In the end, Mingyue said a few polite words on behalf of the bandits, and the matter was finally brought to light.
Afterwards, Qin Xingye said some words of praise to them and asked them to go back and wait for the imperial edict.
After all, it would not look good if so many of them squeezed into the palace gate, and they would easily be criticized.
As for Mingyue, she followed Qin Xingye into the palace.
Qin Xingye had already made up his mind about Mingyue's arrangements long ago.
From the first-rank Imperial Censor, together with the Prime Minister and the Grand Marshal, they were collectively known as the Three Dukes, which was almost a high position that could be achieved in one step.
With the admiration of General Zhou and others for Mingyue, Mingyue's position in the military officers' camp is consolidated.
The State of Song relied on her methods to pacify the refugees. She also led a team of bandits to capture the King of Wu, making it easy for the Song army to capture the State of Wu.
Qian Hou Ming Yue had such great achievements, so those pedantic old men in the court couldn't find any reason to make trouble.
The only thing that can be argued is that Mingyue is a woman.
From ancient times to the present, there have always been some moralists who look down on women and think that women should not appear in the court, as if the identity of women is an original sin.
Unfortunately, Mingyue has a lot of fans. The county magistrate whom she met in Shucheng before is now a rising star in the court.
In the past, whenever someone got angry because of Mingyue’s identity as a woman, the county magistrate would stand up and list her achievements in battles, slapping the faces of those old ministers.
Now there are also General Zhou’s men, who are all from the battlefield. Each of them has a lot of blood on their hands, and just their eyes are enough to make people retreat.
So now in the court, no one dares to speak ill of Mingyue openly. After all, those military officers are really hard to afford to offend!
This led to the fact that when Qin Xingye proposed to promote Mingyue to the position of Imperial Censor, the old guys looked very unhappy, but no one dared to be the first to speak out.
When Mingyue heard what Qin Xingye said about the Censor, she was slightly stunned, then she raised the corners of her lips and smiled.
A first-rank official? That's not bad, enough to satisfy the original owner's wish and let Jiang Yunqi look up to him for the rest of his life.
Speaking of Jiang Yunqi, Mingyue hadn't heard from him for a long time. She still remembered that the last time she heard from him, several bandits under him were scolding him for talking nonsense and even broke both of his arms.
Later, Jiang Yunqi, as a captured enemy leader, should have been imprisoned, and his two arms naturally would not have been treated in time. Even if they were reconnected in the future, it is estimated that they would not be able to use gravity anymore.
Jiang Yunqi lost his natural supernatural power that he was proud of, and now he has finally become just like everyone else.
I just don't know whether his ambitious mind can accept this fact.
But this is none of Mingyue’s business. She just needs to follow the original owner’s wishes and live in a way that will always make Jiang Yunqi afraid of her.
So, she wants to be a good official of the first rank, she wants to go down in history, and she wants to change the world for her.
Having said that, after Mingyue thanked Qin Xingye and talked to him about the current world situation and some policies after the two countries became one, it was already dark and Mingyue asked to leave.
Qin Xingye looked at her face with complicated eyes, and after a long time he sighed softly: "Go." Mingyue paused, saluted solemnly, and retreated step by step.
Qin Xingye kept looking at her back as she walked away, and finally he lowered his eyes with a sad look on his face.
From now on, he is the king and she is the subject, and he does as she wishes.
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Ever since Mingyue took over the position of Imperial Censor, she has been busy like a top.
You have to know that now the two countries have become one country, and many things require Mingyue to make decisions.
The appointment letters of the bandits also came down. Some brothers needed to leave the capital, and Mingyue had to go to fulfill their mission. She had also promised to help them fulfill the wishes of their dead brothers. All these things happened at the same time, and she was almost too busy.
However, things have their priorities. Mingyue dealt with the urgent matters first and finally found some time.
Upon learning that Mingyue was going to adopt an orphan, General Zhou also brought his men to join in the fun. After all, Mingyue still owed him a drink!
The adoption of children was something the bandits agreed to after they crossed the cliff of Kangyong Pass. They wanted to adopt some children and put them in the names of their dead brothers, just to keep a legacy for them.
Mingyue thought that she had no plans to get married in the future, and that she would have to find someone to inherit her skills and fortune, so she wanted to raise those children by her side, so that they could naturally take over from her in the future, which could be considered as compensation to her dead brothers.
Of course, the most important thing is that these bandits are all rough men and don’t look like the kind of people who can raise children.
Mingyue had adopted a child in a certain dimension before, so practice makes perfect for her in doing this now.
The previous years of war had caused many people to be displaced, and the first to fall were the elderly and children. In this world, adults could not survive, and many children were abandoned.
Places like those in dilapidated temples and refugee camps have the most children, of all ages.
Mingyue and the others' destination today is a dilapidated temple outside the city.
Not all of the bandits knew about this. Of the more than one hundred people who crossed the cliff at the beginning, only about ten were left now.
Looking back to the beginning, Mingyue captured bandits and robbers to serve as soldiers, and wiped out Shu City and the surrounding counties. How large was the team at that time, with as many as eight or nine hundred people, not to mention that they later added people when they went to Wu State. At the peak of the bandit team, there were even more than two thousand people. Except for a few special ones, Mingyue couldn't even call out the names of many of the people who came later.
But now those brothers have basically died on the battlefield, and only these two hundred lucky ones are left.
Among them, the more than ten people in front of him are the most familiar with Mingyue. They are also the ones who have followed Mingyue since the beginning.
When the group of people arrived at the dilapidated temple, there were already quite a few children waiting outside. Someone had come to them earlier and said that someone was going to adopt them today, and asked the children who were willing to be adopted to step forward.
Being adopted is the dream of every orphan in the dilapidated temple, because it means being able to eat well and sleep warmly, and no longer having to worry about every meal.
So when Mingyue looked over, all she saw were pairs of sparkling eyes filled with expectation and desire.
When the bandits saw these children, they were filled with emotion. They had never imagined that one day they would be able to control the fate of others.
(End of this chapter)