Boom, boom, boom!
Within the Celestial Court, the Heavenly Drums sounded and the Golden Bell resounded—the harbingers of the Lingxiao Court Meeting. Upon hearing the sound of the bell and drum, all the Literary and Martial Immortal Officials set aside their affairs and came to attend the assembly.
In the Lingering Pathway Corridor, behind Tongming Hall and in front of Lingxiao Hall, Yibai stood alone.
He had donned his official robe and was holding the imperial tablets, awaiting the arrival of his colleagues.
He had just had an audience with the Heavenly Emperor and presented his memorial.
The Heavenly Emperor immediately summoned the assembly of Literary and Martial Immortal Officials. Yibai was inside Lingxiao Hall, but seeing that the other Immortal Officials had not yet arrived, and feeling it was improper to remain inside alone, he took the initiative to wait outside, ready to enter with the others once the assembly began.
"It's good that Your Majesty has not blamed me,"
