Chapter 1531 (1530): The Grand Finale (Thirty-Three) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]
"Just...just because it's easy to use?"
"nature."
Shen Tang was more concerned about how Gongyi came up with this idea.
Why did this thought of justice suddenly arise?
Luan Xin said, "I saw people doing this."
He had been worrying about this for days, but he couldn't trouble his lord with it—his lord had been working tirelessly day and night and couldn't bear to see him troubled any further. Then, His Highness Yuan gave him an idea. More accurately, it was His Highness Yuan's new friend who gave him the idea.
"Whom did you see for this? Whom?"
"It is my friend Gongyang."
Shen Tang: "..."
She was very familiar with this surname, but how did this young friend come about?
Given Gongyang Yongye's advanced age, Gongyi couldn't possibly address him as "young friend." Shen Tang didn't bother calculating: "Gongyang? A member of Gongyang Yongye's clan? Isn't he..."
Shen Tang originally wanted to say that Gongyang Yongye had no descendants.
But she suddenly remembered that this old man had obtained something from Ji Moqiu, which theoretically meant he could have offspring.
so--
Is this little ram actually his child?
Shen Tang looked at him questioningly, and Luan Xin nodded: "Mm."
When did this happen?
Luan Xin said, "Shortly after His Highness Yuan was born."
The difference was not much over a few days.
Shen Tang: "..."
Actually, not to mention Shen Tang, everyone else was even more shocked.
Luo Sha still remembers what happened that day.
Gongyang Yongye asked him to find a skilled physician, Luo Sha assumed Gongyang Yongye had suffered a hidden injury but didn't want others to know, so he secretly found one for him. When he arrived, Luo Sha saw Gongyang Yongye sharpening a dagger.
The physician put down his medicine chest: "Where is your injury, my lord?"
Gongyang Yongye tested the dagger's sharpness with his fingers, then raised his hand and pinched a flame to heat it until it turned a ghostly blue. Once the blade had cooled, he said, "No rush, you'll see in a moment."
The physician paused, his hand still holding the pulse.
There's something off about the way this person talks.
What happened next was even stranger.
He got up, removed his armor, and opened his coat.
Up until this point, Luo Sha and the physician from the medical school assumed his injuries were to his chest and back. However, as he exposed his upper body, they neither smelled blood nor saw any fresh wounds. Gongyang Yongye tossed the dagger in his hand, then glanced down at his somewhat swollen abdomen.
My lord, what is this—
The words had barely left his mouth when Gongyang Yongye had already found a spot to strike. With a swift and decisive motion, he sliced open the abdomen, and blood gushed from the wound. Luo Sha and the other man were caught off guard, and forgot to intervene, because they saw Gongyang Yongye reach his left hand into the wound and pull out something that shouldn't be in his abdominal cavity—
A baby with its placenta intact.
Luo Sha: [???]
Medical Practitioner: [? ? ?]
Gongyang Yongye tossed the knife aside, his seemingly calm face turning pale, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He first breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly pressed several acupoints with his fingers to stop the bleeding from the cavity. He beckoned to the physician and said, "After you've taken good care of the child, please stitch up my wound. I won't be able to use my martial arts for a while..."
Medical practitioners: [...]
His subsequent actions were entirely due to his excellent professional skills.
Upon hearing the baby's loud cry, Gongyang Yongye's furrowed brow relaxed, and he stroked the child's wrinkled skin with a pleased expression: "Hmph, it wasn't for nothing that I went through all this trouble."
Luo Sha finally snapped out of his shock.
He swallowed.
No one told him that the men on the shore could do this.
[Thump—] He looked at the baby girl frantically searching for the umbilical cord, then at Gongyang Yongye, whose features were unmistakably male, and asked incredulously, "I've heard that a child takes ten months to conceive... When was your time, My Lordship... if we go back in time..."
He really didn't notice at all.
Gongyang Yongye killed someone just a few days ago.
However, upon closer inspection, it is indeed difficult to notice.
Martial arts practitioners are enormous, with male practitioners typically exceeding two meters in height. Gongyang Yongye, in particular, is two and a half meters tall, and has a placenta weighing over ten kilograms in his abdomen. Even without his heavy armor, outsiders would simply assume he'd had an extra meal. Who would have thought…
Gongyang Yongye said: "I sensed it."
This statement came out of nowhere, leaving Luo Sha completely puzzled.
What do you mean he sensed it?
[I feel that the bottleneck that has bound me for so many years is showing signs of loosening...] Gongyang Yongye didn't keep him in suspense. In the past two years, he has gradually regained the spirit of his prime. However, his inner knot is caused by his offspring. If he doesn't untie this knot, he will miss the opportunity to break through.
So he made up his mind.
