"Ha ha!!"
Seeing the Empress like this, Zeng Anmin threw back his head and laughed.
Naturally, the Empress also caught the teasing in Zeng Anmin's words.
She chuckled along with him.
"Brother Wu truly knows how to joke."
"His Majesty is gifted with great talent and broad strategy, occupied with countless affairs every day."
"Gu is no outstanding talent of the current era. How could I possibly catch His Majesty's eye?"
Zeng Anmin was displeased. He shouted, "Brother Gu is dignified in appearance and possesses such skill at such a young age. How can you not count as an outstanding talent of the current era?"
"Tell me, then—what sort of person deserves to be called an outstanding talent of the current era?"
Zeng Anmin crossed his arms.
Gu Xiangnan fell silent for a moment, then her gaze deepened.
"Bai Ziqing of the Northern Sacred Envoy Mission is only twenty-seven, yet he is already a Fourth Rank Grandmaster."
"Give him another ten years, and he will certainly enter the Third Rank Celestial Realm. He can be called an outstanding talent of the current era."
Zeng Anmin froze.
Bai Ziqing?
He had not expected Bai Ziqing to be rated so highly in the Empress's eyes.
"Pah!" Zeng Anmin waved a hand, wearing an utterly unconcerned expression.
"I have heard that this man acts flamboyantly, has questionable character, and lacks good sense. He is not worthy of being called a talent."
The Empress was startled, then shook her head with a laugh.
Bai Ziqing's reputation truly was poor in that respect.
She raised her head again and looked into the distance. "There is a young woman in the Profound Formation Division of the Northern Sacred Dynasty named Sai Chuxue. She is only nineteen, yet it is said that she has already entered the