But as for Zhao Ci...
'That man is a bit too ambitious.'
Furthermore, he'd heard that the main reason the Imperial Clan Court was offering a reward this time was that his father, the Emperor, had taken the Heaven-Suspended Spider Silk from his personal treasury and insisted on adding it to the Mansion Contest's Merit Library.
It was self-evident who that was for.
He pondered for a moment before taking out a brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone, then hunched over his desk and began writing furiously.
When Tan Kuang saw the letter's contents, he couldn't help but be astonished. "Your Highness, are you trying to persuade them to concede?"
"Of course!"
"But most of the participants in the Mansion Contest are proud and arrogant. Will they even listen?"
"Some of them will."
