Chapter 23: The Way to Make Money, Purple‑Bamboo‑Shoot Tea

"Her Highness the Princess, what did you say? Snowy didn't understand..." Gardenia Negas walked barefoot into the study at the Eternal Palace. She took out Silas Zerba's Poetry Collection, flipped through it a few times, then tossed it into the brazier. "A person's temperament can lie, but his writing cannot." "His writing told me that Silas Zerba was arrogant about his talent, fiercely ambitious, and deeply concerned with his reputation." "So if Breaking Ranks was truly his work, a masterpiece...