The funeral ceremony of the eldest lady Fang lasted for 15 days, and as soon as Queen Fang came, the foreign women with heads and faces in Dingjing City also came one after another to worship.

When the eldest princess of Zhongning came, she hurriedly put on three sticks of incense, and left without even leaving food.

And Yingyi did not appear from beginning to end.

Similarly, He Yan did not show up, and he would stay in Qincun Courtyard for several days, and even the funeral of the eldest lady was presided over by Mrs. Tai.

On the day of the burial of the eldest lady, it was requested that Qin Tianjian carefully calculate and take it, and it was advisable to go to the coffin, and be buried in the ancestral tomb of the He family in the western suburbs of Dingjing, and make the coffin with golden silk nanmu, and make a tablet with a whole piece of white marble, and the gold and silver beads in the coffin were all over the eldest lady, and there was a huge night pearl in her mouth.

This kind of pomp is called wealth.

Xingzhao only remembered that when he looked at the eldest lady's raised tomb, there were no tears in his eyes, and he could only hear He Xingxiao's endless crying.

As soon as he returned to the house, before he could sit down, Xingzhao asked Lianyu to call Man'er over.

The funeral ceremony, people came and went, and Xingzhao endured it for fifteen days.

She stayed by the eldest lady's side day and night, only two times out of her sight, one was that the eldest lady went to Hou Min's house alone in the letter, and the other was that He Yan separated her in the small courtyard with strong means, and the latter made the eldest lady die, so what kind of evil consequences did the previous negligence cause?

This can only ask Man'er who followed the eldest lady out that day.

When Man'er came over, he was wearing a plain white jacket that could be washed, and his little face was so frightened that he shrank outside the door tremblingly. Not daring to come in, Lianyu pushed her from behind. said straight in his mouth: "What are you shaking, the fourth girl can eat you?" ”

Man'er was pushed. One stumbled and almost threw himself on the ground, and when he looked up and saw Xingzhao sitting on the top with an expressionless face, he hurriedly lowered his head and knocked his head heavily on the ground three times before he sang tremblingly: "Slave Man'er greets the four girls, the four girls are blessed with longevity and health, and the blessings are long!" ”

"Put away your face for now." As soon as Xingzhao raised his chin, the lotus leaf came over with a tray and opened it to take a look. There was a gold ingot and a white silk in it, "You and the eldest lady went out that day, where did you go?" To be honest, if you say it well, you can save your life and get a reward. ”

The gold was shining, but Man'er only saw a strip of white silk at a glance.

"I went to the letter," Man'er thought left and right, trembling and shivering.

"The eldest lady didn't go to Min's house!" Xingzhao interrupted in a low voice. beckoned to the lotus leaf to come up: "Think about it and talk about it!" No matter how weak I am, your life can still be in charge! ”

The lotus leaf is getting closer and closer, and Man'er is beating a drum in his heart, since the death of the eldest lady. She suspected that it had something to do with that day's incident, and she was afraid that she would be sold to the kiln like Yingfen, and she was afraid that the East Window incident would find out about herself. But with luck in his heart, Shuangfu said that the eldest lady was going to die. In case something happens later, wouldn't she just have to live a good life. Is there a new lady who came to make her soar!

But now that he is forced, he just blames a man with many mouths and many tongues, and if he doesn't say it, he will die immediately!

"The eldest lady has gone to Fumanji!" Man'er cried and hurriedly spoke, seeing that the lotus leaf's steps stopped in place, his heart was relieved, and he looked up at Xingzhao's face, but he still didn't give up, so he had to continue: "A few scoundrels in the market wrote a letter, saying that they had important letterheads about the Fang family's uncle, and if they didn't want the Fang family to destroy the family, they would let the eldest lady go to Fumanji to discuss the matter."

Letterhead!

The letterhead that He Yan sprinkled on the ground that day!

Mother's look of horror when she saw the letter!

Xingzhao understood the cause and effect of this play in an instant, and with his uncle's so-called handle in his hand, he forced his mother to die to save him!

