At this very moment, a fine drama was unfolding at the Shengjing Academy.
The inscription on the academy's plaque, "Learning to Reach the Heavenly Nature," was written with divine bone and grace.
When Chen Ke, dressed in an embroidered blue official's robe, returned to this place, everything felt so unreal.
A group of scholars in high hats and wide sashes stood at the academy's entrance, each with an extraordinary bearing. The one in the lead was the very same person who had berated and scolded him most fiercely back then. It was said that he came from a prominent family in the Imperial Capital, with officials in his line for three generations.
But now, upon seeing him, they could only bow and address him as "Gentleman."
Chen Ke froze at the entrance, experiencing for the first time the status that came from power and prestige.
