Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable Chapter 1232 - 1142: The Female Prime Minister 80

After the Emperor left, Shuangshuang felt relieved from a burden and began to recuperate. With her mind unburdened, her severe cough finally subsided.

However, her body remained weak, and she constantly felt lethargic, unwilling to move. Shuangshuang had co to realize that when soone’s heart is ill, ailnts arise in various parts of the body.

A slight oversight can lead to colds and fevers, and without modern fast-acting antipyretics, it’s easy to develop chronic cough from the fever. When one coughs, the entire chest feels burning with pain.

Sotis, such a frail body made Shuangshuang feel a sense of helplessness, though she quickly suppressed such feelings whenever they arose.

It is often said that illness makes one emotionally vulnerable and creates imnse pressure; Shuangshuang truly experienced this.

Shuangshuang had not understood this before, but once she experienced it herself, she realized that the tornt of illness extends beyond the physical to the psychological, too. That feeling of helplessness with no ans of relief was torturous.

Fortunately, Shuangshuang wasn’t a person with a fragile mind. Her strong willpower quickly adjusted her mindset whenever she felt this way.

While Shuangshuang was recovering, the outside world was bustling. General An, now a confidant of the Emperor, was so busy he couldn’t return ho, personally leading the troops to help the common people build snow houses.

Initially, the common people didn’t understand the benefits of snow houses and were rely coerced into building them. Who knew that once they were completed and inhabited, they were actually more comfortable than their own hos? At least the snow houses weren’t drafty.

Excited, the common people, with the military’s help, quickly erected several snow houses overnight. For smaller families, two snow houses sufficed.

Seeing the effectiveness of snow houses, court ministers were also invigorated and proposed to the Emperor to promote these snow houses, so that common people in other cold regions could also have them.

If not for maintaining his image, the Emperor would have rolled his eyes; they were all stating the obvious. Did he need them to point out what he had already thought of? When truly needed, they shirked responsibility, and when not, they sought relevance.

Nonetheless, the Emperor was pleased that the common people wouldn’t freeze to death. So, he overlooked the ministers’ obviousness.

Shuangshuang saw the Emperor again half a month later. Unlike his previous troubled look, his face now radiated a spring-like warmth, obviously in high spirits.

The Emperor brought with him a pot of excellent tribute tea, intending to savor it with Shuangshuang and chat leisurely.

Nowadays, the Emperor had completely regarded Shuangshuang as his advisor, often lanting it was a pity Shuangshuang wasn’t a man. Whenever he said this, Shuangshuang would just smile in response.

Sipping the fragrant tea, the Emperor smiled at Shuangshuang and said: "This ti, thanks to the snow houses you proposed, countless common people were saved.

Is there anything you desire? Whatever it is, speak out, and I will surely fulfill your request."

The Emperor expressed his satisfaction by rewarding generously. Now, asking Shuangshuang what she wanted was to ensure the reward suited her, reflecting his imnse satisfaction.

Shuangshuang didn’t shy away, as she indeed had a request for the Emperor.

Thus, she stood up, bowed, and expressed her gratitude: "Your Majesty, I am imnsely grateful for your grace. I wish to request the Emperor to pardon the cris of Yan Yi and the others."

This request bewildered the Emperor. Yan Yi and the others often accompanied Shuangshuang and contributed significantly to building snow houses for the common people, so the Emperor knew them. He looked at Shuangshuang with so puzzlent and asked, "What cri did Yan Yi and the others commit?"

"Does Your Majesty rember that under General Feng at the border, a group of soldiers was condemned to lifelong slavery for annihilating a batch of barbarian prisoners who had committed atrocities against our border citizens, during the Empress’s millennium banquet?

Yan Yi and the others are those soldiers. Though their actions were inappropriate, they were driven by righteous fervor. I wish to request the Emperor to pardon their punishnt of lifelong slavery."

The Emperor was a bit surprised, raising an eyebrow, not expecting Yan Yi and the others to be those individuals.

However, the Emperor had a favorable impression of Yan Yi and the group. If it weren’t for the civil servants’ relentless agitation, the Emperor intended to dismiss the matter with a re rebuke.

Therefore, he readily agreed to Shuangshuang’s request: "I grant you your wish. I will issue an edict to pardon their lifelong slavery punishnt. Since your request isn’t for yourself, I allow you to make another request."

This ti, Shuangshuang didn’t make another request, but smiled slightly and said: "I have already received the best reward from Your Majesty, there’s nothing else I desire."

"What have I rewarded you with? I’m unaware," the Emperor said, slightly surprised.

"Although I’m a woman, I’ve always wanted to do sothing for the common people. Unfortunately, being a re civilian, even with the intent, I had no opportunity.

It is Your Majesty who, with a discerning eye, appreciated my talents and didn’t judge by conventional standards as a woman ignorant of the three obediences and four virtues, but rather adopted my strategies, allowing to contribute to the common people. That is the greatest reward from the Emperor to .

The Emperor is my ntor. It’s often said that while good horses are hard to find, I believe good horses are common, whereas ntors are rare. eting the Emperor is my greatest fortune and Heaven’s greatest favor."

Shuangshuang’s subtle flattery greatly pleased the Emperor, who couldn’t help but laugh heartily, his mood imnsely lifted.

The Emperor didn’t see it as flattery, believing Shuangshuang’s words were sincere.

Indeed, throughout history, how many emperors were as open-minded as he? Those stick-in-the-mud emperors encountering a unique woman like Shuangshuang would see her as unruly or want to confine her to the harem, unlike himself, who valued her talents as he would a man’s.

In his good mood, the Emperor couldn’t help but regret once more that Shuangshuang was not a man and thus couldn’t enter court as an official.

But this ti, amidst his regret, the Emperor had so other thoughts, although they quickly passed, even he found them too shockingly unconventional.

So, he rely pondered briefly before dismissing them, though they left a trace in his mind.

Shuangshuang’s well-tid flattery put the Emperor in a great mood, and soon after his return, the decree pardoning Yan Yi and the others was issued.

As Yan Yi and the others were originally sold by the governnt, the Emperor ordered that the governnt pay their silver value back to their buyers. Henceforth, these individuals were free, able to choose to live as commoners or continue serving under General Feng.