Zhao Rong calmly responded, but he felt that the young Emperor seemed to look at him a few more times.
Out of curiosity and admiration?
The ceremony held by the Ritual Department then commenced, with an elderly official unfolding the imperial edict and proclaiming it aloud.
The gist of it was to sing praises of the young emperor's accomplishments and then to mention that the renowned Linlu Academy also recognized and supported the legitimacy of the current Li Dynasty, hence these virtuous gentlemen were sent here according to the mandate of heaven, and so on and so forth...
Zhao Rong didn't really listen; he glanced around and didn't see the figure of the Great Li's Virtuous King.
Besides, Mu Jin and Xue Chan, the two women he had seen before, were there, standing quietly to the sides of a certain Dragon Chariot.
Zhao Rong's gaze shifted and fell on the quiet Dragon Chariot in the center of the crowd.
