Ye Jingchen spent another year in the Wenhua Hall.
Of course, all his leisure is because someone is carrying the burden for him.
For example, Wu Zeming, who lives far away in northern Xinjiang and eats sand.
For example, Ye Jingming, who has already stepped into the vortex of the imperial court.
Another example is Xie Chang'an, the loyal executor of all his plans targeting aristocratic families and nobles, who has so far been able to operate in secret.
He acted furtively because he wanted to conceal his brilliance and avoid attracting attention, while Xie Chang'an had no choice but to act furtively.
Over the years, Ye Jingchen has also cultivated some power, but it is insignificant compared to Xie Chang'an's. He has never inquired about the extent to which Xie Chang'an's power has infiltrated.
After all, Xie Chang'an was not an ordinary reborn person; he was an emperor who once plotted to seize the world.
Emperors are often suspicious, and any unnecessary action could break up their cooperative relationship.
As for whether Xie Chang'an's forces will one day betray him—
He wasn't worried about that at all.
Xie Chang'an is indeed an invincible blade, but this blade has a sheath. As long as the sheath is intact, the blade is nothing to fear.
Moreover, a job like being an emperor is something even a dog wouldn't want to be. If Xie Chang'an hadn't tried it, that would be one thing, but now that he has, why would he want to sit in that position again?
Is it because you think your past life of overwork and illness wasn't exciting enough?
Ye Jingchen's fifteenth birthday was as low-key as ever. He received gifts, treated the youngsters of Wenhua Hall to lunch, and then had dinner with the emperor. That was the end of the day.
However, the day after his birthday, the court was in an uproar because of his matter.
Throughout history, no crown prince has ever failed to appear in court by the age of fifteen.
Their crown prince is quite something; he never makes a public appearance, not even at the imperial court, nor at any of the grand banquets in the palace or the emperor's birthday celebrations.
He seemed to live only in the emperor's praise.
If it weren't for the emperor frequently boasting to his court officials about how kind, filial, and intelligent the crown prince was, showing no signs of disliking him, they would have suspected that the crown prince had fallen out of favor.
So, as if by prior arrangement, on the morning of the second day after Ye Jingchen's fifteenth birthday, the Prime Minister, together with all the officials, submitted a memorial requesting that the Crown Prince enter the court to participate in government affairs.
In addition, the Ministry of Rites also submitted a memorial stating that the imperial offspring are of utmost importance, and His Highness the Crown Prince should select a Crown Princess.
Although the emperor had promised Ye Jingchen that he would enter the court after he came of age, this was a petition from all the officials. As a wise ruler, he couldn't possibly disappoint them.
In any case, whether or not one attends court has no necessary connection with whether or not one hides their talents.
If he likes to hide, he can even hide during court sessions.
The emperor feigned reluctance and agreed to the officials' request.
“Your Highness, His Majesty had no choice but to do this. He couldn’t very well embarrass the Prime Minister and all the officials in public, could he? Besides, you are indeed of age to participate in government affairs!” Zhang Shunde, who was in charge of delivering the imperial decree to the Eastern Palace, said cheerfully.
Ye Jingchen wanted to throw the imperial edict demanding that he attend court directly in his face.
No? How come his father doesn't keep his word?
Didn't they agree that he would enter the court after he came of age?
Historically, there have been instances of crown princes entering the court and participating in politics after reaching adulthood, although those instances were due to the emperor's fear of the crown prince's abilities!
At times like this, he really hoped that his father would also be wary of him. Otherwise, given his father's personality, would he care about the reputation of the officials?
But what drove Ye Jingchen crazy the most was yet to come.
That evening, when it was time for him to retire for the night, Fangfei led two unfamiliar palace maids to him.
"Your Highness, these two ladies are here on His Majesty's orders to instruct you on matters of the heart," she said respectfully to Ye Jingchen.
Actually, the emperor's original plan was not like this. The emperor originally sent someone over to have them cleaned up and lie on Ye Jingchen's bed, giving him a surprise.
But how could Fangfei dare to let a strange palace maid lie on the Crown Prince's bed without his consent?
If she really did that, His Highness would probably at least beat her up and stop letting her serve him, or at worst, kick her out of the palace.
Back then, she was worried about His Highness's safety, so she listened to His Majesty's words and lit a sleeping potion for him. His Highness ignored her for a long time because of this, and since then, she has never dared to act on her own again.
Although His Majesty's orders are not to be disobeyed, they are, after all, His Highness's maids, and His Highness is their master. His Majesty dotes on His Highness, so even if they disobey orders, His Majesty cannot punish them without His Highness's permission.
Ye Jingchen looked at the two palace maids with a strange expression.
His body is only fifteen years old!
Then he belatedly realized that normal boys usually start developing around thirteen or fourteen years old, and his first time in his previous life was probably at fourteen?
But in his entire life, he's already fifteen years old, and he's never had one!
If Fangfei hadn't mentioned matters between men and women, he wouldn't have thought about it in that way.
Even though Fangfei brought it up now, and the palace maid sent by his father to teach him was standing right in front of him, he didn't seem to have any other thoughts.
Was he really so detached from worldly desires throughout his life?
Speaking of which, people in ancient times valued offspring and paid more attention to this aspect. His father only had someone teach him this when he was fifteen, which was already considered late.
If the Empress hadn't died young, and the Empress Dowager hadn't passed away even earlier, and if no one in the harem had been able to make decisions for him, he probably wouldn't have lived to this age.
"Your Highness has reached the age for marriage and should know about matters between men and women. We servants will teach you carefully—"
"No need, you may leave!" Ye Jingchen interrupted the palace maids directly.
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