Xingzhao was so angry that his hands trembled, and he came to fool his mother in embarrassment, turning his mother's weakness and innocence into a sharp sword, and stabbed her backhand at herself!

Man'er sat on the ground and hung his head and burst into tears: "The eldest lady asked me to go to Shuntianfu to report the news, and I went, and when I went back, there was only the eldest lady alone in the wing, and there were some scraps of paper on the ground, which were also burned by the eldest lady. The slave and maid also saw that the letter stuffed at the door was very serious, so she took it to the eldest lady, the slave and maid were wrong, and the slave and maid did not dare anymore! ”

As he spoke, he kowtowed his head again.

Xingzhao slumped back in his chair, his eyes staring straight at the carved vermilion lacquer window lattice.

Before she could speak, a little maid whispered through the curtain: "Fourth girl, Mrs. Tai invites you to Rongshou Hall." ”

The corners of Xingzhao's mouth twitched slightly, and he got up suddenly, didn't look at Man'er who was kneeling on the ground, and told Lian Rong to look at Huaishanyuan, "Detain her, the main courtyard is now under the control of Huang's mother, and she won't embarrass us with this matter." He also instructed Lotus Ye, "Go to the main hall and ask for the list of medicines that my mother took when she was dying, ask for it secretly, and then go to the Huichun Hall in the west of the city to find the old doctor who sat in the hall that night." ”

With that, he lifted the curtain and walked out.

There are still plain white lanterns and white silk floating in the wind in the verandah, Xingzhao lowered his eyes, there is still a tough battle to be fought at this moment, and any sorrow can only turn into strength.

After his mother's death, Mrs. Tai's strange silence made Xingzhao feel hopeless, and at the same time, an involuntary rejection and defense arose.

When her mother died, the Fang family and the He family were completely on opposite sides. His surname is He, but he also has the blood of the Fang family in his body, he not only knows the inside story of He Yan and Ying Yi, but also knows the fact that his father forced his mother to death with his own hands, and Mrs. Tai can only look at this granddaughter with a defensive and alienated attitude.

At this point, Mrs. Tai's position is already very clear.

Nothing is more important than the He family and her own son, it is impossible for her to expose the ugliness under the lintel of the He family's century-old family for the sake of a deceased daughter-in-law and a granddaughter, and it is impossible for her son to fall into the scandal of forcing his wife to commit suicide.

Today, Mrs. Tai's attitude is nothing more than two kinds, coercion and inducement.

A sadness rose in Xingzhao's heart, she was brought up by Mrs. Tai. Her mother couldn't give her protection, so Mrs. Tai did. Her mother couldn't give her a sense of security, so Mrs. Tai did. Mrs. Tai has always played a pivotal role in her life. Now putting aside emotions, the results of rational analysis are shocking.

I was thinking about things in my heart, and the road seemed to be getting shorter, and I arrived at Rongshoutang after a while.

As usual, Rue Xiang was guarding the door, and when she saw Xingzhao coming over, she pursed her lips unusually, without a warm greeting, opened the curtain with one hand, and only whispered: "The second lady and the third girl will leave." There was only Mrs. Tai inside. ”

Xingzhao nodded at her gratefully, lifted his skirt and walked inside.

Mrs. Tai was leaning on the cushion, wearing tortoiseshell glasses, and holding a thing in her hand, when she saw Xingzhao coming, she took off her glasses and put them on the small case beside her, and beckoned to her: "Come, come and sit here." ”

The tone is as usual, kind and gentle.

Xingzhao's heart trembled. He lowered his eyelids and did not sit on the edge of the warm couch as before, and after saluting, he brought a small stool and sat aside.

Mrs. Tai sighed in her heart. shook the crimson post in his hand, and said as usual: "The Huang family will marry a daughter-in-law on the eighth day of the first month of next month, oh." It was the Huang family that our family met when they went to Dingguo Temple a few years ago, and they married the daughter of the Jin family, the commander of Quanzhou. offended the Lin'an Hou Mansion, and it was difficult for their family in Dingjing City to find another good relative. Only the search for relatives was found in Fujian. ”

Xingzhao lowered his head and listened, Mrs. Tai said such a remark, it was impossible for her to just want to express the meaning of the He family's power.

