And now, the Young Miss and her companion had directly skipped General and became Senior Generals - something no one had expected!!
What was even more unbelievable was what came next. Ning Zhiyuan announced transfer orders for the Young Miss and her companion. These orders made everyone feel that their future would be very bright, that they would become the core of the empire's military, and naturally also become the core of the entire empire.
They were appointed as commanders of the Phoenix Dance Legion, one of the empire's four great legions, stationed in the empire's southern region. The empire's south was the most prosperous area of the empire, so one could imagine the importance of the Phoenix Dance Legion to the empire.
Regarding the position of Phoenix Dance Legion commander, almost everyone knew this was a position about to change - a position many wanted to compete for, because the original commander was retiring due to age. Although the original commander had recommendation rights for the appointment, the decision still lay in the emperor's hands.
For this position, no one would have thought it would be seized by the Young Miss and her companion, who had only been active for a few years. Although their military achievements were beyond reproach, their qualifications were still too limited!!
However, although no one had expected this, now that Ning Zhiyuan had issued the transfer orders, no one would have any more problems with it. Because once this order was decided, the matter was settled, unless problems arose with the Phoenix Dance Legion later - otherwise, this wouldn't change.
"Thank Your Majesty!"
After receiving the transfer orders, the Young Miss and her companion immediately expressed gratitude again - they had already done so once when promoted to Senior General.
...
"As I said before, no need to thank me. This is what you deserve - it's your strength!!" Ning Zhiyuan said with a smile.
In fact, he hadn't had this plan beforehand. Although he was promoting them to General, it wasn't Senior General, and he wouldn't have given them the Phoenix Dance Legion either.
But during the previous Demon Cult assassination, Ning Zhiyuan saw their reaction capabilities and seamless cooperation, plus their super strength that didn't match their age and unlimited potential. This made him feel he needed to change some of his thinking.
"By the way, do you know how Xiaoyao is doing now? Hasn't he woken up yet?" Ning Zhiyuan asked. The transfer orders for the Young Miss and her companion were the final matter - this event was already over, so naturally he could ask about personal matters.
"Mm, he still hasn't woken up. He's still sleeping," the Young Miss replied.
"Sleeping..." Ning Zhiyuan frowned. It had been so long - he didn't know if this situation could be called sleeping. He'd been sleeping for almost ten days now. Was this normal sleep?
Ten days - wasn't that from that day onward? Could it be that Xiaoyao had some problem that day, that the device wasn't properly resolved?
"Your Majesty needn't worry. Guxing said Xiaoyao just has this problem - sometimes when he sleeps, he sleeps for a very long time. The longest time, he once slept for a month. This is only ten days - it's nothing!!" Nangong Suxin spoke up at this moment, trying to put His Majesty at ease.
"There's such a thing?" Ning Zhiyuan was somewhat surprised - this was the first time he'd heard of such a thing.
"Mm, but that was all when he was young. It hasn't happened in recent years, so we're not very clear about it either," Nangong Suxin nodded and replied.
Whether Nangong Suxin or the Young Miss, they had only met Xiaoyao in recent years. What they could know about before had to rely on Guxing's accounts.
Ask Xiaoyao himself? Xiaoyao would only say it was nothing - just doing this and that at the Mo family, nothing special.
"Then do you know why he has such long sleeps?" Ning Zhiyuan was somewhat curious.
"Guxing said it's because the Divine Farmer's Art in his body is conditioning his body. He slept for a month before because he had qi deviation back then. Later, they found the Divine Farmer's Art for him to cultivate. At first, he slept every day, then slept once every period, then it seemed to recover. Except for sleeping a bit when injured, this situation wouldn't appear again," the Young Miss said. This was all she knew - she didn't know anything else either.
"Your Majesty, you also know Xiaoyao's situation. There's nothing happening now, so may we take our leave first?" Nangong Suxin requested. If it were any other matter, she wouldn't request this of His Majesty - she would wait for Ning Zhiyuan to end this event before leaving.
"Alright, you go ahead first. I'll come over to look later too. No matter what, our Great Tang Empire owes him," Ning Zhiyuan granted Nangong Suxin's request and said with some emotion.
"Thank Your Majesty. Then this subordinate will take leave first!!" Nangong Suxin cupped her hands and bowed. The Young Miss beside her seemed to hesitate slightly at the words "this subordinate," taking a moment to react before also cupping her hands and bowing. The two left together.
