[You spoke slowly: "Tai Chi Hall holds many unique copies of out-of-print ancient human texts, as well as countless ancient human treasures. If you are interested, Uncle Jiang, you are welcome to take a look."]
["I dare say that, apart from my father's private treasury, the collection in Tai Chi Hall is sure to satisfy you, Uncle Jiang."]
[Jiang Ziyang immediately cupped his hands. "Then nothing could be better."]
[Yet a trace of surprise stirred in his heart. He had not expected the Third Prince to take the initiative to offer him an olive branch.]
[Although Jiang Ziyang served as a teacher to Gu Rui and Gu Feng, he was not the Third Prince's junior preceptor.]
[Their first meeting, which had also been their last, had taken place when the Third Prince first assumed human form all those years ago. Jiaozhu had led Gu Xing, still looking like a child, by the hand, and they had met briefly.]
[In coming to Gu Rui's Spring Palace for this gathering, he had already intended to meet the Third Prince.]
[In the past, he had rarely interacted with this Crown Prince, though he was on rather good terms with the prince's mother.]
[Jiaozhu, the principal consort of Azure Sea Lake, had always understood the bigger picture. Generous by nature, she truly possessed the bearing of a matriarch fit to govern Azure Sea Lake's inner household.]
[Now the struggle for succession among Azure Sea Lake's three princes was growing ever fiercer. Beneath the lake's surface, hidden currents churned, concealing storms.]
[Even the human factions, which had always remained neutral and stayed out of the Demon Race's power struggles, needed to discern which way the wind was blowing and establish a firm stance in this dispute over the succession.]
[In previous years, he need not