After all, they were a young couple, and Guo’er’s temper came and went quickly. After all, it was her first time giving birth, so she was quite angry. After a few days of softly coaxing, Han Ling was able to coax her anger away.

Lin Yuan actually didn’t care who the princess’s consort was. To put it not so nicely, there was only one princess, but there could be a bunch of princess’s consorts. After all, only Guo’er was related to him by blood. The princess’s consort was noble because of the princess. But he didn’t want Guo’er to make decisions in anger.

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After all, young couples, they said whatever was on their minds at that moment. They could change each other’s bad points.

But this matter made Lin Yuan see clearly that Han Ling was someone who could not be entrusted with important responsibilities. One’s vision, whether narrow or wide, determines one’s path.

Lin Yuan didn’t care about whether his nature was good or bad either, there were no completely good people and no completely bad people in this world.

But Han Ling was neither the kind of person who could bring benefits to the people, nor was he someone who could put down his pride to study how to diligently.

To be fair, he was an ordinary person who grew up with a feudal education.

His books were well read and his ideas were innovative enough, but he was really not suitable for holding real power.

The old palace maids brought by Lin Yuan were all experienced, and they have served the concubines in the harem of the Yuan Dynasty before. So Lin Yuan left them all at Princess Manor.

Both children were also placed by Guo’er’s side. He planned to bring them to the palace to raise them after they were three years old.

If Guo’er was reluctant to part with the children, he could ask Guo’er to live in the palace for a longer time.

The older child was a girl. Lin De was born stronger than her younger brother. She had probably snatched most of the nutrients in the womb, and so her younger brother was much weaker, looking like a wrinkled monkey when he was born. Although his sister was also red, it didn’t take long for her to become a fat baby with tender white skin. Only the younger brother remained wrinkled even when his skin was no longer red.

Guo’er hadn’t recovered yet. She had just given birth to children, so she didn’t have the consciousness of being a mother. She only asked someone to bring the children after the old palace maids reminded her. She held her daughter in one arm and her son in the other, and finally had a smile on her face: “Daughter has good looks, takes after me.”

The implication was that the son was not good-looking, taking after the father.

Han Ling thought that both children were good-looking, they were his seed, and he liked them both when he looked at them.

But thinking that the children were both surnamed Lin, he didn’t feel as happy anymore.

As a man and a princess’s consort, he would never even think about taking the initiative to divorce in his life. He could not take concubines or maids. Except for the princess, no other woman could give birth to his children.

Of course he loved the princess. The princess was young and beautiful, with a charming and cute temperament. She respected his parents, and she never acted arrogant towards him. Except for that day she gave birth and lost her temper, he and the princess have never had a spat before.

Han Ling never thought that he would betray Guo’er either.

He also knew that the children being given the Lin surname was better than the Han surname.

But…..he was the son of the Han family! Would he have to give up continuing his own family line?

No matter how close his brother’s child was, it was not his own seed.

Guo’er was leaning against Han Ling’s arms. She had already gotten over her temper. Seeing that Han Ling’s brows were slightly wrinkled, she asked with concern, “What is wrong? I lost my temper before, don’t be angry with me, if you have something to say, then just tell me.”

Han Ling whispered, “Princess…..”

Seeing Han Ling showing weakness, Guo’er felt tenderness and love: “Do you have something you want? Tell me, I will do whatever I can.”

Han Ling looked at Guo’er and finally said seriously, “Of our future children, can one of them get my surname?”

Only then did Guo’er realize that the names her brother gave to the children were all surnamed Lin.

Guo’er didn’t think there was anything wrong. Her brother was the emperor, the world belonged to the Lin family, and her children were also the blood of the Lin family. Of course, the surname Lin was better than the surname Han, and the Han family had only produced the one princess’s consort.

But she was also willing to coax Han Ling: “Alright, if there are children in the future, they will be given your surname.”

The breath that he had been holding was relieved, and Han Ling felt much more comfortable. He and the princess were still young, and there would be children in the future, there would be sons in the future.

Thinking about it like that, he was relieved.

