Chapter 501: I ate this meat bite by bite

Yu Lingye looked at Xie Yingmian quietly.

The word "disbelief" has almost become the essence.

"It's true. I'm not lying to you. Ji Yunzhang is a woman, disguised as a man." Xie Yingmian said, "She accidentally got pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but she's afraid of being exposed and charged with deceiving the emperor. So she came to ask me to help her keep the baby."

Xie Yingmian told Yu Lingye that Ji Yunzhang committed suicide in a secret room and Ji Yunshu took the imperial examination and became the top scorer in Ji Yunzhang's place.

After listening to this, Yu Lingye was speechless for a long time.

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Yingmian asked when she saw Yu Lingye didn't respond.

Yu Lingye: "She really is..."

Yu Lingye couldn't think of the right words.

Although the body search before entering the imperial examination hall did not require stripping naked, the top had to be taken off.

Ji Yunshu not only dared to fake a man's penis, but also dared to strip naked in front of everyone.

Really, that's commendable courage.

"Are you really not pregnant?" Yu Lingye looked at Xie Yingmian's lower abdomen.

Xie Yingmian: "Really not."

"I'm a doctor. I can diagnose basic pulse conditions like pregnancy. Besides, how could I possibly hide my pregnancy from you?"

Yu Lingye: "But your lower abdomen..."

"That's meat, meat, not cubs." Xie Yingmian said, almost gritting her teeth, "I ate it bite by bite myself."

Yu Lingye: ...

Yu Lingye was frustrated.

Ji Yunzhang can even get pregnant by disguising herself as a man and having sex with him.

Except for a few special days, he and Xie Yingmian partied almost every night.

At this frequency, Xie Yingmian remained silent.

The longer time went on, the more he suspected that there was something wrong with him.

Xie Yingmian knew at a glance that the man's strange self-esteem had exploded.

She said, "Pregnancy is about the right time, right place, and right people. The Du'e Gu in your body has been subdued, but not removed. And then there's the core stone that Xie Jingyun mentioned. Your body has only just recovered. No matter how you look at it, this isn't a good time to get pregnant."

Yu Lingye was persuaded by Xie Yingmian.

The current situation is indeed not suitable.

The misunderstanding was over, and Yu Lingye returned to his elegant appearance - if you ignored the fact that he was shaking milk tea for Xie Yingmian.

"Come to think of it, it's already this late." Xie Yingmian leaned over and hooked the corner of Yu Lingye's clothes, "Are you still keeping your promise to your Miss Feng?"

Yu Lingye: "What promise are you keeping?"

Xie Yingmian: "Dijia has not yet recovered his memory. In his mouth, you and your Miss Feng are still a couple, and I am the shameless one who interfered."

Yu Lingye's forehead twitched.

Because Dijia often talked nonsense, he sent Dijia to protect his mother early on and keep him away from them.

This old account is brought up inexplicably.

"I've already explained my relationship with Feng Qing to you."

"As for the mother of the Du'e Gu, Feng Qing is not returning to the capital. For Yu Meng's safety, I did not summon her to the capital. It's not because I'm keeping my promise, but because the timing is not right."

Xie Yingmian didn't care about this matter.

She just thought of it suddenly and asked casually.

I really don't mean to bring up old things.

Yu Lingye didn't want to continue this topic.

He changed the subject.

It's just that the change of topic was rather abrupt: "You once said that women can hold up half the sky."

"There are very few girls' schools in this world. Even if a teacher is invited to teach, he or she will mostly teach women's virtues and training. Ji Yunshu probably hasn't studied as hard as ordinary students."

"Many people study hard for more than ten years but still fail to pass the imperial examination, but she succeeded in becoming the top scholar in one stroke."

"After becoming the top scholar, she repeatedly solved strange cases and was promoted very quickly, which shows that her skills far surpass those of ordinary men."

"If all women in the world could study in schools and take the same exams as men, wouldn't they be able to lose to men?"

Xie Yingmian raised his eyebrows.

In an era where husbands are generally regarded as the most important thing for women, Yu Lingye, as a man, is the ultimate beneficiary.

As a beneficiary, she was surprised that he could say such words.

"You really think so?"

Yu Lingye: "You can't think like that?"

Xie Yingmian: "Of course I can, but I think your idea is a little rare."

"Indeed, men can go to the battlefield and kill the enemy, and so can women."

"A man can win the first place in the imperial examination, and so can a woman."

"Men can farm, and women can do it even better."

"It's just that too many men are afraid that once women have wings and ambitions, they will get out of control."

"They are afraid that once they become independent and strong, they will no longer be willing to be dodders who only rely on them. They are even more afraid that women with outstanding abilities will surpass them."

"So, they suppress women's individuality and abilities, brainwashing them generation after generation, preventing them from fully realizing their abilities and trapping them in a small world where they only have their husbands and children in mind, ingraining the idea of ​​supporting their husbands and raising their children."

When Xie Yingmian said this, he thought of Hua Yingxue.

If she had not given birth to a deformed baby, Hua Yingxue's life might have been spent giving birth and raising children under the torture of her mother-in-law and the neglect of her husband, and she would have toiled all her life as an ordinary peasant woman.

It's a joke of fate.

Hua Yingxue gave birth to a deformed baby and was forced to death.

After escaping death, his talent for martial arts was discovered, and he became a master and the owner of the powerful Feixue Tower.

The same is true for Ji Yunshu.

If we can liberate deep-rooted ideas, more women like Ji Yunshu and Hua Yingxue can display their talents, break free from the shackles of fate and take their destiny into their own hands.

Perhaps, there wouldn’t be so many miserable people.

At this moment, Xie Yingmian suddenly understood.

She finally found the reason why she couldn't be happy since she came back from Lotus Town.

It’s not because of Hua Yingxue, it’s not because of the Shuanglian Gu.

Instead, deep in her heart, she was wailing for the women at the bottom of society who were struggling for their lives.

She wanted to do something.

"You said last time that you wanted me to be the empress. Do you still mean what you said?"

Yu Lingye: "Have you come to terms with it?"

Xie Yingmian: "No, I'm not interested in the Empress. I just want to change something."

Even if it's just a little change.

"I have the blood of a flower-growing family. Farming and infrastructure are ingrained in me. First, farming, then infrastructure. According to the blueprint I provide, I will first let the men, women, and children of the fiefdom participate, step by step, and gradually."

She believed that as long as women had power, as long as they understood the joy of making money, and found value beyond just taking care of their husbands and children, they would wake up.

"Let's not talk about this for now," Xie Yingmian said. "Ji Yunshu is a steady person. She specifically told us that a major case would happen in the Autumn Examination. She wouldn't just say it casually."

"Perhaps this is her surrender and her thank you gift."

Yu Lingye said, "Zangsong, go investigate who were the top three when Ji Yunzhang first took the imperial examination."

When Ji Yunzhang first came to Beijing, he was very high-profile, with countless people placing bets. The shopkeeper still remembers it clearly.

Zang Song came back to report soon.

"That year's top scholar was Cui Yunxi, second place was Ji Yanzhou, and third place was Ruan Zhiheng."

"Is Cui Yunxi from the Cui family?" Xie Yingmian asked.