Female-to-male: I live on farming

"Are you sure? Do you know what the consequences of deceiving me are?"

"Of course, there is still one month until the autumn harvest, and then Your Highness will know whether what I said is true or not?" Hasn't Qin Ke eaten pork or seen pigs run? So many costume dramas in the previous life were not watched in vain. Although the eldest princess is wearing casual clothes now, her majesty is not to be underestimated.

The princess glanced at him calmly and said, "Then I will wait and see."

There is no need to say anything else. If Qin Ke dares to deceive her, the end will certainly not be good. She doesn't even need to give orders personally, someone will share her worries.

The eldest princess and Gu Lanxi did not stay long, it seemed that they just came to take a look and relax.

However, Qin Ke dared to look up and touch his chin only after watching the two people's carriage go away. From his observation for a while, he found that the safe distance between the eldest princess and the head of the Gu family was very small, and their clothes were almost touched together.

His gossipy soul was ready to gossip, but he didn't have the courage to gossip at the moment.

Of course, after seeing off the distinguished guest, Qin Ke still had more important things to deal with.

"Are you angry? Because I didn't tell you about my background in advance?" Lu Youqing took the initiative to sit in front of Qin Ke and coaxed her in a soft voice.

"No." Qin Ke puffed out his cheeks and turned his head away without looking at her.

Lu Youqing looked at someone whose face was full of "I'm angry, come and comfort me", smiled helplessly, and had to get up and sit opposite him again, trying to soften her tone and explained: "I haven't talked about those things, in fact, I just want to separate from the past. Those are not good memories. I thought I would never meet people related to the past again."

Qin Ke was not that angry to begin with, and he was always easy to coax in front of Lu Youqing. When he heard that she was willing to explain to him, he turned around and said angrily: "I didn't even know you had another name."

Seeing Qin Ke trying to keep a straight face, Lu Youqing knew that he didn't blame her, but just wanted to show off his childish temper, so she reached out and held his fingers, turned her head and looked at the night sky outside the window, her eyes a little vague, and explained: "My real name is Youzhi, and my father is Cheng Li, a fourth-rank official in the court, and I didn't lie to you. My mother is the legitimate daughter of Duke Rong. She married my father, but unfortunately there was no successor to the Duke's Mansion, and His Majesty gradually reduced her titles. My mother has been in poor health since she gave birth to me, and coupled with the decline of my mother's family, she died of depression."

Hearing this, Qin Ke clutched her somewhat cold hand with some heartache.

"Afterwards, my father remarried, and my stepmother...had a legitimate son and daughter. My position in the mansion became somewhat awkward. They took advantage of my father's absence and claimed that I had caught a cold..."

Lu Youqing said it tactfully, but there was nothing Qin Ke could not guess. It was too common for a stepmother to mistreat the daughter of her ex-wife. Moreover, Qin Ke guessed that her father was not a good guy either. When the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion married, his symbol was almost the same as that of the Phoenix Man of later generations.

Since ancient times, the first thing a Phoenix Man would do after gaining power is to turn his back on his wife. When he saw that the Duke's Mansion had fallen into decline, he began to treat his wife harshly and regarded all the times he had been submissive and fawning on her as a humiliation.

It is estimated that Lu Youqing's existence has become a thorn in his heart, otherwise, if he had some feelings for Lu Youqing, she would not have had such a hard time in the mansion.

"Lu is my mother's surname, and Youqing is the nickname she gave me, so I didn't lie to you."

Lu Youqing lowered her eyes. There were some things she didn't say, such as the marriage agreement that had been arranged since childhood. She knew that if she told it, the person next to her would be furious like a puffer fish.

She thought there was no need to say it. Her younger sister had always been so hostile to her and jealous of her, wasn't it just because of the engagement that was tied to her? Half a year had passed, and she probably had successfully replaced her and married into the palace.

She is living a good life now, she has found someone who truly loves her, and she truly knows what it feels like to love someone. And this person doesn't just want to trap her in the backyard to take care of her husband and children, he supports her ideas and her career.

Those ripples that arose in my heart when I was young were nothing but illusions, which would be blown away by the wind.

Qin Ke couldn't bear to blame her now. He was too distressed to hold her soft waist and changed the subject: "What did you say to the princess in the room today? And this princess, you look up to her so much, do you still lead troops to fight?"

Lu Youqing burst out laughing and had to give some scientific advice to this person who came along halfway.

The eldest princess was born to the late queen. She was gifted since childhood. She knew a thousand words at the age of three and was proficient in poetry and books at the age of five. She showed outstanding political talent since childhood. She was also the only princess who could attend court to discuss politics. She was specially granted the title of Princess Jinyang. Not only that, when the Turks launched a large-scale attack on Dayan and broke through several cities, it was Princess Jinyang who led the troops to repel the enemy at the critical moment of life and death, and weakened the military strength of the Turks in one fell swoop, in exchange for stability on the border over the years.

After hearing the story of Princess Jinyang, Qin Ke was filled with admiration and exclaimed, "This... is indeed amazing."

"It's a pity that the princes don't have the courage of the princess. They only care about fighting for power every day." Lu Youqing mentioned the princes with a completely different tone. "Before I left Beijing, I heard that the Zhou Kingdom sent troops to attack. The court has not yet decided who to send troops. Today I met Her Royal Highness the Princess here. I think the person leading the troops should be Her Royal Highness, but why Her Royal Highness stayed in the Gu Mansion under an assumed name, I don't know."

Qin Ke silently imagined a big drama in his mind.

"Didn't our Great Yan Dynasty have a female emperor?" Qin Ke suddenly asked a completely unrelated question.

After observing Qin Ke for a while, Lu Youqing knew that Qin Ke lacked a lot of basic knowledge, so he explained: "Our Great Yan's founding emperor was indeed a female emperor. At the beginning, the law was amended to allow women to take the imperial examination and become officials. However, the emperors of later dynasties still tacitly allowed men to serve as officials, and did not grant princesses political power, excluding them from the heirs. Princess Jinyang is already a special case."

After saying this, he sighed softly, feeling helpless and sad.

Just as she said she would take part in the imperial examination, she knew clearly that the difficulty did not lie in the examination papers, but in the fact that they would not give her an equal opportunity. Maybe she could pass the examination and become a scholar, but to go any further would be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"Hasn't Princess Jinyang ever thought about that position?"

Lu Youqing covered his mouth in surprise, shook his head at him, and warned: "Don't say such things, it will bring disaster."

Qin Ke blinked innocently.

As for whether the eldest princess had ever had that idea in her heart, Qin Ke and Lu Youqing did not know.