At this moment, it was the height of summer, with long days, and when the courtiers hastened to Jin Kingdom Palace, dawn was already breaking.
Mr. Cai Shizhi was among the later batch to arrive, walking leisurely along the palace corridors when suddenly someone hurriedly caught up, walking alongside him.
Without even looking, Mr. Cai Shizhi knew by the footsteps that it was his arch-nemesis, Liu Wenkai. Upon hearing he had taken up a position as a Hanlin in Western Jin court, this fellow had made the long journey to the Western Jin to become a mere Assistant Minister of Rites, just to oppose him.
"Unsolicited kindness is the sign of a scoundrel or a thief! Assistant Minister Liu has come so close; could it be you've hatched another nefarious scheme?" Mr. Cai Shizhi had nothing pleasant to show him.
