Within the Palace.
After finishing the memorials, the Emperor rested in the Warm Pavilion.
These days, there were too many affairs to handle, such as deploying officials to the Eight States, and granting titles and rewards to Song Xian and Du Zhuo. Fortunately, Song and Du did not meet often, remaining wary of each other, and seemed to have the intent to contest the troop garrison rights of the Eight States.
If Song Xian and Du Zhuo were overly friendly and did not compete, the Emperor would be more worried. The North was such a vast area, and currently, the ones with the most authority were Song Xian and Du Zhuo.
Especially the Song father and son, who had control over several states and commanded tens of thousands of elite soldiers. He needed to promote others to balance the Song father and son.
Du Zhuo was clearly a good choice, as were the father and son from the Wang Family in Xizhou.
