Ning Que did not leave after entering the Imperial Palace. Not even Chao Xiaoshu knew what he was doing. When he received the invitation from the Academy, he thought he would be able to find the answer.
An adorable and handsome little servant was waiting on the mountain path in the mist. When he saw them coming, he saluted politely and said, "Mr. Chao, please come this way."
They arrived on a plateau at the back of the Academy's mountain after walking through the mist. Chao Xiaoshu looked at the beautiful scenery and inwardly lamented that, had the Emperor not needed him back then, he would have definitely applied to enter the Academy. He might even have had the opportunity to become a student on the Second Floor and be one of them.