It was a good thing for the children to be surnamed Lin. His Majesty had no children, so having the princess’s children be named Lin was a matter of honor. When the children grew up, so long as they did not make a big mistake, princely titles for both daughter and a son would not be spared.

There would always be a shortage of aristocratic titles in the world, but there would never be a shortage of aristocratic titles for the old Lin family.

With the two children in front, the children that came after would be able to live better. They were blood relatives, nothing could change that.

Han Ling figured it out, and treated Guo’er even more gently and with more consideration.

Guo’er was immersed in gentleness, and it seemed that giving birth to children was not so unacceptable.

“Your Majesty, the Princess and Princess’s Consort…..” Er Liang brought a cup of tea to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, “Reconciled?”

Er Liang nodded.

Lin Yuan sighed: “Zhen just hope he can be a little better this time, and that there is no need to give him a reminder again.”

A pair of strong and powerful arms stretched out from behind Lin Yuan’s body. Chen Baisong hugged Lin Yuan’s waist, put his chin on Lin Yuan’s shoulder, and asked sleepily, “What’s wrong?”

Lin Yuan patted the back of his hand: “Guo’er gave birth.”

Chen Baisong’s eyes widened: “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

He knew that Guo’er’s child would be the crown heir, and he also knew how important Guo’er’s child was.

More importantly, Lin Yuan would not be forced to get married and have his own biological son.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, “You slept like a dead pig, and such a big movement didn’t wake you up at all. So it’s better to let you sleep.”

Chen Baisong slept so soundly that he couldn’t bear to wake him up.

“What happened with the Princess’s Consort?” Chen Baisong asked strangely, remembering what Lin Yuan had just said.

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, “Too young.”

He even regretted agreeing to this marriage.

When the empress dowager made the suggestion, it was based on the fact that Han Ling’s family was simple, neither a noble family nor a big influential family. Moreover, he was also the new top scorer in the imperial palace examination. It not only saved any trouble, but it was also a suitable match, a young talent who matched Guo’er.

Otherwise, if a noble family married Guo’er, they might think about getting benefits from the only princess in the dynasty.

If Guo’er was bewitched by them.

Trouble was secondary, the main thing was their sibling relationship, and even family kinship including the empress dowager and the taishang huang might be hurt.

Since it could not be controlled, it must be eliminated from the root, that was, Guo’er would not be allowed to marry a son of the noble families.

Han Ling was undoubtedly a good choice. He was not very handsome, but he could be considered pleasant looking. He was young and energetic. He was also the top scorer of the imperial palace examination. He was confident in manners and also possessed true talent. He also had his own insight on problems of the common people and could be considered a rare talent.

The only problem was that he was rather shortsighted politically.

If it was a son of a noble family, he would jump up and kowtow in thanks when he heard that Lin Yuan named his children with the Lin surname.

The scenery that people see since childhood and the people or things they come into contact with were different, which would indeed affect their behavior and thinking patterns to a certain extent.

Although Guo’er also grew up in a the countryside, she was the daughter of a big landowner, not an ordinary small landowner, and she was not locked up in the boudoir all day. Her vision was broader than ordinary people. Later, when Lin Yuan was in Gaoyou, he also hired a teacher for Guo’er. Instead of teaching music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she was taught reading and literacy. Whatever she wanted to learn, Lin Yuan would find a teacher for her.

Guo’er had the knowledge, and her vision was also broadened. When Lin Yuan became the emperor, Guo’er was then spoiled to have the proper temperament of a princess.

Lin Yuan could almost predict the outcome of Guo’er and Han Ling’s relationship.

Chen Baisong asked, “Is the Princess’s Consort nit good?”

Lin Yuan: “It can’t be said that he is not good, but…..he may not be suitable.”

Han Ling was suitable to be a civil official, and he could honestly work in the position for a lifetime.

But he was not suitable for the twists and turns of politics at court.

Lin Yuan took off his shoes and his outer robe. He soaked his feet before getting under the quilt, but even after soaking his feet, his feet were still not warm enough. Chen Baisong naturally put his feet on his knees, using rough and warm hands to warm Lin Yuan’s feet.

Lin Yuan felt a little tickled.

When his feet were warm, the two lay side by side on the bed and talked.

