144, Funeral
Gu Nian suppressed his heart, and his thoughts followed, and Xiao Yue hurried to Rong'an Hall to see the old lady.
Since the day the old concubine came to the emperor, the whole person began to decay rapidly, and she was still able to say a few words to Xiao Yue at first, but when she got to the back, she was already asleep most of the time.
In the past few days, the old lady has been unable to eat, and she is hanging by ginseng soup.
The old lady felt her hand being held by another pair of soft hands.
She slowly opened her eyes, gradually seeing the person holding her hand, and a smile slowly appeared on her lips.
"Grandmother ......" Gu Nian held the old lady's hand, endured the tiredness that was about to fall, and knelt in front of the old lady's bed, Xiao Yue's side.
She held the old lady's hand tightly, wanting to pass on her strength. She is a touch of warmth in Xiao Yue's life, she hopes that she can live a long life, be able to grow longer, and take care of Xiao Yue for a longer time.
The old lady stared at Xiao Yue, and after a moment, she slowly turned her gaze to Gu Nian's face, revealing a pleased smile.
She pulled out her hand and slowly said word by word, "Help me up." ”
Xiao Yue got up as he said, and together with Mama Su, helped the old lady to sit up.
The old lady seemed to have become very energetic all of a sudden, Gu Nian looked at it, but her heart was sour, and the old lady was looking back.
Inside, there are still many people, people in the second and third rooms, the old lady waved her hand and said, "You all go down first, I won't be able to die for a while, I want to talk to Yue'er." ”
The people in the second room didn't say anything, the second master withdrew with the second lady and a few children, but the third lady was a little angry, and wanted to say something, but was pulled out by the third master.
The room was quiet, and the old lady said, "Asu, bring the Ji family up." ”
Two days after Ji was taken away by Emperor Yongping last time, he was sent back again, but his expression was much more sluggish than before.
When Father-in-law Yu sent the Ji family back, he said to Xiao Yue that Emperor Yongping had said that the state affairs had been settled, and the Xiao family's family affairs would be handled by the Xiao family's own people.
No matter what you do, you can deal with Ji.
Ji was brought up by Mama Su, and as soon as she saw the old lady, she cried bitterly and said, "Mother, I was wrong, my daughter-in-law was wrong, please forgive my daughter-in-law this time." ”
She didn't dare to think back to the days she had spent in the palace, what kind of days had she had, she didn't want to spend a day.
At first, she dared to have reservations, wanting to leave something to save her life, but later, she poured beans from a bamboo tube and said everything.
She thought she was dead, but she didn't expect that Emperor Yongping would send her back to the Jin Palace.
It gave her a glimmer of hope.
The old lady looked at Ji Shi without a trace of expression, seeing her kneeling and begging for mercy, she said, "My son was sorry for you at the beginning, but you shouldn't have done it, you shouldn't have collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, this is to push the people of the world into the fire." ”
"If I had known you were such a person, the grass on your grave would be three feet high."
Ji's heart trembled, she couldn't help but take a deep breath, and said, "I am Yue'er's mother, if you die, he only needs to keep filial piety for one year, and if I die, he will keep it for three years."
When the time comes, what will the court be like, who knows, I promise, I swear to God, I will stay in the mansion honestly, do nothing, as long as I survive. ”
Ji still has a glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that her master can come to save her, for so many years, although the master has not come to contact her, she believes that the master will not give up on her.
The old lady said, "You are Yue'er's mother, but what did you do besides giving birth to him?" I won't let you stay and hurt him any longer. ”
She paused and said to Gu Nian, "You just came back, you are tired from running around, and you still have one in your stomach, let Yue'er take you to rest." ”
Gu Nian was pregnant with the child, and the old lady didn't want her to get involved in these things anymore.
Ji knew that her death was coming, and the old lady would not spare her life no matter what, so she scolded like crazy, "You are all liars. ”
"You're all here to hurt me." She pointed at Xiao Yue, Gu Nian, and the old lady, her voice was poignant and fearless, "Your Xiao family's are not good things!" ”
"I did something wrong, but what about Xiao Yi? The woman Xiao Yi brought back made me treat my child wrongly for more than 20 years, and lied to me that this was not my biological flesh and blood.
