The day of Geng Xu in the tenth month of the second year of Jianyuan.

This was the first grand court assembly after the Emperor assumed personal control of the state, and the hall was packed with civil and military officials.

The overbearing and arrogant Grand Marshal still entered the hall wearing his sword and shoes, sitting across from Grand Marshal Huo Quan, looking like a freshly fed tiger lazily watching the officials in the hall.

The civil and military officials who were swept by Shentu Yang’s gaze all looked away, either avoiding the Grand Marshal’s eyes or offering a flattering smile toward him.

Yin Shuhuai, sitting elegantly at the head, watched this scene with great interest until the Censor-in-Chief Zhao Bushi stood up and said, “Your Majesty, the Grand Marshal entering the hall with his sword and shoes does not conform to the way of a subordinate. I request Your Majesty to order him to remove his sword and footwear.”

Yin Shuhuai’s gaze fixed, and then he looked toward Shentu Yang with a smile, but did not say a single word.

Shentu Yang did not pay attention to Zhao Bushi either, but Gao Jingde, who served as the Commander of the Imperial Guards, stood up and said, “Nonsense, the Grand Marshal’s privileges of not being called by name during greetings, not having to scurry in court, and entering the hall with his sword and shoes were bestowed by His Majesty’s kindness. You now criticize the Grand Marshal for not conforming to the way of a subordinate, are you trying to say His Majesty’s imperial words are nothing but hot air, or are you trying to say His Majesty is unfit to be the ruler?” Zhao Bushi’s expression changed, “I would absolutely not dare to harbor such rebellious thoughts. But His Majesty’s generosity is one thing, and whether a subordinate should observe the etiquette of a subordinate is another. The Grand Marshal insists on entering the hall with his sword and shoes, could it be that he harbors a rebellious heart?”

In fact, Zhao Bushi had also heard the terrible rumor that since Shentu Yang entered the capital, he stayed overnight in the imperial palace every single night and even stayed overnight in the Emperor’s bedroom, which was why he decided to launch an attack today—he absolutely could not sit back and watch the Emperor be bullied by a rebellious usurper like Shentu Yang.

Shentu Yang slowly opened his eyes, his sharp gaze cutting toward Zhao Bushi, “The Censor-in-Chief insists on framing me for harboring a rebellious heart, could it be that you wish to repeat the Prime Minister’s past actions? But you are not the Prime Minister. If you truly force me into rebellion, how do you plan to resist the three hundred thousand troops outside Luoyang City? Could it be by relying on your smooth tongue?”

Zhao Bushi said expressionlessly, “If the Grand Marshal is thoroughly loyal and steadfast, how could he be forced into rebellion by a few words from me? Unless the General had a rebellious heart early on.”

“You wouldn’t know what my heart desires?” Unexpectedly, Shentu Yang threw back an even more aggressive question, his knife-like gaze sweeping across the court officials as he said without the slightest concealment, “My loyalty to His Majesty is known to everyone under heaven, only the Censor-in-Chief does not know. I suppose the Censor-in-Chief has stayed in remote places for too long, which is why you are completely out of touch, deaf, and blind.”

Zhao Bushi’s expression changed, “How dare a treacherous rebel be so arrogant?”

“It is rather that the Censor-in-Chief’s performance is too disappointing.” Shentu Yang thought of something and smiled leisurely, “It’s a pity that old scoundrel Huo Yan spoke highly of you right up until his death, saying your nature was loyal, upright, and unyielding, fit to be an excellent official. I think you should put away your useless loyalty and uprightness. Don’t throw the world into chaos just to fish for a reputation of righteousness.”

Zhao Bushi flew into a furious rage, “You…”

At the critical moment, Yin Shuhuai, who sat high at the head, suddenly spoke up, “Has the Prime Minister’s posthumous title been drafted?”

This topic was inserted so abruptly that the civil and military officials looked at each other, for a moment not knowing what His Majesty meant.

Seeing that no official answered, Yin Shuhuai said to himself, “I think ‘Wen’ is quite good…”

“Your Majesty, you must not!”

Before Yin Shuhuai could finish speaking, someone impatiently stepped forward to stop him—it was an old acquaintance of Yin Shuhuai, the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy Chen Yong.

Chen Yong’s reason for opposition was also fully sufficient.

