After receiving the emperor's order, Chief Eunuch Li quickly gathered people to repair the palace, and also remembered to pick up the dozen or so children that the empress had taken in.
Tang Baozhu meant that since the palace was so big, raising only one child would definitely make him very lonely.
Why not bring all the other children in as well? It would be good for them to keep Xiao Bao company, and they would be more loyal to him in the future. When they grow up and become officials, they would be his right-hand men.
The emperor happened to share the same idea. Zhou Hongsheng felt that since she was raised by a maid, they would definitely be closer in the future. He would also feel more at ease knowing that his son would have someone useful in the court.
They put a lot of effort into training those dozen or so children, and both the martial arts instructors and the literary instructors were among the most skilled.
When the emperor held the morning court session, he issued an imperial edict, directly bestowing the title of empress upon Tang Baozhu, which stunned all the ministers present.
After the initial shock, they quickly realized what was happening and petitioned the emperor to withdraw the decree. They argued that the empress was a woman of unknown origin and had a child with her, making her unworthy to be empress, and used this as a means of attacking the empress to prevent Tang Baozhu from becoming empress.
This infuriated the emperor. His maid was not some woman of unknown origin; she was a girl he cherished and pampered, and no one could say anything bad about her.
So the emperor looked at the ministers who were speaking harshly, but he didn't say a word. He just stared at them and silently planned how to avenge Baozhu.
He didn't want the girl to suffer any injustice, even if it was something she was unaware of.
Only Tang Hao, the eldest brother of the Tang family, laughed so hard he didn't care about his image anymore. As a fourth-rank official, he was also qualified to attend court.
Upon hearing this news, they were incredibly excited. From now on, their Tang family would be considered the imperial family.
He didn't care about his image anymore and just burst out laughing. It's a testament to his good upbringing that he didn't laugh out loud.
This left those watching on the sidelines completely confused. Why was the emperor so happy about bestowing the title of empress?
Someone secretly moved closer to Tang Hao and whispered, "Lord Tang seems so happy, is there some inside information? Could you please give me a hint?"
Tang Hao, who was originally a very composed person, couldn't help but want to show off a little. Seeing that no one else had noticed them, he carefully approached and whispered, "The Empress that the Emperor appointed is my sister, and she has even given birth to the Emperor's child."
The people around him were watching with wide-eyed amusement, and were particularly shocked. It seemed that Tang Hao was indeed about to rise to power. With a younger sister who would become the Empress, whether the Emperor was willing or not, a marquisate was inevitable.
"Then congratulations, Lord Tang! When you get promoted, please don't forget to help me out."
The other ministers who overheard this also unconsciously stepped forward to curry favor, as it seemed that the emperor's intention to appoint an empress was a foregone conclusion.
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Zhou Hongsheng sat high up, looking down at the ministers below, taking in everyone's expressions. His face betrayed no hint of his thoughts.
Finally, unable to bear the ministers' attitudes any longer, he dismissed the court and left.
The emperor announced the empress's identity during the morning court session, leaving the daughters of the ministers heartbroken.
After all, the emperor was good-looking, and being the emperor alone was enough to make most people in the world pursue him, not to mention that he was also good-looking.
The main reason is that people feel that this emperor is virtuous and upright, which makes people feel particularly good about him. However, when they heard that he already had an empress, the ornaments in the ministers' homes were smashed all over the place, all because the young ladies were so angry that they smashed them everywhere.
The emperor and Tang Baozhu didn't care what others thought. At this time, all the dozen or so children were approaching the palace. They planned to hire tutors to teach them after they settled down.
The family of three lived a very good life, never caring about what other people were like.
Because of the Emperor's urging, Xiao Bao's palace was quickly repaired. In fact, the palace closest to the Emperor didn't need any repairs at all. It was just that they had initially made up an excuse to let Bao Zhu sleep in the Emperor's room, and now they couldn't back out, so they had it repaired.
Tang Baozhu felt a little uncomfortable seeing that the emperor was so eager to pack up his son and leave. How could a father not think about naming his son and even think that his son was an eyesore? That was unacceptable.
Even if I'm desperate, I have to settle my son's matter first, and then we can talk about it later.
Tang Baozhu pretended to be very angry and said to the Emperor, "Uncle, you don't love me at all. Our son is so old, and you haven't even thought about giving him a name. Don't you care at all? Because you don't care about me, you don't care about our son either. If you cared about me, how come you didn't think of giving the child a name?"
Zhou Hongsheng felt wronged. He had always called his son "Little Treasure" along with the girl, and he didn't think the name was bad.
All his attention was on Baozhu, and he naturally neglected his own son. He felt a little embarrassed when Baozhu reminded him.
"Girl, don't be angry with your uncle. I've been so focused on you that I forgot about our son. Don't worry, I'll go to the Imperial Study right now to prepare a nice name for him."
After saying that, he couldn't wait to go to the Imperial Study. He felt that if he didn't quickly give his son a name, the girl would definitely not want him to go to her bed at night.
Tang Baozhu watched the emperor's departing figure, then thought about the son she had raised from childhood, and realized that her son was still the most important.
Her son and the emperor hadn't spent much time together, so their bond wasn't very strong. If she became pregnant again in the future, the emperor, who had been waiting for her since he was in her womb, would definitely show favoritism.
In order not to give the emperor a chance to show favoritism, she decided not to have any more children, but she was worried that if she didn't have any children, someone else would rape her son, and that his bloodline would be at risk.
There are always some people who want to rebel, and they will use various tricks to attack others, such as their son growing up outside the palace.
After worrying for a while, I suddenly thought of my son's face and instantly realized that I was being a bit of a worrier.
Since his son looked exactly like Zhou Hongsheng, no one dared to doubt or question his bloodline.
After thinking it through, she took a pill from her spatial storage and swallowed it. This thing is for contraception; taking one a year will ensure that she doesn't have to worry about getting pregnant for a year.
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