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Yuan Qianyi looked at the palace maid who was asking the question, and laughed: "The King wants me as her wife."

The palace maid blinked and changed the subject. "It's a good thing Madam reacted quickly today. She said that it was a matter of the moon, otherwise …" Things are not going well. "

Yuan Qianyi was indeed evading the topic, but because she wasn't mentally prepared, after hearing the palace maid's words, she wrinkled her brows and asked: "What do you mean by that?"

The palace maid looked left and right, then said in a low voice, "Madam, don't forget that you're still a complete human. Once you serve the King, won't you be exposed?"

Hearing this, Yuan Qianyi subconsciously gasped, her expression immediately changed. That's right, how could I have forgotten about that? Luckily I managed to push Tang Yin away tonight, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable! Her reaction was extremely fast, and the astonishment on her face disappeared in a flash before it returned to normal in an instant. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Yuan Qianyi brought the two palace maids with her and quickly returned to her own bedroom. After entering the bedroom, she first ordered the two palace maids to prepare a bath, then send all of the palace maids out.

She let out a faint sigh, then took off all her clothes. She hesitated for a long time, as if she had made a great decision.

Since she was the Former King's concubine, it was obviously impossible for her to be a virgin. If Tang Yin found out, it would be strange if he didn't suspect her! She leaned her head back against the edge of the tub and let out a long, faint sigh.

The next day.

When Tang Yin got up, the little palace maid was still sleeping soundly beside him. It seemed that she had not slept at all for the past few days. Tang Yin shook his head and laughed, he did not wake her up. Seeing that the bedroom had already been prepared with clear water, he gave a simple wash, and then found the female official again, telling her to gather all of the palace maids within the shortest amount of time.

The female official had already had this intention long ago, but she just had not mentioned it to Tang Yin. After hearing Tang Yin's words, she nodded her head repeatedly in agreement.

After that, Tang Yin gave a brief explanation of the palace's matters and then left for the great hall to participate in the Morning Meeting.

Right now, more than half of the ministers in the center of the imperial court had been apprehended, and the rest were too scared to leave their houses, either claiming that they were ill or submitted their resignation to Tang Yin. Tang Yin did not expect any of them to come, as the participating ministers were all core members of the Tianyuan Army.

When Tang Yin came to the great hall, Qiu Zhen, Shangguan Yuanji and the rest were already there. Upon seeing Tang Yin, all of them knelt down and greeted him. Tang Yin waved his hand, signaling everyone to stand up. Without waiting for others to speak, he said: "Xiao Muqing!"

Right now, Tang Yin still could not change his military habits and liked to call him by his name.

Hearing that, Xiao Muqing rushed out, and respectfully bowed deeply, and said: "Great King."

Tang Yin said: "Right now, there are no fixed guards in the palace, I want to transfer twenty thousand people from your Pingyuan Army to be your guards, what do you think?"

How could Xiao Muqing dare object? Moreover, for Tang Yin to order someone to become a palace guard, was in itself a great honor to the Emperor Profound Realm. He quickly responded, "This subject obeys the King's orders! As soon as we leave the court, I will go back to the army and select twenty thousand elite soldiers. "

"Very good!" Tang Yin nodded, then said to Shangguan Yuanji: "Yuanji, have someone rush out twenty thousand guards' uniforms and armor at the fastest speed possible."

"Yes!" "Great King!" Shangguan Yuanji cupped his hands in acknowledgement.

At this time, Tang Yin lowered his head and looked at the table, taking out a special imperial edict. He opened it and looked, then straightened his body and waved his hand at Qiu Zhen: "Qiu Zhen, this is the decision that I made after thinking about it a few times, come over and read it aloud for everyone!"

Hearing this, Qiu Zhen and the rest tensed up unconsciously. In the huge palace, it was so quiet that there was not a single sound. Everyone's eyes were focused on Qiu Zhen. They knew that this was definitely an edict from the king, and that whatever official position he would be bestowed upon by the king, it would all be recorded in this edict.

If it was related to their future and status, how could they not be nervous?

Qiu Zhen was no exception. He thought that Tang Yin would give him the title of Minister of the Left, but before he saw the edict, he wasn't sure. He took two deep breaths and suppressed his pounding heart. Then he walked out of the group and stood in front of Tang Yin.

When the edict was opened, Qiu Zhen's hands trembled slightly. Not daring to look any further, he shouted loudly, "Great King's Decree: confer the position of Marquis Shangguan Yuanji, titled Marquis of Ann Country, the position of prime minister of the right and center class!"

Shangguan Yuanji who was standing on the right side of the line was startled for a moment, then kneeled down, and kowtowed: "This subject thanks Great King for her grace!"

As for Shangguan Yuanji being the Right Prime Minister, it was already within everyone's expectations. No one in the hall would be surprised. Shangguan Yuan, Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao all revealed happy expressions, at the same time feeling happy for their brother, they also felt happy for themselves.

