"If you don't hate it, why do you do it?" The Queen Mother opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Hongzhuang with flickering eyes.
"I was blinded by hatred and didn't even know the root of everything until Fang Xusheng woke me up. Only by constantly improving and mastering power can we gain authority. Crying and hating will only make us women stay where we are, only expose our weakness and incompetence, and only prove that deep down we still want charity! Therefore, I want to learn from Fang Xusheng, use my own strength, and unite the strength of all women to slowly change, improve, and gain power!"
The Queen Mother looked at Zhao Hongzhuang quietly and said, "Are you going to leave the imperial palace after all?"
"I will leave eventually." Zhao Hongzhuang lowered her head and spoke softly, as if whispering.
"Then go ahead and do what you want to do. This palace can't accommodate you, and won't tolerate you!" The Queen Mother's voice was sometimes slow and sometimes fast, and it was difficult to keep it steady.
Zhao Hongzhuang gently helped the empress dowager wipe away the last traces of tears, then stood up and slowly walked out.
When she reached the door, the Queen Mother suddenly called out softly.
"you come back!"
Zhao Hongzhuang's shoulders moved, she covered her face and cried, then ran away.
Feiquan Palace.
Zhao Yuan was sleeping when he suddenly started talking incoherently in his sleep. After a while, he turned to one side, snored softly, and continued to sleep.
Duo Garden.
Fang Yun held a hard wolf-hair brush in his hand, suspended it over the white paper on the table for a whole night, and then slowly put it away.
At daybreak, the sky above the Holy Temple was filled with changing clouds and thunder.
Fang Yun walked out of the study and looked towards the Holy Academy.
A strange aura was brewing above the Holy Court.
High-ranking scholars from all over the human race stood up, left their bedrooms, and looked towards the direction of the Holy Court.
Suddenly, a clear air billions of feet high shot up into the sky, like a hand holding up the sky, causing thousands of stars to fall and the sun and moon to dim.
At the top of the clear air, a large white jade seal emerged, with the shape of nine dragons on it and strange words below, as if locking the sky and the earth, imprisoning all things.
Everyone who saw the white jade seal remained motionless, even their eyes could not move, they could only stare forward stupidly.
The white jade seal trembled slightly, and a voice like that of an emperor or a monarch instantly spread throughout Jing State. The voice was full of majesty and power, as if it was an unquestionable truth.
"Five days later, the holy path of the various schools of Jing Nation will be cut off! Ten days later, the holy path will be sealed!"
Every sober person, whether on the grassland border, in the fields of Jiangnan, on the shores of the East China Sea, or in the vast mountains, can hear this voice.
Every person who was sleeping, regardless of gender, age or status, would see the Great Seal appear in their dreams and read out the announcement.
Jingguo was in chaos.
Xiangzhou, Yueyang City, Youlai Inn.
The doors of the rooms were opened one after another, and one person after another rushed out in dishevel, looking at the Holy Courtyard, they saw the Jade Seal, which was larger than Mount Tai, floating high in the sky, exuding supreme majesty.
Ji Wu and Guan Che held onto the railing, stunned.
The two of them left their hometown with a group of eclectic scholars, and originally wanted to join the eclectic scholars of Qing State. However, when the civil service examination came up, the situation was reversed, and the eclectic scholars took the initiative to bow their heads, forcing everyone to give up.
But since they had already arrived at the Yangtze River, they decided to study nearby, so they chose Yueyang City, which was currently the most popular city.
Who would have thought that within a few days, before the news had leaked out, Zajia took action brazenly.
Guan Che looked at the huge jade seal, and the blood color on his face gradually faded.
The message from the Miscellaneous School has made it very clear that in five days, the Miscellaneous School will expel all Miscellaneous School scholars in Jing State from the Miscellaneous School's Holy Path.
Ten days later, the Zajia family will carry out the Holy Way Suppression. From then on, the Jing Kingdom will lose the power of the Zajia Holy Way, and the entire court will fall into chaos.
“Hahahaha…” Ji Wu suddenly burst into laughter.
