Chapter 66: Withering (Part II)
When the eldest lady cried like this, the others thought that Yuan Niang was young, and it was just when she was in the middle of the day, but she was about to disappear like this, and they couldn't help but feel the impermanence of the world, and they cried with it.
Or the mother and son are connected, Brother Zhen instinctively felt scared and cried in fright.
The nurse hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, and the woman stepped forward to wipe his tears.
Brother Zhen took the woman's hand and lay down in his mother's arms.
The woman looked embarrassed and muttered back into the corner.
The nurse said, "Brother Chen, Aunt Qin wants to wipe your face!" ”
The eldest lady looked up sharply at the woman.
I saw that the woman was in her thirties, of medium height, wearing a lilac pigment face makeup gown, her raw face was like a silver plate, her eyes were like apricots, white and pure, which made people look very comfortable.
Thinking of her daughter's pale and haggard, and then looking at the pearl and jade run of the eldest son and aunt, the eldest lady felt even more sad and cried even louder.
Brother Zhen was so frightened that he hid in his mother's arms and looked at his grandmother.
Yuan Niang listened, and tears fell silently on the pillow.
"Mrs. Luo, don't cry!" A gentle voice persuaded the eldest lady, "The fourth lady has always been strong. Over the years, I don't know how many dangers I have encountered, and I believe that this time the fourth lady can also turn evil into good fortune and be lucky in death. ”
The eldest lady looked up, and it turned out to be the waiter.
The waiter smiled slightly at the eldest lady, and then went to persuade the lady: "If you cry like this, you can frighten Brother Zhen." Regardless of adults, children should also be taken care of. ”
The big lady blushed and covered her mouth to stop crying.
Mrs. Tai also collected tears when she heard this: "What Father-in-law Lei said is true." ”
The people outside listened, and their cries gradually became quieter.
The waiter took the opportunity to leave: "...... It's not too early, and the slave family has to go back to talk back to the queen. ”
Mrs. Tai personally sent Father-in-law Lei, and when he arrived at the door, Father-in-law Lei stopped: "How dare you bother!" "I insisted on not letting Mrs. Tai send it again.
The fifth lady volunteered to help Mrs. Tai send off the guests.
"That's good." Father-in-law Lei smiled, "It's been a long time since our family has seen the county lord of Danyang." ”
Seeing this, Mrs. Tai exchanged a few words with Father-in-law Nalei, and the fifth lady went to see off the guests on her behalf.
When Father-in-law Lei walked away, a group of people surrounded Mrs. Tai and went back to the house.
As soon as she entered the door, a little maid said, "The second lady is here!" ”
Everyone turned around and saw the second lady hurrying in in a bleached dress.
"Mother, the fourth brother and sister are okay!" Her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had cried, "I just got a letter......
Mrs. Tai wiped the corners of her eyes: "I didn't want to alarm you......"
The second lady listened and said, "I know that my mother is worried about me being sad, but I am also worried about my fourth brother and sister, and I am afraid that you will be sad...... Are you okay? ”
"Good boy." Mrs. Tai took the second lady's hand, "I'm okay, I'm okay." ”
The second lady helped Mrs. Tai into the house.
When everyone went to the inner room, they saw Brother Zhen lying in Yuan Niang's arms, Yuan Niang was skinny and struggling to put her head on her son, and was muttering something to Brother Zhen.
The crowd looked sad.
"Fourth brother and sister." The second lady choked up a little and stepped forward to say hello to Yuan Niang.
"The second sister-in-law is here!" Yuan Niang's eyes turned slightly, but there was no goal, so she showed a look of listening attentively.
The second lady's tears couldn't stop falling.
The maids brought the brocade pestle over.
Mrs. Tai, the eldest lady, the second lady, and the third lady sat around Yuan Niang, and the others stood around.
Yuan Niang softly instructed Brother Chen: "Go, play with Sister Zhen...... Mother and grandmother, grandmother talking. ”
Brother Zhen saw that his mother was the same as before, and obediently followed the nurse.
