Chapter 901: Lantern Festival
The Fang clan was silent overnight, and only two mothers-in-law and a maid were guarding the mourning hall.
Fang's mother died, and Xiangxiang was nowhere to be found, just these three people, or Mama Xu, was temporarily transferred from Songhe Hall to guard the spirit of the Fang family, and of course it was also to guard against the life of Tingxue Hall.
An Sheng didn't show up from beginning to end, and no one invited her.
Everyone knew that her biological mother was killed by the Fang clan, so even if she didn't even give a stick of incense to the Fang clan, everyone didn't say anything.
Maybe some people have some whispers, but the Xu family gave a death order and was not allowed to talk about this matter again, so no one in the family dared to talk about it.
Even if they did, it was just one or two people secretly talking about a few words in private, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of their masters.
Fang's death was sudden, according to Xu's instructions, Shen and Song did not notify relatives and friends to come to mourn, and the next morning, they found a Mr. Yin and Yang, counted the time, and hurriedly buried Fang.
In the end, the Xu family still left the last bit of dignity for the Fang family and allowed the Fang family to be buried in the ancestral grave of the Gu family.
At the time of the funeral, Gu Cong and his wife, Gu Ningwei and Gu Anya all came forward.
And several children in the second room were all said by Shen that they were young and did not follow, as for Gu Ling, they were also said by Song that they were scared yesterday, so they did not appear.
An Sheng naturally did not appear in the funeral procession.
It stands to reason that she is the nominal daughter of the Fang family, and she should always send the Fang family on her last journey.
However, the Fang clan was also her mother-killing enemy, and it was really difficult for her to give her a funeral for her mother-killing enemy.
Therefore, from Fang's death to the burial, no one in the house came to inform An Sheng what to do, and no one accused her of doing right or wrong.
The Fang family was buried in a hurry, and everyone heard some rumors, but because the Gu family didn't publicize it to the outside world, everyone pretended not to know.
Yesterday at the Gu family, everyone promised that they would not talk nonsense, regardless of whether it was sincere or false, even if they pretended, they always had to pretend for a few days.
In this way, Fang's death did not stir up the slightest splash in Beijing, which can be called peaceful.
But under this calm appearance, whether there is an undercurrent surging inside, the Gu family does not know.
The New Year's banquet has not ended, but the Gu family has not gone out to the banquet again, and they all say that they are sick and can't go out, in fact, most people know that they are not sick, but just because they don't want to go out.
After all, the turmoil of the Gu family has not yet passed, and when you go out at this time, you are bound to accept the strange scrutiny of others, and not everyone can bear such a gaze.
From the seventh day of the first month, the courtyard door of Yushengju was tightly closed until the fourteenth day, when it was opened.
On the fourteenth, Lu Zheng sent a letter to the Yongning Marquis Mansion, asking An Sheng to go to the street tomorrow to enjoy the lanterns, accompanied by Xie Wanrong and Wen Tao, Du Yiheng and Lin Zixuan, Xu saw that the people who went were all children of the family, and Xie Wanrong was there, and An Sheng was not out of line to follow, so he agreed.
It wasn't until the next day that An Sheng went out.
There is a lantern festival in Yejing, and it is quite prestigious, before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all kinds of lanterns on the street can simply dazzle people's eyes.
In previous years, on this day, the juniors of the Gu family also had to go out to enjoy the lanterns, but this year, that kind of thing happened in the big house, Gu Ningwei and Gu Cong were not easy to go out, An Sheng was picked up by Lu Zheng again, and only Gu Yan was a lone seedling in the second room, and Shen watched it very firmly, afraid that there would be many people on the street on this day, and there would be abductors who would mix into the crowd and abduct her baby son, so Gu Yan was not allowed to go on the street, and there was only one Gu Ling left, and she couldn't go out, so she could only beg the Song family to take her out.
The Song family felt sorry for their daughter, so after they were done, they said to the Xu family and took Gu Ling out of the door.
When An Sheng and Gu Ling both went out, Gu Ningwei smashed things again in the house.
Baozhu persuaded with a bitter face: "Miss, you dissipate your anger, in case the old lady knows, she will talk about you again." ”
When Gu Ningwei heard this, she couldn't help but be even more annoyed, "Old lady, old lady, she will torture me, doesn't she just see that I have no mother, so she will come to practice me!" ”
Since Fang's death, Gu Ningwei's life has really not been easy.
She has a strong temperament, let her be domineering, in the past, with the support of the Fang family, she was naturally domineering in the mansion, but now that the Fang family is dead, and she died for that reason, she will no longer have anyone to support her, it is conceivable that no one supports her, and it is simply impossible to live the same life as before.
During these days, everyone knows that the old lady Xu is disgusted with the Fang family, and she does not treat Gu Ningwei, the daughter of the Fang family, some servants in the house are used to praising high and stepping on low, and seeing Gu Ningwei losing power, she naturally will not be more respectful.
Gu Ningwei was used to being pampered, at first glance, where could she stand it, she lost her temper every day, and later was known by the Xu family, and called her over for a lecture, she was honest for a few days, until today's Lantern Festival, and the old state sprouted again.
"Miss, you can be quiet, slave beg, if this word reaches the ears of the old lady, it will be you who will suffer." Orb was about to cry.
The master loses power, and the minions often don't end well, and the jewels are not doing well during this time.
But what could she do? If you want to blame, you can only blame her for following the wrong master......
Gu Ningwei was afraid of the Xu family in the end, and she lost her temper for a while, but she still didn't dare to make trouble anymore.
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Lu Zheng was just arrived at An Sheng, on the day of the Lantern Festival, there was no curfew in Yejing City, and the streets could be lively until midnight.
The Lantern Festival is generally placed on Xuanwu Street, the Gu family's house is on Yongle Street, not far from Xuanwu Street, after Lu Zheng received An Sheng, he took An Sheng to Xuanwu Street to meet Wen Tao and them.
The weather was not very cold on this day, An Sheng was wearing the white fox cloak given by Lu Zheng, blocking the wind and keeping out the cold, and he didn't feel cold at all.
But Lu Zheng probably always felt that An Sheng would be cold, so he had to ask An Sheng if he was cold after walking a few steps, whether the wind was blowing uncomfortably, etc., but An Sheng was not annoyed, no matter how Lu Zheng asked, he shook his head with a smile, and he didn't think Lu Zheng was chattering.
It was Qinghui and Si Qi, listening to Lu Zheng's sentence by sentence, asking the same thing endlessly, and they all felt that Lu Zheng was suddenly chattering.
But the two of them didn't dare to say this, and they followed closely behind their masters, for fear that the flow of people would separate them from their masters.
In winter, it gets dark early, just after the unitary, the sky is already dark, to enter the entrance of Changchun Street, you can see the bright and dazzling lanterns on both sides of the street, whether it is the street vendors, or the restaurant and teahouse theater on both sides, all of them are hanging bright lights, look at the past from afar, only to see the glazed illusions, the shapes are different, especially in front of the Yunhua Building, it is more colorful, the guests are like Yingmen, and it is very lively.