According to the ritual system of the Yin dynasty, a subordinate’s posthumous title was generally requested by the Minister of Ceremonies, and after obtaining His Majesty’s permission, the officials would draft several titles for the Emperor to make the final selection. Now Yin Shuhuai bypassed the officials’ request and privately settled on Huo Yan’s posthumous title this was truly contrary to proper etiquette.

Especially the noble scholars who were on bad terms with Huo Yan, hearing that the Emperor actually wanted to grant Huo Yan the excellent posthumous title of “Wen” made them even more indignant. They unanimously believed that Huo Yan was arrogant, overbearing, and threw the court into chaos during his life, completely unworthy of such a beautiful title.

Only Huo Yan’s son Huo Quan, as well as Dong Wan, Jiang Yang, and others who had been transferred into the Northern Army by Huo Yan, looked at the Emperor with tearful eyes, their expressions deeply moved.

Yin Shuhuai glanced at Chen Yong, who had actively jumped out to interrupt him before he even finished speaking, his face completely devoid of expression.

Zhao Bushi frowned heavily, opening his mouth to reprimand, “Chancellor Chen is a great master of Daoism, you should follow the Daoist principle of governing by doing nothing, how can you arbitrarily interrupt His Majesty before he has finished speaking? Is this the etiquette a subordinate should observe?”

Chen Yong, who had been talking eloquently in the hall, finally realized something was wrong, lowering his voice in hindsight as he looked up at the Emperor who sat elegantly at the head, yet looked like a wooden or clay statue.

This truly could not be blamed on him. Over the past two years, Yin Shuhuai had played the role of a puppet emperor so competently that even though he had already assumed personal control of the state now, the civil and military officials were still unaccustomed to having a real sovereign above them.

Shentu Yang watched this absurd scene with great interest.

Zhao Bushi, the Censor-in-Chief, wanted to establish his authority, so he targeted an outside official like him who had no background or backing in the court. He thought that by shouting a few cliches about treason and rebellion at him, he could win a beautiful reputation for being upright and pure. Yet he never expected his fine plan would be ruined by someone from his own noble faction.

Now they didn’t even know which crime was greater, entering the hall with a sword and shoes or offending the Emperor.

“Your Majesty, forgive my sin.” Chen Yong begged for forgiveness with a face full of shame, “This old minister was merely worried that Your Majesty would act recklessly just to pursue a posthumous title for the Prime Minister…”

Shentu Yang let out a cold laugh, “Chen Yong!”

He called him out by name, saying, “What virtue or capability do you possess to dare treat His Majesty like a child?”

As soon as these words came out, the Commander of the Imperial Attendants Wang Su, who was also the Emperor’s teacher, could no longer sit still, “Chancellor Chen is His Majesty’s teacher…”

“As far as I know, this teacher was also arranged by Huo Yan, right?” Shentu Yang said with a flat expression, “Since you believe Huo Yan was a treacherous rebel, how can you use a rebel’s arrangement to absolve yourself of guilt?”

Everyone was left speechless.

Only at this point did Yin Shuhuai slowly open his mouth, “Grand Marshal.”

Shentu Yang, who had entered the hall with his sword and shoes, raised his brow, holding the hilt of his sword as he slowly stood up, “Your subordinate is here.”

Yin Shuhuai said, “The Grand Marshal has merit in suppressing the rebellion, I intend to appoint you as Prime Minister. Do you have any objection?”

Shentu Yang smiled, cupping his hands, “Your subordinate will certainly exert every effort and not fail Your Majesty’s high expectations.”

Yin Shuhuai asked again, “I intend to appoint the Grand Marshal as Prime Minister, do you beloved ministers have any objection?”

The civil and military officials looked at the smiling yet sharp-sworded Shentu Yang, thinking of the twenty thousand troops stationed outside the city, and the ten thousand Yan troops guarding the Sishui Pass… no one dared to speak.

The corners of Yin Shuhuai’s lips hooked slightly as he continued, “Just now Chancellor Chen said that a minister’s posthumous title needs to be discussed by the officials. You are also a minister, what do you think of me posthumously honoring the Marquis of Wei, Huo Yan, as the Wise Marquis of Wei?”

Shentu Yang did not even care about living people, so how could he care about a dead person?

“As long as Your Majesty likes it, what name wouldn’t work.” Shentu Yang said with a smile, “Your Majesty has already assumed personal control of the state, so you should make arbitrary decisions as the sovereign. If you cannot even make the call on a posthumous title, how can it be counted as personal control?”

