something so extremely foolish."

"It’s not Prince Chu, even less likely Prince Dai and Prince Jing, then who..." Lin Xueyi suddenly thought of something, his face changed drastically, and his tone was filled with fear, "Could it be His Majesty?"

Prince Wei shook his head again and said, "It’s not Father."

"Your Highness, why do you think it’s not His Majesty?" Lin Xueyi gave his own guess, "The Emperor has reasons to spread this rumor."

"Father worked so hard to openly deposing Zhao Xuan, how could he possibly reinstate Zhao Xuan?" Prince Wei smiled with deep meaning, "In Father’s eyes, Zhao Xuan has completely become a useless person."

"Then who spread such a rumor?"

"It wasn’t any of us, it was those ministers letting their thoughts run wild." The "any of us" from Prince Wei’s mouth referred to the four Princes.

Lin Xueyi listened, stunned with shock, seemingly unable to accept such a truth.

Seeing Lin Xueyi in this state, Prince Wei knew what he was thinking in his heart, couldn’t help but laugh, "What, it wasn’t Prince Chu, nor Father, has it let you down?"

Lin Xueyi embarrassedly smiled, "I overthought it."

"Your overthinking isn’t wrong, but this matter really isn’t complicated." After Prince Wei finished speaking, he randomly grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the chess box. Seeing this, Lin Xueyi also quickly grabbed a handful of chess pieces from his chess box, then the two began guessing pieces.

Prince Wei held the black pieces to play first.

Lin Xueyi held the white pieces to play next.

Lin Xueyi respectfully asked, "Your Highness, what should we do next, let the rumors continue to spread?"

"Yes, this rumor is beneficial to us." Prince Wei chuckled softly, "Many people think it was I who spread this rumor." After all, Prince Wei had always shown loyalty to the deposed Crown Prince.

Lin Xueyi understood Prince Wei’s meaning, lightly nodded, then immediately thought of those ministers earlier, and slightly furrowed his brows.

"Your Highness, there is one thing I don’t understand."

Prince Wei knew what Lin Xueyi didn’t understand, "You want to ask why I would use those people, even though they are useless?"

"Yes, the people of the deposed Crown Prince are basically useless, and now that Duke Zhen is Xie Shi, who is with the Empress, the Duke Zhen Country Mansion has already changed to supporting Prince Jing, no one will support the deposed Crown Prince anymore." Lin Xueyi meant that Prince Wei employing the deposed Crown Prince’s people had no use.

"Didn’t I tell you before that I am helping the deposed Crown Prince?" The reason Prince Wei used the deposed Crown Prince’s people wasn’t that he found them useful, but for reputation. He had always worked alongside the deposed Crown Prince, and now with the deposed Crown Prince in trouble, if he immediately abandoned and betrayed him to seize the throne himself, it would make many think he had hidden intentions all along, which would be very unfavorable to him.

By standing up to seize the throne for the deposed Crown Prince, he would appear to be loyal and righteous. Additionally, it would make the court ministers think he had no real power and still depended on the remnants of the deposed Crown Prince’s influence. Most importantly, he could use the guise of helping the deposed Crown Prince to do many things both openly and secretly, and others would only think it was the deposed Crown Prince’s people acting, not realizing his own power.