When Shen Tang was twelve years old, he picked up a half-dead boy in a dry well outside the city. The boy was covered in injuries and had a high fever. He couldn't remember anything when he woke up. Shen Tang named him "Little Stone". Shen Tang herself was a poor person who had been disguising herself as a man and making a living by running a waiter, but she softened her heart and kept him.
This stay lasts for five years.
Shen Tang worked in the teahouse during the day and squeezed into the woodshed to take care of Xiao Shitou at night. With the two of them and a picked-up starling, life is tight but also lively. Xiao Shitou didn't talk much, but he was incredibly smart. He helped her fight and settle accounts. Shen Tang called him a "little debt collector", but she regarded him as her brother in her heart.
When Shen Tang was seventeen years old, he was framed and imprisoned for offending the prefect, and was beheaded by the Queen of Autumn. Twelve-year-old Xiao Shitou stood outside the death row all night. On the third day, he led the imperial army to surround the prefect's Yamen.
When Shen Tang came out of the death row, he saw a young man wearing a brocade robe and a gold seal hanging on his waist. He was taller than her and had a stern look on his face. He was completely different from the "little stone" sitting in the woodshed eating steamed buns. The "younger brother" she had raised for five years turned out to be a member of the royal family who disappeared many years ago.
After regaining her identity, Xiao Shitou no longer called her "Big Brother", but changed her name to "A Tang". He refused all marriage proposals and said in front of the civil and military officials of the court: "I want to marry Shen Tang as my concubine." The court exploded - Shen Tang's household registration was "male".
The secret that Shen Tang had hidden for more than ten years was finally going to be revealed to the public, and he was angry and panicked. Xiao Shitou walked up to her and knelt down on one knee: "You lied to me for five years, and I lied to you for five years. But from now on, if the sky falls, I will carry it for you."
Still pretty good! ! !