The Crown Prince pondered for a moment and said,
"Draft a decree, Family Head Tong Weishun of the Tong Family, Yangming Sect Master Liao Yilai, and Devil Extermination Sect Master Peng Song. For their meritorious assistance, each shall receive a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure. Additionally, grant the Tong Family Master a Treasure Artifact, Sect Master Liao a volume of the Civil Saint's Handwriting, and Sect Master Peng a Devil Slaying Treasure Artifact. Go to the treasury, select something suitable for them, and deliver it to their sects or families. If asked by their clansmen or disciples, just say they were injured and are recuperating under my arrangements."
The next day, an eunuch from the palace, accompanied by guards, arrived at the Tong Family.
The decree of the Crown Prince in Dali carried weight not much less than that of Emperor Li, but many matters were those the Crown Prince did not involve himself in. Once he did, the significance was entirely different.
