Seeing is not the same as understanding, and understanding does not equate to enlightenment.
This is an immutable truth in the practice of cultivation.
Upon hearing Zhao Ji's words, Talented Lady Qiao and her daughter, as well as Eunuch Zheng, all stared with dismayed astonishment, finding it hard to believe that the usually haughty and talented Zhao Ji would show such respect to Shen Yue.
Zhao Ji is talented, and thus his pride is expansive. In reality, he's a man of high spirit and pride; that is why he disregarded others' advice. Turning to others for counsel now is something truly unprecedented since his ascension to the throne.
He has finally beheld a different world and wishes to attempt to understand it.
Shen Yue did not shy away from Zhao Ji's gaze but simply said, "Regarding the matter of the state, Shen has no remarkable insights."
