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

Chapter 152 Falling in love at first sight with her husband's white moonlight

Marquis Liu'an noticed the old emperor's sarcasm and displeasure, and quickly spoke up to explain.

"Your Majesty, it's absolutely not because of that. The Eighth Princess is of noble birth, and it's only right that we take good care of her, but, but..."

Marquis Liu'an spent a long time trying to come up with a name, but couldn't come up with anything.

The old emperor said impatiently, "But what? If you don't want to talk, get out. I'll make sure your family marries the Eighth Prince tomorrow."

"No, no, no."

The Marquis of Liu'an shook his hand so hard it almost broke.

Finally, he said with difficulty, "Your Majesty, although my son is not as noble as the princess, he is still a man. It is embarrassing to be cuckolded like this."

"So what? The old emperor has been cuckolded countless times, why can't your son?"

"Cough cough cough."

For the first time, the old emperor felt that being used as an example was not a good thing at all.

[But what was the Eighth Princess doing at the Marquis of Liu'an's residence?]

Shen Zhiyi curiously opened the monitoring system, and then couldn't help but applaud inwardly.

[Wow, amazing! No wonder she's the Eighth Princess, truly incredible!]

The old emperor had a bad feeling.

[The true eldest son of the Prince of Huainan is now the Eighth Princess's groom. Just yesterday, the Eighth Princess forced herself on the groom, while the eldest son of the Marquis of Liu'an was eavesdropping.]

The eldest son of the Marquis of Liu'an was a very chauvinistic man. Although he and the Eighth Princess were only in a trial marriage, he had already decided in his heart that the Eighth Princess was his woman. However, when his woman did things that were forbidden to him with another man in front of him, he felt insulted.

Marquis of Liu'an: He also felt insulted. Wasn't this Eighth Princess bullying him?!

"Your Majesty, a junior official from the Ministry of War requests an audience."

The old emperor leaned back in his chair and said in a deep voice, "Let him in."

[The Vice Minister of War? I remember now, that guy had a secret crush, and his relationship with his wife was always cold and distant.]

When the Ministry of War official heard Shen Zhiyi's thoughts, he was in a real predicament, but he had come over on important business.

I had no choice but to come.

"Your Majesty."

I think the eldest son of the Marquis of Liu'an and the Assistant Minister of War would definitely have a lot to talk about, even though there's a gender difference.

What?

The old emperor sat up straight, his gaze shifting curiously back and forth between the Ministry of War official and the Marquis of Liu'an.

Shen Zhiyi said there was a gender difference, but he could tell from the look of this Ministry of War official that he was definitely a man. That could only mean that the eldest son of the Marquis of Liu'an was actually a woman!

This is huge gossip! It's a woman who married a man; no wonder she died; she was probably driven to her death by anger.

It seems he'll have to have a serious discussion with his ministers about the importance of this anti-fraud effort in the next few days.

Just a few days ago, hahaha, even the Vice Minister of War was eavesdropping on his wife's private conversation.

Wow, another one getting cuckolded?!

The old emperor was deeply grieved.

Why were so many of his civil and military officials cuckolded?

Is it all because he, as emperor, didn't make a good start?

However, the eldest son of the Marquis of Liu'an heard it was the Eighth Princess and the groom, while the Vice Minister of War heard it was his wife and his beloved.

Oh mo?

Everyone couldn't help but rub their ears, wondering if they had misheard.

Marquis Liu'an was in a state of great shock. He couldn't help but reach out his paw and touch the Assistant Minister of War, speaking silently.

"Is this true?"

The Ministry of War official closed his eyes and remained silent.

He knew everyone was shocked, but don't worry, even days later, he was still just as shocked when he thought about it.

No wonder the wife of the Minister of War wanted him to be with her, not because she was magnanimous, but because she had her eye on him.

Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but clapp her hands softly in amazement.

[That "white moonlight" of the Ministry of War's assistant minister is something else; he's won over the couple.]

The Ministry of War official felt as if he had been shot hard by an arrow.

[Hahahaha, I can't take it anymore, hahahaha! The wife of the Minister of War feels that she has finally found true love after living for so many years. She even thought she was frigid, feeling nauseous every time she did *that* with the Minister of War.]

nausea?

The Ministry of War official felt as if he had been shot hard by an arrow again.

[Unexpectedly, she fell in love at first sight with her husband's "white moonlight" (his first love).]

"Your Majesty!"

The Ministry of War official felt he couldn't let Shen Zhiyi continue talking; if she did, he really would lose everything.

"I have a starting point."

Seeing that Shen Zhiyi's thoughts had been interrupted, the old emperor gave the official in charge of the Ministry of War a rather unfriendly look.

The Ministry of War official didn't see it and presented the box he was carrying.

"Your Majesty, these are the latest achievements of our Ministry of War. Please take a look."

[Wow, it's a musket!]

"Our Ministry of War has improved this musket, which has greatly reduced the error in hitting the enemy."

The old emperor nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Can it be mass-produced?"

"Well, Your Majesty, this might be a bit difficult."

"Shen Zhiyi, bring me your musket."

[Huh? What does the old emperor mean by this? Is he going to take back what he gave me? No way, no way, the old emperor wouldn't be so stingy, would he? Waaah, I can't bear to part with it, that's the truth!]

While inwardly weeping, he outwardly acted very attentive and quickly handed the musket to the old emperor.

[Sobbing, my musket, my musket! I never even got to use it once, and it's gone just like that. It feels like a dream, and I'm still so moved when I wake up.]

The old emperor's lips twitched violently.

"this is for you."

"what?"

Shen Zhiyi looked at the improved musket handed to her by the old emperor, and joy instantly surged through her.

"For me?"

"Take it."

Don't keep it to yourself; it's really annoying to hear.

Oh, the old emperor was the best emperor in the world.

The old emperor was in a great mood, and his gaze toward the Ministry of War official was not as sharp.

"Well, the old version can be mass-produced."

"Your Majesty, that won't work either, but mass production of the initial version is perfectly feasible."

The old emperor said in a deep voice, "Mass-produce a batch and take it to Goguryeo to test it out."

They spent a lot of money to have the Ministry of War research this; they had to find some value in it.

The old emperor absolutely must order the Ministry of War to continue researching firearms; this is the truth, this is principle!

First came muskets, then cannons, then airplanes and tanks—gradually moving towards modernization. *cough cough*, I'm getting ahead of myself.

The old emperor: I don't know what Shen Zhiyi will say next, but it looks very tempting.

Moreover, judging from Shen Zhiyi's words, the development of this musket should have many benefits.

That's good, the money wasn't wasted.

[Oh, when did the Minister of Works get standing there?]