Unlike Qiu Yulan, or rather, everyone thought differently, General Ruan Lao walked very quietly.

Because the old man was seriously ill, he couldn't speak or act at all. Therefore, when Ruan Qingyan and the others were accompanying him, they all went up every once in a while to test his pulse to confirm his life and death.

Then in the middle of the night, Ruan Qingyan found that the thin body lying in the brocade quilt still had body temperature, but his chest had calmed down.

When the old lady Qi arrived, although it was summer, the people were already cold.

"Ruan Hanlin also asks for condolences." When the old lady Qi came, she knew that it was a formality, and when she saw that General Ruan really didn't need him, she comforted Ruan Qingyan and left.

At this time, Ruan Ciyi couldn't help crying first, to say that this eldest lady of the Ruan family was also miserable, and she had been pampered in the splendid pile for nearly 20 years, and before she left the cabinet, she caught up with her grandfather's defeat, which involved her husband, and she was degraded for more than ten years - it was easy to be brought back to Beijing by her younger brother, and she caught up with her grandfather's farewell.

As soon as she cried, Qiu Yulan, who was also a female dependent, also had red eyes. The two cousins whimpered as they stepped on the couch, telling about the kindness and affection of General Ruan.

Ruan Qingyan had been sitting there in a daze since he noticed that General Ruan was gone, and he couldn't say a word from such a clever person.

Seeing this situation, he hurriedly ordered someone to come in and take care of it, and asked someone to inform Ling Zui - because General Ruan Lao would definitely leave in the next two days, and it was not appropriate for outsiders to be at home at this time, so although Ling Zui helped prepare things during the day, he left and went back to the Marquis of Jingchuan at night.

Because Ruan Qingyan was so grief-stricken that he couldn't see anything, Fang Nongyan was not familiar with the General's Mansion first, and secondly, it was just his grandson-in-law who couldn't be the master, and when Ling was drunk and hurried over, the Ruan family was in chaos.

Ling Zui didn't have the heart to scold, so he found a few stewards of the Ruan family and told them to listen to the arrangements he brought with him, and rushed to the backyard to visit.

Seeing the unrelenting appearance of Ruan Qingyan and the others, they had to be comforted, and at the end of the day, they knew that it was useless to say anything on this eye joint. He took care of himself as the master, first drove everyone out, went in to wipe the body of General Ruan, took the longevity clothes that had been prepared in the early years, and carried them into the coffin to settle ......

It is also thanks to him that he is known as a gentleman in Beijing. Swing, in the end, everyone grew up, and he has participated in several red and white events in his life, and he has a good idea of the general process and scene; Then there was the steward of the Marquis of Jingchuan Mansion to assist, and before dawn, he always arranged the mourning hall.

At this time, the people who reported to each family were almost dispatched, and when the genius was bright, the door of the workshop opened, and people began to come to mourn one after another.

It's just that the Ruan family has been in decline for a long time, and Ruan Qingyan has not married, and most of them are male guests in and out - because Qiu Hongzhi and his wife are in the newlywed period, although Qiu Mengmin's rank is lower than that of General Ruan, his title is high, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't come in person. Princess Yang had to run away in person, but she had nothing to say to the Ruan family and Qiu Yulan, and after a while, she walked away - it wasn't until Qiu Nie came to the door with her sisters that Ruan Ciyi and Qiu Lulan had someone to condole: "The county lord and Miss Ruan, please mourn, the old general's spirit in the sky must not bear to see the two of them grieve like this." ”

"Sister Qiu is here with Qian'er?" Qiu Yulan's mood at the moment, in terms of simple sadness, is definitely not as good as Ruan Qingyan and Ruan Ciyi, but in terms of complexity, it is definitely unmatched - the old man who has never really said a word until he dies, even if he is still on the sickbed, but living is a kind of shelter...... She has enjoyed such care in her previous life and this life, and she has not been able to repay such care in her previous life and this life......

In her previous life, she wanted to cry countless times to vent, but the tide of corpses and the hardships and bitter struggles were ...... By the time he has the kung fu to cry, his heart has already been sharpened into iron.

This kind of almost instinctive self-control has even been passed down to this life.

Tears fell, but I didn't feel the sadness flowing, but felt more and more desolate.

She greeted Qiubo and Swing, but what could she say, but she was at a loss in her heart.

