After Li Sijiu left, Xue Yong lay crookedly on the bed, recalling the two times when Li Sijiu called him "Xue Yong", he suddenly wanted to laugh;

Her maid Xiang Ning was terrified and shook her arm almost in tears: "My lord, stop laughing, my lord."

Xue Yongcai realized that he actually laughed out loud.

She stopped laughing, and said to Xiang Ning warmly: "Go out, let me sleep for a while."

Seeing that she had finally returned to normal, Xiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, my lord, this servant is going to make hangover soup for you to drink."

But Xue Yong knew that he was not drunk.

Xue Yong's family was wealthy, but they were sparsely populated. Xue Yong's grandfather had only one son, which was Xue Yong's father.

She is an only daughter, so she is naturally doted on. Her grandfather holds her on his lap every day. She recognizes the ledger before she learns to speak.When he was six years old, Xue Yong sat on the floor of his study and flipped through the account books over the years to play. He suddenly pointed to a place and said, "There is something wrong here. My grandfather dubiously calculated against other accounts for a long time, and found out that the account room had embezzled money.

When Xue Yong was seven years old, he solved his grandfather's doubts about business with one sentence. His grandfather was overjoyed, and even said that she was much better than many men. Xue Yong's father was dull, could not understand numbers, and could not inherit the family business. He started to train Xue Yong, and from now on he would take her with him wherever he went.Xue Yong's father was unwilling: "How can there be a girl who shows up? Isn't this reputation ruined?"

Her grandfather said indifferently: "The children of merchants are not so particular. If you really don't want to, then let's change her name and let her dress up as a boy, and say that she is a child of our offspring."

The father was afraid of his grandfather, but he couldn't hold back his grandfather, so he reluctantly agreed.

The grandfather stroked Xue Yong's head: "Grandpa likes to watch Water Margin the most. The person he likes most in Water Margin is Wu Yong, a military adviser. He is resourceful and talented. He is very similar to you. From now on, you will be called Xue Yong. Grandpa will take care of you." How about traveling around outside?"

Xue Yong actually didn't quite understand it, but she knew that as long as she called Xue Yong, she could walk out of the compound and go to the fun places that grandpa said.She replied crisply: "Okay, from today onwards, my name will be Xue Yong."

From the age of seven to 15, Xue Yong accompanied his grandfather to many places. Almost all the businessmen in Dazhou knew how smart the child named Xue Yong was in the Xue family.When Xue Yong was 16 years old, someone like his grandfather proposed to marry his daughter to Xue Yong. The grandfather refused with a suppressed smile. On the way back to the house, Xue Yong said: "I don't want to marry a wife."

Grandfather almost choked: "Good boy, you can't marry even if you want to."

Xue Yong pouted: "Then I don't want to marry either."

The grandfather said: "If you don't want to marry, then don't marry first, do business with grandpa first, and then marry when you want to marry."

Xue Yong will go back to Xue's house at the end of every year for the New Year, because she spends a long time away from home, and her relationship with her parents is not close, but Xue Yong still likes to be close to them.

As soon as she got home that day, she went to pay her respects to her parents. On the way, she met several maidservants. When she saw her, her face turned red and she hung her head tightly.

Xue Yong knocked on the door of his father's study: "Father, my daughter is back..."

"come in."

Xue Yong opened the door and went in. She hadn't seen her for a year, but her father hadn't changed much, with a gentle goatee.Xue Yong said happily: "Father, my daughter brought you..."

Father raised his hand to stop Xue Yong's words: "You are back this year, so don't go out again."

"What?" Xue Yong asked unresponsively.

The father said: "You are already sixteen, other women have already talked about getting married and having children, but you still run around like crazy every day, what do you look like?"

Xue Zhaoyi opened her mouth: "But my daughter..."

"No, but." The father said coldly: "A few years ago, you were young, so it was fine to do nonsense, but now that you have grown up, this must not happen. Look at you, wearing men's clothes, with such big strides, What does it look like? From tomorrow, you will stay at home honestly, and I will send someone to teach you etiquette in a daughter's house."

Xue Yong took a step back in disbelief.

After the grandfather heard about this, he held up his crutches and whipped her father: "Xue Yong won't marry if she doesn't want to, even if you are her father, you can't let her marry! You have been useless for so many years, Xue Yong can finally help me It’s gone, but you’re still only thinking about such useless things... You’re trying to piss me off!!”

Xue Yong's father was afraid that his father would get sick from anger, and considering that Xue Yong was only sixteen now, he compromised with a dark face: "I will let her mess around at most."

Xue Yong sat in the yard at night, looking at the moon sadly, and his grandfather sat next to her, comforting her: "Don't blame your father, he just wants you to go the way most women want to go."

Xue Yong asked: "Even if I am stronger than most men, do I still have to go this way?"

Grandpa couldn't answer, so he said after a while, "...at least when grandpa is around, your father won't want you to marry."

Xue Yong said with tears in his eyes, "But father is just afraid of me!"

She could see clearly that her father was actually afraid that she would become a woman who was better than a man, that she would become a woman with her own thoughts, and that she would no longer be under his control from now on.

The grandfather was silent for a long time, and said: "Don't blame your father, he is just a person who follows the rules."

