Qi Ziyu said: "This general did not do anything spectacular during his lifetime. Although he encountered several rebellions, he was lucky enough not to be in the most intense position of the conflict."
"And I followed the general's family through several changes, and I managed to survive in that turbulent era."
Qi Ziyu spoke eloquently, his voice was somewhat magnetic and could easily attract people's attention to his voice.
If we look at the profession of tour guide alone, Qi Ziyu is indeed both dedicated and suitable.
But Zhou Sheng would never believe that this was just an ordinary tour group because of this appearance.
Qi Ziyu continued: "The general's surname is Qi. I was an orphan, so I took the general's family name."
"Originally, I thought I could follow the lucky General Qi family and serve them till the end of my life." ωωw.
"However, on the general's forty-fourth birthday, something unexpected happened——"
Everyone followed his voice, as if they had returned to the general's mansion on the border in the early Ming Dynasty.
It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and all the doors in the house were tightly closed, for fear that the biting cold wind would accidentally enter the room.
As a servant, Qi Ziyu was huddled in the northernmost side room with other servants.
This was originally the coldest room in the entire mansion, but because of the large number of people, it felt a little warmer.
In the center of the room, the fire in the charcoal basin was about to go out, which made people very anxious.
"It's always low-quality charcoal. It'll be damned if it can burn vigorously!" A servant cursed and kicked the charcoal basin.
"Hey! Qi Ziyu, you are the most eloquent on weekdays. Go find the eldest lady and ask for a few more pieces of charcoal."
Qi Ziyu covered herself in the quilt, huddled into a ball, and muttered: "You just remembered me when you were begging for help. Why didn't you see anyone standing up to help me beg for mercy?"
Last time, the general discovered that Qi Ziyu went to the eldest lady's room to beg for help, and he was rewarded with twenty pieces of gold.
When Qi Ziyu was beaten, no one in the room stood up to defend him.
But the silver charcoal he brought back helped everyone in the house escape from the cold and had a good night's sleep.
A younger boy came close to Qi Ziyu's quilt, shook him and pestered him: "The general is so scary, who dares to contradict him!"
General Qi has thick eyebrows and big eyes, which makes him very majestic.
Qi Ziyu also knew that when the general was angry, the servants almost didn't dare to say anything.
Although he complained, in fact, he himself would never dare to contradict the general face to face.
The little boy said: "We will keep a good watch on you this time and never let you be discovered again! It's going to be a severe cold in a few days. If we continue to use these low-quality charcoal fires, I'm afraid we will freeze to death like last year.
Several brothers..."
Qi Ziyu curled her lips and wrapped the patched quilt a little tighter around her body.
He also thought of the tragic situation last year, and couldn't help but feel that the temperature in the room seemed to be colder.
"Please, brother Ziyu, you are the only one who can be received by the eldest lady. Even if we are willing to help you, we will be turned away by the eldest lady before we even open our mouths."
Qi Ziyu couldn't help but picture the appearance of the eldest lady in his mind.
Although the general is majestic, he only has a popular appearance. If Qi Ziyu were to speak, Qi Ziyu felt that the general was far from worthy of his eldest wife.
The eldest lady wears a veil all year round, and other servants in the room can only see the blurry outline under the veil.
But even though she only had an outline, many servants secretly called her a fairy descending to earth.
Only Qi Ziyu slipped when fetching water and almost fell into a well, but was saved by a passing lady.
At that time, he accidentally touched the eldest lady's veil, and saw that face that he could never forget.
For a few days, Qi Ziyu looked like the eldest lady when she opened and closed her eyes.
He has little knowledge and doesn't know how to describe such an appearance.
Qi Ziyu only felt that such a beauty should not accompany the general to suffer in the frost, but should be enshrined in the temple and respected by thousands of people.
Later, Qi Ziyu no longer couldn't sleep because he was thinking about the eldest lady, but he felt that the general was becoming more and more hateful.
Even every time I saw the general, I felt that he was ugly and evil. It was he who brought his wife, who was like an immortal, to such a bitter and cold place to be tortured.
The eldest lady never sees her servants alone, and there are no maids to serve her in the room. Even the food delivered is left at the door for the eldest lady to take.
Once, Qi Ziyu saw that after the servant had delivered the meal, the lady did not open the door to pick it up.
He couldn't bear to let his wife eat cold food, so he took it upon himself to get a charcoal brazier and put the food on the brazier to heat it up.
Just when he was lost in thought while holding the food with his head down, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Qi Ziyu was startled and almost threw the dining basket in her hand.
"You..." The eldest lady who pushed out the door was also very surprised. She asked: "But your meal is not enough?"
The way Qi Ziyu was holding the lady's food box at the moment, it was indeed as if she wanted to steal the food but was hesitating.
Qi Ziyu quickly explained: "I'm just worried that if it gets cold, my wife will have abdominal pain after eating it..."
But Qi Ziyu still felt a little cold when she touched the food box, and the scattered small fire could not heat it up at all.
"I'm sorry, it's so charcoal..." Qi Ziyu was a little at a loss, as if he was mute for a moment, unable to find an adjective.
The eldest lady understood what he meant. She bent over, looked at it, and said gently: "This charcoal is indeed a bit bad. You only burn this kind of charcoal at night. Isn't it cold?"
Qi Ziyu replied dully: "Cold."
The lady sighed softly: "Come in with me. I happen to have some unused charcoal here. You can use it."
She pointed to the bottom of the wooden cabinet, and Qi Ziyu quickly stepped forward and took out the charcoal inside.
"Come back to me after you're done," the eldest lady said.
"There has been some turmoil in the imperial court recently, and the government has not received any salary for more than a year. I feel wronged by you." The eldest lady explained.