Fenghou

Chapter 380
Before dawn the next day, Chen Qing got up early and made several trips himself to fill up the water tanks in his house and Li Qingzhao's.

Under the influence of Chen Qing's example, all the generals were ashamed to ask the soldiers to carry water, so they went to battle one after another. Even a fat man like Zheng Ping personally carried water to fill the water tanks at home.

In the morning, Lu Xiu went to yesterday's small courtyard, knowing that Zhao Qiaoyun was actually the emperor's concubine, Lu Xiu was also full of sympathy.

She participated in Zhao Qiaoyun's canonization ceremony when she was eight years old, and she had seen the beauty of Zhao Qiaonv when she was canonized, but she never imagined that she would be reduced to carrying water to live by herself.

However, it seems that I am also carrying water from the river myself!How come no one has pity on yourself?

As soon as Lu Xiu came to the gate of the courtyard, she saw a tall and plump woman coming out leading a donkey.

Then Zhao Qiaoyun chased after him, "Chunshui, it should be my turn to use the donkey."

The tall and plump woman smiled back and said, "Today I want to take a bath, so I need to fetch more water, so please help me!"

"Yesterday you said the same thing, I gave it up to you, and you are here again today!"

The woman's face darkened, "I don't care about you! Take the donkey back if you have the ability."

She snorted and led the donkey away. Zhao Qiaoyun was trembling with anger and shouted through gritted teeth, "Bian Chunshui, you only bully me!"

A woman's laughter came from afar.

Lu Xiu stepped forward and asked with concern: "Is she bullying you?"

Zhao Qiaoyun turned her head and saw Lu Xiu, she was startled, and hurriedly gave a blessing, "So it's Miss Lu!"

"Why did she bully you?" Lu Xiu asked dissatisfied.

"Because I'm thin and weak, and I can't beat her."

"It's that simple?"

Zhao Qiaoyun nodded, "I was bullied by her all the time in the Jinren Mansion, she is used to it."

"She's not the only one bullying you!"

Zhao Qiaoyun's eyes turned red, she turned her head and said nothing.

Lu Xiu sighed, "My husband told me that you don't want to be a princess, but in fact, if you regain the status of a princess, you won't be bullied anymore."

"You are General Chen's wife!"

Lu Xiu nodded, "Actually, we met before, you forgot, and I forgot too."

"We met, when?" Zhao Qiaoyun asked in surprise.

"In the summer of the fifth year of Xuanhe, you were conferred the title of Emperor Concubine, and I also came to watch the ceremony. I stood in the first row, and 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, and there was no place to put it in your skirt, so you kept holding it in your hand."

Lu Xiu laughed, "It's me. I have been naughty since I was a child, like a kid. My grandfather said I was the most unruly."

"You were young then, and now you are married."

"You're only two years older than me!"

The two chatted about fate, Lu Xiu pulled her and smiled and said, "Go and sit with me! I have a donkey there, I will fetch water for you later, or I will ask my husband to fetch water for you."

"do not want!"

Zhao Qiaoyun waved her hands in fright, "Don't ask General Chen to help me!"

"Why?" Lu Xiu asked puzzled.

Zhao Qiaoyun whispered for a long time: "General Chen helps me, they will feel uncomfortable!"

Lu Xiu immediately understood why Zhao Qiaoyun was being bullied, and she immediately said angrily: "You follow me first, go to my place."

"I haven't washed my face yet! There's no water in the tank."

"I have hot water, hurry up and follow me!" Lu Xiu couldn't help saying, and pulled 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 princess status?"

Zhao Qiaoyun shook her head lightly, "You haven't experienced that kind of unforgettable shame, you won't realize it. The most pitiful thing in this world is the daughter of the emperor's family. Although I am still young and have no experience, I have seen the misery of my sisters with my own eyes. In the end, even if I go back to the Song Dynasty and become a princess again, how will my fate be better?"

"Okay! Let's not talk about this topic. 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 have always been grateful!"

While talking, the two came to the door of the house, and happened to meet Li Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao said with a smile: "I said, where did Xiu'er go? The two little girls don't know, this is your friend?"

