"Yu Shiji is not that remarkable, yet he still fathered a few sons with some backbone," Ran Yunsheng commented offhandedly at the end.
"Big Brother, to judge him in such a way could be considered unfair!" Ran Yan knew a bit about Yu Shiji, a famous calligrapher and literary figure of the Sui Dynasty, a man with considerable talent and deep strategies, unfathomable in his depth, well-versed in the ways of bureaucracy, and possessing the craft of a powerful politician.
Ran Yunsheng, full of interest, said, "His obsequiousness before Emperor Yang, his flashy nature, have completely stripped away the bearing of a Scholar and the integrity of a proper gentleman. He lacks any kind of moral fiber."
