After the court eunuch announced their arrival, a glimmer of light flashed across the young emperor’s eyes. However, he stared at the approaching couple without blinking an eye.
Unlike the usual jumpy and childish boy in front of Liu Yusheng, the boy exuded a calmness that was beyond his age.
The Emperor’s prestige has already begun to take shape.
When the civil and military officials saw the woman who followed the regent into the hall, they all had a change of heart.
There wasn’t much of a murmur, but the eyes cast over were distinctly compelling.
Liu Yusheng tried to keep herself calm, her eyes slightly drooping without squinting.
Here, looking directly at the face of the Emperor was considered great disrespect.
After saluting, Feng Qingbai stood in the middle of the civil and military officials, with one hand on his back. “Previously, Your Majesty proposed to ordain Miss Yusheng of the Liu family in Xiangshan County, Yunzhou as a County Lord. The person has been brought here now. May I also ask Your Majesty to confer the title in court.”
The hall, which was silent a moment ago, was suddenly filled with jarring noises, and a minister immediately stepped forward to advise.
“Your Majesty, I think this is not a good idea! Miss Liu cleared her brother’s injustice in the Yunzhou exam case, so her talent and ingenious arguments are indeed quite outstanding, but to praise her as a model for women based on this alone is not enough to win the trust of the world and is not convincing!
There are countless women throughout Nanling who are more outstanding than Miss Liu. If she were to be conferred the title of a County Lord based on these, how should other women get by?”
“To become a model, this one reason alone is far from enough. In order to avoid the world criticizing Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to withdraw the decree!”
Immediately, countless people in the civil and military columns responded, kneeling down and chanting, “I implore Your Majesty to withdraw the decree!”
“For many years, those who were crowned County Lords were all imperial women and daughters of officials, but no commoner has ever been given this title. If Your Majesty’s imperial decree is set, it is equivalent to setting a precedent. It would have been fine if the reason could convince the public, but it can’t. Isn’t this letting the royal family become the butt of jokes? Your Majesty, please think twice!”
“Your Majesty, think twice!”
One kneeled and implored after the other.
Liu Yusheng remained silent, but she actually felt amused watching this situation.
This picture was the perfect definition of following another’s lead.
Whenever someone raised an argument, another would always voice his opinion right after.
It was a vain attempt to stop the Emperor from doing a thing.
When these people attacked Liu Yusheng for being unqualified, Feng Qingbai didn’t fight back immediately. He just stood by the side of the woman with a peaceful aura, lingering around him.
He was unfathomable, and they couldn’t figure out his thoughts at all.
On the throne, Feng Mohan learned Feng Qingbai’s essence and his posture was three-fourths like him. His expression was inscrutable, and his emotions were entirely unfathomable.
Calm and not impetuous.
He was exuding the air of an emperor from head to toe.
Feng Mohan waited until the sound of voices gradually weakened and spoke, “Did I mention that during my trip, I stayed at Miss Liu’s home and spent some time with her? When I issued the decree to crown Miss Liu as County Lord, there were two reasons given.
You only talked about one, but why didn’t you talk about the second?
Miss Liu has a pair of miraculous hands of a healer and is well-known as a young divine doctor among the folks. This is the main reason for me to confer her a title.
I have a stubborn disease, and every civil and military official knows it. During my trip, my stubborn disease attacked, and I nearly died. In the end, Miss Liu fortunately rescued me. Now I can sit here today, listening to your frequent cries of impropriety, to think twice, and to withdraw my decree!”
Feng Mohan’s eyes suddenly turned cold, sweeping the courtiers kneeling in the hall. “It seems that my life alone is still not worth the title of a County Lord!”
The courtiers once again knelt and shouted, “These subjects are horrified. We would never think so. Please forgive us, Your Majesty!”
“Since Miss Liu has saved Your Majesty, then she really deserves the title of a County Lord!”
“Yes, yes, with this alone, Miss Liu is more than qualified!”
Listening to the courtiers quickly changing their tunes, Liu Yusheng lowered her head with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.
Surprisingly, Xiao Feng, the child sitting on the throne, looked really decent.
No wonder Feng Qingbai didn’t stand out immediately just now. He was aiming to train the boy, right?
The courtiers dared not raise any objections, and the conferral ceremony proceeded smoothly.
Soon after, a eunuch proclaimed the imperial edict.
“Miss Yusheng, daughter of the Liu family, is hereby formally ennobled as Ruyi County Lord of the eighth rank. She is rewarded 100 acres of fertile land, a hundred taels of silver, and a pair of jade ruyi. As Ruyi County Lord is well-known as the Little Divine Doctor in the county, she is awarded some precious medicinal materials. We hope that Ruyi County Lord can keep her original heart and benefit the people in the future.”
Liu Yusheng accepted the reward.
This morning, the court was adjourned.
After the ministers had retired, the boy sitting on the throne changed his expression and ran down to clutch Liu Yusheng’s sleeve. “Aunt Liu, why didn’t you come into the palace to look for me yesterday?! I can’t leave the palace by myself. Do you know I waited for you all day?!”
“I had s-something to do yesterday,” Liu Yusheng looked embarrassed and didn’t know how to explain.
Wasn’t that directly saying that she and Feng Qingbai went to Red Maple Mountain to talk about love?
The boy rolled his eyes and sneaked a glare at the man next to her. Needless to say, he knew that it must be his imperial uncle who had abducted Aunt Liu. He specially left him behind, smacking him for being an eyesore.
“Fortunately, you came today, otherwise I would be really angry. Aunt Liu, come here, see if you like these herbs. I carefully selected these from the treasury. They are all rare herbs, some of which cannot be found in Nanling at all.”
After speaking, he pulled the woman to a large brocade box, and opened the lid.
It was full of piles of various medicinal herbs kept in jade boxes.
Ganoderma lucidum, ginseng, snow lotus, bird’s nest, musk, bear gallbladder, and so on and so forth. Liu Yusheng also has countless valuable medicinal materials in her space, but seeing these things in front of her also stunned her deep inside.
Something precious like musk, bear gallbladder, tiger bone – she couldn’t grow these things in her space.
“What do you think? Is my gift to your liking?” The boy raised his chin smugly.
He didn’t notice that Feng Qingbai, who was left aside, completely turned black, and the veins in his temples were violently throbbing.
“Feng, Mo, Han!” The man gritted his teeth with each word!
The boy shivered and immediately slipped behind the young girl, not even daring to venture out. “Imperial Uncle, don’t be angry, I didn’t give all the herbs. There are still some left in the treasury for you. If you want to give more, you can also fetch them! Anyway, they are all for Aunt Liu. Isn’t it the same if I gave them?”
Feng Qingbai sneered, “Heh, what you send and what I send are not the same!”
Liu Yusheng,who was sandwiched in the middle, quickly grasped the key of their argument and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Feng Qingbai wanted to give her these medicinal materials for affection, but was preempted by the boy in the end.
“All right, don’t be angry. Anyway, the herbs are in my hands. The result is the same.” Liu Yusheng stifled a laugh to round up the situation.
Feng Qingbai closed his eyes, and his heart sulked as fire surged to his head.
The result was the same, but the mood was entirely different!
Peek-Aboo 
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