Chapter 703 Recognition
"Yuzhu, are you used to coming to the capital?"
Yuzhu has been in Beijing for a month.
Yuzhu nodded, her bright eyes always looking at Lu Chaochao: "I'm used to everything, thank you for your concern. The teachers treat their disciples very well..." Yuzhu's amazing talent in studying made the disciples of Shuzong bring her to the capital.
She had been in the capital for a month, but had not yet entered the girls' school.
During this month, she has been undergoing tests from various masters of calligraphy.
"Don't call me benefactor, just call me Chaochao." Lu Chaochao waved her hands. She called him benefactor all the time, which gave Lu Chaochao a headache.
Yuzhu was unwilling. In her heart, Lu Chaochao was her lifelong benefactor.
"If you're not used to it, Yuzhu can call you princess. But just calling you by your name is not okay." In her heart, she must not offend Lu Chaochao anyway.
As if this is the only way to show my inner respect.
Yuzhu paused and said seriously: "Princess, may I invite you to attend Yuzhu's apprenticeship ceremony in three days? During this month, Yuzhu has passed the tests of all the masters." She will soon have a teacher.
Heaven, Earth, the Emperor, Parents and Teachers, a teacher who has become your disciple is like a family member.
When Lu Chaozhao heard this, his face was filled with joy.
But I didn't expect Yuzhu to have such good fortune. As long as she could become a disciple of the Shuzong, it would be a great honor no matter which great scholar she was under.
Oh, except me.
That's bad news.
"Okay, okay, I will definitely come to watch the ceremony every morning."
"I heard that your mother has found a home. Can you recognize your relatives now?"
Yuzhu's mother, Yao Jingyi, was abducted and sold. She also studied and learned calligraphy. If she had not been abducted, she would have had a very happy life.
Yuzhu hesitated slightly: "Not yet."
"Mother has sent a letter to the Yao family in Xihe, but has not received a reply."
Later, when I arrived in Beijing, I learned that the Yao family had also come to the capital.
My mother wrote another letter with anticipation on her face and sent it to the Yao family, stating her identity and temporary address. But the Yao family...didn't make any move.
Yao Jingyi stood at the door and waited for three days, but did not receive a reply.
I didn’t even wait for my parents to say a word.
"Mother hasn't given up yet. She wants to come to your house to recognize her relatives tomorrow." Yuzhu sighed. Ever since her father favored boys over girls and drowned or dug up her sisters to death, she no longer had any expectations for family affection.
But in the mother's heart, that was the home where she was raised for many years and where she once had warmth. It is also the belief that has supported her in her heart for many years after being abducted, which is difficult for her to give up, and Yuzhu can understand it.
I have to go back and see it with my own eyes before I give up.
"Tomorrow?"
"I'll go with you to take a look." Yuzhu is now considered half a scholar, and she was brought up by Lu Chaochao himself, so Lu Chaochao is worried.
Yuzhu stood up and bowed to her.
After dinner, Zhuifeng personally sent Yuzhu back home.
"Yuzhu and Madam Yao live on East Street. It's a mixed crowd there, and it might not be safe for orphans and widows." Zhuifeng came back with a frown on his face. He left two guards to guard the place.
Although he is a demon, he has lived in the mortal world with Lu Chaochao for a long time and understands the importance of reputation to women.
Enough to destroy a person.
Seeing that Lu Chaochao loved her, and hearing that Yuzhu was extremely talented, he couldn't bear to see her die here. Zhuifeng began to feel a little more protective of her.
"I'm afraid Yuzhu doesn't have much money in his hands when he comes out of the mountains. It's also my fault..." Lu Chaochao patted his forehead.
The money left behind was enough for her to live on.
But in the capital city where every inch of land is valuable, it means nothing.
"Send some silver and money over and write an IOU. Yuzhu is a scholar now and has the character of a scholar." Lu Chaochao picked another house nearby, which was near the girls' school, just across the street, and had good security.
He sent a few guards and some quick and diligent maids over.
"She will become my disciple in three days, and I'm afraid she will stay in the girls' school for a long time. However, having a home also gives me a sense of belonging."
"This house is a gift to celebrate her becoming my disciple."
At dawn the next day, Mrs. Yao came to pick her up in a carriage.
The carriage was dusty, and Mrs. Yao's clothes were not luxurious, but they were clean and simple. There was a silver hairpin in her hair, which Yuzhu earned from tutoring others in her spare time.
Lu Chaochao didn't like to dress up fancy, so she just put on some casual clothes and got on the carriage. Looks very low-key...
After Mrs. Yao greeted him, she nervously pinched the corner of her clothes.
There was a package on her knees, which were clothes she had made for her parents.
"Mom, don't be nervous." Yuzhu couldn't help but reach out and hold her hand, and found that her mother's hands were cold and her face was full of worry.
"I'm not nervous, not nervous. Why would I be nervous about going home?" Mrs. Yao murmured in a low voice, with some uncertainty in her eyes.
From time to time she lifted the curtain and looked out the window.
After she was abducted, she never mentioned her parents' home for fear of bringing shame to it.
At this moment, she was about to return home, and could not hide her excitement. She could not help but explain to her daughter: "The Yao family has strict rules. You will follow behind your mother later."
"The Yao family is a noble family in Xihe. Thousands of years ago, our ancestor was a disciple of the Sage of Calligraphy. This has always been the pride of the younger generations of the Yao family." This is why the Yao family has always regarded themselves as disciples of the Sage of Calligraphy.
Yuzhu couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh: "Mom, you're still talking about something that happened thousands of years ago."
"Besides, there are different types of disciples."
"Personal disciples and registered disciples who attend as auditors are two extremes." Personal disciples have to go through the ceremony of paying respect to their teacher. They are truly like family members, like half of their descendants...
As for the registered disciples, they are just auditors, and even the master is not aware of their existence.
Madam Yao rolled her eyes at her in reproach: "If you were a direct disciple, why would you stay in Xihe?"
"You can't let your grandmother hear this." As she spoke, she even laughed.
"Okay, okay, listen to mother. Zhu'er will be good and obedient in front of grandma and not embarrass mother." Yuzhu pulled her mother's shoulders affectionately. After some laughter, Mrs. Yao was less nervous.
"Zhu'er has always been mother's pride." Mrs. Yao looked at her daughter with particularly gentle eyes.
After a while, the carriage stopped outside the Yao family's door.
The driver went forward and knocked on the door, then politely stated his identity.
The concierge looked at everyone and heard the driver's identity. His expression changed immediately: "What do you mean a lost young lady? We have never had a lost young lady in our house!"
Madam Yao stepped forward quickly and said, "My surname is Yao, my name is Jingyi, and I am the young lady who has gone missing from the mansion. Please let her know."
When the doorman saw her, his pupils shrank, and his eyes trembled slightly before he said, "Madam, please don't talk nonsense. The eldest daughter of our mansion fell into the water and died. The old lady cried for a long time, so don't make false accusations."
"Although I don't know where the lady got the eldest girl's name and wanted to impersonate her. But the eldest girl died a long time ago, and there was even a monument built for her in Xihe. This matter cannot be false."
"You were the one who sent the letter pretending to be a young lady some time ago, right?"
"Madam, please leave quickly. The old lady will be angry if she finds out." The doorman was even a little anxious to get rid of her.
Mrs. Yao's hands and feet were cold, and her heart was chilled.
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