The Miscellaneous School had actually begun making a move against Jing Kingdom. This was something no one had ever imagined.
The Crafts Hall had punished Qing Kingdom before because Qing Kingdom's actions had affected the Crafts Hall's development; Qing Kingdom had forced the Crafts Hall's hand. Even so, the Crafts Hall had merely withdrawn its own aid from Qing Kingdom and had not punished Qing Kingdom's Craftsmen School members.
But the Academy of Literary Trust's actions were a thousand times more aggressive than those of the Crafts Hall, and even more severe in nature than the Ritual Hall's.
No matter what, the Ritual Hall had still conducted its investigation step by step. It had not been determined to break with Jing Kingdom completely; it merely wished to punish Fang Yun and the others, solely to contend against the Hall of Punishment and the Legalist School.
If the Academy of Literary Trust truly expelled Jing Kingdom's officials, it would mean a complete break with Jing Kingdom.
Marquis Wenxin was Lü Buwei's former noble title.
After Jing Kingdom's officials received the news, every one of them panicked. They immediately submitted memorial after memorial, requesting that a grand court assembly be convened.
Merely two hours later, the Empress Dowager announced that a grand court assembly would be held at seven that evening, ordering all officials of Seventh Rank and above to reach the vicinity of the Temple of Sages as soon as possible.
Officials from every region hurried back, especially the generals stationed outside, who raced without stopping toward the nearest Temple of Sages.
When the time came, a long, pleasing bell chime rang out above the imperial palace.
The civil and military officials then entered the imperial palace as they did for morning court, proceeding into Heaven-Serving Hall.
Afterward, the monarch's Imperial