Imperial Censor Yang Cheng had not been one of the old followers who had accompanied the Emperor Xiao out of Eastern Ridge. He had been born into a minor lineage in the Fengge Domain. After the Divine Martial Nation unified the Eastern Continent, he had been the first to pledge allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor Xiao. During the Divine Martial Nation's conquest of the Fengge Domain, he had rendered outstanding service. That was why he had risen to the highest rank among ministers, entered the Divine Martial Nation's cabinet, and become a major official.
His lineage had originally been a minor one in the Fengge Domain. But as Yang Cheng's position in the Divine Martial Nation rose step by step, his family had leaped into the ranks of the first-rate lineages in the Fengge Domain. Even the Feng Family had to regard them with some apprehension.
No one knew why, but after the Central Sacred Nation and the Divine Martial Nation went to war, Yang Cheng had been the first to step forward and insist that the Emperor Xiao seek peace.
Moreover, he had used some unknown means to persuade a group of ministers in the imperial court and tens of thousands of large and small lineages in Lingnan Imperial City.
But Yang Cheng knew that getting His Majesty the Emperor Xiao to agree to peace talks was not something that could be accomplished overnight. Thus, he had tirelessly advocated peace at nearly every opportunity. In these past two or three years alone, Yang Cheng had submitted more than a hundred memorials requesting peace. Although the Emperor Xiao had dismissed him every time with, "We'll discuss it later," Yang Cheng had never given up.
In the imperial court of old, whenever Yang Cheng submitted a memorial seeking peace, Chu