When An Qingyun's triumphant report reached the Emperor, Her Majesty suddenly remembered receiving a similar memorial last year.
Dispatching someone to fetch that earlier memorial, the Emperor mused aloud to the attendant beside her: "I certainly didn't misjudge him. Tell me, just how many more good things does this Divine Doctor Li have up his sleeve?"
The attendant bowed in silence without replying, though the Emperor hardly expected an answer anyway. As she carefully studied all the figures in An Qingyun's report, she thought to herself: when children are promoted too fast, it easily breeds resentment. Yet such a massive achievement could not go unrewarded. She needed to give serious thought to what that reward should be.
Chapter 315