Bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, composing poetry drunk, stealing half a day from a fleeting life

Shouren Academy.

One item after another was being moved to the Marquis Residence.

Inside the study.

Xu Qingxiao quietly pondered how to break the deadlock.

The Great Wei Literary Palace could not leave so soon. Only yesterday, the Female Emperor had unleashed her imperial might and openly announced its intention to secede, putting the common people on their guard.

If the Great Wei Literary Palace tried to secede at this juncture, it would be a miracle if the people of Great Wei did not curse it to death.

Sage Zhu's Lineage certainly did not fear the people's insults. Putting himself in their shoes, Xu Qingxiao understood what they were thinking.

Let time wash everything away.

They only needed to minimize the impact and find enough excuses. After seceding, they would lie low for a while, do a few good deeds when convenient, and resume stirring up trouble once the people gradually accepted it.

The tactic was simple and direct. It was just like people who had done wrong retreating from public view under the pressure of public opinion, then donating money and doing a few wholesome good deeds.

Once the curses died down, they would reappear and carry on as before.

Taking the Female Emperor's words into account, Xu Qingxiao estimated that the Great Wei Literary Palace would secede in roughly three months.

Not particularly fast, but certainly not slow.

The Female Emperor and Sage Zhu's Lineage had already torn away all pretense of cordiality. Since that was so, there was no reason for them to stay.

At once.

Xu Qingxiao set his brush to the rice paper.

[Literary Palace secession]

This was currently the most pressing issue. The harm its secession would bring was more terrifying and complicated than Xu Qingxiao had imagined.

National fortune would decline,