Ye Lanqiao stumbled all the way into Wanshoutang, and as soon as he entered the gate, he heard a heart-rending cry from inside: "The old general has gone!"

Ye Lanqiao's legs were weak, and he fell to the ground.

"Girl! You didn't fall, did you......" Huixiang also heard the words of General Ye's departure, she bit her lip and held Ye Lanqiao's cold hands tightly.

Ye Lanqiao froze in place as if he had been struck by thunder, staring motionlessly at the door of the main house of Wanshoutang, and after taking a few deep breaths, he climbed up from the ground with difficulty despite Huixiang's obstruction.

"No way, grandfather won't just go...... No way, it's absolutely impossible ......"

"Girl......" Huixiang had never seen Ye Lanqiao like this, and she was a little scared. I saw that Ye Lanqiao's eyes were red, and he was obviously unsteady on his feet, but like an injured trapped beast, he was half crawling and half walking towards Wanshoutang.

Seeing that after Ye Lanqiao walked into Wanshou Hall, the maids and women around the bed took the initiative to get out of the way, and Shen's mother helped Mrs. Ye to sit on the edge of the bed, and Mrs. Ye held General Ye's hand tightly and murmured:

"Panzhong, why did you leave me alone like this?"

"Grandmother?" Ye Lanqiao's chest rose and fell violently, she looked at General Ye on the bed with his eyes closed, but her throat seemed to be stuck with something, and she didn't know what to say.

"Lan'er." Old Madam Ye heard Ye Lanqiao's voice, she raised her head, and she was much older:

"Lan'er, your grandfather went, and he left us like this......"

When Mrs. Ye said the end, she choked until she lost her voice, hugged Ye Lanqiao, who was kneeling, and cried bitterly.

"Father!" Ye Lin, who ran in with him, also knelt down and cried bitterly when he saw the deceased General Ye. For a while, the general's mansion was shrouded in a sea of crying.

Before Ye Lanqiao fainted, she stayed in front of the bed where General Ye was lying, she was quiet and scared, and her empty eyes just kept shedding tears. It wasn't until the people serving at home came to clean and change the old general's clothes that when Huixiang helped Ye Lanqiao get up, Ye Lanqiao's eyes went dark and he fainted.

As soon as Ye Lingtian came out of the Tribute Courtyard, the subordinates in white clothes and white hats told him the news of General Ye's death, and Ye Lingtian held back the grief in his heart and returned home.

"Father."

As soon as Ye Lingtian arrived at home, he didn't even have time to take a look at Wang Xiaoniang in Lanwu Courtyard, so he came directly to the study.

Ye Lin's hair turned a lot gray overnight, and when he saw his most promising son coming back, his heart was even more mixed:

"Ling Tian, you're back."

Ye Lingtian held back the grief in his heart and stepped forward to give a big salute: "The family suffered this change, but the son didn't have time to share his father's worries, it was the son's unfilial piety."

"It happened suddenly, and besides, you are in the Gongyuan, so you don't have to blame yourself." Ye Lin nodded with satisfaction, he sighed heavily, got up from the circle chair, and walked to Ye Lingtian's side:

"Your grandfather has been placed in the ancestral hall, you go...... Let's go see him one last time. ”

After Ye Lingtian heard this, his eyes suddenly turned red, he gritted his teeth and nodded heavily.

"Father, grandfather's funeral ......" Ye Lingtian is the eldest son in the family, and it is heartbreaking for him to pass away from General Ye, but in a big family like the General's Mansion, the death of the most important person in the family will definitely cause a lot of sensation in Kyoto City, so when it comes to funeral matters, we have to think carefully at this time.

Ye Lin sighed and shook his head weakly: "Your grandfather died of a sudden illness, and I am really sad in my heart, so about the funeral, Ling Tian, you should worry a little more."

"That's what a child should do." Ye Lingtian paused, and couldn't help but ask:

"I heard from someone that the fifth sister watched my grandfather all night yesterday and fainted in the early hours of this morning? Is it a big deal? ”

"Don't worry, the Imperial Doctor has gone to see it, and it's no big deal." Ye Lin thought about it, and there was some disappointment in his tone:

"It's not like I haven't told your grandfather and grandmother before, Lan'er, this child is talented and intelligent, and he is a stable person, but he is young and has not experienced any major events. You see, I can't hold it this time. ”

"The fifth sister has been raised under the knees of her grandfather and grandmother since she was a child, and now that her grandfather has died of a sudden illness, the fifth sister is naturally grief-stricken." Ye Lingtian lowered his eyes, and his tone was full of pity.

"I don't blame her, it's just that this time your grandfather's funeral, let your fifth sister not interfere, you can deal with it outside, but there must be a competent person in this inner house to take care of it."

Ye Lin thought for a while, he raised his eyes and looked at Ye Lingtian, and said meaningfully: "Now, only your little lady can hold it up."

Ye Lingtian was so smart, he naturally heard the meaning of Ye Lin's words.

But Ye Lingtian also knew that during General Ye's lifetime, the most exclusive thing was that Ye Lin let Wang Xiaoniang control the power of the back house, and now that his grandfather has just passed away, will Ye Lin be a little too eye-catching in this arrangement?

