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Golden Stone.
Imperial Palace.
Da Liang's gardens inherited the grandeur of the Great Datsun era, each step presenting a new vista, encompassing Heaven and Earth within its bounds, yet abandoning the delicate gentleness of the Song gardens, exuding a majestic and grand atmosphere that was a marvel to behold.
Zhang Jushi, a man of middle years dressed in purple official robes, wandered through the gardens, losing himself so completely in the surroundings that he momentarily became dazed.
He remembered the advice of a mentor from years past, "Serve Your Majesty with loyalty!"
He also thought back to how he had started as a Minor Official, and how after much struggle he had climbed the ranks step by step, eventually earning an opportunity to meet the Emperor.
At that time, the Young Emperor, who was but a youth, had asked the question, "King Chu Lie did not make a sound for three years and when he finally did, he died; what is the explanation?"