Qiu Zhen continued, "The King commands that the Marquis of Qiu Zhen should be conferred the title of Marquis of Xing and given the title of Prime Minister of the Left Squadron!" At this point, Qiu Zhen knelt and kowtowed just like Shangguan Yuanji, saying loudly, "Thank you, Great King!" As he said this, he stood up and began to recite: "King's Decree: Conferred Count Xiao Muqing, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of captain of the Plains Army, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of commander of the Third Water Army, received the position of Count Peng Haoxue, received the rank of general, received the rank of general of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of general of general, under the command of a commander of the right general, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, received the rank of general, held the position of commander of the Heavenly Eagle Army.

Following Qiu Zhen's orders, the generals that were called kneeled one after the other to express their gratitude to Tang Yin.

The next ones up were Shangguan Yuan Jean, Wu Guang, Jiang Fan and Zhan Hu. The four of them were conferred the titles of Chief General and Count, and were given the titles of Invincible General, Long Sheng General, General Long Xiao and General Hu Wei respectively. These four were the four famous people who would be the vanguards of Feng Country in the future.

Then, Qiu Zhen went on to Le Tian, Ai Jia, Cheng Jin, Chen Fang, Bai Yong, Li Wei, Shangguan Yuanwu, Yuanbiao and the Yuanbiao brothers, and were all conferred the title of Middle General.

In the great hall, only Shangguan Yuanji was on his knees while looking to the left, there were practically no longer any high-ranking officers present, as they all kneeled down in a dense mass. From this, it could be seen that when Tang Yin was preparing for battle, he was first considering the martial general, then the civil officials.

Once the officers were all sealed, Qiu Zhen then went to the civil servant side.

In the civil service, only Shangguan Yuanji was awarded the title of Marquis, the highest being the Count. Only two people obtained the Count position, one of them was Zhang Zhe while the other was Zong Yuan. Considering that Zhang Zhe was an upright person, Tang Yin gave him the title of Censors. From the first stage, Zong Yuan was bestowed the title of Young Palace Master, and also from the first stage.

As for Zhang Xin, who had long pledged his allegiance to Tang Yin, Tang Yin did not touch him and allowed him to continue serving as Finance Minister. The next person to be conferred the title was Jiang Lou. He would be conferred with the position of Grand Sikong, he would be in charge of literature, one of the original advisers of the Tianyuan Army, Wang Zuo, he would be conferred with the position of Grand Constable, be in charge of punishment, one of the original advisers of the Tianyuan Army, Zhang Han, he would be conferred with the position of a Grand Scholar.

Qiu Zhen read it for more than an hour, and finally finished reading all of Tang Yin's edict from beginning to end. After he was done, he handed the edict back to Tang Yin respectfully and quickly walked down the stairs. Below, Qiu Zhen kowtowed and said loudly, "This subject thanks Great King!"

The rest of the group followed suit and said in unison, "We thank the King!"

Looking at the kneeling crowd below, Tang Yin said faintly: "My throne was obtained by everyone working together as an assistant, and what I am giving to everyone is also what you deserve. I wonder if all the brothers, lords, generals and My beloved deputy are satisfied?"

Without even thinking about it, everyone replied in unison, "We are satisfied."

"But I'm not satisfied." Tang Yin squinted his eyes, looking at everyone.

Qiu Zhen and the rest were all startled, they did not understand what Tang Yin meant. He had already become a sovereign, what was there to be unsatisfied about?

Tang Yin looked at Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao, who were on his left and right, and shot a glance at the two brothers. The two of them understood each other and immediately walked towards the side door of the hall. Tang Yin raised his head towards the wall behind him and said: "Hang it up!"

Brother Shangguan replied as he unfolded the cloth and hung it on the wall.

Everyone quickly raised their heads to take a closer look. The drawing on the cloth was a big map, a map of Hedong Region.

Tang Yin turned his head to look at the map, his fists subconsciously clenching slowly. Without even turning his head, he asked, "Master Zhang, how many troops do you think we can support with our annual village food?"

Zhang Xin was cunning and two-faced, but he was also capable, he did not even think about it, and immediately replied: "Reporting to the King, the maximum is one million and two hundred thousand soldiers."

"One million two hundred thousand!" Tang Yin said: "Hedong Region, the land is rich, food is rich, from what I know, just the food produced in one place is enough to support an army of eight hundred thousand, Master Zhang, am I right?"

Zhang Xin hurriedly said: "The King is wise, the annual food production of Hedong is more than enough to support an army of eight hundred thousand!"

Tang Yin suddenly turned back, his eyes flashing with a terrifying light, he looked at the people and said: "Such a unique treasure land, do all of you really want to give it up to Ning Country?"