Chapter 71
The system checked the time: [Is it time to eat?]
This statement awakened many people who were so addicted to eating melons that they forgot their jobs.
In the small kitchen of Qianhuaju, the cook and the helper found that because they had slowed down, two dishes were still not ready, so they quickly sped up their work, and the entire small kitchen started running at high speed.
You can eat melons, but you can’t fall behind in your work. It would be bad if you could delay the lady’s dinner invitation!
Chu Huan went out to inquire and heard that everything was almost ready, so she asked the Grand Tutor to go over first.
There was also a small kitchen in the Fifth Prince's courtyard, but every time Chu Huan invited the Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor to have dinner in her courtyard, he would go over to join them, and today was no exception.
The group moved to Qianhuaju.
As soon as the dishes were served, the system popped up to make its presence felt: [Continue?]
Chu Hua: [Wouldn't it be a bit too filling to eat melon while eating?] Mainly because the melon she ate today was a bit filling, so she didn't really want to eat more.
Hearing that she was reluctant to continue, the Fifth Prince and the Old Grand Tutor felt it was a pity, and the others sighed frequently.
It’s rare to see gossip about royal children. If you miss this one, you don’t know if there will be another one.
The system also heard it and advised: [Physical satiety and mental satiety are different.]
[Besides, wouldn't it be uncomfortable for you to stop eating this melon halfway?]
Chu Huan felt that the system's ability to persuade people had increased. She didn't know how many melons it had secretly eaten behind her back in the past few months, and how much experience it had gained. This was similar to the reason girls often used, "meal and dessert don't fit the same stomach." It was so convincing!
[Okay, go ahead.]
What is a sudden turn?
That's it! Everyone was delighted.
System: [The Crown Prince grew up listening to his father's stories and has always admired him. Prince Furui also hired several teachers for him. The Crown Prince is both civil and military, and when he reached adulthood, he followed in his father's footsteps and served in the army on the border between Dasheng and Xirong.]
When Prince Furui was still a prince, he was both civil and military, but his abilities were limited to theoretical and sandbox warfare. He had no actual military leadership experience. The emperor and several generals were worried that he would make wrong decisions on the battlefield, harming both himself and others.
[Later, after several discussions, Prince Furui started as a low-ranking officer and became a prince based on his years of accumulated reputation and military achievements. The Crown Prince thought that just as his father had done well, he could do the same, so he joined the army and became a private under an assumed name.]
The prince is a bit rebellious and insists on choosing a lower starting point than his father. When he climbs to the same position as his father one day, he can prove that a tiger father will have a dog son, and that he is better than his father.
Before getting more information, Chu Hua gave a relatively fair assessment: [Very good, not a playboy, not a parasite.]
As for the current situation in Dasheng, many officials and wealthy people of several generations have been blinded by their family's wealth and power. They use the money earned by their elders to go out and play chicken and dog fighting, commit violence and violence, and live off their parents, causing trouble for them.
Compared to those playboys who cost a lot of money, trouble and favors, this prince is really good.
Of course, the premise is: being able to persist.
After being injured on the battlefield, Prince Fu Rui returned to the capital to recuperate. Later, he became the head of the clan and never left the capital again.
The Crown Prince is currently stationed at the border between Dasheng and Xirong with his men, and he doesn't return to the capital all year round, so Chu Huan knows very little about the Crown Prince and mostly hears things from others.
System: [Although the Crown Prince is not the Princess's biological son, he was raised by her since childhood, so he is no different from her biological son.]
Prince Furui, who had grown up in the palace, had a host of bad habits, but he changed them within a year of joining the army. He firmly believed that "the army is the best place to train a man," so he sent his seven sons to the barracks as soon as they reached the age limit, and beat any who dared to slack off.
The princess believed that "only those who endure the most hardships can rise to prominence." Prince Furui trained her sons' physical and martial abilities by having them copy Buddhist scriptures and pick beans, tempering their impetuous natures and preventing them from acting recklessly on the battlefield and harming themselves and others.
This couple were both able to raise their children with a ruthless heart. Concubines and concubines had little say in the palace and could not interfere with their upbringing, so the children were not raised in a corrupted way and were able to enjoy both comfort and hardship.
Chu Huan:!!!
Nowadays, many people believe that "good men should serve in the army". Unexpectedly, Prince Furui also agreed with this and put it into practice. All seven of his sons served in the army. What a magnanimous character and vision!
Copying Buddhist scriptures and picking beans are methods used by housewives to punish disobedient daughters and daughters-in-law. I have never heard of anyone using these methods on men. They are usually used for the purpose of training patience.
