Li Weiqing and his wife stayed all night, and the old lady didn't make a fuss, and slept very deeply. But Li Weiqing knew in his heart that the old lady had exhausted all her energy this time, and his mother was really leaving. The next morning, everyone gathered in Mingjutang, and the people lying on the couch had no more water. The old lady's body quickly dried up in this time, her originally plump cheeks and chin were almost only covered with skin and bones, and the clothes that originally fit were hanging loosely on her body.

The room was full of grief, Li Weiqing knelt beside the bed and cried in a low voice, Yao had been crying intermittently for two days, there was no blood on his face, his lips were dry and his eyes were red and swollen. Li Shuci kept lying on the couch holding the old lady's hand, looking at the wrinkled and lifeless face in a daze, buzzing in her head, as if all the sounds had turned into a stream of anger into her ears, making her unable to be at peace.

Imperial Physician Wu gave the old lady acupuncture for a while, got up and shook his head gently at everyone, and said, "I have already given the old lady an acupuncture, and she will wake up later, if there is anything to say...... He couldn't understand what he meant, so he didn't continue. Li Yu nodded, he stood in the middle of the room, looking straight at the woman lying on the couch, his mood was extremely complicated, this was the wife who had been with him for life......

The sleeping old lady showed a hint of waking up, and Yao hurriedly fed a few mouthfuls of rich ginseng soup. The old lady then opened her eyes, her face was covered with a little too thick blood, and her eyes turned slowly, so that she could see the people in the room clearly, and her chest rose and fell. Yao knew that she was going to speak, so he and Li Weiqing worked together to help the old lady up and lean on the pillow. The old lady let out a long breath, looked at Li Weiqing, and said, "Son...... After I left, you personally helped the spirit to send me back to my hometown...... You and Ah Jun will go back with me, and go back to Qindu Mansion to guard me for three years......"

Everyone present was stunned, no one expected the old lady to make such a decision, Li Yu's face changed, and he only heard the old lady say: "The others ...... You don't need to...... I just want to be quiet......"

"Yes...... I'll go back with my mother......" Li Weiqing walked a few steps on his knees, looked at his mother's old and frail face, choked up and couldn't speak, and burst out into a cry of extreme sadness.

At this moment, there was a turmoil outside, and a heroic and tall young man plunged into the crowd, dusty and weather-drenched, "Grandmother!"

The old lady's eyes lit up, and she actually raised her hand, "Yi'er!"

"Big brother!" Li Shuci turned her head suddenly, and cried loudly, her impression of Li Yi was still in the tragic state of him covered in blood when he was dying, at this time, seeing him standing in front of him alive, new and old pains came to her heart together, and her throat ached, "Why did you come back!"

Li Yi was also full of grief, and knelt down in front of the old lady, "Grandmother, grandson is not filial!"

The old lady tried her best to pull out a smile, and said with satisfaction: "It's good to come back...... It's good to come back......" She grabbed Li Yi with one hand and Li Shuci with the other, and said, "Ah...... Kind...... With your eldest brother here with you, I'm relieved...... Yi'er, you have to remember...... Protect your sister......" After saying this, the old lady let out a long breath and was silent. Li Yi nodded desperately, and kept saying, 'Grandmother, don't worry', Li Shuci finally couldn't stand it and threw herself on the old lady and cried. Suddenly the cries in the room rang out......

Bai Aya rolled up and down in the wind, and the Li Mansion was miserable. Li Shuci knelt straight beside the dark coffin in a filial piety suit, her black hair was picked up by the wind, entangled in her thoughts. Li Weicheng and Zhou wept darkly on the other side of the coffin, while Wu and Li Weiqi cried lowly, burning the paper into the brazier. Li Weiqing and Yao greeted the people who came and went to mourn. Li Yi knelt beside Li Shuci and said worriedly: "Sister ......"

Li Shuci raised his eyes to look at him, and finally broke out into a heart-rending cry. Li Yi was relieved at this time, and patted her shoulder again and again, "It's good to cry, it's okay to cry, don't hold back your illness...... You're a girl, it's not okay to cry badly......"

Li Shuci looked at Li Yi, there were a thousand words but he couldn't say them, "You don't know...... Grandmother she ......"

Li Yi's complexion changed, he and his master were wandering away, his whereabouts were uncertain, every time he went out for three years, he would often send letters to his family to report his safety, but he knew very little about the affairs at home. He didn't feel deep remorse, even if he learned a skill, if he couldn't even protect his family, what was the use?" "Ah Ci, don't worry, there will be a big brother in the ...... in the future"

"Big brother...... Li Shuci cried and broke her liver and intestines, and after a moment, she stood up with Li Yi's support, "I want to be alone and quiet." ”

She walked alone to the corridor in the distance and sat down, staring blankly at the white mourning hall, she covered her face with her hands, trying to get rid of this feeling. When she let go of her gaze again, and her blurred gaze passed over the white silk dancing between the eaves, she saw the young man walking from a distance, white robe and black hair, leaving an independent posture in a bleak color.