Hearing this, the officials in the hall instantly fell into an uproar, and the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy Chen Yong could not help but interrupt Shentu Yang’s words, “These words are incorrect. Even if Your Majesty personally controls the state, you should still widely accept wise counsel…”

“Chancellor Chen seems to very much like interrupting other people when they speak.” Shentu Yang held the hilt of his sword, his eyes burning as he stared intently at Chen Yong, “Just now you interrupted His Majesty, and now you interrupt my words. Do you wish to use your eloquence to bully a rough man like me?”

Chen Yong trembled all over. In an instant, he actually felt a strange illusion of being targeted by a wild beast. He looked at Shentu Yang with some trepidation, uncontrollably taking a few steps backward.

Shentu Yang let out a sneer, “I thought Chancellor Chen liked acting as an outspoken minister so much because you had long placed life and death outside your concern!”

Chen Yong’s face turned completely red with shame, his hand pointing at Shentu Yang trembling, “You, you, don’t push people too far!”

Looking at the finger extended in front of his face, Shentu Yang’s brow furrowed, appearing even more fierce and menacing.

Before Shentu Yang could speak, Chen Yong had already pulled his hand back with lightning speed. The Minister of Ceremonies Guo Tuo could no longer stand to watch, standing up to say, “The Prime Minister was always on bad terms with the Marquis of Wei, why must you meddle in this matter? During his life, the Marquis of Wei threw the administration into chaos, framed the loyal and good, forced the nobility into rebellion, and caused the common people to suffer terribly. Judging by his merit and virtue, he has no qualification to be posthumously honored as a wise marquis.”

“Framed the loyal and good? Forced the nobility into rebellion?” The Grand Marshal Huo Quan, who had been sitting in the hall wiping his tears with his sleeve all this time, could no longer sit still, standing up to say, “The old scoundrel Liang Gong connected with treacherous people to plot a rebellion, the ironclad evidence of this matter is as solid as a mountain. You now distort black and white, slandering my father for forcing the nobility into rebellion, I wonder what your intention is?”

As soon as his voice fell, Yin Shuhuai, who sat at the head, also asked slowly, “Could it be that the Minister of Ceremonies feels Liang Gong and the others plotting to depose the Emperor was an act of loyalty and goodness?”

These words were thoroughly devastating, and Guo Tuo instantly broke into a cold sweat, kneeling to worship on the ground, “Your subordinate misspoke, your subordinate absolutely has no such meaning. Your subordinate merely wanted to say Huo Yan’s moral character was ruined, unfit to be an example for the officials…”

“Someone come!” Yin Shuhuai was already impatient to hear him continue, “Dismiss Guo Tuo from his post as Minister of Ceremonies, and hand him over to the Minister of Justice.”

The civil and military officials were shocked in their hearts, never expecting that the puppet emperor, who usually ruled by doing nothing, would act so decisively once he took personal control of the state.

The officials, who were originally a bit lighthearted and negligent, felt their gazes turn sharp, instantly becoming serious. Even their sitting postures became much more upright.

The Yin Emperor, who had just punished a high-ranking minister of the nine ministries, acted like nothing had happened, continuing to ask, “I wish to posthumously honor the Marquis of Wei, Huo Yan, as the Wise Marquis of Wei, what do you beloved ministers think?”

The hall was as quiet as if a person had died, and for a long while, no one answered.

Yin Shuhuai waited patiently for a long time, and seeing that the civil and military officials had no objection, he said, “Since no one objects, then it is settled.”

“For this second matter, I request all ministers to move your steps to the Office of Imperial Manufactories” After Yin Shuhuai finished speaking this sentence, he did not wait for the officials’ response either, rising by himself to walk outward.

The civil and military officials looked at each other, only able to hold their imperial tablets to follow behind the Emperor, a dark mass of people walking toward the Office of Imperial Manufactories.

The officials could also be considered to have seen it clearly. This Yin Emperor, who had pretended to be a fool for sixteen years and acted as a puppet for another two years, was absolutely not the well-behaved, gentle, and easy-to-manage person they had imagined.

Shentu Yang looked at this scene coldly, his lips twitching with a half-smile.

When the group arrived at the Office of Imperial Manufactories, the Director of Imperial Manufactories Mo Yu had already been waiting outside the hall early on.

