CHAPTER XXXIII
Ruolian knelt in front of the spirit in despair, dressed in plain clothes, she had not eaten water and rice for three days. The whole person was weak and emaciated. Ruoxia next to her asked distressedly, "Sister, how can you not eat or drink for a few days?" Have a sip of porridge, right? Wakaren shook her head.
Xiaoxiao suddenly broke in, "I heard that Tianyu has returned from the capital?" "He looked around and felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, there were a lot of soldiers in the courtyard, and it was snow-white everywhere." This is...... What's going on? Hanging everywhere? Yes! And the coffin! Who died? Aunt Lian, why are you kneeling here. Could it be...... Tianyu's father, my uncle, he ......"
Ruolian shook her head with tears on her face.
"Who's that? What about Ye Xun? Ye Xun! Come out! ”
The eunuch of the leader shouted at Xiaoxiao in annoyance, "No loud noise above the mourning hall!" ”
Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, "Who are you?" Tell me who is lying in the coffin? ”
The eunuch crooked his mouth and smiled, "What's in the coffin is Lord Ye Xunye!" ”
Xiaoxiao opened her mouth wide in disbelief, "Impossible! Open the coffin and let me see it! ”
"This son, the deceased is the greatest, and you want to open the coffin for no reason will disturb the deceased." The father-in-law said.
Wen Du stepped forward to help Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao asked him with her eyes, and Wen Du nodded at him. Xiaoxiao sat on the ground all of a sudden, and cried bitterly with her mouth open. "How is that possible? I've only been away for a few days, and I'm separated from him forever! I didn't even see him for the last time! Ah~~Don't~" Many people present cried with him......
Ye Xun's regaining consciousness probably started with Xiaoxiao's crying, the cry was too sharp and piercing, Ye Xun closed his eyes and bent the corners of his mouth and smiled bitterly. He didn't know that he hadn't died before, but it turned out that when people died, they were also conscious and could hear sounds. And...... Ye Xun's stomach is growling, will he be hungry? Ye Xun felt a little incredible. But he can be sure that he is dead. If he hadn't died in this airtight coffin, he would have suffocated to death a long time ago. Now you're a ghost, right? Ye Xun planned to wait for no one outside, go out and get something to eat, don't scare people. Now he could only lie motionless like this......
It was probably late at night, and calm finally returned outside. Ye Xun moved his body, his arms and legs were very stiff, and they were not as useful as before his death. He took out the ingots stuffed in his mouth, and gently moved it with his hands and feet on the lid of the coffin. He listened carefully to the sounds outside, and when he was sure there was no sound, he sat up. He turned out of the coffin, looked around sneaky, and saw that there was no one, but the fire in the burning paper pot was still there, indicating that the person had just left, and might be returning soon. Without further ado, Ye Xun hurriedly looked for something to eat, and he saw the tribute on the table at a glance. So he stepped forward and grabbed a large handful in one hand and stuffed it into his mouth. He thought, it turns out that the tribute is really useful.
Suddenly, Ruolian broke in, Ye Xun was startled, the food in his hand froze in the air, and thought: I'm a ghost now, they can't see me, right? Ruolian was only stunned for a moment, then calmly went to get her things, and turned to walk away again. Ye Xun breathed a sigh of relief. You can't really see me. And he ate again. After a while, Ruolian, Tao'er, Wendu, and Xiaohu all came in, and Ye Xun knew that they couldn't see him, so he ate boldly with confidence. Those people were busy with each other, burning paper, putting incense, and cleaning......
Everyone was actually pretending to be busy while peeking at him. Wen Du walked around him for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak, "You eat so dryly, don't you choke on some water?" ”
Ye Xun was stunned, "You...... Can you see me? ”
Wen Du hugged his shoulders and said, "I'll just say that something is wrong. ”
Everyone gathered and stared at him.
Ye Xun covered his face, "What's going on?" I...... Isn't it already dead? ”
"You should still be alive. I just saw you come out, and I didn't dare to believe it, so I called everyone over. Wakaren smiled with tears in her eyes.
"Really?" Ye Xun put down the hand covering his face, and everyone took two steps back in fright, and then they all laughed, leaning forward and backward with laughter.