He looked at her, and there was palpable pity and sympathy in it. "The dead are long gone, and the living can be chased. People who are alive should cherish and treat themselves well. Your grandmother must have wanted you to be happy in this world. ”

His voice was soft, but it could be heard in Li Shuci's ears like a hesitant ghost, which made her creepy. She thought that she had already dug Shen Yuan away from the bottom of her heart, and even those bloody wounds had scabbed and healed. But now, she knew that he could only festering in her heart, and follow her forever.

She didn't know whether she shook her head or nodded, Shen Yuan's gaze stayed on her, she felt that the world in front of her was turbulent and distorted, and the voices around her were rushing towards her again. She covered her ears and seemed to see the corners of Shen Yuan's lips closing one by one, and her steps retreated, but Shen Yuan refused to let her go, approaching her step by step.

"What's wrong?"

Everything is like a tidal tide receding, and the voice is so warm and reliable. King Ru stood between her and Shen Yuan, blocking her view. Shen Yuan glanced at the Confucian King in surprise, and bowed down: "Confucian Prince." ”

The Confucian King nodded and walked towards the mourning hall first, Shen Yuan glanced at Li Shuci suspiciously, and followed. He didn't know why Li Shuci had such a strange attitude towards him, and he simply regarded him like a demon. Even if he almost turned his face secretly, Li Shuci should not have such an attitude. The way she looked just now was clearly scared. The corners of Shen Yuan's mouth showed a hint of playfulness, he was really curious.

Li Weiqing went to Ding Wei on the second day, and Emperor Xuwen originally didn't plan to let Li Weiqing go, but he heard that this was Mrs. Li's last wish, so he changed his affection to Ding Wei. Li Yu persuaded Li Weiqing: "Your mother is sick and confused, and she just wants you to spend more time with him." You have a good future now, although you have no real power, but you are the most powerful person around the king, and when you return from three years of filial piety, the king is afraid that he has become accustomed to it, how can you have the current grace when the time comes?"

"Mother's last wish, as a son of man, dare not disobey. Li Weiqing only said these few words, but he had already expressed his determination. Li Shuci knew, and only said: "My father guards my grandmother well, my eldest brother accompanies me in Beijing, and my father persuades my mother for me." Li Yu resolutely refused to let Li Shuci go with him on the grounds that Li Shuci had a marriage contract. What's more, Li Shuci stayed in Shangjing, and he could also be used to contain Li Weiqing. Neither Li Yu nor the Yang family could let her leave easily.

Even if Li Yu lets go, Li Shuci will not leave Shangjing. Let Li Weiqing and Ding worry go back to Qindu Mansion is what she said when her grandmother was sober. It's just that she thought that her grandmother was delirious and had forgotten, but she didn't expect that at the last moment, her grandmother still said it. Yang Tingyu appeared beside his father, which made Li Shuci tremble. Let his father take his mother and younger brother back to Qindu Mansion, at least he can escape this situation temporarily, so as not to let Li Weiqing be at the mercy of the Shen family in the court.

On April 11, Li Weiqing and his wife set off to help Ling return to Qindu Mansion, and before Yao left, he pulled Li Shuci and Li Yi and told countless words before leaving with tears in his eyes. Back at Fufeng Garden, Li Yi couldn't wait to pull Li Shuci into the room and asked, "Ah Ci, what happened? I see that there seems to be something unspeakable between your words." Now there is no one else, I am your eldest brother, you can't hide it from me. ”

Li Yi is two years older than her, sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers have changed a lot, three years ago, Li Yi was still like a child when he left home, but now he is full of heroism and stands up to the sky. Li Shuci said: "I didn't want to hide it from you, my eldest brother is the person I trust the most." ”

Li Shuci told Li Yi what had happened in the past year and what she had secretly investigated with Helian Tao. Li Yi's eyes changed from shocked to distressed, and he said, "Ah Ci, it's me who is not good...... I should have come back earlier, you are a girl, how can you bear these ......" Li Yi's eyes revealed deep remorse.

Li Shuci shook his head and said, "Before, we were still young, even if we knew the truth of the matter, there was nothing we could do, and now the eldest brother is back at the right time." I was only afraid that Yang Tingyu would have to drag my father into the water, so I asked my grandmother to take my father away. After three years of worrying about his father, the matter may have settled. ”

"Grandfather, how can he ......" Li Yi slammed the table hard, his eyes full of puzzlement and gloom.

Li Shuci suddenly stood up and asked Mu Yun, who was guarding the door outside, "Yu Sanniang is here?"

Mu Yun said suspiciously, "What? Where is Yu Sanniang?"

After asking this, I saw Qingge take Yu Baochan into the yard. The second monk Mu Yun was puzzled: "The girl's ears are getting more and more spiritual, and before she entered the courtyard, she heard Yu Sanniang speak......

Li Shuci was also stunned when he heard Mu Yun say this: "So, didn't you hear it just now?"

Mu Yun shook his head and looked at Li Shuci in surprise up and down: "I didn't hear anything...... Can the Third Young Master hear me?"

Li Yi's hearing was definitely above all of them, and he also shook his head in surprise and said, "Ah Ci, when did you become a peerless master? What kind of martial arts is this?"

Li Shuci said with a smile: "What a good wind......"

Mu Yun raised his eyebrows: "It can't be that he was struck by lightning that day......"