Minister of Rites Elder Fan, this time, truly invested a fortune to woo this disciple.
Originally, he was quite reluctant to part with his most precious possessions, after all, he had only read one essay from the person. There's always a risk that even a horse may stumble and a person may misjudge; no matter how keen his eye, what if he was blind this time?
Besides, to put down such a huge bet before the person was even in his grasp—what if it all went to waste? What a great joke that would be, and Feng Lianian, that upstart, was just waiting to laugh at him!
As he hesitated in his own study over which rare book to take—and which to give away—a servant reported, saying he heard from the students at the Imperial Academy that Taiyuan Prefecture's Jieyuan was incomparably brilliant, and had debated the Doctrine of the Mean with Minister Qin in Chongwen Pavilion.
Excellent! It was not in vain that he had set his sights on this disciple.
