"sorry."
Qing'er's words confirmed Shen Nian's guess. He smiled bitterly, apologized softly, and tried to get up from Qing'er, but she pulled him back onto her.
"Isn't Qing'er angry?"
Feeling the tight embrace behind him, Chen Nian spoke cautiously.
"I feel more sorry for you than I'm angry."
Qing'er shook her head.
When she first found out, she was angry, but later, heartache filled her heart.
She thought Niannian was doing well and was happy, but she never expected that Niannian was enduring so much.
...
Half a month has passed.
The campaign to eradicate the White Lotus sect was swift, decisive, and ruthless.
They just didn't expect that Mardan and his entire family would also get involved, because he couldn't find a breakthrough with Little Swallow and the others, due to the White Lotus Sect incident.
They were prepared to fight to the death, hoping to take advantage of the chaos and use the three of them to threaten the emperor and force him to release Hanxiang. However, they overestimated their own strength and underestimated the two of them.
Because Yongxuan had not returned and had not appeared in court until recently, and had just begun to make his mark, and had been directly appointed as the important Minister of War, Mardan also thought it was due to the emperor's favoritism.
Ertai, on the other hand, had always been a prince's companion and had not shown his true strength much. The only one he had heard of who was capable was Fu Yuxing, but he had never actually seen him.
Fu Yuxing's Buddhist-like appearance also made Mardan lower his guard considerably.
Mardan had not investigated Yongxuan and the other two at all; he only concluded from discussions among people in the capital that the three were favored by the emperor, so he wanted to kidnap them to threaten the emperor.
In the end, the White Lotus Sect, along with the entire Mardan family, was wiped out, with only Mardan managing to escape.
However, they were able to return so early because of the help of another group of people. There were only a dozen or so people, but each of them was skilled in martial arts. When they arrived at the White Lotus Sect's stronghold, some of the White Lotus Sect members had already been killed.
Finally, the two sides joined forces and completely destroyed the White Lotus Sect.
The score with Chen Nian cannot be settled; those who bullied Chen Nian will not be spared.
It was only afterward that I learned that the group of people were all Shen Nian's senior brothers. After seeing Xiao Jian's message about what had happened to Shen Nian, they were furious. They gathered together, investigated the White Lotus Sect, and went straight to the White Lotus Sect's stronghold.
They just happened to run into Yongxuan and his group, and the two sides joined forces to avenge Shen Nian.
Afterwards, he left with only one sentence: treat Chen Nian well, otherwise his fellow disciples would all come to his door to demand justice for Chen Nian.
They doted on their junior sister; otherwise, they wouldn't allow anyone to bully her.
...
The Qianqing Palace.
"Okay, okay."
The emperor, seated on the throne, looked at the three people standing before him with great satisfaction and spoke with a smile.
"Speak up, what rewards do you guys want this time? Yuxing, you go first. We haven't given you your previous reward yet."
The Emperor looked at the group and raised his head.
"Your Majesty, I wish for freedom of marriage."
Fu Yuxing looked directly at the Emperor and stated the reward he desired.
You want this?
The Emperor had not expected that Fu Yuxing would ask for this reward.
"Um."
Fu Yuxing responded calmly.
"Very well, I grant your permission."
Seeing Fu Yuxing's determination, the Emperor agreed.
"What about Yongxuan Ertai?"
"Uncle, I don't want a reward, I want the imperial decree to grant the marriage quickly. It doesn't matter if the time is not set, you can issue the decree first."
It was rare for Yongxuan to use such an affectionate term, and it immediately delighted the Emperor.
"Very well, I will write it now."
With a wave of his hand, the Emperor strode over to the platform where he reviewed memorials, and with a few quick strokes, successfully wrote two imperial edicts. As soon as he finished writing them, he immediately handed one to Yongxuan.
"Qing'er will be sent to Cining Palace tomorrow, and it's getting late now."
Seeing Yongxuan staring at another memorial on the stage, a black line appeared on the emperor's forehead. He had already agreed, would he really go back on his word?
"What about Ertai? What does Ertai want? I have already prepared the imperial decree for your marriage. You don't need to exchange merits for the imperial decree."
Worried that Ertai might use his merits to obtain an imperial decree for marriage, the Emperor gave him a special reminder.
This child is always so silly. He was worried that this silly child would ask for something better when he could have, but instead only asked for something that was already a certainty, thus wasting the opportunity to ask for a reward.
"Your Majesty, I have concealed something from you. Please forgive me—"
Ertai knelt down directly, kneeling firmly.
...
"Well done, Ertai. I never expected you to be so unassuming. I was even wondering how to elevate your status."
Staring at Ertai kneeling on the ground before him, the Emperor's face was stern, and his sharp gaze scrutinized the man before him.
He never expected that Ertai was so capable, and that he was the mastermind behind Yuxing.
He was the second person to crawl out of the King of Hell's army camp.
The court has always heard of him but never seen him. He won the imperial examination two years ago and then disappeared without a trace. His articles are still praised to this day. He is the young master of Li'an.
During the Pingyi Campaign, Yuxing was wounded and unable to go to the battlefield, so he was the one who went to the battlefield in Yuxing's place.
Each of these identities is praiseworthy, yet they all belong to Ertai.
He was still thinking about how to elevate his status, but what a load of rubbish! The man's own status was far higher than what he was trying to achieve.
Yongxuan had no idea that Ertai had so many identities. He knew Ertai was not simple, but he never expected him to be this extraordinary.
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