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Grand Princess’s Estate, Inner Palace. The hall was deathly silent. The attendants all stood against the walls with panicked expressions. The parrot on the perch, usually the most talkative creature, had been holding it in for an entire evening. Just as it opened its beak, a maid nearby hurriedly shushed it and waved her hand. The parrot, seemingly possessing human-like understanding, actually swallowed its…

For several consecutive days, Ye Mian reported to work at the Hanlin Academy like clockwork. The coursework at the Shuchang Academy was not a bit lighter than that at the Guozixue. Aside from refining his mastery of the classical canons and histories, he also had to learn the composition of official court documents—handling various genres such as edicts, proclamations, memorials, judicial verdicts, and policy…

It was utterly unbelievable! The Crown Prince was not yet thirty years of age, right in the prime of his life. Ye Mian and his friends had considered the elderly Empress Dowager, the Empress who was perennially bedridden, and they had even tremblingly thought of His Imperial Majesty himself—yet they had overlooked the young heir apparent of the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince’s health…

As the twilight deepened, the moon grew dim and the stars vanished. Vice Minister Ye returned from the government offices, thoroughly exhausted. Having consumed nothing but a few sips of cold tea since the previous night, Vice Minister Ye was keeping himself going purely on sheer willpower. Fortunately, Madam Ye had long since ordered the kitchen to prepare steamed dishes, which had been kept…