The Hongzhi Emperor: "Minister Zhu! Go deal with the rebels in Shandong! Stop staying at court! You submitted a thousand memorials impeaching people this year!"
Wang Shouren: "I want to learn from my mentor how to be a contrarian!"
The Empress: "Minister Zhu! It was all my fault! Please stop impeaching my younger brother!"
Tang Bohu: "Mentor! Your poems are so delightful, exactly to my taste!"
Zhu Zhishan: "Mentor! Your little chicks are painted so beautifully!"
The Six Ministries' Ministers: "Censor-in-Chief! Please stop impeaching people! You've already taken down six ministers in a row!"
The Provincial Governor: "My lord! The officials all over the country have been replaced! You really shouldn't go out anymore!"
The Grand Secretariat: "My lord! I'm the sole surviving member of the Grand Secretariat from the first year of Hongzhi! Please spare me!"
Ahem! I'm only short a few wives, not a few thousand!
What do you mean she's not becoming a wife, and you're giving me the legitimate daughter as a bed warmer? You're a Grand Secretary! Have some shame! ... I really like this official!
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
