Shen Jiao was getting a little bored. She was a virtual body, and no matter what she touched, it was always a serious clipping issue.

She couldn't even look up the records of the concubines' childbirths.

Just then, a high-pitched voice suddenly rang out. Being a eunuch in those days was not easy either, as he started shouting announcements from a great distance.

"Your Majesty, Consort Xi in Xiyuan Palace has successfully given birth to the sixth prince."

The Sixth Prince?

Shen Jiao jumped off the table.

That means that tyrants had not yet been created during this period?

No wonder he couldn't find his mother.

Upon hearing of the birth of his new son, the Yan Emperor showed no surprise or joy. He continued gesturing and gave a perfunctory "hmm."

It was as if his own son was less important than this pile of boring memorials.

Not to mention the eunuch far below the stone steps, even Shen Jiao didn't quite hear the "hmm".

Shen Jiao recalled how much the Yan Emperor had doted on that little princess a few days ago. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be an irresponsible father.

Is it a preference for sons over daughters?

The moment the thought crossed her mind, another eunuch outside the palace gate shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Your Majesty, the Fifteenth Princess has been suffering from a severe and recurring fever. This servant begs Your Majesty to allow the imperial physicians to examine her..."

How could one shout and yell outside the Imperial Study? It seems that the Fifteenth Princess is quite ill.

The Emperor of Yan didn't even lift his eyelids, completely oblivious to what was happening around him, focusing solely on his work.

The little eunuch's trembling voice abruptly stopped, replaced by a pitiful pleas for mercy.

The sound grew fainter and fainter until it faded away, clearly indicating that they had been dragged away for punishment.

So it seems that this Emperor Yan was not sexist, but simply doted on the princess named Yu'er.

The undisguised favoritism—could it be that Princess Yu'er is the child of Emperor Yan and his first love?

This incomplete and ambiguous past is utterly perplexing. Shen Jiao sighed deeply, unsure of where to begin to understand it.

If I had known that dreaming was so complicated, mentally taxing, and brain-draining, I would have preferred to listen to the tyrant's stories—they would have been much simpler and more straightforward.

This dream isn't something you can wake up from at will, and Shen Jiao's regret is useless.

She looked through every corner of the imperial study, and finally went around to the back of the Yan Emperor, leaning down to look at the memorial in his hand.

Shen Jiao's listless expression froze instantly.

She was dumbfounded.

She rubbed her eyes.

She thought she was seeing things!

The memorial in Emperor Yan's hand was not a document of advice and suggestions from court officials, but rather—

A catalog of beauties without any clothing.

As Shen Jiao recalled the diligent work of the Yan Emperor over the past few days, her features tightened, and a feeling of nausea arose from the bottom of her heart.

His daughter was right in front of him when he was looking at pornographic pictures?

Was he looking at erotic pictures when the sixth prince was born?

When the Fifteenth Princess was seriously ill and there was no cure, he was still looking at erotic pictures?

In order to maintain his image as an emperor, Emperor Yan actually used memorials to disguise portraits of beauties in order to satisfy his sordid desires.

Shen Jiao was shocked.

Although, when she was in school, she would sometimes use deceptive tactics, such as hiding a hilarious comic book under her Chinese textbook.

But compared to the Emperor of Yan, it is obvious that he is still a small fry compared to a big fish.

No wonder he was a foolish ruler. To be so incompetent and tyrannical, the word "foolish" is far more than enough to describe him.

The Emperor of Yan never stopped writing; if he saw something he liked, he would draw a checkmark on it.

If he didn't like something, he would just toss it aside and leave it to gather dust.

The Emperor of Yan opened a new memorial to the throne, a smile playing on his lips. Suddenly, he put down his pen and stroked the image of a beautiful woman inside the memorial with his fingertips.

The beauty was completely naked, and he caressed her inch by inch, his eyes revealing greed and intoxication.

The once aloof emperor suddenly plummeted from the clouds into the mortal world, becoming a pathetic, homeless old man on the street.

Although the women in the portrait had good figures, Shen Jiao had no interest in that kind of thing. She simply couldn't stand the way the Yan Emperor looked at the portrait with lustful eyes.

She looked away.

She planned to go outside for a walk to dispel the filth.

After a short while, Shen Jiao seemed to remember something and turned her gaze back to the memorial.

She had seen this beauty before!

Shen Jiao's breath hitched.

Princess Yu'er!

...

“Father, the Fifth Young Master Liang is definitely not that kind of person. I do not believe that he would collude with foreign enemies. I beg you, Father, to clear his name.”

Princess Yu'er was favored by Emperor Yan from a young age, getting whatever she wanted, and was the most noble princess of Great Yan.

At this moment, she nestled in the Emperor Yan's arms and sobbed softly.

Emperor Yan patted Princess Yu'er's back affectionately and coaxed her softly, "Father will definitely find out the truth, but Yu'er, the person in the world who is most worthy of you is not Liang Wu."

Shen Jiao almost succumbed to Gu An's influence and vomited on the spot.

If Shen Jiao hadn't happened to have read that memorial, she would have only thought this scene of father and daughter showing deep affection.

It's also a great pity that the tyrant didn't get a share of this love.

She stayed in her dream for over a month, during which time she stayed with Princess Yu'er.

Princess Yu'er had two advisors by her side, and they weren't discussing anything shady; they were talking about—

That is, how to make Liang Heng fall in love with her without reservation.

Shen Jiao had heard quite a few things, like how to win someone's heart by showing weakness or creating trouble.

Make him feel that you can't live without him?

Shen Jiao circled her hair three times to the left and three times to the right with her fingers. She had never seen these methods before, but they felt somewhat familiar.

Although Princess Yu'er is spoiled, she is not inherently bad. She simply enjoys using her power to bully the aloof and indifferent Fifth Young Master Liang, who accompanies her on lake excursions, moon gazing, painting, and meals...

At first, Shen Jiao thought that Princess Yu'er was in a one-sided love and was forcibly binding herself to a relationship with someone who didn't love her.

Until she inadvertently saw the head steward go to the Liang family.

That day, Princess Yu'er went to Emperor Yan again to complain, because the Fifth Prince Liang refused to accept the purse she had embroidered herself.

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