"Your Majesty should tell you this in person."
Seeing that Kong Jijiu was unwilling to tell him, Fang Yu'an frowned and looked at the sky outside. He had already wasted a lot of time here.
Seeing this, Kong Jijiu asked, "Do you have any urgent matters to deal with?"
"Student..." Fang Yu'an was a little embarrassed, "Student wants to go back and prepare for the Ministry of Personnel's selection exam."
Hearing this, Kong Jijiu smiled for the first time and said, "You don't need to worry about this. With your ranking, it won't be difficult to pass the exam."
Even though Kong Jijiu said it so frankly, Fang Yu'an still had a worried look on his face.
He frowned and said, "During the palace examination, His Majesty did not seem very satisfied with the poems written by the students."
"Don't worry, your poetry is pretty good, only slightly worse than Jiang Xun and Wen Jinnian. His Majesty is like that because he has higher expectations of you than others."
"Hmm?" Fang Yu'an's eyes were full of confusion.
What does this mean?
Why does Your Majesty have such high expectations of me?
At this time, a eunuch led two palace maids to serve tea and snacks to the two people.
In addition, there are several books.
The eunuch said, "Master Jijiu, His Majesty will take some time to come over, so you can read a book for a while first."
"Thank you." Fang Yu'an nodded to him in thanks.
The eunuch dodged quickly, "Sir, you are embarrassing me."
Fang Yu'an was full of doubts. The palace maids and eunuchs here were too respectful to him.
He felt a little panicked.
Seeing this, Kong Jijiu picked up a book and handed it to him, "Read the book, don't think too much."
Your mind will be even more confused later.
Fang Yu'an took the book, opened the first page and started reading.
At first, he was a little distracted, but later, he gradually immersed himself in the knowledge in the book.
The book in his hand was a Buddhist scripture with many annotations on it.
Those annotations contained profound wisdom that was easy to understand, and he was amazed again and again.
"Master Jijiu, who left these annotations?"
"Master Wu Nian from the Huguo Temple."
Fang Yu'an's heart moved. Master Wu Nian was indeed a rare and eminent monk once seen in a thousand years.
Afterwards, he read the great wisdom contained in the book carefully without any distractions.
He was so engrossed in the scene that he didn't even notice the arrival of the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, and the Princess.
What’s worse, the emperor was unaware of it when he arrived later.
The third prince said nonchalantly, "Nerd."
It was not until Emperor Yuan led the smiling Empress to take a seat that Kong Jijiu followed Emperor Yuan's instructions and spoke out a reminder.
Kong Jijiu reached out and took the Buddhist scripture from his hand, and when he looked up and met his gaze, he said, "Your Majesty and the Queen are here."
Fang Yu'an came back to his senses instantly, turned his head, and saw so many important figures, and stood up suddenly.
"I greet your Majesty, the Queen, the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, and the Princess."
Kong Jijiu also stood up and bowed to everyone.
Emperor Yuan waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk."
"Yes." Fang Yu'an sat down with fear and trepidation.
"Do you know why I summoned you here?"
Fang Yu'an subconsciously wanted to stand up and answer, but the Third Prince spoke first, "Father asked you to sit down and answer."
Hearing this, Fang Yu'an had no choice but to sit down and face Emperor Yuan.
"Your Majesty, I don't know."
Emperor Yuan didn't say any nonsense and said directly: "Jiang Yueyang said that you are my prince who was stranded outside."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yu'an felt as if his head exploded!
He stood there with his eyes open, motionless, as if petrified.
The third prince found it strange and stood up and walked over.
"Hey~Are you scared?"
Fang Yu'an didn't react at all, as if he didn't hear anything.
The third prince couldn't help but reach out and pat his face, but there was still no response.
So he turned around and said to Emperor Yuan: "Father, you frightened him out of his wits."
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Emperor Yuan held his forehead helplessly and said, "Wake him up."
"Hey, wake up, your father is calling you."
Seeing that he still hadn't come back to life, the Third Prince thought for a moment, then moved to Fang Yu'an's ear and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Jiang Yueyang is here!"
Fang Yu'an woke up instantly, firstly because his eardrums were hurt, and secondly because he heard the name of the examiner Jiang Yueyang.
The Third Prince burst into laughter, "Jiang Yueyang's name is more useful than my father's!"
The eldest princess couldn't help but cover her face. The third brother was really itchy.
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Emperor Yuan felt a little uncomfortable and asked, "Are you so scared when you heard that it was my prince?"
Fang Yu'an looked at Emperor Yuan in disbelief, and suddenly recalled the dream he had at the Song family on the day he arrived in Beijing.
So...wasn't that a dream?
Seeing this, Emperor Yuan said, "You should know that Jiang Yueyang's voice is not wrong. I have also personally confirmed that you are my prince."
At this time, Fang Yu'an finally found his voice.
"Your Majesty, although Lord Xiao Jiang... but... is there really nothing wrong with this?" Fang Yu'an still found it hard to believe.
"Look, don't you look alike to the prince?"
Fang Yu'an instinctively looked towards the prince, and after a while he said, "It's not surprising that people look alike."
Hearing this, Emperor Yuan was unhappy, "Are you very unhappy to be my prince? Or is it shameful to be my prince?"
"Students don't dare!"
Emperor Yuan snorted and glanced sideways at Li Fuquan.
Li Fuquan immediately understood what he meant and ordered the eunuch beside him, "Bring the person up."
Soon, a woman who seemed to have poor eyesight was helped in by a palace maid.
Fang Yu'an saw the woman and hurried over, "Mother, why are you here?"
"Yu'an, my son." The woman stroked Fang Yu'an's face with tears in her eyes. "Your Majesty and the Queen sent someone to take me to the palace."
"Mother, His Majesty said... said that I am..." He didn't finish the rest of the sentence.
The woman nodded. "You are His Majesty's child. This is why my mother has always wanted you to pass the imperial examination. That way, you can see your father in person."
After hearing such unthinkable words, Fang Yu'an remained silent for a long time.
In the end, Emperor Yuan couldn't help but cough twice.
"I called you here today to ask you what you think. Are you willing to acknowledge me as your father?"
Seeing that Fang Yu'an did not answer immediately, the woman mistakenly thought that Fang Yu'an was blaming Emperor Yuan, and said anxiously: "Child, Your Majesty did not know that my mother was pregnant at the time. This is not Your Majesty's fault."
The Queen also said, "Child, when His Majesty knew you were his child, he immediately sent someone to bring your mother to the palace. He just didn't tell you because he was afraid it would affect your imperial examination."
Fang Yu'an looked straight at Emperor Yuan, "Your Majesty, can you agree to whatever choice the student makes?"
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