Every night they were like this, once the bed curtains were put down, even if they did nothing, it would only add a bit of an ambiguous atmosphere.

But rather than doing things, Lin Yuan preferred to talk to Chen Baisong.

“The girl’s name is Lin De, and the boy’s name is Lin Xuan.” Lin Yuan suddenly said.

Chen Baisong said oddly, “Their names are reversed.”

Lin Yuan: “It’s still fine, ‘De’ is a good character, and ‘Xuan’ is also a good character.”

Chen Baisong: “That’s true.”

There were a lot of girls’ names with the character ‘De’, and it was not uncommon for boys’ names to have ‘Xuan’ in them as well.

It was just that these two names were placed together, and there was a feeling that the names were reversed and did not match their gender.

“The children should be with their mother when they are young.” Lin Yuan said softly, “After the age of three, I will bring them to the palace to raise them to see who can learn better and is more suitable to be the emperor.”

“If neither are suitable, I can only wait and look at the children that Guo’er will give birth to next.”

Chen Baisong suddenly asked: “They? You also count the girls?”

Lin Yuan nodded: “Yes.”

Lin Yuan thought that Chen Baisong was going to object. After all, Chen Baisong was a native of the era, and it was normal that he couldn’t accept a woman as emperor.

But Chen Baisong pondered for a while and then said, “Then I will teach them martial arts, but it will not be easy to teach the girl. After all, she is a girl, or you could find a female teacher who knows riding and archery to teach her.”

Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment. Chen Baisong saw that Lin Yuan didn’t speak, and asked, “What’s wrong? Suddenly in a daze?”

Lin Yuan hugged Chen Baisong and said with a smile, “I just didn’t expect it.”

For such a long time, he thought that he could not influence Chen Baisong, but it turned out that before he knew it, Chen Baisong had already been influenced by him, and their way of thinking was slowly connecting. Lin Yuan would never adapt to others, especially when he became an emperor. In the future, it would be even more impossible for him to adapt to others.

It was Chen Baisong who had been adapting to him and had been cooperating and following his lead.

Lin Yuan felt an indescribable excitement, there were people in this world who understood him, Song Shizhao, Song Lian, they all understood him to some extent.

But Chen Baisong’s understanding was different from theirs.

Lin Yuan looked into Chen Baisong’s eyes and said seriously, “You are different from before.”

Chen Baisong looked confused: “What’s the difference?”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, “You understand me better.”

Chen Baisong said proudly: “Well, just how many years have I been with you.”

Lin Yuan was startled.

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That’s right, the years had flowed by like water, and they were no longer young. Lin Yuan held Chen Baisong’s hand.

He would no longer have the time and energy to treat anyone like he did Chen Baisong.

Lin Yuan looked at the scars on Chen Baisong’s body, and said softly, “You need to take medicine. When old injuries act up, you need to speak up. You need to live longer and stay with me longer.”

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The Princess Manor was brightly lit, the servants were rushing about, and the maids outside the delivery room came and went in a hurry with hot water basins.

Guo’er had never felt so much pain before, she was sweating profusely from it. She gritted her teeth, and shouted, “I don’t want to give birth anymore! I don’t want to give birth anymore!”

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The midwife grabbed Guo’er’s hand and said earnestly, “Princess, all women have to pass this obstacle, you have to use your strength and the child will come out soon.”

Guo’er wallowed in regret amidst the pain, she should not have gotten married, should not have gotten pregnant, should not have children.

The pain was unbearable.

The old maids lied to her, how was it easy to have a baby, it was obviously so painful.

Outside the door, Han Ling was waiting anxiously. He was an ordinary man. In addition to being named on the successful candidate list of the imperial palace examination, his top priority in this life was to marry a wife and have children. His obsession with descendants was engraved in his bones.

Hearing Guo’er’s screams in the delivery room, his heart clenched.

In an instant, many thoughts ran through Han Ling’s mind.

If Guo’er had an accident, then he would be finished…..

He had no doubt that if Guo’er died, he could forget about going any further in this life.