Sure enough, I listened to Mrs. Tai's words, "At the beginning, the Huang family couldn't find the family, so Mrs. Huang cried and begged me, I thought about it and mentioned to her the family business in Fujian. It's a pity that our family is now in filial piety, but we can't go. ”

Xingzhao listened quietly, and when Mrs. Tai finished speaking, she already understood the meaning of these words: "Grandmother is teaching Ah Yu to leave a line in everything." Although the Huang family offended our family severely, you still kindly found a good family affair for them, afraid that the rabbit would bite people in a hurry. ”

The words are slightly paused here, I can't go on, my heart is as cold as the ice in the hugging building in the summer, and I am angry like the fire burning in the warm pavilion in the winter, if the fear on the road is just speculation, then now it has become a reality, and when I looked up, I saw Zhang's mother looking into the house through the window lattice, and her expression was anxious.

"Leave a line in everything, and want to be lenient in everything, so that you can make good connections and meet the source left and right." Mrs. Tai looked directly into Xingzhao's eyes, trying to see the clues from them, and said: "I know your personality, it seems to be soft, but there is a stubbornness in it. Who can be faultless in life, Ah Yan, you are a child, Hou Ye is not only your biological father, but also the pillar of our family, think more about the truth of leaving a line in everything. ”

This is to persuade her not to dwell on this matter!

Xingzhao trembled with anger, Mrs. Tai is the person she has always admired, and she is the person who raised her to grow up, and Mrs. Tai has always been in front of her when there is wind and rain, she is such a person, but she came forward to persuade her to forget the strange cause of death of her biological mother!

"Grandma knows." A trace of sadness flashed in Xingzhao's eyes, and his heart was like a river overturning, but there was only a thought of his deceased mother on his face: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, what can you do if you don't leave a line in everything?" Mother is gone" Xingzhao paused, stabilized his mind, and said with difficulty: "Mother is gone, those who are still alive should live well, otherwise there will be no peace under the mother's spring"

At the end of the words, word by word.

The Buddha beads in Mrs. Tai's hand stopped, as if she was relieved, and then looked at the little granddaughter's grief-stricken eyebrows, her heart softened, and she beckoned to Zhang's mother who was guarding outside the window lattice, and called out: "Go cook a bowl of pearl brown rice soup!" It is not only to suppress the shock, but also to help you sleep! ”

Zhang's mother was overjoyed, agreed to the promise, and walked out quickly.

Xingzhao lowered his head and hid the emotion in his eyes.

The grandfather and grandson had a full tacit understanding, and no one mentioned the death of the Fang family, after lunch, Mrs. Tai took Xingzhao's hand and said softly: "Master Hou is busy, wait to find a time, let's have a meal together as a family." My grandmother is old, and I hope that the family can be peaceful, and the children and grandchildren will have a future, and I don't want to think about anything else."

Xingzhao hid all his thoughts and only nodded slightly.

When he returned to Huaishan Garden, Lotus Rong came out to greet him with a pair of red eyes, Xingzhao suppressed his doubts, and only walked quickly to the inside, at this time Lotus Rong cried and said to Xingzhao: "A few strong mothers came to us, and we all in Huaishanyuan were pressed into the courtyard to sit, saying that they were going to sell all of us, and then I don't know how, and another mother-in-law came over and whispered a few words, so we were released." ”

Xingzhao pursed his lips tightly, and then realized that Mrs. Tai was testing her (to be continued......

ps: When Ah Yuan was in a very low mood and repeated it, it was his friend Yu Cut, Ai Yuan, Jiu Sauce, Frost, Ju Body, and the good-tempered editor Huanhuan who kept explaining Ah Yuan. I would also like to thank the book friends who gave A-Yuan encouragement in the comments, and thank you to the friends who pointed out A-Yuan's shortcomings. Bow in thanks.