Shipin Dalizheng

Chapter 375 Telling each other

Back in the village at night, looking at Chuncao's busy figure, Rong Tang suddenly had another idea, "Chuncao, do you want to go there?"

After a year of experience, Chuncao has grown into a qualified manager. She is the only one who manages the village winery and sugar factory. The accounts of shops in the town and county are also reported to her. She is in charge of half of Rong Tang's wealth. She is no longer the timid little girl who was afraid that Rong Tang would abandon her.

Chuncao thought for a moment and said, "Master, if you need me to fight for you, I will go."

"Are you not crying anymore?"

Thinking of how she cried when Rong Tang went on the southern expedition last year, she felt embarrassed, "Master, please don't laugh at me."

"You'll be sixteen in a month or two. Have you considered marriage?"

In fact, many people have set their sights on Chuncao during this year, mainly because she has the support of Earl Jian'an and has power in her hands. They wanted to take advantage of her, but she drove them away.

As Rong Tang's status became higher and higher, the people in the nearby villages also realized that although Chuncao was a girl, she was a girl they were not worthy of, and gradually gave up the idea.

Chuncao was also a little conflicted. Since she came to the north, she had been placed in Rongjia Village. She had no worries about food and drink, and she had money in her hands. Her life was richer and more comfortable than that of ordinary ladies.

She also knew that she couldn't marry a son of an official, otherwise the self-confidence and freedom she had worked so hard to cultivate would be worn away. She also didn't want to marry a villager because of the difference in spiritual cognition.

"I do not know."

"Then go out. Girls can't be confined to one place, otherwise their thinking will become rigid."

Chuncao chuckled, "Master, aren't you worried that I won't be able to get married if I run away again?"

"Marry someone you like, and don't marry if you can't. It's best to live a life of freedom. Don't be afraid at any time. The young master will always be your support."

Chuncao pursed her lips and chuckled, then suddenly whispered, "Master, you've been keeping us away from you."

Rong Tang was surprised, "Why do you think so?"

"Actually, I noticed a long time ago that you're very different from before. You're very capable now, abilities that the Sixth Miss of the Feng family will never have the chance to learn. Later, you joined forces with the three of them, Third Brother Rong, and I thought we'd always be around you, protecting you, but it turns out you were always planning for us. It's like... you were planning to leave us, and before you left, you arranged for everyone around you to be able to handle things on your own."

Rong Tang was shocked. Is it so obvious?

"Other people have capable subordinates, and they all hold them in their hands and use them for their own purposes. Only you spare no effort to support your subordinates and help them develop their own futures. Master, tell me the truth, was Miss Feng Liu still around two years ago?"

Rong Tang's heart was filled with waves. As expected, Chuncao had been suspicious for a long time.

"Chuncao, she is still there, but she will never appear again."

Chuncao was sad for a moment, "She's dead, right?"

"You can't say that! Chuncao, there may never have been a Miss Feng Liu in this world. I think you've read the announcement issued by Jingzhao Prefecture years ago. In fact, I am Madam Rong's adopted son."

Chuncao asked anxiously, "But isn't the adopted son Rong Tang, the one with the heart disease? Is he dead?"

"This is a very complicated matter. Madam Rong adopted me and named me Rong Tang. Later, I was sent to the Jokhang Temple in Jiangnan, claiming to have a heart disease. At that time, Madam Xie Si gave birth to twins. One of them had a heart disease and was sent to southern Xinjiang. If he must have a name, Master Feng Si named him Feng Zhaoxi. The other one was taken away and raised by someone else. He is the Wuji you know, and I was taken back to the Feng family to be raised. The three of us exchanged identities until Feng Zhaoxi died. I pretended to be Rong Tang, and Wuji became me again. Miraculously, our identities were reversed."

Chuncao was stunned. "It's so complicated. Why would the Fourth Madam want to exchange the child?"

It certainly doesn't make sense for an ordinary person to do this, but Xie Wan is not an ordinary person. She was able to fake her death and escape to the Northern Dynasty to become a concubine, so she cannot be judged by common sense.

"I don't know why she changed. Anyway, I lived as Feng Liu for fourteen years, in a muddle-headed state, until the day Feng Yingying pushed me into the water... No, it was two days later, the day you thought I was dead..."

Chuncao covered her ears and sobbed, "Stop talking."

Rong Tang was silent for a moment. "It feels like I'm dead, but also like I'm not dead. I still remember my childhood, but my mind has become that of another person. My identity was also Feng Qingqing, but the environment I grew up in and the education I received were completely different. You can think of it as me coming from another world."

Chuncao cried even harder, "So you want to go back?"

"I don't know either. I'm supposed to be dead in the other world, but Master Huici told me I have one chance, and only one. I don't know what this chance means, but I'm always looking for an answer. Before that, of course, I have to make proper arrangements for the people around me."

Chuncao was almost sobbing. "I don't care. Whether your real last name is Rong or Feng, you've been the one who's been with me since I was seven or eight, right?"

"That's right. The girl now called Feng Qingqing is the true blood of the Feng family. She actually has her own name, just a code name. You don't need to care what it is called. The love between you and me will never change."

Chuncao cried for a while, wiped her tears, and felt a little embarrassed. "What about Miss Tang? Although you are indeed Rong Tang and you are engaged to her, you are a woman!"

A strange feeling welled up in Rong Tang's heart. Was he a woman? His mind was becoming increasingly confused about his gender.

"Of course, I have plans for Miss Tang. When I first came here, she was in a difficult situation, and breaking off the engagement would damage her reputation. Now that she has the title of Princess, she's often out and about, and her personality has become much more cheerful and generous. I'll find an opportunity to let her know the truth later, which should minimize the damage."

He was thinking about the day when he would tell Tang Tiantian that he was actually a girl. Tang Tiantian would probably be very surprised, then relieved, and would cancel the engagement properly and find another good match.

Chuncao finished crying and calmed down. With the buffer of a year and a half, she had actually accepted the fact in her heart. She had been independent for a long time and was not too dependent on Rongtang. Now that she heard the truth, she was still a little relieved.

At least they still have the memory of being together, so whether it's a young lady or a young master, it's still the same person.

"Master, it's very late. Let Chuncao help you take a bath and rest!"

It took Chuncao a whole year to overcome the habit of calling herself a slave. She knew what it meant. The young master had completely set her free, both in person and in heart.

Rong Tang never needed a personal maid, but that wasn't always the case. Sometimes when his outer clothes were complicated, the uncle's mansion would have maids to help him dress, and he had never been seen through her body.

Sometimes he wondered, was he really flawless? Didn't those girls notice that he was different from men when they touched him all over?

(Girl: We have never touched other men)

There was warm water ready in the bathroom. Chuncao helped him undress and put his clothes on the screen.

Rong Tang's clothes were all men's, and most of them were taken care of by the female elders of the Sima family. When Chuncao took off his innermost thin cotton shirt, her hand that was unbuttoning the buttons accidentally pressed on his abdomen, and he exclaimed, "Huh?"

"Master's waist is so hard!"

Rong Tang's face darkened. Those were his abdominal muscles, so there was cause for celebration.

Chuncao whispered doubtfully, "Eh? Sixteen? Why isn't there anything?"

Rong Tang looked down at the peaceful and prosperous world and finally realized what was wrong.