After hearing her gossip, all the civil and military officials went crazy.

Chapter 101 Either Way, it's a Death
Citizen 4: That's right, especially Madam Song. She's such a good person, kind, and she never looked down on us common people. There must be some misunderstanding.

Commoner 5: What misunderstanding could there be? Could the emperor possibly wrong them? They must have done something heinous to deserve this.

Commoner 2: What heinous things could he possibly do? General Song has been guarding the frontier for a long time and has only returned in the last two years. What could he possibly do? Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that doing this will discourage the soldiers on the frontier?

Commoner 5: When His Majesty killed the Prince of An's heir last time, some of you said the same thing. What, His Majesty killed those who didn't do anything wrong just because they gained some merit. Did it affect your interests?

The people started arguing while watching.

There were also some students and people planning to argue about taking the martial arts exam.

In the palace.

Fang Lingchu continued to watch the drama unfold.

So Song Xiaoyu likes married women! No wonder he's so devoted to the feminine Princess An.

After all, he's with that lady from a respectable family! Isn't this exactly what the Grand Tutor always talks about—disregarding etiquette?

Tsk tsk tsk, when the two of them were together, he didn't even know about General Han. After he found out, he actually agreed to it.

Princess An said that men could have multiple wives and concubines, so what was wrong with her, a princess, having several men? Song Xiaoyu actually felt this was true.

Fang Lingchu thought for a moment and said, "Guagua, I feel like Princess An's idea is actually quite right. We're all human, and just as men can have multiple wives and concubines, women can also have multiple husbands and multiple men, right?"

The system happily said: [Yes, yes, so host, why don't you consider taking Gu Wangyan, the Crown Prince, and Duan Ganze as your wives? That would make three husbands.]

Others: What? Has Lord Fang gone mad?

Crown Prince: ? ? ? I will not share a woman with anyone else.

Gu Wangyan seriously considered it. If Fang Lingchu really liked them all, it didn't seem like a bad idea.

Emperor Chongde took in everyone's thoughts, his forehead twitching. Just by looking at Gu Wangyan's expression, he knew what he was thinking.

It's true that none of those who are family-oriented are immune to being love-struck.

At the same time, the Crown Prince was also very conflicted. If Fang Lingchu insisted on this in order to accept him, it seemed that he could also accept it.

Emperor Chongde: Seriously, are you even men? You two are actually considering this possibility, you brats.

Minister Fang: Help! This girl has gone mad! She wants to marry three men at once, each with an extraordinary background! Waaaaah! What if His Majesty gets upset and finds some excuse to kill the entire Fang family?
Every time Minister Fang seemed to have lost interest in such scenes, Fang Lingchu always managed to jump around in his minefield.

Every time, it gave him the feeling that the emperor was about to kill his whole family.

My heart was in turmoil, soaring to the top of the clouds one moment and plummeting to the bottom the next.

Fang Lingchu rolled her eyes at the system and said, "Have you forgotten where we are? Ancient times! The era of male supremacy at its peak. You want to die, but I don't!"

The system, however, disagreed, retorting: "Host, things have two sides. Although this is a feudal era, there are advantages and disadvantages. If you perform well here, you can still gain power. After all, I don't think your Emperor is unreasonable. As long as your contributions are significant enough, giving you a son and a nephew shouldn't be a problem."

Emperor Chongde: That makes perfect sense. He was speechless. After all, he had many sons. Although the Crown Prince was also very outstanding, there was only one Fang Lingchu, but the Crown Prince could be replaced. The Crown Prince looked at his father in surprise. Very well, his father had the same idea.

However, others thought differently, especially Minister Fang.

Their Fang family simply cannot tolerate these two powerful figures.

Fang Lingchu ignored the system's suggestion and continued to watch Song Xiaoyu's drama unfold.

Song Xiaoyu's parents are still alive, but their official positions have never been high. It was because Song Xiaoyu made military achievements that the Song family rose in status. He married the eldest daughter of Lord Wang, and the Song family became a new noble family in the capital. The Song family also began to act arrogantly and did a lot of things like forcibly taking women from the common people. However, they did a good job of putting on a good show, so the common people did not see it and thought that the Song family was a good family.

Wang's eldest daughter didn't know that Song Xiaoyu was a woman who liked married women. After being married to him for so many years, she was constantly manipulated and told that she wasn't good enough, which was why her husband was always a border official. Although Wang's eldest daughter worked hard to help the useless people in the Song family clean up their messes, and even helped her uncle write articles to make him famous, tsk tsk tsk.

And then there's Song Xiaoyu, who, because he liked married women, slept with his own sister-in-law and then gave his wife to his younger brother. What a despicable family!

My God! Song Xiaoyu doesn't seem to have any childhood trauma! His family dotes on him, and his father isn't the type to favor a concubine over his wife, so why is he like this?

Fang Lingchu didn't understand, but the others did.

Some people are inherently despicable; the higher their status, the faster their true nature is revealed.

Fang Lingchu continued reading.

[He later met Princess An and thought he had found true love. After all, Princess An had a high sex drive, and he could satisfy her at first. But later he couldn't, so many people played with Princess An together. Tsk tsk tsk. Later he found out that Princess An was a spy and wanted to use this to exchange for her, so that she would belong to him alone.]

Unexpectedly, he could not satisfy Princess An and had to give up. He wanted to be with Princess An openly, so he took advantage of Princess An's identity and directly betrayed the country.

Tsk tsk tsk, what kind of love-struck person is this? He thinks that the emperor doesn't value him and has kept him in this fourth-rank position for so long. He wants to climb up, but he may not have a chance in the Dragon Kingdom.

So he planned to betray the Dragon Kingdom, go to live in other countries, and then use what he knew to exchange for a prince of a different surname.

Tsk tsk tsk, he didn't even succeed according to the agreed-upon script, now it seems even more impossible.

The system said: "But at least he was a prince for a few days!"

Fang Lingchu nodded and said, "That's true. After all, he only served for a few days before being killed. No, how could he expect someone who betrays their country to be given a position of importance? If you can betray the country that gave you birth and raised you, how can you guarantee that you won't betray other countries when you go there?"

Besides, how could a dog owner possibly cherish someone who willingly becomes a dog?

Moreover, Princess An's identity meant she was destined to die from the start. Whether discovered by the Dragon Kingdom or her original country, regardless of victory or defeat, her fate was certain death. So why did Song Xiaoyu work so hard? In the end, he protected the woman he loved, while his entire family was left to rot in the wilderness. What was the point?
Besides, they didn't like him in the first place; they only liked him because he was good in that area. Tsk tsk tsk, how come this guy has no self-awareness at all?

Everyone else was indifferent to this statement, but it was a huge blow to Song Xiaoyu.

It's hilarious that the person you've been longing for has never liked you back.

The system suddenly announced: "[Host, there's a treasure.]"

Thank you to all the readers who voted for me and watched. Your continued support and encouragement are immense. I will work even harder to write better future episodes. Thank you also to those readers who pointed out my mistakes, helping me to write better. Thank you for your love, which allows me to keep writing. Happy May Day everyone!
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