She actively induced the Gu worms to give birth to the child.
It has to be said that it was a very subtle experience.
Martial arts practitioners are extremely vigilant about danger, and self-protection has become an instinct. However, he wanted to let another aura into his body, constantly observing her growth from being inhuman to beginning to take human form, controlling his instincts not to reject it—even a Marquis of Guannei could not withstand the damage from within—before the fruit was ripe, he did not take the initiative to inform a second person.
He had a premonition.
When this child truly cries and comes into being, that will be the day his inner knots are untied and his mental block is completely broken.
Gongyang Yongye pointed to his own military trunk.
There is clean cloth inside that can be used as a swaddle.
He was quite well prepared.
The physician swiftly wrapped the child up, then handed the baby back to Gongyang Yongye with a strange expression, asking a question that silenced both Gongyang Yongye and Luo Sha: "Has a wet nurse been found for the child?"
Gongyang Yongye: [...]
Luo Sha's gaze shifted uncontrollably: [...]
Gongyang Yongye's lips twitched. He realized he was seriously unprepared: [My chest may be big, but those are pectoral muscles, not something a woman can eat.]
Fortunately, they finally found a woman who could nurse their baby in a village a few hills away from the military camp, which solved their immediate problem.
Gongyang Yongye's internal martial energy was disordered, and his wounds were healing very slowly.
He was not flustered by this.
This had happened when he first placed the child into his abdominal cavity. For the child to grow, it needed to be incorporated into his own martial energy circulation, forming a new cycle. Once the child was born, the cycle was disrupted, and he had to readjust. The martial energy disorder would only last a few days; once it was restored, he could return to normal and focus on his challenge against the Marquis.
Gongyang Yongye also could not place his child in the army.
He then hired a temporary wet nurse at a high price to take care of her for a while.
Before going into seclusion, Gongyang Yongye also sent a letter to Fengluo.
Inform them about the recruitment.
She's educated and can help me think of a name.
The front lines were too far from the capital, and this letter wasn't even urgent; it would take almost a year for it to arrive and return. Therefore, young Gongyang Yongye only recently gained a formal name. Gongyang Yongye only brought his daughter back after news of the Qu Kingdom's surrender was released. Seeing that his daughter was being raised exceptionally well by her wet nurse, he gave her family a generous reward and planned to ask them to take care of his second child as well, as he trusted them implicitly.
Shen Tang: "He actually wants to have a second child?"
If everyone were like Gongyang Yongye, why worry about the population of Kangguo not flourishing?
Luan Xin said, "He is, after all, a martial artist with great courage. The arduous pregnancy that would be a life-or-death ordeal for a woman is not a great burden for him. In that case, he should give birth to another child for Lai Qu."
His student is an only child.
Shen Tang: "...That makes sense."
"Your subject has met that young friend Gongyang."
"how?"
"He is an extremely lovable child."
Whether due to the unusual method of childbirth or the parents' influence, the child was healthy and seemed quite clever. At one year old, she could already talk, laugh, run, and jump. Aside from being mischievous and hyperactive, and possessing considerable strength, she was no different from any other toddler. Luan Xin privately inquired with Ji Moqiu and learned that this method could only produce daughters. The worry that had plagued Luan Xin for so long suddenly vanished. He had an idea!
To be on the safe side, he also spoke with Gongyang Yongye.
He wanted to understand Gongyang Yongye's thought process.
Gongyang Yongye initially didn't understand Luan Xin's scheme, until Luan Xin revealed his true intentions. He said, "So that's what you're planning. You've come to the right person. If you were looking for those old folks who already have children, you'd have no chance. But you've found those who suffer from hidden illnesses and have been trying to have children for years..."
Even without bait, fish will bite.
Gongyang Yongye offered his help: "They might find it difficult to accept at first, but what could be more painful than having no children of their own? Having never had a biological child in their lives, they'll be willing to have one at the end."
He has a considerable number of targeted customers.
Making things convenient for Luan Xinxing is also making things convenient for yourself.
The matter proceeded smoothly. Shen Youli no longer worried about the Crown Princess lacking "allies" for support, Gongyang Yongye's daughter was no longer the most special one and would not be ostracized by her peers in the future, and Luan Xin and others could also solve their immediate problems. Wasn't this killing three birds with one stone?
Luan Xin's confidence soared after receiving the promise.
So he made some minor revisions and wrote this memorial.
Luan Xin did not employ Gu Chi's scholarly approach and was therefore unaware of Shen Tang's inner thoughts: "Your Majesty, do not hesitate. This matter is in the best interest of His Highness Yuan. Currently, most officials in the court are loyal to Your Majesty, so they will naturally not oppose His Highness Yuan. However, it is hard to guarantee what the future holds."
After unification, there will be more civil and military officials in the court.
