Chapter 29: Bad News
The wind and dust along the way, the carriage and horses were tiring, but she didn't complain at all, she was full of joy and anticipation of reuniting with her father's family at the moment, and even Chu Yun Chu Ya was smiling all day long. In this way, in order to hurry up the time, they did not have time to stop and recuperate, and naturally they did not hear the news that had spread all over the entire Southern Qi Dynasty.
It was already August and autumn, and the grass under the city gate was withered and yellow, and the sun was slanting to the west, casting half of the dark shadows, showing sadness, but somehow it made Huan Jiuyao feel very dull in his heart, as if he was suddenly overwhelmed.
Looking at the vermilion city gate behind her, she only felt that the dust suddenly settled in her heart, her life has been seven years and seven years now, and she has finally returned here, the shops in the city are as noisy as ever, the lively crowd is bustling, and the steaming steamed buns on the street are fragrant, and the time of these years is filled with as if she has never left.
She ordered someone to wait for a while, thinking that maybe the Prime Minister's Mansion had received the letter she sent back and did not send anyone to greet her, so she went directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the distance, she finally saw the familiar courtyard wall, with white bricks and gray tiles and painted beams, as elegant as ever, but ...... But there are a few more extremely dazzling whites.
She didn't care that this was on the crowded street, and she was in a hurry but in the blink of an eye, she arrived in front of the guard in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and grabbed a person's collar tightly, and the bone joints seemed to be broken, and her eyes were about to split, which was very terrifying.
"Let me ask you, who is the Prime Minister mourning for?!"
"Yes...... It's our prime minister's wife......" The man was taken aback and replied subconsciously.
"What do you say...... You, you say it again! If you dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will kill you! Huan Jiuyao only felt that he had heard it wrong, or that it was simply the guard's nonsense...... However, her damn reason told her that her mother was the sister of the emperor of the dynasty and the wife of a first-class master, and who would dare to say such a rebellious thing......
"You man! Let me go, or I'll be rude to you!" The news of our wife's death has already spread throughout Southern Qi, can this be fake? It's just that I pity the little master, I didn't have my mother when I was born, how can I live in the future...... The people in our prime minister's house are sad, Madame is such a good person, if she says that it is gone, it will be gone, how dare I say something bad to her...... Go and go, hurry up, and don't be afraid of bad luck! After saying that, the man struggled hard, and pushed Huan Jiuyao to the point of almost falling. She was so distracted that she didn't realize it, but luckily Chu Yun moved very quickly and hurriedly helped her up.
"Miss...... Miss, don't listen to his nonsense, we haven't seen Madame, how can we easily believe it! Let's hurry up and go into the house......" Chu Ya's face was full of tears, she looked at Huan Jiuyao worriedly, and comforted her helplessly.
"Yes...... I haven't seen my mother yet, how can I think she's dead......" Jiu Yao lowered his head and muttered as if unconsciously, his voice extremely soft and low.
After that, she raised a small face full of tears: "Go, inform your father-in-law, say that the young lady is back!" ”
"Little ...... Miss? Are you our eldest lady? You're finally back! Please wait a moment, the eldest lady, and the little one will go and inform the master! When the man heard this, his face changed instantly, and he looked at Jiuyao in disbelief for a moment, and then hurriedly ran in in panic.
"Don't be too sad, miss, we need to find out what the hell is going on...... Even if...... Madame has really ...... Take care of yourself, too! Chu Yun glanced at the back of the guard leaving, put his hands on Jiu Yao's hands, and looked at her pale expression with a worried expression, wanting to give her some relief.
After a while, I heard a familiar voice coming: "Jing'er...... Daddy's good daughter, you're finally back......" She looked up and saw a thin figure covered in plain white, stumbling towards her, followed by several attendants.
"Daddy......" Huan Jiuyao finally couldn't help it, and threw herself into Huan Xiang's arms, she had too much to ask at the moment, but seeing her father's face as thin as a knife, his expression was tired, and even a few strands of gray hair grew between his temples, and he was no longer the same grace as before, how could she ask and how could she not guess?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help crying, she couldn't even catch her breath, she only felt that the heavens and the earth had lost their color, and her heart seemed to be immersed in the cold pool of ten thousand years. She still has too much to say to her mother, she hasn't asked her how she has been doing all these years, and she hasn't let her see what she will look like when she grows up...... She is really unfilial, she has been gone for so many years, but she has not even seen her for the last time......
"Daddy...... Daddy, I, I want to meet my mother...... You, can you take me to meet her......" Huan Jiuyao choked up and looked at Huan Xiang, his eyes full of pleading.
“…… Let's go, Daddy will take you to see your mother for the last time......"
The sun had already set, the moon was shining, but there were only a few everlasting lamps lit in the mourning hall, and the faint candle flame was very terrifying. The prime minister's wife has been gone for a few days, and Huan Xiang ordered someone to send a letter to Yueshan a few days ago, but he didn't want Jiuyao to rush back, if it wasn't for Huan Xiang's insistence on stopping the spirit and refusing to bury it as soon as possible, Huan Jiuyao might not even be able to see her coffin at this moment.
The maids in front of the coffin have been burning paper money to pay tribute, and there are even senior monks chanting day and night, but these make Huan Jiuyao feel even more like dead ashes. She knelt down in front of the coffin and kowtowed heavily: "Mother, it's Jing'er who is not filial, Jing'er wanted to rush back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you, but ...... But I didn't even catch up with you for the last time, but you, you are so ruthless...... You didn't even want to wait for Jing'er, so you couldn't bear to leave Jing'er and Daddy alone...... How do you let Jing'er deal with herself in the future? There's so much more I haven't said to you, and you haven't seen it...... Jing'er has grown up, and she is no longer the little girl who only made you worry about trouble, Jing'er has been able to be filial to you...... But why don't you even give me a chance...... Why?! ”
"Jing'er, Jing'er, don't be like this! You're like this, you're a mother...... In the sky, there will be a soul will also be sad......" Huan Xiang looked at his daughter kneeling in front of his deceased wife's coffin and was heartbroken, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her in his arms, only to feel that a heart was torn apart, why did God make such an arrangement and make a family that they should have been so good so fragmented?
"Daddy...... Why, you say? Our family has never done anything unreasonable, but why did God take away my mother? Why do you say this......" Huan Jiuyao's voice was hoarse, and he looked at the white marble coffin in front of him with blank eyes, only to feel that God was really cruel and treated her like this.
"Jing'er, Jing'er......" Huan Xiang gently rubbed her hair, hugged her tightly in his arms, and called her name over and over again. But she knew that what her father wanted most in her heart at the moment was her mother......
"Daddy......" Huan Jiuyao just shouted, and then he suddenly fell, pale and unconscious.
"Jing'er, Jing'er! Quick, go get a doctor! Huan Xiang looked at his daughter with tears in the corners of his eyes in his arms, panicked instantly, picked her up, and shouted.