Rong Zheng was led by the maid to the courtyard of the fourth room.

This place is different from the people coming and going on Mrs. Cui's side, and it seems extraordinarily quiet. Not even the chirping of birds and finches could be heard.

Before Rong Zheng stepped into Min's bedroom, there was already a maid who passed it on for Rong Zheng. Then the maid opened the bamboo curtain for Rong Zheng and invited her in.

Before Rong Zheng stepped into the room, he smelled a strong smell of medicine. When he walked into the house, he was greeted by a maid dressed in plain clothes and saluted Rong Zheng.

"Grandma Ann, please!"

Rong Zheng glanced at the shelf bed behind the screen and asked softly, "Is Mrs. awake?" ”

The maid said, "Grandma, please come in, our wife is awake at this time." ”

Rong Zheng turned the screen embroidered with rich flowers and walked to the bed. There was a half-worn green gauze tent hanging from the bed of the shelf, and a woman was lying in the tent. The scorched face was not angry at all, and his body was half covered with a new quilt of ethereal colors.

"Fourth Wife!" Rong Zheng sat on the edge of the bed and called in front of him.

Min Shi glanced at her with a dull gaze, and said weakly: "It's the eldest grandmother who is here." Saying that, he wanted to sit up, but was held down by Rong Zheng and comforted: "The fourth lady is not good, just lie down, don't move." ”

Min Shi was full of apologies and said, "It's rude." What about the county lord, is she here? ”

Rong Zheng shook his head and said, "The county lord is not in good health, so let me come on her behalf." ”

Min said: "Let the county lord bother." ”

After a few words, Rong Zheng secretly wondered, Min's tone was very calm, and his feelings had been controlled very well. Perhaps after so many days, she has accepted it.

"There was such an accident, and now there is no possibility of recovery. Please mourn my wife. ”

Min shed tears in front of Rong Zheng for the first time, and he didn't hide it at all, and let the tears roll down to the pillow. She looked at the top of the tent with a somewhat empty gaze, a little self-reproach, and said with great desolation: "His father and I only raised him such a son, because he was added, and the doctor said that I could not have children anymore." Now that he has left before me and his father, do you want to live this day! ”

"The seventh master is gone, he won't come back. Take care, ma'am. ”

Min said: "I always blame him, if I knew that there would be such a day, I would definitely take back those words......"

"Madam, here comes the medicine!"

A female voice came out of the screen.

Rong Zheng was still a little puzzled, and hurriedly looked up, only to see a figure already flashing through the screen. What appeared in front of her was Li Shiniang, whom she hadn't met for more than 20 days.

Seeing Rong Zheng here, Fifteen Niang was also slightly surprised, and soon returned to her usual appearance, nodding and saying, "Ah Zheng is here." ”

Rong Zheng stood up and said, "I'll come for the county lord to give the seventh master incense and drink." ”

Fifteen Niang held a lacquer plate in her hand and put a cup of medicine that had just been boiled. There is also a small plate next to it, which holds a piece of blessing cake.

She said softly, "Madam, it's time to drink the medicine." Fifteen Niang temporarily handed the plate to the maid behind her, and went to help Min sit up. A green handkerchief was wrapped around Min's neck. Serving Min Shi with medicine, he wiped Min Shi's hands and handed her the blessing cake.

Rong Zheng watched blankly from the side, and saw that the fifteenth mother was very meticulous. His speech is also gentle and gentle, and he is a very proper person.

Min Shi didn't want to eat any more after eating two mouthfuls of the blessing cake, and handed the rest of the cake to Fifteen Niang.

Fifteen Niang frowned and said, "Isn't this sweet today?" ”

Min said: "It's too sweet." She glanced at Rong Zheng again and said, "Grandma, I don't have good energy, let Fifteen Niang accompany you." ”

Rong Zheng naturally obeys the arrangement. Then she followed Fifteen Niang to a room next door.

"Zheng, what kind of tea do you drink? Here are Biluochun, Bird's Tongue and Xinyang Maojian? ”

"Me, whatever."

Fifteen Niang made a bowl of Biluochun for Rong Zheng. Then he sat quietly beside Rong Zheng, with his hands folded on his thighs. Gentle gaze.

Rong Zheng looked at Fifteen Niang attentively. Combed with a hanging bun, but it doesn't look like any pearl emerald. The silk ropes that knot the hair were all changed to white. He also wore a white silk flower on his sideburns. The dresses are also all of the same color of fine linen. She was shocked, but only then did she realize that Fifteen Niang was wearing filial piety for Cui Shangzhou.

"Fifteen Niang, you are ......"

