But strangely, few people in the mansion actually cared.
On one hand, over the recent years, the Celestial Master Mansion had drawn very close to the Tang Imperial Court.
Strictly by battle achievements, if one ignored the Shangguan Clan, it was actually fair to call the Celestial Master Mansion the Tang Emperor's top "double-red-stick" lately…
After the great battle with Li Wai, at the weakest point in the Celestial Master Mansion's history, the Tang Emperor personally visited Dragon Tiger Mountain to show support and intimidate outside forces.
Not many years later, the Celestial Master Mansion smashed the Jiangzhou Lin Clan and gravely wounded the Youzhou Forest Clan, wielding two watermelon blades and carving a path from the South all the way to the Northern Lands.
Compared to the earlier days when the Li Clan cozied up to the Tang Court, calling this current phase a honeymoon between the Celestial Master Mansion and the imperial family felt more appropriate.
