[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-peasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife":3,"chapter-peasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife-peasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife-chapter-2301":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1410263,1863,"Chapter 2301: 2298: A Fortunate Event","peasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife-chapter-2301",2301,"\u003Cp>Capítulo 2301: Chapter 2298: A Fortunate Event\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changing the subject, they couldn’t even come up with a solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast to these people, Chu Heng’s strengths instantly stood out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, people are known through comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Xuanming hadn’t realized his mentality had aged somewhat; he lacked the arrogance of his youth and now cared more about stability, naturally listening more to the officials’ suggestions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed.” Emperor Xuanming nodded with satisfaction: “Since this is the case, let’s decide on a cavalry battalion soldier exercise, while envoys from various regions come to the capital as the new year approaches.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Xuanming clearly intended to deliver a show of force to other nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially to Beirong, which hadn’t yet given up its ambitions and was somewhat restlessly active, and to the Southern Border, which continued to hold out, unwilling to submit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did they know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Chu’s newspapers had also flowed into the Southern Border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The location of the Southern Border is mostly shrouded in miasma, leading to a small population, relying entirely on geographical advantage to be easily defended and hard to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the people of the Southern Border are adept at using poison, and aside from producing good medicinal herbs, there isn’t much value due to the average geographic positioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the people of the Southern Border are xenophobic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with some thieves in the area, entangled together, attacking the Southern Border brings no benefit to Great Chu, and may lead to considerable casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, it has remained deadlocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the Southern Border live generally, but the small population allows them to barely be self-sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since King Qi of Great Chu arrived, he tried to persuade the Southern Border to submit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Southern Border’s royal family didn’t want to offend Great Chu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were quite accommodating to him, but since he didn’t speak the Southern Border language, the xenophobic Southern Border people completely ignored him, leaving King Qi in limbo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, both sides were in a deadlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The royal family of the Southern Border still found it bothersome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, upon seeing the official newspaper of Great Chu mentioning improvements in grain production and methods to plant medicinal herbs in areas adjacent to the Southern Border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the Southern Border didn’t know much due to illiteracy, but when the Southern Border royal family saw it, they were shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Great Chu truly possessed these skills,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they could learn them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was secondary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main crisis lay in Great Chu growing its own medicinal herbs as well; where would the Southern Border sell its medicinal herbs in the future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>grain is involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be known that the Southern Border survives on growing medicinal herbs, with minimal grain production, albeit being self-sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the royal family requires business with Great Chu to sustain their luxurious lifestyles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Great Chu no longer needs Southern Border’s medicinal herbs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the royal family’s income would sharply decrease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, the Southern Border’s population lives in village forms, with limited loyalty to the royal family, especially some restlessly active families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Great Chu seizes the opportunity, they could be easily turned against the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the royal family’s position would certainly be unguarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Southern Border royal family got anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They initially planned to send a random envoy to the capital to fulfill their duty this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this news, they could no longer sit still; the old chief of the Southern Border decided to personally go to Great Chu’s capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The change in the Southern Border,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nobody in the capital knew yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Xuanming then spoke about the circulation of Chinese characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Chu Heng pondered for a long while and said, “Emperor, are you worried that people from other countries, upon learning our Chinese characters, might find it easier to steal our secrets?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed.” Emperor Xuanming nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This viewpoint of his was not surprising, after all, Great Chu still hadn’t gone through the opening of its national borders.\u003C\u002Fp>",671,"2026-06-05T23:54:44.472Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1b83224e78798abd2e4eeb4cb871fdd67be4699575ca3435029fb79e2a89381","peasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife-chapter-2302","peasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife-chapter-2150",2499,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpeasant-woman-s-decreed-life-as-a-wife-cover.jpg"]