klisemfg Chapter 245 Are you willing to acknowledge me as your father?
Chapter 245 Are you willing to acknowledge me as your father?
"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 attend to?"
"Student..." Fang Yu'an said a little embarrassedly, "Student wants to go back and prepare for the Ministry of Personnel's selection exam."
Hearing this, Kong Jijiu smiled, a rare smile, "You don't need to worry about this. With your ranking, passing the exam won't be difficult."
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 didn't 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 holds you to higher standards 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 of them.
In addition, there are several books.
The eunuch said, "Master Jijiu, His Majesty will take some time to come over. Young Master, please read a book for a while."
"Thank you." Fang Yu'an nodded to him in thanks.
The eunuch quickly dodged, "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 it, 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.
Those annotations contained profound wisdom that was easy to understand, and he was amazed at what he read.
"Master Jijiu, who left these annotations?"
"Master Wu Nian of Huguo Temple."
Fang Yu'an's heart moved. Master Wu Nian was indeed a rare and enlightened monk once in a thousand years.
Afterwards, he read the great wisdom contained in the book carefully without any distractions.
He was completely engrossed in the sight, completely fascinated. During this time, he didn't even notice the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, and the Princess had arrived.
What’s worse, the emperor was completely unaware of it when he arrived later.
The third prince said nonchalantly, "Nerd."
It was not until Emperor Yuan led the smiling Empress to sit down that Kong Jijiu followed Emperor Yuan's instructions and spoke out a reminder.
Kong Jijiu reached out and took the Buddhist scriptures from his hand. When he looked up and met his gaze, he said, "Your Majesty and the Empress 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 Empress, 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 in fear.
"Do you know why I summoned you here?"
Fang Yu'an subconsciously wanted to stand up and reply, but the Third Prince spoke first, "Father told you to sit down and reply."
Hearing this, Fang Yu'an had no choice but to sit down and face Emperor Yuan.
"Your Majesty, I do not know."
Emperor Yuan didn't say any nonsense and said directly: "Jiang Yueyang said that you are my prince who was exiled."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yu'an felt a loud bang in his head, and it exploded!
He stood there with his eyes open, motionless, as if petrified.
The third prince felt curious 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 he still didn't respond.
So, he turned around and said to Emperor Yuan: "Father, you scared him out of his wits."
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Emperor Yuan helplessly held his forehead 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 walked over 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 by the shock, and secondly because he heard the name of the examiner Jiang Yueyang.
The Third Prince burst into laughter, "Jiang Yueyang's name is more effective than 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 frightened just because you heard 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 heart is not wrong. I have 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 at you, don't you look alike to the prince?"
Fang Yu'an instinctively looked towards the prince, and after a moment's observation he said, "It's not surprising that people resemble each other."
Hearing this, Emperor Yuan was displeased. "Are you very unhappy about being 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 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 Empress sent people to bring me into the palace."
"Mother, His Majesty said... said I was..." 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.
Finally, Emperor Yuan couldn't help but cough twice.
"I called you here today to ask your opinion. Are you willing to acknowledge me as your father?"
Seeing that Fang Yu'an didn't answer immediately, the woman mistakenly thought that Fang Yu'an was blaming Emperor Yuan, and said anxiously, "Child, Your Majesty didn't know that my mother was pregnant at the time. This is not Your Majesty's fault."
The Empress also said, "My child, when His Majesty found out 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 directly at Emperor Yuan, "Your Majesty, will you approve of whatever choice the student makes?"