Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

Jiang Tuan had just finished telling the story when the curious Second Princess Jiang Xi asked her own question.

"Uncle, why are there ten suns in the sky? Will there be ten moons as well? Will the night be as bright as the day?"

Then the Third Prince Jiang Heng, who liked riding horses and archery, asked: "Uncle, what does a bow and arrow that can shoot down the sun look like? Can you make it?"

Then the Sixth Prince Jiang Xun, who looked as cute as the little prince in the fairy tale, asked: "Uncle, why didn't Houyi and Chang'e divide the elixir into two halves? Even if they can't become immortals, it's good to keep their bodies healthy!"

Finally, Jiang Yi, who had finished eating the mooncake, said, "Uncle, you are stupid!"

Seeing Jiang Tuan standing there in a daze due to the questions from his brothers and sisters, Jiang Huai found it a little funny, but he did not go to rescue him immediately. Instead, he wanted to see how he would respond.

If it was about the problems of the first three children, Jiang Tuan could still comfort himself that they were children's curiosity, but he was unwilling to accept that Jiang Yi said he was stupid. Besides, he was just telling a myth story, so how was it related to stupidity?

With the intention of clearing his name, he took a deep breath and began to answer the children's questions one by one.

“There are ten suns in the sky because they are all sons of the Emperor of Heaven. Originally, only one could come out every day. But they were naughty and came out to play at the same time. They got into trouble and were shot down.

This tells us that we should not rely on our status to do bad things recklessly, otherwise we will be punished one day.

There can't be ten moons, because the Emperor of Heaven doesn't have ten daughters. And don't ask who the Emperor of Heaven is, or why he has ten sons, I don't know either, these are just stories, just treat them as made up."

"I've never seen the bow and arrow that shot down the sun, but it must be a very powerful arrow! If you work hard, you may be able to use such a powerful arrow in the future."

"The elixir cannot be separated. If it is separated, it will be ineffective. Just like when you are sick and take medicine, how can you get better by just drinking one sip? You must drink enough.

Besides, the elixir is made from the essence of the heaven, earth, sun and moon. Maybe it will be useless if it is split in half."

After dealing with the three older children, Jiang Tuan turned his attention to the cute Jiang Yi and asked, "Yier, why do you say your uncle is stupid?"

Jiang Yi may not have expected her uncle to ask her a question, or she may have forgotten what she said before. After Jiang Tuan finished speaking, she thought for a long time before answering: "Uncle, I'm not stupid, E'e is stupid."

Well, now Jiang Tuan understood. Jiang Yi didn't mean that he was stupid, but Chang'e was stupid.

However, a beautiful name like Chang'e immediately becomes very down-to-earth when it comes out of the other person's mouth, which makes people feel a little funny.

Holding back his laughter, he asked, "Where is she stupid?"

"You can't hide it well, stupid!"

After Jiang Yi finished speaking, Jiang Tuan thought he understood what she meant and nodded in agreement: "Yes, she is a little unwise. She didn't even hide the elixir properly."

But as soon as he said this, the children all looked at him, with surprise, surprise, and helplessness in their eyes.

Jiang Tuan looked at the children blankly, not knowing what he had said wrong, and quickly turned to Jiang Huai for help.

With such a simple uncle, what could Jiang Huai do? Of course, he had to explain it to him.

"Uncle, what Yi'er wants to say is that Houyi and Chang'e are the superiors. They got such a precious thing as the elixir. It's wrong for them not to keep it secret and let others know about it.

There are not many people in this world who can resist the temptation of profit. Even if the disciple was originally a good person, it would be difficult for him not to do something in the face of such a huge temptation as becoming an immortal.

Furthermore, Chang'e and Houyi were completely unaware of the presence of such a person with ulterior motives. When her apprentice came to snatch the elixir, Chang'e's handling of the situation was clearly not wise enough. Isn't this stupid, dumb, or something else?"

He just wanted to tell a fairy tale, and he told the most serious version. He didn't dare to tell the alternative versions, such as the one where the hero abandoned her husband and took the elixir for herself, the hero became a tyrant, and the hero cheated on his wife and ran away, for fear of corrupting the children.

How come I still look so stupid after telling the story? Did I have so many questions and thoughts when I first heard the myth?

Well, not to mention that he didn’t have it then, he doesn’t have it now either. Is he really stupid?

It seems that he needs to consider carefully before using stories to gain energy, otherwise it might cause unnecessary trouble.

Although he was depressed, his homesickness felt much better after the children interrupted him.

Perhaps it was the story that brought Jiang Tuan and the children closer together, or perhaps the children in the palace were very tactful and knew who to behave in front of, anyway, Jiang Tuan and the children were playing together in a short while.

Jiang Qi smiled as he watched Jiang Tuan busy and happy chatting with the children.

"Ah Shu, isn't this good?"

Lan Shu nodded and agreed with Jiang Qi's words. A simple person like Jiang Huai was not suitable for being sentimental. It was better for him to be happy every day.

The concubines sitting below looked at the unfamiliar Prince Fu playing with the children in a very ungentlemanly manner without saying anything. Didn’t they see that the Emperor and the Empress were watching with smiles on their faces?

If anyone says something that is against the rules at this time, that person is tactless. And who among those who can sit here is really stupid?

Everyone had their most beautiful smiles on, and were either talking about the moon or the sweets on the table. No one stood up and said a word.

As if the night was not festive and lively enough and needed to be a little more festive, someone came in and said there was important news to be reported.

Jiang Qi knew that the things that could be reported at this time were either the worst or the best. Anything that was not so important would have to wait until tomorrow, so he immediately asked someone to come in.

An armored soldier came in and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Northern Frontier has won a great victory!"

When Jiang Qi heard that it was a great victory, he immediately asked someone to bring up the music sheet. After reading it quickly, he burst into laughter and said "good" three times.

After reading it, he looked up at Jiang Tuan and said, "Come on, come and take a look."

Jiang Tuan was called over and took the music sheet in his hand. He was glad in his heart that he did not slack off and followed Jiang Huai to learn Da Xia's calligraphy. Otherwise, he would definitely be embarrassed now. He would look at it later.

The memorial was short but very detailed, focusing on the success of the war in the northern border, the role played by gunpowder, and the number of Hun troops destroyed.

When he saw that gunpowder caused chaos in the Hun army, and that 100,000 Hun troops were reduced to only 20,000 and were chased into the grassland, he also became happy.

If there weren't so many people present and he had to maintain his appearance, he would have jumped up and shouted a few times.