Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 2: Regret for Teaching My Husband to Seek a Title

Qiao Lili opened her eyes and saw a shawl curtain hanging over the golden nanmu carved bed. The sun shone through the curtain evenly and gently. She was covered with a brocade quilt with a white background and yellow flowers. Outside the quilt, one arm was exposed, with a white wrist and smooth skin.

Wasn't she in a dark dungeon? It was pitch black, she was half-naked, covered in wounds, her wrists and ankles bloody from being shackled for so long.

No, she had lost her hands and feet. She also had lost her eyes and tongue.

Shouldn't she be dead? Why did the bed in the underworld seem familiar, like the bed in Lu Ping Yuan where she lived since she was a child, which her father personally bought for her in Jiangnan.

"Miss, you're awake." The curtains on the bed were lifted layer by layer, revealing Caiwei's round, festive baby face.

Caiwei was her personal maid, but wasn't she already dead? In order to find a bite to eat for herself, Lou Xinyue ordered the servants to abuse her to death in front of her.

Caiwei found that the young lady was acting out of character. She didn't say a word, but just stared at her with tears in her eyes.

"Miss, were you dreaming? Why can't you recover yet? Would you like to drink a glass of warm water first?" After saying this anxiously, he turned around and got some water without waiting for Qiao Lili to reply.

Then I heard her asking for water at the door.

"Miss, let me help you up and drink some water." It was Caiqin who came in holding the green jade square cup.

Caiqin, Caiqin, in her memory, Caiqin was shot through the heart by thousands of arrows in order to cover her escape. Her body was shot like a hedgehog, but she still stretched out her hands and rotted in front of her, without letting her get hurt at all.

With the help of Caiwei, Caiqin helped Qiao Lili, who was just staring at people without saying a word, to sit on the bed and feed her some water.

Seeing that her expression had eased a little, Caiqin said with a smile: "I will help you dress up in a while. I will make sure you look beautiful. Let's go to the tower to welcome the young general."

A large amount of memories in her mind were brought back to her mind, and she had to admit an unbelievable fact: she was reborn.

She was reborn on the day when her fiancé Dasheng returned to Beijing from the border to report on his work.

For this day, she wore plain clothes, ate vegetarian food, and prayed for four years.

On this very day, she was dressed formally and waiting on the city wall for him to return triumphantly, just to see his elegance at first sight.

The picture I was looking forward to at that time was a young general, pointing out the way forward and making powerful speeches.

The butterflies fly from the east to the west, and the young man on white horse returns today.

What she saw was a young general in white robe and a pretty girl in red, riding on the same horse, coming to her gracefully like a fairy couple.

As early as four years ago, when she was twelve years old, she also stood on this tower to bid farewell to her sixteen-year-old fiancé. He held a knife in his hand, urged the horse under his crotch, and turned back to say to her as he ran: "Lili, wait until I earn you a first-rank imperial decree and come back to marry you."

I regret teaching my husband and son-in-law to seek the title of marquis.

Regret?

Destruction, devastating destruction.

After drinking half a cup of warm water, you will immediately feel clear-headed.

In a trance, Caiwei and Caiqin felt that their young lady's aura was completely different. Her eyes were still as pure as before, but like a deep pool, with no bottom to be seen.

She was clearly still wearing the same moon-white Shu brocade lining, which looked soft and delicate the moment before, but turned icy and sharp the next, as if the lining was made of ice and snow, giving off a chill.

Caiwei looked at the window. It was early spring and the green had already enveloped the window screen, but the young lady would not open the window before getting up.

Caiqin looked at the water in the green jade cup. It was just ordinary spring water that was boiled and cooled to the appropriate temperature. The wall of the cup was still warm in her hand. Where did this sudden coldness come from?

Caiwei brought out a casual sky-blue skirt and a snow-blue jacket and helped Qiao Lili put them on. Caiqin put a pair of plum-dyed soft-soled embroidered shoes on Qiao Lili's small, delicate feet.

The master and his two servants moved to the dining room, where Qiao Lili's breakfast had been prepared. Qiao Lili ate three crystal clear shrimp buns in one go, and they tasted fresh and tasty, making her mouth water. Qiao Lili ate two soft and sticky lava buns, and they were sweet and delicious, and she couldn't help but feel happy.

Qiao Lili ate three or four pieces of each of the date cake and red bean paste rolls that were cut into small pieces for easy eating. She enjoyed them so much that her bright eyes narrowed into a crescent shape.

Caiwei and Caiqin couldn't help but feel distressed in their hearts. The young lady had been a vegetarian for four years, and today was the first time she had meat for breakfast, but she ate it so happily. A young lady of the Duke's mansion, she had to give up countless delicacies and eat only coarse food to pray for her son-in-law's blessing. It was really hard for her.

How could they know that their young lady had not eaten anything called food for five years? What had she eaten in those five years? Moldy steamed bread and stale rice were all considered good. She was so hungry that she would even gnaw on living snakes and dead mice.

Her chopsticks frequently reached for the cold cucumber, garlic lotus root slices, and she finished the small dish of dried sausage in just a few chopsticks. She couldn't wait for Caiqin and Caiwei to serve her the food.

A bowl of tender steamed egg custard can be eaten in just three or five mouthfuls. A bowl of green rice and vegetable porridge is a must. A bowl of almond milk can be drunk in one gulp.

Caiwei and Caiqin's eyes widened. The young lady had never eaten so much in any meal since she was able to eat. Could it be because her son-in-law was coming back today that her appetite was so great?

Yes, they have been waiting for four years. The two girls looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.

After clearing away the breakfast, it seemed that there was not much left, so it was fine. Caiwei and Caiqin were in a hurry to dress up Qiao Lili, but Qiao Lili said, "You go have breakfast first and call Xiao Sanzi to me." Qiao Lili held a cup of rose tea in her hand, speaking in a leisurely tone, with no sadness or joy on her face.

Caiwei and Caiqin were confused again, and they put down the combs and osmanthus oil bottles in their hands.

Shouldn't the young lady be extremely anxious, with a rosy face? Or should she be happy and shy? How could she still care about whether they would eat first or later?

Looking at the two stunned girls, Qiao Lili smiled. This smile soothed the two girls' hearts. They didn't know why they had been feeling uneasy the whole morning.

It's great that you are all alive.

"Listen to me and go quickly." She wants them to live happily for the rest of their lives.

"Yes." The two men turned around and went out, sending the little girl to the second gate to pass on the message.

After a while, a servant of about fourteen or fifteen came over with his hands hanging down. He stood outside the hall with his head lowered, waiting for instructions.

"Let him in." Qiao Lili saw Xiao Sanzi coming through the curtain and ordered someone to call him into the flower hall.

Not long after, Xiao Sanzi came out with Qiao Lili's token, with a very strange expression on his face. He wanted to ask Caiwei and Caiqin why the young lady gave such an order, but after looking around, he couldn't find the two people who were going to eat. The courtyard was full of old women who did the rough work, and a few useless little maids.

Then just follow the order, Xiao Sanzi quickened his pace to do the task assigned by the young lady.

Today is Shui Shui's birthday. Today begins a new story. I wish you peace every day, success in everything, and that whatever you think of will be what you get and whatever you ask for will be fulfilled.