Shen Qing had expected that the news of her being Lord Xiao Shen would spread.
She never intended to hide her identity in the first place.
But she also knew the common people would not be very accepting of it.
Hearing Qing'er's words, Shen Qing paused her writing. She smiled without any particular emotion and said, "Is that so? What about you? How did you feel when you first found out I was Lord Xiao Shen? Did you feel that my being a woman tarnished Lord Xiao Shen's reputation?"
The reason she had been unwilling to resume her identity as Lord Xiao Shen at first was that she no longer wanted to serve as an official while hiding her gender.
Women in ancient times were too heavily constrained. While she had no ambition to completely change this world—and knew she wouldn't be allowed to go too far under the watchful eye of the Space-Time Administration Bureau—she still wanted to change this world, even just a little.
