Emperor Mingxi was quite pleased with the generous concession offered by his son, the Crown Prince. He nodded reservedly and said, "I shall follow what the Crown Prince suggests."

Having said that, he continued, "That divine artifact master beside the Little Immortal Lord must know many important things about our Great Yan Dynasty. This concerns the life and death of our Great Yan. What do you gentlemen think we should do?"

The Director of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I've noticed that there is a lotus mark between the brows of the Little Immortal Lord. It is a divine sign, quite extraordinary. How about conferring on her the title of Junior Master of our Great Yan in accordance with this sign?"

After hearing his suggestion, Emperor Mingxi paced on the jade steps, deep in thought. After a moment of pondering, he said, "I shall follow what Minister Luo suggests.

The position of Junior Master of the Great Yan's Celestial Masters has been vacant for many years. Today, under the guidance of heaven, a celestial maiden with a lotus mark between her brows has come. I hereby confer on her the title of Junior Master of our Great Yan, ranking above the Three Dukes and having the right to attend the grand court meetings."

The right to attend the grand court meetings was the key point. If she always stayed in the backyard of the Yu Mansion, the content related to her insights might not be what they wanted to know.

As for whether the Three Dukes, who were ranked below Yue Fuguang, had any objections, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they didn't dare to show the slightest disagreement on their faces.

Actually, Emperor Mingxi originally wanted to give Yue Fuguang the status of a county princess or even a princess and bring her into the royal family.

But then he thought that having her participate in political affairs at court would be the best choice for the Great Yan. So he put this plan aside for the time being, thinking that there would be opportunities to raise her status in the future.

They all knew that as long as she came to court, she might disclose some information at any time, just like what happened today, which would be of great help.

There was also that sword hanging over everyone's hearts: how the Great Yan Dynasty was destroyed, what exactly happened in these ten years, who was involved... and finally, who succeeded to the throne, as well as the deaths of their emperor and the Crown Prince.

They were eager to know the answers to each of these questions, but they also knew that they couldn't be hasty. No one dared to force those two.

Moreover, what was more important in the hearts of the emperor and his ministers was the matter of high - yielding seeds. They didn't want to give up the high - yielding seeds, but when they thought of the land issue mentioned by Yue Fuguang, everyone tacitly didn't bring up this topic again.

All those present were vested interests. They couldn't immediately betray their own class.

What do people come from afar to be officials for? It's nothing but fame and fortune!

Scholars love fame, but it doesn't mean they don't value profit. So no one mentioned this matter.

Yue Fuguang had anticipated this situation long ago, so there was still a long way to go in this matter.

Emperor Mingxi and his ministers never expected Yue Fuguang's persistence in this matter.

They were still fantasizing that by seeing her every day, as time passed, as long as they were respectful enough, the divine artifact master and the Little Immortal Lord might be happy and take out the things someday.

...

"What? Father wants to adopt that... that stinky girl to my elder brother? I won't agree!" As soon as Madame Sun came back, she was scolded by her mother - in - law in front of all the younger generations, which made her very embarrassed.

She was already full of anger with nowhere to vent. Just as she returned to her own courtyard and hadn't even taken a sip of water, her third master, Yu Qinchun, brought back such news.

"It doesn't matter whether you agree or not. If you make more trouble, take your daughter and go back to your natal family," Yu Qinchun looked at his wife, whom he had insisted on marrying back then, and only felt exhausted.

She was so stupid. He really regretted that he was blinded by her beauty back then and married such a woman.

A virtuous wife brings less trouble to her husband, and filial sons make their father at ease. Yu Qinchun had never felt the truth of this saying more deeply than now.

Madame Sun didn't notice the subtle change in her husband's attitude towards her since he came back. She said, "My fourth and sixth sons are also my sons. If I'm going, I'll take them all with me."

She never expected that her husband, who had always doted on her, would say such a heartless thing as sending her back to her natal family for a daughter he didn't have much affection for.

Yue Fuguang was really here to collect debts! If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have given birth to that child back then.

Not fully understanding the situation, she was already blinded by anger. The hatred in her heart made her speak even more recklessly.

"Moreover, I'm her biological mother. When I leave, I'll take her with me. Don't even think about adopting her to the eldest branch!"

At this moment, her face was a bit hideous. Immersed in her own hatred, she naturally didn't see the increasingly ugly expression on her husband's face.

Madame Sun still went on talking to herself, "Now all the ladies in the families know her identity. Now that our Sister Rou has such a biological sister, there's no need to worry about her future marriage.

If you adopt her to the eldest branch, the relationship of cousins is not as good as that of biological sisters. We'll separate from the family and live on our own sooner or later. It's still better to be a family. Sister Rou will also have more confidence when she gets married."

Yu Qinchun couldn't stand it anymore. He shouted angrily, "Idiot!"

He was almost laughed at by Madame Sun's stupidity. She had heard what Yue Fuguang said, but she just didn't want to face it.

That child didn't recognize them as her parents at all. Moreover, for the sake of their dead daughter, she wanted to take revenge on the Zhou family.

Originally... originally, all these things should have been done by them as her biological parents.

"Father not only wants to adopt the Seventh Girl to the eldest brother's name, but also have Ning Rou removed from the family genealogy. She will no longer be the legitimate daughter of our third branch of the Yu family in the future," he said.

This was also a gesture to show that among the real and the fake daughters, the Yu family chose to stand by their own child.

"No, I won't agree. Why? Why do they have to take away one daughter from me and now they want to take away another? Sister Rou is our child, the legitimate daughter of our third branch of the Yu family!"

Madame Sun went completely crazy. Remove Sister Rou from the genealogy? Without the status of a young lady of the Yu family, how could she marry into a high - ranking family in the future? Rely on the Zhou family who only asked her for money?

Turn her delicate and gentle Sister Rou into a peasant girl with nothing? No, no, no. She would never allow such a thing to happen!

Seeing Madame Sun's excited state, it seemed that her reaction was even stronger than when she heard that her own daughter was to be adopted to the eldest branch.

Or rather, all her objections were to ensure that her Sister Rou could get the maximum benefits, so she tried her best to stop it.

The last bit of Yu Qinchun's affection for her died out. He said listlessly, "This is Father's decision. It doesn't matter whether you agree or not."

This was a notice, not a consultation of their opinions. This stupid woman still didn't understand the situation even now.

If Madame Sun didn't cooperate, she might not even be allowed to attend the banquet that day.

Madame Sun started to cry again. She pleaded, "No, you can't treat Sister Rou like this. Third Master, for the sake of the eight years you've doted on her, I'm begging you. Help her, help her."

Yu Qinchun squinted his eyes, his face becoming colder and more severe. He said, "When you're begging me, have you ever thought about your own daughter who was abused, starved, and frozen to death by that family.

You regard someone else's child as your darling, but they deliberately trampled on your daughter's life like grass. Madame Sun, you've misplaced your motherly love.

I just want to ask you, when you see Ning Rou, do you ever think of your own daughter?"