Zhuchen Imperial Palace, Taichen Palace
"Your Majesty, this is the ritual for the gardener and the farmer, and the gardener has been verified and is without a doubt."
Yin Hai presented the papers with both hands, bowing his head slightly as he reported.
Facing Yin Hai across the long table, a fat man in a dragon robe lay on his side against the back of the chair, his chubby hands struggling to reach the papers on the table, missing them by just a bit.
Had he shed the dragon robe in favor of a kasaya, he would have been the spitting image of Buddha himself.
It was hard to imagine that this man was the legend who had led Zhuchen from uncertainty to its present glory, the current Zhuchen Emperor—Zhu Gang.
"Ah, ah, Minister Yin, don't just stand there! Come and help me!"
After several attempts, Zhu Gang found that the distance was just out of his reach and called for Yin Hai's assistance.
