An Kesen leaned close to Di Junlan and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Your Majesty, it's not fair of you to do something like painless fatherhood. What if the child's family doesn't agree?"

Emperor Junlan raised an eyebrow and looked down at the child eating. "If I pass the throne to him, his family will agree."

Ankerson was stunned. "No, this is the throne!!"

With such huge benefits, anyone would agree, right? It's just about recognizing a father figure, isn't it?

"Yi'er, how about you recognize me as your godfather? I'll give you the throne in the future."

Nan Fengyi looked up at him and said, "Not interested."

If he wants it, the throne is his; if he doesn't want it, the throne is still his.

After all, it's a case of the son inheriting the father's business.

Judging from his appearance, this cheapskate father doesn't seem like he abandoned his mother and them...

So, what exactly happened between his mother and him?

"Why wouldn't you be interested? This is the throne."

Do you have anyone in your harem?

"My grandfather taught me that when I look for a wife, I should find someone I love wholeheartedly, someone I can be with for life. Love cannot accommodate a third person."

"If being an emperor requires marrying so many wives to enter the harem, I don't want to."

Emperor Junlan laughed; he couldn't help but laugh.

Ankesen stood there dumbfounded. The child had directly refused, even going so far as to talk about "one person for life"...

You know, you're only a few years old.

"My harem has no one but my mother, not even palace maids, so where would I get the concubines?"

Nan Fengyi was surprised. "Huh? You don't have a wife?"

Emperor Junlan patted his head. "My wife has gone to heaven first."

"Therefore, I want to find someone to succeed me so that I can go to heaven to find my wife."

In the sky.

Nan Fengyi's eyebrows twitched in surprise, "She..."

Emperor Junlan remained expressionless, but pain was hidden in his eyes. "Yes, he died, he died in front of me."

Nan Fengyi suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for him, "Then your wife..."

Emperor Junlan sat beside the boy, holding him on his lap. "The world calls her the Regent, but the person I love is her."

Nan Fengyi's face was blank.

The regent is just like a mother, isn't he?

He loves his mother...

No, are they trying to say the opposite? For example, is it that the man abandoned them and their mother, but rather that their mother abandoned him?

The fact that the Regent was my mother was something my maternal grandfather overheard when he was drunk; my mother had never told them about her past.

An Kesen listened from the side, and then said to Nan Fengyi, "It is true that His Majesty likes the Regent, but everyone knows that the Regent is a man. It is not allowed for the Emperor to like men."

Nan Fengyi was stunned. "A man?"

So, is the person they're talking about actually related to my mother? My mother is a girl, and the regent is a man...?

Can these two relationships be linked?

His thoughts were completely blank.

An Kesen hummed in agreement, but Di Junlan remained silent.

Ah Jin's true identity was naturally kept secret from her.

Nan Fengyi continued eating; he needed time to investigate.

Later that evening, Nan Fengyi got out of bed and, after taking a nap, felt quite refreshed.

He could hear the sounds coming from outside while he was inside the house; they sounded like his biological father and a woman.

"Alan, I'm back."

What are you doing?

Jin Wanyue exclaimed, "Aren't you welcoming me? I just happened to have done a great service."

Emperor Junlan: "Go to the Ministry of Revenue to collect the reward."

"Hey, who's short of money and wants to dine with us tonight?"

Di Junlan: "Okay, but we need to prepare enough for one more person."

Who is it?

Di Junlan: "My son."

Nan Fengyi remained silent, and Jin Wanyue outside also paused for a moment, looking at her nephew, "No, where did you get this son from?"

Di Junlan: "I acknowledge it."

Although an emperor may have no heir, one can be raised from the imperial clan. However, his father's brothers are all gone, and naturally, his brothers are also gone.

He's all alone; that perfectly describes his current situation.

Jin Wanyue was curious. All the ministers had sons, and they were all around the same age, in their teens, twenties, or thirties.

Where did this child come from?

Unless it's their grandson, whom Alan has recognized.

Which company is it?

Di Junlan: "It's mine."

Jin Wanyue: "???"

"No, I'm serious."

Di Junlan looked at her and said, "Your mother is waiting for you in the harem."

Upon hearing this, Jin Wanyue said, "Then I'll go keep my sister company first. Remember to come over for dinner tonight."

"Um."

Di Junlan watched the departing figure, then turned to look at the child coming out of the house.

"That's my aunt."

Nan Fengyi nodded without saying anything, still holding a strip of cloth in his hand.

Di Junlan walked over and picked the person up. "Did you climb down?"

Nan Fengyi remained silent.

Why do you care how I got down?

"It seems we'll need to lower the bed in the future."

Nan Fengyi: "..."

“Your Majesty, Yi Ke has never agreed to sit in this position.”

Emperor Junlan: "I know, but just because I don't want to now doesn't mean I won't want to when I grow up. Boys should have their own ambitions."

Nan Fengyi: "Let's talk about it when I'm older. I don't have that idea right now."

Di Junlan chuckled, "Okay." He hadn't been this happy in a long time.

"Since you like him so much, why don't you find a substitute?"

Emperor Junlan looked down at the little guy who was asking him seriously, "Finding a substitute is just to numb myself and avoid my selfishness and possessiveness. If I like someone, then there is only her in my heart, and there is no room for a third person. The same goes for a substitute."

Nan Fengyi said "Oh," then pointed to himself, "What about me? Do you think I look like her, so you're using me as a substitute for her?"

Di Junlan chuckled, "I don't want to be her father."

Nan Fengyi: "..." Oh, so this person wants him to be his son.

"I just think you and she are quite similar, and your personalities are suitable for sitting in my seat."

"Why?"

"Because she deserves it. If she wanted this position, I would have given it to her long ago."

Nan Fengyi understood. "She doesn't want the throne either?"

“Initially, there was none of that. After all, what she wanted was national peace and prosperity, the happiness of the people, and a monarch who was honest and upright in governing.”

Nan Fengyi: "What if the monarch is unaware..."

"Yes, she will kill me and take my place."

Nan Fengyi: "..." Well. That's totally my mother's personality.

Now everyone is wondering how their mother can be both a man and a woman.

"Did your maternal grandfather ever tell you whether you have an uncle or an aunt?"

Nan Fengyi tilted his head, "I have an aunt, but no uncles or aunts."

"Yes, you'll find out later. The person I love is the most beautiful in this world."

It is also the only one.