Every afternoon, Jiang Shi would bring Yuwen Xiao and Lin Xiangru home from the Imperial College.

Lin Xiangru was their falcon trainer.

Yuwen Xiao followed because he was afraid that he would be unsafe without Lin Xiangru's protection.

The time spent on falcon training did not completely replace the time Jiang Shi spent teaching Yu Tanqi the spear. Yu Tanqi learned falcon training every three days, then rested for one day, then practiced the spear for three days, rested for one day, and repeated this process.

By training himself like this every evening, Yu Tanqi's appetite increased greatly. He usually eats two bowls of rice at most, but he will add one bowl of rice for dinner.

She also sleeps very soundly at night, usually sleeping through the night.

Although Yu Tanqi does not go out, it does not mean that she is out of touch with the outside world. Taohua will find out what happens in the capital every day and tell Yu Tanqi everything when she comes back.

After Taohua returned that day, she said to Yu Tanqi with a look of emotion, "Miss, a fire broke out in the Fourth Princess's palace yesterday. It burned all day and was not extinguished until the evening. Unfortunately, no one, including the Fourth Princess, survived."

"What? Is this true? Has it been confirmed that the Fourth Princess died in the fire?"

"I heard that after confirmation from the Fourth Princess' mother, Consort Shu, the Fourth Princess' body has been found."

Upon learning that Gao Xianyue had died in the fire, Yu Tanqi's first reaction was disbelief.

After all, Gao Xianyue is a female supporting character with a name and status in the original novel. How could she be killed off so abruptly?

In the original novel, Gao Xianyue's ambition to seize power was exposed, and the emperor ordered her to be executed for the crimes of disrupting the government and treason.

Gao Xianyue's mother, Concubine Shu, also died after drinking a cup of poisoned wine.

After Gao Xianyue's death, her body was burned to ashes, which was the end of "crushing bones and scattering ashes".

Although Gao Xianyue died so tragically mainly because of "collaborating with the enemy and treason", because she was a woman and exposed her ambition to seize power, Princess Wanjin was strictly disciplined afterwards. She was not allowed to leave the palace without the permission of the emperor and empress, and even met men outside her family.

The standards for the princesses to select their princes-in-law were lowered again and again, for fear that another princess would try to follow Gao Xianyue's example and make many ministers of the previous dynasty become her own slaves, thus disrupting the order of the court.

This is a cannibalistic feudal dynasty with strict hierarchy and supreme power.

When men are in power, they will try every means to deprive women of the possibility of being in power, and prevent them from competing with them for power, so as to avoid threatening their status.

Man is born evil.

Men suppressed the rise of women and then dealt with other power contenders of the same sex.

Take the Wanjin Kingdom for example. Few of the strategists and generals who followed the founding emperor of the Wanjin Kingdom to conquer the world had a good ending.

For the sake of face, the founding emperor did not kill all the meritorious officials, but he always kept them on guard and told his descendants that they must protect the Gao family's territory and not let others take it away.

In order to consolidate their own status and continue the honor of their family from generation to generation, emperors of all dynasties would try their best to weaken the power of the founding heroes.

Those with violent temperaments would directly confiscate the property and exterminate the clans of the descendants of meritorious officials on trumped-up charges, in order to eradicate the entire family and prevent future troubles.

This is the art of emperors, which makes people feel chilled and angry.

So to a certain extent, Yun Xuan's desire to seize power and usurp the throne was both revenge and self-preservation.

If he did not rebel, perhaps in his generation, or perhaps in the next two or three generations, the Yun family would have suffered the same fate as other kings of different surnames.

You will be killed eventually. If you rebel, you still have a chance of survival. If you don't, you can only wait for death.

It’s a pity that Yun Xuan was taught to avenge his family since he was a child. In his heart, hatred is more important than anything else.

Although the emperors of Wanjin State were all extremely cruel and ruthless, they were not incompetent rulers.

Compared to Yun Xuan who wanted to seize power and usurp the throne, Gao Rui, who had received imperial education since childhood, was naturally more suitable to be the emperor.

Those who have different ideals cannot work together.

What's more, there is a deep blood feud between the Jiang family and the Yun family.

It was naturally impossible for Jiang Shi to be convinced by Yun Xuan and become a traitor.

As the male protagonist of Long Aotian, Jiang Shi’s ideal has always been - peace in the world and people living and working in peace and contentment.

Let’s talk about it later.

Dynasties come and go, but families remain forever.

The background of a famous family is unmatched even by the royal family.

The Xie family of Chenjun and the Wang family of Langya are both aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years. Not only is their influence in the local area never affected by the changes in imperial power, but they can also influence students all over the world.

More than half of the officials in the court have the support of aristocratic families. These people may not listen to the emperor, but they will not disobey the heads of the aristocratic families.

All the successive emperors of Wanjin were resentful about this and had been trying to find ways to weaken the influence of the aristocratic family.

Therefore, the emperor must not only prevent military generals from plotting rebellion, but also prevent the influence of aristocratic families from becoming too great and threatening the imperial power.

In the original novel, the male protagonist helped the eldest prince successfully kill Yun Xuan and other competitors, allowing the eldest prince to ascend the throne as emperor, become the youngest prime minister in the history of Wanjin Kingdom, and command the three armies.

After the threat from the king of a different surname was eliminated, the male protagonist began to follow Gao Rui, who had become a young emperor, to attack the aristocratic families.

The Xie family of Chen County could not escape the disaster either, but compared with other families, the Xie family had a better fate. They were still a famous family, but the Xie Academy was requisitioned by the emperor and renamed the Royal Academy, and the men of the Xie family became royal teachers.

From then on, the influence of the surname "Gao" finally surpassed that of the aristocratic family surnames.

The male protagonist also realized his ideal of peace in the world and people living and working in peace and contentment.

Perhaps because he had been in this world for too long, Yu Tanqi began to have a sense of belonging.

The Xie family of Chen County often sent her letters and some rare treasures, and Linlang and Taohua would often mention how kind the Xie family was to her. She would also think of the kindness of Old Madam Xie to her. Although her last name was "Yu", she would subconsciously regard herself as a member of the Xie family.

The Xie family never served as officials in the court. Firstly, they did not want to be involved in corruption, and secondly, they did not want to lose the family integrity.

Yu Tanqi felt that the Xie family would not want the Xie Academy, which the family had painstakingly built for generations, to be requisitioned by Emperor Wanjin.

She sighed, looking a little sad.

If the day really comes when Jiang Shi wants to take action against the aristocratic families, can she stop Jiang Shi from being so cruel to the Xie family?

Yu Tanqi shook his head again.

Take it one step at a time. It's not time yet. Thinking too much will only make you worry. Too much worry will make you age faster.

She still lay down during the day every day, and when Taohua came back, she would listen to her talk about the latest news outside.

In the afternoon, Jiang Shi came back, and the two of them followed Lin Xiangru to learn falconry training.

Lin Xiangru said, "The most important skill in falconry training is to whistle a tune that the falcon will remember. Do Prince Jiang and Miss Yu know how to whistle?"

Jiang Shi nodded slightly: "I will."

Yu Tanqi shook his head: "I can't."

Lin Xiangru said, "Then I will teach Miss Yu how to play the whistle first."

Jiang Shi: "Let me do it, no need to trouble Master Lin."

Lin Xiangru didn't say anything. He stepped aside and watched with Yuwen Xiao as Jiang Shi taught Yu Tanqi to whistle.