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Xie Daoyun suddenly thought of something.
Her expression changed.
She lowered her voice and asked, “Big brother Zu, where did you hear this story from?”

Zu An was alarmed.
He didn’t know why she would suddenly ask that question and said, “I read it in an ancient book.
What’s wrong?”

Xie Daoyun didn’t reply, and instead first gestured with her hands to have the servants withdraw.
Then she said, “I suddenly thought of something.
When this Zhou Dynasty was first founded, those of high status did some dirty things.
They were quite similar to the high officials in your story.”

Zu An was bewildered.

“Also, that Ji Kang you spoke of made me think of someone.” Xie Daoyun’s expression was grave.

“Who?” Zu An asked.

Xie Daoyun opened her mouth, but she didn’t say anything.
Instead, she dipped her finger into her tea, then wrote on the table.

Zu An’s eyes narrowed when he saw the word she had written, because what it said was ‘libationer’!

Xie Xiu’s mouth also widened.
He wanted to say something, but he felt as if his brain just couldn't keep up.

Xie Daoyun wiped away the mark and  said, “This is only something I heard when my teacher was randomly talking about the academy’s history.
That person seemed to have had a deep relationship with the royal family of the previous dynasty.
That’s why for the sake of not arousing suspicion, he almost never paid attention to the affairs of the world.
He even maintained a neutral attitude toward the academy’s teachers and students.”

Xie Xiu felt his throat become dry.
“This dynasty’s ancestral lineage was built through usurping the previous dynasty’s foundation? Why have I never heard about this before?”

Xie Daoyun rolled her eyes.
“Your attention is focused on girls day in and day out; of course you wouldn’t know about this if you didn’t study properly.
But actually, this is something you might not have known even if you studied history.
After all, it’s not something too glamorous, and the court has always kept it a secret.
They destroyed a large amount of books that were unfavorable to their image, and those who did know were told to forget about this piece of history.

“Furthermore, afterward, our emperor brought back a huge victory against the fiend races, so his prestige increased dramatically.
Eventually, no one brought this up again.”

…

While the two siblings were discussing the matter, Zu An felt all of his fine hairs stand up.
At that instant, he seemed to have understood many things.
Many of the things he had been confused about before now led to new trails to pursue.
But there was still some distance from the final truth.

“Big brother Zu, what’s wrong?” Even though Xie Daoyun was chatting with her little brother, she still glanced at Zu An from time to time.
She couldn't help but ask that when she saw he was acting strange.

“It’s nothing.
I was just a bit shocked.” Zu An snapped out of his daze.

Xie Daoyun said in consolation, “Don’t worry, as long as we’re careful when talking about these things, nothing bad should happen.
It’s already been a long time since this happened, after all.”

Zu An nodded.
“Thank you, Daoyun, for your reminder.”

…

Zu An got up to bid farewell soon after finishing the meal.
Xie Daoyun noticed that he was a bit out of sorts, so she didn’t try to keep him.
She only warned him to be careful on the way home.

When he left the academy, Zu An hurried toward the imperial palace.
He had some important things to verify.
It was already getting dark, so the palace gates were already closed.
However, now that he had his Armed Escort Division Commander identity, he had much more freedom in entering and exiting the palace.

He changed into his Golden Token Eleven uniform when he entered the palace, then headed straight for the Embroidery House.
When he arrived, he just happened to run into Xiao Jianren reading under dim light.
Zu An thought, Is this guy trying to ruin his eyes?

“Sir Eleven!” Xiao Jianren quickly got up to greet Zu An when he saw him.
At the same time, he was confused as to why he would show up at such a time.

“Where is the archive room?” Zu An asked.

Xiao Jianren said with a smile, “What does sir wish to investigate? You can just ask me.”Even though he didn’t dare to claim that he had read through everything in the archives, he could easily answer most questions.

Zu An shook his head.
“It’s okay.
I’ll take a look myself.”

Xiao Jianren shivered.
As an Embroidered Envoy, he keenly sensed that the other party didn’t want him to know about whatever he was investigating.
He obviously wouldn’t invite trouble onto himself and led the way.
“Sir just needs to continue down this way.
With your respected self’s golden token identity, you can view most of the archives.
There are only some top secret cases that need the chief commander’s personal clearance.”

Zu An thought that the things that he wanted to know were probably not at that level.
He nodded toward Xiao Jianren, then walked toward the archive room.