"Father, I'm afraid she can't be such a big master, or I'd better ask my grandmother to come forward......"

Ye Lingtian frowned and spoke. At this juncture, he can't let Wang Xiaoniang show his face too much, lest he turn around and be caught.

"You don't know your grandmother's body, and now that your grandfather is gone, where does your grandmother still have the energy to take care of this."

Ye Lin shook his head and denied without thinking about it: "I know, you feel sorry for your mother in your heart, and you don't want her to come forward at this time so as not to be pointed out, but this is the case in the inner house, you have to let your mother come out and show her face, and it is good for her to know those noble ladies in Kyoto City."

"Since the father said so, then the child listens to the father's arrangement." Ye Lingtian breathed a sigh of relief, said goodbye to Ye Lin, and hurried to the ancestral hall.

"Girl? Girl? ”

Ye Lanqiao was in a daze, and when she heard someone constantly calling out to herself, she frowned, struggled to open her eyes, and saw Huixiang's ecstatic face:

"Girl, you're awake at last! Second son, our girl is awake! ”

After saying that, Huixiang hurriedly helped Ye Lanqiao to sit up from the bed, and after Ye Lingtian heard Huixiang's voice, he also hurriedly walked over: "Fifth sister, are you awake?"

Ye Lanqiao looked at Ye Lingtian who was full of concern, and couldn't help it, covering his face with his hands and crying.

"Okay, okay, cry if you want to." Ye Lingtian looked at Ye Lanqiao's forbearance, sighed, raised his hand, and gently patted Ye Lanqiao's shoulder:

"I know that your grandfather died of illness, and you are sad, but you also have to take care of your own body."

"Second brother, you said grandfather he...... Why did he leave us all of a sudden? ”

Ye Lanqiao felt that he had no strength in his body, but in just one night, Ye Lanqiao felt that his sky had fallen.

"Grandfather is old, this day will come sooner or later, but fifth sister, we still have grandmother to honor, you must hold on."

After Ye Lingtian kowtowed to General Ye in the ancestral hall, housekeepers from all over the house came over to report on the preparations for the funeral and other things, but thinking of Ye Lanqiao, Ye Lingtian still took some time to come over to visit Ye Lanqiao, so as to comfort and comfort her.

"Well, I will, I'll take care of my grandmother." Ye Lanqiao nodded, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, raised her head, and met Ye Lingtian's eyes: "I promised my grandfather that I would take good care of my grandmother, and I would also help my father and you take care of family affairs......"

"Fifth sister," Ye Lingtian's eyes flashed, and he interrupted Ye Lanqiao's words: "You are not in good health, and your grandmother also needs you to take care of it, so my father said that this time my grandfather's funeral will be handled by Wang Xiaoniang first."

Ye Lanqiao was stunned, she snorted and lowered her head: "Listen to my father."

"Alright, I still have a lot of things to do outside, you can rest and rest. Huixiang, take care of your girl. ”

"Yes, Second Son." Huixiang nodded, saw Ye Lingtian get up and walked outside, made a salute, and asked Yueluo to give it away.

After Ye Lingtian left, Huixiang frowned: "Girl, what do you mean by this, master?" How could Wang Xiaoniang be allowed to take care of the old general's funeral? ”

Ye Lanqiao coughed a few times, she leaned weakly on the bed frame, and spoke: "What my father meant, it's not that we don't know."

"But how can the second son ...... The old general loves the second son very much, how can he allow the old man to do this? ”

Ye Lanqiao raised his eyes and glanced at Huixiang, thought for a while, and then said lightly: "What the second brother said is right, my grandmother is old, and I am like this, so I can only let Wang Xiaoniang do this."

Wang Xiaoniang is also Ye Lingtian's biological mother after all, Ye Lingtian is a filial person, which Ye Lanqiao knows very well in his heart.

Ye Lanqiao was not unreasonable enough to let Ye Lingtian abandon filial piety to help him, even if Ye Lingtian supported Ye Lin to straighten Wang Xiaoniang in the future, Ye Lanqiao had no objection.

"Huixiang, you go and see if the medicine is ready, I took the medicine and went to see my grandmother."

Ye Lanqiao lifted the quilt, got down from the bed, slowly walked to the table and sat down, and asked Huixiang to serve the medicine.

Ye Lanqiao can't just collapse like this, even if she can't interfere in other things in the family, what grandmother needs most now must be her.

After drinking the medicine, Ye Lanqiao looked at himself in the brass mirror, raised his hand and pinched his cheeks, and said with the grief in his heart: "Huixiang, my appearance is too scary, I can't go to see my grandmother, you can help me clean up."

"Yes, girl." Huixiang snorted, raised her sleeve to wipe the tears off her face, and carefully poured powder on Ye Lanqiao's face to hide the sickness and decadence on her face.

Changing into the filial piety clothes sent by her mother-in-law at home, Ye Lanqiao went out and walked towards Wanshoutang.

The sunlight outside was dazzling, Ye Lanqiao stumbled while walking, and almost fell down several times, but fortunately, Huixiang behind her took care of her, so she didn't fall to the field.