The reason why the post of Praefectus Urbi remained vacant for a long time was because the candidates proposed by the five ministers were all rejected by Yuande Da Daojun, so the position remained vacant.

Again, although the Great Dao Lord is a puppet, he is only a puppet at the mercy of the five regents. Even though the five assistants hold power on behalf of the five regents, they dare not challenge the Great Dao Lord openly.

Therefore, the five ministers tactfully rejected Yuande Da Daojun's proposal, and the audience ended in a bad mood.

After announcing the "good news" that Emperor Mengjun's daughter had returned to the court, the Council ordered Yujing City to celebrate Emperor Mengjun's daughter's return for three days. During these three days, all shops run by the Dadao Court and shops with official backgrounds would reduce their prices by 50%, that is, offer a 50% discount.

It seems the ruling class of the Dao Court is already familiar with this model. They'll reduce prices when a Dao Lord gets married, when a war is won, and so on. In short, no matter what good news there is, they'll reduce prices to stimulate consumption and generate income...

Finally, the five ministers summoned Fang Jian to the main hall and announced his reward.

"Fang Jian, now is the time to reward you for rescuing the daughter of Emperor Meng. As for the merit of capturing the murderer of Master Yundan, you will have to wait until this matter is completed before you can reward him." Taoist Taizhen said to Fang Jian.

Fang Jian bowed and said, "Yes."

Then, Taoist Taizhen announced the reward for Fang Jian, officially conferring on him the title of "Shaoqing" of the Dao Court, directly skipping the title of "Qingshi", and rewarded him with 300,000 dusts of great power, and still allowed him to be in charge of the Night Patrol Captain's Mansion.

For ordinary people, this reward is a step to heaven. From a national scholar, he directly became a Shaoqing, stepped into the ranks of nobles, and was also rewarded with 300,000 dusts of power.

However, for Fang Jian, such a reward is just ordinary. After all, the lineage of the Great Dao Lord is just a puppet, just a "mascot". If the Great Dao Lord is in power himself, the reward based on this "merit of saving the emperor" will definitely be several times more generous than this.

But for the five ministers, although Di Meng was the princess of the emperor, she was not that important to the Dao Court and them. A title of Shaoqing and a power of 300,000 dust were already enough.

As the reward of 300,000 dust fell in front of him and was stored in the Hongmeng Editor by Fang Jian, Fang Jian's 4.2 million Hongmeng Dao Qi became 4.5 million, and the "National Scholar's Golden Seal" was also replaced with the "Shaoqing Treasure Seal".

Jiang E, Ren Mi and even the soldiers brought by Jiang E all received different rewards, but Fa Zhen and others brought by Fang Jian did not receive any rewards at all, even though Fang Jian had handed over their lists.

The Taoist Priest Taikoo simply said, "This person is guilty and has no merit, so he will not be rewarded," and let the matter go. Although Fang Jian was unhappy in his heart, he looked calm and smiling, as if he didn't care.

Then it was time to deal with the Yun Dan case. Daoist Master Taizhen said, "Please, all the senior ministers and Junior Minister Fang Jian, take your seats. Summon Prince Yun Hao to the palace, and bring the body of the murderer, Zhen Qian, to the palace."

Fang Jian lowered his head the moment he sat down, a sneer on his face, but he quickly returned to normal. When he raised his head, Prince Yun Hao had already entered the hall, bowed, and sat down.

Then Zhen Qian's body was carried into the hall by two soldiers and placed directly in the middle of the hall.