The prince was very concerned about the patent matter, and with Tian An's manuscript, he presented a perfect answer to the emperor in less than two days after returning.
The emperor carefully read his memorial and pondered for a long time before returning it to him. "Bring it out to the court tomorrow morning for the ministers to discuss. If there are no problems, we can make a decision!"
The Emperor's silence indicated his approval. The Crown Prince concealed his joy and said solemnly, "Yes, Father."
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The next morning's court session was naturally extremely lively. Regarding the decision to establish patents, the ministers were divided into two factions. One faction, led by the crown prince, was supportive, while the other faction, led by conservative old ministers, was opposed.
The emperor sat on the high throne, squinting his eyes and watching them quarreling calmly until their faces turned red and their necks became thick.
The opposition always comes up with the same few excuses.
Why shouldn't slaves enjoy such treatment? They should work hard for the country for free without any regrets.
A ruffian named Tu sneered at him and said, "Your dog guards your house, and you should occasionally reward it with two big bones!" He was so upset that his face turned red.
Others say, "Instead of setting up patents, we should share good things with everyone."
The supporters said, "We are a bit short of money recently. Why don't you take out the money in your treasury so that we can share it?" I was so blocked that I couldn't even breathe.
He was afraid that if he agreed, the man would actually go to his warehouse to move things.
Only after the last dissenting minister was silenced did the emperor finally straighten himself and say, "Since all of you have no objections, then let this be settled!"
The opposition opened their mouths with an unconvinced look on their faces, but because they couldn't say anything useful to refute, they could only turn their heads away angrily, looking as aggrieved as they could be.
The establishment of the patent was thus decided, and the emperor took the opportunity to propose that Tian An be conferred the title of county princess, and issued an imperial decree on the spot.
Eunuch Defu personally brought the reward and the things Yaoyao wanted to the general's mansion to announce the decree.
Tian An happily received the imperial edict, and only after seeing off Eunuch Defu did he carefully look at the imperial edict in his hand.
Chun Xi and the servants said in unison: "Congratulations, young lady, on your promotion to county lady."
Tian An was delighted and waved his hand, "Go to the wine cellar and get my wine. Set up a table in the garden tonight. Let's have a good meal together and celebrate."
The servants cheered, "Thank you, County Master."
After waving her hand to ask them to go down and prepare quickly, Tian An turned around and saw Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, her Yilu Changhong, and Tian Caiping and others looking at the Mingguang Imperial Edict in her hands with admiration.
He generously handed the imperial edict to them and let them touch and have a look.
Xiaokang and Xiaoqi were fine, as they had seen it several times before and it wasn't surprising. They worked together to open it and then rolled it up again.
However, her ten little disciples were a little restrained. After Tian An's repeated encouragement, they ran out, washed their hands, and came back to take the imperial edict from Xiaokang.
Tian An took the opportunity to teach him: "You must study hard and become people of great use to the country in the future. The court will see your efforts and will issue an imperial decree to reward you."
The little girls were so excited by what Tian An said that after reading it, they carefully returned the imperial edict to Tian An and ran off to read.
That positive and hardworking look made Xiaokang and Xiaoqi, who were still standing in the hall, feel ashamed and they were too embarrassed to stay any longer.
"Let's get back to our books! We can't let a bunch of girls outdo us."
The two of them muttered to themselves as they quickly left the hall. The hall, which had been bustling just a moment ago, was suddenly filled with only Tian An and Yaoyao.
Tian An turned to look at her, "They are all going to read books, why don't you go?"
Yaoyao nodded and said, "I have to see if everything my royal brother brought me is complete."
Then Tian An accompanied her to rummage through the boxes and drawers, and finally found out that what she asked the prince for were gifts for everyone.
Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, including her eleven junior sisters, and her master.
Tian An looked at the gifts scattered all over the floor and sighed, "Yaoyao is really attentive. I, as her master, can't compare to her!"
Yaoyao packed her things and said, "I'm a senior sister, so I should take care of my junior sisters."
Hearing her say this, Tian An felt fortunate for his disciples. As long as they didn't cause any trouble themselves, with Yaoyao, their senior sister, protecting them, their future would be fine.
Tables and chairs were quickly set up in the garden, and lanterns were hung everywhere. Various delicious dishes such as chicken, duck, fish and meat were served one after another. Her apprentices and servants were so greedy that they wanted to glue their eyes to the dishes.
After the last dish was served, Tian An personally opened a bottle of wine and decanted it. He originally wanted to pour it for his apprentices, but Yuhong snatched the glass decanter away.
"Master, please let Yuhong come! How can I let the master pour wine for the apprentices?"
Seeing that the other disciples also responded.
Tian An knocked on the tall glass cup and said, "Fill it one-third full."
Yuhong quickly poured wine for several fellow sisters as Tian An requested.
After clinking glasses with her young disciples, Tian An raised the glass to her lips when she felt her hand lighten, and then her glass cup disappeared out of thin air.
When she looked up, she saw Zhao Yiming tilting his head back and drinking the bright red wine in her glass.
Seeing Zhao Yiming coming, several apprentices immediately gave up their seats, and Xiaokang and Xiaoqi also came over from the table next to them.
Tian An blinked and asked him, "Why are you here?"
Zhao Yiming put down his wine glass and looked at her with an expression that looked at a heartless woman. "Let's celebrate for a little woman without conscience."
Tian An felt a little guilty. By the way, she asked everyone to have dinner together, so she asked the doorman to close the door and come together.
"Then, how did you get in?"
Jing Yu, who was standing behind him, looked at the table full of delicious food with excitement and said, "The Duke led us over the wall."
Tian An: "Uh..."
Yaoyao pulled Zhao Shuhua, who was following behind Zhao Yiming, over and asked excitedly, "Did you climb over the wall to get in too? Is climbing over the wall fun?"
Zhao Shuhua said awkwardly, "Guardian Jingyu opened the door for me."
Hearing this, Yaoyao was a little disappointed, but still enthusiastically pulled her to sit down.
Jingyu found a place at the servants' table and inserted himself in without hesitation.
The banquet continues.
Seeing Tian An wanted to drink more, Zhao Yiming frowned, "Why do you want to drink more?"
She was drunk after one glass. Didn't she know how to control herself? How dare she drink?
Tian An didn't take it seriously and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry! I took some hangover medicine in advance, so it'll be fine."
Zhao Yiming was skeptical, but he stopped trying to stop her, and Tian An finally drank to her heart's content.
God knows how much effort she put into researching hangover remedies in order to be able to drink.
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