"It's my friend!"

Lu Xiu smiled and introduced to Zhao Qiaoyun: "This is my master, the famous Yi'an layman!"

"You are 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 Wan Fuli, "Mr. is the poetess I admire the most. I only regret not having the opportunity to worship Mr. as my teacher. I didn't expect to meet him here. Please accept Qiaoyun's gift!"

Lu Xiu whispered a few words to the master, Li Qingzhao's eyes were also stunned, and then filled with pity, it turned out that it was Empress Xiande, she knew it.

Li Qingzhao smiled slightly, "It is a kind of fate that we can meet in the small town of Beiguo. Come and sit in my room."

Zhao Qiaoyun just didn't want to go to Chen Qing's house, so she walked into Li Qingzhao's courtyard.

The three 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 her head, "It's not that I can't afford to eat. This is actually my life-saving strategy. Only thin and weak can escape disaster."

"Why?" Lu Xiu and Li Qingzhao asked in puzzlement.

"About four years ago, when I was fifteen years old, Wanyan Nianhan came to the palace to select candidates. I was on the list. Wanyan Nianhan took a look at me and said that I was too thin. Don't, I lost the election. You know, golden men like fatter women.

However, I tried not to eat as much as possible, and kept thin and thin. Later, I escaped the concubine selection twice. In the end, although I was rewarded with Wanyan and Lisa, he still thought I was thin and scolded me for looking like a starving ghost. It will make him have nightmares at night and never flip my brand name. Although the price I paid was high and I was always bullied, at least I kept my reputation. "

After hearing her story, Lu Xiu and Li Qingzhao sighed. Zhao Qiaoyun is nineteen years old, but she still looks like a child of thirteen or fourteen, with a sallow and thin face. She paid such a high price to keep her reputation.

Li Qingzhao said distressedly: "Now you don't have to be afraid, just eat and make yourself fat, child, you can't wrong yourself anymore."

Hearing the care like a mother, Zhao Qiaoyun couldn't bear it any longer, and fell on the table and burst into tears.

Lu Xiu's eyes were also red, and she secretly blamed her husband for being confused, why did Zhao Qiaoyun live with those concubines, they bullied her before, and they are 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 Master and called her out.

"You want me to adopt her as a righteous daughter?" Li Qingzhao was stunned.

"Whether it's a adopted daughter or an apprentice, you can do whatever you want, but she can't go back."

Lu Xiu recounted what she saw with her own eyes today.

Li Qingzhao was also moved with compassion, and said for a while, "I can accept her as a disciple, but it's her status."

"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'll accept her as my closed disciple."

"Master is here, please accept the disciples!"

It turned out that Zhao Qiaoyun heard it from the side. She plopped down on her knees and kowtowed to Li Qingzhao as a big salute.

"Good boy! Get up quickly."

At night, when Chen Qing was scalding his feet with hot water, Lu Xiu triumphantly recounted the day's events, pointed to the next door and laughed, "I moved her here by force, my husband didn't expect that!"

Chen Qing was stunned for a while, then sighed: "She didn't say anything about being bullied. She originally had three sheepskins, but only one is left. Hey! It's because I didn't care enough for her."

"Every time my husband cares about her, others will envy and hate her, and he bullies her even more. Think about it, every morning she has to light eight stoves and do a lot of laundry. 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 he was relieved of the sea of ​​suffering.

"That Bian Chunshui is arrogant for a reason. She is going to marry Hu Yanyun soon, and she will become Mrs. Huyan, so she has a bit of a superior mentality."

Lu Xiu's eyes widened, "That Bian Chunshui is a tigress! She is so tall and fat, how could Hu Yanyun fall in love with her?"

Chen Qing smiled wryly and said: "How would I know, anyway, Hu Yanyun likes her, or this is why Wang Ba looks at mung beans, right?"

"The bastard sees mung beans, right eye!"

When Lu Xiu heard her husband say such interesting words, she immediately covered her mouth and giggled, laughing so hard that the branches trembled, but Chen Qing's heart was burning hot when she saw it.

(End of this chapter)