novelraw Chapter 977
Chapter 977
The crown prince chose the two ladies as side concubines like lightning. The Supreme King and the Queen Mother were overjoyed and sent a lot of rewards.Miss Xu thought that she would be indispensable, but she never thought that she was the only one who lost the election, so she lost her temper at home.The stepmother sent someone to set the tone, and she recounted everything that happened that day.The stepmother also immediately noticed that the "child lady" was unusual, so she sent people out to find out.
The news reached the Shu Palace that day.Taishang Wang was furious: "Gu knew that he fell in love with that woman."
When the queen mother heard about Tong Buye's identity, she hurriedly called her daughter-in-law to inquire.Ding Mei had made a confession with the queen early, and the queen said with a sad face: "My queen, Yan'er, the woman next to me, doesn't even like that fan. I can't do anything about it."
The Queen Mother said with a cold face: "You are his mother, you should teach him. Since he likes it, even if he accepts it as a concubine? If the Kingdom of Shu establishes a concubine from the Secretary of the Jiaofang, wouldn't it make the world laugh Big Tooth?"
The queen sighed and said: "She never said that she would marry that woman as a concubine. When I asked her, she said with a blank face, 'I didn't think of it. Where did the queen mother hear the news?' She also didn't accept her as a concubine. Concubine, just keep it by your side to do business. If you really want to accept it, it will be easy to handle."
The Queen Mother frowned: "How did that bitch get into my grandson's side?"
The queen said: "It's interesting to talk about." Then he told the story of Tong Buye guarding in front of the Shu Palace to peek at the prince, drawing a portrait and selling it, and being caught by the prince.
The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing. "The portrait of my grandson is worth so much!"
"It's not that the queen mother is so blessed!" The queen complimented, "I heard from the old mother in the mansion that Yan'er looks exactly like the queen mother when she was young."
The Empress Dowager just smiled, but suddenly she came back to her senses and said with a straight face: "Nonsense. How can she draw a portrait of the prince, and sell it."
The Queen hurriedly said: "The money she got has already been taken back by Yan'er. Besides, if it wasn't for her, Yan'er wouldn't know that those old dogs in the Jiaofang Division are so greedy for ink. Yan'er said she was very useful, Being able to be a staff envoy, and now being Yan'er's right-hand man, he came up with some brilliant ideas."
The Queen Mother thought for a long time and said: "In this case, let her be an assistant for the rest of her life. The marriage of children and parents are the decisions. When his father comes back, I will choose a wife for him."
"The empress dowager is wise." The queen said in her mouth, anxious in her heart.The Queen Mother then ordered to give more dowry to the two side concubines to support her face.
It is an urgent matter for the son to accept the side concubine.Because the Queen Mother was in a hurry, she rushed into the mansion after more than ten days.The crown prince placed the two of them in a courtyard to the west, and sent them some books from the south to amuse them.Ding Mei had already negotiated with the two of them, and her natal family only allowed one nurse and one personal maid to accompany her.Miss Xin said that none of the maids around her were useful, so she decided to follow her only with the wet nurse, and the Shizi Mansion sent a few maids to serve as companions.
That day, Tong Buye wandered to the yard to visit the two concubines, and asked with a smile if he needed anything else.Both said no.Tong Buye thought for a while and said, "Living here, it's inconvenient for you to go out and wander around. Should we move the west corner door closer, or open a new door from the side of the yard facing the street?"
The side concubines looked at each other, guessing that she didn't want the prince to meet her by chance, and hurriedly said: "Since Tong Niangzi is taking care of us, let's open the door from the courtyard."
Tong Buye said: "Okay. I'll make some common clothes for you later, and it will be cheaper to go outside." She waved her hand and said, "Girls, you are free! Go wherever you like."
Miss Liu hesitated, "Is this... convenient? Our identities on the surface..."
Tong Buye said: "Do you have the words Shizi and side concubine written on your face?"
"Never."
"Here again!" Tong Buye clapped his hands, "Who knows if you don't tell me? There are so many fun places out there. Let me tell you, I'm still going to get married in two years. If you don't play now, then It’s not easy when you want to go out.” These two girls are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are the most fun-loving age.In the past, the family was so restrained that they couldn't move, but after hearing Tong Niangzi's advice, they couldn't help but want to move.Tong Buye then called out to a daughter-in-law who was following her. "Take the girls for a stroll." The daughter-in-law agreed with a smile.
The side concubines hastily changed out of their water-red wedding dresses, took off their hairpins, washed off their blushing makeup, and changed into homely clothes.On the day of the wedding, less than two hours after entering the Shizi's Mansion, the two Shizi's side concubines stayed in the market and refused to go back to the mansion.
