After finishing the copper-pot hot pot, Shen Fa hurried straight back to the Capital City without a moment's rest.
He was now the Pacification Commissioner of the Northern Pacification Office. Finding time to visit Yang Ge at Road Pavilion had been no easy feat.
Half a month later, the Official Appointment Certificate promoting Yang Ge to Thousand-Household Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard arrived at Road Pavilion.
Along with it came a Python Robe and a jade belt.
The Python Robe was scarlet, embroidered with four-clawed flood dragons rising from a blue sea.
The jade belt was a wide, gold-inlaid luan belt with rows of tassels at both ends.
These were not the standard trappings of an Embroidered Uniform Guard Thousand-Household Commander.
The standard trappings were a Qiuniu Uniform and a Gold-Inlaid Ox-Tail Saber...
The Great Wei Rites stated: "The python robe depicts dragons and resembles the robe worn by the supreme sovereign, differing only in the absence of one claw. It is a garment bestowed by special imperial grace, not to be awarded without great merit."
Sending this Python Robe along with the appointment certificate was, in effect, the man on the dragon throne telling Yang Ge, "Young man, well done. We have high hopes for you!"
Fang Ke undoubtedly understood the weight and significance of a Python Robe.
So when he lifted it out of the copper-bound sandalwood box, his eyes went green with envy!
Why would he still need to cling to Yang Ge's leg to reach the Pacification Commissioner's golden thigh?
Yang Ge himself was already a mighty thigh to cling to, brimming with the bold spirit of the martial world, a chivalrous heart, and tender compassion!
"Put it away!"
People's joys and sorrows did not necessarily resonate with one another. All Yang Ge felt at