Chapter 202 Euripides and Others
"When was this decision made?" Xu Lingqu asked instead of answering.
Andrew Euripides said confidently: "Three minutes ago."
He raised his eyes to look at Xu Lingqu, and saw that her face seemed to say: "Don't you think your answer is ridiculous?" These eleven big words made him smile for no reason.
Xu Lingqu now had a real feeling that Jin Zhen was the third prince, and it seemed that his nonsense was inherited from him.
"I'm serious." Andrew took a sip of the tea, his eyes darkening. "The moment Zhiren said your spiritual power level was SS+, you were the perfect heir."
He probably wasn't talking nonsense. Xu Lingqu frowned slightly.
From the very beginning, she expressed her incomprehension of the feudal royal family with real power in the interstellar era.
Due to its system, this interstellar empire is plagued by numerous problems. The people of the Fourth System are impoverished and weak, while the nobles of the Capital System enjoy prosperity. The resources of the Second and Third Systems are being overexploited. At this rate, they will suffer the same fate as the Fourth System in a few decades.
Using the hard work of the majority of people to support a small number of people, this is the feudal monarchy.
Before Andrew made up his mind to make changes, the imperial military was in a state of chaos and corruption was rampant. Xu Chengbi, with his status as a general, had buried countless hidden dangers.
Compared to the Federation, which is controlled by the Merlin family, the Empire can only be said to be better, but not much better.
"I refuse." Xu Lingqu said bluntly. She would not defend anything of the pedantic old aristocracy.
Those old forces that depended on imperial power had no way out in Xu Lingqu's hands.
As a human being who lived in the Republic of China and received communist education before the end of the Earth era, she would be crazy to defend feudal imperial power or incarnate feudal imperial power itself in a normal world.
Andrew looked steadily at the girl in front of him. She looked at him neither humbly nor arrogantly. He sighed softly and a helpless smile appeared on his lips.
Xu Lingqu was a vigilant person and would not fall for his few verbal promises. It seemed that he was not confident in the royal family, so he refused so bluntly.
A hint of confusion now filled his sharp, dignified eyes. He changed the subject and asked Xu Ling, "Did Jin tell you anything about Euripides?"
"No, he probably doesn't know he's been exposed to me yet." Xu Lingqu said bluntly, "All I know about you is that you're short-lived. Liuming and Zhiren will oppose you, but Zhiren is willing to be loyal to you."
The two dogs have run into the garden and are happily chasing butterflies.
"Yes, we can become powerful monarchs and pass on the throne from generation to generation, all thanks to Chiren." Andrew turned his head to look at the garden. Chiren, who had always been steady and dignified, was chasing and playing with Liuming in the garden, and he smiled happily from the bottom of his heart.
"Every Euriphis lives for 40-50 years, one-third the normal lifespan of interstellar humans. This is an open secret. Another open secret is that the spiritual power of the Euriphis family is always S-level or above... Therefore, almost every Euriphis monarch has the same dilemma as me: inheriting the throne in their twenties, immediately finding a noblewoman to marry and have children, and then preparing to die when the children grow up..."
Euripides, the most noble family in this interstellar empire, has a short life for every member, and this life is only for the most primitive desire of living things - reproduction. Like reproductive machines, they numbly and mechanically hold the sword and the throne to pass it down from generation to generation.
"In a sense, for us, having our own life is a great luxury." Andrew seemed to have thought of something very happy. His eyes suddenly filled with gentleness, and his dark red hair shone brightly. "My wife, Yuan Xin, gave me such a luxury."
In Andrew's generation, there were a total of seven Euripides, four men and three women, among whom there were four S+, competing for the throne.
There is a strict limit on the number of offspring that Euripides can cultivate in each generation, which must be more than five and less than ten. It is necessary to ensure that there must be one or more S+ as the heirs of the Blade, and there cannot be too many, otherwise there will be a tragedy of fighting and division.
Andrew was the ultimate winner among that generation of Euripides. On the day he inherited the throne, he met the love of his life, Yuan Xin.
"She's quirky and completely different from the dull, aristocratic ladies I've met before. She's smart, pretty, and cute, full of vibrant vitality, but that's not her most precious quality. Her most precious quality is courage, which is many times braver than a coward like me."
"After learning about the fate of the Yuriphis and others after marrying me, Yuan Xin and her good friend Li Jingcheng began researching a drug that could cure the Yuriphis' short-lived genetic defect. Their final conclusion was that if they wanted to become normal people, they had to give up their stable high mental power."
"On the day we made the decision, we were on the swing in the garden, Yuan Xin leaning on my shoulder. We both knew what the consequences of using this drug would be. If no one in the empire could inherit the sword after my death, then we would be the culprits of the empire's demise. Furthermore, the success rate of this drug isn't 100%. If it doesn't work, there will be severe backlash, further shortening our limited lifespan. Sean, her and my first child, is already suffering from this backlash."
Andrew shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I didn't dare make a decision. I clearly longed for my descendants to break free from the shackles of this inheritance, but I was a coward. I wanted it, but I didn't dare to say it. So she took it all on. She completely forgave my cowardice and told me that as long as she lived, she would continue the research, which would definitely increase the success rate and eliminate the backlash. She would also develop a drug to prolong my life. At this moment when we were full of hope for the future, she died."
"When Jin was three years old, she died at the hands of some nobles who knew about the situation. They believed she was destroying the empire. After her death, they immediately told me to find a new woman to marry, abandon the three children who were already undergoing treatment, and give birth to a true Euripides who could continue to reproduce from generation to generation as they wished."
Speaking of this, Xu Lingqu saw that the old emperor seemed to be immersed in sadness, and his energetic expression turned back to a lifeless look.
"I executed them, and then fell into a state of confusion. I had no right to wish to live longer, nor did I have the power to protect my loved ones. Am I truly the most noble monarch? Or am I just a weapon that is kept in captivity and discarded when its time expires?"
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