Because standing before him was:
The last Chancellor in Great Han's long four hundred years, a powerful minister almost without blemish in history, a loyal subject praised for a thousand years even in defeat, honored in both the civil and martial temples, the minister every emperor dreamed of having, the most dazzling star in the history of the Three Kingdoms, the man who claimed an entire chapter of a hundred-chapter history of Huaxia-Zhuge Kongming!
"Please, rise, sir!" Liu Xie suppressed his surging emotions and reached out to help Zhuge Liang up. Still holding his arms, he said, his face radiant with joy, "I have long heard your great name, sir. Now that we have finally met, my wish has been fulfilled!"
"With your assistance, sir, I have gained another arm!"
At these words, Jia Xu and Guo Jia discreetly turned their heads, hiding the incessant twitching of their lips.
Jia Xu in particular had clearly prepared a more elegant set of words for the Son of Heaven. He had never expected that after using it once, the Son of Heaven would go right back to talking about arms.
He was already counting to himself how many arms His Majesty now had.
Hearing these words for the first time, Zhuge Liang felt overwhelmed by the favor shown him, yet utterly bewildered by the Son of Heaven's enthusiasm and excitement.
He was merely a rustic villager.
What great name could he possibly have?
Yet he could also sense that the excitement of the Son of Heaven before him came from the heart, rather than being a show put on for appearances.
Setting aside his doubts, Zhuge Liang looked at the hands clasping his arms and was deeply moved.
"Your Majesty, such gracious treatment leaves this humble commoner most apprehensive."
Liu Xie was