Duchess An Guo also arrived soon, she whispered to the people who were busy around, arranging the mourning hall, and everyone was light and did not make too much noise. And Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Mu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to be unable to notice everything around them, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stared at Mu Chengfang's tablet in a daze together, not speaking or moving.

The next to enter the door were Mu Lingyi, Mu Hongsheng and Mu Jinyi, all of whom had already put on linen filial piety robes and had white cloth strips tied on their heads. The three children came in and knelt in a row directly in front of Mu Chengfang's rank silently.

Mu Lingyi's eyes were red, and she looked like she had cried fiercely, but Mu Jinyi's eyes were already swollen, only Mu Hongsheng, her eyes were always dry, and her chest seemed to be blocked with a piece of cotton, let alone crying, she couldn't even speak now.

Then, Mrs. Mu San and Mrs. Mu Si also arrived, followed by several gentlemen in the outer study, everyone silently accompanied Mu Chengfang's spiritual seat, and no one spoke.

The masters were all quiet, and the people didn't dare to breathe, and they were busy one by one, and the mourning hall was arranged at the beginning of the hour. Old Madam Mu stood up from the chair with a cane and burned the first paper money for Mu Chengfang with her own hands.

The paper money turned to ashes, Second Lady Mu looked at the scattered gray smoke, and suddenly cried bitterly, and everyone else also cried, and in the entire mourning hall, there was an instant of mourning, except for Mu Hongsheng, who was still looking at her uncle's spiritual position in a daze.

Mu Hongshang lowered her head and looked at the brazier not far away, the curling ash and smoke made her eyes hurt so much, dry and painful, she really wanted to cry, but where did her tears go.

After all, Old Madam Mu was old, and crying so unbridled made her tired. At midnight, Gu Yilan, who had red and swollen eyes, knelt in front of Mrs. Mu and begged her to rest, but Mrs. Mu still refused.

"I'm here with my son," Mrs. Mu replied in a hoarse voice, "If you can't see anyone, it's good to be able to accompany him at the tablet." Let's go, this first night, your mother-in-law and I will guard, let us two mothers, and talk to Chengfang. Talk about those who were too late to say it before, whether it is longing or resentment. Whether he can hear it or not, just when he hears it, those words hidden in his heart, if he doesn't say it, he won't have a chance. ”

"Grandmother!" Gu Yilan hurriedly held Mrs. Mu's hand: "You ......"

"Let's go!" Old Madam Mu turned around as if she was impatient: "Eldest daughter-in-law, you take the third daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law and leave quickly, don't show up." The granddaughter-in-law also hurried away with her younger siblings! Don't bother us. ”

"Yes!" Gu Yilan's eyes were filled with tears, and she stood up obediently.

On the first night, the juniors did not keep vigil, but let Mu Chengfang's elderly mother and the surviving people keep vigil, which was not in accordance with the rules. But in the Anguo Mansion, rules are never the most important.

Gu Yilan can understand why Mrs. Mu insists on this, Mu Chengfang has not returned to Beijing for almost ten years, as a mother, she really has saved too many words and wants to tell her son.

Second Mrs. Mu is the same, for ten years, she has been looking forward to her husband being able to return to Beijing to reunite with her, but she didn't expect that what she was looking forward to was the news of Mu Chengfang's death. Whether she complains or misses, she never has a chance to say it to her husband again.

At the moment, the only thing that Second Lady Mu can do is to face Mu Chengfang's spiritual position and vent those sorrows and hatreds in one go. Parkway

Everyone retreated quietly, and in the entire mourning hall, only Old Lady Mu and Second Lady Mu remained. Duchess An Guo took her daughter's hand and personally sent Mu Hongsheng, who was unusually silent, back to the house. Mu Hongsheng lowered her head and said nothing, which made Duchess Anguo very distressed, she wanted to open her mouth to comfort her sad daughter, but at this time, who has the ability to comfort others?

In fact, Mu Hongshang also wanted to comfort the Duchess Anguo, whose eyes were red and swollen and her face was haggard, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only turn around and hug her mother's waist.

This night, although Mu Hongshang didn't need to keep vigil in front of the spirit, she actually couldn't rest at all.

It was already late, and the lotus leaf and water chestnut extinguished the candles, put down the bed tent, and went out lightly. But Mu Hongsheng still didn't feel sleepy, her eyes widened in the dark, as if she was trying to see something.

But in reality, she couldn't see anything, and the darkness around her seemed to be able to swallow everything. Gradually, she suddenly began to wonder a little, will the dark and gloomy patch around her fade? God, will it light up again?

Luckily, the sky will still light up. The first birdsong sounded by the window, and Mu Hongsheng, who hadn't closed her eyes all night, couldn't wait to get out of bed, walked to the bedside and pushed open the window, looking at the gradually whitening East.

The movement of opening the window alarmed the lotus leaf outside, and after the lotus leaf came in, she found Mu Hongsheng standing on the ground barefoot, and hurriedly rushed over, pressed Mu Hongsheng back to the bed, and stuffed her feet back into the quilt.

"Miss, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's cold, and it's even colder when you get up early in the morning, but you can't open the window like this, and stand barefoot on the cold ground, you'll have stomach trouble." While nagging, the lotus leaf turned around and called the water chestnut end hot water.

Mu Hongshang looked at the morning star in the sky and did not speak. Lotus Ye sighed, turned around and went to twist the veil for Mu Hongsheng.

"Mademoiselle hasn't said a word since last night." Water chestnut looked at the inner room worriedly, lowered his voice and said, "How good is this." ”

"The Fifth Young Master and the Sixth Young Master are no better," Lotus Ye replied in a low voice, "You didn't see the eyes of the Sixth Young Master last night." Alas! It's sad to be broken. ”

"It's just the fifth watch, how did the young lady get up." Water chestnut asked while looking at the tea stove: "It's earlier than usual to practice martial arts." From now on, seven days after that, the second old man will sacrifice, and there will be some boiling! ”

"Alas!" Lotus Ye also frowned: "You just saw it, right?" Miss's eyes were sunken, and I was afraid that I didn't close my eyes all night last night. Leave it alone here, go to the big kitchen and see if there is any ready-made soup for the young lady. ”

Water chestnut was about to go out, when she suddenly saw Mu Hongsheng running out with her hair loose and only wearing a middle coat, she looked at the empty hanger and asked, "Sister water chestnut, where are my clothes?" ”

Maybe it was because the water and rice hadn't been eaten overnight, or maybe it was because he hadn't spoken for too long, Mu Hongsheng's voice was a little hoarse. But she was willing to speak, which still relieved the water chestnut and lotus leaves.

Lotus Ye hurriedly picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Mu Hongsheng's hand: "Miss, let's drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first?" It's still early now, don't be in a hurry to change your clothes, you drink tea and go back to bed and cover it for a while, wait for the water chestnut to go to the kitchen to bring you a bowl of soup, and after drinking, the slave will wait for you to wash and change clothes. ”