Chapter 1: Chapter 1 – Past and Present

The wind outside is the coldest one in winter, blowing through the cracks in the doors and windows of the broken temple, making a mournful sound like the wailing of a ghost.

But she didn't notice it at all at this time, she couldn't even notice the cries of her two sons. The group of thieves dragged her away from her husband. She was terrified and wanted to grab her husband's hand, but was avoided by him.

The sound of the torn fabric stimulated her nerves, she struggled desperately and shouted desperately. She is only in her twenties, she still has two sons, she still has a lot of things she wants to do but hasn't done, and she doesn't want to die.

She turned her head, and through the gap between the bandits saw her husband draw a sharp dagger from his boot. The fire of hope rekindled in her eyes. He came to save me, he really still has some affection for me, at least in front of our children.

The always weak husband rushed over.

Stab—

She heard the sound of a sharp weapon as it pierced her internal organs...

She heard the panicked voices of the bandits after being frightened. She looked at her husband's face in disbelief, her sons were crying in her ears, and there's a deep hole in her chest pierced by a dagger.

"Madam, madam... Your innocence cannot be sullied... I'm helping you..."

Oh, what he cared about was his wife's innocence. She suddenly figured it out. She didn't feel hatred at all, she just felt that it was too bitter. Being a woman is really too bitter. You can't live according to your own will while you're alive, and you can't die of your own accord. Is she going to die?

If there is an afterlife, if she can be a man...

The feeling of a sharp weapon piercing his heart is so profound, Qi Shuzhi suddenly wakes up, and a row of bright candles reminds him where he is now.

Having that dream again, Qi Shuzhi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. His legs felt as if they were being eaten by thousands of ants. He squeezed his fists and beat his legs, and when he looked up, he could see the numerous ancestral tablets above. 

Indeed, because he made a mistake, he was punished by his father to kneel all night in the ancestral hall.

No wonder he had that dream, Qi Shuzhi closed his collar, feeling a little cold.

"Second brother." A voice suddenly sounded in his ear, "Have you had a nightmare?"

Qi Shuzhi turned around and saw his third brother Qi Yuqiang's carved face, "It's so late, third brother, why are you here? What happen?"

Qi Yuqiang, who was only eight years old, was already very mature. He put the food box in his hand in front of Qi Shuzhi and said with a smile, "You haven't eaten dinner yet, I bet you're hungry."

Then he opened the food box. A fragrant smell of meat rushed to his nose, and there was a roast chicken with golden oil on it.

Qi Shuzhi swallowed and resisted the temptation with his will: "No, I won't eat it. Dad asked me to kneel here."

Qi Yuqiang took out the roast chicken with a quick movement, and said without raising his head: "Dad only said to punished you by kneeling, but he didn’t say that you were not allowed to eat. Besides, there are only two of us brothers here. You can eat as much as you want, but if our father finds out, I will carry the blame.” 

Qi Shuzhi didn't feel ashamed at all. He was really hungry and greedy, so he tore off a chicken leg and ate it. Qi Yuqiang watched his brother gobble his food, he sighed quite maturely at a young age, and persuaded bitterly: 

"Second brother, you and I are from a famous school, it doesn't matter if we are not good at learning, but at least we should know etiquette, righteousness and shame, how could you do... this kind of thing?" 

No wonder Qi Yuqiang couldn't say it, Qi Shuzhi's fault for being punished to kneel at the ancestral hall this time is indeed a bit hard to explain. It was known that he visited a flower boat(entertainment boat filled with courtesans and their patrons) and wanted to embrace a courtesan, and even fought with the son of a Minister for this little courtesan. 

This matter spread quickly, and the whole capital knew that the son of Grand Prince was only thirteen years old and yet already a veteran of the game. 

Grand Prince Qi Yuan, as Qi Shuzhi's father, was the last to know the news. He was extremely angry on the spot, and immediately dragged Qi Shuzhi out of the academy outside the capital and returned to the Grand Prince's Mansion, reprimanded Qi Shuzhi severely, and punished him by kneeling in the ancestral hall until the next morning.

But this is not exactly the case. It is true that he did go to a flower boat, and it was true that he fought for a little courtesan, but wanting to embrace a courtesan is pure nonsense. All men in this world may have sex with courtesans, but Qi Shuzhi is the only one who couldn't do it, because he was a woman in his previous life.

Qi Shuzhi in the previous life was kidnapped by bandits on the way to relocate. After that, her husband killed her with his own hands, saying that he wanted to maintain her innocence. He thought his life was over, but when he opened his eyes again, he become Qi Shuzhi, the second son of the most powerful Grand Prince in Da Zhou.

This Qi Shuzhi is famous in the capital. He is famous not because of how good he is or because of what he has done, but because of his mischievousness and ignorance.

Generally speaking, it is not uncommon for a big family to have one or two mischievous children, but the problem is that the Grand Prince's family has loyal and decent generations, and every generation will produce heroes. And Qi Shuzhi is the first legitimate son of the Grand Prince. His elder brother from a concubine is outstanding in both civil and military skills, and the youngest half-brother, has the title of a child prodigy since he was young.

