Morning, September 3, 289 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

Pendragon, Baiyang Palace, inside the meeting hall.

In the meeting hall, as before, the civil servants stood on the left side of the meeting hall, and the knights stood on the right side of the meeting hall.

Everyone present understood why they were summoned to this meeting hall today.

Today, a merit-based reward meeting will be held to award the commander Su Cheng, who just led 5,000 men to defeat 30,000 rebels.

The emperor has not arrived yet, so people in the meeting hall gathered together in twos and threes and talked.

"I really didn't expect that that young man actually succeeded. With a huge military disadvantage of 1:6, he was able to defeat the rebel army with only a few hundred casualties."

"Didn't you say that he has never led troops?"

"I really didn't expect it. It seems that his military ability is extremely high. I'm afraid Alyssa and Enli are far behind him."

"It is said that he is only 17 years old this year."

"I wonder what reward he will receive?"

"This Su Cheng's identity is very special. He is not in the army, he is just the teacher of Her Highness Ilsa. In other words, he is just a civilian without an official position. I cannot reward him with a promotion. I

I think it’s probably just a seal of some money from him.”

"If we just reward him with money, then Su Cheng will get so much money that he won't need to be a teacher anymore!"

"It would be great if he was in the army. If he was in the army, he would definitely receive key training. If he was in the army, then I think his probability of becoming a unified knight is much higher than that of Ellie.

Where are Sha and Enri?"

…

Iser, Alyssa, and Enli stood at the front on the right side of the chamber.

Alyssa and Enli both had gloomy faces, especially Alyssa. When she heard someone say that Su Cheng's military talent might be higher than Alyssa's, her face became even more ugly.

And Enli was not much better, his teeth were clenched tightly.

The two people who originally planned to watch Su Cheng's joke still find it difficult to accept the fact that Su Cheng, who has never joined the army or led an army, actually succeeded in defeating an army of 30,000 with only 5,000 men.

Enli roared in his heart:

How did he do it?! Why can he do it?!

After Iser noticed that something was wrong between the two of them, he said softly: "I have always told you before, don't underestimate anyone, let alone be arrogant and complacent. The reason why you can be arrogant and complacent now is because you haven't found anyone yet.

That’s just the person who is stronger than you.”

After hearing what Iser said, Alyssa and Enli's faces became even more ugly.

"Father," Alyssa whispered, "What kind of reward do you think Su Cheng will get?"

Iser thought for a moment, then whispered:

"I should just reward him with some money. After all, Su Cheng is neither in the army nor in politics. He is just a teacher. I can't reward him with a promotion, and I can't reward him with a title for this little achievement, so I should also reward him with some money."

Just reward him with a sum of money that will last a lifetime."

Speaking of this, Isel paused for a while, and then continued:

"It's just... I got the news. Yesterday afternoon, Jacob invited Su Cheng to his mansion for afternoon tea. Su Cheng stayed in Jacob's mansion for a long time before coming out... My intuition told me,

Today's reward for Su Cheng shouldn't be that simple..."

"It can't be that simple?" Enli said with a mean tone, "Is it possible to directly canonize him as a knight? In this way, Alyssa's record of 'the fastest person to become a knight' will be broken.

"

Alyssa nudged Enli with her elbow with an unkind expression.

"Do you think it's possible?" Alyssa said in a deep voice, "How is it possible to become a knight just by fighting in one battle..."

Iser, who had been paying attention to Alyssa and Enli, noticed that their faces were still very bad, so he said:

"What? Are you still unconvinced? Su Cheng defeated 30,000 people with 5,000 people."

After hearing Iser's words, Alyssa and Enli both became silent in a tacit understanding.

After a while, Alyssa squeezed out words from between her teeth:

"This time... I was wrong... I didn't expect that this Su Cheng would really have a problem..."

"Oh... you two." Iser sighed heavily, "You two are not the only geniuses in this world. Take this opportunity to remember this truth."

"Now..." Iser said to himself, "I have to think carefully about how to recruit Su Cheng into the army. It would be such a waste for such a great talent to just be a teacher...

I have to find a way to get Su Cheng into the army..."

"Mr. Iser!"

At this moment, a familiar old voice came from behind Iser.

Isser immediately recognized who the owner of this voice was, Jacob!

Iser turned around and found Jacob standing behind him with a vague smile.

After seeing Jacob standing behind them, Alyssa and Enli quickly saluted Jacob.

And Jacob waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to salute.

"Mr. Jacob," Iser frowned slightly, "Why are you here?"

The reason why Iser asked this was because when a meeting was opened in the chamber, Jacob, as the Imperial Palace Prime Minister, would often follow Emperor Gozevin into the chamber from the side door.

of.

But today, it was so rare that Jacob did not come in from the side door with the emperor as usual.

After hearing Iser's question, Jacob just smiled and said:

"The reason why I am here is just to tell Mr. Iser some good news."

"Good news?" Iser asked doubtfully, "What good news?"

"Haha, you no longer have to worry about how to get Su Cheng into the army."

"!"

As soon as Jacob finished speaking, Iser's eyes widened in vain.

Because after listening to Jacob's words, he seemed to realize something.

"Mr. Iser." Jacob said quietly with a smile on his face, "You have to be more quick and decisive in doing things in the future, otherwise others may have already helped you with this while you are still thinking about the battle plan.

Things are done."

"Jacob...you can't be"

at this time

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

A very loud voice came over.

People who gathered in twos and threes to talk in the conference hall quickly ended their conversations and stood back to their seats. The originally noisy conference hall instantly became quiet, and people stood neatly and waited quietly.

for the coming emperor.

Emperor Ge Zewen, dressed in fine attire, walked slowly in from the side door of the meeting hall.

Although Ge Zewen was not walking very fast, the side door was very close to the emperor's throne. Soon Ge Zewen came to the throne and sat down.

After seeing that Gozevin was already seated on the throne, Jacob ignored Iser next to him. With his hands behind his back, he climbed the stairs at a leisurely pace and stood in front of Gozevin.

next to.

"I think everyone present understands what we are gathering in the conference hall today to do." Ge Zewen said, "I never like nonsense, so let's get started! Start the merit-discussing and rewarding meeting.

!”

After Ge Zewen finished speaking, he looked at Jacob beside him and sent a look to Jacob.

Jacob, who had worked with Ge Zewen for many years and had a tacit understanding with each other, immediately understood the idea, took a few steps forward, and said loudly:

"Summon! Su Cheng!"

…

Click, click, click...

There were rhythmic footsteps outside the meeting hall, neither fast nor slow.

Everyone in the meeting hall turned around one after another.

A man with black hair and black eyes, whose facial features looked like a prairie man but not quite like a prairie man, was slowly walking into the meeting hall.

The man had an expressionless face and was wearing shabby but extremely clean clothes. This shabby clothes exuded a shabby atmosphere all the time.

Wearing this shabby clothes, Su Cheng entered the meeting hall. Compared with the other gorgeously dressed people in the meeting hall, Su Cheng looked so out of place, and even a little laughable.

But now no one in the chamber dared to laugh.

Because they all knew that this man in shabby clothes had defeated 30,000 rebels with 5,000 men in only 21 days a few days ago and returned successfully.
To be continued...