Facing Rong Zheng's surprise, Fifteen Niang seemed very calm, she smiled bitterly: "Can't you see it?" ”

"But you haven't entered the door of Cui's house after all, have you ever thought about the future if you say this?"

"In the future? It's all arranged. They passed on Brother Xiang of the Fifth Uncle family to the name of the Seventh Master, although that child was a little timid, but I saw that he was also quite clever. As long as I kowtow and offer tea, I will be his mother. In the future, I will teach him well, read and write. With the relationship between our Li family, it will not be too difficult to participate in the imperial examination in the future. I heard that it has been enlightened. I've seen his handwriting, and it's very handsome. It's really hard for him, a little person, the pen is not very stable......"

"Enough......" Rong Zheng has been crying a few times since he heard the news last afternoon, but he has not been as uncomfortable as he is now. She choked and grabbed Fifteen Niang's shoulders, let her head rest on her arms, and said sadly: "Actually, you don't have to do this. Widows can still remarry, not to mention that you have not passed the door, and you still have a future. Don't bury your whole life here! Rong Zheng couldn't bear to see Fifteen Niang guarding an heir in the future, living a desolate and lonely life. A lively and lovely girl like Fifteen Niang should not have ended her youth early.

Fifteen Niang snuggled in Rong Zheng's arms, silently shed tears and said: "This is the road I want to take in the future, otherwise what else can I do." He died suddenly, and I will never see him again in my life, but I can't follow him. I have to live well for him, honor my in-laws, although I can't raise a son with his blood and bones, but I will definitely treat this heir as my own general upbringing, and I will always worship his incense. ”

Fifteen Niang's words made Rong Zheng feel like a heartache. She choked up and said, "Fifteen Niang, don't be stupid. Your life isn't over yet. If they persecute you like this, I will go back and sue the county lord and ask the county lord to come forward and let them finally release you. Seventh Master, if he has a spirit, he doesn't want you to keep it all the time. ”

Fifteen Niang said stupidly: "No one forced me, I was willing." Although he was alive and could not marry him, he hoped that he could be buried by his side after death, and the words 'Cui Men Li Shi' could be engraved on the tablet. ”

Rong Zheng cried more and more, and his heart was even more turbulent, secretly complaining about the fifteenth mother. "You stupid little girl, all his tenderness is given to another woman, what can he give you in the end. A hundred years from now, if you lie next to him, he may not be moved by you. These words swirled in his mind, but Rong Zheng didn't dare to say them.

"Ah Zheng, tell you a secret that I have never told anyone."

"Hmm."

"I like him. I have already told him before his coffin, and I don't know if he heard it. I'll say that to him again when he's underground. ”

"Fifteen Niang!" Rong Zheng felt like a needle prick in her heart, and she hugged Fifteen Niang tighter.

Rong Zheng saw that Li Wuniang was infatuated, and knew that no matter how he persuaded him, it was useless. In addition to heartache, she didn't know how to comfort Fifteen Niang. After returning to the villa, she went to the county lord to report the matter of the Cui family.

"How's the Min family doing?"

"When I spoke to her, I saw that she was doing well, much better than expected. Later, the fifteenth mother sued me because of the medicine. The doctor prescribed mental suppressants. ”

Duan Hui said: "I have suffered such a big blow, and I can't stand it. Xiao Qi is really a person who values love and righteousness, as long as I and Junhua give me an order over the years, I have never said a word to help run before and after, and here he left early. We also have to treat the Min family well. ”

Rong Zheng had no objection to the county lord's approach.

"Did you meet Fifteen Niang? What about her? ”

Rong Zheng said solemnly: "Fifteen Niang is stupid, I heard that the Cui family chose an heir for the seventh master. Fifteen Niang said that she would be the mother of the heir and keep her will for the seventh master for the rest of her life. I don't care what others think of this, she hasn't entered the door of Cui's house yet, and she hasn't been the daughter-in-law of the Cui family for a day, so she lightly put the rest of her life in. I just feel heartache. County Lord, do you think she's stupid? ”

The county lord of Duanhui was also quite surprised, and only said after a while: "This kid is thin and weak, but he can't see that he has such ambition. ”

"Does the county lord also think that the fifteenth mother should guard for the seventh master?" Rong Zheng looked at Duan Hui in surprise.

Duan Hui smiled bitterly: "I didn't say that. If she really plans to do this, the future will be very miserable, as you can imagine. She remembered what happened in Fujian. When Ji Jue just died, the head of the Ji family also said that they would choose an heir for Ji Jue and raise him under her and Ji Jue's names. Her task for the rest of her life is to raise that child to adulthood. The Ji family's plan was too obvious, and she didn't want to live a gloomy life in the Ji family. With the help of her father, she chose to return to the world.