Although they left the scene, they didn't leave the palace. Instead, they headed to a palace hall, because Xiaoyao was right within the palace - in that Clear Moon Palace.
There, Guxing was currently watching over him, along with the Eldest Princess. For some unknown reason, the Eldest Princess had been very normal recently. From the day she woke up and saw Xiaoyao in this state, it had already been four days, and she hadn't gone crazy once.
This might be because she was worried about Xiaoyao, which was why she was like this - not letting her other personality appear because she wanted to see Xiaoyao wake up.
Because of this, Ning Zhiyuan didn't particularly dare to come, fearing being scolded by the Eldest Princess. Although this matter didn't have much to do with him, the Eldest Princess wouldn't care about such reasoning - she only felt that Ning Zhiyuan hadn't done things properly, which led to Xiaoyao being like this.
However, Ning Zhiyuan had to come, so he could only visit every few days. Today was after several days had passed!
It was believed that even when Ning Zhiyuan came, he would bring Ning Xin'er or Ning Ying, wanting company so that when scolded by the Eldest Princess, psychologically he'd feel someone was sharing the burden. That Ning Xin'er and Ning Ying could be brought along naturally reflected their position in Ning Zhiyuan's heart.
As for those princes, Ning Zhiyuan hadn't even considered them.
"Mo Yu, Nangong Suxin, congratulations!"
When the Young Miss and her companion arrived at Clear Moon Palace, Le Youran was already waiting inside and smilingly congratulated them. Obviously, Le Youran already knew about their promotions.
"Le Youran, why are you here too? Coming to see the little servant?" Nangong Suxin smiled. She had long accepted Le Youran as a friend. Although they had started as opponents, by that time they had gradually understood that this opposing relationship was actually beneficial competition that could stimulate each other's strength.
They had also long understood that perhaps Le Youran's initial motives were improper, but the process and results had completely followed Xiaoyao's intentions - it was a form of training for them.
Today, their achievements were also inseparable from Le Youran's stimulation!!
"Yes, I'm somewhat worried about Le Xiaoyao. It's been so many days - why is he still sleeping?" Le Youran said directly, not hiding her thoughts.
"It's fine. This kid has a tough life - he won't die! Didn't Guxing say this isn't anything? Moreover, it's just sleeping," the Young Miss said indifferently at this moment.
"But previously, Le Xiaoyao was like this because he was injured. This time he's not injured - he just fell asleep for no reason. Isn't this too strange?" Le Youran asked.
That's right - Xiaoyao wasn't injured. He hadn't put himself in a difficult situation by saving people. That day, he had successfully dismantled the device and happily participated in the celebration banquet. But after sleeping that night, he hadn't woken up until now, without any symptoms.
At first, everyone thought Xiaoyao was too tired, so they didn't pay attention. But when he still hadn't woken up on the second day, everyone realized there was a problem. So they called in a group of imperial physicians and Master Shifang, but the results were all that Xiaoyao's pulse was stable with no problems - he was just sleeping.
Later, after Guxing was brought over by the Young Miss and looked at Xiaoyao's condition, she casually mentioned Xiaoyao's minor problem that hadn't appeared for a long time - extended sleeping!
At the same time, there was an interesting phenomenon: when Xiaoyao fell into extended sleep, Chi Chi also accompanied him in sleep, also not waking up, lying on Xiaoyao's chest.
When someone tried to pull Chi Chi away, they found they couldn't no matter what - as if Chi Chi was stuck there!
"Don't know. Very strange. Never before!" Guxing's voice came over. Simple, clear wording was one of her characteristics.
At this time, since Xiaoyao was just sleeping, she naturally didn't need to accompany him every moment. She had experienced this before and knew that even accompanying him was useless - continuing to cultivate peacefully was most important.
Because of this, Guxing spent her days in the outer courtyard, only meditating beside Xiaoyao at night.
"Mm, Xiaoyao's condition this time is somewhat inexplicable. I feel this might be a good thing - everyone needn't worry," the Eldest Princess, who was also in the courtyard at this time, spoke up.
"But this is just a feeling. Eldest Princess, you're not certain yourself, so psychologically you won't let your other personality appear. I wonder if this might cure your illness?" the Young Miss said very directly - only she would speak without any reservations like this.
(End of Chapter)