These newcomers, unlike Yuan Cong, showed a low level of acceptance of His Highness Yuan.
At first, they might not say anything, but as time goes on, things can change. People like to live in groups, and those who share common characteristics are more likely to get along—perhaps they are from the same school, the same hometown, the same age, share the same surname, or have common interests…
However, these groups are still not as large as the gender groups.
Humans instinctively choose self-interest.
Moreover, the scope of self-interest is precisely defined, from broad to narrow.
If Her Highness Yuan wants to consolidate her power, she needs more allies, and such allies cannot be achieved simply by the support of the Lord and Yuan Cong.
Luan Xin's thoughts and ideas were all aimed at eliminating potential problems many years later.
Although this method is somewhat opportunistic and unethical for those who are dragged into it, it is acceptable as long as it does not harm the master or the people.
Shen Tang said, "That's not what I'm thinking about."
She was just thinking about something else.
Luan Xin asked what was the matter.
Shen Tang: "The great and small worlds each have their own rules. Under these rules, procreation is almost equivalent to creation, and the ability to create belongs to the Creator. Shao Bai took advantage of the situation, made an exception, and allowed Heaven to be lenient, permitting Gongyang Yongye to become that special case..."
The rest is self-explanatory.
"In the eyes of the world, childbirth is a burden."
But for God, it's not like that; there's another interpretation.
"Why is it considered a burden? Because creation consumes too much energy, and the human body is too weak to bear it. But the human race will evolve, either physically or through the development of medicine, and can rely on internal and external forces. At that time, the human race will truly understand the sacred greatness of creation—giving life is the domain of the gods. Isn't the reason why Heaven favors the human race so much because of their creative ability?"
The root of the problem is not whether those people are willing or not.
It depends on whether they are qualified or not.
Gongyang Yongye is an exception, but exceptions cannot occur frequently.
"I'll think about this some more."
After Luan Xin left, Shen Tang went to see that young friend Gongyang.
Although he was only a few days younger than Shen De, he was several sizes smaller.
Fortunately, the two got along well.
Gongyang Yongye tossed the wooden ball in his hand outwards, and the two children chased after it, giggling. The maids and officials watched nervously, afraid that they might stumble and fall. Gongyang Yongye caught the wooden ball that the children brought back and tossed it far away again: "These two flesh-and-blood dolls aren't porcelain made of clay. They won't break if they're dropped."
It would be more convincing if he didn't stare intently at the screen for even a moment.
After running several laps, both children were covered in sweat.
"Mom—"
Shen De finally noticed Shen Tang.
Like a swallow throwing itself into someone's arms, it ran to Shen Tang and hugged her leg.
Gongyang Yongye also picked up the little friend.
"What brings you here to pick up the child today, Mr. Shen?"
Shen Tang: "..."
She carefully observed the appearance of the little ram.
She has the kind of appearance that elders would consider auspicious—fair-skinned and plump.
Looking at Gongyang Yongye again, I almost didn't recognize him.
Old Deng shaved off his beard, and relying on his martial arts skills and physical prowess, he looked like he was in his early thirties at first glance—he was a completely different person.
Little Gongyang stared at Shen Tang with curiosity.
Shen Tang: "How about having your daughter be Ru Gui's study companion?"
Gongyang Yongye: "..."
“From now on, I will follow Guiyuan.”
Gongyang Yongye: "..."
He actually wanted to refuse.
The officialdom is a place of irresistible allure for those who have nothing, but for those who can easily obtain anything, it's not a good place at all. Wouldn't it be better to be a free and unrestrained mountain king? Why insist on being a government employee, working like a slave?
However, this is not a decision he can make alone.
At least Xiang Zhao's side will definitely agree.
He said, "I cannot make decisions for her."
When Yuan Cong is reading aloud, he'll have to wait a few years before he formally begins his education, right?
At most, we can be playmates now.
"Suckling sound—Ru Gui, look, a UFO."
Shen Tang flung the wooden disc made by Gongyang Yongye away.
The two energetic cubs ran over with a howl.
Pick it up, then throw it away.
Pick it up, then throw it away.
After having a good time, Shen Tang got up and brushed the dust off her hands.
"If you have time, my lord, you can bring your children to visit Wei Lou and his family. Consider it an act of care for the elderly living alone."
Gongyang Yongye: "...Don't you want me to introduce patients?"
That's the precise target audience.
Shen Tang said, "Quality is more important than quantity."
Gongyang Yongye felt a little sorry: "They didn't have the good fortune."
Shen Tang: "If you accumulate enough good fortune, it's not impossible."
It's not a business to rush them; they have to come and beg her.
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Chen, who exploits people's merits by making them work for free, said: "The right of interpretation belongs to the sovereign."
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