“The people from the palace have come.” Han Ling’s personal attendant trotted over. Han Ling turned around, and saw Er Liang who came with an old palace maid and a few imperial physicians. Er Liang hurriedly arranged for the old maid to go help the midwife first, and then had the imperial doctors go to the side room to wait.

Han Ling hurriedly stepped forward: “My lord, I…..”

Er Liang waved his hand: “You don’t need to greet me, I have already instructed, no matter whether the situation is good or bad, guarantee the life of the adult first.”

Han Ling said with unease: “I also thought so as well.”

When Han Ling heard the sound of hooves, he looked at Er Liang in astonishment: “My lord, this is?”

Er Liang said, “The Imperial Infantry has surrounded the Princess Manor.”

Of course Han Ling knew, but he just didn’t know why they were surrounded, he looked at Er Liang anxiously.

Er Liang smiled and said, “The Princess’s Consort, don’t worry, if the Princess is fine, everyone will be fine, if the Princess is not fine, then everyone can forget about being fine.”

Han Ling’s heart pounded in his chest.

What did that mean?

Was he implying that if the princess had an accident, then it was because someone secretly harmed her?

The entire Princess Manor was to be surrounded and controlled.

Han Ling swallowed.

Er Liang said again: “His Majesty said, since Her Highness is working hard in the delivery room, the Princess’s Consort should go in and accompany her, so that the Princess could feel at ease.”

Han Ling said in a daze: “The delivery room?”

Er Liang nodded: “Does the Princess’s Consort feel that the delivery room is dirty?”

Han Ling was speechless. He received this kind of education since he was a child. His mother gave birth to several children. Although the children died young, his father never went to the delivery room when they were being born.

A woman giving birth was inherently unclean.

Er Liang’s face turned dark: “The Princess’s Consort, do you still remember that you are the Princess’s Consort?”

Han Ling looked at Er Liang and felt that this person was so unfamiliar for the first time, when clearly it was not the first time they had met.

Er Liang sneered: “How noble is the Princess? And the Princess is also giving birth to the child of the Princess’s Consort. The Princess’s Consort, His Majesty will soon arrive.”

Han Ling lowered his head and said, “I’m going now, I’m going now.”

Han Ling walked into the delivery room.

As soon as he entered, he was startled by a basin of blood-stained hot water, and looked across the room nervously. Guo’er’s face was twisted, and she looked exhausted from the screaming. The veins on her forehead were popping and the old palace maids grabbed on her hands tightly, while her mouth was stuffed with a cloth to prevent her from biting her tongue in the severe pain.

Was this the princess?

All Han Ling’s nose could smell was the scent of blood. He looked at the woman lying on the bed. Was this woman with a hideous expression his wife?

She…..was she so ugly?

Guo’er also saw Han Ling, she wanted to call Han Ling’s name, but found that Han Ling turned his head.

He didn’t look at her, Guo’er’s eyes widened instantly——what right did he have to turn his eyes from her! She was having his baby! She was in so much pain!

However, Han Ling stood in the corner of the delivery room, neither stepping forward nor turning his head to look, as if he was being punished to stand facing the wall. Only when a maid walked by would he ask, “Is the Princess alright?”

The maid didn’t have the time to spare for him, she only said: “The Princess has an auspicious fate, and will naturally turn bad luck into good luck.”

Guo’er looked at the bed curtains above and then looked down at her big belly.

Why did she have to suffer this pain?

“Princess! Use your strength! I can see the head!” The midwife was overjoyed and said repeatedly, “The child is well!”

Child! Guo’er regained her sanity, yes, her child!

“Ah!” Guo’er held the old maid’s hand tightly, tears streaming from her eyes.

When Lin Yuan arrived, it was to hear the child’s first cry. He rushed in almost immediately, the midwife was wiping the child’s body and had just cut off the umbilical cord. Guo’er was collapsed on the bed exhausted, her head turned to look at the child held by the midwife.

“Guo’er.” Lin Yuan sat beside the bed and held Guo’er’s hand, “Brother has come late.”

Guo’er shook her head, her voice hoarse: “Brother is not late.”

Lin Yuan carefully observed Guo’er and asked the midwife, “Why is her belly still so big?”

