CHAPTER 350: CHAPTER 119 LOCUST LEAF COLD TOFU, ALMOND TOFU (PART 1)_2

The content related to the Food Department is naturally about Du Xixi. Seeing Miao Miao’s slightly worried look, Du Xixi guessed that her appointment as a professor in the Food Department might be included.

Du Xixi paused the movement of patting her two sons’ tummies in surprise, furrowing her brows slightly. The 2569 robot stepped forward to take care of the little masters, while Du Xixi opened her Light Computer and began to carefully read the contents about the Food Department.

"According to the directive from higher authorities, our school (Blue Star University) will set up a Food Department during the new admissions this year, planning to enroll 3,200 students with a rank requirement of above 64% of the total. For details on tuition fees and other affairs, please refer to..."

"The Head of the Food Department will be Professor Wenren Yu from the Cultural Relics Bureau, with other professors from the Bureau being Professor Zhang Ye, Professor He Yuan, Professor Chen Si, and Professor Du Xixi. All teaching equipment will be newly installed at our school (Blue Star University), and each classroom is equipped with..."

"It was truly unexpected." Du Xixi scrolled to the bottom of the content and saw that these details were not issued by the administrative office of Blue Star University but sent by the Ministry of Education. "No wonder Sister Lin You didn’t mention this matter."

If this was managed by Blue Star University’s administrative office, surely Lin You as the office director would be informed and would have mentioned it to Du Xixi in advance, providing her some mental preparation.

But clearly, the Ministry of Education did not consider it as thoroughly as Lin You would have.

Du Xixi closed Blue Star University’s website and saw messages from the five contacts she had added recently. Clearly, they were also shocked by the Ministry’s move, and she couldn’t help but smile.

Whether it was Lin You or Chen Si and the others, they hadn’t received notifications from the Ministry of Education. Evidently, the Ministry acted on its own. But acting on its own concerning Du Xixi, is this being casual, or not taking Du Xixi seriously?

Feeling inexplicably angry, Du Xixi thought there might be some story behind this. So, she sent Lin You a message and soon received a reply: "Xixi, you guessed right, it was a decision made by the Minister of Education. He seems to have many doubts about the opening of the Food Department internally... He strongly opposed His Majesty Chen Yin’s initial decision to appoint you as Empress."

Du Xixi raised her eyebrow, instructing 2569 to stay and coax the two children to sleep, and left the room with Miao Miao. As the door closed, she immediately connected to a video call with Lin You.

"Sister Lin You, wasn’t it said that the Food Department would be set up by the Ministry of Education and the Cultural Relics Bureau? Yet the Minister doesn’t agree and can still issue regulations?" Du Xixi thought this Minister of Education is probably one of those "old stubborns" hated by Chen Yin.

Who doesn’t know the great culinary value Du Xixi holds? Anyone with insight would follow Chen Yin’s decision and support Du Xixi as Empire’s Empress, even if only for the greater benefit in the future.

But those who think too highly of themselves, relying on past experience to navigate the ever-changing interstellar climate, are the so-called "old stubborns."

"The Ministry of Education is not a one-man show of that particular individual." On the other end of the video, Lin You was still in her office, seemingly dealing with the matters for the new students arriving in two months, her face showing some fatigue. But Du Xixi could easily detect the undisguised mockery in Lin You’s eyes. "Over the years, many have grown tired of him in the Ministry, and overthrowing him is only a matter of time."

Perhaps considering reputation, not many dare to act against these "old generals" who have contributed to the Empire, but the Empire never allows anyone to be a hindrance—acting might be restrained, but sending them home to "retire," someone will dare to do so.

In a daze, Du Xixi recalled that Chen Yin seemed to have plans of "forcing" them to retire. Judging by time and His Majesty Chen Yin’s recent conversations, it’s probably not far off.

Going downstairs with Miao Miao, Du Xixi sat on the sofa and smiled at Ke Xing who handed her a cup of warm water before finally saying, "No need to bother with him anymore; anyway, his time is ’limited.’"

The words were full of deeper meaning. Lin You immediately picked up on it, estimating that Du Xixi might know some things she shouldn’t. Lin You laughed, and after chatting about other things, she ended the video call.