This is truly gender equality! The princess is majestic! Motherly love is supreme!
It was the first time that Chu Huan heard that there were such good parents in ancient times. A light flashed in her eyes that frightened the Fifth Prince and the Old Grand Tutor.
Fifth Prince: ???
Old Master: ???
What's going on? Why does Chu Huan look like she's opened up her Ren and Du meridians?
Chu Huan suppressed her excitement: [I heard about my son's education, but what about my daughter's?]
[Wait a moment.] The system only looked at the information related to the Crown Prince. The information above was just a side note. If it wanted to see the information about other people, it would need to spend some time looking at it again.
[Found it, hiss—Prince Fury is such a ruthless man!]
He joined the military in his teens. There, many were unmarried men who couldn't find wives. For them, having a son or a daughter made no difference; as long as they could live a peaceful life, they were content. Some even hoped for daughters, fearing their sons would become like them, potentially dying in military service at any moment.
Prince Furui was influenced by this and felt that living in a place where swords and swords were the constant threat of separation and death, men and women were treated the same. In the face of foreign enemies, there was no gender distinction; a man could be killed with a single blow, while a woman could be captured and suffer a fate worse than death.
He once encountered a situation where the Western Rong attacked the city, and the entire city, young and old, men and women, joined together to defend the city. Therefore, his requirement for his children was: Everyone must learn! Those with talent should continue to learn, and those without talent should also learn. Learning is lifelong! If the Western Rong ever attacked, they would all be able to fight the enemy.
If it wasn't inconvenient, Chu Huan would have applauded Prince Fu Rui's educational philosophy crazily on the spot.
Chu Hua: [That's right! The enemy is at the gates. Who cares if you're a man or a woman? You're just a child. It's fine if you can lift a rock and throw it at someone. Who would discriminate against you based on your gender?]
When there are not enough men for a war, women will have to fight too. So why not let women learn martial arts in advance to prepare? It can strengthen their bodies, protect them, and at the critical moment, they can rush out and kill the enemy. Killing three birds with one stone, how great!
Regarding this question, the Fifth Prince and the Old Grand Tutor could give several answers, such as women's strength, speed, reaction, and courage are not as good as men's, and women have to get pregnant and give birth to children, etc.
Chu Hua continued: [The Northern Di people value martial arts. When Dasheng and the Northern Di fought, women would occasionally appear on the battlefield. The Dasheng army was also ambushed by Northern Di women disguised as ordinary civilians.]
The Northern Di are a nomadic people, and they have a culture of universal military service. Without considering other factors, my current feeling is: our Dasheng is actually inferior to the Northern Di.
Fifth Prince:? !!
Old Master:? ! !
Others: !!!
We don’t agree with what you said!
As for those little scoundrels from Beidi, their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all inferior to those of Dasheng. They imitate Dasheng in everything, so how can Dasheng be inferior to Beidi?!
The system seemed to know what they were dissatisfied with and said bluntly: [Other things aside, everyone in Beidi practices martial arts, something Dasheng really can't compare to.]
Everyone: “…”
The Fifth Prince and the Old Grand Tutor were so embarrassed that their faces turned red, but they couldn't think of any rebuttal.
Thinking about the martial spirit of the Northern Di people, and then thinking about how they finally had a female military officer in their court, but she was marginalized and excluded, he suddenly lost the confidence to refute.
Chu Huan wanted to give some advice to those ministers in the court who had not yet figured it out, but she didn't want to offend them too much at once, so as not to bring more trouble to the female military officer.
She changed the topic a bit and said, "Go on with the story of the Crown Prince."
The system searched for where it had been, paused for two seconds, and then continued: [By hiding his identity, no one knows the prince's true identity. Being a soldier is certainly tough, but he has learned military tactics, has his father's guidance, and has also learned martial arts, making him more formidable than other soldiers.]
He was young and full of energy, quickly accumulating military merit and rising through the ranks. There had been frequent border conflicts between Dasheng and the Western Rong. While there had been no major battles in recent years, there had been numerous smaller ones. Warfare was dangerous, and the Crown Prince was often injured.
[Once, he was ambushed and seriously injured. His personal guards died in the battle to protect his escape. After he escaped, he was seriously injured and unconscious. He was saved by a girl who later became the Crown Prince's Consort.]
It turned out to be a drama of saving life and repaying one's love with one's body.
Chu Huan wasn't sure if she had been tortured too much by substitutes and crematoriums, but she always felt that the prince would be a scumbag who would betray a woman and abandon his wife and children.
It's not good to look at others with subjective prejudice! Chu Huan reflected silently.
