After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 269, Princess 8: General Yunhui couldn't possibly be without children.

General Yunhui was drenched in sweat.

He touched the back of his head and said, "I don't have any children."

The Eighth Princess's face immediately fell.

He then began to express his dissatisfaction to General Yunhui.

"You're already this age, and you still don't have children? If you don't have children, then this princess has to give birth to them!"

The thought of growing old and ugly after giving birth made the Eighth Princess break down.

"I don't believe it, I'm going to find Shen Zhiyi."

Before leaving, she muttered to herself, "At this age, it's impossible for me not to have children."

General Yunhui was helpless.

Other girls wish their husbands would only stay with them, and ideally, they would all have their children. But it's not like that with him at all.

The Eighth Princess ignored General Yunhui and went to find Shen Zhiyi instead.

Shen Zhiyi began to lament about DINK (Double Income No Kids) families.

[System, you don't know this, but from what I know, very few DINK (Double Income No Kids) families actually stay together in the end.]

[Host, don't worry. The artificial uterus that the professor has been developing will be on the market soon, and then the mother won't need to endure the pain of pregnancy at all.]

Shen Zhiyi stuffed a big mouthful of braised beef into her mouth, recalling the other person in her mind.

This is only one aspect of the reason, not the whole reason.

[Sigh, the unemployment rate is really high right now. Many jobs have been replaced by artificial intelligence and machines, so there's no need for a large human workforce. Many people are just living on federal minimum wage after graduation.]

However, that minimum subsistence allowance is only enough to meet personal living needs and is far from enough to cover the expenses of a child. This is why many people don't want to have children.

The system sensed that its CPU had burned out.

According to his data analysis, there are still quite a few people who want to have children.

However, the human mentality revolves around continuing the family line. People might not want children when they're young, but people change. As they get older, the desire for children often resurfaces. Therefore, very few childless couples actually stay together in the end.

The system still doesn't understand.

[Host, the Federation will cover all educational expenses and living costs for a citizen from kindergarten to university.]

Shen Zhiyi continued to shake her head and began to criticize the federal education system.

[You don't understand. Federal public schools don't teach some core content at all. What they teach in schools is outdated in the real world.]

To put it simply, consider a software development program. The market is already using the 15th generation version, but the school is still making you use a cracked 4th generation version.

To be honest, this crappy place called the Federal Republic is far inferior to that neighboring democratic country. At least there's comprehensive education; everyone has access to core education. Damn, I don't know why my parents immigrated here in the first place.

[By the way, system, if I remember correctly, there was a rumor that the president of the Federation was an immigrant from a neighboring country?]

The system decided to remain silent, fearing that Shen Zhiyi might find something out of him.

More importantly, with the professor present, he dared not speak again. What if Shen Zhiyi led him astray, and the professor made things difficult for him later?

[Tsk tsk tsk, could our president be a spy from a neighboring country? As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain; a planet cannot have two behemoths.]

Shen Zhiyi became more and more excited as she spoke, and the more she felt that her imagination was very accurate!

Those present said they couldn't understand Shen Zhiyi's conversation with the system at all.

The old emperor, inside the Purple Qi Study, understood a little bit.

"It seems that the country where Shen Zhiyi lives is not much different from ours."

Core education is always in the hands of a minority.

Previously, education was controlled by aristocratic families, and ordinary people had no opportunity to study at all.

Even the lowest rank among scholars comes from a poor family.

However, this changed with the previous dynasty and the Da Ye.

As education has been shifted to lower levels of education, many children from ordinary families have been able to rise above their circumstances, but these individuals are still a minority.

Even the fact that these people could transcend social classes was because the emperor needed to suppress powerful and influential families.

In short, everything was for the sake of royal rule.

"Shen Lang!"

The Eighth Princess's clear voice came from behind Shen Zhiyi.

Shen Zhiyi, biting into a shrimp cake, turned her head blankly.

"Eighth Princess, General Yunhui, what brings you two here?"

The Eighth Princess affectionately took Shen Zhiyi's hand and shook it.

"Shen Lang, I've heard you can tell fortunes."

"Pfft, cough cough cough."

Shen Zhiyi choked and had to drink a big gulp of water to barely suppress it.

"No, who told you that?"

The Eighth Princess said with a wicked smile, "Oh dear, I remember seeing you running a fortune-telling stall back then."

[Ughhhhh, is my disguise really that bad? I wear men's clothes every day, but people still see me as a woman. I dressed up as a fortune teller, and they recognized me immediately???]

Shen Zhiyi sensed the deep malice of this world.

"Hey, Shen Lang, you should check him quickly to see if he has any children or anything."

Shen Zhiyi suddenly realized: "Oh, you want to see when you'll have children?"

[I didn't expect the Eighth Princess to be in such a hurry. She's not even married yet and she's already thinking about having children. But this idiot system can only see what happened in the past and what's happening now, it can't see what will happen in the future at all! What am I supposed to say?]

When the Eighth Princess realized that Shen Zhiyi had misunderstood, she quickly said, "Shen Zhiyi, what I mean is, please help me check if he has any illegitimate children or anything like that."

General Yunhui said helplessly, "Your Highness, this is indeed not my first marriage, but I really don't have any children."

What? You're not getting married for the first time?

Princess Eight was greatly shocked.

[Why does the Eighth Princess seem a little excited?]

The Eighth Princess quickly suppressed her joy and transformed her expression into sorrow.

She stretched out her little fist and punched General Yunhui in the chest.

The scene left Shen Zhiyi stunned.

General Yunhui, somewhat hurt, asked, "Your Highness, do you dislike me? If not, I will go to His Majesty to take me back right now!"

"Shut up!"

The Eighth Princess covered General Yunhui's mouth: "You are not allowed to disobey the imperial decree. Disobeying the imperial decree is punishable by death. I, the princess, do not want to be a widow."

[Holy crap, what are these two doing here? Are they here to feed me dog food?]

Shen Zhiyi looked at the two people in front of her with resentment and took a big bite of the chicken leg.

"So what if she found a partner? I'll find one too!"

The court officials below were immediately agitated.

Wow, breaking news! Shen Zhiyi wants to find a boyfriend.

Those with handsome sons at home should hide them well so Shen Zhiyi doesn't see them.

One official asked in bewilderment, "Don't you all want to become in-laws with Shen Lang?"

What a great opportunity to curry favor with someone powerful!

In an instant, everyone present looked at the official who had spoken as if he were an idiot.