Ye Xun was inexplicable, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Ruolian laughed and said, "Peach, look at you wiping his face?" Don't go to the basin of water and let him wash it. ”
Tao'er couldn't hold back a smile and said, "The dead people all have to wear makeup, apply some lipstick and rouge, and look good." ”
When Ye Xun heard this, he hurriedly wiped his face and mouth with his hands, and said angrily while looking at Tao'er, "Don't go and fetch water yet!" ”
Ye Xun washed his face, ate something more, and drank some water. Sitting in a chair, I was in a daze.
Wen Du said with a smile on the side, "It seems that the adult was tricked by the emperor this time." ”
"Then Ye Xun woke up, do you want to talk to that father-in-law?" Ruoren asked.
"Definitely. Everything is in the emperor's hands, and he should know before us. Wendu analyzed.
"That little tiger, you go to the backyard and talk to that father-in-law."
"Great!" The little tiger ran away.
Ye Xun suddenly remembered something and stood up, "My father, he must be in a hurry, right?" I've got to go talk to him. ”
"Don't go, your father is asleep." Ruolian smiled and said, "I don't know why, your father hasn't been so sad, he has eaten and drunk well these days, as if he knew something in advance." ”
Ye Xun glanced at Wen Du with his spare eyes and said, "I see that you all seem to know, so you keep me in the dark." It scared me, it really felt like I was dead once. Xiaoxiao shouldn't know how sad people cry. That's when I realized who was really good to me. ”
"You have to speak with your conscience!" Ruoxia craned her neck and argued, "My sister is so sad that she hasn't eaten water and rice for three days for you, and she has lost a lot of weight." ”
Ye Xun peeked at Ruolian and smiled apologetically at everyone, "I'm joking, I know that everyone cares about me very much, and they are reluctant to let me die!" Look at Peach's eyes are swollen from crying. Everyone has worked hard for the past two days, and now I can sleep for a while when I go back to my room. ”
"Xiaohu hasn't come back yet." Wakaren said.
As he spoke, Xiaohu ran back panting. Everyone asked, "What do you say?" ”
"The father-in-law said, wake up, wake up, let everyone disperse." Xiaohu said with an innocent look.
"I'm talking about it." Wen Du smiled.
Ye Xun was silent for a while and said, "In this case, everyone has dispersed." Go back to your room and rest. ”
Everyone stood up and walked out, Ruoxia suddenly said to Ye Xun, "My sister has moved to the backyard now to live with us." ”
Ye Xun half-opened his mouth, and he didn't know how to answer, Ruolian said to him, "You can also go back to your room and rest." ”
"I've been lying down for days and can't sleep. I went back to my room to change my clothes and then went to my father's room to wait for him to get up. Ye Xun didn't dare to look at Ruolian's eyes, and pretended to be calm.
"Okay, I need to go back to my room and tidy up." As she spoke, Ruolian nodded at Ye Xun and pulled Ruoxia away.
Everyone left, and Ye Xun walked around here and there in his mourning hall alone, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Everything is in trouble, and it seems that the emperor has put a lot of effort into it. Today is his twenty-fourth birthday, and he really didn't expect the emperor to carefully prepare such a gift for himself.
It was almost dawn, Ye Xun took a basin of warm face wash and sat in his father's room waiting for his father to wake up. Ye Shiqing's work and rest time is very regular, and he will usually wake up at the end of the day. Sure enough, not long after Mao Shiqing, Ye Shiqing coughed lightly and opened his eyes.
Ye Xun hurriedly knelt in front of his father's bed, "Father, are you awake?" The son was unfilial, which frightened the father. ”
"You're awake too?" Ye Shiqing wanted to get up, Ye Xun hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit up, put on socks, shoes, coats, pants for his father, handed over a hot towel to wipe his hands and face, a set of movements were very smooth.
Everything was cleaned up, and Ye Shiqing said confidently, "After breakfast, call everyone to the hall, I have something to say." ”
In the hall, Ye Shiqing and Mrs. Pan sat on the upper seat, Ruolian stood beside him, everyone else stood left and right, only Ye Xun was still kneeling on the ground with anxiety.
Ye Shi cleared his throat and said, "Xiaohu, you first take someone to tear off the white cloth from all over the yard and replace it with red silk." ”
"Father, why do you want to change the red silk?" Ye Xun was taken aback.
