Li Xuan glanced around and said indifferently, "Could soone please light a stick of incense? I’ll give this envoy the ti it takes for one stick to burn to read the morial."
Imdiately, an attendant ran off, quickly returning with an incense burner, hunched and bowing as he looked at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan pointed at the envoy and said, "Place it in front of him, so he can take a good look."
The attendant hurriedly placed the incense burner there.
The envoy’s mouth hung open, seemingly wanting to say sothing, yet what could he say?
An extre pressure, even fear, overwheld his heart.
Every inch of his body was telling him, "He has defied the presence before him; his life and death are no longer in his own hands, the presence before him could crush him as easily as an ant."
Poof!!
A mouthful of blood spurted out as the envoy fainted.
On the throne, Zhao She was both fearful and thrilled; fearful because Li Xuan truly deserved his title as "the greatest in Great Yin," thrilled because "that arrogant envoy turned into a dead dog."
"Soone, the envoy is unwell, take him away to rest," Zhao She waved his hand.
Guards ca in from outside, dragging the envoy away.
After that, the court returned to its original order, as if the envoy had never appeared.
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...
After court was adjourned, Li Xuan did not ride in a carriage but walked back directly, changing out of his python robe and into the attire of a gentleman in white.
He greeted everyone he saw warmly, and then bought so candies, incense balls, and rouge on the street to bring ho for his wife and children. Afterwards, he went to a reputable shop to drink a pot of famous royal city wine, and then leisurely returned to the Divine Martial Monarch’s mansion.
The mansion was bustling.
He saw Lady Tian and Lady Zhao on the lakeside of the mansion, admiring the lotus with many noblewon.
Li Xuan smiled.
Sister Yuan truly knew how to socialize, in the month she had been in the capital, she actually brought "golden embroidery" and other specialties from Xiongshan County to visit the wives of nobles.
The Divine Martial Monarch’s consort ca to visit, causing those nobles to sweat profusely.
This was entirely upside down, wasn’t it?
When they saw that the Divine Martial Monarch’s consort also brought gifts, the nobles were dumbfounded.
If Li Xuan hadn’t "subdued the Flying Forest Army without even lifting a hand," hadn’t "revealed the Four Demon Forms," hadn’t made friends with the "Immortal Clan," they would have thought the Divine Martial Monarch was panicking, trying to get close to them, hoping for their support.
But this was not the case at all.
The Divine Martial Monarch was incredibly strong, they should have been the ones visiting, bearing gifts.
They hadn’t visited not because they didn’t want to, but because none of them had made the first move, harboring feelings of nervousness and doubt.
But Tian Yuan directly pierced this layer of paper.
Therefore, the "circle of noblewon" among the nobles was imdiately stirred up, each carrying gifts to visit the Divine Martial Monarch’s mansion, which led to the current scene.
Seeing Li Xuan coming, the ladies all stood up nervously and respectfully called out, "Greetings, Divine Martial Monarch."
However, many of them had not actually seen Li Xuan before.
Seeing him now, they were montarily bewildered, as none had expected the Divine Martial Monarch to look as dashing as a fine gentleman.
So of the ladies recalled that the Divine Martial Monarch seed very imposing a few years ago, but that impression was now very vague...
At this mont, Li Xuan greeted them like a suave young man and then looked towards Zhao Qingxue.
Zhao Qingxue was engrossed in writing.
Tian Yuan said, "We are having a poetry gathering, using lotus as the the."
Li Xuan laughed, "Then I will compose one as well."
The ladies grew curious one by one.
Tian Yuan herself prepared the ink.
Li Xuan picked up the brush and wrote, "The caltrop leaves float along the waves, the lotus leaves dance in the wind, and between the dense lotus leaves, a small boat swiftly moves. The lotus girl sees her heart’s love, wants to speak but smiles shyly, but unexpectedly, with her lowered head, her jade hairpin falls into the water."
The caltrop leaves drift with the waves, the lotus leaves sway in the wind, while between the clusters of lotus leaves, the small boat collecting lotus flies quickly.
The lotus-picker suddenly saw her beloved, wanted to speak but hesitated, lowered her head and smiled gently, unexpectedly causing her jade hairpin to fall into the water.
Tian Yuan paused, wondering if the "lotus girl" was her.
But she had no recollection.
Soon, she thought of Rose.
She knew that before her husband was married, he often traveled and played with the "now honored as Buddha Mother" Rose, such a scene was not surprising.
However, that was all in the past.
The surrounding ladies applauded and praised, each looking at the Divine Martial Monarch with deep curiosity.
What does it an to be a contradiction?
The Divine Martial Monarch was truly a contradiction.
A man known as "the greatest in Great Yin," who could make the husbands and fathers in the nobles’ mansions bow their heads, unexpectedly had such a graceful, uninhibited, and literary side, truly intriguing.
Li Xuan gracefully saluted and then left.
When prestige grows, it requires so gentleness to balance it, otherwise, one becos aloof and isolated.
The path of a monarch is a mix of the path of the overlord, yet he does not wish to be a monarch, rather he hopes his family can integrate with the aristocracy.
He and the Li family still had so differences.
He hoped that even without him, the Li family would remain a noble family.
On the other side,
"Revealing the Four Demon Forms in front of everyone during court" was sothing he had planned long ago.
The envoy of Yunzhou’s Grand General was rely his opportunity.
Why?
"The Four Demon Forms" are a rare commodity, so these goods need to be shown extensively, seen by many, and then... naturally will attract more "buyers."
The seller, possessing unusual goods, naturally waits for the right price.
Though it’s not entirely like that, the "path of cultivation" is a major matter concerning the future of Li Xuan’s family, he naturally wouldn’t follow Luo E without asking anything just because they first t.
If he had no choice, then so be it.
But now, Luo E, speaking straightforward truths, allowed him to see a choice.
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