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

Chapter 90 The Imposter Minister of Agriculture

Shen Zhiyi's message was like a boulder thrown into a pond, causing quite a stir.

Everyone instinctively felt that this was a conspiracy, possibly a murder.

Shen Zhiyi was no exception, so she was particularly excited.

[Palace intrigue! This is the legendary palace intrigue!]

Let me see! Let me see!

[The palace eunuchs and maids are all busy putting out the fire, and the new concubine is still inside. Oh, she's locked herself in the wardrobe???]

Locked in the closet?

Is it locked?

The old emperor's face looked rather grim. He thought that although his harem had many women, it was still quite harmonious. He never expected that this time he would be dealt such a heavy blow!

check!

This matter absolutely must be investigated!

Shen Zhiyi rewound the surveillance footage.

【Huh? Why did she go in by herself?】

Shen Zhiyi was confused and greatly shocked!

[Did he throw candles onto the curtain before going in, causing the fire to grow even bigger?]

This is suicide?

[And she even deliberately wore red to commit suicide?!]

[He even went so far as to commit suicide with the Empress's doll?!]

Shen Zhiyi scratched the back of her head in confusion.

Do you hate the Empress that much?

Everyone fell silent, surprised that the new imperial concubine harbored such resentment about what happened back then.

The old emperor could no longer sit still and went to the palace where the new concubine was located, where a raging fire was taking place.

After receiving the old emperor's order, the Dragon Scale Guards, hidden in the shadows, headed directly towards the wardrobe where the new imperial concubine was located.

This new imperial concubine must not die.

If she dies, the Empress will definitely have a lingering regret about it.

"Your Majesty?"

Chen Decai didn't finish his sentence, but the underlying meaning was clear.

The old emperor pursed his lips, clinging to a sliver of hope.

For example, a person might just be unconscious, but Shen Zhiyi mistakenly believes they are dead.

The old emperor actually sent the Dragon Scale Guards to rescue the new concubine—no, wait, the former new concubine now.

【Found it! Found it!】

The old emperor's eyes lit up when he saw the Dragon Scale Guards leading the former new imperial concubine out, and the imperial physicians immediately rushed forward to treat her.

"Your Majesty, you are still alive."

The old emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said indifferently, "No matter what method is used, no one is allowed to die."

"Here."

After saying this, the old emperor turned and left. When he turned around and saw the empress coughing, he hurriedly said, "Why did you come here? It's cold outside, go back inside."

"It doesn't matter."

The Empress shook her head, looked at the former new Consort on the ground, and murmured, "Could it be that I really made a mistake back then?"

What's wrong with that?!

You did nothing wrong!

Shen Zhiyi raised the pitch of her voice slightly, causing the Empress to instinctively blink.

It's ear-piercing!

The Empress meant well in saving her, but perhaps that former newly appointed Consort really wished she were the one who died.

As she spoke, Shen Zhiyi's voice grew somber.

She has never been in a relationship and has never even held a man's hand. She doesn't understand other people's relationships and thinks they are a waste of time, let alone understand the feelings of a mother.

Shen Zhiyi became completely listless.

Seeing this, the old emperor turned his head to look at his empress, who also looked dejected.

He rubbed his beard helplessly.

I don't know what to do, it's giving me a headache.

So he kicked Chen Decai.

Chen Decai: Your Majesty, I am a eunuch! I don't understand either.

"Your Majesty, let's go back inside. It's cold outside."

The Empress shook her head: "I will wait for her to be out of danger."

"You're not feeling well."

The old emperor probably spent all his patience on the empress, and it took him a long time to persuade her to go back.

Shen Zhiyi was feeling down and was about to go home to sleep when...

As a result, the old emperor made her stay with him all night to review the memorials!

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[On the 27th day, Dingwei day, the Emperor presided over a lecture in the Zichen Hall.]

With a stroke of the pen, Shen Zhiyi began to exert her strength.

[You son of a bitch, why did you drag me along when you were working overtime?]

[You can accept me as a guest, but why are you making me help with all those pointless memorials?!]

[Some ministers have some kind of quirk; they even have to ask the old emperor before buying a donkey! What kind of people are they, Vice Minister of Works?!]

The Left Vice Minister of Works, who was just about to stand up and demand an explanation from the old emperor: ...

But after only a moment's hesitation, he still stepped forward. Last night, the palace caught fire—it was his daughter's palace, and it was right when his daughter was demoted to the rank of concubine. His first instinct was that someone wanted to harm his daughter!

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

[What are you reporting? You're not here to demand justice for your daughter, are you?]

[Uh, does the Left Vice Minister of Works know why his daughter was demoted to the rank of Consort? It was because he cursed the Empress, wishing her death!]

The old emperor said coldly, "What do you want?"

Feeling a chill on his head, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works quickly retreated.

"Your Majesty, I just remembered that the matter has already been dealt with, there's nothing more to say."

The old emperor withdrew his gaze in displeasure and began to discuss serious matters.

"Those from the Ministry of Agriculture will stay, the rest will go back to where they came from."

Some people who hadn't even warmed up the station were stunned for a moment, and then inexplicably went back happily.

Why keep the Ministry of Agriculture around? Does the old emperor know that the Vice Minister of Agriculture, like me, is an imposter?

After hearing that, no one else wanted to leave!

But since the old emperor had already declared it, staying was definitely not an option, so everyone compromised.

They all crowded outside the hall, one by one.

Goodness gracious, what's wrong with those ministers? Why are they all crowding outside the palace? Aren't they cold?

The courtiers outside the palace: It's so cold, we're freezing! But we're so curious!

The Vice Minister of Agriculture turned out to be an imposter. If he left without hearing the whole story, how upset he would be.

When you're going to eat melons, you have to eat them while they're still hot.

Who wants to eat secondhand gossip that's been spat out by someone else?

[The Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices' legs are shaking so much; he clearly needed to use the restroom a long time ago, yet he's not leaving?]

The assembled officials outside the hall tacitly lowered their heads and looked in a certain direction.

The Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices immediately stopped his shaking leg.

What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen someone holding their pee before?

The Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, standing next to the Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, chuckled mischievously and whispered, "Shh...shh..."

Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices: "..."

Damn it, this is utterly unsportsmanlike!

He endures it!

[And then there's Wu, the Ministry of War official, who's out in the snow while the red apricot blossoms are peeking over the wall inside his house.]

Dr. Wu, who was waiting to see what would happen, blinked in bewilderment.

what does it mean?

His kind colleagues looked at him with pity and kindly reminded him.

"Your wife is having an affair."

Wu, the military official, rushed home in a flash, Shen Zhiyi's "hahahahahaha" still echoing in his mind.

[He's laughing all the way to the bank! The wife of Wu, the Ministry of War official, disliked him because he only knew brute strength and had no skill whatsoever. So she found a pretty boy who was incredibly skilled. Five stars!]

The entire court instantly felt that the figure of Wu Langzhong from the Ministry of War was just as desolate as the snowy day.

However, it feels like I've gone a bit off-topic.

Shen Zhiyi, your polymath is acting up again!