Chapter three hundred and eighty first accepting disciples
Before dawn the next day, Chen Qing got up early and made several trips to fill up the water tanks at his home and Li Qingzhao's.
Under the influence of Chen Qing's example, all the generals were too embarrassed to ask the soldiers to carry water and went into battle themselves. Even a fat man like Zheng Ping personally carried water to fill the water tank at home.
In the morning, Lu Xiu went to the small courtyard where he had been yesterday. Knowing that Zhao Qiaoyun was actually the emperor's concubine, Lu Xiu's heart was filled with sympathy.
When she was eight years old, she participated in the canonization ceremony of Zhao Qiaoyun. She saw with her own eyes the scenery when Zhao Qiaonu was canonized, but she never imagined that she would be reduced to carrying water by herself.
However, it seems that I also went to the river to carry water myself! Why doesn’t anyone pity me?
As soon as Lu Xiu came to the gate of the courtyard, he saw a tall and plump woman leading a donkey out.
Then Zhao Qiaoyun also chased him out, "Chun Shui, it should be my turn to use the donkey."
The tall and plump woman turned back and said with a smile: "I want to take a bath today and I have to get water. Please help me!"
"You said the same thing yesterday, I gave it to you, and you're here again today!"
The woman's face sank, "I don't care about you! Take the donkey back if you can."
She snorted and led the donkey away. Zhao Qiaoyun was so angry that he was trembling all over. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Bian Chunshui, you only bully me!"
A woman's laughter could be heard in the distance.
Lu Xiu stepped forward and asked with concern: "Is she bullying you?"
Zhao Qiaoyun turned around and saw Lu Xiu, and was startled, and quickly gave her a Wanfu gift, "It turns out to be Miss Lu!"
"Why did she bully you?" Lu Xiu asked dissatisfied.
"Because I'm thin and I can't beat her."
"It's that simple?"
Zhao Qiaoyun nodded, "I have been bullied by her in the Jinren Mansion. She is used to it."
"She's not the only one bullying you!"
Zhao Qiaoyun's eyes turned red and he turned his head without saying anything.
Lu Xiu sighed, "My husband told me that you don't want to be a princess. In fact, if you restore your status as a princess, you won't be bullied."
"You must be General Chen's wife!"
Lu Xiu nodded, "Actually, we have met before. You forgot, and so did I."
"When did we meet?" Zhao Qiaoyun asked in surprise.
"In the summer of the fifth year of Xuanhe, you were canonized as the Empress. I also came to watch the ceremony. I stood in the first row. My grandfather was Lu Yihao."
"You are"
A smile appeared on Zhao Qiaoyun's face, "I remember you. Did you secretly take a piece of candy? There was no place to put it in your skirt, so you kept holding it in your hand."
Lu Xiu laughed and said, "That's me. I've been very naughty since I was a child, like a brat. My grandfather said I was the least disciplined."
"You were still young then, but now you are married."
"You are only two years older than me!"
The two talked about their fate, and Lu Xiu pulled her and said with a smile: "Go sit where I am! I have a donkey there. I will help you fetch water later, or I will ask my husband to fetch water for you."
"don't want!"
Zhao Qiaoyun was so frightened that he waved his hands hurriedly, "Don't let General Chen help me!"
"Why?" Lu Xiu asked in confusion.
Zhao Qiaoyun whispered for a while: "General Chen will help me do things, they will feel uncomfortable!"
Lu Xiu immediately understood why Zhao Qiaoyun was bullied, and she became furious and said: "Follow me first, go to my place."
"I haven't washed my face yet! There is no water in the tank."
"I have hot water there, come with me quickly!" Lu Xiu couldn't help but said, pulling her away.
Zhao Qiaoyun didn't want to go to Chen Qing's house, but had no choice but to follow Lu Xiu.
"Miss Zhao, you haven't answered me yet! Why don't you want to restore your status as a princess?"
Zhao Qiaoyun shook his head gently, "If you haven't experienced that kind of unforgettable shame, you won't understand it. The most pitiful thing in the world is the daughter of the emperor's family. Although I am still young and have not experienced it, I have seen the misery of my sisters with my own eyes.
In the end, even if I return to the Song Dynasty and become a princess again, how will my fate be any better?"
"Okay! Let's not talk about this topic anymore. Anyway, don't worry, if you don't want to go back to Lin'an, my husband will definitely not send you there."
Zhao Qiaoyun nodded, "I am always grateful!"
While they were talking, the two of them came to the door of the house and happened to meet Li Qingzhao. Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "I said where did Xiu'er go? The two little girls don't know. Is this your friend?"
"Consider him my friend!"
Lu Xiu introduced Zhao Qiaoyun with a smile: "This is my master, the famous layman Yi An!"