The people in this room were almost scared to death by Lin Yuan.

How could the emperor rush into the delivery room?

The midwife was holding the child, not knowing whether to kneel or not. Lin Yuan said impatiently, “Speak.”

The midwife gave up kneeling and said quickly, “Women are like this. It will take some time for the stomach to subside.”

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

But Guo’er grabbed Lin Yuan’s hand and said with difficulty, “I think there is another one inside.”

The midwife walked over and checked carefully: “Yes, yes, the Princess is right! There is one more!”

“Bring ginseng soup to the Princess, so that the Princess can regenerate her strength.”

It was the first time that Lin Yuan knew of such an operation, drinking soup halfway through giving birth.

The ginseng soup was already prepared, and the maid came in and fed it into Guo’er’s mouth with a spoon.

Lin Yuan waited by the side, talking to Guo’er.

He came in a hurry and changed into clean robes on the carriage——but his robes were changed to different ones every day, and there were a dozen or twenty sets of dragon robes. He used to think that there was only one set of dragon robes. Only when he became the emperor did he find out that that was not the case.

Lin Yuan held Guo’er’s hand and comforted her in a soft voice: “It will be fine soon, the pain will stop soon, just bear with it a bit longer.”

Probably because there was someone who she could act like a spoiled child to, Guo’er cried: “Brother, I don’t want to give birth anymore, it hurts so much!”

“If you don’t want to give birth, then you won’t give birth, from now on you won’t have to give birth if you don’t want to.” Lin Yuan followed her words, “Guo’er will give birth if she wants to, won’t give birth if she doesn’t want to.”

It seemed that it was time he had someone get the condoms out, but he didn’t know if there were talents in this area, anyway, Lin Yuan himself didn’t know how.

After waiting for half an hour, Guo’er started giving birth again.

It was just that this one was easier than the last one.

The midwife smiled brightly. She was scared to death just now, but now that the child was out, she suddenly felt like her life was no longer in danger, and said with a smile, “Congratulations, Princess, congratulations, Princess, they are twins, a boy and a girl!”

Guo’er was also relieved, she finally gave birth to the children, no matter what the fetus was, so long as there was no third one in her belly, she would be thankful.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, “I already thought of the names.”

Guo’er’s eyes lit up: “Imperial Brother, please bestow them their names.”

Lin Yuan said seriously: “The older one is called Lin De, and the younger one is called Lin Xuan.”

Guo’er said happily, “Many thanks to Imperial Brother.”

The two siblings were very happy, but everyone in the room looked down at their toes.

Who could remind His Majesty and the Princess that the child born by a princess should have the surname of the princess’s consort.

But the princess’s consort didn’t dare to speak, let alone others.

At this time, Han Ling was not feeling well. He was already a princess’s consort, but in front of the princess, he could never raise his head, and the emperor did not treat him differently because he was the princess’s consort. He was still in Hanlin Academy now, gaining seniority and had no real power in his hands.

Even his fellow candidate who scored second place in the list of successful candidates of the imperial palace examination was now doing well in the Court of Censors, and already held real power in his hands.

Why?

Was it because he didn’t do well somewhere, or because he was the princess’s consort, so he couldn’t hold too much power?

He wanted to say that even if Guo’er was a princess, the children’s blood was the blood of the Han family. Even if it was the imperial family, the children should not be allowed to take their mother’s surname.

But he couldn’t say it, he could only walk in front of Lin Yuan and saluted uneasily: “This official greets Your Majesty.”

Lin Yuan held a child in his arms and said, “Rise.”

Han Ling also looked at the child, Lin Yuan handed the child to the midwife: “Take care of the children.”

The midwife hurriedly said, “Yes.”

The children were taken by the midwife to find a wet nurse. Guo’er had not yet produced milk, and generally speaking, the female family members of high society families would not breastfeed by themselves, and they must take medicine to stop producing milk after giving birth.

Guo’er regained her composure at this time, her cheeks flushed as she asked, “Brother, why did you come in?”

She was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole in the ground to bury herself in.

Lin Yuan said seriously: “Don’t be shy, you were at the juncture of life and death, everything else is trivial.”

