Bai Xiaowen escorted the imperial carriage into Ye City.
From that day onward, Ye City was officially renamed Ye Capital.
Bai Xiaowen then mobilized soldiers to assist the craftsmen in constructing palaces, halls, ancestral temples, altars to the gods of soil and grain, and government offices north of the Grand General's Residence in Ye Capital.
Although Spirit Realm natives possessed constitutions far beyond ordinary people, allowing palace construction to proceed faster, everything had happened too suddenly, and it could not be completed in such a short time. Bai Xiaowen therefore planned to vacate the Grand General's Residence and use it as a temporary imperial palace for the emperor.
Bai Xiaowen entered the Grand General's Residence to meet Lady Liu and discuss the matter with her.
Lady Liu had originally been somewhat inclined to name her third son, Yuan Shang, as heir. But now her second son, Yuan Xi, had arrived with the emperor and commanded the troops of Bingzhou and Youzhou, his prestige overwhelming. Moreover, Jizhou's civil and military officials had just received imperial rewards and promotions, and every one of them was overjoyed and had already wholeheartedly submitted.
As a mere woman, Lady Liu naturally had no way to deal with this.
She could only advise Bai Xiaowen, "I bore three sons, and I had always hoped you brothers would live in harmony. Now that you are Grand Marshal and have inherited your father's lofty position, you should cherish your elder brother and third brother as I and your father did. You must never harm their lives."
With servants and maids all around, and too many prying eyes present, Bai Xiaowen hurriedly knelt and bowed. "Your son respectfully accepts Mother's instruction. How could I be such a harsh and ungrateful man? So long as Elder Brother and Third Brother