What am I doing wrong? You all have my blood on your hands, and you will not die well for all eternity, and you deserve to go to hell. ”
"If I die today, you will not have a good life.
Xiao Yue, you evil seed, your mother is going to die, and you dare to escape. ”
"Slut, shut up." The old lady shouted with all her might. Mama Su stepped forward and grabbed Ji's.
Ji shouted, she was like a piece of paper, fragile and pale, swaying and losing her soul, she didn't need Mama Su's control, and she collapsed to the ground.
"You keep saying that others are sorry for you, have you ever thought about yourself, are you worthy of your conscience?
When Yue'er was an infant, you treated him badly, and later you abused him like that.
You said that you like Yi'er, that's Yi'er's bloodline, shouldn't you be better to him? Even if you didn't know that he was your biological flesh and blood at the time, but he was Yi'er's child, you didn't have the right to treat him like that.
Do you know how great your sin is in poisoning your husband's children?
If you have the slightest kindness, you should not do that to a child.
Who is responsible for his character? It's you.
At the end of the day, you're still jealous! ”
The old lady said to Gu Nian, "Niannian, I'll hand over Yue'er to you, and you take him out." ”
Ji Shi turned his head to the ground and didn't react much.
The old lady looked at Mama Su, Mama Su understood, took out a porcelain bottle from the cabinet on the side, unscrewed the cap, and took out a pill from it.
She walked up to Ji's side, lifted Ji's chin, and stuffed the pill into her mouth, but Ji didn't struggle at all, and swallowed the pill with her saliva.
She swallowed the pill and said with a smile, "Today's ending, I admit it, it's because my skills are not as good as others, do you think that if you get rid of me, Xiao Yue will have a good life?" Dream on. Ha ha. Do you really think I'm not going to leave anything behind? ”
The onset of the medicine was very fast, and after a while, blood flowed from Ji's lips and ears.
After Gu Nian took Xiao Yue out, the two of them kept standing under the porch of the door. Gu Nian quietly accompanied Xiao Yue.
At this time, his heart will not be better than anyone else's, and perhaps quiet is the most considerate care for him.
The two stood for a moment before they heard a cry of pain coming from inside.
Xiao Yue's body stiffened, his teeth were almost ground up, and his eye sockets were almost cracked.
In the hands of the Ji family, he has never had a good life, it was not overnight, it has been suffering for many years since he can remember.
Once, when he was ignorant, he asked Ji why he did this.
But Ji's took him into his arms to comfort him, crying and laughing.
After that, he was attacked again.
Those days, he can't erase them, he can't forget them.
Now, what is it if she wants her life to be compensated? He didn't kill the person, she was to blame.
"Her life and death have nothing to do with me."
He gritted his teeth and said, not knowing whether to tell it to himself or to others. His back was straighter than before.
Gu Nian was on the side, looking at him like this, he couldn't come forward to persuade anything.
The Ji family is to blame, she has done so many things, and even, the battle in Northern Xinjiang and the siege of the emperor were caused by her.
If it weren't for her sending the news to her master, perhaps, Xiao Yi would still be Xiao Yi today, and Emperor Yongping would still be Emperor Yongping.
She did something wrong, but she did not repent, but vented her hatred on the ignorant Xiao Yue.
Seriously, Xiao Yue is kind enough, for so many years, he has never found a reason to kill her, nor has he directly lifted her old bottom, but just waited for the old lady to deal with it in accordance with all etiquette.
He used to have such a violent temper, and he was disgraced by the people in the capital, even if he killed the Ji family with one sword, it is estimated that his reputation will not be bad.
But Ji is so vicious, even if she lives, it is difficult to withstand the sins accumulated over the years.
Gu Nian thinks that she has no soft heart, not only is she not soft, but she can be said to be ruthless towards those who do evil, but Ji is not a simple person, behind her, there is the person behind the scenes who has not yet surfaced.
Gu Nian wouldn't say anything to leave Ji's life, she should have expected death a long time ago.
If Xiao Yue doesn't save her, she won't be called a murderer, all of this is Ji's own fault.
Isn't life just a way to be happy? If there is revenge that cannot be avenged, then what is the meaning of martial arts and strategy?
