If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

There's an old saying in mainland China: a woman's wisdom is inversely proportional to her hair. The prime minister's daughter-in-law, not yet thirty, along with her nine-and-a-half-year-old daughter and twelve-year-old prince son, devised a plan: lure Zong Ze out of the Zong residence, then invite him for drinks under some pretext. After getting him drunk, they had the prince son rape and murder a commoner, framing Zong Ze for the crime, and using this as grounds to annul the engagement!

This kind of behavior was a common tactic used by nobles: framing Zong Ze so that the Zong family couldn't retaliate unless they found evidence. However, none of them expected that Zong Ze wasn't an idiot, but rather a genuine genius!

It's unclear whether Zong Ze was too clever or those three idiots were too stupid. Before the prince's son could even rape and murder the innocent woman, Zong Ze saw through their scheme. He used the excuse of needing to urinate to make a quick escape back to the Zong residence!

Although their plan failed, the three didn't take it seriously! Little did they know that what happened next was beyond their control!

Three days later, Zong Ze, accompanied by his father, General Zong, suddenly visited the Prime Minister's residence. First, General Zong and young Floret exchanged pleasantries, and then, after Prime Minister Floret had returned home, General Zong suddenly produced a handwritten letter from the late Marshal Zong. On it, the Marshal clearly wrote: "After the late Marshal Zong steps down as head of the Zong family, the position of head of the Zong family will bypass General Zong and be directly assumed by Zong Ze!"

Although the Zong family is a newly established noble family, given the prestige of Commander Zong and General Zong in the military, it's not hard to imagine their future development. Now, however, they've suddenly appointed a 'moron' who's useless in both magic and martial arts as the family head.

If this was an unexpected turn of events for Chancellor Florent, then Munenori's next move left the old chancellor utterly ashamed, indignant, and shocked!

Zong Ze proactively proposed annuling the engagement. He even handed the old prime minister a letter of annulment written in his own handwriting. This letter, detailing the hotel's framing incident, reignited Zong Ze's focus of attention in the capital!

After the Zong family father and son left, the old prime minister flew into a rage, and in his fury, struck his daughter-in-law in the face with the letter of annulment. Later, when the servants were collecting the letter, the flowing, elegant handwriting astonished even the slightly literate servant. Within two days, the contents of Zong Ze's letter of annulment had spread throughout the capital!

The subtle language and unprecedented poetry in the letter of annulment captivated all the wandering poets in the capital almost instantly. In particular, the line "How can a sparrow know the ambition of a flying dragon?" became widely known.

Later, people discovered that when Zong Ze fled to the restaurant to relieve himself, he had already left a message on the wall: "I offered my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the gutter. Others laugh at my foolishness, but I laugh at their inability to see through things!"

Later, people gradually learned that although Zong Ze could not use magic or martial arts, he was incredibly wise, and many of his words and ideas were innovative. Even General Zong's new and highly effective method of governing the army was told to him by Zong Ze!

This time, Zong Ze's fame spread throughout the capital once again. When people talked about him, they often added the word "genius" before "idiot." Some even predicted that Zong Ze's future would rival that of the Cloud-Soaring Sage.

The genius idiot of the Rune Empire used this method to utterly humiliate the old prime minister, who then personally drove his daughter-in-law and granddaughter out of the house. The old prime minister resigned, handing over the position to young Flort. Then, using the most widely circulated act of apology on the continent—walking barefoot—he went to the main family to apologize!