Chapter 270: The Boundless Grace of the Emperor! (1 / 2)
[Old Liang’s two children truly have guts—one is in love with the Emperor’s mother-in-law, while the other resorted to threatening examiners to cheat in the imperial exams. In a way, they really have surpassed their father.]
…But this wasn’t exactly the kind of “surpassing one’s teacher” that deserved praise!
Hearing Xu Yanmiao’s inner thoughts, Liang Rui lowered his head and covered his face in despair. He stretched and curled his fingers, trying his best to hide his entire face.
Seriously. He would have preferred if his son were a little more “mediocre.” Just a little.
[Oh, so that’s how it happened! The Tai’e Sword—he won it by debating Buddhist scriptures with the monks in that temple! To get his hands on that sword, he spent five years studying Buddhism in earnest! He woke up at the crack of dawn every single day to recite sutras and contemplate Buddhist philosophy, even earlier than the monks in the temple.]
[This relentless determination to pursue his goals… In a certain sense, Old Liang’s teachings were quite successful. Even the old abbot, who had spent seventy-two years as a monk, couldn’t out-debate him and called him a living Buddha.]
The Minister of Personnel: “Actually… Guangcai*, maybe…?”
Could it be that you didn’t fail at teaching him, but instead, taught him too well?
Liang Rui buried his face deeper into his hands, wearing a mask of pain. “Sir, please stop talking.”