Chapter 762 - Worshippers (1/2)

Chapter 762 Worshippers

“Big Sister Xiaoyu is back!” A girl shouted loudly outside the imperial court’s tent. Her voice was filled with joy and adoration. Combing Yan Liuyuan’s hair, Tsetseg’s eyes lit up. She realized Yan Liuyuan, who was sitting before her, relaxed. His muscles were no longer as tense as before.

It seemed that in these vast grasslands, only Xiaoyu could make this young lord feel at ease.

“Go on, go and see what Big Sister Xiaoyu has brought back for y’all this time,” Yan Liuyuan said.

Tsetseg was still young, so she was also quite playful, and she rushed out of the imperial tent with a smile when she heard this.

Hundreds of warriors in the tribe had started worshipping Yan Liuyuan as a god. However, Yan Liuyuan did not keep any of these people by his side. Instead, he left them all under the command of Xiaoyu.

Although Yan Liuyuan made Xiaoyu their overall commander, he did so in order to have them protect her safety. If he lost Xiaoyu as well, there would be nothing left for him on the steppe.

This was his and Xiaoyu’s home. As long as the authority of the imperial court was stabilized, they would no longer have to bear the disdain of others.

Every time Xiaoyu returned from her outings, she would have the tribe’s warriors catch some cute little animals to bring back. On one hand, she wanted to try to rear them, and on the other hand, it was to make the tribe’s children happy.

During this period, the various tribes under the rule of the imperial court started gaining respect for Yan Liuyuan. However, everyone could not help but feel a heartfelt fondness for Xiaoyu as well. She was truly a gentle Southern woman.

As there were so many tribes under the rule of the imperial court, conflicts would arise from time to time. For example, trivial cases such as stealing of goats or cattle could easily lead to bloodshed in the grasslands.

As for Xiaoyu, who handled these matters, she was always impartial and never sided with anyone.

As time passed, Xiaoyu unexpectedly gained the love and respect of everyone. The tribespeople liked to approach her if they had any trivial matters that needed resolving.

If Yan Liuyuan asserted the authority of the imperial court through his absolute strength, then Xiaoyu was the mediator who made things work between the various tribes.

Of course, this was also because the influence of Yan Liuyuan’s imperial court was relatively stable. The other tribes did not have a godlike figure like Yan Liuyuan.

His miraculous predictions and calamities were way too divine, and the nomads happened to really believe in them. Therefore, Yan Liuyuan won over a large group of worshippers. Every morning, they would kowtow to the imperial court’s tent a 100 times before starting their day.

This way of maintaining authority seemed to be much more secure. When the tribal chiefs saw their own people worshipping Yan Liuyuan as a god, there was really nothing they could do about it. Furthermore, two of the tribal chiefs were also Yan Liuyuan’s worshippers.

Yan Liuyuan remembered that Ren Xiaosu had said that resorting to divine powers to stabilize a regime might not be the most stable method, but it would definitely be one of the fastest ways to achieve it.

While Yan Liuyuan was lost in thought, the imperial court’s tent was suddenly opened, and cold air from outside blew into his face. There was only one person in the entire tribe who dared to come in without an announcement. He looked up and said with a smile, “Big Sis, where’d you go this time?”

“I have good news to tell you. I found a new salt pool behind Mt. Gongzhuo to the northwest!” Xiaoyu smiled as she sat down next to Yan Liuyuan. “With this discovery, the problem of having enough edible salt for the entire tribe will be solved.”