In the afternoon, the side concubines left after listening to the storytelling in the teahouse.After walking back to the street for a while, Miss Liu accidentally turned her head and saw a group of people passing quickly behind them, and Tong Niangzi was among them.With a thought in her mind, she guessed which one was the crown prince.However, those people walked so fast and there were so many people that they didn't even have time to look at them, only the back of their heads remained.
Miss Xin whispered beside her: "There is no heir here." Miss Liu turned her head.Miss Xin said, "My sister bought the portrait of the prince. None of the group just now."
Miss Liu looked around and said, "Is the portrait you saw real? Everyone knows that the prince is extremely beautiful, but there are at least three or four in the group of people who can be considered beautiful."
Miss Xin leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Leaving aside the portrait, I heard that the son is not tall, and none of the three or four are short."
While talking, Tong Niangzi and others turned the corner ahead.The daughter-in-law who followed didn't pay attention to the idlers. Seeing them standing still, she asked with a smile, "Why don't the girls go shopping? Are you tired?"
Miss Liu said with a smile, "I've just been sitting for half a day, and I'm tired somewhere. Let's go!" Pulled Miss Xin half-running forward.
The daughter-in-law chased after her, shouting, "Hold on, my good girls."
This area is not far from the intersection, the two side concubines ran twenty or thirty steps and arrived at the turning, lying on the lattice door of the shop and leaning out to look around.I saw Tong Niangzi and her group were still hurrying forward, and they entered a house after a while.Looking from a distance, there are two big stone lions sitting at the gate of the house, Biwa Zhumen is quite big, and they are very curious.
When the daughter-in-law caught up, Miss Liu asked, "Sister-in-law Zhao, whose mansion is that? It's so angry."
The daughter-in-law laughed and said, "How would I know, and I don't know."
A lazy guy came out of this shop and said with a smile, "That's the Ma family of Song County."
The daughter-in-law said "Ouch": "So it's his house." Nai said, "This Song County Ma Nai is a first-class figure. My grandfather once lived in Taichang Temple and married the daughter of King Yan. He was originally in Beijing. He lives in the Kingdom of Shu, who came down with the Third Highness a few years ago, and is now a professor of Chinese Studies at the University of the Kingdom of Shu."
The waiter said: "He usually walks leisurely and tight, but he walked so fast just now for some reason." The two side concubines looked at each other.
Just as he was talking, a few horses ran over from the other road and passed the intersection in the blink of an eye.The daughter-in-law slipped away and shouted: "Your Majesty!" Everyone hurriedly looked, only the back of the head and the horse's tail remained.Pian Shizi and others also got off their horses in front of the gate of the Song Mansion, and walked straight in.
There is an octagonal pavilion in the back garden of Junma Mansion, standing in the middle of a lake.Songjun Maqin led the son to the end of the Jiuqu Bridge, and the son crossed the bridge alone and went to the pavilion.A person in the pavilion was clumsily adding charcoal to the tea stove, and complained: "The charcoal in Xiao Song's house is not good, and it won't burn forever."
Without saying a word, Shizi snatched the carbon tongs from his hand, put them into the tea stove and fiddled with them twice.After a while, the charcoal fire lit up.The man gave a thumbs up. "The eldest niece is very capable."
The son said: "When I was studying, I often went to the forest park with my classmates to have a barbecue." Nai put down the carbon tongs and smiled, "What kind of wind brought Uncle Jia here."
The person opposite was Jia Cong. He set up the tea bottle and said, "I wanted to write you a long letter. After thinking about it, Chengdu is not far away anyway, so I came here."
The prince was silent for a moment and said, "Why has my father been away for so long?"
Jia Cong said twice: "Let me go to the south for investigation. First go to Yue, then Jiangxi, then Fujian, then Guangdong, and finally Taiwan. I may not be able to make it back a few years ago. I guess the letter will arrive in a few days." .” Shizi nodded without saying a word.Jia Cong continued, "I received an urgent letter from Wu Xiaoxi, scolding me."
"Ok?"
"It's my idea to say that you can figure it out with your toes." Jia Cong said, "She said that I brought you into harm's way. She is such a big girl, she looks like a man in everything except her appearance."
The prince was stunned, and smiled indifferently: "Thanks to Uncle Jia's idea, otherwise I would not know which family's backyard to raise a child at this moment, how could I have the opportunity to stand in the court like now."
Jia Cong said seriously: "I thought that a woman disguised as a man is like in a drama novel. During the day, E Guanbo wears it, but behind closed doors, she is still a little girl. I didn't expect you to think of yourself as a man."
The son said: "If that's the case, even my grandparents can't be fooled, how can I fool the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty?"
Jia Cong sighed: "Niece, you are too involved in the drama, you may have some gender identity barriers."
"What is Gender Identity Disorder?"
"It's just that the behavior and language are too boyish." Jia Cong said, "This situation is mostly innate. Boys just like needlework and make people look good. Girls just like to dance with knives and guns, and fight on horseback. "
The prince said with a smile, "Jia Gui likes fighting on horseback."
