Chapter 835: The World Stunned—the Youngest Protector-General! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Everything King Song had said was true!

Wang Chong's record of achievements was definitely not something any other seventeen-year-old youth could produce, and his actions could not be measured purely by his age. King Song's words had left the assembled officials dumbstruck, and even King Qi found himself momentarily unable to find a good retort.

After some time, one of the generals who had fiercely opposed King Song's suggestion finally stepped forward, though his voice was much softer. ”But it was previously said that according to the laws of the empire, a Protector-General must at least be an Imperial Great General, at the peak of the Saint Martial realm. Moreover, his conflicts with the Hu go so deep that they definitely won't agree. How will these problems be addressed?”

”Hahaha, those are easy to take care of,” King Song said with a chuckle.

”I recommend Wang Chong because he was able to stabilize Qixi. Since he still has not reached the sufficient level of martial arts, have him temporarily occupy the Qixi Protector-General post. As for the native Hu, they can be treated as a test. If he cannot even deal with a problem like this, then it will show that I made a poor judgment and that his abilities are not sufficient to be Qixi Protector-General. When that time comes, Your Majesty can remove him from the post.”

The general was rendered speechless by King Song's rebuttal.

Unable to suppress his temper any longer, King Qi blurted out, ”Absurd, ridiculous, preposterous! Proposing for a seventeen-year-old boy to become Qixi Protector-General—you've gone mad! In any case, no matter what you say, I won't agree.”

”Haha, we're only nominating candidates. In the end, His Majesty is still the one who decides who the next Qixi Protector-General will be. As for your view, it is not important. Let us leave everything to His Majesty's judgment.”

King Song laughed and chose not to wrangle with King Qi, instead turning to that most revered sovereign behind the bead curtain, his expression confident.

The hall was quiet as all the chattering died away. After seven to eight days and more than two hundred candidates, it was about time to finally choose the most suitable candidate.

As everyone silently waited for what seemed like an eternity, that majestic voice rang out through the hall like that of a god speaking from the high heavens.

”Granted!”

At this moment, everyone, including King Qi, was dumbstruck, their minds blank.

”This subject will carry out the decree!”

King Song's voice echoed through the hall. He had an excited look on his face, and though he tried his hardest, he couldn't stop his smile from getting larger and larger.

Success!

The Emperor had actually accepted his proposal to have Wang Chong serve as temporary Qixi Protector-General. This was the best news King Song had heard in these last few days, and he was exuberant.

Wang Chong, I've done all I can to help you. The rest is up to you, King Song said to himself with his head lowered, his thoughts on Wang Chong in distant Qixi.

……

”What?”

In the City of Steel, when Wang Chong heard about what happened in the capital, he was dumbfounded, not daring to believe his ears.

”King Song recommended me as Qixi Protector-General, and His Majesty actually permitted it?!”

He had spent three to four months in Wushang and fought several large battles, but no news had come as such a shock and surprise to Wang Chong as this one. He had thought of many possible candidates, but never had he believed that King Song would recommend him, and that the Sage Emperor would even take this recommendation. Even though Wang Chong was someone who could make plans in a tent that would decide a battle a thousand li away, he was still left bewildered and stupefied by this news.

”How could this be? I'm only seventeen. Given the style of the officials in the court, how could they permit a seventeen-year-old to take on an important post like Protector-General? Where's King Song's letter? Let me take a look!”

Wang Chong's mind was in turmoil as he struggled to digest this news.

”Haha, Lord Marquis, although you might only be seventeen, no one in the City of Steel would dare treat Lord Marquis as such. And Lord Marquis, if we asked the surrounding countries, whether it was Ü-Tsang, the Western Turks, or the distant Mengshe Zhao in the southwest, would any of them dare say that Lord Marquis was a mere seventeen-year-old?”

Xu Keyi couldn't help but chuckle as he handed over King Song's letter, and the other people in the room reacted in much the same way.

”Regardless of what other people think, in our eyes, no one but Lord Marquis is more appropriate for the position of Qixi Protector-General. In truth, the court should have made this decision ages ago.”