After speaking with Du Tianfeng, Li Xuancang returned home.
"Father, Mother, I'll be taking up my post in Sweet Spring Commandery. It lies on the frontier, and the conditions are harsh. You should stay in Yang Prefecture!"
Sweet Spring Commandery was thousands of miles away. Li Xuancang could not bear to make his parents travel back and forth, so he wanted them to remain in Yang Prefecture.
Yang Prefecture was prosperous, untouched by war and Demons, one of the rare peaceful places in the Great Flame Dynasty.
Yet the two elders shook their heads, their expressions resolute.
"Our family must stay together. Your mother and I aren't afraid of hardship."
The two elders did not want to be separated from their son, and their attitude was unwavering.
"Fine. Our family will not part."
Once he understood his parents' wishes, Li Xuancang decided to bring the whole family to Sweet Spring Commandery.
The court's punishment of Peace Prefecture's many officials spread without wings, and the entire officialdom of Yang Prefecture soon knew of it.
The punishments handed down to Liu Qingyuan, Huang Tianyun, and the others were exactly as everyone had expected.
However, the appointments of Li Xuancang and Pei Hongwen left everyone utterly astonished. They were simply two extremes.
Li Xuancang soared straight upward. Not only was he not demoted, he was promoted instead, becoming the garrison commander of Sweet Spring Commandery, and everyone flocked to curry favor with him.
Pei Hongwen, meanwhile, was sent to Origin Forest Commandery as its commandery governor. They were sending him to his death.
The situation in Origin Forest Commandery was even worse than that of Flowing Cloud Commandery.
Flowing Cloud Commandery still had to fear the Peace Prefecture Army. Though it defied law and order, it did not dare act with complete impunity