Chapter 485 - 495: The Emperor Summons
She tugged at the corners of her mouth and said softly, "Zhuzhao Country treasures its silk. Among the many nations, it is renowned for its silk brocades, so Jinxiu City must be a remarkable place."
"Indeed, a remarkable place!" Jin Zijin exclaimed.
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In the first month of the year, the northern sky was bitterly cold. For the Princely Heir who came from Lingnan, the emperor was truly troubled, his heart a jumble of thoughts.
He didn’t want to see them, the Yue Family didn’t want to see them either, but since Yue Rujing had already arrived, he still summoned him to the palace. Yue Rujing knelt down properly below the dragon desk.
The emperor, although seated, sat at ease, his eyes half-closed like vast stars, his fingers tapping on the edge of the table in an intermittent rhythm. Seeing Yue Rujing’s stunning visage, he was reminded of Yue Tingfang’s appearance in his youth.
He must have beguiled all the young ladies in Beijing with this similar face, he thought, and his expression darkened unconsciously.
But then he considered that those old events had passed many years ago, they were all no longer young. The girls of those days were either married or had turned to dust; Yue Tingfang himself had kept his promise, swearing he would never return to Beijing unless personally summoned by the emperor, so there really wasn’t much to fuss about those bygone matters.
They were all grown-up now, weren’t they?