There were past imperial decrees and pieces of calligraphy bestowed by the emperor, all without exception stamped with the Jade Imperial Seal.
Li Qingxian looked through them one by one and smiled. "Uncle Zhou, you really are impressive. I've only received two: one stamped with 'Tenfold Heavenly Grace' and the 'Treasure of Vast Fortune,' and another with the 'Treasure of Edicts,' used to confer Sixth Rank or lower. Look at all your seal impressions. Besides those two, there's a dazzling variety: the 'Emperor's Treasure,' the 'Emperor's Traveling Treasure,' the 'Treasure of Revering Heaven and Diligently Serving the People,' the 'Treasure of Proclamations,' the 'Treasure of Mandated Virtue,' the 'Treasure of Memorials, Classics, and Histories,' the 'Treasure of Touring the Realm'... You have practically every one you could receive."
"His Majesty's grace is boundless," Zhou Chunfeng said.
Li Qingxian glanced around and lowered his voice. "Could you get the 'Great Qi's Mandate-Receiving Treasure' or the 'Treasure of the Emperor Upholding Heaven'? Failing that, impressions of 'Great Qi's Heir-Apparent Treasure,' the 'Son of Heaven's Treasure,' or the 'Treasure of the Emperor Honoring His Parents'?"
"Why do you keep finding new ways to court death every day?" Zhou Chunfeng did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Through constant exposure, Zhou Hen also knew what those five Jade Imperial Seals were used for. One represented Great Qi's legitimacy, one represented the emperor acting under Heaven's Mandate, one was used to invest crown princes, one was used for sacrificial rites, and the last was used for matters involving the emperor's elders, the empress, and a select few others.
Li Qingxian smiled. "The others might be hard to come by, but isn't there a chance impressions of 'Great Qi's Heir-Apparent Treasure' have found their way outside? After all, this reign has seen three crown princes