This move was a little hard to understand.
Changing into women's clothes in full view of everyone-just how unflappable did a man have to be?
He was far more willing than a certain author.
Bo Yikao kept his gaze straight ahead, utterly indifferent to everyone's stares. Even when his mother Tai Si's mouth fell open wide enough to fit an egg, he remained unmoved.
"Your Majesty, I ask to enter the Medical Academy to study medicine."
Zi Shou froze. You want to learn Artificial Respiration?
Your motives aren't exactly innocent!
Zi Shou changed the subject. "Those clothes fit you rather well. You may wear them back to Xiqi. For now, step aside and let the Imperial Physicians care for the old madam. She has just passed aw- ahem, just returned to life. She needs quiet rest."
Bo Yikao breathed a sigh of relief. It had worked.
He had deliberately changed into a Palace Dress to show that he held no prejudice against Female Physicians. He was even willing to wear a Palace Dress and enter the Medical Academy as a woman to study medicine.
That was impossible, of course, but it demonstrated his attitude.
He would rather abandon his dignity than fail to salvage Xiqi's honor over Shang Qingjun breaking off their engagement. Having gone this far, surely King Zhou could hardly press him too harshly.
Besides, King Zhou had already said he could return to Xiqi. He merely had to wear the Palace Dress on the journey home.
That was no great matter, really. Once he had worn it the first time, the second and third times would hardly matter.
Humiliating it might be, but there was still room to turn it to his advantage.
Relations between Xiqi and Great Shang had deteriorated to this extent. The Marquis of