With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

"Your Majesty, the abridged version of the 'Strategies for Governing the Country' has been compiled. I wonder when it will be placed in the Wen'ao Pavilion?" Yuan Qi asked. The 'Strategies for Governing the Country' has too many volumes, and copying and compiling it has taken a lot of time.

Anyone who can read knows how precious this "Strategies for Governing the Country" is.

Therefore, once discovered, His Majesty ordered people to make a copy to prevent it from being lost in the future.

Furthermore, many of the strategies proposed by Zhou Wenling in "The Strategies for Governing the State" are essentially identical. This is one of the reasons why Zhou Wenling has been revered and his reputation has endured for thousands of years.

The Zhou family is already in a bad state; the strategies Zhou Wenling proposed were just a last fig leaf. The Zhou family seems relieved that Zhou Wenling hasn't plagiarized anything else. Some outside voices are saying that the Zhou family is quite open-minded; surely Zhou Wenling's past contributions can be considered equal to his past mistakes? After all, no one is perfect.

The Zhou family didn't try to stop it; after all, they also wanted to salvage their reputation. They couldn't just admit their mistake and prevent people from mentioning Zhou Wenling's contributions. They decided to wait until time passed and the impact of the incident diminished before trying to salvage the situation.

Recently, His Majesty has shown no intention of stopping it, allowing the situation to develop unchecked.

But His Majesty will not allow the Zhou family to continue living in such a peaceful manner.

"Let's wait a while longer," Azhen said. "These things aren't urgent. Right now, the most important thing is agriculture. We must get results as soon as possible."

Yuan Qi agreed and stopped worrying about Zhou's affairs.

At this moment, Xie Nuo and Xie Kui are in the inner courtyard of Wen Ao Pavilion.

They had found Xie Ping, hiding in a corner of a library, secretly watching in a certain direction. There sat two people facing each other, books in front of them, talking about something. They seemed to get along very well, and occasionally they would smile.

From a distance, they really do look like a perfect match.

Xie Nuo and Xie Kui exchanged a glance. The former had expected this and was not surprised, but the latter was somewhat astonished. After all, Xie Kui knew that her eldest sister had no interest in the men in the capital.

Even the talented and gentlemanly Ji Zixing never gave her eldest sister a second thought.

Who is the man sitting in front of her older sister?

He is quite handsome and pleasing to the eye.

Someone who can discuss poetry and prose with my elder sister must be talented. I just don't know what kind of person she is, what her family background is like, or what her family members are like.

Xie Kui was starting to worry. Despite her gentle nature, her eldest sister could be quite stubborn at times. If this man's family was powerful, and her sister had already decided on him, her future life would definitely not be so pleasant.

"When we get back, let's ask our eldest sister. Mother was worried about her marriage a while ago," Xie Kui said. "Now it seems she has someone she likes, so we should have our parents arrange for someone to check on her."

Xie Nuo nodded: "It's time to find out."

Ancient men, well, they weren't bad, but as someone from another era, she simply couldn't accept their common practice of having multiple wives and concubines. Ironically, in that era, it was perfectly normal, and even though Zhao Kingdom now had an empress, changing these things wouldn't happen overnight.

She wasn't ignorant; if she had come here and forcibly prevented people from taking concubines, one could imagine the chaos that would have engulfed the entire Zhao Kingdom.

"Should we leave, or just stay here and watch?" Xie Kui was already getting a little bored. Finding out what happened to her older sister had put her mind at ease, and she didn't need to worry about anything happening to her. Besides, this was Wen'ao Pavilion, and her older sister had someone with her, so nothing should go wrong.

As for whether it would be inappropriate for unmarried men and women to sit together and talk, of course not. Since Aunt established the Zhao Kingdom, the social atmosphere has become increasingly open. It's just talking; it's not like they're laughing and joking around without any decorum. What impact could it have? It's normal social interaction.

“Since we’re already here, why don’t we read some books?” Xie Nuo said. “I suggest Second Sister read more books; it will improve your writing. When the Master reads your articles aloud in public, it won’t be so embarrassing.”

Xie Kui reached out and gently pinched Xie Nuo's arm, scolding her irritably, "You brat, how dare you tease your older sister like that."

Her writing is just average. There's nothing she can do about it; she knows all the words and has a fair amount of knowledge, but when it comes to writing, her mind always goes blank, and the content she produces ends up being rather dry.

But she also had her strengths, such as writing detailed descriptions of fights and hunting; she felt she could write for a whole day and night without any problem. While her writing wasn't particularly elegant, it was realistic and immersive. And this wasn't just her boasting; it was a topic she happened to be working on, and it was the first time her teacher had praised her writing.

"Let's take a look then." Actually, Third Sister was right. Since we were already here, we should definitely browse around Wen'ao Pavilion. They didn't sell books there, but they did sell some trinkets. She wasn't interested in flipping through books anymore, and seeing Xie Nuo flipping through a book in one spot, she called out to him and went to wander off to other places.

Xie Nuo flipped through the book for a while, put it down, took a few more steps, and planned to find something that interested him.

Actually, she wasn't a big reader, but there were many books from the Kingdom of Ao here, and she planned to flip through any that caught her eye to broaden her horizons.

Since Yun Qinglan was out with Xie Kui today, it wasn't appropriate for her to stay by Xie Nuo's side.

Unless Ji Churong invites Xie Nuo out, Yun Qinglan really doesn't want to go out.

As Xie Nuo turned a corner, intending to find a bookstore, she unexpectedly bumped into an acquaintance, which startled her. They were quite close, and she was about to greet them, but the other person seemed oblivious to her presence. Following the other person's gaze, she saw her older sister, Xie Ping, and the unfamiliar man reading.

Xie Nuo knew earlier that Ji Zixing probably had some feelings for her older sister.

The Ji family didn't actually live in the capital. Ji Zixing didn't live with the Zhou family, but rather in the Ji family's residence, though he was quite close to the Zhou family. So, it was a woman from the Zhou family who approached her mother and vaguely mentioned Ji Zixing. Unfortunately, they didn't particularly like the Zhou family and had no intention of arranging a marriage.

Even if Ji Zixing has a good reputation, given her elder sister's situation, it's not like she has to be Ji Zixing. Besides, her elder sister is even better; in this world, being chosen by her elder sister is already a great honor.

Xie Nuo shook her head. Even if Ji Zixing was deeply in love with her older sister, if she didn't like someone, she just didn't like them, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

Of course, this is on the premise that the eldest sister has chosen someone else who is good; otherwise, she might as well choose Ji Zixing.

Seeing that Ji Zixing was still engrossed in looking at that direction, Xie Nuo was about to turn the page when Ji Zixing suddenly snapped out of his reverie and happened to see her not far away. He paused for a moment, then walked over to greet her.

"Princess Nuo."

Xie Nuo nodded: "Young Master Ji, you also come to Wen Ao Pavilion to read?"

"It wasn't reading a book." Ji Zixing looked somewhat disappointed.

Seeing such a distinguished young master looking dejected, Xie Nuo couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy. (End of Chapter)