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

Chapter 203 Shen Zhiyi Moved

Zhang Sheren was utterly bewildered when he saw people already picking out houses and even discussing with him which one was better.

Your Majesty's move was truly brilliant.

While those ministers were still happily and gleefully renovating the area where Shen Zhiyi lived, our Emperor had already outmaneuvered them.

No wonder he is the emperor.

"This this!"

Shen Zhiyi pointed to a courtyard house, her eyes sparkling.

Zhang Sheren nodded: "Alright, Shen Lang, you choose this one, then I'll take the one next to it."

And so, Shen Zhiyi and Zhang Sheren's new home was ready.

The old emperor put away the blueprints with satisfaction and handed them to Chen Decai to handle.

"Don't worry, you don't need to pay rent."

Now, not only Shen Zhiyi, but even Zhang Sheren was so moved that he kowtowed to the old emperor on the spot, exclaiming that the emperor's grace was boundless.

[Damn, Zhang Sheren's flattery is terrible. Even though I can't compete, I have to follow suit.]

So Shen Zhiyi changed a few words of Zhang Sheren's flattery and read it aloud to the old emperor.

The old emperor's lips twitched; he didn't really expect Shen Zhiyi to say anything that sounded like a human being.

"Alright, alright, that's settled. You can start preparing to move in the next few days."

The old emperor's move immediately became known to all the officials.

They shouted that the old emperor was being unfair.

"Your Majesty, don't think I don't know that there's a palace nearby that he might visit."

The Minister of Revenue complained to the newly appointed Minister of Personnel.

The newly appointed Minister of Personnel remained silent, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything?"

The newly appointed Minister of Personnel asked, "Which area is this? I think I should move to a different place."

Minister of Revenue: ? ? ?

He rubbed his ears hard, wondering if he had misheard.

Unexpectedly, the newly appointed Minister of Personnel is, to use a phrase that Shen Zhiyi once used.

—A repressed, secretly passionate person.

"You little rascal, you always seem so serious. I really thought you weren't interested in the jokes Shen Lang was talking about. Turns out it was all an act."

The newly appointed Minister of Personnel remained silent, diligently preparing for the move.

You know, when you lived near Shen Zhiyi, you heard far more gossip than anyone else.

He dared to guarantee that he knew all sorts of bizarre things about the capital, from the old emperor to the beggars on the street.

This is all thanks to Shen Zhiyi.

Most importantly, Shen Zhiyi would occasionally mention a few capable people.

As the Minister of Personnel, it is essential to record the names of capable individuals.

Shen Zhiyi moved so quickly that no one had time to react.

As a result, when the emperor attended court the day after the move, everyone looked at him with resentment.

The old emperor was very pleased.

To prevent these people from listening to his opinions, he only needs to deal with Shen Zhiyi.

Because he was in a good mood, the old emperor was unusually easy to talk to today.

General Wei Hu even asked for two telescopes, which the old emperor did not refuse.

"My dear minister, going to sea is dangerous. Two is not enough. Let's have three."

[I thought they gave out thirty, but they acted all generous after only three.]

The old emperor: Hmph, do you know that there are only five of these things in the entire Da Ye? It's a miracle that he's willing to give away three.

General Wei Hu understood perfectly and expressed his satisfaction.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Before we knew it, the day to set sail arrived.

The old emperor saw off the departing fleet, which shows that he had high expectations for the fleet.

"Your Majesty! Your subject..."

[Wow, that lieutenant next to General Wei Hu is something else! He actually took his concubine with him.]

General Weihu: It's normal to bring a concubine. How can you bring your wife to such a dangerous trip? His wife is an exception. She's a tigress, even more ferocious than him.

The deputy general didn't pay much attention to Shen Zhiyi's words. After all, apart from General Weihu, almost no one brought their families with them.

The old emperor didn't care.

Does this guy even know that your wife hanged herself?

The crowd holding wine cups were stunned, and all the civil and military officials involuntarily turned their attention to the deputy general.

The old emperor looked over silently.

He would grant permission if the other party wanted to visit his wife.

To everyone's surprise, the lieutenant only looked surprised for a moment before quickly regaining his composure.

Later, perhaps noticing the intense gazes from everyone, he pretended to be deeply grieved.

But General Weihu, this rough and uncultured man, didn't notice at all.

He turned to his adjutant beside him: "Why don't you go back?"

He remembered that his deputy and his wife were very much in love.

Wow, the love story between this lieutenant and his wife could fill a novel!

Shen Zhiyi watched with great interest.

[This lieutenant's wife used to suffer from severe depression.]

What is depression?

Unfortunately, Shen Zhiyi did not explain, so everyone assumed that the wife of General Weihu's deputy had suffered from an illness.

Her father died early, and her mother remarried, but her stepfather was a beast who would beat and kick her mother at the drop of a hat. Over time, to vent her emotions, her mother began to beat and kick the deputy general's wife and lock her in a dark room. Eventually, she developed severe depression.

Alas, a tragic childhood takes a lifetime to heal, and sometimes it's impossible to heal at all.

Shen Zhiyi shook her head.

The lieutenant's wife, despondent, attempted suicide by jumping into the river. She was saved just as she was about to drown. Feeling he had taken liberties with her, the lieutenant went to her home to propose marriage.

[System, look, this is a script combining redemption literature and arranged marriage!]

The system had already scanned everything and felt that its processor was incapable of processing human emotions.

So she ignored Shen Zhiyi, and Shen Zhiyi didn't care. She continued to think to herself.

[After their marriage, the lieutenant treated his wife extremely well. Later, after learning about her situation, he was heartbroken. Under his care, he helped his wife slowly emerge from her unhappy childhood. For a long time, the lieutenant's wife felt that she was the happiest person in the world, until...]

Shen Zhiyi paused for a moment, and the people around her anxiously tugged at their ears.

Until what?

Looking at the subtle facial expressions on the deputy general's face, they realized he didn't seem to be the same person Shen Zhiyi had described.

One day, the lieutenant general's wife discovered that he had brought a woman home. Her intuition told her something was amiss, but the lieutenant general explained that the woman was the daughter of a distant relative whose entire family had perished, leaving her as his only survivor.

【Pah!】

Shen Zhiyi's expression immediately turned into anger.

[You call her a distant relative's daughter? She's clearly someone you brought from a brothel!]