In a way, he was caught in the middle, and he was particularly eye-catching.

Ever since he became Qi Shuzhi, he has been reprimanded by his own father every three to five days, and he has been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall from time to time. If it weren't for his weak body, he would have been beaten.

Even so, Qi Shuzhi was still very grateful. He was able to live again as a man. He felt that God heard his thoughts before he died, and pitied him, so he gave him this chance to be a man in this life.

Eating the delicious roast chicken, Qi Shuzhi couldn't help sighing when he remembered what happened yesterday.

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Yesterday, a few good classmates invited him to go to the river, and he followed without thinking much. When he got there, he found out that there was a flower boat floating at the Qinhuai River.

At that time, he began to retreat. The family education of the Grand Prince Qi's household was very strict. If his father knew about it, he would have to be reprimanded. But his classmates strongly invited him, and since he became a man, he has been eager to integrate into the group of men, so he could not turn them down and enter the boat. He made up his mind, and after entering, he would only watch and not play, just to increase his knowledge.

It was originally the time for drinking tea and listening to music. Who ever thought that drinking too much tea would make him want to go take a leak. On the way back, he saw the turtle man(pimp) just harassing a little courtesan. He once swore that if he could be born a male, he would do everything in his power to protect any girl in distress. 

Can he endure this scene? He stepped forward and reprimanded the turtle man. The little courtesan looked no more than eleven or twelve years old. Qi Shuzhi felt pity in his heart, so he intended to redeem her life. It happened that at this time, he was seen by Liu Pan, the son of a minister from the Ministry of Households. 

This Liu Pan relied on his father, the most popular minister of Households in the three provinces and six divisions, and Liu Pan often found fault with himself in the academy. 

Is there any reason not to find fault with Qi Shuzhi? Liu Pan thought that Qi Shuzhi had fallen in love with the little courtesan, so he wanted to snatch it from him. 

Qi Shuzhi couldn't bear that the little courtesan was degraded by Liu Pan. So on the flower boat, he and Liu Pan were speaking first and then a minute later were using force. Later, the little courtesan was rescued, and this small matter became a big one. 

While eating the roast chicken, Qi Shuzhi told Qi Yuqiang the whole story of what happened yesterday. After he finished speaking, he said, "Third brother, if this happens to you, will you save people?" 

"Of course I will." Qi Yuqiang was serious and said : "How can a gentleman not saving people?" 

"You're a good brother." 

Qi Shuzhi patted his brother's shoulder with his hand full of grease, "I knew you understand me." 

But Qi Yuqiang doubted again, "Second brother, according to what you said, you're going to redeem that girl, why didn't I see you bringing her back?" 

Speaking of this, Qi Shuzhi was even more depressed, he wiped his hands with a towel and said, "Don't even mention it, I do want to redeem her, but she doesn't want to." 

"Ah?" Qi Yuqiang was a little disbelieving, "Why did she not want to?" 

"How do I know." Qi Shuzhi thought about it and said, "Maybe my reputation is so bad, she feel that being redeemed by me is to jump into another fire pit, so she doesn't want to." 

Seeing his brother's depressed appearance, Qi Yuqiang was only eight years old, and he didn't know how to comfort him. Changing the topic, he said, "Second brother, you kneeled for the whole night, and I'm afraid your body will not be able to bear it. Don't go to the academy after dawn. I will ask someone to go to the academy to ask for leave for you."

"Don't." Qi Shuzhi stopped him, "I must go to the academy tomorrow." 

Qi Yuqiang looked at him with a ghostly expression, when did the second brother love reading so much?

Qi Shuzhi understood his eyes and coughed awkwardly, "I have a reason to go."

He knelt like this all night, and when it was dawn, Qi Shuzhi washed up and changed his clothes with the help of the book boy Jixiang and other servants in the room.

Jixiang gave Qi Shuzhi a bowl of porridge with a distressed look on his face, and said, "Young master, you're really... Why are you going to the academy? Jixiang will go and ask for leave for you."

Qi Shuzhi held the porridge bowl tremblingly and took a sip and scolded: "Whatever reason I have to go, you don't need to know about it."

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Father Qi Yuan got up on his wife Yang's bed, and the servants outside who had long been waiting, come in quietly and began to serve their master in washing and changing clothes. The butler Qi Zhong was waiting outside the door, and Qi Yuan inquired, "Did my second son returned to his chambers?" 

The butler replied outside, "Second young master went back to the house at dawn."

Qi Yuan asked again, "He really knelt down? Did he not sleep?"

"He really knelt for the whole night." The butler said respectfully, "Except for the third young master who give him a meal in the middle of the night, the second young master was honest during the rest of the time."

Qi Yuan's face improved a lot, remembering that his son was frail and asked, "Did he have breakfast? Has he asked for leave from the academy?" 

The butler hesitated, and said, "Second Young Master had his breakfast, but only half a bowl of white porridge."

Qi Yuan frowned, "Go ask the doctor to take a look at him."

"Uhm." The butler said with a subtle expression: "Second Young Master went out to the academy after having breakfast."

"What!?" Qi Yuan suddenly raised his volume, the expression was just like hell.

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