Over the next few days, one piece of news after another kept coming from the capital.
For example, the Crown Prince had been executed by the Emperor himself.
For example, the Zhang Family, the maternal family of the Crown Prince's mother, the Empress of the Tianyuan Kingdom, had been executed to the last member.
For example, out of consideration for the Empress having accompanied him for many years, the Emperor had spared her life and magnanimously kept her by his side to attend to him.
For example, the First Prince had been made Regent and was handling the affairs of state.
And then there was the news that on the First Prince's first day at court, he had produced a marvelous Printing Technique that could reproduce a hundred-page book within half an hour, without a single wrong character or the slightest flaw.
It was said that this had been developed by his betrothed Princess Consort, a beautiful and intelligent young woman.
In addition, he had produced an extremely marvelous dictionary containing tens of thousands of characters, which people could consult for study.
Whenever scholars encountered a character or word they did not understand, they could consult this dictionary anytime and anywhere to find an answer. It was incredibly convenient.
It was said that this had been researched and compiled jointly by his betrothed Princess Consort and his father-in-law.
The final piece of news was that the First Prince would soon marry his betrothed Princess Consort.
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When the news reached Willow Tree Village, nine days had passed since the upheaval in the Imperial Palace.
The Su Family was utterly stunned when they heard the news.
"Qiao'er... that... that Printing Technique... isn't that... isn't that something you came up with?"
Zhou Lihua gripped her daughter's arm, her tongue nearly tripping over