He waited outside the Imperial Study for a long time and didn't receive a summons to enter from Emperor Xuanming. Instead, it was Grand Tutor Deng who came out, wearing a slight smile and seemingly in a good mood.
When he saw Chu Heng, not only did his eyes lose any trace of defensiveness, there was even a hint of superiority.
"Lord Chu, how have you been lately?" Grand Tutor Deng walked up to Chu Heng and assessed him from head to toe, realizing that the opponent he once considered a political rival was, in fact, no more than this.
It was only because he had been favored before that he lived a better life than people like him, with more power.
But things were different now. His Deng family was the one most favored, and now which official in the court could match the Deng family!
Even Chu Heng no longer had the chance to enter the palace and meet the Emperor.
