Frühlingsreise

Kapitel 49

Tang Qiefang was shocked. "What do you want to do?"

"On our wedding night, what do you think I want to do?"

Tang Congrong flung her jewels to the ground, her long hair flowing freely, highlighting her jade-like face. This was the Tang Congrong that Tang Qiefang knew. Tang Qiefang felt a little more at ease and was about to say something when Tang Congrong suddenly lowered her head.

Kiss him.

In that instant, it felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had split open. She couldn't care about anything else. Tang Qiefang's hand gripped the back of her head, pressing her even closer to herself.

After a long, long time, Tang Congrong finally raised her head, panting, and said, "Whether I'm a man or a woman, you'll know once you try."

Tang Qiefang was also panting heavily. Suddenly, she rolled over and pinned Tang Congrong beneath her, her voice already tense: "Whether you're a man or a woman, I don't intend to let you go! Congrong, if this is your prank, you'll have to bear the consequences." After saying that, she lowered her head.

The curtains slid down.

The red candles glowed softly, filling the room with boundless spring light.

When things quieted down, the red candles had burned out.

In the darkness, Tang Qiefang's voice was a little hoarse: "You really are a woman." Suddenly, he kissed her tightly, almost suffocating her. Only then did he release her, his eyes shining brightly in the darkness. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Why should I tell you?

"Looks like you don't know how powerful I am until I teach you a lesson..." His voice was low and threatening. Tang Congrong quickly blocked his hand. "I started by treating you as my great-uncle, and later as a friend... Whether I'm male or female, it won't affect our friendship, right?"

"But you know perfectly well that my feelings for you are more than just friendship!"

"That happened later."

"That happened a year ago!" Tang Qiefang gritted her teeth. "You deliberately hid it from me!"

Tang Congrong smiled slightly, "Not bad."

Tang Qiefang pounced on him without any hesitation, while Tang Congrong pressed a finger against his chest, saying, "You were the one who drugged me back then, so I couldn't say it even if I wanted to."

Chapter 89

"And then what? What happened after you found out I was Tang Kunsha?" Just thinking about it made her furious. Tang Qiefang bit her shoulder. "You're taking revenge on me for leaving that night."

"That's right." Tang Congrong patted her shoulder and admitted, "You once said you would cook porridge for me every day, you once said you would never leave me alone again, but that night you just left like that. You should know very well that I won't forgive you so easily." But every time he cooked porridge and brought it to her, and then sat quietly to her side, she really had many times wanted to say it out loud.

"You—" Tang Qiefang was speechless for a moment. She was the one who had been wronged, kept in the dark for so many years, so why was she the one who was ungrateful and heartless? He glared at her, "If you had told me earlier, would I have needed to leave you? Would I have needed to torture myself into becoming half-human and half-ghost? Do you know that I almost went crazy for you!"

“…I know.” Tang Congrong’s voice lowered, her forehead resting against his chest. “That’s why I became ‘Princess Miannian’.”

This short sentence, however, seeped into Tang Qiefang's heart like water.

Yes, she was in his arms, before him, she had become his wife, she had given herself to him. In that moment, all the previous pain and entanglement became insignificant.

He suddenly exhaled and gently embraced her.

She whispered, “My mother could not have children after giving birth to me. You know that if the head of the family has no heir, he has to find another successor. But throughout history, only by passing on the bloodline can one maintain a peaceful position. Otherwise, when the head of the family gets old, he can easily be overthrown by the future head of the family. So I was raised as a boy from childhood. I know that I cannot escape this fate, so I started practicing the Flower Rain Needle technique in advance, hoping to gain control of the Tang Clan as soon as possible, find the next head of the family, and then, with the help of the Ninth Prince, change my identity.”

Tang Qiefang suddenly understood, "When you were ten years old, did you run away from home because you couldn't bear the burden on your shoulders?"

"It's a pity I couldn't leave."

"I'm the one who brought you back."

Tang smiled calmly, "I was the one who kept you here back then, so we're even."

"Was it because of this that you caused trouble at the ancestral hall when you were thirteen?"

"I was very willful back then. When I couldn't stand it, I wanted to vent."

Tang Qiefang rested her chin on her hair, feeling a deep pity in her heart. "I didn't even know... I treated you like a boy and never comforted you."

“But you’ve always been by my side.” Tang Congrong gently kissed his neck. “Qiefang, thank you.”

Her intimacy stirred his heart, and he lowered his head to kiss her. Passion grew, and Tang Congrong pressed against his chest, "No..."

He chuckled, "I'll let you go today." Suddenly his eyes widened, "You wanted to kill the people from the Kongtong Sect so badly back then, wasn't it because they saw you?"

“My inner garment was torn, and my sash was also torn…” He still felt somewhat helpless when he spoke of it. “This secret could not be known to anyone before I took control of the Tang Clan, so I had to resort to killing.”

Tang Qiefang understood. "No wonder you wouldn't let me get close, no wonder you always used the Cloud Barrier to block your way, no wonder I had to throw your clothes far away. I thought you resented me so much... Tsk tsk, do you know how many gray hairs I've grown for you!"

Chapter 90

"You have to worry about my safety and my marriage, so you're definitely going to age a few years earlier."

"How dare you say that? What about Baili Wushuang?"

"She has returned to Sading City."

"Does she already know you're a woman?"

"have no idea."

"Then she—"

"The person she loves is Yang Luoxue. You forgot that I visited Suoding City once before the marriage. If it were to ruin her life, I would not have agreed to this marriage."

"I thought you were just going to see your fiancée... I didn't expect you to be so cunning..." He chuckled after saying that, "Tch, I've been calling you 'kid' for over ten years, and I still can't get rid of it."

“There’s no need to change that.” Tang Congrong was already sleepy, and her voice lowered. “For the past twenty years, I’ve longed every day for the day I could be a woman again. Those two months in the palace finally gave me a taste of what it’s like to be a woman, and I realized that being a woman isn’t easy…”

So, do you want to be a man or a woman?