Xiao Yue stood under the porch, standing there like a rock, looking fixedly at the room with the door open.
Ji was already dead and lying on the ground.
The old lady sat on the bed with a calm face, and she said to Mama Su, "Asu, in the future, if you want to support the elderly, or go to Nian Nian to serve by your side, you can do it, and the deed of sale of your whole family will have been returned to you a long time ago." ”
Mama Su sat beside the old lady and wiped her tears, "Girl, why do you have to do this, there are more ways to deal with the Ji family, why do you ......"
The old lady took her hand and smiled softly, "You don't understand." ”
Her body couldn't hold it for a long time, she was shocked by Ji's incident that day, and she was angry, but later, she knew that her child was still alive and well, and she was overjoyed, she was already at the end of the crossbow.
She was able to hold on for so long just to wait for Nian Nian to come back and wait for this day.
In the past, she was sorry for Yue'er, so this time, she must get rid of his worries.
She closed her eyes and said, "Call them all in." ”
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Outside the courtyard gate, after the people in the second and third rooms were invited out, they did not leave very far, but just stayed outside the courtyard gate, the old lady was about to die, although this palace, they didn't think about it, but the things around the old lady, they could still think about it.
Although the second lady is utilitarian, this little bit is too big to be filial piety, not to mention, she is sincerely filial to the old lady, seeing the old lady's appearance, knowing that she is not good, her heart is naturally very uncomfortable.
But the third lady is different, other people's families are the youngest son, the eldest grandson, and the lifeblood of the old lady.
But in the Jin Palace, everything is a big house, favor, title, wealth, all are big houses.
The second room, the third room, stand aside, because the old lady is here, so the Jin Wangfu has not been separated, if the old lady goes, it must be separated.
The third lady has long wanted to be the master of her own house, not to mention, once the old lady goes, she doesn't know who the title of the palace belongs to.
Although she is a heartbroken Mo Yang, she is really not a flawless play, even if she looks painful, the relaxation and happiness at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes are difficult to hide, and if you pay attention to it, you can find it.
The old lady was seriously ill, but she was not sad, but made her feel good.
The third lady looks like this, and the second lady sees it in her eyes, and she can't get used to her like this, and she is a little unhappy.
There was a scream from the courtyard gate, and everyone outside looked at each other, and then saw the third lady come forward and knock desperately on the door.
"What the hell is going on, open the door quickly and let me in."
The mother-in-law guarding the door had just been ordered by Mama Su, and no one was allowed to come in.
So, she replied with a smiling face, "Third lady, please forgive me, Mama Su just gave an order to let the slaves and maids stay here and not let anyone in." ”
The third lady raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly, "Get out of the way!" ”
There must have been something big going on inside, and the scream seemed to be that of the sister-in-law.
Didn't my sister-in-law go crazy and raise her in the main courtyard? How did you get to Rong'an Hall quietly?
The mother-in-law guarding the door stubbornly stopped the third lady, and when the third lady saw that a rough mother-in-law dared to stop herself, she suddenly became angry from her heart, raised her hand, and saw that she was about to wave it in the face of the mother-in-law.
One hand coldly grasped the third lady's wrist.
The third lady was caught off guard, only felt a pain in her wrist, screamed out ouchingly, and when she looked up, she was thinking about the maid beside her, Astragalus.
The third lady was angry and angry, and opened her mouth to say, "Niannian, what are you doing here?" Why is your maid so rude to me? ”
She is the lady of the third room and Xiao Yue's third aunt.
It's just a maid next to Gu Nian, who dragged her arm like this in front of everyone, obviously making her embarrassed.
Gu Nian's eyes were cold, his tone was soft, and he said, "What does the third aunt do?" If I don't let the astragalus stop me, this slap will fall on the face of this doorkeeper mother, right? ”
Gu Nian's brows didn't move, but it inexplicably made the third lady's heart chill, and her legs were a little weak.
The third old man hurriedly stepped forward, pulled the third lady, and scolded in a low voice, "My mother is like this, you still have the kung fu to talk here, you can stop me." ”
"I stop? Are you all deaf? Didn't hear the sound inside? My mother is dying now, if something happens again, won't she die faster? This mother-in-law dares to do this, what's wrong with me teaching a lesson?
