After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 127 The Minister of Rites: Two Eyes, One Black, and One Black

[The Minister of Rites certainly has no idea what important things his child does in the house every day, hahaha.]

The Minister of Rites' heart was pounding wildly.

Is it finally his turn to be the one to let his daughter down?

He pushed through the crowd, intending to walk towards Shen Zhiyi.

Seeing this, her colleagues quickly stopped her, forbidding her from interrupting Shen Zhiyi's focus on watching the surveillance footage.

[The daughter of the Minister of Rites wrote quite a few stories about the General of the Palace Guard, about him having sex with various women and gigolos. Besides that, when she was in a good mood, she would also draw some fire-avoidance illustrations to sell.]

The Minister of Rites fainted; had he not been in good health, he would have collapsed long ago like the Duke of Jiang.

No, with such strict family discipline, why would his daughter write such disreputable things, especially about a general, and even sell them?

Oh no, this is terrible! How will he ever face the General of the Central Army again?

General Qianwuwei was stunned for a moment, truly not expecting that someone would write and draw a fire-avoidance diagram related to him.

Still a woman.

This, this, this, this is outrageous!

The general blushed deeply, feeling extremely ashamed.

No, he shouldn't be ashamed; he should be angry.

This is utterly outrageous!

[He's laughing all the way to the bank! Just a few days ago, the Minister of Rites was wondering why, even though all his children received the same amount of money each month, his youngest daughter seemed to spend more lavishly than the others.]

At first, he thought his wife was being biased, so he even pulled her aside in the middle of the night to lecture her on classical Chinese, saying that parents should treat both daughters equally and shouldn't secretly give their younger daughter more pocket money.

【Hahahahahahahahaha.】

Upon seeing what happened next, Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The Minister of Rites immediately showed a look of panic.

Shen Zhiyi, please don't tell anyone!

[The wife of the Minister of Rites, having been wrongly accused, was so angry that she unleashed a full-on "Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms" attack on his old face. Afterward, she made him kneel on a washboard. Hahahaha.]

"Pfft."

"Ha ha ha ha."

The suppressed laughter and unrestrained laughter around him left the Minister of Rites speechless with embarrassment.

[These are all manageable; the Minister of Rites is used to them anyway. What's coming next is truly explosive.]

The Minister of Rites' youngest daughter actually wrote more than just "General of the Palace Guard," but "General of the Palace Guard" was the most common choice. After all, while "General of the Palace Guard" wasn't exactly in the aesthetic sensibilities of the Right Vice Censor-in-Chief's daughter, it was in the aesthetic sensibilities of the Minister of Rites' daughter.

The general didn't understand.

If you're being narcissistic, then if his appearance matches the aesthetic of the Minister of Rites' youngest daughter, why would she write books and paint pictures about him and other women?

[Besides the Lieutenant General, there are also... pfft, hahaha.]

Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but lower her head, her shoulders trembling.

[That's incredibly filial! Absolutely incredibly filial!]

The daughter of the Minister of Rites even wrote that kind of article about her father.

The Minister of Rites was completely devastated.

what?

Shen Zhiyi, don't you want to listen to what you're saying?

He was a little unsteady on his feet, grabbed someone next to him, and asked in a trembling voice, "What did she say?"

Vice Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites suppressed a laugh and said after a long time, "Shen Lang said that your daughter not only wrote about the General of the Central Army, but also about you, uh, and she even sold them."

The Minister of Rites almost coughed up blood.

"You unfilial daughter, when I get back I will surely punish you according to family rules!"

[And there was also Vice Minister Chen of the Ministry of Rites.]

The Minister of Rites, Chen, who was trying to suppress his laughter, could no longer laugh.

The smile doesn’t disappear, it just shifts.

The others continued laughing.

[And the Minister of Personnel, hahaha, such a stingy fellow, write more about him.]

Shen Zhiyi thought to herself with schadenfreude.

Let me see where the Minister of Rites' youngest daughter has sold her storybooks and fire-avoidance diagrams.

[Purple Aura Study?]

Shen Zhiyi scratched the back of her head.

[That sounds familiar.]

At this moment, Zhang Sheren, who was standing outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony with the old emperor watching the commotion, felt a jolt in his heart.

No, he had a bad feeling.

[Oh, I remember now, Zhang Sheren also writes unofficial histories, right? Actually, he writes unofficial histories to supplement his family income, since the old emperor's salary is meager.]

Therefore, even the unofficial histories written by Zhang Sheren would be sold to that so-called Ziqi Study.

[Moreover, the Purple Aura Study is open 24 hours a day, even at night, mainly to facilitate scholars from impoverished families. However, why put some unseemly fire-avoidance diagrams and unofficial histories among a pile of Confucian classics?]

If the owner of Ziqi Bookstore knew about this, he would definitely grab Shen Zhiyi's ear and say: What do you know? These kinds of low-class things are the best-selling.

You should know that the most profitable paths in this world are all written into the laws of Da Ye.

I'll go there after my shift ends, buy some things to take home, hehe.

All the officials and civil and military officials gasped.

Shen Zhiyi, how could you look at that!

Normally, we just skip over those things we see on the monitor, so why are we so excited about the fire avoidance diagram?

The monitoring system didn't understand either, so it proactively divided its screen into thousands of images, each one showing people applauding for love.

Seeing this, Shen Zhiyi quickly closed her eyes.

[Damn it, what are you doing, you idiot system? Shut it down right now, or you'll get a sty!!!]

The system is confused!

—Free, massive amounts of real-life resources!

[I'm not watching! Close, close, close.]

—Then why did you spend money to buy the fire-avoidance diagram?

Can a drawn little figure look exactly like a real person?

—They're different, of course mine is better.

[Forget it, looking at the real person would probably give me a sty. A painting like the "Avoid Fire" is much better. The daughter of the Minister of Rites is quite skilled; her painting is very elegant.]

The Minister of Rites sneered repeatedly.

Haha, does he expect to go back and praise his daughter?

[It's just a pity she never met that stingy Minister of Personnel, so she didn't have a fire-avoidance diagram. But that's okay, a written version is even better, because the image she imagines won't be so jarring.]

The Minister of Personnel finally couldn't help but be speechless.

He turned away with a wave of his sleeves.

Purple Qi Study, is it?

He remembered.

[But who is the owner of this Purple Aura Study? All the serious books inside are available for free borrowing, and the pay for scholars to copy them is extremely high.]

The frivolous books sold there are quite expensive.

Shen Zhiyi was absentmindedly flipping through the pages, completely unaware that the General was staring at the portrait of the Minister of Rites' youngest daughter with a fascination in his eyes.

He was lost in thought.

Is love at first sight truly possible in this world?

【Holy shit! 】

【Big melon! 】

The owner of this Purple Aura Study is incredibly powerful!!!

Shen Zhiyi rubbed her eyes in disbelief.