Qi Sichen's face was full of displeasure.

Lin Wanyue tugged at his sleeve and said with a smile, "Godfather, don't worry. Didn't you say you were going to take us to see the flowers? If we see a ghost, I'll take care of it for you, how about that?"

"As expected, my Wanwan is still the best, much better than that ungrateful brat." Qi Sichen picked up Lin Wanyue and glanced at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan felt extremely wronged.

However, he saw Lin Wanyue covering her mouth with both hands while laughing, her round face as cute as a crabapple brought as tribute from a foreign country.

"Okay." He smiled and nodded, saying, "Shall we go take a look at the Imperial Garden now?"

Qi Sichen carried Lin Wanyue and took Qi Yuan to the Imperial Garden to meet up with Liu Junlan and Xue Fu.

The four Lin brothers have been forgotten!

It wasn't until just before they left the palace that they remembered the four children and hurriedly brought them back.

The four Lin brothers all cast disdainful glances at Qi Yuan, who had forgotten his friends for the sake of a pretty face.

As for my younger sister... she's still so young, how can I be harsh on her?

"..." Qi Yuan felt very guilty under their gazes, so he had no choice but to open his private treasury and give each of them a bunch of things to finally calm things down.

Qi Sichen, standing to the side, simply watched with amusement and did not stop them.

...

While he did not stop Qi Yuan from making friends, the court officials, upon hearing that he intended to arbitrarily bestow titles upon princesses from other families, rushed over to stop him.

The ministers who were able to enter the Imperial Study were almost all pillars of the court, officials of the third rank or above.

Outside, heavy snow was falling, and the weather was terribly gloomy.

Although silver charcoal was burning in the imperial study, it was warm and cozy inside, and you wouldn't be bothered by the smell of the charcoal fire.

However, the cold and desolate atmosphere inside was no better than that outside.

The emperor, who had just returned from court, sat on his chair, looking very serious.

Beside him was another armchair, where Qi Sichen looked much more comfortable, with his legs crossed and a white porcelain Xishi pot in his hand, its glaze as smooth as jade, his posture lazy and leisurely.

He was already excessively handsome, and now with this languid demeanor, he was even more infuriating to look at.

At least these ministers who knelt before the emperor to stop him, seeing his chaotic behavior in the court, if they didn't know that this guy was the late emperor's brother and that His Majesty was still young, who knows what kind of rumors they might have spread.

"Your Majesty, this matter needs careful consideration! No one knows the true identity of that young girl. Although you, the Regent, are here to vouch for her, even if the princess of our Great Yan Kingdom is not Your Majesty's sister or daughter, she should still be an honor for our Great Yan Kingdom."

"This little brat from who-knows-where has become a princess of a country. If word gets out, won't other countries laugh at us?" A burly man with a dark face gritted his teeth and said through gritted teeth.

"You're talking nonsense!" Qi Yuan didn't expect that this person, who looked like he wasn't good with words, could say so many things against Princess Feng Wanwan.

It's really not a good thing.

Qi Yuan's face flushed red, his lips pressed tightly together, his mind racing as he frantically tried to figure out how to shut the other person up.

However, being young, he had few reasons to give, so he could only look to Qi Sichen, who was uninvolved, for help.

"Oh?" Qi Sichen then leisurely put down the Xishi Pot in his hand and slowly said, "How come I didn't know that the glory of my Great Yan Kingdom does not lie with you civil and military officials, but rather with a mere woman?"

His first words were full of sarcasm and ridicule.

The ministers kneeling on the ground already disliked him; otherwise, they wouldn't have come to the emperor to reason with him over such a trivial matter.

Hearing this now only makes me angrier.

"It seems that not only is the glory of my Great Yan Kingdom held by a mere woman, but even the brains of you all seem to be built on the mouths of other countries and people?" Before they could even speak, Qi Sichen continued.

“Your Excellency Regent, you are eloquent, and we certainly cannot argue with you. But that little girl has no background or identity and has no connection with the royal family. How can we let her be easily made a princess? Otherwise, every girl in the world could be made a princess? How can we not be laughed at if word gets out!” the dark-faced man interrupted.

The others nodded in agreement, all agreeing that what he said made sense.

Although bestowing the title of princess is not as significant as bestowing the title of king, it is still a major event and should not be taken lightly.

Qi Yuan's encouraging gaze remained fixed on his royal uncle.

Qi Sichen lived up to his mission, standing up with a gloomy expression and kicking the dark-faced giant.

The people present seemed surprised that he couldn't win the verbal battle, so they simply resorted to physical violence.

"Hiss—" The burly, dark-faced man, having been kicked, dared not retaliate and lay on the ground, gritting his teeth even more: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this? Are you disregarding the will of the people?"

"Aren't you an official? How come you're representing the will of the people? I haven't heard any common people say they object." Qi Sichen smiled and said, "Since you want an explanation, then I'll give you one! I've already said that I've taken this child as my goddaughter."

"Since ancient times, even among common people, it has been common for people to form sworn brotherhoods, and they are always treated as legitimate relatives. My daughter, according to the usual practice, is already a princess. Moreover, she once saved His Majesty's life, so what's wrong with His Majesty wanting to bestow the title of princess upon my goddaughter? Why are you making excuses and delaying? Do you think I've taken something from your family?"

Qi Sichen gave a sarcastic sneer and said, "Could it be that your own daughters can't become princesses? Is that why you hold such a grudge? You could have just said so earlier. Even if they can't be made princesses, they can still serve by my goddaughter's side, wouldn't that be their honor!"

These opposing ministers were so angry with Qi Sichen that they almost vomited blood.

These families naturally have daughters and granddaughters, who consider themselves of noble birth. Yet now Qi Sichen wants their daughters and granddaughters to serve a little girl of unknown origin!

That's utterly humiliating them.

The dark-faced man at the forefront, thinking of his beloved youngest daughter, immediately took off his hat and kowtowed repeatedly to Qi Yuan, saying, "If Your Majesty insists on making this unknown girl the princess of my Great Yan Kingdom, I am powerless to stop you..."

"After all, the Regent's power is overwhelming, and the court is in chaos! I am powerless and powerless to turn the tide, and now I can only retire and return to my hometown! I beg Your Majesty to spare my life; I only wish to live out my days in my hometown, rather than witness the collapse of morality and order. This is truly a time when the world is in turmoil..."

"Oh, then it's settled." Qi Sichen smiled kindly, especially when he saw the stiff expression on the dark-faced man's face, he ruthlessly stabbed him in the back: "It just so happens that I have several people I don't know how to arrange, and now I have an extra spot."