I don't know how long it took, Swing screamed, Qiu Yulan turned his head slowly and half-beat, and saw Ruan Ciyi pinching the handkerchief, and his face was pale and fell into Dong Ran's arms!

"The eldest lady seems to have fainted from grief!" Dong Ran's face was not good-looking, "What should I do?" ”

"Hurry up and help my cousin go to the house to lie down for a while and mix a bowl of honey water!" Qiu Yulan took a deep breath and commanded.

Dong Ran responded, called the two mothers-in-law to come in, helped Ruan Ciyi's maid Su Xin to help her lie down, and told Qiu Yulan: "The county lord must take care!" ”

"I take care of it." Qiu Yulan laughed miserably, "You go and look at your cousin." ”

Winter Dye hesitated, but said, "Autumn Dye will pass in a while." ”

Everyone also knows this - although in terms of blood, Ruan Qingyan should pay more attention to Ruan Ciyi, but Xu first met Qiu Yulan, and Qiu Yulan is a younger sister, Ruan Qingyan has been taking care of Qiu Yulan so far, and Qiu Yulan is a priority. As Ruan Qingyan's confidant, Dong Ran is of course more concerned about Qiu Yulan.

At this moment, naturally no one is uninteresting to say that the Ruan family is actually as close to Miss Ruan as they are to Qiu Yulan.

After a little cold, Qiu Bo spoke persuasively again, and the swing was beside her sister to help her, although the two sisters talked about the cliché of persuading people to mourn, but they could also share their thoughts - at this time, there was a sound of kicking footsteps outside, followed by the lifting of the curtain, Fang Zijun probed in and swept it, and did not salute or say hello, and asked loudly: "Where is my mother-in-law?" ”

Qiu Yulan didn't like him in the first place, but at this moment, seeing that he was rude, his heart became more and more disgusted, so he just wiped his tears and ignored him.

Qiu Bo and Qiu Swing didn't know Fang Zijun, so they didn't know who he was asking, so naturally they couldn't answer. However, Dong Ran straightened up slightly and said to him: "Little Master Fang, your mother-in-law has gone home to change her clothes." ”

"Oh." Fang Zijun got the answer, and he didn't seem to want to stay with Qiu Yulan for long, so he flicked the curtain and ran away again.

After he left, Dong Ran explained: "There are few people in the house, and when the maid came over just now, he saw that his uncle was working with Ling Xiaohou Ye to take care of the things ahead, and he had no time to take care of Fang Xiaogongzi. After all, Fang Xiaogongzi is young, if he knows that his grandmother is so sad that he faints, I am afraid that he will feel uneasy, so it is better to say that the eldest lady has gone home. ”

Qiu Yulan was not thinking about these things at all now, and said casually: "It's not a big deal, just send him away." ”

Qiu Bo and Qiu Swing heard this tone wrong, Fang Zijun had never been here, and he still chose words of comfort.

After a while, other female guests also came.

This time, the female guest surprised everyone, because it was actually Xue Sun, the eldest lady of the Xue family, who came with her daughter Xue Rongqing.

Although Qiu Yulan is now annoyed by the Xue family, Ruan Qingyan is always Xue Chang's protégé, Ruan Ciyi fainted in the room again, and had to be perfunctory - Xue Sun's family saw that she was the only one on the woman's side, and asked where Ruan Ciyi went, and said a word of condolence with a sigh, and finally said: "Before we came over, Qing'er's grandfather asked us to ask, do you have any difficulties that need our family to help?" In the end, you are all young for such a big event, if you need it, don't be polite! ”

The sixth grandson of the Xue family, Xue Rongqing, has a white melon seed face, bright apricot eyes, curved eyebrows and cherry lips, and is pretty with an innocent color. She looked at Qiu Yulan sympathetically, and took her mother's words: "Yes, grandfather also said that he would ask for a posthumous ...... for General Ruan."

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled by Xue Sun's family, Xue Sun's face was not very good-looking, but he still explained with a strong smile: "Qing'er, her grandfather has this meaning, after all, General Ruan has also been a horse all his life, even if he was ...... However, this matter is not for Qing'er's grandfather to decide, it depends on the meaning of the heavenly family...... I hope you don't say it first. ”

Qiu Yulan and others are Nuo Nuo.

Xue Sun took Xue Rongqing into the house to see Ruan Ciyi, and then left.

After she left, Qiu Bo and Qiu Swing saw that it was not early, in the end, they only came to take this trip because Qiu Nie and Ruan Qingyan knew each other, and it was impossible to spend the night in the General's Mansion, so they also left.

