The officials descending from their sedans glanced at one another, clearly unaccustomed to the "welcome speech" they had just heard from Professor Zhao of the Yangzhou Prefecture Academy—a term none of them had ever encountered before.
It felt awkward. And what exactly was meant by "gracing us with your instruction"?
Wang, the Yangzhou assistant prefect, took an extra look at the beaming Zhao An. Had it not been for the seventh-rank official robes Zhao An wore, and the academy staff standing behind him, Wang would have assumed he was some unruly student spouting nonsense.
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