No One Stays Favored Forever, No Flower Blooms for a Hundred Days

In the flush of his triumph, before all those watching,

Lord Yang, the newly appointed Probationary Thousand Household Commander, was also a man who cared about his dignity. How could he readily bow his head before his former superior?

Besides, when Sun Shaozong had arrested the White Lotus followers, the two sides had already fallen out. Why should he show him any further deference now?

Thus, Yang Licai sheathed his saber and cupped his hands from horseback, neither servile nor overbearing. "Since Vice Minister Sun has summoned me, I should naturally comply. However, I have come this time under an Imperial Order, so I fear it would be inconvenient to..."

Before he could finish, Sun Shaozong called out again, "Since you have come to my Dali Temple under an Imperial Order to arrest someone, it is only proper for me, as the official in charge of Dali Temple, to inspect your Official Documents and Seals, is it not?"

"This..."

Whenever the Northern Garrison Office arrested someone under an Imperial Order, who dared question them even once? Much less ask to inspect their Official Documents and Seals.

But if one truly wanted to be particular about it, inspecting the Official Documents and Seals was indeed only proper. If no one raised the issue, then so be it, but now that it had been publicly requested, there was naturally no reason to refuse.

Yet if he obediently dismounted and allowed Sun Shaozong to inspect his seals before everyone's eyes, what dignity would he have left?

This really left him trapped between...

Wait!

A flash of insight suddenly struck Yang Licai. The person he had come to arrest was not an official of Dali Temple!

Since the person being arrested was not a Dali Temple official, what right did Sun Shaozong have to