Dugu Chanyi turned her head with some dissatisfaction, looking towards Mu Jin and Li Mingyi. One was the nominal leader of the Imperial Army, the other was the head of the string music division, responsible for maintaining order, yet they couldn’t even organize the common folk below properly? At this moment, on the stage, the people behind her finally noticed the commotion below. When a leader is disturbed while speaking, it’s an era-spanning matter where someone is destined to incur misfortune and bear the blame. Mu Jin and Li Mingyi exchanged a glance and quickly took action, each moving to the edge of the platform. "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang..." They first paid their respects to the young Emperor chatting at the edge of the high platform with Zhang Huizhi, then each gave orders to the people below. Dou Kou and a man who appeared to be an Imperial Army officer each received their orders and quickly descended the mountain with their people. Chanyi’s expression softened slightly, preparing to wait and speak again, but after a while, when Dou Kou and the Imperial Army officer reached the mountain’s foot, the commotion there only grew louder with no signs of being suppressed! From the high platform, the kneeling crowd of commoners appeared like water being split open by a sturdy ship, parting to either side. It seemed they were making way, leaving a two-meter-wide path. This path stretches all the way to the entrance of the mountain climbing Great Dao at the foot of the mountain. The formal mountain climbing Great Dao is quite wide, with stairs extending to the high platform halfway up the mountain, where thirty people could walk shoulder to shoulder on each step. Yet this mountain path had only people standing along the edges, leaving the middle empty with no one daring to approach. Those from various parts of Great Li with some power and wealth didn’t belong to the elite few who could ascend to the high platform halfway up the mountain. But they had the privilege to stand on either side of the mountain climbing Great Dao to watch, avoiding the crowded masses at the mount foot. Yet this Great Dao, like the day’s enshrining grand ceremony, wasn’t somewhere they or the commoners could set foot. Otherwise, they faced the penalty of amputation. This very clean mountain path, paved with natural white stone, had each step engraved with ancient murals from the era it was originally built. In its essence, it symbolizes a road to the moon. Endowed with the greatest dream in the hearts of those in the Li Territory, it means it cannot be tread upon by ordinary people. During the enshrinement grand ceremony during the day, only Zhao Rong and a few enshrinement students in white were allowed to walk it. And now, it was only permissible for the most honorable on the scene, the Great Li Empress Dowager and the young Emperor, to tread it. However, an unexpected event occurred at this moment. A right foot in ordinary green boots suddenly extended from the crowd, stepping in the middle of the first white step. This was a man not belonging to those mentioned above, and then a pair of girl’s embroidered shoes, blue and pink intertwined, casually stepped in the middle of the same step. On the high platform halfway up, Dugu Chanyi, Mu Jin, Li Mingyi, and a group of dignitaries either frowned or looked on curiously. From the messed-up human path at the mountain’s foot, two figures, one large and one small, were slowly emerging. One was a man in full green holding a sword. One was a stunning girl carrying a sword. The two slowly ascended the steps. And their intent and target for climbing were evident even to a fool. They aimed to ascend the mountain. And the end of these mountain path steps, where they were heading, was precisely the high platform where these Great Li nobles were located! Dugu Chanyi relaxed the hands before her, her Jade Hand reaching the elbow of the other hand, gently pulling at the sleeve before letting it go. It seemed like an unconscious act. Yet from behind, Mu Jin, observing Dugu Chanyi’s back, knew from her keen observation of this slight action that this most honored woman of Great Li was perturbed. Mu Jin had served Dugu Chanyi for a long time, knowing that the more furious this Empress Dowager was, the less she would express it, particularly for minor annoyances, except for this inexplicable habit... Mu Jin moved forward a step to explain, "Empress, they are..." Dugu Chanyi suddenly turned her head and said sidelong, "I know them; they are some of Zhao Da’s men, whom we couldn’t invite. I have an impression." Mu Jin’s words faltered, quickly glancing at the calm expression of the lady in front of her, nodding and saying, "Precisely." And then she fell silent. Dugu Chanyi pursed her lips; inwardly, she was somewhat displeased but showed no sign of it on her face. At present, besides these two, who seemed familiar as followers of Zhao Rong, she hadn’t seen Zhao Rong himself appear. Not long ago, Dugu Chanyi actually sent Dou Kou to invite Zhao Rong to the celebratory ceremony, but his response was a polite refusal, which was fine; instead, Dugu Chanyi breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was the Linlu Academy and Zhao Rong who helped her successfully with the enshrinement, as the ruler, she had long wished for these great benefactors to leave promptly. That Zhao Rong had not immediately left with the others had already made Dugu Chanyi a bit uneasy—in truth, her feelings towards this man who sometimes acted unpredictably were somewhat complicated... And now, the sudden arrival of Li Bai and Zhao Qian’er was naturally seen by Dugu Chanyi as instructed by Zhao Rong. For origınal chapters go to 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