Jia Cong also smiled and said: "That's different. She sent us to the military training in the barracks. She has improved a lot in the training, so she is naturally better than ordinary girls. People envy her, and she feels very happy, so she likes it. Not really like it. .Well, if this topic goes further, it has to do with the nature of the organism itself."
Shizi became interested. "how?"
"In nature, including the early days of our human society, the purpose of male creatures is to continue their own genes. Bulls, males, wolves, and tigers all have to fight to show their strength to the female in order to win the female's heart. And the female wants to The offspring can have better genes, so they will have a greater survival rate, and they will also choose strong males as their partners. Humans are also animals. So human males are naturally aggressive. This is just like the boys in your school. Football is the same thing. Isn’t it more exciting when there are girls watching?”
The prince smiled and said, "That's the case."
"And females usually take on the task of raising cubs. Needleworkers are a kind of work to take care of the family. Girls are mostly naturally interested in these things, and subconsciously train themselves to learn how to take care of cubs and do things for mothers in the future. Prepare."
The prince laughed again: "The word cub is so cute."
Jia Cong also said with a smile: "Of course, animals also have males who raise their cubs. Isn't it the seahorse? Humans are highly intelligent creatures, and human society is much more complicated than animal society, so there are more choices. Some boys are born to want to be Women, some girls are born to want to be men. These individuals are a very small number in the crowd. But because our human population is too large, the absolute number is not a lot.”
The prince pondered, "What Uncle Jia means is that even if I want to be a boy, it's not uncommon."
"It's rare, but there are quite a few of its kind."
Shizi nodded. "But I wasn't born."
"In fact, there are more barriers to gender identity caused by acquired upbringing. A man who was raised as a girl, and a woman who was raised as a boy. You are obviously born." Jia Cong said, "If I knew you were a man, you would pretend to be a man." With so much dedication, I will definitely not come up with such a bad idea. However, it is difficult to buy regret medicine in the world. The matter has come to this point, and the eldest niece should think about it calmly. Your experience determines your present, but the future can be changed. "
After a while, the prince said in a daze, "What are you thinking about?"
Jia Cong said seriously: "Consider whether you like to be a man or a woman. And, do you like a man or a woman." The prince frowned.Jia Cong said, "It's a pity that the psychological research in various schools has just started. A reporter met such a girl when interviewing at Tianjin Wharf. She is a woman, but she wants to be a man in terms of gender cognition, but she is Gay, that's why she likes men. She's no ordinary girl, she's looking for a gay man. You know what I mean?"
Shizi stretched out his finger to draw a symbol on the case: "The body is a woman, but the consciousness is gay, right?"
"Yes." Jia Cong nodded. "You're really smart. But right now the country can't accept her, so she went to North America by boat."
"Huh—" Shizi exhaled. "Ah Xi also said that he will go to North America next year. He is gay."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "The whole society over there has a relatively high acceptance of all kinds of people. According to a survey, more than half of the people are bisexual, and there are few pure homosexuals and pure heterosexuals. I haven't verified it, so I don't know if it is true or not. .”
Shizi nodded slightly.After a while, she said leisurely: "My plan is to gradually appoint female officials in the court, and gradually let all civil and military officials accept female heirs."
Jia Cong said: "Then you need power." He winked, "I helped you by coaxing your father to investigate."
The prince snorted and said coldly, "Where's your guerrilla?"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "I don't know. But I know who did it. I can't afford to offend the backstage." The prince glanced at him, obviously disbelieving.Jia Cong said sternly, "My power is only to point out the general direction. Not only do I have no say in specific matters, but many have no right to know. This will be the case in the future of the country, and it will no longer be a world of one person."
The son looked at him for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Uncle Jia, is your master a rebel against the Peach Blossom Spring?"
Jia Cong was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what he meant.Nai looked around for a few times and said in a low voice: "Keep secret. I haven't told anyone about this except my daughter-in-law." The prince nodded repeatedly and leaned closer to him.Jia Cong said in a low voice, "They are not, I am."
The prince was shocked: "Ah?! You are?!"
Jia Cong nodded: "I am. I have seen the world 300 years later."
Shizi's eyes lit up: "What is it like? Is it as written in a science fiction book?"
"Well... not exactly the same." Jia Cong said, "Technology has naturally developed a lot, but human nature has remained largely the same. The discrimination in the whole society is much less than now, and young people have a higher degree of freedom."
The tea boiled, and Jia Cong stood up thinking about what to do.Shizi directly picked up the tea bottle and poured water into the pot. "Uncle Jia wants to turn the present into the future?"
"How is that possible? Social development and technological development take time. But I hope to reduce discrimination as much as possible and give young people more choices." Jia Cong said, "After all, people nowadays are also living people with flesh and blood. .They also have the right to be respected and better off."