This gamble, which had decided the fate of many in the Zhang family, had started a commotion even thousands of kilometers away, but on the contrary, there wasn't much of an uproar in Dayao where it all happened.
Even those court officials who witnessed it for themselves felt that the contest simply created a deeper impression on others. Besides military skills, Ren Baqian was very proficient in other aspects.
At present, it was only three days away from the empress's birthday celebration, and Lan City started bustling with noise and excitement.
Even though there weren't any diplomatic envoys that visited this year and both the southeast and northeast were in fact still at war, these circumstances hadn't affected the moods of Lan City's commoners.
