SBCEJM -Chapter 142 The Most Capable Men Are Faithful! Playboy Types Can Only Hug Goji Berries and Cry

The next day, morning court.

In the Golden Luan Hall, all ministers stood solemnly in ranks.

The Crown Prince, Xiao Mingxuan, was still in his newlywed bliss and enjoying a three-day leave. Naturally, he did not appear today.

Feng Zeyan stood in the line and yawned.

She had tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, her mind stuck on one question—

Was the Crown Prince actually… capable or not?

【System, hurry up and tell me! How was the Crown Prince’s battle performance last night?】

She poked the system in her mind.

【Could it be that he’s the type who looks good but is useless? After all, that Old Xiao family gene… the infamous “three-second” legend…】

The system’s voice instantly exploded:

【Host, you’re seriously underestimating the Crown Prince! It was intense! Extremely intense!】

【How intense?】

【Seven times in one night! They only fell asleep when the sky was about to brighten!】

“Cough!”

Feng Huan’an quickly covered his face with his ceremonial tablet, his ears turning red.

His daughter’s mouth—she could imagine anything!

Behind him, Feng Zeyang didn’t even lift his eyelids.

He was used to it… numb already.

But his ears were clearly perked up, very curious nonetheless.

【Damn! The Crown Prince is that strong?!】

Feng Zeyan was shocked.

【That doesn’t make sense! Can the Old Xiao lineage even produce this kind of stamina?】

【Wasn’t he supposed to be the “three-second” type? I thought that trait would be inherited!】

【I even mentally prepared myself—if the Crown Prince couldn’t perform, I might have to secretly give him a “revitalizing pill”…】

【Turns out… sigh, wasted my concern.】

On the dragon throne, Xiao Juechen was grinding his back teeth.

“Three seconds”!

Is this joke ever going to end?!

I, back then, was a valiant man who conquered battlefields and dominated the harem!

【Host, that’s unfair to His Majesty.】

The system immediately clarified.

【The Emperor was also very fierce when he was young! Even more than the Crown Prince!】

【Really? Then what happened later? Did he get injured?】

【Overuse.】

The system sighed.

【With three thousand concubines, he practiced “fair rain and dew” every night, visiting different consorts.】

【Year after year—even an iron kidney couldn’t take it.】

【In his twenties he could do it three times a night, by thirty it became once.】

【But in front of the Empress, he insisted on saving face. Even when he couldn’t do it anymore, he still acted like ‘I can still fight three hundred rounds’.】

【That mental pressure created a vicious cycle, and it kept getting worse.】

【From once, to half, and eventually…】

【By the time he realized it, it was down to three seconds.】

The ministers lowered their heads, silent, secretly sighing.

Your Majesty… you’ve worked hard.

For the empire, you even sacrificed your body!

The system added another blow:

【Consort Lin was actually lucky—she entered the palace later. Otherwise her innocence might have been gone too!】

Xiao Juechen closed his eyes, temples twitching.

This damn “system” was even more piercing than Feng Zeyan.

Feng Zeyan suddenly understood.

【So that’s how it is! You should’ve said so earlier. I thought the Empress had been suffering all these years!】

Xiao Juechen gritted his teeth and endured.

Fine. At least it confirms he used to be capable.

And besides, that pill actually worked—he had regained his vigor now.

【Speaking of which, this is actually quite common.】

Feng Zeyan swept her gaze across the court.

【Men rely on youth and strength when they’re young and overindulge. By middle age, they’re powerless.】

【Look at these ministers—hunched backs, weak waists. How many can actually stand straight?】

【I bet at least half of them can’t perform anymore!】

The Minister of War, Zhang, was currently reporting on border defense, slightly bent over.

His posture… wasn’t exactly upright.

The system eagerly started spilling secrets:

【Minister Zhang! A textbook “can’t perform” case!】

【Young and handsome back then—multiple mistresses outside his wife, countless lovers, over twenty maidservants in his household!】

【But before forty, he was completely finished. Now he drinks goji berry tea with deer antler every morning and night, and sleeps instantly.】

【Doctors changed several times; all said the same: “heart willing but body weak.” Even immortals couldn’t fix it.】

【His beauties have all become decorations—living widows. They must resent him terribly.】

Minister Zhang turned pale, his body trembling slightly.

The other ministers kept calm on the surface, but inside they were shocked.

No wonder the Ministry of War has been making mistakes lately—the foundation of the minister is unstable!

【And Minister Li from the Ministry of Revenue.】

The system continued.

【He’s even worse. Obsessed with brothels when young, contracted some shameful illness, and retired early from the battlefield.】

【Now he keeps a house full of beauties but can only look. He’s so frustrated he gets mouth ulcers every day.】

【The funniest part is he pretends to be “above women”. Truly hard to evaluate.】

Minister Li’s face turned the color of pig liver.

【You see, all these “incapable” men were reckless in their youth.】

Feng Zeyan concluded.

【Like my father, Minister Zhou, and General Zhao—they’re the real capable men.】

【My father only married my mother, never even kept concubines. He goes straight home after work—very faithful.】

【That’s the model of a good man: loyal, responsible, disciplined!】

Feng Huan’an straightened his back, secretly pleased.

His daughter was absolutely right!

Faithful men are the strongest!

【As for Minister Zhou and General Zhaowu, although sharing one wife sounds unusual…】

【Their energy is all focused on Lin Sisi. The three of them live harmoniously, even more loving than ordinary couples.】

【Lin Sisi is the real winner in life—double love, double care, double… cough.】

The system added:

【These two are the most “enduring” in court—after all, they never flirt around.】

Minister Zhou coughed, his face red.

He thought privately: he was indeed very “capable,” and often exchanged techniques with Brother Zhao in private…

Feng Zeyan continued:

【Because their energy is focused on one woman, so…】

【Wait! That’s not the reason!】

She quickly corrected herself.

【It’s because they are devoted to the country! Their energy is spent on proper work!】

【They find meaning in the daytime, so at night they still have energy for love. Naturally they don’t “give up” easily.】

【Balanced life, happy family, work and love both successful!】

Minister Zhou nodded deeply in agreement.

The King of the North really saw through everything!

Faithful, disciplined, responsible—that’s the true standard of a good man!

【On the other hand, those playboys enjoy short-term pleasure when young, and end up hugging goji tea and crying in middle age.】

【So, self-respecting men have the best fate!】

Many ministers began reflecting.

Some even decided to go back and dismiss a few concubines to focus on their wives.

Xiao Juechen, listening from the throne, also began to think:

Maybe… I should be more restrained in the future…