When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1456 Jin Yue 57
Tan You slammed down a chess piece: "Do you know why one of your sons contracted smallpox at a young age, and the other still can't even read the Three Character Classic?"

"Even if I were the most ruthless person, I would never lay a hand on a child."

Cheng Qian: "I can't understand it. Ruoyu and I were perfectly fine, so why is our child..."

"Because you are close relatives. Children born from close relatives do have a higher chance of having genetic diseases than children born to other couples."

Tan You smiled as she stated this fact, which would be known to everyone in later generations, but in this era, it was a momentous event.

"Lord Wei's parents were cousins, and your maternal grandmother was also a close relative. Wei is fortunate that, on the surface, he appears to be in good health without any problems."

"As for Wei Ruoyu, she comes from a family that practices consanguineous marriage. It would be strange if her child were healthy."

Cheng Qian looked at Tan You hopefully: "Miss, do you have a solution? Kai-ge is still just a child..."

Tan You was powerless: "Even a god can't cure this kind of genetic disease. It's just that he's your son."

"If you don't believe me, go and ask around yourself about the children born from consanguineous marriages. I can't say the vast majority, but their offspring with problems are definitely more numerous than those from ordinary families."

Lin Jinyue exclaimed in surprise, "This is the first time I've heard of such a thing, young lady. Does this mean that consanguineous marriage will no longer be encouraged in the future?"

Tan You: "Anyway, it's not encouraged where I'm from."

"Let's go, some people are probably getting emotional. He was so devoted to helping Brother Kai... but unfortunately, he was full of scheming..."

"Anyway, I'm not sad, hehe."

Lin Jinyue chuckled, thinking that Tan You could be quite mischievous at times. But Cheng Qian was probably furious.
Over the past few years, he had painstakingly nurtured Kai Ge, intending to help him break free from Tan You's control. However, he never expected that Kai Ge would be born with a congenital condition, leaving Cheng Qian with only Cheng Sui as his healthy son.

Cheng Qian was indeed quite shocked. He had long suspected that Kai Ge might have an intellectual disability. Or rather, he had this suspicion when he was teaching Lin Ge'er.

But Lin Ge'er was still young at that time, and he couldn't memorize the texts taught by the teacher. Cheng Qian could comfort himself that the child was still young.

But now that Kai is so old, he still can't recognize all the characters, and Cheng Qian's guess has finally come true. So, out of his three children, two of them have problems?
But the only one who was still alive and kicking had long since lost his heart.

And he will never have any other children in his lifetime.

Thinking of this, Cheng Qian felt a pang of pain in his chest. His expression changed slightly, but two guards quickly supported him. Cheng Sui was currently riding high on his success; if word got out that Cheng Qian had vomited blood, who knew what the outside world would speculate?

Tan You flicked a pill into Cheng Qian's mouth, and Cheng Qian's complexion immediately improved. The guards helped Cheng Qian leave the restaurant, and when they met people on the way, they only said that Cheng Qian was too excited to control himself.

In the evening, Cheng Sui finally returned to the Duke's mansion. After exchanging greetings with Tan You and Lin Jinyue, upon hearing that Cheng Qian had vomited blood, Cheng Sui went to check on him in a side room. Seeing him lying listlessly in bed, Cheng Sui's manners were impeccable.

"Father, I heard you vomited blood during the day. I wonder how you are doing now?"

Cheng Qian felt a pain in his eyes when he saw him. He glanced at Cheng Sui and then looked away: "I'm fine. Go see your mother."

Cheng Sui turned and left without a word of politeness with Cheng Qian. Cheng Qian stared blankly at his retreating figure, suddenly feeling a pain in his chest that had been suppressed, a pain that seemed to be making a comeback.

Inside the main room, Cheng Sui poured tea for Lin Jinyue: "What's wrong with the old man? Why did he suddenly vomit blood when he was perfectly fine?"

Lin Jinyue: "Brother Kai."

Cheng Sui laughed: "He knows that Brother Kai is a little fool?"

Lin Jinyue asked in surprise, "You knew?"

Cheng Sui poured himself a drink: "I know, once I saw him teaching Kai-ge to read, but Kai-ge still couldn't remember it after reading it three times, so I asked my master then." "Shouldn't he remember it after reading it only once?"

“Look, none of his schemes were of any use. But he never put any effort into me, and yet I turned out to be the most promising.”

Tan You said quietly, "Why does that sound so sour? Cheng Sui, are you going to cry?"

Cheng Sui winked, looking like he didn't want to talk about his dark past: "I won't cry, Master, please don't embarrass me with things from the past."

Tan You shook her head: "Okay, I won't dig up your dark history. Let's talk about your future plans."

Upon hearing this, everyone's ears perked up, including Cheng Qian, who was lying dead next door.

Tan You put the chessboard away: "You have now won six consecutive top honors, making you a well-deserved young genius. There are quite a few families in the capital who want to arrange a marriage between you and your son, but you are still young, so we can put this matter aside for now."

"Now let's talk about your career plans."

Cheng Sui listened respectfully: "Master, what are your thoughts?"

Tan You glanced at the sky: "It depends on which path you want to take, a civil official or a military general. Military generals who die peacefully are extremely rare. As for civil officials, even in chaotic times, they are not safe."

Cheng Qian emerged from the side room: "A chaotic world?"

Tan You nodded: "I observed the stars last night, and I know there will be a severe drought in the area beyond the Great Wall next year. At that time, it will be a foregone conclusion that the grassland troops will march south."

"The choice is yours."

Cheng Sui grinned: "Master, you always say that only adults don't make choices, so naturally they want it all."

"Even though I'm not an adult yet, I want them all."

"I can first serve as a civil official, and then abandon my pen to join the army to fight against the Xiongnu when they invade the south."

"If words don't make sense, I also know a little about martial arts."

Tan You smiled and said, "You're ambitious. Then you can go and stay at the Hanlin Academy for now."

Cheng Sui replied, "Master, I understand."

Cheng Qian was restless: "If war breaks out again, how many people will die on the border? Miss, can't we avoid it?"

Tan You seemed to be meeting Cheng Qian for the first time: "I've never seen anything like this before. I never thought you had such a compassionate heart."

"You don't even care about your own son, yet you claim to have great love in your heart?"

Cheng Qian pursed his lips, his face stubborn: "These are two different things."

Tan You didn't delve into Cheng Qian's thoughts, but simply said, "This kind of natural disaster cannot be solved by human power. If we recover the grasslands, the central government can coordinate and control the situation if a severe drought occurs."

“The Great Qian and the grasslands are two independent regimes, which makes things difficult.”

Cheng Qian looked conflicted: "Reclaim the grasslands? We're in a difficult position right now. After all, we signed a diplomatic agreement between the two countries. We can't just tear up the agreement ourselves, can we?"

In the end, all they could do was wait passively. Cheng Qian was at a loss; after all, he was a military general, and what general wouldn't want to be immediately ennobled and granted a title of nobility?
Tan You: "If you really care about those innocent people, then reinforce the border walls and organize the border residents to dig underground tunnels. That way, if the Xiongnu invade, at least they will have an escape route."