Probably because Lin Yuan was too serious, Guo’er was no longer embarrassed, and felt that what her brother said was very reasonable.

Yes, she just walked around the gate of the underworld, and her brother was her family, so what if he accompanied her?

Thinking of this, Guo’er looked at Han Ling again.

When she was giving birth, Han Ling was in the corner and didn’t want to look at her, nor came to accompany her.

Guo’er grabbed the hem of Lin Yuan’s robes, she wanted to take a gamble. If her brother loved her, she would win, but if her brother didn’t love her, she would think of another way to beg her mother, and her mother would definitely accept her request.

“Brother, I want to be divorced from him!” Guo’er pointed at Han Ling who was standing in front of Lin Yuan. Just now she was looking quite weak, but now she looked like a little rooster with a high fighting spirit. Her cheeks were flushed and she said, “He won’t accompany me or look at me after he came in!”

Guo’er’s temper had been cultivated over the years, and she said angrily: “Those are not my children alone, doesn’t he have a share?”

Lin Yuan looked at Han Ling, his eyes were indifferent, neither sad nor happy.

Under Lin Yuan’s gaze, cold sweat began to dot Han Ling’s forehead, and he quickly said, “This official, this official just didn’t know what to do, this was also the first time for this official…..”

Lin Yuan rubbed Guo’er’s head and said with a smile, “Guo’er have a good resting sleep. Your brother will help you handle this matter. When you wake up, I will definitely give you a satisfactory result, okay?”

Guo’er’s belief in Lin Yuan was more devout than her belief in Buddha. After Lin Yuan said this, Guo’er was relieved and soon closed her eyes and fell asleep.

She was really tired.

Lin Yuan asked Han Ling to follow him out, and then asked the servants to retreat.

Han Ling didn’t know what Lin Yuan would say. He was nervous and scared. He hadn’t felt this way for a long time.

Lin Yuan looked at Han Ling: “Zhen thought you were a smart person.”

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Han Ling didn’t dare to speak, bowed his head and said nothing, his legs were shaking.

Lin Yuan said with disappointment: “Zhen does not ask you to be very capable, but you can’t even coax the Princess, what else can you do?”

“You forget, a princess’s consort can only exist with a princess. Without a princess, a princess’s consort like you is worthless.”

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Xie San, who had never entered the palace, was very excited. Their Xie family was only a small family in the capital. Now, only his second brother became a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination in the family, and had become a county magistrate. In the capital, their family did not have much influence, even his eldest brother had yet to marry.

After all, their family was unwilling to marry ordinary common people, no matter what they had to choose from an aristocratic family.

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However, the aristocratic families were more willing to marry a family of similar status to their own, which created an awkward situation wfor the Xie family who was neither high nor low. There were only two generations in the family, and there was no third generation.

Although his brother also had a few servant girls, it was not good to have children before marrying a wife.

Especially now that there was a marriage law, if a man had an illegitimate child after marriage, the wife could sue and ask for a divorce.

So now his brother didn’t even dare to touch the maids he took into his bedroom in the early days, and he had practically become a monk.

Xie San was neither the eldest son nor the second son, so he did not plan to get married. This way he did not have to bear the responsibilities, and he did not have to be a monk before marriage.

At this time, there was no contraceptive method, and the best contraceptive method was separate rooms for men and women.

But as Xie San didn’t want to get married, he didn’t have these troubles. He could play all he wanted with his female confidantes and lovers. If children were born and his lovers were willing to raise them, he had no opinion. If they weren’t willing, he could also take them back home.

The only problem was when he just put forward this idea, it was his lovers who were the first to retreat rather than his family.

After all, it was not difficult to marry someone now, and it was also not difficult to marry a better family. If that was the case, why follow Xie San without a name as a hidden lover who would not see the light of day?

Xie San wasn’t angry either, he felt that it all had to be about fate, and he couldn’t force others to be with him.

Lin Yuan also found that the social atmosphere was much more open now. After the turbulent times, he did not set up the “adultery crime”, and the “seven crimes of a woman” were also abolished. There was no such thing as spouse abandonment, only divorce.

