Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 39 Teaching

"smell good."

Lin Chuqi turned around and smiled with two canine teeth showing: "Third Madam, the meal will be ready soon."

"I learned how to cook porridge from Cook Xu last time. Wow, there are so many things to say. There are top talents in every field." Bai Zhi pulled a stool and sat aside, sighing, "By the way, Chuqi, did you grow up in Weizhou?"

Lin Chuqi nodded: "Yes."

"What kind of person is King Jing?"

Lin Chuqi stopped stirring the porridge with the spoon, turned around, and looked at Bai Zhi with a firm gaze: "Prince Jing is a good man."

This was unexpected to Bai Zhi: "Good man? Isn't he a rebel king?"

"Prince Jing never collected taxes from the poor people. He made sure everyone had enough food to eat and could read and write. He was a good man, just like the Third Madam."

"This is different from what is recorded in history books," Bai Zhi pondered, "The history books say that King Jing was a ruthless person, extremely licentious, harshly treated the people in his territory, and secretly colluded with foreign enemies."

"The people of the Thirteen States can live a good life because of Prince Jing. Prince Jing has always been kind to others and has never been harsh on the people." Lin Chuqi's tone was very firm, "I only believe what I see with my own eyes."

Bai Zhi frowned and said to herself, "... Could it be that the historical records are wrong?"

Lin Chuqi shook her head: "I don't know, but Prince Jing is a good man."

"Chuqi, can you read?"

Lin Chuqi smiled shyly, and then slowly chanted: "Big rat, big rat, don't eat my millet. I have been feeding you for three years, but you don't care about me."

Bai Zhi tried to say, "The deer is calling, eating apples in the wild."

"I have guests, harp blowing Sheng."

This time Bai Zhi couldn't help but sigh: "Chuqi, you are still young, why don't you continue studying?"

"It costs a lot of money to study in the capital." Lin Chuqi lowered her head and continued to stir the porridge. "I can work with Xu A Niang now. I am already satisfied with having a job."

Bai Zhi thought for a moment and said, "I've been teaching Qiaoqiao to read and write lately. You can come along when you're free."

The spoon for stirring the porridge fell into the pot with a clang. Lin Chuqi's eyes lit up and she said in disbelief, "Third Madam...is this really possible?"

"Of course." Bai Zhi smiled, "It's just that Qiaoqiao hasn't started learning poetry yet, so she's still a long way behind you."

"Third, Third Madam, please accept my greetings on the seventh day!"

Before Bai Zhi could react, Lin Chuqi had already fallen headfirst to the ground.

“Oh, oh, oh, no, no, hurry up.” Bai Zhi helped Lin Chuqi up but failed to do so. Lin Chuqi had tears in her eyes: “Chuqi thanks Third Madam for giving me a new life!”

"Okay, I get it." Bai Zhi pulled Lin Chuqi up from the ground with some strength and said seriously, "I'm definitely not as knowledgeable as the teachers in the school when it comes to teaching, but I will definitely do my best."

Lin Chuqi said: "Chuqi must study hard!"

After accepting this task, he could no longer teach Qiaoqiao casually as before. After breakfast, Baizhi called Qiaoqiao and Lin Chuqi to Qiaoqiao's room and agreed to start the class at 9:00 and 10:00 every day, and to rest on the 5th and 10th of every month. If Baizhi was away for something, he could study on his own.

After all these arrangements, Qiaoqiao was the first to frown: "Miss, reading for two hours a day is too long."

Bai Zhi pretended to be mysterious and said, "I won't just let you read the classics, history, and miscellaneous books. I will also tell you how the universe works, how the five internal organs of the human body are arranged, and where there are places outside Dayan."

The two half-grown children's eyes lit up.

It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. Bai Zhi looked at the sundial outside and saw that it had pointed to the Si hour. She simply pulled the two children to sit in a circle in the pavilion and began to teach them the nature of clouds, rain, thunder and lightning in the sky in a very simple way.

"So, being struck by lightning is not because of bad deeds, but just bad luck?" "Ah! It's not the Dragon King who sent the rain! Then why is there a story in the book about sacrificing the Dragon King alive during a drought?"

Bai Zhi explained: "The world is so big, and everything has its own reasons for running. It is beyond human control." She looked at Qiaoqiao and Lin Chuqi with a burning gaze, "This is the first lesson I teach you. Whatever you seek, don't seek from heaven and earth, but seek from yourself."

The two half-grown children nodded, not quite understanding.

After the morning class, Lin Chuqi went into the small kitchen to help with the cooking, while Qiaoqiao went back to her room to practice calligraphy. Baizhi took advantage of Ge Zhen still being in solitary confinement and secretly ran to the second room to find Qiao Wanwan.

Qiao Wanwan was obviously in a very good mood. She welcomed Bai Zhi into the main hall with a smile on her face and praised her as soon as she opened her mouth, "Third sister-in-law, you are really good at it."

Bai Zhi was also in a good mood and joked, "How can we compare to the second sister-in-law, who would act as soon as she heard the news."

“Third sister-in-law, you should have informed me in advance if you were going to do this. I almost went out yesterday. But it is my destiny to take her place, hahahahaha.”

"What did mother say to my second sister-in-law?"

"What else can I say? Say that my eldest sister-in-law is an ungrateful person." Qiao Wanwan sneered, "I reported all the gossips of the servants in the mansion yesterday, and mother believed it without a doubt. She said that now that the Marquis has made it, a dignified Marquisate doesn't need to cling to her Ge family anymore. She is the Marquis's wife, and a daughter who is married is like spilled water. She shouldn't always think about her parents' family."

"Mother is really flexible." Bai Zhi glanced at Qiao Wanwan, "I wonder if it will be the same when my second sister-in-law takes over. All the family connections in the family will be treated as pawns by mother. When there is trouble, it's Zhong Wuyan, and when there is nothing, it's Xia Yingchun."

"My father and elder brother are both stationed in the southwest, so my mother can't reach them." Qiao Wanwan suddenly stopped smiling when she thought of this. "If it weren't for the rebellion of King Jing, how could I have married here?"

Bai Zhi became interested: "How do you explain this?"

"Hmph, what's going on? Prince Jing was plotting a rebellion, and the Emperor sent my father and eldest brother to guard the border. I was bored at home alone, and I went to the border several times but was sent back, so my father married me to the Marquis' Mansion."

Bai Zhi laughed loudly: "Who can you blame for this? Can you blame King Jing?"

"I don't care. If he hadn't rebelled, there wouldn't have been any of the things that happened later. Originally, women from King Jing's Thirteen States could join the army. I wanted to join the army after I came of age, but his rebellion ruined everything."

"You? Joining the army? Do you know martial arts?"

Qiao Wanwan became excited: "I learned this from my elder brother. I know how to fight, ride and shoot! Who knew that women are not allowed to enter the training grounds and hunting grounds in the capital? If I don't practice, it will all be wasted. I'm going to the capital!"

The two chatted for a while, and Qiao Wanwan asked, "Third sister-in-law, are you ready for the Phoenix robe?"

"not yet."

Qiao Wanwan said anxiously: "There aren't many days left!"

Bai Zhi snatched Qiao Wanwan's fan and fanned slowly: "If you are in a hurry, you will get confused. Don't be in a hurry."

Seeing Bai Zhi like this, Qiao Wanwan was so angry that her teeth itched. After holding it in for a long time, she could only utter a useless harsh word: "Don't mess it up. If you do, I will never let you go."