An ordinary tenant looked at Ji Wu with disgust and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Ji Wu smiled and said, "The complete break between the Zajia and Jingguo means that the Zajia scholars can go to Qingguo again. It can even be said that the message sent by the Jade Seal is actually an invitation to the Zajia scholars. The five-day deadline is time for the Zajia people in Jingguo to escape."
"Are you from a mixed family?" the man said with even more disdain.
Before Ji Wu could speak, Guan Che on the side said angrily: "What kind of rank do you hold? How dare you speak to Brother Ji like that! I am also a member of the Za family, so what? We abandoned our nationality and went to Qing Kingdom in order to pursue the holy way and strengthen the human race. What's wrong? Only you ants, sitting in the well and looking at the sky, are bound by your family and country, and don't know how to build the human race together. How pathetic!"
That man was just an ordinary scholar and did not dare to argue with Guan Che who was wearing the official uniform of a juren.
"Hmph!" Guan Che glared at the man with disdain and quickly walked up to Ji Wu.
Guan Che smiled and said, "Brother Ji, I, Guan Che, have treated you well these days. When we get to Qing Country, please help us."
Ji Wu rolled his eyes unabashedly and said, "Not bad? Yes, you guessed that the peace talks between Zajia and Qingguo were unsuccessful, so you dare not jump to conclusions, so you are not bad in front of me. But, how could I not know what you said and did behind my back? And you said that I am not even half as good as Ji Zhibai. My cousin has only been dead for a short time, and you are smearing me like this. Are you still human?"
Guan Che said hurriedly: "I was just following what others said. I didn't mean to look down on you and Mr. Zhibai. Besides, aren't we all good at changing our attitudes according to the situation? If I didn't say that, I would be scolded to death. After all, this is Xiangzhou, the base camp of Fang... thieves."
Guan Che lowered his voice to a very low level at the end, not daring to let others hear.
Hearing the word "Fang thief", Ji Wu suddenly felt relaxed all over. The Ji family was badly harmed by Fang Yun. They were originally a prominent family in the local area, but in the end they were hated by everyone and had to leave their hometown and finally go into exile in Qing Kingdom.
Ji Wu believed that all his misfortunes were caused by Fang Yun.
Ji Wu knew that Guan Che was still useful. As a person of the general family, he could not say anything final, so he said, "Forget it. As long as you follow me obediently in the future, I will definitely not treat you unfairly. If nothing goes wrong, after arriving in Qing State, I will send a letter to Liu Gong. With his introduction, I will be able to meet more people. You can just follow me then."
Guan Che was overjoyed and said, "Then I would like to thank you, Brother Ji!"
"You're welcome." Ji Wu smiled, but he was plotting a vicious plan in his mind. When he arrived in Qing Kingdom, he would definitely take revenge on Guan Che.
Guan Che whispered, "Brother Ji, Qing Kingdom is not a place you can stay in for long. It won't be long before you can return home in glory."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Ji Wu didn't understand.
Guan Che continued: "Once the Shengdao Town Seal fell, Jingguo fell into chaos. They had to find a scapegoat. Who else could it be except Fang Yun? If Fang Yun left the court, who could take over as the left prime minister? Who dared to take over as the left prime minister? Who could solve the Shengdao Town Seal after serving as the left prime minister..."
"It's Mr. Liu!" Ji Wu shouted.
Guan Che said with a flattering smile: "Yes! Lord Liu likes Ji Zhibai very much, and he will definitely look at you differently. Brother Ji, when you become successful, don't forget me, little Guan."
“Hahahaha…” Ji Wu couldn’t help but burst into laughter, completely venting out all the depression that had been pent up for many years.
The discussion list was in an uproar.
There was much discussion in all parts of the Ten Countries.
In various states of Jing State, countless scholars from various schools of thought were fleeing in panic, selling their properties at low prices as quickly as possible and fleeing Jing State with their families.
In just one morning, more than one million people were involved!
Jingguo, Yuanxian.
In the Falling Waterfall Valley, Liu Shan, who had been wearing cloth clothes, changed into the Qingyun clothing of a university scholar and looked towards the direction of the capital with a smile on his face.
"Fang Yun, I said I would come back!"