When Feng Changye heard Ji Yunchang's words, he was stunned.
Then he laughed out loud with joy!
As expected of Ji Yunchang! This is the young general he values!
He dares to think, dares to speak, and is not afraid of offending others. He is such a rare talent!
Zhu Wuhuan was also amused.
The Ji brothers are all interesting people, and of course, they are also the ones most likely to lose their heads.
If they accidentally use this skill of exaggerating things in the wrong place, the emperor will make them lose their heads at any time.
"Queen, will you come with me to take a look?"
Feng Changye happily held Zhu Wuhuan's arm and motioned her to stand up.
Zhu Wuhuan also wanted to see how the ministers would fight against the tyrant, so he readily agreed.
The emperor and empress led the palace maids out of the hall, out of the courtyard, and came to the white jade steps, looking at the civil and military officials standing respectfully in the wide square below.
The palace maids put down the large, wide chair they had brought.
Feng Changye carefully helped Zhu Wuhuan sit down, and only sat down beside her after she sat down.
He glanced at the civil and military officials indifferently.
"Why are you chasing us here in such a grand manner? Don't you believe that the Queen is pregnant?"
All civil and military officials knelt down immediately.
Although they thought so in their hearts.
But it must never be admitted.
They said in unison, "Your Highness dare not. We are here to congratulate the Emperor and the Empress—"
Feng Changye curled his lips, "Congratulations?"
He scoffed, "Are your congratulations so insincere? Just two words of frivolity count as congratulations? My little prince isn't worth a generous gift from you, right? Where's the generous gift?"
"..." This one sentence completely shocked all the civil and military officials.
They looked up at the same time, looking at the emperor on the throne in disbelief!
The emperor who ruled the world actually disregarded his dignity and openly asked for gifts from civil and military officials. This was the first time in history!
They were right before, right? Their emperor has always been unconventional since he ascended the throne!
Of course, what shocked them was not only this, but also the three words "little prince" uttered by the emperor.
Even if the little prince is the eldest son born to the noble queen, he is just a prince. He must be both virtuous and talented to be named a crown prince!
How could someone be named the crown prince before he was even born?
After looking at Feng Changye in shock, they all turned to look at Zhu Wuhuan.
There was a bit of confusion in their eyes.
When did the Queen become so favored by the Emperor?
Wasn’t she about to be deposed as queen by the emperor more than a month ago?
How did the emperor suddenly fall so deeply in love with her?
She didn't even know whether the baby in her belly was a boy or a girl, nor whether it would be smart in the future, but the emperor just spoke out and appointed him as the crown prince. This favor is truly unique!
Zhu Wuhuan was not panicked at all despite being stared at by their confused gazes.
She glanced past them, toward the end of the mountain.
One by one, don’t look at me.
I don’t know what your emperor likes about me.
This damn love, alas, it comes out of nowhere, I am even more confused than you.
If I have to say...
Maybe it's because your emperor has a unique skull, and we can't see through him.
"..." Feng Changye was both angry and amused. He wanted to strangle his wife again.
He glanced at the queen who deserved a beating, and saw that she was calm and composed as if she had not said anything bad about him at all. He had no choice but to pretend to be deaf.
He could only vent his anger on his ministers.
He said slowly, "These past few days, I've seen you guys having a lot of fun. Every day you catch me showing off your sons and grandsons, and trying different ways to urge me to give birth to a little prince—"
He chuckled, "Now that my little prince is finally here, are you happy?"
Do the civil and military officials dare to express their displeasure?
They smiled and said in unison, "We are ecstatic!"
Feng Changye nodded slowly, "Okay, then go back and prepare well. If each of you doesn't prepare a gift worthy of your ecstatic mood, then don't come to me anymore."
"!" The civil and military officials were stunned again.
It’s not enough to just give a gift, you also have to prepare a gift that is generous and grand enough?
It was the first time in their lives that they had seen someone so shamelessly asking for gifts!
Really! I've never seen anything like it before!
Feng Changye glanced at them and sideways at Zhu Wuhuan, "Queen, when our little prince is born, we will take out this gift list and show it to him."
He smiled and said, "If there are those who don't give gifts with care, we must tell the little prince early on - look, this minister's gift is not good, which means he doesn't like you..."
“Puff—”
Zhu Wuhuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She glanced sideways at this handsome and domineering man. What a mean man! How could there be such an emperor? He bullied his ministers like this every day. Wasn't he afraid that his ministers would rebel?
She looked at the ministers again.
Sure enough, I saw faces with shattered expressions.
I’m afraid that their mentality is about to be broken by the emperor, right?
After all, if they don’t give the right gifts, the current emperor will speak ill of them to the future crown prince. Wouldn’t that mean that the father and son who rule the world will hate them together?
Do they still have a way out?
Feng Changye played with the queen's fingers, without caring about everyone's feelings, and spoke to his queen in a voice that everyone could hear.
"Queen, don't look at them."
His tone sounded like a complaint.
"When they've been irritating me every day these past few days, they probably haven't considered that their emperor will bear a grudge. I'll make them irritate me tenfold in return for whatever they've done to me—tsk, that's what we call a sage monarch and wise ministers, a harmonious relationship between the monarch and his subjects."
“…” The ministers looked at each other with bitter faces, and none of them did not regret it at this moment.
This emperor is so bullying.
But they couldn't say anything.
After all, the emperor neither abused his power to demote them nor found fault with them to punish them.
They chatted with him about family matters and showed off their children these days, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Now he asks them for gifts like any other person, and if the gifts aren't good, he complains to his wife and son. Is there anything wrong with that?
That’s right!
If there is a happy event at these people's house and someone brings them gifts that are not to their liking, they will also complain privately to their family members, saying that the gift given by this person is too inappropriate and not worth making friends with!
The emperor just did the same thing as them, and people told them it openly. What can they say?
They were so frustrated, yet they still had to express their gratitude.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the opportunity to present a gift to the young prince."
"We will make careful preparations."
Hearing the depression in their voices, Feng Changye felt very happy.
It feels so good to get revenge!
After being happy, Feng Changye said to the ministers, "I have one more thing to tell you, my dear ministers."
The ministers stared at him warily at the same time.
You're not going to cheat me again, are you?
He held Zhu Wuhuan's fingers tightly and interlocked theirs.
He said slowly, "I have had a harem for many years, just for show. Before the Queen, I had never favored any other woman. Now that I have fallen in love with the Queen, I don't want anyone else."
He held Zhu Wuhuan's hand and slowly raised it up to show everyone their love.
"I have long wanted to abolish the Six Palaces, but unfortunately the timing is not right. Coincidentally, the Queen is pregnant today, and the royal family has a successor. I have decided to dismiss the Six Palaces immediately—"
He side-eyed and gazed at Zhu Wuhuan tenderly, "So that my most beloved queen can be happy."
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