230. Funeral (1)
Chanyi looked at Chu Shaoyuan's calm side face, and couldn't help but think that she hadn't seen him so closely in her previous life, and the cruel and vicious Prince An in her memory had already been blurred, and the young man in front of her had a vivid face full of confidence, and the whole person seemed to have changed, but it made her feel at ease.
Chu Shaoyuan discussed the matter with Xia Mingche, went back to Fushoutang for lunch, and returned to the palace.
Compared with the warmth of the Xia family, the Anbei Houfu Wei family is a little too calm.
Mrs. An Beihou babbled, "...... Mrs. Gu died, Ning Guogong got such an errand again, at this juncture, we always have to help out, but the concubine is a little uncertain, in terms of etiquette, do you say that it is better to send the right plum bottle? Or send some silk over? There is also a quilt painted by Zhang Tianshi with 10,000 characters constantly tattooed on the concubine's body, otherwise send this over? Mrs. Gu is really wronged, leaving two children at home, Manman has suffered so much grievance, and the prince is still in the palace and doesn't know if he can raise it well......"
Wei Jie was frowning and looking at the information on the top of the secret report, his thoughts drifted far away, and his brows furrowed, still thinking about the letter that his son entrusted to him.
Mrs. Cai of Anbei Hou said for a long time, but she didn't see her husband responding, so she paused, and couldn't help but raise her voice a little louder: "Hou Ye, Hou Ye!"
Wei Jie was thinking about the deployment of the northwest, when he was suddenly interrupted by her voice, and the expression on his upright face sank, "You can decide those little things yourself, what is the situation of Gu Shizi in the palace? ”
Cai's face fell a little: "Hou Ye always doesn't like to listen to the concubine's words, the concubine just said, Gu Shizi's situation is not very good, or the concubine of the Jian family rescued Gu Shizi, I can't ask about your lord's affairs outside, but this time, why does Hou Ye have to explain things to me, the concubine went to the palace, and she didn't even see the face of the queen mother, saying that the queen mother collided with the queen mother, and was banned by the emperor, but this is not for Mrs. Gu's lawsuit?" Now that Chang'er is in a critical situation at Yanmen Pass, and the emperor has asked the crown prince and the three princes to go together to support Yanmen Pass, what does the emperor think? The prince is the prince, isn't he afraid of any accidents on the road, or does the emperor have this idea at all?
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wei Jie scolded her loudly, "You dare to say such things casually? How can you and I guess the emperor's thoughts!"
Having said that, but the emperor's mind is nothing more than these two, seeing that the Wei family is getting more and more vigorous, what is the flower brocade, the fire cooking oil, this is it, the prince, as the prince of a country, how can he personally recruit it? The emperor is clearly warning these courtiers that he is willing to give up his son, let alone a small Wei family.
Cai's worries about her son outweighed a qiē, even if she was scolded by Wei Jie, she couldn't help but speak: "Master Hou has to think of a way, our family has been loyal to the emperor over the years, and even the prince has been sent over to guard the Yanmen Gate......"
Wei Jie stopped her words, pondered for a moment, and saw his wife's anxious appearance, he couldn't help but loosen his mouth, and lowered his voice: "I have already arranged it, I won't let them hurt their muscles and bones this time, I'm afraid they don't know what the surname of the northwest is! If you want to play tricks with my Wei family in the northwest, it's too tender!"
Cai's heart was overjoyed when he heard this, and he wanted to ask again, but Wei Jie refused to say anything more, and only told her: "You should go to Gu's house and walk around, Yicheng is probably very difficult at this time, if we don't help him, who else can help him?"
Cai nodded again and again, and immediately packed up some things for the funeral, and turned around and went to the Ningguo Mansion.
The Ningguo Mansion has already set up a filial piety hall, the coffin is parked in the filial piety hall in the middle of the main courtyard, Mrs. Gu Chang has already been worn by Meiniang in the evening of the same day, the collar of the filial piety is a rare standing collar, and the neckline is embroidered with several circles of corrugated patterns, which looks elegant and dignified.
Chang's body was covered with a plain brocade quilt, and his two arms were flat on his chest, as if he was asleep.
In front of the coffin are placed two candlesticks with white candles, the flames are high, the middle of the candlestick is Chang's famous brand, in front of the incense burner, burning many pillars of incense, it seems that someone has come to mourn.
Filial sons and daughters all knelt beside the filial piety hall and wept.
Gu Manman's little face was red from crying, her eyes were swollen very high, she had just settled down in Shuiyue Nunnery, when she heard such a thunderbolt news on a sunny day, she was so shocked that she couldn't move.
Finally stabilized her mind, hurried back, and saw her mother lying here motionless, she almost cried and fainted, and pulled her mother's hand hard, but her mother did not react at all, she wanted to pull her mother up, and was slapped down by her father.
“…… What are you going to do? Your mother was the most relieved person when she was alive, did you want your mother to go without worry?"
She watched her mother's hand hang down softly, never smiled at her again, never annoyed her again...... She was very flustered in her heart, and then she heard the maids tell her the ins and outs of the matter, and she bit three words in her heart--Xia-Chan-Yi!
Gu Manman burned the paper money in her hand one by one into the brazier, and the firelight reflected her face, showing a bit of gloom that did not match her age, which surprised Cai, who had just come in to mourn, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Gu Manman can be regarded as something she grew up watching, she has always been a lively and active character, just like her own daughter, but now she has sunk like this, she bowed her head and said to Wei Huanyue: "You go and persuade your Sister Manman, let her mourn, don't hurt your body." ”
Wei Huanyue listened to her mother's words and nodded, went to incense with Cai's family, walked to Gu Manman's side and whispered to comfort her.
When Cai arrived in the main house, she frowned when she saw Mei Niang, who was still busy, she remembered that this was a concubine room, how could Ning Guogong entrust such a big matter as a funeral to a concubine room?
She immediately asked, "What about Grandpa Guo? Have you notified the people you know to come? Have you decided to wait for tea, accompany the hangers, and manage the filial piety?"
Mei Niang replied respectfully.
Cai's brows furrowed even tighter, Gu Shizi was recuperating in the palace, could it be that Mrs. Gu's tablet was to be held by Gu Kui? Ning Guogong didn't say that she had to make arrangements in advance, she had to make some points one by one, she ordered her subordinates to call Ning Guogong, sat down on the kang by herself, and looked at some of the affairs that Mei Niang had taken care of before.
[I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've had some Kawen lately, woo woo woo ......]