When the dynasty allowed widows to remarry, there were many princesses in front of them. But she still chose to live alone for the rest of her life, and guarded Ji Jue for a lifetime. She didn't regret it. It's just that she and Ji Jue have been a loving couple for a few years, although he died, but after all, the former love has not been extinguished. She is willing to guard him for the rest of her life, and others can't help her.

"What about the Li family, will the Li family also let Fifteen Niang do this?"

Duan Hui said: "Fifteen Niang is a concubine girl, I heard that her biological mother is the aunt of the maid. The status at home can be imagined. Mrs. Lee, as her mother-in-law, may be happy to see it happen. It's not that he doesn't feel distressed if he is raised, and he can earn a good reputation of being virtuous and martyred, isn't it icing on the cake for the Li family? ”

The county lord's analysis was not wrong, but it made Rong Zheng feel cold. Could it be that Rong Zheng is alone in this world, and he is unwilling to embark on such a road of no return?

"When is the funeral date?"

Rong Zheng said: "On the first day of the next month." ”

Duan Hui nodded and said, "When the time comes, you can send him off for the last time." ”

Rong Zheng did not speak.

Soon it was the first day of the fifth month, and Qixia Villa also set up a road sacrifice on the way to the funeral. Rong Zheng still changed into Yuebai's clothes and went to see Cui Shangzhou on his last journey. She saw Brother Xiang'er, who was wearing linen and wearing filial piety, holding the spiritual throne and grieving, and even saw the fifteen mothers who were also full of filial piety and followed Brother Xiang closely.

In the white sky, the figures of these two people are particularly eye-catching. Rong Zheng looked at their figures for a long time, and couldn't help but cry like rain.

It was too far from the northwest camp to Bianliang, and Mu Xuan didn't rush back to send Cui Shangzhou in the end. Rong Zheng thought that when he came back, he couldn't see how sad his former friend was.

After finishing this matter, Rong Zheng went home and stayed for two days. When they returned to the villa, the Cui family sent a servant woman to invite Rong Zheng to come to Cui's house. Rong Zheng asked what was the matter, and the servant woman said, "The eldest lady and the fourth lady want to express their gratitude to the eldest grandmother. ”

Rong Zheng said in her heart, she just did what the county lord ordered, and said thank you: "We have a close relationship with the seventh master, and he should go to see him off when he leaves, what to say thank you." ”

Later, Duanhui heard it and said to Rong Zheng: "You go for a day and come back." It's rare for people to come to the door to invite. ”

"But ......"

"There's nothing going on at home, you can go."

Rong Zheng realized that he couldn't shirk it, so he took the car with the servant woman to Cui's house.

Although Min still didn't look very good, he was able to get out of bed. Fifteen Niang helped Min to the flower hall here. Rong Zheng hurriedly stood up, her gaze swept from Min's body, and finally fell on Fifteen Niang. Her eyes were calm and her face was gentle.

"Grandma is here, please take a seat."

Rong Zheng sat down again. Fifteen Niang thoughtfully helped Min sit down, and also stuffed a brocade behind Min's back.

"How do you feel today?"

Min glanced at the fifteen niang beside him and said, "There are fifteen niangs taking care of it, it's okay." ”

Mrs. Cui looked at Fifteen Niang with a smile and said, "What a good boy." ”

Fifteen Niang bowed her head silently, in front of the elders, she was very humble and docile.

Min said to Fifteen Niang again: "I'll talk to my grandmother and sister-in-law. You go sit somewhere else. ”

Fifteen Niang obediently agreed: "Okay, don't be too tired, wife." As she stepped back, she inadvertently glanced at Rong Zheng.

Rong Zheng was keenly aware that the two wives of the Cui family must have something to say to her, and most of them were about Fifteen Niang. Then she should be more energetic to deal with it. Fifteen Niang came to this point, she couldn't bear it. She didn't want to see any grievances from Fifteen Niang again, if the Cui family dared to treat Fifteen Niang badly, don't blame her for being polite.

"I'm tired of my grandmother running this trip, it's the road." Min was apologetic.

Rong Zheng hurriedly said: "It's not hard to come by car." It's not hot either. ”

Mrs. Cui ordered the maid to refill the tea bowl in front of Rong Zheng, and made a posture to discuss with Rong Zheng.

"We didn't dare to invite the county lord to come and sit, so we had to work hard for the grandmother. If there is any rudeness, please bear with the grandmother. ”

Rong Zheng hurriedly said: "The eldest lady is too polite. (To be continued.) )