The old emperor glanced at the storybooks and looked at the ministers below. They were not so excited when they were talking about serious business just now. They were all pretending to be deaf and dumb. Now that there are only a few books, they are all anxious.

Minister Wu of the Ministry of Rites said a lot more things, the implication of his words was that this thing would corrupt the morals in the capital and must be strictly prohibited.

Whatever he said, Su Juan would certainly agree with him.

Minister Wu never thought in his life that he, who was almost seventy years old and had been despised by his colleagues in the court all his life, would be flattered like this in the end.

The flattery made his old face turn red, and he felt the treatment that Ping Guogong received on a daily basis.

The old emperor said, "No hurry, let's think about this matter again and discuss it again in two days."

Su Juan was about to jump up, [Why aren't you anxious anymore? ]

[I don’t say anything about the old emperor being unreliable on weekdays, but how can such a thing be put aside!? ]

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief. It was a close call.

Minister Wu wanted to say something, but the old emperor looked tired and dismissed the court immediately.

Su Juan was so angry that she wanted to curse her father.

On the way after the court was dismissed, she could still hear many of her colleagues in the court talking about the storybooks that the Minister of Rites had mentioned today. Their words were full of praise. How widely have these storybooks spread?

...

The people that Master Su sent out to investigate the jade pendant never came back with any news. He originally thought that they had found it, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

What he didn't know was that even though he didn't find anything, his secrets had already been exposed to others.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat, Duke Heping, successfully led out the person behind the jade pendant. Unexpectedly, this person turned out to be Su Juan's father, Master Su of the Su Mansion.

When the old emperor found out, he frowned. How could he be related to this person?

"Investigate the Su family secretly."

"I have already ordered someone to investigate, Your Majesty, please rest assured."

Although the whereabouts of the princess has not been found yet, there are already clues. If he continues to investigate, he believes that there will be news sooner or later.

I just don’t know what this has to do with the Su family.

After Duke Ping left, the old emperor sat in the imperial study, not dealing with the memorials. He picked up the notebook he had just taken away and started reading it, muttering to himself, "It's just this book, what's so good about it?"

However, he never stopped reading. He finished all three books and still felt unsatisfied. He didn't know when the next volume would come out.

Why hasn't the heroine Juan'er in this book divorced yet? It's really frustrating.

He immediately called over the secret guard whom he had called back from Su Juan and handed him the notebook.

The eunuch saw that this was the most powerful secret guard beside His Majesty, and it seemed that His Majesty was going to punish these inferior works... What a pity, the nobles in the palace really liked to read them.

The emperor ordered in a deep voice, "Go out of the palace and look for the next volume. Buy one and bring it back."

The eunuch was confused: "?"

The secret guard was confused: "???"

...

When Su Juan returned to the Su Mansion, she met Su Lingling and several other girls in the yard.

Several people were drinking tea and reading books, laughing. When they saw Su Juan, the laughter stopped abruptly.

"Big sister, you're back?"

Su Juan nodded slightly and responded. As she passed by, she glanced at the book next to Su Lingling's hand. The words "Famous Two Beauties" clearly caught her eye.

[Goodness! How many people have been poisoned by this book? ]

The girls looked at each other.

Su Lingling felt guilty and pretended to be calm.

Su Juan said, "Lend me your book for two days."

Everyone was shocked: “?!”

Su Juan actually wants to read this book!

That night, Su Juan didn't have dinner and read by candlelight. The more she read, the deeper her frown became. What a mess!

It was obvious that I had no feelings for Song Qianfan at all, but the book portrayed me as being deeply in love with her.

She thought that she and Liu Miaoqing had always been getting along normally, but when she wrote about this, she actually loved her husband so much that she even took the initiative to match him with her husband. As a result, she had ambiguous contacts with him one after another, including bathing together and undressing. This was really outrageous!

Since the old emperor won't take action, I have to do it myself.

She was determined to find the person who wrote the storybook and beat him so that he would never dare to make up stories again!

The next day, after the court session, Su Juan heard someone say that a new volume of Mingdong Shuangshu had been published, and everyone was rushing to the study to buy it.

Su Juan immediately followed him there and chose the largest study in Beijing and walked in. She arrived late and everyone had already bought their things and left.

"Boss, are you as famous as Mr. Rushi?"

"Of course!" The boss smiled and took out a few books from the bottom of the cabinet and placed them in front of Su Juan. "This is the latest volume, it's guaranteed to be exciting!"

"Exciting?" Su Juan snorted. She wanted to see how much more outrageous it could get.

After paying the silver, she found a place in the study to sit down and read. The heroine Juan'er realized that a forced melon is not sweet, and heartbroken, she came to the restaurant to buy wine, and met Xun Gongzi, the most dissolute playboy in the capital. Juan'er was bewitched by Xun Gongzi's outstanding appearance, and the two drank and talked happily, exchanging their thoughts.

Mr. Xun fell in love with Juan'er at first sight. He had never seen such a special woman before. After some inquiries, he learned that she was already married. He was heartbroken.

Su Juan: “???”

[F*ck! The person who wrote this book is sick! ]

"Miss Su?" Someone suddenly called Su Juan.

Su Juan turned around and saw that it was Liu Xuan. She immediately stood up and asked, "Why is Master Liu here?"

Liu Xuan raised his hand and showed Su Juan a few books in his hand, "Come and buy some books."

Su Juan looked at it immediately and saw that it was not a storybook. She breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there was finally a normal person.

But Liu Xuan's eyes fell on the book in Su Juan's hand. He glanced at the name on the book and was slightly surprised. "Miss Su also likes to read this storybook?"

Su Juan's forehead twitched, [Only ghosts like this. ]

But she was still in the study, so it was not appropriate to say such things. She laughed dryly and said, "Yes, this is written very well by Master Ru Shi. I was completely mesmerized by it."

"I don't know who wrote it, but I really want to get to know him."

Liu Xuan smiled softly, "He is very talented, but it's a pity that he was born into such a poor family that he couldn't enter the government. He can only write about his talent in these books."

Su Juan curled her lips. It’s better not to have such talent as making up stories about others.

But after hearing what Liu Xuan said, she looked puzzled, "Could it be that Master Liu knows this Master Rushi?"

Liu Xuan nodded slightly, "He is a good friend I met in my early years."

Su Juan smiled, "I wonder if Master Liu could introduce me to someone. I really want to meet this young man. He is very talented and I really admire him."

Liu Xuan had never read the storybook written by her friend, so naturally she didn't know the content. It was normal for a girl to like reading storybooks. She thought Su Juan really wanted to get to know him, so she told him Mr. Ru Shi's real name and address.

Su Juan had a warm smile on her face. It was effortless to get it. Shen Ruhui, right?

You're done, you bastard.