Chapter 6 Grievance
Young ladies in the boudoir of aristocratic families rarely go out of the house. Even if they go out occasionally, they will not go out on the streets, and they need to wear a curtain or veil when meeting guests.
Their hands and feet will be covered tightly, and not even a bit of them will be exposed even in the hot summer.
Especially, it cannot be seen by men.
Shen Wei visited four cloth shops.
Three jewelry stores.
and those that are running thriving shops.
At the beginning, Shen Wei just wanted to quickly earn enough money to lay a foundation for himself to leave the house and find his way home.
"That lady just now, I saw her holding her breath while walking. Does she have any problem with me?" Shen Wei walked out of the cloth shop and asked Xiaoman with a frown.
After spending these few days together, Xiaoman felt that Miss Shen had changed.
It may also be that she has never understood Miss Shen. She used to think that Miss Shen was rude and impolite, but now she finds her to be quite good, but she can't say exactly what is good about her.
But it's easy and fun to get along with each other.
Xiaoman quietly pointed to her chest and continued, "That's the eldest daughter of the Liu family. She's almost coming of age. She's plump. She attended a banquet at the prime minister's residence some time ago. Because a man from another family took a look at her here..."
"Then the rumors spread very badly. If Miss Liu had not been a 15-year-old and was not valued by her family, she would have been forced to marry that foreign man."
"Then..."
"Mrs. Liu asked her to bind her chest because she was afraid that this part of her body would be too prominent and would attract men's attention. If some rumors were spread, her reputation would be completely ruined."
Shen Wei was speechless.
My heart feels blocked.
No more words were spoken.
She already understood the situation of the shop, and was waiting to return home to make a detailed plan and find a way to make money that suited this era.
On the way back home, Shen Wei was feeling a little depressed.
She drew aside the curtain and saw the carriage passing by a martial arts gym.
She saw the long swords hanging on the wall, the pitch-black crossbows, the sharp arrows, and every strong man who walked out of there... She watched and watched.
She gritted her teeth and got off the carriage.
"Girl, you can't go in here!"
"There are only outsiders here, how can a woman enter the martial arts hall! If it gets out, she will be despised!" Xiaoman was so scared when she saw this.
Shen Wei broke free from her hand and said sternly, "Wait for me in the carriage. I'll be back soon."
"But girl......."
When the owner of the martial arts gym learned that there was a woman who wanted to learn martial arts, his expression was shocked and stunned.
For a moment he thought he had heard wrongly.
Or maybe that woman is crazy!
Shopkeeper Wu ran to the lobby and looked up. It was indeed a woman, a weak-looking and very beautiful woman. "You want to learn martial arts?"
"It's me." Shen Wei looked at the owner of the martial arts gym with burning eyes: "Is it okay?"
"Go away! What's okay? I think you are here to cause trouble, right?"
"Looking at the way you are dressed, you must be a noble from a big family. Why don't you stay at home and do embroidery and piano, find a husband to marry, take good care of him and raise children, instead of coming to learn martial arts from me?"
"I think you are mentally ill, leave now!"
Manager Wu refused decisively and looked at Shen Wei with anger.
What’s the point for the ladies and wives of wealthy families to learn martial arts?
She couldn't go to war with the army, but she wasn't a poor girl either. In order to be a personal slave of a noble, she wanted to learn some skills to protect her master.
A woman should be quiet and gentle like water.
Otherwise you won’t be liked by your husband!
"I want to learn." Shen Wei took out ten taels of silver with some pain, put it on the counter, and said to the shopkeeper again: "No matter how hard or painful it is, I want to learn, okay?"
Shopkeeper Wu looked at the silver on the table and raised his head in shock.
Ten taels.
This is no small amount.
He looked at Shen Wei for several times, and finally, under the temptation of silver, he frowned and asked: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know." I know now more than ever what I want to do.
"There are only men here. If you are a woman and want to practice martial arts, you will inevitably run into them. Moreover, women have to work harder than men to keep fit, let alone practice martial arts."
"I'm not saying... you, you definitely can't hold on."
"And.....Alas, do you not care about your reputation as a boudoir? Ordinary ladies even have to wear a curtain when meeting with men, for fear of getting a bad reputation!"
Shen Wei tightened her fingertips. She had no choice.
Her body was too weak, so weak that she had no power to resist.
Money, physical strength, archery, boxing...these can all be the basis for her future, except weakness.
Shen Wei raised his head, and the burning emotion in his eyes startled Shopkeeper Wu: "I'm not afraid, please accept me, I can endure any hardship, I'm not afraid."
"Then, then your people..." Shopkeeper Wu murmured, "Will your people allow this? To put it more seriously, this is a scandal of treason."
"He will agree. I have a way to make him agree."
"Ten days from now, I will come here to find you."
When leaving the martial arts hall.
Shen Wei took a deep breath.
This moment.
Xiaoman actually saw a gleam of unstoppable power in Shen Wei's eyes, but Xiaoman didn't understand...she didn't understand why Miss Shen would rather give up her fame and work hard to practice such a crude thing?
Wouldn't it be good to serve the Marquis well, gain a status, and live a life of wealth and glory in the mansion?
What is she fighting for?
"Girl..." Xiaoman's thoughts turned over and over again, and finally he couldn't help but ask.
But she looked up.
Shen Wei was seen trying to endure the discomfort with pale lips. Finally, the carriage jolted and Shen Wei couldn't help it. He covered his mouth and retched twice.
Xiaoman blinked and reacted in a flash.
She remembered Aunt Zhao's reaction when she was pregnant, and shouted in surprise: "Girl! You, you can't be......"
"No." Shen Wei covered Xiaoman's mouth, raised his head, and looked at her with a look of intimidation and certainty: "No, you didn't see anything, okay?"
"Okay, okay, I didn't see anything. I understand what the girl means." Xiaoman covered her mouth and nodded quickly.
His eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles showing happiness for Shen Wei.
The girl is actually not as bad as the rumors say. She has obviously been wronged in many things, and now she dares not even say anything even though she is pregnant with the Marquis's child.
Is the girl afraid of being murdered?
Well, definitely.
Then she would keep it a secret for the girl first and tell her later when she could.
When the pregnancy is stable, I will give the Marquis a big surprise. Maybe he will not let the girl suffer any grievances.
But Xiaoman didn't know that what Shen Wei was going to do next was completely different from what she had imagined!
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"Mrs. Zhao's fall upset her fetus and she almost had a miscarriage."
"Isn't the Marquis too tolerant of Miss Shen? Miss Shen almost killed the baby in my aunt's belly, but nothing happened. He just scolded her a few words. She is a vicious woman. She has made the Marquis' Mansion have no peace for a day."
"Shh-"
"Miss Shen is here, stop talking."
As soon as Shen Wei returned home, he heard these discussions. They were nothing but scolding him for being vicious and cruel, and saying that he was not worthy of entering the Marquis' Mansion.
She doesn't care.
Even when Xie Yuchuan decided to stay at Aunt Zhao's house tonight out of guilt, she didn't care.
Xie Yuchuan, who was ready to have a big fight with Shen Wei, waited and waited, but until nightfall, he still did not see Shen Wei burst into the room crying and questioning him.
"She hasn't left her room since she returned home?"