Chapter 65: Beautiful Daughter vs. Heirless Emperor 65
As soon as Prime Minister Liu said this, the Liu family immediately found their backbone and began to agree with him. The hall was in chaos and it was as messy as a vegetable market.
Xu Junzheng also stood up. He was now less aloof and arrogant than when he was young, and more worldly-wise and smooth, but his words were still sharp and every one of them hit the nail on the head.
"Since ancient times, the eldest son has been respected. Now that the Queen has no children, it is natural that the eldest son will be the Crown Prince. The eldest son is your Majesty's only son. Is Prime Minister Liu's remarks implying that the eldest son will die young?"
"You keep saying that you are doing this for the country, but you are inciting the court officials to prevent His Majesty from appointing a crown prince. Your Majesty has been childless for many years, and you have complained about it. Now that His Majesty has appointed a crown prince, what else do you have to say?"
"Or do you want to establish the crown prince of the Liu family instead of the crown prince of the Great Zhao Kingdom? You are eating the emperor's salary, but you don't know how to be loyal to the emperor. How is your behavior different from treason?"
There was dead silence in the room, and no one dared to speak first.
The emperor pretended to reprimand him, "Lord Xu, this is too serious. The ministers are devoted to the country and must have been confused for a moment. I believe they will figure it out."
"The crown prince is the foundation of the country and must be appointed. I have made up my mind. If anyone is dissatisfied, please feel free to raise it. Since you are unwilling to assist the future monarch, I will not force you and will allow you to retire and return home."
"As for my Imperial Consort, it is my family affair. You should focus on the people's livelihood and the country. If anyone still keeps an eye on my family affairs, I think you don't need to be an official anymore!"
Xu Junzheng immediately knelt down with a group of officials, shouting in unison, "Your Majesty is wise!"
The rest of the people looked at each other, then at Prime Minister Liu, whose face was red with anger. In the end, they did not dare to confront the emperor head-on and risk losing their jobs, so they could only shut up and pretend to be dead.
The emperor is becoming more and more difficult to deal with. The former Minister of Rites has returned to his hometown with his family, and he has no way to express his grievances. In the officialdom, everyone has their own job. If they really lose their jobs, Prime Minister Liu cannot help them get their jobs back.
Prime Minister Liu knew that the situation was hopeless and he could not stop the emperor today. He could only endure it and knelt down with the remaining officials, shouting "Long live the emperor!"
Prime Minister Liu lowered his head to hide the cruel light in his eyes.
His Yan'er was murdered, but his enemy became the imperial concubine, and a baby who was less than a month old became the crown prince! How ridiculous!
What’s the point of giving birth to a child? Raising a child is a skill!
Prime Minister Liu knelt on the ground, his fists clenched and creaking. Sooner or later, he would make Ji Yunhuan taste the pain of losing a child!
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A month later, the eldest son Qin Yunhan was officially canonized as the crown prince. The imperial edict was announced to the world and delivered to every inch of land in the Dazhao Kingdom at full speed.
The people all knew that the emperor finally had a son, so those high-ranking officials no longer had to fight over who would be the emperor's successor. The prince would be the emperor in the future.
Ji Yunhuan became the Imperial Noble Consort, but apart from changing into a new dress, she didn't feel any difference.
Although Hui Changzai was demoted, she was still a favorite of the Imperial Noble Consort.
She was busy every day and finally helped the Imperial Noble Consort to sort out the personnel in the harem. The Imperial Noble Consort took pity on her hard work and promoted her to a noble lady.
When she was canonized as the Imperial Noble Consort, she rewarded the six palaces and found reasons to promote her back to the position of concubine from a noble lady. This speed of promotion was simply extremely fast.
Many people who were waiting to see her make a fool of herself are now dumbfounded. The Imperial Noble Consort also promised to promote her to the position of concubine this year, and to grant her mother an imperial decree, so that her mother could enter the palace to see her.