"Are you Mr. Li from Xiao Xiao Wei Yu Wen Gu Guan?" Zhao Qiaoyun's eyes widened.
"Xiao Xiao Wei Yu Wen Gu Guan, I wrote it a long time ago."
Zhao Qiaoyun hurriedly gave Wanfu a gift, "Sir, you are the female poet I most admire. I just wish I didn't have the opportunity to become my teacher. I never expected to meet you here. Please accept Qiaoyun's gift!"
Lu Xiu whispered a few words to the master. Li Qingzhao's eyes were shocked for a while, and then filled with pity. It turned out to be Emperor Xian De, she knew.
Li Qingzhao smiled slightly and said, "It is fate that we can meet each other in a small town in the north. Come and sit in my room."
Zhao Qiaoyun happened to not want to go to Chen Qing's house, so she followed the flow and walked into Li Qingzhao's courtyard.
The three of them sat down. Li Qingzhao looked at Zhao Qiaoyun and sighed: "Why are you so thin? Don't they even give you food?"
Zhao Qiaoyun shook his head, "It's not that I can't afford to eat. This is actually my life-saving strategy. Only by being thin can I escape the disaster."
"Why?" Lu Xiu and Li Qingzhao both asked in confusion.
"About four years ago, when I was fifteen years old, Wanyan Nianhan came to the palace to choose someone. I was on the list. Wanyan Nianhan took one look at me and said he was too thin. If he didn't want it, I was not selected. I
You know, Jin people like fatter women.
However, I tried my best not to eat and stayed thin. Later, I escaped the two concubine selections because of this. In the end, although I was rewarded with Wan Yan and Ji Li Sa, he also thought I was thin and scolded me for looking like a starving ghost.
It would make him have nightmares at night and he would never read my brand. Although it cost a lot and he was always bullied, at least I kept my reputation."
After listening to her story, Lu Xiu and Li Qingzhao sighed. Zhao Qiaoyun was nineteen years old, but she still looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, with a sallow complexion and thin skin. She had to pay such a high price in order to keep her reputation.
Li Qingzhao said distressedly: "You don't have to be afraid now. Just eat and make yourself fat. My child, you can't wrong yourself anymore."
After hearing the mother-like concern, Zhao Qiaoyun couldn't bear it anymore and fell on the desk and burst into tears.
Lu Xiu's eyes were also red, and she secretly complained that her husband was so stupid that he made Zhao Qiaoyun live with those concubines. They had bullied her before and were still bullying her now.
She couldn't be allowed to live there anymore, Lu Xiu suddenly had an idea in her heart.
She waved to the master and called her out.
"You want me to accept her as my adopted daughter?" Li Qingzhao was stunned.
"Whether she is a foster daughter or an apprentice, you can be whatever you want, but she can't go back."
Lu Xiu told her what she had seen with her own eyes today.
Li Qingzhao also felt sympathy, and said after a while: "I can accept her as a disciple, but her identity is."
"Master, don't worry. She doesn't want to go back to Lin'an, and my general won't send her back. Master, just agree!" Lu Xiu took Master's arm and shook it desperately.
"Okay! I will accept her as my close disciple."
"Master, please bow to me, my disciple!"
It turned out that Zhao Qiaoyun heard it from the side. She knelt down and kowtowed to Li Qingzhao.
"Good boy! Get up quickly."
At night, when Chen Qing was scalding his feet with hot water, Lu Xiu proudly recounted what happened during the day, pointed to the next door and said with a smile: "I moved her here forcibly, my husband didn't expect that!"
Chen Qing was stunned for a long time and sighed: "She didn't say anything about being bullied. She originally had three sheepskins, but only one is left. Alas! I don't care enough about her."
"Every time her husband shows concern for her, others will hate her and bully her even more. Think about it, she has to light eight stoves and wash a pile of clothes every morning. How pitiful! She was scared, so she refused.
Husband’s concern.”
Chen Qing was really regretful, but fortunately, Li Qingzhao accepted her as a closed disciple, and she was relieved of her suffering.
"That Bian Chunshui is arrogant for a reason. She is about to marry Hu Yanyun, and she is going to become Hu Yan's wife, so she has a bit of a condescending mentality."
Lu Xiu's eyes widened, "That Bian Chunshui is a tigress! She's so tall and fat, how could Hu Yanyun fall in love with her?"
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and said: "How would I know, Hu Yanyun likes her anyway, or maybe it's just the bastard who looks at Mung Bean and falls in love with her!"
"The bastard looked at the mung bean and made eye contact!"
When Lu Xiu heard her husband say such interesting words, she immediately covered her mouth and started laughing, making her branches quiver with laughter, but Chen Qing's heart felt hot.