Inside the Cheng'en Hall, wisps of incense curled lazily into the air.
Golden sunlight fell upon the pale smoke, shifting and morphing into shapes resembling billow after billow of drifting clouds. Dong Xingshu glanced at the piles of memorials covering his desk, his expression growing steadily heavier.
Three days ago, celebrities and scholars from Yujing had submitted memorials through various channels, fiercely attacking Zhou Tieyi's *Tianjing Gazette* and his vernacular writing. At the time, he knew he couldn't stop them, and ultimately allowed the *Tianjing Gazette* to navigate its most perilous trial safely, letting Zhou Tieyi successfully leap over the dragon gate.
Chapter 199