Originally, he thought that in terms of social development, after stabilization, the people’s requirements for female chastity would become higher again.

In troubled times, the people didn’t pay attention to chastity, and nothing mattered other than survival.

But probably because of the influence of recruiting son-in-laws and so on, the people didn’t place as much importance on chastity as Lin Yuan imagined.

Of course, aristocratic families and big influential families still cared about these things, but the atmosphere among the common people was completely different.

This had led to many daughters from aristocratic families starting to fight for their own rights.

Although they now have the right to have blind dates, able to choose their future husband within a range.

This kind of social atmosphere could not be stipulated by law, Lin Yuan could only let them go with the flow.

The people’s thinking had changed from: “A woman must have a pure body before marriage, and a woman who loses her chastity is to be cast aside.”

To: “It’s best if she is pure before marriage, but it doesn’t matter if she is not.”

More and more women went out to work, and the whole society was full of vitality. The idea that so long as you work hard, you could live a good life had been engraved in everyone’s mind.

However, there were still many impoverished areas in the empire, and Lin Yuan also knew that in his lifetime, these impoverished areas might only go from extreme poverty to ordinary poverty, and he could only hope that his successor could continue his will.

Guo’er already had good news.

She was Lin Yuan’s little sister, and one of her children would inherit the throne.

These children would receive the same education in the palace, and they would be sent by Lin Yuan to the various ministries and departments to learn and gain experience when they become adults.

In the end, who would be the successor would be decided based on their final grades and the support rate of officials in the court.

It was the first time Lin Yuan was an emperor and his first time in choosing a successor.

Within the scope of the supremacy of imperial power, he must decide his successor not according to his own preferences.

After starting this lead, Lin Yuan could only guarantee that his own successor would not be an idiot.

If there was a successor who would be controlled by the officials because of this method, it was not something he could control.

Anyway, in a dynasty, there was always a time when its fortunes would be exhausted.

Long live, long live. This was just a beautiful and arrogant wish.

At that time who knew how many years he would have been dead, so it had nothing to do with him anymore.

Xie San was led to Lin Yuan, still holding his hegemonic device in his arms. After seeing Lin Yuan, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him.

Officials only needed to salute when they saw the emperor, no need to kneel if there was no major event, but those without official status still needed to kneel when they saw the emperor, especially Xie San who was not even a scholar.

Er Liang took the hegemonic device from Xie San.

Lin Yuan first asked Xie San to rise and gave him a seat, then he began to examine the hegemonic device.

To tell the truth, this thing was actually not very similar to the trebuchet any longer, but it was not like a modern pistol, it was more like a wooden box. There was a groove at the back to put the small wooden balls, and you have to be careful about the angle, so that the small wooden balls would not fall out again.

There was also a small hole in the front from which the wooden balls were ejected.

It should be a spring mechanism.

Lin Yuan wanted to take it apart and have a look at this wooden box.

“Your Majesty, take it apart from here.” Xie San hurriedly went to demonstrate and took apart the wooden box.

Sure enough, there were indeed springs inside.

Lin Yuan picked up the spring and asked, “You made this?”

Xie San hurriedly said, “Caomin doesn’t dare to take credit alone. This was made by caomin and a blacksmith named Li Liu.”

Then he started to expound incessantly, saying how much time they spent, how many methods they tried, and how many materials they spent to make this seemingly inconspicuous little thing.

There was light in his eyes when he spoke, and it was clear he was proud of this little thing.

Lin Yuan looked at him with encouragement in his eyes, and Xie San felt like he was on cloud nine. Xie San said so much, but Lin Yuan didn’t find him annoying at all, and kept listening quietly.

Although this wooden box was useless, the invention of the spring alone was enough for Lin Yuan to cherish him in his palm.

“Can you still create it?” Lin Yuan asked, “Create more.”

Xie San was confident: “As long as you do it once, you will definitely be able to do it a second time.”

Lin Yuan: “Good, Zhen will give you money to build a spring factory, and you will be in charge of the factory in the future.”

Then Lin Yuan said, “And this hegemonic device.”

Lin Yuan drew the shape of a pistol on a piece of paper: “What do you think of this shape?”

