(The update spree continued today...)
"Hahaha!" A hearty laugh rang out, and the small grievance that had inexplicably risen in Tang Changsheng's heart vanished without a trace. "Not bad. Not bad at all. But you're still a little short of your master..."
Tang Changsheng's heart stirred. He asked the laughing Emperor Mingde, "Your Majesty, were you really close to my master?"
Tang Changsheng knew little about his master's life apart from his assassination of the Rìwán fleet commander. Of course, that was also because Tang Changsheng had been so young when his master passed away!
"In cultivation, you're already no less accomplished than your master. But when it comes to wisdom..."
Tang Changsheng flushed with embarrassment. If someone else had said that about someone else, he would certainly have refused to accept it.
But the speaker was the emperor of Great Chu, and the person he was being compared with was his own master. Tang Changsheng could only listen quietly.
From beginning to end, Emperor Mingde had not carried himself like a Son of Heaven before him. He had seemed more like an elder testing a junior. That made it impossible for Tang Changsheng to feel aggrieved!
Otherwise, by Great Chu's traditional saying—if a ruler treated his ministers like grass and dirt, his ministers would treat him like an enemy—a Son of Heaven toying with one of the Three Elders for no reason might provoke an extremely serious incident.
But an elder lecturing and testing a junior? That was perfectly normal!
Tang Changsheng was still thinking about his master when Emperor Mingde sighed. "Do you know why I summoned you this time?"
"I don't," Tang Changsheng said, utterly puzzled.
Emperor Mingde said, "It's about the General's Temple's holdings again. You're the successor of an old acquaintance, and your master asked