Mama Su's order? Mama Su is just a subordinate, dare to give such an order? Blocking the master? ”
As soon as the third master heard that the old lady died faster, he slapped the third lady in the face, "You woman, you dare to curse the elders and not beat you, and you don't know who you are." ”
Gu Nian watched coldly, the third master beat the third lady, although he was angry, but he didn't mean to call her, but now she didn't have time to be tired of these things, so she said,
"Just now, Mama Su just took my order to let this mother guard. Where is there a lack of understanding of the rules? ”
"Take a step back and say, I am the princess of this house, the housewife, even if Mama Su and this mother do not do it properly, there is also me, the housewife, to discipline me, and I don't need the third aunt to teach me a lesson."
She didn't even save any face for the third lady.
The third lady was suddenly annoyed and angry, "Gu Nian, you are too arrogant." ”
Gu Nian raised her eyebrows, and her voice was cold, "Grandmother is dealing with things inside, and the third aunt knows that she is uncomfortable, but you are still so noisy, who is there no elders?" ”
Such an unfilial hat must be buckled on the head of the third lady, where does she dare to bear it, she wants to justify, the second lady looks comfortable in her heart, she hurriedly stepped forward and said,
"Niannian, you have a stomach, you hurry in, we are waiting here, once my mother has the spirit, pass us in."
The second master also said, "Niece and daughter-in-law, the second uncle is also here, no matter what happens, let Yue'er not have to worry, there is a second uncle." ”
Gu Nian nodded, bowed his head to the second master, and turned around and entered the courtyard.
As soon as she entered, Mama Su hurriedly opened the curtain and came out to say that the old lady let everyone in.
Gu Nian held his stomach, and with the support of Astragalus, he came to Xiao Yue's side and walked in with his hand.
Behind him, there was a sound of footsteps, and the people in the second and third rooms also came in.
In the inner room, Ji Shi was still lying on the ground, but his face had been wiped clean, and he didn't have the hideousness just now, and he actually had a bit of a peaceful taste.
As soon as the third lady entered, she screamed, "What's the matter?" Why is my sister-in-law here? ”
The old lady's eyes looked coldly, like sharp arrows, shooting at the third lady's face, making her swallow the rest of the words.
I only heard the old lady say, "Your sister-in-law lost her mind, took poison and came to me, wanting to hurt me, simply, Mama Su found out early." ”
"Your eldest brother went early, but your sister-in-law failed to do what she should do as a daughter-in-law, failed to serve me well, and now she wants to hurt me even more, the Xiao family, there is no such daughter-in-law.
Therefore, I took a leave of absence from the Ji family on behalf of Yi'er, and from then on, the Ji family is no longer the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, and she cannot be buried in the Xiao family's cemetery after death, and is worshiped by the Xiao family.
I will publish this letter of resignation to the public, and her mourning hall is not allowed to be located in the palace.
Send her body back to the Ji family.
Life is not the Xiao family, and death is far away. ”
The old lady's words fell on the ears of the people in the palace word by word, although everyone wanted to ask for an understanding, but sometimes, pretending to be deaf and dumb was actually more comfortable.
"The other properties in the house have already been divided, and next, it is my private room, here, according to the list, let Mama Su divide it, everyone has a share, it is my heart, you are not allowed to look at other people's, just say that you are not good."
"When I go, you can do whatever you want, if you want to live in the palace, you will continue to live in the palace, and if you want to move out to be the master of the house, you will move out, but you are not allowed to be embarrassed!"
After saying this, the old lady closed her eyes, and after a long time, she opened them again, her eyes looked at the faces with sorrow in turn, and finally fell on Xiao Yue and Gu Nian.
She stared at the two of them for a moment, then gently patted the hands that were folded together, a smile appeared on her lips, and she slowly closed her eyes with a peaceful expression.
After a short period of dead silence, I don't know who cried first behind me, and in an instant, the whole room began to cry, crying high and low, one after another.
Gu Nian felt the hand pressing on the back of his hand slowly become cold, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Yue beside him.
His eyes were red, his eyes were unblinking, and his body was stiff.
