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Great Flame Kingdom, Phoenix Virtue Palace.

Shu Jingwei leaned back on the dragon throne, one hand supporting her chin, her fingertips tapping the carved dragon on the armrest.

She tilted her head slightly, gazing at the vast collection of books against the sky, a mocking smile curving her lips.

Book?

What's the use of books?

Can those pages withstand swords? Can those words pierce her fine armor?

Even if the Battle of Fangzhou was lost because Yao Jingyuan interfered, causing her 5,000 elite troops to lose.

As for Wang Meng?

Of the twenty-four cities that had been recaptured, which rebel hadn't surrendered at the mere sight of her elite troops?

So what if Wang Meng occupied Fangzhou?

Having witnessed the power of her new iron in that battle, she must have been terrified and cowered in the city, too afraid to come out.

His crippled army, with dull swords, broken armor, and bowstrings that were probably moldy, was hardly worthy of facing her elite troops.

She had already given the order for all the elite troops from the southwest to converge and immediately head north.

Once her elite troops arrive, they will fight their way in from Fangzhou.

It seems that in a few more months, the entire Great Flame will be back in her hands.

Shu Jingwei picked up her wine glass and slowly took a sip. The warm, spicy liquid slid down her throat, and she squinted her eyes comfortably.

……

Little Douzi was taken by Duoduo and walked around every floor.

Finally, back on the second floor, Xiao Douzi felt that her mouth was still agape from being so surprised for so long.

She had never seen so many books before.

In Da Yan, apart from the little books her father told her stories in, she could say she had never seen any other books.

At first, he was too young to begin learning, but later he was confined to the cold palace, where he could no longer even think about reading, and even eating became a problem.

After being brought here by her godfather, the place with the most books she had ever seen was the kindergarten's reading room.

But the books in the reading room probably wouldn't even fill the bookshelves in the corner.

"Duoduo!" Xiaodouzi tugged at Duoduo's sleeve, her voice filled with undisguised amazement.

"There are so many books here!"

Duoduo was picking up a fallen book, intending to put it back on the bookshelf.

She pulled him, and he turned to look at her.

She blinked and continued pushing the book onto the shelf, her tone nonchalant.

"These? These are just paper books." She patted non-existent dust off her hands.

"The library also has e-readers, and the sheer number of e-books there is incredible—hundreds of millions."

As soon as the words were spoken, tens of millions of faces in the Great Flame Kingdom simultaneously showed a look of bewilderment.

E-book?

What kind of book is that?

[Commoner Li Yi: Reading machine? E-book? What's that? Aren't books made of paper?]

[Commoner Dazhuang: Over 100 million copies?? What did that girl just say? Over 100 million!? Did I mishear?]

[Bookstore owner Zhao Xiang: I've been running this bookstore for over twenty years, and the total number of books I've handled is no more than three thousand. One hundred million books…that would be a mountain!]

[Kong Ning, Master of Xiaoshan Academy: I've lived most of my life and walked through what could be considered the entire library of the Great Flame. Hundreds of millions of books... Even if you moved all the books in the entire Great Flame, it wouldn't amount to a fraction of it, would it?]

[Commoner Wang Rui: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! A single book doesn't take up much space, but if you put hundreds of millions of them here, even this large place simply can't hold them all!]

[Commoner Sun Mao: Absolutely. To store hundreds of millions of books, you'd probably have to build a palace in the heavens!]

……

Questions and criticisms arose one after another in the bullet screen section.

Just as everyone was arguing heatedly, the two little girls on the sky held hands, turned a corner along the corridor, and stopped in front of a pale yellow door.

Duoduo tiptoed and pushed open the door.

The moment the door opened, a wave of sound rushed out.

The sounds of chattering, clear, bell-like laughter, and the thumping of footsteps all blended together, creating a lively and bustling atmosphere.

The little boy was so startled by the sudden sound that he took half a step back.

She subconsciously turned around and looked behind her.

The hall behind me remained as quiet as ever.

Soft lights illuminated the polished floor, and the white robots glided silently back and forth. People in the lending area turned the pages of books, creating a scene as quiet as a painting.

She turned her head back and looked inside the door.

Inside, a chubby little boy was running around wildly, his laughter deafening.

Little Douzi opened her mouth: "Duoduo, it's so lively inside!"

Duoduo was already used to it, and answered without turning her head: "The children's area is lively, of course it's lively, it's the noisiest place in the whole library."

"But..." Xiao Douzi looked back at the hall behind her, her little face full of confusion.

"But we didn't hear a single sound when we were outside..."

Duoduo waved for Xiaodouzi to come in, muttering to herself as she replied, "My dad said it's because this place was specially made with really good soundproofing materials, not a single sound can get out!"

……

Upon hearing this conversation, countless eyes across the Great Flame Kingdom that were staring at the sky blinked simultaneously, then widened in shock.

The comments section on Tianmu was silent for three full breaths before it exploded.

[Commoner Liu Da: My goodness! It was so quiet outside before I opened the door, but as soon as I opened it it was as noisy as a market! How...how is this possible?]

[Commoner Li Yi: Separated by only a door, yet the worlds inside and outside are completely different? In an ordinary house, let alone this distance, you could hear snoring from the other side even through a main room!]

[Commoner Zhou Wen: That girl was talking about amazing soundproofing material, I wonder what it is... If we could build a house like that, what would we have to fear about walls having ears? We could put our ears right up to the wall and not hear a sound!]

……

This comment immediately sparked a flurry of activity among countless viewers.

Which official in the imperial court doesn't have a few secrets that can't be known to others?

The biggest fear for wealthy businessmen when discussing business is that their rivals will try to find out their secrets.

If such a house really existed, wouldn't one be able to say whatever one wants?

Inside the Fengde Hall, Shu Jingwei's eyes also lit up.

She straightened up slightly from the dragon throne, her gaze fixed on the cozy and lively little house in the sky, a hint of undisguised excitement flashing in her eyes.

Spring is just around the corner. Once spring arrives, can summer be far behind?

Every summer is the hardest time for her.

The summer palace on Canglan Mountain is surrounded by dense forests on all sides.

It's really cool, but those cicadas, those frogs, and those damn birds!

She couldn't sleep all night because of his calls.

Every summer, when people went to escape the heat, hundreds of palace servants would be mobilized just to catch cicadas.

But no sooner had they finished clearing them out than new cicadas flew in, chirping even louder than before.

She didn't know how many teacups she smashed or how many palace servants she beheaded, but the cicadas continued to chirp and the frogs continued to croak.

If only I could have a house like this...

Shu Jingwei lowered her head and her gaze fell on an official who was intently gnawing on a chicken leg.

"Wu Yong."

The official was happily munching away when he heard the call. He looked up, his lips still glistening with oil.

When he realized who was calling him, the chicken leg in his hand fell onto the table with a thud, and he hurriedly came out from behind the table and knelt down.

"Your subject is here!"