That was the first time Xue Yong realized that in his father's eyes, no matter how good she was, she was no different from other women.

Since then, going home once a year has become a torment for Xue Yong, and her father looks at her with more contempt and fear.

When Xue Yong was 25 years old, his grandfather passed away.Before he left, he stared at his blurred eyes and pointed at his father with his old wrinkled fingers: "If Xue is not married, you are not allowed to let her marry."

After his grandfather was buried, Xue Yong said to his father with tears in his eyes, "Let me sort out my grandfather's assets."

Father said: "No need."

He pointed to the thin man behind Xue Yongtao who was not as tall as Xue Yong and said: "This is your younger brother, I will adopt him to my knee next year."

Xue Yong's heart was half cold, and she was about to go forward, but suddenly two servants appeared and tightly bound her hands and feet, making her unable to move.

The father said: "Your grandpa is stupid... ruined your whole life, as a father, I can't let you go on like this... But you are a rare and rare talent, marrying into an ordinary family, maybe I have wronged you, the little emperor will marry you next year." Now that you are about to start governing, my father has already told His Highness Prince Jing that he will send you to the palace next year so that you can live a good life."

Xue Yong was imprisoned at home, and all the books in the room were confiscated. If he wanted to escape or yell at the house, he would starve for several days without food. Xue Yong lay powerlessly on the bed, his eyes blank. Looking at the roof.But she didn't give up, she tried every means to get the boy to say a word——

This word first spread in the neighborhood, and then spread to every street and alley. In the end, everyone in Dazhou knew this word.

"Xue Yong is Xue Ruyue!"

Everyone was shocked by this incident. None of them could have imagined that the handsome gentleman who was holding a folding fan and chatting happily in countless chambers of commerce turned out to be a woman.

This incident naturally reached Yu Xiujin's ears.

Xue Yong's father was furious, wishing to starve Xue Yong to death in the room, but when Xue Yong's breath became weaker and weaker, the capital sent a message: "Yu Xiujin named Xue Ruyue Xue Zhaoyi, and entered the palace immediately."

Her father was overjoyed and packed her into the palace. Before entering the palace, her father told her: "If you want your mother to be fine, and if you want your grandfather's bones to be safe, don't cause trouble in the palace."

These words were more effective to Xue Yong than anything else, and from then on, she obediently became Xue Ruyue and Xue Zhaoyi.

Xue Yong felt that she had become a theatergoer, out of place everywhere, she became the most peaceful person in the palace, never participated in fights, and never invited Yu Xiujin, Yu Xiujin seemed to see that she was unwilling , and never came, Xue Yong thought, maybe this is the best ending.

She had already compromised, but she met Li Sijiu.

She looked at Li Sijiu, and began to envy him, envious that even if he entered the palace, everyone would still regard Li Sijiu as a strong enemy, watching his every move, every word and deed - just like her before.

Li Sijiu was the only person in the palace who didn't know her past, so she stopped Li Sijiu, took the initiative to talk to someone for the first time, and said what she had to say when she introduced herself before: "My name is Xue Yong, military advisor Wu Yong."

She had clearly compromised, but this sentence brought her back to the time when she was in high spirits, and made her fall into pain again.

Opening her eyes from the cumbersome dream, Xue Yong subconsciously reached out and touched her cheek, the tentacles were wet, she murmured unwillingly: "I'm not Xue Ruyue...I'm Xue Yong..."

She was lying on the bed for an unknown amount of time, but when she heard a noise from outside the door, Xiang Ning said eagerly: "My lord, the emperor and Mr. Li are walking this way, have you woke up, my lord?"

Xue Yong sat up from the bed: "I got up..."

She simply combed her messy hair when Yu Xiujin arrived, and Li Sijiu stood behind him. The two of them stood there tall and straight, indescribably seductive.

Just as Xue Yong was about to salute, Yu Xiujin said, "No need."

Xue Yong still said blissfully: "The emperor came here because he heard that the concubine was drunk? The concubine said some nonsense today, please don't laugh at the emperor..."

Before Yu Xiujin could speak, Li Sijiu raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Xue Yong, you are out of touch. You should know that our emperor is not an ordinary emperor. The emperor has always remembered the things you have experienced. In his heart, he thought you had let go, but he didn't expect that you were suppressing yourself, and when you realized it just now, you blamed yourself too much."

Xue Yong was taken aback: "Your Majesty..."

"...Yes," Yu Xiujin admitted softly: "I thought that taking you into the palace would free you from your father's grasp, but I ignored the feelings in your heart..."

Xue Yong burst into tears suddenly.

Li Sijiu and Yu Xiujin glanced at each other, Yu Xiujin seemed to have never experienced such a scene, and his expression was slightly flustered.

Li Sijiu took a step forward and coaxed: "Don't cry, actually, I think you've fallen into a dead end. Name and gender don't matter. You're still you. If you want, your name will be Li Sijiu from tomorrow on." , how about my name is Xue Ruyue?"

After Li Sijiu finished speaking, Yu Xiujin calmly turned his head away, but a smile could not be suppressed from the corner of his mouth.

Xue Yong: "..."

Suddenly I couldn't cry anymore.

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