"Subject Fang Shiyong, paying respects to Your Majesty!"
Emperor Weizhao waved his hand, "Rise."
According to the customs of the Great Sheng Dynasty, many ceremonial practices for officials were carried over from the previous dynasty; however, eventually, Emperor Taizu of Sheng considered the excessive kneeling during daily activities such as banquets and wine offerings, and thus he decreed a new bowing ceremony, reserving kneeling only for more formal occasions.
Of course, an audience with the emperor to present a petition was certainly such a formal occasion.
Emperor Weizhao appraised the Confucian scholar named Fang Shiyong.
He appeared to be in his forties, with a few strands of long beard and a piercing gaze, exhibiting quite the demeanor of a learned man.
As for Fang Shiyong, Emperor Weizhao was naturally well-aware of him.