“Your subordinate knocks his head to pay respects to Your Majesty.” Mo Yu performed the grand rite, saying with a face full of excitement, “Your Majesty, the top and bottom of the Office of Imperial Manufactories united with one mind, spending half a year to finally improve the water-powered large spinning wheel and the new agricultural tools requested by Your Majesty. This is to celebrate Your Majesty’s personal control of the state.”

“Good!” Yin Shuhuai pointed with a smile at the officials behind him, “Let the beloved ministers see the achievements of the Office of Imperial Manufactories as well.”

The Director of Imperial Manufactories Mo Yu glanced at the solemn-faced civil and military officials. He did not know what had just happened during the court assembly, and hearing the Emperor’s words, he merely brought everyone honestly before a wooden spinning wheel that was about thirty feet long and ten feet high.

That spinning wheel stood before a pond, and not only was its structure exquisite and its construction complex, but it also added a water wheel and transmission devices that ordinary spinning wheels did not possess.

“This spinning wheel uses water power as its primary motive force, and can spin a hundred pounds of hemp yarn every day, far exceeding a manual spinning wheel.”

Hearing these words, the faces of the civil and military officials instantly changed. Someone could not keep his composure, blurting out to ask, “Are these words true? Can this spinning wheel truly spin a hundred pounds of hemp yarn in a single day?” Hearing this, Mo Yu cupped his hands toward Yin Shuhuai’s direction and said, “I dare not deceive the sovereign. This year the Central Plains suffered a great drought, and Your Majesty ordered the Grand Minister of Agriculture to set up water wheels and pressure wells throughout the Central Plains to help the common people irrigate their fields. Our Office of Imperial Manufactories produced the water-powered large spinning wheel by using the foot-pedal spinning wheel previously invented by Your Majesty, combined with the water wheel used for irrigating fields as inspiration. Your Majesty possesses heaven-sent talent and loves the people like his own children…”

Yin Shuhuai waved his hand, “I merely mentioned it casually. It still required the diligence, progress, and hard study of the top and bottom of your Office of Imperial Manufactories to be able to invent so many useful things.”

According to the development progress in history, this kind of large spinning wheel that relied on water power as its primary motive force appeared during the Southern Song dynasty. It wasn’t until the Yuan dynasty that it was promoted to various places in the Central Plains. Now that the Office of Imperial Manufactories had “invented” the water-powered large spinning wheel hundreds of years ahead of time, it was certainly due to Yin Shuhuai’s inspiration, but in final analysis, it was the result of the efforts of everyone in the Office of Imperial Manufactories.

Yin Shuhuai would not steal his subordinates’ credit.

The civil and military officials, however, were in no mood to pay attention to this ruler and minister modestly deferring credit to each other; hearing Mo Yu’s words, they had already fallen into an uproar.

If the Office of Imperial Manufactories had not falsely reported, then a single water-powered large spinning wheel could spin a hundred pounds of hemp yarn a day, so wouldn’t ten water-powered large spinning wheels be able to spin a thousand pounds of hemp yarn a day? What about a hundred wheels? What about a month?

One must know that at this time, hemp yarn and cloth possessed purchasing power. If they set up a hemp yarn workshop, purchasing a hundred spinning wheels to spin hemp yarn day and night without stopping, wouldn’t they be making money hand over fist?

“Your Majesty!” The civil and military officials instantly became excited, squeezing before the Emperor all at once, “I request Your Majesty to hand over the heavy responsibility of promoting the water-powered large spinning wheel to your subordinate, your subordinate will certainly pour out my heart and soul and not fail Your Majesty’s high expectations.”

“My family has engaged in weaving for generations, I request Your Majesty to hand over this heavy responsibility to me…”

“I volunteer myself…”

“Can your subordinate order a hundred water-powered large spinning wheels from the imperial court?”

Yin Shuhuai bringing people to the Office of Imperial Manufactories this time was precisely to stir up everyone’s enthusiasm. Now seeing the civil and military officials all volunteering themselves, Yin Shuhuai could not help but laugh loudly, “Your Office of Imperial Manufactories has indeed achieved a massive merit.”

“Pass the imperial edict, I want to heavily reward the Office of Imperial Manufactories…” Yin Shuhuai pondered for a short moment, saying, “All those who participated in the research and development will be promoted by two ranks, and rewarded with a hundred pieces of gold.”

Hearing this, the Director of Imperial Manufactories was overjoyed, immediately kneeling to give thanks for the favor.

