"Now that she is pregnant with royal blood, who would dare to marry her again? We can't let her live out her life alone with her child."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's just take it one step at a time."
Madam Ye sighed, and at this moment, Eunuch Yu rushed over with the imperial edict.
Just as Ye Pengcheng was about to stand up and salute, he was stopped by Eunuch Yu.
"General Ye, you're welcome. His Majesty said you're ill and should just lie in bed and receive the order."
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty. It is truly my fault for causing you such an extra trip."
Eunuch Yu smiled faintly, "General Ye, you are embarrassing me by saying this."
"I am still waiting to return and report. General Ye, please stop being polite and accept my order."
Upon hearing this, Ye Pengcheng had no choice but to stop arguing and lay on the bed, respectfully listening to Eunuch Yu read the imperial edict.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims: General Ye Pengcheng and Junior General Ye Rong have rendered meritorious service in treating the epidemic, successfully resisting Dayu's attack, and securing three years of peaceful coexistence with Dayu. I am deeply gratified.
Ye Pengcheng was specially granted the title of general and Ye Rong the title of ever-victorious general, and they were jointly in charge of the dispatch of the imperial guards in the capital.
Madam Qin is a first-rank imperial consort, and she has rewarded the Ye family with ten thousand taels of gold, a pair of imperial oriental pearls, and a jade ruyi…"
Rewards flowed from the palace to the Ye family, and for a while, the Ye family became the most powerful.
The onlookers had long expected that the Ye family would prosper, but no one had expected it to reach this level.
Ye Pengcheng looked at Eunuch Yu who was reading the imperial edict in some disbelief until the other party coughed lightly.
"General, please accept the order."
Ye Pengcheng took the imperial edict in a daze, and he didn't come back to his senses until Eunuch Yu was sent away by Ye Fan.
Ye Sheng was the most rational person. He looked at the rewards flowing in and the imperial edict in Ye Pengcheng's hand and said with some concern.
"Dad, the Ye family is so high-profile, will it be feared by others?"
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