Feng Changye didn't bother to pay attention to them calling him petty. Ever since he learned the ability to read minds, he'd been hearing people secretly scolding him every day, and he couldn't take it seriously at all.
He slowly fiddled with the jade ring on his thumb and looked at the other ministers indifferently.
"Even my dear ministers who don't have any titles should carefully consider this."
He curled his lips, "You don't have to ask for a title for your son. However, your son has a place in the Imperial College. Tsk, when the time comes and you come to ask me for instructions, I will drag you along. When your son is forty or fifty years old, I will give you the place in the Imperial College and let them study there hunched over. How do you think?"
"..."A group of ministers who were still hoping for a lucky break also lowered their heads silently.
It was really difficult for them to have such a sinister emperor, and an emperor who openly threatened them with his malicious power.
Feng Changye knew that everyone must be feeling uncomfortable right now, so he spoke slowly.
"My dear ministers, there is no need to worry. If my crown prince is truly incompetent, then I will not allow him to ascend the throne and destroy our ancestors' foundation. I can appoint a crown prince today, and I can depose him tomorrow."
When the ministers heard his words, their expressions softened a lot.
Feng Changye continued to talk to everyone with a smile.
"I'm appointing a crown prince today because I'm delighted to have a son. You should just go along with me. As for whether he'll be able to serve as the heir apparent, we can discuss that later. Why bother getting so worked up over this now? What if he's a wise ruler? Wouldn't this whole fuss be a joke, right?"
When the ministers heard this, they were immediately appeased by the emperor.
They looked at each other, then knelt down and kowtowed at the same time.
"Your Majesty is wise and wise. We, your servants, will diligently assist the young prince and serve him faithfully!"
Seeing that they all knelt down and accepted the appointment of the crown prince, Feng Changye was happy.
He curled his lips and said, "Sis and sister from the same mother, the elder brother has been appointed as the Crown Prince, so it's not too much for the younger sister to be canonized as the Princess of Luoyang, right?"
The ministers looked up at him silently.
They thought—
Why don't you split the world in half and give half to your son and daughter?
Feng Changye pretended not to hear their thoughts and said slowly, "Both children are my darlings. Tsk, I can't be too partial to one and neglect the other. If the little princess grows up and finds out that father dotes on her brother so much but gives her nothing, she will dislike father--"
He glanced at everyone and raised an eyebrow. "If the little princess falls out with me and my daughter, and with the crown prince and his sister, can you, my dear ministers, shoulder the responsibility?"
“…” The kneeling civil and military officials took a deep breath at the same time.
They have to breathe in hard, otherwise they will be mad at the emperor!
After taking a deep breath, they calmed down and calmed their emotions.
Now that the crown prince has been appointed, do you still care about a princess?
They smiled and kowtowed again.
"Your Majesty is wise and wise, and we have no objection!"
Feng Changye felt relieved when he saw that everyone had compromised.
He stood up and said in a domineering voice—
"I have a son, Daning has a crown prince, and the whole world has a successor. This is a great joyous event. I will grant amnesty to the entire nation and establish a special imperial examination!"
"The general amnesty will be jointly handled by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice!"
"Regarding the establishment of the special examination, the Left Prime Minister, along with the Imperial College's Chief Academician, the Dean of Education, and the three Grand Secretaries, Chen and Zhang, are ordered to jointly set the examination questions and oversee this year's examination!"
"All the people of the world are my subjects. With this great joy, I naturally want to benefit them. I hereby order that every family with children under ten years old will receive two liters of millet, allowing them to enjoy the company of the little Crown Prince and Princess Luoyang!"
He raised his sleeves and laughed heartily.
"From today until the full moon of the Crown Prince and Princess Luoyang, I ask everyone in the world to rejoice with me!"
All the civil and military officials looked up in surprise at the young emperor standing high up.
A general amnesty, additional special examinations, and the distribution of rice to children are all happy events for people all over the world!
Especially assuming Enke!
For scholars, there is an imperial examination every three years. How many three years can one have in life to wait?
Some students who failed the imperial examination last year, whose families can no longer afford their education, may give up the imperial examination and turn to accounting, business, or farming...
Now that we have the opportunity to add the special examination, it is a great joy for all the students who failed the exam!
Whether they can pass the examination to become a scholar, juren or jinshi, this will bring them a turning point in their lives!
Thinking of this, the ministers couldn't help but feel excited and their eyes turned red.
They prostrated themselves on the ground and kowtowed deeply, their kowtows ringing very loudly!
"Your Majesty is wise! On behalf of the millions of students in the world, we bow to thank Your Majesty for His grace. Long live the Emperor—"
Feng Changye looked at these excited ministers and listened to their voices, and he also had a lot of feelings.
Being a wise ruler makes his ministers happy, the people of the world happy, and he himself is happy too.
His queen, his prince and princess would all be proud of him!
In the past, he was alone and didn't care about his reputation at all, but from now on, he has to work hard to be a good emperor for his beloved queen and his children who are in his arms!
He couldn't let them bear the blame with him!
Before dismissing the court, he smiled and invited all the civil and military officials, "Tomorrow at noon, I will preside over the baptism ceremony for the Crown Prince and Princess Luoyang in the Taiji Hall. You, my dear ministers, are welcome to come and offer your blessings."
The ministers hurriedly said in unison, "We will come to watch the ceremony with all our best wishes."
Feng Changye left contentedly.
...in the delivery room.
Zhu Wuhuan held his son who had just finished feeding and coaxed him gently. He looked up at Feng Changye who was sitting on the small couch and gently coaxing his daughter.
She had already heard from her mother what happened in the court.
She didn't expect that he would appoint the two children as Crown Prince and Princess Luoyang the day after they were born.
This would have shocked the world no matter which dynasty it happened in, just like how he had dismissed the six palaces for her before, which was unbelievable.
But he did it all, and he did not leave out anything good for the three of them, mother and son.
"Your Majesty." "Hmm?"
Feng Changye, who was absorbed in teasing his daughter, hummed in a gentle voice, but he didn't even raise his head.
He pinched his daughter's little hands like they were candies and played with them with great enthusiasm.
Fortunately, my daughter is good-tempered and doesn't bother to pay attention to him. If she had the same bad temper as my son, I'm afraid she would have been made to cry by him several times.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Wuhuan couldn't help laughing.
How much do you like children?
I heard that he has neglected his duties in the past two days and cannot concentrate on his work.
After sitting down to review a few memorials, he would run to secretly check on his two children.
She would kiss them, hug them, and touch them to see if they had urinated, as if she was afraid that the wet nurse would mistreat the two children.
He didn't even think about the fact that he had a bad reputation, so who would dare to bully his child?