“This is what you deserve.” After rewarding the Office of Imperial Manufactories, Yin Shuhuai’s gaze looked toward the officials once more, “Beloved ministers need not be anxious, calling you over today was precisely to discuss with you how to promote this water-powered large spinning wheel.”

While speaking, the Director of Imperial Manufactories Mo Yu had already stepped forward respectfully holding a piece of silk fabric drawn with the blueprints of the water-powered large spinning wheel. Yin Shuhuai took the blueprints to look at them, and immediately handed them to Shentu Yang who stood to the side, “Everyone here is a heavy minister of my Yin dynasty, presumably when you entered the court to serve as officials, you also held the thoughts in your hearts to stabilize the state and seek welfare for the common people. Last year the Prime Minister opened coal yards and weaving workshops everywhere in Guanzhong and Luoyang, settling hundreds of thousands of refugees, letting many common people who could not survive due to the disaster have a place to establish themselves rather than having to sell themselves to noble grand households as slaves. I have heard that many common people among the populace feel grateful for the Prime Minister’s kindness, automatically and spontaneously setting up long-life plaques for him…”

Hearing Yin Shuhuai’s words, the expressions of some officials instantly became uncomfortable. These people, without a doubt, were the noble officials who had just attacked the Prime Minister during the grand court assembly for being unworthy of his position and argued that he should not be posthumously honored as the Wise Marquis of Wei.

Yin Shuhuai acted as if he saw nothing of these people’s expressions, still arranging matters in a slow and orderly manner, “After more than half a year of cultivation and accumulation, I believe many common people’s households in places like Guanzhong and Henan should have surplus wealth. I intend to let the imperial court manufacture the water-powered large spinning wheels, the household foot-pedal spinning wheels, and the newly improved looms of the Office of Imperial Manufactories on a large scale, to either sell or loan to the common people, letting them engage in spinning and weaving in their spare time from farming, so that every single household of my Yin dynasty common people has surplus money, and every person has clothes to wear.”

One must know that in the Yin dynasty where productivity was relatively low, cloth and silk could both be used directly as money.

This was also why after Yin Shuhuai traveled through time, he had been dedicated to improving agricultural tools, spinning wheels, and looms. Because he knew the simple truth that the economic base determines the superstructure.

If in a dynasty, the majority of the common people could not even eat their fill, could not wear clothes, and every time during years of famine there was even cannibalism, then it would be a wonder if such a dynasty were not overthrown.

Yin Shuhuai was not some naturally born emperor of grand talent and bold vision if there were no accident, performing exceptionally well during the college entrance examination to get into a certain nationwide renowned key university would probably be the absolute highest highlight of his life. His greatest wish was nothing more than being able to find a job with a million annual salary after graduation, preferably one with lots of money, few tasks, and close to home, working for a few years and then buying a house to settle down, and if conditions permitted, raising a cat and a dog.

Heaven knew he would suffer a sudden death from playing games yet not die completely, and even travel through time to become a puppet emperor of a feudal dynasty.

But since he was already here, he couldn’t just close his eyes and wait for death directly simply because the survival mode difficulty was too high. If conditions permitted, he still had to bounce around to do something. Before, his cooperation with Prime Minister Huo Yan had been very pleasant. It was just a pity that this old man died as soon as he said he would, and having lost a capable partner, Yin Shuhuai could only pin his hopes on others.

After the matter of Liang Gong’s rebellion, Yin Shuhuai had already profoundly experienced the true nature of noble officials who had mouths full of benevolence and morality but would drop the chain when asked to handle matters, and would flip the table at every turn.

If there were a choice, Yin Shuhuai truly did not want to deal with these noble officials, but he truly had no other way the Yin dynasty possessed a vast territory and abundant resources, he couldn’t possibly do all the work under heaven by himself. Even if he held a heart to recruit talented people, given the current recommendation system of the Yin dynasty, those recruited would still be people from the nobility, and they estimated they might not even be as useful as these officials in the court.

After all, officials who could sit high in the court administration, even if they held a post without doing the work, were still corpses walking in a pile of beautiful power. They might not necessarily be able to help you get anything done, but if they intentionally wanted to cause trouble, they could make it so you couldn’t get a single thing done.

The Prime Minister’s death was the most profound lesson.