Ye Shiqing didn't look at him, "I have to do things at home, although everything is simple, but there should still be something." Meals, cleaning, laundry, and decorations all have to be prepared. Ruolian, you will arrange all the work in a while. ”
Wakaren nodded.
"Father, what are we going to do in our family?" Ye Xun asked with luck.
"You're twenty-four, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and I'll get you two married today."
"Father, by no means. This matter needs to be considered in the long term. Ye Xun glanced at Ruolian, whose face was flushed, and lowered her eyebrows, and changed her words, "I...... It really takes time to accept such a big change. ”
"No! You can't do this! Ye Shiqing said very resolutely.
Ye Xun's heart was as uncomfortable as a hundred claws scratching his heart, but he didn't dare to refute his father.
Wakaren peeked at him and began to distribute work in an orderly manner.
Next to Tao'er asked, "Madam, which room is the new house in?" ”
Ruolian thought for a moment, "Let's set it up in the young master's room." By the way, Peach, the newcomer's wedding dress is in the big box where I don't usually use things, you go and dig it out. ”
Xiaoxiao came crying, and was stunned when she saw Xiaohu hanging red silk. "What are you doing here?"
Xiaohu smiled mysteriously, "We're going to have a happy event in our house!" ”
"Doing a happy event?" Xiaoxiao frowned and thought for a while, "Who does the happy event?" Didn't you tell me that Aunt Lian was originally Ye Xun and his father married Ye Xun a good daughter-in-law in advance, what's the matter? Ye Xun just didn't have it, and she was going to remarry? It's worth it! ”
Xiaohu laughed out loud, "Lin Gongzi, you can associate it too much." The young master woke up and was fine. The old man is holding a happy event for the young master and his wife! ”
"Huh?" Xiaoxiao was overjoyed, "Ye Xun is not dead?!" The two of them are getting married? Is it so exciting? ”
"Haha...... Everybody's in the hall. Why don't you check it out? ”
"I know it all! What a surprise! "Xiaoxiao hasn't arrived yet, and the voice comes in first." Everybody's here. As soon as Xiaoxiao entered the house, he found that the atmosphere in the room did not seem to be as festive as he imagined. He caught a glimpse of Ye Xun, so he rushed over and hugged him, "Tianyu, you scared me to death!" You're alive! That's nice! Although Ye Xun reluctantly twisted his body and kept dodging, he still kissed him fiercely several times. Why are you kneeling here? It's like an angry little daughter-in-law. Hurry up. ”
"You can't take care of it!" Ye Xun pushed him away and said.
"Okay, kneel if you want." Xiaoxiao was not angry at all, but looked at him dotingly, "Look at the bitterness and hatred on your face." Isn't that a good thing? However, it was always Aunt Lian who screamed before, and she couldn't change her mouth for a while. Ye Xun married Aunt Lian, should I call Ye Xun my uncle? ”
Ye Xun scolded helplessly, "You are stupid! ”
Someone didn't hold back a snicker, and the atmosphere in the room eased a lot. At this moment, someone outside said, "The Holy Decree has arrived!" Ye Xun was so frightened that his heart 'chuckled', and he sat on the ground with a shake. Emperor...... And the will? He barely straightened up and answered.
It was the father-in-law who delivered the holy decree, and he said to Ye Xun with a smile, "Lord Ye, we meet again." ”
Ye Xun smiled awkwardly, "Father-in-law has worked hard these days. ”
"It's not hard. There is no hard work for Lord Ye. The father-in-law said in a long voice.
"The emperor still has a will?" Ye Xun asked cautiously.
"This is the last errand of the miscellaneous family, and I will really go back to the palace when I finish it. The miscellaneous family is about to read the holy decree. Emperor Zhao Zhao said: Marry Ye Xun, Ye Tianyu and Pan's Ruolian, and are willing to raise their eyebrows and grow old together. Chin this. ”
Ye Xun was in a trance, "Minister...... Thanksgiving. ”
"Congratulations! Lord Ye, reborn and married by the emperor, it is really a happy event! The miscellaneous family would like to congratulate you first. The father-in-law said with a smile.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Ye Xun heard a snickering behind him, and heard his father say, 'Just wait for it.' Ye Xun knew that there was no room for manoeuvre. He turned his face to Ye Shiqing, "Father, did you ask the emperor for this holy decree?" ”
Ye Shiqing was talking and laughing with Mrs. Pan, and then he smiled and said, "Yes." When you were escorted into Beijing by the Jinyi guard, I wrote a recital to the emperor, and explained the cause and effect to the emperor clearly. I think the emperor will still give me this little face. ”
Ye Xun sorted out the whole process of the matter in his heart, and his father's recital should have arrived six or seven days after he entered Beijing. At that time, he had clearly rejected the relationship with the princess. And when the emperor took him to the city tower to see Ruolian's nail board, he actually knew about his marriage contract with Ruolian. At that time, only I didn't know.
