Now that more than 20 days had passed, Qi Xiuyuan had long planned to reward the meritorious officials, be it official titles, gold, silver, or jewelry. However, this had to be delayed until now because of Qi Haoran.
Long before the expedition, the ministers had a premonition that Qi Haoran would probably be conferred the title of King after this battle. And once the army returned to the imperial court, Qi Xiuyuan had indeed revealed his intention to confer Qi Haoran the title of King. When the time came, he would also be conferred his fief.
As he would be the first King to be conferred by Great Qi, it was of significant importance. Thus, it had to wait until he returned to the capital.
Before this, Qi Xiuyuan had never asked Qi Haoran what kind of fief he wanted because in his understanding, his younger brother would naturally go to a border town to live up to his status as a famous general.