Xie San said quickly: “That’s a good shape! It’s easy to hold! It’s just…..too small.”

His hegemonic device was as long as an adult man’s fingertips to his wrist, so that he could stuff so many mechanisms inside.

Lin Yuan added: “Use iron, or something else that you think is easier to use, stronger than wood, and make the mechanisms smaller.”

Xie San bit his lip. He knew the difficulty, but he finally got a chance to be used by the emperor. He wouldn’t give up no matter what, so he knelt down and said, “Caomin has received the decree!”

Soon, Xie San took office and became the director of the spring factory. Although it was not an official position, it was an industry of the imperial court, and his status became the highest in the family. After all, his brother took up an official post in another province while he was the director of the factory in the imperial city, and even went to the palace to meet the emperor face to face. Moreover, he would be going to the palace to report his duties every month.

But Xie San didn’t have time to be happy, because he still had to experiment with the blacksmith on how to turn His Majesty’s ideas into reality.

The blacksmith Li Liu also benefited, becoming the deputy director of the spring factory.

“What His Majesty said, it sounds similar to a fire gun.” The blacksmith’s words woke Xie San.

Xie San startled: “Such a small fire gun?”

The blacksmith nodded: “But it can be achieved.”

The blacksmith looked into Xie San’s eyes, and both of them saw ambition in each other’s eyes.

“But we don’t know how…..” Xie San thought of this and sighed.

Blacksmith: “Let’s go to the Firearms Bureau to borrow someone?”

Xie San thought about it and felt that this method would work, so he sent Lin Yuan a memorial and asked for a technician from the Firearms Bureau.

The three of them began to experiment without sleep or food. It took half a year and  countless materials were wasted, but they still couldn’t get it out.

On the contrary, the spring factory was doing quite well, the failure rate of the artisans was getting lower and lower, and springs have also begun to be used in many things, appearing in the people’s daily life.

However, when Xie San became successful, those who were the most shocked were not the outsiders, but the Xie family, especially Father Xie. He could not imagine how the useless son in his eyes, the son who would be dependent on himself when he was alive and dependent on his elder brother after his death, would make such achievements.

Since Xie San became the director of the factory, the Xie family’s value on the marriage market improved instantly.

Several of his daughters had people asking for their hand in marriage by families that they never dared to think about before, and their sons also had daughters from aristocratic families who were willing to marry as well.

When he went out to socialize, people’s attitude toward him had become who knew how much better. His wife also began to have a high position among the wives of various families, and was no longer an observer like before.

Xie San’s status in the Xie family was becoming higher and higher.

In the past, even the servants thought that Xie San was a waste, that he just managed to pick a good family to be born in.

Once in power, Xie San’s female confidantes and lovers came back.

Every one of them said that they didn’t want an official name, they were willing to share with other sisters, and they were willing to spend their days with Xie San.

This time Xie San was not willing.

The female confidantes questioned him: “Do you have someone you love? We are willing to share you with her.”

The female confidantes also admitted that they left Xie San because Xie San was neither capable nor willing to marry them.

Now they chose to come back because Xie San was a capable person, and they felt admiration for him for the first time.

Xie San had a headache, but he could only tell the truth: “His Majesty has given me a task, and I will do what His Majesty has entrusted to me well before I get married.”

The female confidantes didn’t believe it, thinking that he was just looking for an excuse to prevaricate them.

“Xie San! Don’t go too far! Then according to your words, those scholars who didn’t pass the imperial palace examinations won’t get married?”

Xie San told the truth, but no one believed him.

His father and mother didn’t believe it, and his father told him with great excitement that there were several young ladies who were willing to marry him, all of them from big affluent families, the kind they couldn’t reach before.

Xie San repeated what he said to his female confidantes again.

This time he was really beaten by his father, and his mother didn’t stop him for once either.

Everyone thought that what he said was a lie, there was a reason he didn’t want to get married, and the reason was definitely not what he said.

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Xie San wanted to cry but had no tears, until he lied and said that he wanted to play around for a few more years, only then did his female confidantes and his family not ask any further questions.

Xie San felt that if one day he was full of lies, it was definitely because he was forced by them.

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