Chapter 2: Frail body.

Xu Changle had no political talent at all.

Although when he was on Blue Star, he played emperor every day online and favored electronic treacherous ministers.

But when he actually became emperor, he could not even figure out official positions and factions.

Moreover, this world was completely different from Blue Star.

This was a female-dominated supernatural world.

That made him even more clueless, as if his eyes were covered in black.

In the more than a year since Xiao Tan supported him to the throne, he spent most of his time recuperating in his own sleeping palace.

After all, his physique was only 5.

In the “Otherworld Life Simulator”, 5 and 8 were the dividing line for attribute intervals.

Below 5 belonged to trash gray.

5 to 8 was the range of ordinary people.

Above 8, that was the existence of heaven’s chosen.

Xu Changle’s physique of 5 was exactly at the ordinary person level, preventing him from dying at the start in the game simulation.

This was originally a choice based on experience.

The attribute points he added at the beginning were carefully configured.

With 10 in family background, even with 3 in intelligence he could become a civil servant and attend Tsinghua or Peking University.

Plus 10 in appearance, he would most likely start the top-tier celebrity route and earn a lot of silver.

Everything was thought out perfectly.

But who knew he would transmigrate?

This deformed attribute start had now trapped Xu Changle.

Not to mention his pitfall intelligence of 3, just his physique of 5 already placed him in the weaker side among ordinary people.

The life Xu Changle simulated had also suffered years of torment in the cold palace.

After being brought out by Xiao Tan, he still fell ill every few days.

He genuinely needed recuperation.

In the more than a year since transmigrating, only when Xu Changle was occasionally in good condition would Xiao Tan carry him to the dragon throne in the Xuanzheng Hall.

He would then sit there with half-closed eyes, staring at the full court of arrogant phoenixes, and mechanically repeat.

” The Prime Minister is right.”

” Do as the Prime Minister says.”

” Prime Minister 666.”

In short, because he had not added any political talent points and his intelligence was also low, Xu Changle did not really understand the twists and turns of the court.

He had been sick most of the time before and was unfamiliar with the place, so he had not thought too much about it.

When Xiao Tan said he was old enough and should select the harem, he even felt a faint excitement.

An emperor!

Three palaces and six courtyards!

All beauties!

But his excitement only lasted one second.

Because the moment he nodded, the “Otherworld Life Simulator” that had stayed silent for a long time after briefly showing its presence at the start suddenly spoke.

A familiar blue light screen appeared in front of Xu Changle.

Black text began to scroll.

【Talent “Otherworld Visitor” triggered. You heard some gossip.】

【Gossip: A portion of the ministers in the court are dissatisfied with Xiao Tan dominating everything and controlling the new emperor. They plan to support the growing older new emperor Xu Changle to seize back imperial power.】

【Prime Minister Xiao Tan has seen through their thoughts and is preparing to widely accept concubines for the new emperor Xu Changle, intending to give birth to one or more new emperors who are easier to control.】

What did “intending to give birth to one or more new emperors who are easier to control” mean?

Even with only 3 intelligence, Xu Changle was not actually mentally disabled.

He lacked political literacy and still could not name many ministers in the court, nor even remember their faces.

But he had seen plenty of related history.

There were many similar literary works on Blue Star too.

This sentence clearly meant that Xiao Tan planned to use him as a stud horse, produce a few baby emperors more suitable as puppets, and then get rid of him.

Originally, as a man ascending the throne, many ministers were already dissatisfied.

If there was a better choice, those people definitely would not hesitate.

Moreover, hesitation was useless.

The Xiao family held immense power.

When Xiao Tan killed his nominal older sisters, those arrogant phoenixes could not do anything to her either.

After understanding this, Xu Changle’s originally excited mood instantly cooled down.

Even his body became stiff.

He could not stop the grand wedding.

Which people to select as concubines would also depend on Xiao Tan’s opinion.

Who would be established as Empress was even less in doubt.

Most importantly, no matter what, he absolutely could not let anyone or any creature give birth to offspring with imperial bloodline.

The reason he said “any creature” was because this was a female-dominated world, and a supernatural one at that.

This involved the issue of reproduction.

Like Blue Star, men in this world had no ability to get pregnant. Only women had that ability.

But this was also a world with supernatural powers.

And the supernatural powers here particularly favored women.

“Female sovereigns are born sacred!”

This was common knowledge in this world.

Because female infants here were born with more or less some kind of supernatural ability.

From small sparks of fire, to growing plants, calling wind and rain, to the imperial family’s void summoning and manipulating soldiers.

In short, they were born mages, and close-combat mages at that.

Few had weak physiques.

For example, when Xu Changle mentioned earlier that Prime Minister Xiao Tan carried him onto the dragon throne, it was not a metaphor or exaggeration, but a factual description.

The Prime Minister’s arm could run horses on it.

One punch could kill three of him.

And this was just pure physique.

Among women, Xiao Tan was not even known for her strong physique.

What those with even stronger physiques were like, Xu Changle did not even dare to imagine.

In comparison, the men of this world were very ordinary.

It seemed that aside from combining with women to reproduce, they had no other use.

Then the problem arose.

Since the women of this world possessed powerful strength, would they still willingly endure the pain of childbirth?

Of course, for them, childbirth carried almost no risk.

Their physiques were excellent, and giving birth was easier than drinking water.

But childbirth was troublesome.

Could men or other things be used to replace them in giving birth?

Yes, there were ways.

Thus, the “Propagation Seed” technology was born.

When a woman became pregnant, she could spend some money to find a priest to extract the embryo from her belly and place it into a Propagation Seed.

The Propagation Seed was like an external womb.

The embryo stayed inside safely and comfortably.

It only needed to be planted in a suitable place to develop and be born normally.

That suitable place could be a man’s belly, or special propagation giant trees, or other plants.

In short, it could all be planted.

Xu Changle would never forget that day.

After learning about the Propagation Seed information, the “Otherworld Life Simulator” immediately popped up.

【Talent “Otherworld Visitor” triggered. You heard some gossip.】

【Gossip: Minister of Rites Song Yan has a unique hobby. Every one of her offspring is born by their biological father. It is said that she likes to do intimate things with them while they have big bellies…】

Ah! His eyes! My eyes!

Because Xu Changle read too fast, by the time he realized what he was reading, it was already too late.

An emperor was naturally different from ordinary people.

As emperor, it was impossible for him to personally carry offspring.

Not only would he not carry them himself, the imperial family even had its own automated propagation process.

While others still manually sought priests to condense Propagation Seeds, the imperial family used automation.

That was why Xu Changle had the chance to be born.

Otherwise, with his biological father’s lowly status, how could the emperor possibly let him have a child?

But the current emperor was Xu Changle, a man.

So things had changed again.

Leaving aside the Propagation Seed matter for now.

A female emperor could take several men in one night.

Could a male emperor take several women in one night?

Obviously not.

No one would believe he could do it.

In the eyes of Xiao Tan and other women, a man’s body was already particularly delicate.

Moreover, the new emperor’s foundation was even weaker than that of ordinary men, making him even more fragile.

So when they heard Xu Changle urgently shouting to prepare the carriage, seemingly wanting to head to the Empress’s palace immediately.

Xiao Tan’s brows furrowed imperceptibly for a moment.

…Too weak.

His Majesty’s body was really too weak.

When she carried him earlier, she only felt him light as a feather, as if there was nothing in her hand.

With such a body, he probably could not withstand her clan cousin’s demands.