Resentment of this kind of thing, like the wind through the forest, once you enter the bamboo forest, all the poles are slanted. - Frontispiece by Jiang Daoqing

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In a nunnery with four walls outside Chang'an City, a pale-faced woman slowly sat up from the bed and woke up the young man lying at the head of the bed: "Yu'er, where is your sister?" ”

"My sister said that there was no rice in the tank, so she went to dig some wild vegetables and came back." Yu'er rubbed her eyes, and her small body skillfully helped the woman up: "Mother, lie down quickly, the doctor said, your legs can't move." ”

The woman sighed, this season, where did the wild vegetables come from, it is estimated that Qingdi ran to collect firewood and grass before dawn, begging the residents of the city to exchange for a pitiful copper plate.

"Mother, get up and boil some hot water." The woman lifted the quilt, gritted her teeth and got out of bed, her legs were weak, and Yu'er hurriedly went up to help, but where could his thin body support the woman, and the two of them fell down together.

"Mother, I'm back." At this moment, a girl with a paper bag in her arms pushed the door in, saw such a picture, her eyes were sour, and she hurriedly put the paper bag aside, stepped forward to help the woman up, and patted the dirt on her clothes for Yu'er.

The woman sat back on the bed and looked down at the girl's scarred hand: "Qingdi, it was my mother who harmed you, you should have been the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, enjoying glory and wealth, but now you want to suffer with me......"

She held Qingdi's hand tightly, if it weren't for her, her daughter Qingdi would now be living the life of a daughter of the Prime Minister's house, with endless glory and wealth, why is it so hard, with no food and clothing.

"Qingdi, it's all my mother's fault, if my mother had some ability, I wouldn't have asked your father to listen to her slander, so that our mother was driven out like this, and you want to live like this if you are still tired."

"What kind of concubine, I'm not rare."

Qingdi said, inadvertently smelling a foul smell, presumably the frostbite on his mother's leg was more serious. But the last time I went to the doctor, I took all the money out, and now I have no money to buy medicine, if I let it go on like this, my mother is afraid that she will not be able to survive this spring.

Qingdi let go of his hand, opened the paper bag, took out two white-flour steamed buns that were still steaming inside, handed one to Wei'er and the other to his mother, and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, it's still hot." ”

Mi'er took the steamed bun and took a quick bite, but the woman didn't take the steamed bun, looked at Qingdi and said, "Mother is not hungry, you can eat." ”

Qingdi stuffed the steamed bun back into her mother's hand, touched her head again, and said with a smile: "I have eaten on the road, I am full, you eat quickly, if you don't eat it, it will be cold." ”

When the woman saw her say this, she only took a few bites of the steamed bun, but before she could finish it, she fell asleep because of her lack of strength.

Qingdi covered her mother with a quilt and covered her frozen red and swollen feet with her palms. It will never work to drag on like this, but where did she find so much money to treat her mother?

Qingdi thought about it for a long time, and couldn't help but think of the father of the Prime Minister's Mansion in his mind. He has always suspected that Wei'er was born by his mother and others, so he is reluctant to admit Wei'er. But she still recognizes her daughter, she has sent people to see her several times in the ten years she has been outside, and she has also revealed the idea of taking her back alone.

If you go to him and ask for money, he must still be willing to give it. It's just that I can't let my mother know that with her temperament, she will never accept the relief of the Prime Minister's government.

After thinking about it, Qingdi turned his face to Mi'er and said, "Mi'er, there is still some dry food behind the door, soak it in boiling water and eat it when you are hungry." Every hour, call your mother to get up and drink saliva or eat something, don't let your mother fall asleep all the time. My sister went to the city to buy medicine for her mother. ”

"Hmm." After listening carefully to Qingdi's instructions, Mi'er nodded.

Qingdi immediately went to Chang'an City, and when she arrived at the back gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was almost noon, and before she stepped forward, she was recognized by the two guards at the door, and one of the guards said mockingly: "Yo, isn't this the fifth lady, they have grown so big." At the beginning, the Prime Minister was willing to keep you in the Prime Minister's Mansion, you didn't stay, you had to go out with your water-based poplar mother to live a hard life, and now that you are back, do you regret it? ”

The other also laughed and said, "I still remember that year, your mother-in-law with a big belly was kicked out and walked through this back door." Your mother's pretty face is full of slap prints, and the embarrassed look of ouch makes me laugh when I think about it now. ”

With that, the two of them began to laugh.

Even after so many years of hard life outside, Qingdi still has the dignity of a concubine in her bones, and looked at the two guards coldly and said, "It's hard for you, you're still a doorman after ten years." ”

As soon as she said this, the two guards were unhappy, and one of them immediately walked up to Qingdi and wanted to push her away: "You still treat you as the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" It's filthy and stinky, get out of the way, don't get in the way here! Do you know that Lord Chu, the biggest imperial merchant in our Li Kingdom, is coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion as a guest today, so as not to be seen by the entourage of Lord Chu's family and laugh at our Prime Minister's Mansion! ”

Qing Di didn't care about Lord Chu, avoided his hand, looked at him coldly and said: "Even if the prime minister asked my mother to leave the Xiangfu and think about it, she didn't divorce her, she is still the master mother of the Xiangfu, and I am still the concubine." Now I need to see the prime minister, you'd better go in and pass it on quickly, otherwise you will look good! ”

The two guards looked at each other, laughed, and pointed at her: "Listen, a slut who has committed adultery with her subordinates is embarrassed to continue to be the head mother of the Prime Minister's Mansion, haha, laughing to death......"

Another glanced at Qingdi with a squint, and said, "Your mother is so coquettish, you must not be bad, if you play with us, maybe we can reward you with some copper plates and buy a few steamed buns to eat." ”

As he spoke, he reached out to touch Qingdi's face, and Qingdi immediately pulled out the wooden hairpin on his head to protect him, but no one has ever passed through the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she can't beat these two fierce slaves alone, what should I do?

At this moment, an angry voice came from behind him: "What are you guys messing around? ”