"Guidance?"
The Sage Emperor waved a hand. "No matter. We'll do as you say."
As he spoke, the Sage Emperor rose. The Heroes' Tomb beneath him disappeared, replaced by the imperial throne from before.
His clothing also shifted, returning to his original everyday robes.
Only then did the assembled officials breathe a sigh of relief.
Afterward, they began discussing among themselves.
"Even if this office has neither rank nor grade, how can someone of servile status hold it?"
"Exactly! If you ask me, young Master Lin Ke is still too young and inexperienced to handle it. Better to let me do it."
"We can't possibly grant him noble registry, can we? Without belonging to an aristocratic clan or passing the imperial examinations, how could he obtain it?"
"He may be able to recite poetry, but he hasn't even passed the Child Scholar Examination."
The ministers and officials whispered among themselves. Whether they belonged to Lin Xuanji's faction or not, they were all discussing the same issue.
The rites could not be abandoned!
Although Lin Ke had defied convention and taken on that unusual office, it was already an established fact.
Since the decision had been made, the officials would not provoke the Sage Emperor's wrath. Instead, they considered how to resolve the issue.
To serve as an official, Lin Ke needed noble registry, or at the very least, commoner registry.
What they needed to settle now was which registry Lin Ke would belong to.
"I believe he should have noble registry-Confucian." Qi Tianxia spoke first. "You all know Lin Ke's talents."
As Minister of the War Department, Qi Tianxia was one of the most powerful men under heaven.
Behind him stood not only his own partisans and students, but also all manner of powerful figures within the armies.
Generals, marshals,