The sound of the other party’s approach made everyone else pause and turn in their direction. It was only Bai Ruyi and the second prince who didn’t care at all. The former continued to place the headdress back on the latter’s waiting head.
There was a rustle of feet and cloths as the people around them bowed and greeted the approaching man in red and black robes. He was also wearing a headdress similar to the prince’s, but his had twelve lengths of jade beads at the back and in front.
Amid the calls of “Your Majesty,” Bai Ruyi finally turned in that direction as well, then calmly bowed.
Ahead, as the Emperor walked, he drily remarked to another man walking beside him, “All my sons, together in one place again. Truly a sight to warm a father's heart. Do you not agree, Minister Yuan?”
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