System: [At first, the prince thought this girl might be a trap set by the enemy, a sweetheart trap, a honey trap, so he was very wary of her and fled as soon as his injuries healed a little.]
[He was discovered by Western Rong soldiers along the way, and a fight ensued between the two sides. The prince's injuries became even more serious. On the way, he encountered a girl who had come out to look for him. In an effort to save him, the girl was stabbed in the abdomen, injuring her uterus. The doctor said she would not be able to have children anymore.]
The prince was deeply remorseful, but it was no use apologizing at this point. The prince's personal guards arrived and took the two away to recuperate. The girl was to leave after her injuries healed, but during this time, the prince fell in love with her.
Chu Huan: “…” This is a familiar routine, chasing after your wife is destined for the crematorium.
It's a pity that the kind-hearted girl, while trying to save someone, ended up injuring her own uterus and was forced to lose the chance to become a mother.
[Whether or not to choose to have children is every woman's right, but being forced to lose this right must have been a huge blow to that girl, right?]
System: [Yes, it's just that the prince always looks at the girl with a guilty look when he sees her. It's okay once or twice, but it happens all the time and it makes the girl angry.]
Later, when the girl was about to leave, the prince was afraid that they would never meet again, so he said, "I've ruined you, I'll marry you!" The girl slapped him on the spot and said, "You don't owe me anything."
Chu Huan couldn't help herself: [Then, the prince found this woman damn sweet and chased her to take responsibility.]
Everyone: ???
Damn sweet? What the hell?
Ancient people who came into contact with the ancient domineering president literature for the first time were shocked by the overly greasy speeches.
[Hahahahaha!] The system laughed so hard it quacked, [Is the overbearing prince in love with me?]
Everyone: “…” Help, help, help!
Chu Huan was also happy: [Marry me, and I’ll give you my life.]
[Haha ...
They don’t really understand what’s funny, they just have a simple question: Is life so worthless?
After laughing for a long time, the system continued to cut the melon.
I've been talking for so long, and it's quite tiring. The emotional entanglement between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess took up two full pages, so I felt it was too much trouble to just summarize it: [Anyway, she ran away, he chased, and she couldn't escape even if she had wings.]
Lovers eventually marry, but the Crown Prince's Consort cannot have children. She saved the Crown Prince's life twice, and Prince Furui and the Princess felt they couldn't treat her unfairly, so they allowed the Crown Prince's Consort to adopt a child born by another woman and have it in their name.
Before marrying the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess was just an ordinary girl, longing for a gentle and considerate husband and lively and lovely children. As for the former... the Crown Prince had a bad temper, so it didn't fit the bill at all. The latter was also impossible, leaving her feeling a bit tormented.
System: [Seeing other women giving birth to adorable children for the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince's Consort was moved. She loved children to begin with, and after discussing with the Crown Prince, she adopted a son born to a concubine and registered him as her own legitimate son.]
[It is precisely because of what I saw the Crown Princess do that I cannot understand why the Princess did not have one child. She really went through a lot of hardships to have a child, and most importantly, in the end, it was all for nothing.]
Chu Huan: [How should I put it? Princess, you didn't know this path wouldn't work until the very end.]
[Furthermore, the princess comes from an aristocratic family, while the prince's wife comes from an ordinary family. Their backgrounds and family backgrounds are different, and they received different educations and influences. If the princess can give birth, there is still a glimmer of hope, but if the prince's wife cannot, there is no hope, and their situations are also different.]
[There is hope, no matter how small the hope is, there are people who are willing to give it their all. What if they succeed?]
System: [Is it just like you knowing that penicillin and artemisinin are unlikely to succeed, but still trying again and again?]
Chu Huan hadn't expected the system to link the two together. She smiled and said, "Yes."
If it succeeds, so many people will be saved. I think anyone would make the same choice as me.
That's not necessarily the case.
The system and everyone said silently in their hearts.
When the news reached the palace, the emperor was first surprised that Prince Fu Rui would be eating melon today, and then he summoned Prince Fu Rui into the palace to eat melon with great interest in front of the person concerned.
"Oh, I see."
"I thought the emperor's uncle had a mistress outside."
"Hey, when my uncle was young, he often went to the Western Rong and Northern Di to steal food and horses. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn't even know about it."
"Uncle, don't you treat me as an outsider? You didn't even tell me...us about such a fun thing."
"Boss, it's not easy to grab some Beidi horses now. Perhaps I should ask my uncle to go to the Beidi border more often and grab more of their war horses. It would be great if he could anger the Beidi emperor to death."
Prince Fu Rui: "..." This nephew can't be kept :)
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