I just want to die of old age

Xu Jiqing sent his elder brother Su Ziyi and Li Yunzhou away and asked them to take care of his farmland, while he wanted to talk to me.

The eldest brother Su Ziyi looked at us with doubt on his face, but was still dragged out by Li Yunzhou.

The two men walked outside and walked towards the field with farm tools helplessly.

Su Ziyi is a straightforward person, and he will not hide anything when facing his good friends.

He kept looking back, frowning, and said softly: "Yuzhu, you don't seem to want to become my disciple. Why?"

Li Yunzhou rolled his eyes at his friend, raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "Master Xu Jiqing is not made of gold, and everyone likes him. Why are you so anxious to let your sister become his disciple?"

Su Ziyi sighed deeply, a gentle look appeared on his face, and he said gently: "My sister suffered a lot of grievances before returning home, but mother doesn't care much. I am very worried about my sister's future marriage. If she can become my teacher, it will be better for her in the future."

"You're really worried."

"I'm her eldest brother, I should have considered everything for her."

"Your sister is much smarter than you. She will think things through."

"That's right. Am I becoming more nagging?" After hearing this, Su Ziyi also agreed with it and lowered his head to admit it. His clear eyes sparkled and a look of approval appeared on his face.

Li Yunzhou silently complained: "This is good, at least there is a strong family affection, unlike my old man who treats his precious son like a treasure every day and completely ignores me, the annoying legitimate son."

"Is your stepmother still targeting you?"

"She is now eyeing my marriage and wants me to marry her niece. That's a nice thought." A look of disdain appeared on Li Yunzhou's unruly face.

"You'd better be careful."

"Of course I know that she has always wanted to make me useless, but it won't go as she wishes. She has been stuffing women into my side for the past few years, hoping that I will become a useless man who is obsessed with beauty so that she can make her son the crown prince. It's too naive."

Li Yunzhou thought secretly that he was not a saint, so of course he would return it. He didn't expect that Li Yunkai, that waste, was so useless that he was immersed in the fragrance of beauty.

Li Yunzhou did not say this out loud, as he knew that Su Ziyi was an upright and kind person and would not agree with it.

He changed the subject, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile as bright as the sun: "Ziyi, how about I marry your sister Yuzhu? I am honest and reliable, and I am also your good friend, you can rest assured."

Su Ziyi frowned after hearing this and shouted, "I don't agree. Your house is too messy."

Li Yunzhou followed behind and kept talking, his eyes becoming brighter and brighter as he spoke.

……

He sat upright in the armchair, his every move and every word revealing elegance, and he took a sip of tea.

This is what it means to be a man of great learning and poetry.

"Some time ago, I went to Tianranju at the invitation of a friend and met you. Your poem is indeed a good one."

Everything seemed to be visible in his piercing eyes.

I said directly: "That poem was not written by me. If you accept me as your disciple because of this, you have chosen the wrong person."

Xu Jiqing burst into laughter upon hearing this: "Of course I know it wasn't written by you. The person who wrote the poem is clearly a bold and uninhibited person, which doesn't match your personality."

"You actually knew that it wasn't written by me, so why did you accept me as your apprentice? Could it be that you saw that I have an extraordinary talent and a photographic memory, and that I am a rare genius?"

"You are quite shameless." Xu Jiqing did not refuse my words, with a gleam in his eyes: "You are now pretending, right? You feel that everything around you is not real, as if you are not really integrated into it."

I stopped smiling, looked at him quietly and said, "So what do you think of the real me?"

"She has no respect for the rules of imperial power and is not afraid of them. She is quite confident in her own strength. She is not a woman who lives by the rules in a house."

Every word he said seemed to hit the mark. I was stunned for a moment, then I started laughing again: "Yes, I don't want to stay in one yard forever. One day, I will leave the capital and see the misty water villages and vast grasslands of the south of the Yangtze River. I can't stay here."

At this moment, I completely let myself go, my eyes were full of vitality and longing for the future.

I am not the kind of ancient lady who follows the rules and is very rigid. I am who I am. I have my own personality and hobbies.

But when he came to this ancient time, he inevitably restrained his own character.

After all, in ancient times, the supremacy of imperial power could really cost lives.

If someone really provokes me, I won't care about anything and will just beat them up first.

At this time, I crossed my hands and clasped my fists, staring at Xu Jiqing, and said with a smile: "You really want to take me as your apprentice, I am very good at getting into trouble."

In fact, I have no objection to becoming a disciple. After all, Xu Jiqing holds a very high status in the entire Zhao Dynasty. Having him as a disciple is like having a golden thigh.

But I still explained myself honestly.

I looked at him with a playful smile on my face.

Xu Jiqing didn't frown, and there was no worry on his face. He smiled brightly and said happily, "You are indeed a troublemaker, but I am not afraid. This is the first time I have accepted a female disciple. Your senior brothers will protect you, and I have some face in front of His Majesty. Besides, you yourself are not someone who can be easily messed with."

Seeing this, I had no reason to refuse, so I respectfully bowed to the teacher. This was the most sincere moment I had made since coming into this world.

In this way, my elder brother and I both successfully became Xu Jiqing's disciples. When Marquis Su Muyun received the news, he was stunned for a moment and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

“You did a great job.”

"Father, it was my elder brother who surprised me. He gave me Master Yinmo's painting at the last minute."

Su Ziyi smiled sheepishly and said, "I still want to rely on my own strength."

That evening, my father held a celebratory dinner for us, and even the wife of the marquis who had been put in solitary confinement was released.

When the lady of the Marquis's Mansion heard that Su Ziyi and I both chose the great scholar Xu Jiqing as our teacher, her face turned half green and half red. This was something she could never have imagined in her dreams.

Thinking that Xu Jiqing actually accepted a disciple, she had a crazy idea to suggest that Su Mingyu could be brought over as well. After the great scholar saw Su Mingyu, he would definitely be willing to accept her as a disciple.

I rolled my eyes at her and said, "As a teacher, anyone can be your disciple." After that, I ignored her.

My words made the wife of the Marquis very angry, and now the incompatibility between the two of us has been exposed.

Everyone in the Marquis's Mansion has seen it clearly. Even the Marquis is on my side. No one openly accuses me of being unfilial.

Su Mingyu's face was frighteningly gloomy. She couldn't eat despite the table full of delicious food. Her fists were clenched tightly.

The others were laughing and talking happily.

Aunt Liu smiled charmingly and said tenderly, "The eldest young master and the second young lady are extremely talented, worthy of being the children of the marquis. If He'er can be as talented as his eldest brother, I will be satisfied."