Chapter 304 - 302 Misfortune is where fortune leans_1
"Princess, our provisions have run out, and it’s time for you to go hunting. To reclaim Qingwu Country, we must march and fight, and an excellent commander must endure hardships alongside their subordinates. You must start with the small, daily tasks to temper yourself..."
"Princess, night has fallen, and it’s time to build a shelter. An excellent emperor must deeply understand the labor and hardships of the common people in order to sympathize with them, to know their joys, sorrows, and emotions. Sympathy is empathy, is putting oneself in another’s shoes, and you, Princess, must personally experience how hard life is for the people."
"Princess, it is time for martial practice. Learn by enduring hardship, and refine your skills through diligence. You are no longer a carefree princess living a life of luxury. Do not forget your ideals, nor the blood feud you bear. Every drop of sweat you shed now is to shed less blood on the battlefield..."
"Your servant once heard a story of someone sleeping on sticks and tasting gall. Would the Princess like to hear it...?"
"Fourth Princess, I know you are suffering, I know you are tired, but the hardship you endure is yours alone, not for me. The day will come when you sit on the throne of Qingwu Country, and you will be grateful that you did not give up today."
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In the following days.
Duge, true to his word, trained the Princess with the strictest regimen—no, this was not PUAs’ way, but pure training.
For this purpose.
He prepared chicken soup, flatbread, and... rattan canes.
Under his transformation, Luo Shuang changed daily, gradually becoming someone who could endure hardship and was willing to make sacrifices, even enjoying them, having completely dispelled any doubts about Duge and even acknowledging him as her Imperial Master with her own words.
Duge understood what the Princess meant.