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After the old lady's funeral report dispersed, the house was still crying, and the big and small stewards of the palace inquired and led people to erect the mourning tower in front of the gate.
The palace first announced the death of Ji, and Ji's attempt to stab his mother-in-law, and then committed suicide in fear of crime, and then the old concubine wrote a letter of resignation on behalf of her long-dead son.
After that, the old lady didn't expect her son to marry the daughter-in-law who entered the door, she was like this, physically and mentally injured, she was already old, and after explaining her last words, she died.
Within one day of the Jin Palace, the two housewives were mourned, and the whole world sighed, Xiao Yue, the king of Jin, is now being rejected by the emperor, and now the two housewives in the family are dead again.
Probably, Xiao Yue is unlikely to be liked by the emperor again.
When people mourned after their deaths, everyone thought that because Xiao Yue lost the emperor's heart, the old lady's funeral would not be grand.
The palace gave sacrifices, and Yu's father-in-law came to the door to convey the emperor's sorrow for the death of the old concubine.
At the same time, he also affirmed the old lady's treatment of Ji's family, and reprimanded Ji's unfilial piety, unfilial piety to her in-laws, and unkindness to her children, which is a shame for women in the world.
Although Ji was reprimanded, but the old lady's posthumous affairs were full of grief and glory, which almost alarmed the entire capital.
Xiao Yue, the second master, the third master and others are outside, Gu Nian is pregnant, the inner house is the second lady, the third lady is in charge, and Mama Su is assisting by the side.
The rest of Xiaobei just need to keep watch and cry every day.
After the seven days and seven nights are full, they will mourn and stop at Izumo Temple, and wait until 7749 days later, after the disaster is eliminated and the sins are removed, and then the spirit will be buried.
On the day of the seventh day of the full head, when the coffin was carried out from the Jin Palace, the third master suddenly stopped in front of the coffin of the old concubine, and said loudly in front of all the guests,
"Xiao Yue, today, in front of everyone, you still know each other and send a letter to the emperor to remove this throne from you."
Xiao Yue was dressed in filial piety clothes, looked at the third master lightly, and said in a rambling voice, "My nephew can't understand what the third uncle said." ”
The third master walked up to Xiao Yue, "What do you say you won't understand?" You are not the child of the sister-in-law at all, but the child that the eldest brother brought back from outside. ”
"There is a law in the Eastern Dynasty, and the title is only passed on to the son-in-law. You are an illegitimate son of unknown origin, how can you inherit the title of King of Jin? ”
Xiao Yue smiled lightly, his peach blossom eyes were full of ice, "Third uncle, today is the day of grandmother's spiritual support, and I also ask the third uncle to abide by the etiquette of humanity, don't disturb grandmother's purity, and let grandmother rest in peace." ”
The third master said angrily, "Don't use my mother's name to prevaricate me, today, if you don't make it clear, this spirit will not be supported." ”
Because the emperor gave things to the Jin Palace, it seems that he was not affected by Xiao Yue's belittlement, and there are many people who come to send him today.
The wealthy families, the powerful families, the royal family, and even the crown prince are here today.
As for those who don't have a good relationship, they also came a lot.
Some of these people are looking at the emperor's face, and some of them are coming to see the excitement.
After all, the old lady was killed by the Ji family.
The mourning hall of the palace only took the old lady's, Ji's, and was sent back to Ji's house the next day, but Mrs. Ji and they had already left the capital.
How can the Ji family, who are now staying in the capital, get involved in the trouble of the Ji family, they are all closed.
Fortunately, it was winter, and the corpse did not deteriorate so quickly.
In the end, Gu Nian couldn't see it, and ordered someone to send Ji's body directly to Yizhuang.
Those who watched the excitement were very excited, but they didn't expect that King Jin was not born to Ji, could it be that there was another reason for Ji's death?
One by one, they stretched their necks to see what Xiao Yue would say.
Xiao Yue didn't say anything yet, but Mama Su, who was serving beside the old lady, stood in the middle of the third master and Xiao Yue.
"Third master, the old concubine knew that there would be today, so the old slave wanted to go with the concubine, but her old man was not at ease, so she insisted on letting the old slave live for a while longer."
"Third master, this is a letter from the old lady to you, please take a look at it."