Chapter 72 (2/2)

Watching her father’s expression, the Fourth Princess Li Yu said with a smile, “Congratulations Imperial Father, the world’s heroes have joined you.”

The Tang Emperor heard these words and laughed loudly; he didn’t approve but didn’t disagree.

The Empress Mother didn’t say anything, only turning her face towards her husband with a faint smile, her eyes full of admiration and affection. Her full, soft right hand on top of his hand gently joined, showing encouragement.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the women of his family beside him, great ministers on both sides, countless future pillars of the state, and couldn’t help but to feel great satisfaction. Suddenly he felt that beside him seemed to be missing one person, his brow slightly frowned, and to a high minister behind him he asked, “Master……still wouldn’t come?”

That high minister frantically clasped his hands and said, “The dean said that the entrance exam was for His Majesty, for the Empire to select talents, he……didn’t need to come, he had to prepare his luggage, after two days he has to leave.”

His Majesty the Emperor only now thought of this. With a face full of regrets as though a child having done something good, but not receiving a father’s approval, and with a sigh and a soft clap on the stone railing, he said, “I nearly forgot, this year Master traveling from the country is a bit earlier than before.”

He turned and glanced at that great mountain behind the Academy sitting in mist and clouds, at times appearing and disappearing, and then silent for a while he prayed.

At the base of the great mountain, there were about ten dirt roads from somewhere leading to this pavilion, where a monk and a Daoist were having tea and chatting. It was early morning, and it was unknown where they got such a good mood.

The monk was around thirty years old, his appearance handsome and peaceful, naturally showing the meaning of purifying dust. His eyes fell on the vertical and horizontal lines of the chessboard, then afterwards, lifting his head towards that distant mountain and Academy, suddenly he spoke up and asked, “I heard……Master was very high.”

That Daoist that was normally solemn, today he appeared extremely frivolous and negligent, stretching his hand out and gently shooting in the sky he replied, “Master…..of course is extremely high.”

“How high?”

“How would some little guy like me know?”

“Even the Great Tang Dynasty’s State Master doesn’t know?” “You’re the Tang Dynasty’s Imperial younger Brother, and you also don’t know?”

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