Xie Chang'an remained silent for a long time.
Indeed, attending court is just attending court; whether one can participate in politics is another matter entirely.
However, given the emperor's favor towards Ye Jingchen, he probably wouldn't just let him be a mascot.
In his previous life, he had maintained a superficial relationship with Emperor Shengping for over a decade and knew him very well. He could tell that Emperor Shengping was very satisfied with Ye Jingchen, the crown prince.
Most people in this world have two faces. For example, Emperor Shengping treated his children and other people very differently.
Of all his children, only Ye Jingchen was the apple of his eye.
Xie Chang'an's eyes darkened. "Your self-assessment is quite accurate, but do you think the emperor will only let you be a mascot?"
"It wasn't my father who made me the mascot, it was my own choice to be the mascot! Why be a model worker when I can be a mascot?" Ye Jingchen said matter-of-factly.
Getting up at 5 a.m. was bad enough, but now I have to get up half an hour earlier. It's even worse than being a cow or horse in my previous life!
"What does 'model worker' mean?" Xie Chang'an asked, hearing the unfamiliar term.
“Model worker! Role model!” Ye Jingchen explained.
In that case, the term 'model worker' must be a compliment, right?
Xie Chang'an was somewhat puzzled, "Why does it sound like a bad word coming from your mouth?"
"It's definitely not a good word!" Ye Jingchen suppressed a laugh. "Where we're from, this word is equivalent to oxen and horses, because oxen and horses also need to work hard day and night!"
Xie Chang'an: ......
"Does the emperor know that you describe him as a beast of burden in your heart?" he asked in a deep voice.
Ye Jingchen said without changing his expression, "I don't like it, so I treat it like a beast of burden. My father likes it, so he enjoys it."
"And you? Didn't you sit in that position before? What do you think you are?" he asked seriously.
Xie Chang'an: ......
“I don’t remember,” he said.
He didn't enjoy it, but he also didn't want to admit that he was a beast of burden!
"Besides the endless work, being an emperor also means dealing with countless concubines. How many concubines did you have before? Were your palaces and courtyards completely full?" Ye Jingchen asked curiously.
Xie Chang'an didn't want to answer the question either.
I always felt that if I told him that my harem was empty, Ye Jingchen would laugh at me.
"Shy? We're all men, what's there to be shy about!" Ye Jingchen pressed on relentlessly.
"I don't."
There was no shyness, and no one else around.
"If you're not shy, then tell me how many concubines you have? You can't possibly have so many that you can't even remember them all, can you?" Ye Jingchen looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at a scumbag.
"Why should I discuss such private matters with you?" Xie Chang'an's face turned cold.
There's absolutely no sense of boundaries!
“You’re wrong about that. Isn’t there a saying that ‘the emperor has no private affairs’? I’m only the crown prince now, and a whole bunch of ministers are already watching me, wanting me to get married! If I become emperor, won’t I be watched even more closely?” Ye Jingchen complained.
"Isn't getting married a good thing? It can give you a powerful ally! If Emperor Shengping hadn't had the help of the Duke of Anguo's family, he would never have been able to secure his throne!" Xie Chang'an mocked.
As a result, once he became emperor, he began to fear the Duke of Anguo's mansion.
If it weren't for the late Empress and the Duke of Anguo's decisive action in withdrawing the Duke of Anguo's family from the court, the Duke of Anguo's family might now be just like their Zhenguo Duke's family, a thorn in the emperor's side.
The late empress could never be the emperor's beloved, and neither could Ye Jingchen and Ye Jingshu, the siblings, ever hold a place in the emperor's heart!
“I am different from my father. As long as the aristocratic families don’t cause trouble, my position is as stable as Mount Tai. I don’t need to rely on marriage to increase my bargaining power!”
He is quite confident in this regard.
Only by addressing this issue could he possibly persuade the emperor to abandon his arbitrary matchmaking.
Those who are favored are always fearless!
Xie Chang'an has truly witnessed it!
"Then what do you have to worry about? Anyway, the emperor dotes on you. As long as you act cute, or even throw a tantrum, it's all your tricks, and he'll eventually give in!"
Even he, an outsider, couldn't resist it, so he didn't believe that Emperor Shengping could really be so ruthless!
"If I say I don't want to get married, do you have any way to get my father to compromise?" Ye Jingchen thought for a moment and winked at Xie Chang'an.
After all, Xie Chang'an had been an emperor before, and as an emperor himself, he should know better what his father was thinking.
"Why don't you want to get married?" Xie Chang'an asked, frowning.
"I have a kind of emotional purity complex. I only want to marry someone I like and who likes me, but who knows when I'll meet such a person?" Ye Jingchen said frankly.
This is his view on love, which he thinks is normal and nothing to hide, so he spoke about it.
Xie Chang'an was stunned for a moment.
In his previous life, after he ascended the throne, his ministers always urged him to fill his harem. But for some reason, whenever he thought about marrying a stranger and spending his life with her, he felt very uncomfortable.
He could be childless, but if his child wasn't born to someone he loved, he'd rather not have any children at all.
Later, in order to silence the ministers, he simply adopted an orphaned beggar as his godson, brought him back to the palace, made him the crown prince, and carefully taught him.
Do you have emotional fastidiousness?
Is he like that too, which is why he has never wanted to get married and has been a lonely man all his life?
He thought of his father and mother, and suddenly everything became clear.
Yes, perhaps he has always longed for the passionate love between his father and mother, which is why he is unwilling to settle.
But with the world so vast, where can one find someone who so perfectly suits their taste?
He didn't meet her in his thirty-year life in his previous life, so will he be able to meet her in this life?
"Xie Chang'an?"
"Xie Chang'an?"
"Xie Chang'an, what are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed in your thoughts."
Ye Jingchen called Xie Chang'an several times, but when he didn't respond, he curiously moved closer to him.
He had known Xie Chang'an for so long, and he had only ever seen Xie Chang'an ignore him when he was angry. He had never seen Xie Chang'an ignore people when he was daydreaming. He found it very strange, so he moved his face closer and closer, not wanting to miss any detail of Xie Chang'an's dazed state.
This face, combining all the best features of Xie Shaoling and Xu Jingjing, is truly beautiful. Once it matures, it will surely captivate countless noble ladies!
When Xie Chang'an came to his senses, all he saw was a face magnified infinitely in front of him.
!
He subconsciously leaned back.
"What are you doing?" he asked disdainfully.
"What were you thinking about just now? Why were you so engrossed?" Ye Jingchen smiled and leaned closer to him, asking.
Looking at the familiar smiling face in front of him, Xie Chang'an belatedly realized that he had let his guard down to such an extent with the person in front of him!
Since his rebirth, his bond with Ye Jingchen has deepened, evolving from initial wariness and resistance to a life of familiarity.
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