Chapter 682: Marquisate

"The Emperor has issued a decree that the champion of this year's Genius Sword Contest will be granted the title of... Marquis by the royal family!"

When Leng Xuhui announced this decree, the whole place was silent!

After three full breaths, the discussion at the scene finally exploded like a tide.

"No way! Marquis!"

"Although the Marquis is not a hereditary title, it is also considered a royal relative. The status is higher than that of the heads of ordinary families, comparable to the heads of the six major families."

"The Emperor has never issued such a decree before, and there has never been a precedent of the champion of the Genius Sword Contest being granted the title of Marquis."

"More than that, the title of Marquis can only be obtained by a powerful person who has made great contributions to the Yunyuan Empire. It is the first time in the history of the entire empire that such a young person has been granted the title of Marquis."

Everyone was talking about it, and it was hard to believe that the Yunyuan Emperor would actually grant such a decree.

You know, if Su Chen becomes a marquis, then his status will be equal to that of the head of the Lin family in name!

Everyone was shocked by the sudden decree of Emperor Yunyuan and looked at each other.

This decree is equivalent to Emperor Yunyuan suddenly greatly increasing the champion reward of the genius sword contest.

If this decree is heard by the previous champions of the genius sword contest, I am afraid that they will vomit blood on the spot.

"How is it possible!"

The head of the Lin family blurted out first, his face was extremely gloomy.

Leng Xuhui ignored the head of the Lin family, but said to Su Chen: "Marquis Chen, if it is convenient now, I will take you to get your marquis identity certificate."

"Okay."

Su Chen nodded leisurely.

He didn't expect that the emperor would give him a marquisate at this time.

That's right, when Su Chen heard this decree, he knew that this marquisate was given to him by the emperor, but it just happened to borrow the title of the genius sword contest champion.

Even if he didn't win the championship in this genius sword contest, the emperor would probably give him the title of marquis in other ways.

"Wait!"

Seeing that Su Chen was about to leave with Leng Xuhui, the head of the Lin family was anxious.

If Su Chen was personally granted the title of marquis by the emperor, it would be equivalent to Su Chen being protected by the emperor. If the Lin family killed Su Chen, it would be openly against the emperor.

In other words, if Su Chen and Leng Xuhui were allowed to leave here together today, it would mean that the Lin family would have no chance to touch Su Chen from now on.

"Marquis Chen, please."

Leng Xuhui made a gesture of invitation to Su Chen, as if he didn't see the head of the Lin family at all.

The head of the Lin family was about to explode. He was ignored by Leng Xuhui twice in a short period of time.

But he couldn't get angry, because Leng Xuhui was the emperor's direct confidant. In a sense, Leng Xuhui represented the emperor, and naturally he didn't need to look at the face of the head of the Lin family.

Just as Leng Xuhui and Su Chen were about to leave, they saw the figure of Prince Rui coming out and blocking Leng Xuhui.

Leng Xuhui could ignore the face of the head of the Lin family, but Prince Rui was the emperor's younger brother, and Leng Xuhui could not ignore him, so he stopped and said, "Your Highness, is there something?"

"Yes, I have something to say."

Prince Rui frowned, staring at Leng Xuhui's face with two sharp eyes, and slowly said, "Commander Leng, I don't have any opinions against you personally. It's just that the matter of the imperial award of the marquis is of great importance. It's just that you, a commander, came to convey the order, and I didn't hear the emperor's brother's order. Not only did I have doubts in my heart, but there were so many people present, I'm afraid it's hard to really believe it from the bottom of my heart. "

"After all, it's just a genius sword-fighting champion, but he was awarded the title of marquis. This is really absurd."

"So, I want to ask on behalf of others, what is the intention of my brother's decision?"

Prince Rui's words also made many people nod secretly. In fact, without Prince Rui's words, many of them also doubted in their hearts, how could Emperor Yunyuan award Su Chen the title of earl just because Su Chen won a genius sword-fighting champion?

Now that Prince Rui asked this question, they naturally waited for Leng Xuhui to give a reasonable explanation.

Leng Xuhui looked wooden, without any fluctuations because of Prince Rui's question, but said: "This is the emperor's own decision. I don't know the reason why the emperor made such a decision, and I am not qualified to ask the emperor's decision."

"In this case, I can't get an answer from you?"

Prince Rui was shocked.

"I really have nothing to say to you, Your Majesty."

Leng Xuhui continued to speak with a wooden face.

"Okay, okay."

Prince Rui obviously also felt it was absurd and sneered, "If that's the case, then can I think that the so-called award of the marquisate was not an order from my brother himself, but was forged by someone with ulterior motives in my brother's name?"