"I respect your choice."
A hint of surprise flashed across Fang Yu'an's eyes, and then he looked directly at Emperor Yuan with deep eyes.
"I once heard about my life story from Master Xiao Jiang, and I thought I was dreaming. Your Majesty... do you really want to accept me as your disciple?"
"If I didn't want to recognize you, you wouldn't be standing here today."
Seeing that Emperor Yuan's expression did not seem fake, Fang Yu'an stared at him in silence for a while and then turned to look at the woman.
"Mother, do you want your son to recognize him?"
The woman nodded repeatedly, "Of course I am willing. Your Majesty is not at fault in this matter. At that time, Your Majesty wanted to dismiss everyone in the backyard, and I was really happy."
At first, she dreamed of leaving home, marrying into a good family, becoming the head wife, having two children, and living a happy life.
But... she didn't expect that she was already pregnant with His Majesty's dragon seed at that time.
No one can be blamed for this, it can only be said that it was fate.
Fang Yu'an smiled slightly. He knew that His Majesty valued him to some extent, otherwise he would not have brought the Empress and his three legitimate children to see him.
He smiled gently and said, "Mother is willing, and so is my son."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present smiled.
Emperor Yuan smiled, but at the same time he was relieved. Earlier, he clearly felt that Fang Yu'an didn't want to recognize him.
The Empress said with a smile: "In that case, let the Imperial Observatory choose a good day as soon as possible to hold the ancestor recognition ceremony."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yu'an immediately bowed to the Emperor and Empress, "Your Majesty, I don't want to make it too grand, just a simple meal for the family will do."
"No, wouldn't that be unfair to you and your son?" The queen disagreed.
"Please grant me your blessing, Madam!"
The Queen Mother looked embarrassed. Logically speaking, he was the Majesty's true eldest son. This was really unfair to him.
Since the child born to Concubine Wan died at birth, it was not recorded in the Imperial Book of Rites and was not included in the ranking.
King Huan is not Emperor Yuan’s biological son.
Therefore, Fang Yu'an was Emperor Yuan's eldest son. But in fact, he was only a few months older than the crown prince.
Seeing that one person was making things difficult for another, Emperor Yuan said, "The ancestor recognition ceremony can be simplified as you wish, but you must inform all civil and military officials that you must also use my royal family surname."
"good."
"So, from today on, you will be named Yuan Qi, with the courtesy name Yu An."
Fang Yu'an, now Yuan Qi, bowed his hands in thanks, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
Hearing Yuan Qi's address, Emperor Yuan frowned fiercely.
But before he could open his mouth to remind him, the Third Prince patted Yuan Qi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why are you still calling him Your Majesty? Now you should change your address to Father."
As soon as he said this, Yuan Qi's face turned red. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter those two words.
Emperor Yuan was suddenly a little hurt.
The Queen smiled and tried to smooth things over. "This happened suddenly. Yuan Qi feels shy and it's normal for him to have trouble changing his words. Don't worry, just take your time."
Yuan Qi hummed softly.
The Third Prince thought of something and said, "Father, I suddenly thought of something. What is his ranking?
If he is older than the eldest brother of King Huan, then wouldn't I be the fourth child? Wouldn't that be a mess?"
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. This was indeed a big problem. Everyone was used to the rankings and it was difficult to change them.
Emperor Yuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "I need to discuss this matter with the civil and military officials."
"Father, I don't want to be the fourth prince!" the third prince said hurriedly.
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Wenyuan Pavilion.
With the help of Xu Zheng, Jiang Yueyang worked hard for a few days and finally finished all the work except the New Year greeting cards.
She put down her pen, stretched herself, and began to think about the official position in the Supervisory Office.
[Xiaogua, what official position do you think I should establish? ]
System: [First, the position of Chief Secretary is determined. Second, it depends on whether you want to be the Deputy Chief Secretary.]
Jiang Yueyang thought for a moment, "Yes, I can't do too much work. Then... hire two more stewards, two investigators, two accountants, two bookkeepers, and several clerks."
【Why is "Deacon" so special. 】
【I like.】
system:【……】
The system asked: [I can guess the duties of other official positions, but what does "Sidu" do? ]
【I work in finance.】
【All right.】
Jiang Yueyang picked up a pen and listed these official positions, saying as he wrote: [Local supervisory offices will no longer have a chief or deputy chief, but an additional supervisory historian will be added. Other official positions will remain unchanged, and the number of official positions will be reduced to one. The number of clerks can be increased or decreased depending on the situation.]
After finishing writing, Jiang Yueyang nodded with satisfaction.
The system curiously asked: [Host, do you have a candidate for the Supervisory Department official in mind? ]
[I hope Bai Ze will switch over, and then add my brother, Wen Jinnian, and He Jing. Um... the idiot Third Prince is also among my candidates. ]
[Is the Third Prince capable of this?] The system expressed doubt.
[It's okay. I just kept him under my nose to fill the gap. I'll replace him when there are other candidates.]
System: […Is this appropriate? ]
【Appropriate! The Supervisory Department should be filled by the most capable people. 】
[But this is far from enough! ]
Jiang Yueyang laughed, "Little melon, help me pick some suitable people."
Hearing this, the system took the opportunity to put forward its own request, "Then the host must promise to treat me better in the future. I didn't say those words to criticize you on purpose. 】
[Okay!] Jiang Yueyang agreed immediately, [As long as it's not too much, I'll pretend I didn't hear it.]
【It’s a deal! 】
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