A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles-Chapter 78: The National Master’s Face Hurts

After several games of Go, the girl had barely learned how to connect her stones and form eyes. Then, tired, Grandma Ji let her go to sleep.

Not long after, Ji Youyuan and the others returned, their expressions extremely solemn.

Grandma Ji, having weathered many storms, held herself steady. She let them eat first before sharing the news of the National Master’s arrival.

"Why would the National Master arrive so soon? Logically, even if I sent an urgent 800-li message, traveling day and night, His Majesty should only receive it this evening at the earliest!" Ji Youzhi was confused.

Ji Youyuan also found the situation to be highly suspicious.

If he hadn’t calculated that time was insufficient, he wouldn’t have had Zhu Xiuxiu carry his handwritten letter to invite Grand General Xu to come and oversee things.

"After all, the National Master is a person of great ability and is connected to Xing’Er through the same Qi. Let’s not make wild guesses. In my opinion, Seventh Son, you should go see him first before making any judgments!"

Everyone agreed that Grandma Ji made sense, so they went.

The National Master and the Emperor were sitting in the room, exchanging blank stares.

"National Master, all of the Ji Family should have returned by now, right?"

The National Master gave a soft "Mhm."

Didn’t I just see them through the window? Isn’t His Majesty asking something he already knows?

"Then why have they not come to see me yet?"

The National Master wanted to say it was undoubtedly because they didn’t care about this little Emperor.

However, he reconsidered. This man was, after all, the sovereign ruler; he should show him some respect. So, he said, "They are probably bathing, changing their clothes, and making themselves presentable!"

The little Emperor loved hearing this.

He was the Emperor! Which of his ministers and their families wouldn’t tremble before him, burn incense, bathe, and fear committing even the slightest impropriety in his presence?

"Hmph! Good that they know their place!"

The Emperor mused on how, when he met Ji Youyuan and the others later, he should display his imposing royal aura to overwhelm Ji Youyuan. He knew Ji Youzhi spoke highly of his older brother every day, praising him as a man of such extraordinary talent and brilliance that it left a bitter taste in his own mouth. Though he had always been inwardly unconvinced and resentful, he never showed it. But today, he was about to meet the man in person, and he plotted how to use his true dragon’s majesty to put him in his place, to display the might of the True Dragon, the Son of Heaven.

As he was lost in these thoughts, there was a knock on their door.

The Emperor hurriedly straightened his clothes and sat upright.

The National Master also knelt on his cushion, his back held ramrod straight.

The little Emperor was a bit nervous.

He’s here! The legendary Ji Sect Leader, a man of extraordinary talent and brilliance, has arrived!

The National Master also looked tense. As the National Master, his Power was only a fraction less than Ji Youyuan’s... But he still felt very nervous...

He calmly called out, "Come in."

The door was then opened.

"Greetings, National Master! I didn’t expect... Your... Your Majesty! Why are you here as well?" Upon seeing the young man sitting with the National Master, Ji Youzhi froze as if struck by lightning.

Oh my heavens! Today, they had found the location of Great Han’s Dragon Vein, and someone had tampered with it! They had traced the Dragon Vein and discovered that an Altar had been erected in the Ling River Valley, at the border between Nanjiang and Great Han. According to his older brother Ji Youyuan’s guess, Nanjiang was very likely to implement the Fortune Transfer Technique, diverting the national fortune of Great Han to Nanjiang. They had yet to figure out a solution for this issue. Seeing the Emperor here now, countless curses raced through his mind.

"Why is it only you?"

The little Emperor had been looking forward to meeting the legendary, exceptionally talented Ji Youyuan, but it turned out to be only Ji Youzhi.

What’s more, the National Master had just told him that everyone from the Ji Family would bathe, change their clothes, and make themselves presentable to meet him. But what the hell was this? So many people in the Ji Family, and not only did just Ji Youzhi come, but his clothes were clearly the same ones they had seen him wearing through the window earlier. He hadn’t changed at all. Look! There was even mud and grass on the hem of his robe!

The little Emperor glared at the National Master!

The National Master averted his eyes, not daring to meet his gaze.

Damn it, this is so humiliating!

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