Yuan Niang closed her eyes very tiredly.
Mrs. Tai was startled, and the second lady hurriedly stepped forward to check Yuan Niang's pulse.
Yuan Niang suddenly opened her eyes: "I'm tired and want to sleep for a while." ”
When everyone heard her say this, they didn't want to ask anything, so they went out of the inner room in twos and threes, leaving only the eldest lady and the eldest lady to guard in the house.
The second lady asked Yao Huang with some concern: "What has Mrs. Tai eaten today?" If there is goat milk at home, bring a bowl to Mrs. Tai and Mrs. to nourish your spirit. ”
Yao Huang was about to answer, when a little servant came in and said, "Master Hou is back!" ”
As soon as the eldest lady said, "Please come in", she saw Xu Lingyi hurriedly walking in in a three-grade red official uniform.
His expression was solemn: "How is Yuan Niang?" As he spoke, he strode towards Yuan Niang's bedside.
Just one glance, Xu Lingyi's face changed greatly.
He didn't know how many people he had seen in battle......
Standing silently in front of the bed, after a long while, Xu Lingyi gently asked Mrs. Tai: "What does she have to explain?" ”
As soon as his words fell, the room was silent.
Mrs. Tai sighed softly and said, "Yuan Niang wants her eleventh sister to help her take care of Brother Zhen. ”
Xu Lingyi turned his head to look at the room full of people, with a solemn expression, and said, "I know."
The eldest lady saw Aunt Qiao's body trembling.
She couldn't help but feel a pang of joy in her heart.
That night, the eldest lady stayed at Xu's house. Before dawn the next day, the Xu family had a steward to come and shoot the door of the Luo family.
"Madame has gone!"
Although she had been prepared, she still felt stunned when this sentence really sounded in the ears of the eldest grandmother.
The husband has not come back from the examination room, and the fourth uncle Luo Zhensheng is a person who can't pick up his shoulders and can't lift his hands. Looking at the eldest master again, it seemed that he had aged ten years all of a sudden, and he sat there in a daze, without saying a word...... There is no one who is in charge.
The eldest grandmother had no choice but to take care of things: "When did Madame go?" Can you still walk peacefully? ”
The steward hurriedly said, "I went there in the morning." Hou Ye, Second Master. The fourth master and the eldest lady were all guarding beside him, walking peacefully. ”
The eldest lord listened, and there was a flash of water in the corner of his eye.
The eldest grandmother sighed and called Wu Xiaoquan to accompany the steward to breakfast: "...... I'll explain the affairs of the family, and I'll go with you. ”
The steward responded and went with Wu Xiao's family.
The old man covered his face and cried.
The big grandma was startled. But after all, she is a daughter-in-law, and some things are hard to say, so she hurriedly called the sixth aunt: "...... The aunt and grandmother went. You take good care of your father at home, and I will take the fourth master and the three young ladies to mourn. ”
The sixth aunt shed a few tears when she heard this, and then went over to the eldest master: "Do you want to mourn and change...... The eldest lady is sad enough, if you have any other three long and two short, what can this family do! ”
She persuaded the eldest master and went back to the house with the uncle.
The eldest grandmother went back to the house to change into a moon-white gown, and told Hang's mother to report the three young ladies quickly, and then sent someone to report the funeral to the second and third masters.
When Wu Niang heard this, she pulled Xinglin, who came to report the news, and asked, "What does the eldest sister have to say?" ”
Xinglin knew there, and replied to the question: "I heard that the eldest aunt and grandmother were there when the Hou Ye and several young masters and young ladies died. ”
Wu Niang couldn't help but be a little disappointed and a little worried.
In case there is no one in the Luo family to sit in the position of Yuan Niang, then there will be one less capable person in the career of Qian Gongzi in the future......
And Shi Niang heard that Yuan Niang was dead, and in front of the maid who went to report to her, she laughed coldly: "She is still walking very fast!" ”
The maid was only resigned, and she didn't know what to answer.
Eleven Niang was stunned for a long time when she heard this.
