Jiao Tong stood to one side, his mouth slightly open as he watched Pan Yun descend slowly from midair, a black cat on her shoulder and a longsword on her back.
With a bang, the Three Treasures Cauldron landed on the platform, while she leaped down ahead of it.
Xue Shao told the stunned soldiers and civilians, "This is the Imperial Preceptor. We owe the resolution of Cao Rong's crimes entirely to the Imperial Preceptor's aid. Otherwise, once they transferred the stolen funds, both the state and the people would have suffered grievous losses."
"Now that all the stolen funds have been confiscated, military households who lost their fields under Cao Rong's coercion over the years may reclaim the military lands that belong to them!"
The moment those words fell, the crowd erupted like mountains calling and seas roaring. "Imperial Preceptor! Imperial Preceptor—"
The most excited among them rushed to the front, dropped to their knees with a thump, and kowtowed heavily to Pan Yun again and again.
The spirit realm went mad with ding ding dings. The blue merit progress bar, which had been advancing at a snail's pace, began visibly inching forward.
Amid the thunderous cheers, Pan Yun's heart surged.
This was what it meant to repay kindness without fail~~
The people were so good to her. How could she bear not to repay them in some small way?
And for the people under heaven to thrive, the nation had to be prosperous and strong.
Only an enlightened ruler could make a nation prosperous and strong.
Pan Yun's gaze turned sharp. She stepped forward two paces and raised a hand, stopping their tsunami-like praise. In a clear voice, she said, "His Majesty already knows of everything that has happened here, and his heart aches deeply. Since the time