In the ancient books department of the Capital Library in midsummer, the coolness of the air conditioner can't match the stale smell of the shelves full of wire-bound books. Lu Zhao rubbed the sore back of his neck and ran his fingertips over the yellowed pages of the only copy of "Records of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty". The small regular script on the paper recorded the disputes in the imperial court in July of the third year of Jiajing. Every word revealed the tension between the imperial power and the civil servant group.