She thought of Yuan Niang's gentle smile when she first met Yuan Niang, as well as Yuan Niang's self-deprecating smile in the small courtyard...... It seems familiar, yet it's so unfamiliar......
I don't know why, Eleven Niang burst into tears.
She didn't know whether to grieve for herself or for Yuan Niang...... Or, grieve for them
When Eleven Niang, Wu Niang, and Shi Niang went to the eldest grandmother together, Hang's mother's paper money and flower candles had just been bought, and the eldest grandmother was still waiting for the second and third rooms. When he saw them coming, he hurriedly asked, "Have you had breakfast?" ”
Everyone shook their heads.
The grandmother hurriedly instructed the kitchen to make some steamed bread cakes: "...... As soon as the second and third aunts arrived, we left, and we just finished eating, and if we couldn't finish eating, you took the carriage up to eat. ”
Seeing that the eldest grandmother was only in her early twenties, she acted in an orderly manner, and she admired it very much.
Everyone was halfway through eating, and a little maid ran in: "The second and third wives are here." ”
The second room is the second wife, the third grandmother, and the seventh mother, and the third room is only the third wife. When everyone met, they inevitably sighed and burst into tears.
The second wife urged: "It's not early, let's hurry up!" It's always bad to be late and let people gossip. ”
Everyone got into their own carriages and went to the lotus.
On the way, Shi Niang saw through the curtain opened by Shi Niang that there were two or three groups of people who were always following behind her carriage unhurriedly. She was a little strange at first, but it took a moment for her to come to her senses.
It turns out that everyone is going in one direction......
When the carriage passed the Taichi, it was already white.
When I entered the Yongping Marquis Mansion, I saw that the door went up to the door of the inner house, the fan was wide open, the filial piety shed, the building card had already been established, and the stewards were all wearing white straight shirts, or standing on the side of the tent temporarily erected at the latter, or going in and out of the place to be busy.
When they saw the carriage of the Luo family, a steward immediately greeted them, and called the daughter-in-law who led the guests to take them to the inner courtyard.
Before entering the courtyard, Eleven Niang heard Brother Zhen's cry.
"You're here!" They were greeted by the haggard third lady.
The eldest grandmother nodded and introduced the third lady to the second and third rooms.
Everyone saluted, and the third lady's eyes were full of tears: "Come in and have a look!"
The eldest grandmother answered and entered the inner room with the third lady.
Yuan Niang slept on an Arhat bed, with Mrs. Yipin's nine-bead hairpin, wearing a bright red Zhai robe, with a serene expression and a gentle expression, as if she was asleep.
She lit a lamp of oil on her head, and four or five ladies sat around her feet, weeping in low voices. Brother Zhen and Sister Zhen, as well as a teenage boy, all stood beside Yuan Niang in filial piety clothes. Sister Zhen and the boy both bowed their heads and wiped their tears, but only Brother Zhen was crying with a long mouth.
Eleven Niang looked at it, and tears welled up all of a sudden.
The grandmother and the others also cried when they saw it.
For a while, there was a cry in the house.
I don't know who said, "Brother Zhen, your eleventh aunt is here."
When Brother Chen heard this, he cried even more. While crying, he also sobbed: "I want my mother, I don't want an eleventh aunt." ”
Everyone's eyes looked at Eleven Niang.
Some looked at each other, some thoughtful, and some were stunned...... The atmosphere became a little eerie.
Eleven Niang was shocked. But at the same time, she didn't hide her emotions, and wanted to tell everyone her surprise. But I couldn't help muttering in my heart: How could Brother Zhen say such a thing......
Fortunately, the third lady was very clever, and when she saw that the atmosphere was not right, she immediately called the daughter-in-law who attracted the guests to send them to the eldest lady: "...... Now rest at Regency Heights. Presumably, several wives, grandmothers and young ladies are very concerned. ”
The eldest grandmother is indeed thinking about the eldest wife.
thanked them, and everyone followed the daughter-in-law who attracted the guests to Lijingxuan.