Her father was just a scholar and had found a job in Beijing. Her younger brother received guidance from Lord Xu and is expected to pass the imperial examination this year. He will definitely have a bright future.
Huipin now understands what it means when one person succeeds, everyone around him benefits. In the past, she lived in fear and caution in the palace. It was already difficult to survive, so how could she help her family?
Huipin now wishes she could worship Ji Yunhuan. The emperor is moody and would beat or kill people at any time. He is not as easy to please as the imperial concubine. As long as she helps her take care of the palace affairs, she will be rewarded like crazy.
With the combination of kindness and severity, the harem is now peaceful and Ji Yunhuan has a lot more free time. She can focus more on her son.
Ji Yunhuan played with her son while playing with a rattle. "Han'er, come here. Come here and give your mother a hug."
Qin Yunhan is already three months old. He is very skilled at rolling over. He chases the rattle and rolls around with his little butt twitching, which makes Ji Yunhuan laugh out loud.
He finally rolled in front of his mother, and instead of grabbing the rattle, he crawled into his mother's arms and opened his lotus-like arms to ask for a hug.
Ji Yunhuan picked up his son. His son was no longer wrinkled like when he was just born. Instead, he was as delicate and beautiful as a piece of jade. His big round eyes were rolling around, and his calves were kicking, looking very strong.
"Okay, okay, kiss Han'er. Han'er, be good. If you move again, mother won't be able to hold you." Ji Yunhuan kissed her son on the face.
Qin Yunhan was finally satisfied. If it wasn't for making his mother happy, he wouldn't have played such a boring game.
He already eats a lot, when will he grow up?
When he was in his mother's belly, he was looking forward to coming out so that he could beat the bad guys and protect his mother.
When he couldn't help but get out early, he seemed to scare everyone. After he got out, he still couldn't protect his mother. He was too young and couldn't do anything...
Qin Yunhan was thinking in a daze, but his body began to feel sleepy, and he soon fell asleep in his mother's arms.
When the emperor came in, he saw that his son was already asleep. He immediately ordered Taohong to take the child away!
"Wow! Wow!" Qin Yunhan suddenly burst into tears. He didn't want to leave his mother. He wanted to sleep with his mother!
The emperor had a headache from the noise. "Take him to the nurse to feed him. He woke up so many times during the night that Huan'er couldn't rest well."
"If you can't coax her, go find the Queen Mother. Doesn't the Queen Mother like grandchildren? Then let the eldest prince show more filial piety on my behalf."
Taohong did not dare to disobey His Majesty's order and could only carry the crying prince out.
After leaving his mother's bedroom, Qin Yunhan stopped crying. His mother couldn't hear him, so it was useless for him to cry no matter how much he cried.
Father is really annoying! He always snatches his mother from him and asks him to take him away!
He must grow up quickly. When he grows up, he won’t have to worry about being taken away and he can sleep with his mother!
Ji Yunhuan still felt a little bit reluctant, so she got off the bed and wanted to chase after him, "Han'er is very well behaved. He always comes to me for feeding at night and never bothers me. Your Majesty, please let him sleep here."
The emperor grabbed Ji Yunhuan and carried him back to bed. "It's cold outside, don't run around. He doesn't bother you, but he comes to bother me every night and makes me pee with him! Why should I, the emperor, serve this stinky boy?"
Ji Yunhuan really didn't know this was going to happen. "Your Majesty, you can call me up and I'll take care of him, or call the little palace maid on night duty outside...ah...Your Majesty, what are you doing? It's itchy~"
The emperor bit Ji Yunhuan lightly and said unhappily, "You are such a heartless person. I just don't want to wake you up. Don't let him in at night. I don't want to serve him."
Ji Yunhuan's face turned red and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
The emperor pressed her down, his eyes flashing dangerously, "Huan'er, I am willing to serve you, Huan'er, are you comfortable?"
Ji Yunhuan couldn't speak a complete sentence anymore, and she didn't care whether her son was crying or not. She couldn't hold back her tears anymore, but she still wanted more...
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