For Shu Xiaohan, half of her life was spent in school and the other half in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Her ideal is to make her professional skills more solid and to increase grain production.
For this, she sacrificed time with her family and even neglected her two children.
Her parents, husband, and even her children all criticized her for being unqualified, but she always thought that there was plenty of time in the future, and that she would have more opportunities to spend time with her family after she retired. So she decided to work hard now while it was time to work hard.
But when she woke up in the system, she realized how wrong her previous thoughts were.
She can talk properly when having meals with her family instead of having her mind filled with experimental data.
She could also chat with her two children more when she takes them to tutoring, instead of complaining about traffic and being late for her agricultural college...
She loves her job, but that doesn't conflict with her relationship with her family.
These are the truths she gradually came to understand during her time with the young prince after her death.
The young prince is also very busy. He has to study, practice calligraphy, learn martial arts, and master the Six Arts. Now he also has to learn military strategy. Not to mention, he also has to learn how to handle the daily affairs of Xinliang and balance the relationship with various prefectures...
In his spare time, he needed to write letters to his mother, his elder brother, and his sister-in-law, and think about gifts...
She couldn't understand where the young prince got so much time.
After thinking about it, I realized that the young prince used almost all his spare time to study.
Shu Xiaohan couldn't tell whether she had transferred her guilt towards the children onto Gu Yuzhi, or whether it was because she had spent so much time with him that her maternal love had nowhere to go. In any case, her current selfish desire was to treat the little prince as her own child and love him dearly.
So when she saw Gu Yuzhi's empty, unfocused eyes, her first reaction was disbelief.
Her young prince is a lucky man, a child of destiny, how could he not see it?
She grabbed Wen Xiuzhu, wanting to get a definite answer from him, but Wen Xiuzhu not only didn't understand her concerns, but also started cursing and saying things like men and women shouldn't touch each other!
At this moment, Shu Xiaohan felt she could no longer bear it and wanted to slap Wen Xiuzhu's face until it was even more swollen.
"Ha~"
Gu Yuzhi, who had been quiet all along, suddenly laughed. He slowly adjusted his body and looked over here with a faint smile on his face. He then chuckled again, his voice much hoarser than before, sounding especially like the husky voice that people in later generations talked about.
Wen Xiuzhu also noticed something was wrong. He broke free from Shu Xiaohan's hand, turned his head to look, and after a moment of probing, sighed deeply: "Your Highness..."
Gu Yuzhi successfully caught Wen Xiuzhu's voice, and his smile became even brighter: "Manager Wen, Teacher Shu, is that you? Where have you been all this time?"
He pouted, his tone tinged with grievance: "I've been calling you guys whenever I'm lucid these past few days, but you haven't responded. I thought you'd disappeared and would never show up again."
He tentatively took two steps forward, his bandaged hand groping forward.
His mind quieted down again, which made him feel a little panicked.
A moment later, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and exclaimed, "Teacher Shu, is that you? I think I can feel you touching my head."
Shu Xiaohan was slightly taken aback. She covered her mouth with one hand and touched Gu Yuzhi's head with the other. Gu Yuzhi gently waved his hand to block her view and giggled, "It's a little itchy."
Shu Xiaohan took a deep breath, suppressing her tears, and said in a sobbing voice, "Your Highness, it was Manager Wen and me. We were both captured and taken back by the main system during this period..."
She had originally intended to say that because the main system detected that the host's life was in danger and determined that he would die, she withdrew the system in advance so as not to affect the operation of the entire system.
She and Wen Xiuzhu both knew that the young prince had been attacked. Although Wen Xiuzhu didn't show it, she could tell that he was also very worried. The two of them discussed it and started negotiating with the main system. After so many days, the main system finally confirmed the host's safety and reconnected them.
They could tell him about their hardships so that the young prince would feel sorry for them.
But now, seeing the young prince covered in wounds and with empty eyes, Shu Xiaohan felt that she couldn't bring herself to say those words.
Compared to what the young prince went through, what hardship did their arguments have to endure?
So, before she could finish her sentence, Shu Xiaohan changed her tone: "They took them back to upgrade the system..."
Wen Xiuzhu glanced at her, but didn't say anything in rebuttal. Instead, she squatted down slowly like her, looking up at Gu Yuzhi.
Gu Yuzhi subconsciously scratched his head with his wrist: "What does 'upgrade the system' mean?"
Shu Xiaohan's eyes darted around, and she gently touched Gu Yuzhi. She realized that she had indeed been able to touch the young prince's soul this time. She immediately smiled and pulled him to sit down cross-legged: "It's all about learning. The young prince is so smart, Manager Wen and I are very worried."
Manager Wen's eyes darted around, and he nodded, saying, "Yes, I've discovered that there's no end to learning. I've taken advantage of this time to study hard, so that when we open our jewelry shop again, we'll be more experienced."
Gu Yuzhi nodded and touched his head, then patted Manager Wen's arm. His face darkened slightly as he told them about what had happened recently: "This attack was carried out by Li Yanping."
Wen and Shu exchanged a glance; neither of them had expected Li Yanping to be so audacious.
Gu Yuzhi continued, "Liu Dianyi has already returned to Changzhou. He will use my token to mobilize officials of all ranks. Regardless of what Li Yanping did before attacking me, Liu Dianyi said he would find a way to completely eradicate Li Ji Trading Company's influence in Mobei."
He didn't mention the city guards who had sacrificed their lives.
Teacher Shu said that their country in later generations was very powerful and very safe. He felt that if he said it out loud, Teacher Shu might be frightened.
Wen Xiuzhu sighed guiltily, his voice becoming hoarse: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I misjudged before."
Gu Yuzhi immediately understood his thoughts and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "How can you blame yourself? It's clearly Li Yanping's fault, it's..."
It was King Chu's fault...
He pursed his lips, subconsciously wanting to count the time on his fingers, but then remembered that his hands were covered: "I wonder if things are going smoothly for Guard Qi and the others, and whether Brother Chu has made things difficult for them because of the salt permit."
However, since Guard Qi is highly skilled in martial arts and has brought so many guards with him, he should be safe, right?
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