There was a family in the lower gentry so far down they were insignificant; but given land from their ancestors relations from the start of the Song dynasty and relation to the last Empress. They may not live in the capital, but the family was happy managing a portion of the state.
The rest of the family is positioned at each corner of the Yangzhou territory, the Gao family takes up a shared area in Northern Yangzhou near the ocean, but not the closest.
Most of Gao Yangzhou has lush forests, run-off rivers and ponds.
Said family was expecting. The parents have tried for years to produce a child. The village doctors foretold it was a girl. The village was disappointed, but those hungry for prospects began planting seeds so that they can move up in status.
Born 1114, Song Dynasty China. Assigned sex at birth: Female.
Last name Gao; birth name, He Shen (高和珅)
Intended meaning of He Shen is Harmonious Jade (it would be funny if you called them Haja)
He Shen's parents refused to bind the child's foot, not wishing their child to suffer like it's mother had, who had recovered her feet after five years of trying to set it back. The family disguised the child as a boy and raised it as a man. The midwife that aided the birthing had her silence bought off and kept as a house servant.
However, the gods favored the Gao family's child too much, blessing him with stunning beauty that enraptured the hearts of all of the women in their village, they fawned over them wishing their sons could be even a fraction as perfect.
The Northern Jin had taken over and now a portion of their territory falls deathly close to the Song- Jurchen boundary. Near the now fallen Kaifeng.
On a day, where the clouds sit by idly, He Shen only grew more skilled in anything they tried. It only served to worry their parents more as word spread about their precious child.
Be it physical labor, caring for the sick and even weaving for his mother and the older widows he proved to be absolutely extraordinary in the work. Not to mention being coupled with the ability to not get sick much or to walk off of many diseases. It wasn't hard to see why the army heard about them, she was the perfect solider and they were not going to miss out on taking them.
But He Shen only knew, 「Keep your head down, stay out of affairs that can get you in trouble.」Which a certain old man hasn't seemed to register yet to not mess with a god blessed human.
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