Heart uplifted, Lü Zhi glanced at the sky and restrained her desire to continue the conversation. She smiled at the two men. "Marquis of Dong'e, Young Master Luo Chen, there is no sense in sending hungry soldiers on an errand. Stay and dine in the palace. I will change into something informal, then join you for the meal."
After Lü Zhi left the hall, Luo Xin smiled. "Chen, you did very well today. Just right, I should say. I truly never imagined you would change so much."
Luo Chen chuckled. "Fourth Brother, if you had seen that scroll that was destroyed outright back then, you might be even more astonished. What do those ideas of mine amount to beside it?
"But after meeting the Empress Dowager today, I must say she truly is an extraordinary woman seldom seen in this world. What a pity she is a woman. If she were a man, she would surely be a Sage King or worthy minister whose name lived on in the annals."
Luo Xin said evenly, "Even as a woman, her name will still live on in the annals. A regent is an Acting Son of Heaven!"
Luo Chen smiled and cupped his hands. "With a regent like the Empress Dowager, who also entrusts our Luo Clan with important duties, the Han Dynasty is bound to flourish.
"A mere commoner seized the realm, and heroes from a single county came to rule All Xia. How magnificent and fierce.
"Once the most rotten nobles were swept onto history's rubbish heap, even the air throughout All Xia seemed fresher.
"Are kings, marquises, generals, and chancellors born to their stations?
"From now on, it will be an age when men of talent and intelligence can display their abilities."
Luo Xin looked at Luo Chen with