So this time, Yin Shuhuai did not plan to bypass these noble powerful households. He prepared to distribute the blueprints of the water-powered large spinning wheel, using a franchise method to let the noble powerful households take the blueprints to open workshops in various places. They could either spin yarn and weave cloth themselves, or manufacture the water-powered large spinning wheels to sell to the common people. Ten percent of the profits obtained would be handed over to the imperial court.

In this way, as long as the nobility were willing to stand on the imperial court’s side, they could share a piece of the pie, and the common people could also gain a share of the benefit.

Aside from this, the imperial court naturally also had to manufacture this water-powered large spinning wheel on a large scale. Yin Shuhuai prepared to hand this matter over to Shentu Yang to handle. After all, Shentu Yang was the newly appointed Prime Minister! For the Prime Minister to be responsible for this matter, that was called an inescapable responsibility.

The faces of the noble officials, who had originally been secretly delighted because the Emperor was willing to hand the blueprints of the water-powered large spinning wheel over to them, all changed. They looked at Shentu Yang with faces full of tension, deeply terrified that Shentu Yang would, for the sake of the imperial court’s benefits, advise the Emperor to nationalize the water-powered large spinning wheel—in the past, the old scoundrel Huo Yan had done exactly that. The coal yards and weaving workshops were so profitable, yet the old scoundrel Huo Yan insisted on keeping it all to himself. This was also an important reason why the major nobility and regional powerful households viewed Huo Yan as a mortal enemy.

At any time, cutting off someone’s path to wealth was like killing their parents, a life-and-death enmity. It was even more hateful than Huo Yan framing the nobility for rebellion.

Unexpectedly, Shentu Yang took the blueprints and merely asked a question filled with deep meaning, “Can I send a copy of these blueprints back to the State of Yan?”

“Of course.” Yin Shuhuai likewise looked at Shentu Yang with deep meaning, “The State of Yan is also my Yin dynasty’s territory, and the common people of the Yan land are also my Yin dynasty’s common people. As long as they are my subjects, they can enjoy my blessings.”

Shentu Yang raised his brow, simply tucking the blueprints into his chest, “Your subordinate accepts the command.”

Seeing this, the civil and military officials appeared even more urgent.

Yin Shuhuai waved his hand, only telling everyone to sign the contract with the Prime Minister first, and then go to the Office of Imperial Manufactories to collect the blueprints.

Hearing this, Shentu Yang looked at the officials with a half-smile, “Everyone, please.”

The civil and military officials, intimidated by Shentu Yang’s aura, subconsciously took a step backward, and then looked expectantly at the Yin Emperor.

Yin Shuhuai acted as if he saw nothing. The officials could only harden their hearts to negotiate with this deadly star Shentu Yang. The final result was naturally not outside Yin Shuhuai’s expectations either Shentu Yang was not an old hand at negotiation, he only recognized one point, which was that his troops were strong and his horses well-fed, and he would absolutely not let himself suffer a loss.

Shentu Yang refused to suffer a loss, so the noble merit-holders who wanted to make money could only take a step back.

By the time everyone finished their discussions and left the Office of Imperial Manufactories, it was already midday. Yin Shuhuai kept the ministers in the palace to eat lunch before finally letting everyone leave.

Shentu Yang followed Yin Shuhuai back to the Chongde Hall, triumphantly claiming credit, “Your Majesty, did your subordinate perform well today?”

Yin Shuhuai nodded, “Very well.”

Shentu Yang asked again, “Is Your Majesty satisfied?”

Yin Shuhuai said, “Extremely satisfied.”

Shentu Yang pushed his boundaries, “Then does Your Majesty intend to reward your subordinate?”

A bit of a smile appeared in Yin Shuhuai’s eyes, “Didn’t I already appoint you as Prime Minister?”

“How can that count as a reward.” Shentu Yang shook his head, saying reasonably and confidently, “That is what your subordinate deserves.”

He sat upon three hundred thousand troops to dominate Luoyang; if he didn’t serve as Prime Minister, who would dare to serve as Prime Minister?

Looking at Shentu Yang whose tail was about to cock up to the sky, Yin Shuhuai smiled faintly, “Then what reward do you want?”

Shentu Yang grinned, closing in before Yin Shuhuai with lightning speed.

Before Yin Shuhuai could react, he only felt his cheek turn slightly warm, and Shentu Yang had already run out of the Chongde Hall in a panic like a bear stung by a bee.

“It was Your Majesty who told me to ask for the reward myself…”