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Generally speaking, someone like him, who had inherited his noble title, would stay out of the imperial court's affairs and very rarely make appearances in the morning assembly unless there was something very important being discussed.
This was an unspoken rule of the imperial court, yet on this day, several high-ranking officials, including Pillar General Han, had suggested that it was best for him to participate in the morning assembly. After all, the matter that was going to be discussed concerned him as well.
Several of the officials present rose to their feet in unison to apologize, but the emperor raised his hand with a smile to cut them off, then gestured for them to sit down again as he said, "There's no need to stand up, just remain seated. I didn't gather all of you today to levy accusations or assign blame to anyone.
"Instead, I just want to hear some concrete information about what's been going on, rather than hearing all these unsubstantiated rumors. All of the children in the imperial classrooms, including Xuan'er, have constantly been discussing this topic recently, and they've completely neglected their studies as a result.
“Their teacher has been complaining to me, saying that if they're so interested in the gossip surrounding Mountain Cliff Academy, then they should go study there instead!" [1]
The head minister of the Ministry of Rites was the shortest one out of all of the officials present, but he was also the highest-ranking official, and he gave the emperor an objective and unbiased recount of the recent events that had transpired.
"So if I'm understanding this correctly, Elder Mao himself has explicitly said that we should stay out of these altercations between children, is that correct?" the emperor asked with a smile.
"That is indeed the case," the head minister replied with a nod.
"I see," the emperor replied, then fell into deep thought.
Of course, none of the officials present were so naive as to believe that the emperor truly had no idea of what had been happening. The spies of Great Sui Nation certainly weren't that incompetent.
The secret yearly expenditure that Great Sui Nation's Ministry of Revenue had to make just to deal with...
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