Everyone went to get ready for the wedding. Ye Xun felt that there was a breath in his chest that could not be breathed, so he staggered out the door, exhaling loudly outside. Wen Du was about to come over, but when he saw Xiaoxiao passing, he stepped aside.
Xiaoxiao patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can especially understand your mood at the moment. But the theory says that you are not too young, and it is time to get married. It's just a bit sudden. Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and smiled, seeing Ye Xun looking at him with a dark face, she restrained her smile and said, "Actually, I planned to make a pair with Ruoxia before." ”
Ye Xun scoffed, "Don't say it, you two are really a good match." ”
"What is it like? You want to say we're both crazy, right? Let me tell you, I had that idea before, just to take advantage of you and make you call me a little brother-in-law. Now it seems that there is no need for this. If we become brothers-in-law in that case, I'll have to call you brother-in-law. ”
"Are you serious?" Ye Xun didn't know what Xiaoxiao's head was thinking about all day long.
Xiaoxiao didn't speak, just grinned at him.
At this time, Tao'er came over with a stack of red clothes in her hand, "Young Master, your wedding dress has been found!" You see, it's all brand new. Go back to your room and I'll help you put it on. ”
"Peach, you can put it in the house. I'll put it on myself in a moment, and you won't have to worry about it. ”
"Okay. Congratulations to the young master! Tao'er said with a smile, and then left happily with her clothes in her hands.
Ye Xun looked at Tao'er's departing back with a stunned expression.
Xiaoxiao laughed out loud, "Tao'er, this girl is very good, but she is a little heartless." ”
Ye Xun turned his face and glared at him, "You have no heart and no lungs!" ”
Xiaoxiao reiterated, "I actually really sympathize with you. But, depending on what you think, I think you're better off now than yesterday when you were lying in a coffin. Well, although you don't do things officially, I will definitely not lose the gift money. I will give you two a big red envelope, wishing you two an early birth of a precious son. ”
Ye Xun frowned and shouted, "Get out!" ”
Xiaoxiao smiled, "Okay, I'll get out!" Calm down here, I'm going to help them. ”
After Xiaoxiao left, Ye Xun could feel that Wen Du had been hanging around him, and tried to get closer to him a little bit, he gave him a blank look, and went directly back to his room, who knew that Wen Du also followed.
Ye Xun frowned and asked, "Everyone else is busy, what are you doing?" ”
"I'll come over to help you put on your wedding dress, you can't wear it alone." Wen Du hurriedly pointed to the wedding dress on the bed and said.
Ye Xun also glanced at the stack of red clothes on the bed that made his heart stuff, and did not speak.
Wen Du gently unfolded his clothes and helped Ye Xun put them on one by one. Ye Xun stood there like a puppet, at the mercy of Wendu. Wendu helped Ye Xun tie his belt and said, "Sit down." Ye Xun sat on the chair, and Wen Du picked up the red ribbon and tied it to Ye Xun's bun. Wen Du asked with concern while tying up, "Aren't you nervous?" I know you have a psychological shadow for Madame, will it be difficult to go to the cave room tonight? ”
Ye Xun's throat moved and did not speak.
"It's got to this point, and even if you don't want to, you have to bite the bullet. Otherwise, I'...... Get you some medicine? ”
Ye Xun said with some irritation, "You are a person with public office, and you are not our family!" Why are you so concerned about our family's affairs? This is my private matter, can you take care of it? ”
Wen Du froze there, his face ugly.
Ye Xun stood up, walked out, and was dragged back alive. It turned out that Ye Xun's hairband was still tightly held in Wendu's hand. Ye Xun sneered, Wen Du didn't let go, he glared at Wen Du, reached out and pulled the hairband out of Wen Du's hand, and threw his sleeves out of the door.