Zhu Junfan sat on his throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, amusedly watching his younger cousin, who was usually quiet seemingly become another person as he spoke animatedly of Yu Xiaocao. Hearing his last sentence, he rolled his eyes at Zhu Junyang, exasperatedly saying, “Do we even need you to remind us?” 

Then, he continued to ask, “According to you, I should actually reward the ten-year-old little girl from the Yu Family instead of Yu Hai?” 

However, Zhu Junyang shook his head and said, “The Yu Family successfully grew corn, that's a contribution and should also be rewarded. However, Yu Xiaocao’s contribution is the greatest, so, by right, the reward should be on her name!” 

“Your Majesty, this official disagrees! A woman’s virtue is in having no talent; how could a little girl become an official such as us?” Imperial Censor Yang voiced out his opposition first.

Official Zhang, the Minister of Transmission, had always been good at guessing the emperor’s intentions. Since his ascendance to the throne, the emperor had been consistently trying to raise the ranks of women, and his determination could be seen clearly from his awarding of the master of embroidery, Jiang Siniang. 

Imperial Censor Yang was too pedantic and didn't know how to be more flexible, so even though he was more qualified than all the first-rank officials, he was still dawdling...