In the evening, Ruan Ciyi rested well, and her face was still a little sallow, but she insisted on coming over to keep the vigil - because Qiu Yulan was a granddaughter and was young, she was persuaded by everyone to lie down for a while.

When he arrived, Qiu Yulan asked Dong Ran: "You see that Xue Xiang wants to ask his grandfather for a posthumous ...... Is it true or false? ”

Dong Ran was the most relied on and the most powerful one among Ruan Qingyan's big maids, she pondered for a moment and said: "Originally, when the old minister died, it was common for the Heavenly Family to show grace and reward some sorrows. But, the old general he ......"

In that fiasco back then, Empress Dowager Gu was extremely angry! Over the years, General Ruan has been neglected, and he has no credit for the country...... Why should you enjoy the posthumous seal?

"Maybe not." Qiu Yulan had another opinion, "The Ding Yang family was strangled to death, and now Xue Xiang has also been dragged into the water." I think the Centrist is in a hurry to get something to distract the government and the opposition so that they can get a respite? ”

Dong Ran's heart moved: "You mean? ”

"After my grandfather was defeated, it was disposed of by the Empress Dowager Gu." Qiu Yulan squinted, "Empress Jiang has always been willing to sing against the Empress Dowager Gu; Xue Xiang needs to calm down the turmoil that Ding Qingyan seduced Yang Yimur and refused to take responsibility, which led to Yang Yimur's suicide in Dingfu, and his cousin is Xue Xiang's protégé, and Xue Xiang's appearance for his protégé is also famous-thinking about it, there is actually a possibility that his grandfather will be posthumously sealed. ”

Fuyuzen thought for a moment and said, "That sounds like a good thing. ”

"I'm afraid that my cousin will also be dragged into Xue Xiang's trouble." Qiu Yulan naturally knew the meaning of her words, "But no matter what raft Xue Xiang does with the passage of his grandfather, next, my cousin will always go back to Laizhou to keep filial piety." "In this way, I can avoid the turmoil in front of me.

Winter dyeing thought about it too.

Back at the Green Rose Garden, Qiu Yulan slept for half the night, although she was still very sleepy, she was afraid that Ruan Ciyi would not be able to stand it, so she got up in a daze and went to replace her.

Ruan Ciyi saw that she couldn't open her eyes and didn't agree: "I should have guarded it, you can continue to sleep." ”

"The eldest cousin traveled a long way a few days ago, and he fainted during the day, so let me take care of him for a while. There may be a female guest tomorrow, so you have to come forward to greet you. Qiu Yulan asked Qiu Ran to drag her to sleep - although Ruan Ciyi was in the prime of life, she was degraded for more than ten years, and she died three children in succession.

However, Qiu Lulan sent Ruan Ciyi away, and he didn't last long, so he fell into Dong Ran's arms to make up for sleep.

In the middle of this, she seemed to hear movement outside—when she woke up at dawn, she casually asked, "Someone was talking outside?" ”

"The little boy of the Fang family came over to ask the eldest lady, and the people outside coaxed him away." Winter Dye Road.

Qiu Yulan was a little strange: "Why is it so late, and you still let him run outside?" ”

"I think my uncle was tired and didn't go to see him. He wanted to see his parents. Fuyuzen said.

Qiu Yulan didn't care much about this nominal nephew, but still said: "It's better to knock on the people around him, many houses in the general's mansion are so dilapidated that people can't enter, and there are still several ponds in the mansion." Don't let him mess around and run out of things. ”

Dong Ran nodded: "The maid will talk about it later." ”

As a result, the general's mansion did not have an accident because of Fang Zijun - it was the Fang family, and in the afternoon of the next day, Qiu Ran lifted the curtain with a pale face and told Ruan Ciyi and Qiu Yulan: "The Fang family sent someone to find the aunt and the eldest lady, and said that Aunt Yan had a miscarriage, and it was said that she ate the pastry that the little boy sent back last night." ”

Ruan Ciyi was shocked: "How can this be?!" ”

Qiu Yulan didn't feel strange after being stunned, and secretly thought: "It's not that kid can't do such a thing, it's just that he looks so well-behaved in front of his cousin, how can he start so directly?" Looking at Ruan Ciyi, who was full of anger, her heart jumped, "Could it be that you want to drag this eldest cousin into the water?" ”