A stunned silence descended upon us then, one none of us momentarily knew how to navigate, as we all, including Tianlan's own children, stared at him in blatant disbelief, wondering if some being had possessed the eastern emperor last night, and was now wearing him as some kind of macabre skinsuit.
"You agree?" I asked in overt incredulity, having expected a gruelling war of words, but now stumped by his seemingly premature surrender.
"Indeed, I do." He repeated, his tone tranquil, and his smile relaxed.
"Just like that?" I asked again, wondering how could the great Golden Glutton, the most greed ridden monarch of all, the man so infamous for his love of wealth that many describe it as a virulent sickness, so readily let go of an opportunity to extract millions of Darr from me so easily in dowry and favours.
