Lijingxuan in late spring is full of flowers.

The eldest lady was lying on the big kang near the window with her face like white paper, and the breeze was gentle, and catkins fell on her futon.

"Sister-in-law, you want to mourn." The second wife sat at the head of the bed and comforted the eldest wife, "The deceased is gone!" ”

The third wife also agreed: "Yes, sister-in-law." Take care! ”

The corners of the eldest lady's mouth twitched slightly, and tears rolled down again.

Mother Xu on the side said with tears in her eyes: "Mrs., you have been crying since last night...... But look carefully. ”

Everyone also comforted the eldest lady.

After a while, the eldest lady finally stopped her tears and asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is Brother Sheng?" ”

The eldest grandmother hurriedly said: "I am resting in the hall of the outer courtyard with the third, fifth, and sixth uncles!" ”

The eldest lady struggled to sit up, and thanked the second and third wives: "I'm tired of you! ”

"Sister-in-law, this is something that is out of sight." The second wife smiled, "We are also Yuan Niang's mother's family!" ”

The second wife heard the mention of Yuan Niang, and her eyes darkened again.

The third lady was about to say a few words, when a little maid came in and said, "The fourth aunt and grandmother are here." ”

The second wife smiled and said, "I said why haven't you come yet......"

As she was talking, Siniang walked in in a moonlight-colored gown.

She cried before she could say anything: "Why did the eldest sister go like this?" Leaving behind Hou Ye and Brother Zhen, how will you live in the future! As he spoke, he took a handkerchief and wiped away his tears.

The third wife smiled and said, "We just persuaded my sister-in-law, and we want to persuade you again." ”

When Siniang heard this, she collected her tears, greeted everyone, and said, "Since you are here, do you want to go and say hello to Mrs. Tai?" ”

"Naturally, I'm going." The second wife said, and discussed with the eldest wife, "Why don't we go to see the lady and come to sit with the sister-in-law?" ”

The eldest lady thought for a moment and said, "It's okay." I'm not in good spirits, so I won't be with you. ”

The second wife called the daughter-in-law who attracted the guests to come in and led the ladies of the Luo family to Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai heard that someone from Yuan Niang's family was coming, and she greeted her in person.

The eldest grandmother introduced everyone to Mrs. Tai.

Everyone saluted Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Tai glanced at Eleven Niang.

Seeing that her eyes and nose were red, and her expression was slightly gloomy, she nodded slightly.

After entering the house, everyone found that there were four female guests on Mrs. Tai's side.

Eleven Niang knew two of them - Mrs. Gan from Zhongqin Bofu and Mrs. Lin from Weibei Houfu.

Mrs. Nalin was talking to a beautiful woman in her forties beside her: "...... Hearing the cloud board knock four times, he knew that something was wrong here, so he immediately sent someone to ask. Only then did I know that Mrs. Hou was gone! As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes.

The beautiful woman sighed: "It's only a pity that the child has less to take care of." ”

"Who says it isn't!" Mrs. Lin should be together, and when she saw that it was someone from Luofu who came in, she smiled and took a sip of tea.

Mrs. Tai introduced them to the people.

The beautiful woman who was talking to Mrs. Lin turned out to be Mrs. Li Ge.

Elder Li Ge is now the first assistant of Da Zhou, but he didn't expect Mrs. Li to be so young...... She was slightly surprised.

The other woman was Jiang Bai's wife.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but look at her carefully.

At the age of thirty-five or six, his appearance is very ordinary, but he can behave gently and smile kindly, which makes people feel good at first sight.

And the third lady was a little unnatural when she knew that the beautiful woman was Mrs. Li, but Mrs. Li generously bowed to the third lady.

At first, Shi Niang thought that this was the tolerance of the victor, but after a closer look, she found that this Mrs. Li was neither in front of nor behind in everything, and guarded the golden mean. But Mrs. Jiang is a little different, she puts herself last in everything. In addition, Mrs. Gan has never been in the limelight, so Mrs. Lin has become the leader. They sat in Mrs. Tai's house for half a pillar of incense, and Eleven Niang listened to this Mrs. Lin.

Fortunately, Mrs. Lin's speech is not vulgar, and the second wife complies with it from time to time, which can be regarded as a harmonious atmosphere.

When the second lady came, she took the day selected by the Yin and Yang Division of Qin Tianjian to show Mrs. Tai: "...... You see, there's anything else to add or subtract. ”

Mrs. Tai didn't answer, and said, "You just call the shots." ”

When the second lady heard this, she put the post back in her sleeve and said, "I didn't expect there to be so many guests, but I'm afraid that the outer flower hall will be separated by a screen to set up a flowing water seat." I want to borrow the three black lacquered mica screens in your library to use them. ”

Mrs. Tai called Wei Zilai: "Go and give the screen of the black lacquered mica stone to the second lady." ”

Wei Ziying "yes", the second lady and everyone were polite, and then took Wei Zi to fetch the screen.

Eleven Niang couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Niang's funeral was presided over by the second lady. She thought it would be the Third Lady......

The thought flashed, and she heard Mrs. Lin sigh: "Such a capable one, it's a pity that ......"

It's a pity that I couldn't become the hostess of the Marquis of Yongping!

Eleven Niang secretly thought in her heart, and saw Mrs. Tai glance at herself.

With Mrs. Li here, the third wife was uncomfortable, although the second wife had no intention of leaving, but the third wife stood up and said that she wanted to see the eldest wife, and the second wife was not easy to sit on, so she had to get up and say goodbye to the lady.

Mrs. Tai happened to have a few more Mrs. Shangshu on her side, and when she saw that she couldn't stay with them, she personally sent them to the gate of the courtyard.

Eleven Niang said a few words to Qi Niang, Qi Niang's eyes turned slightly, and the second wife who was saying goodbye to Mrs. Tai whispered a few words, the second lady's eyes flashed slightly, slightly bowed, and asked Mrs. Tai with a smile: "I don't know where the second lady is sitting up, I want to ask my aunt and grandmother how many days to stop?" What day is the mourning? Let's go back and talk to the uncle, so that he can be reassured. ”

Mrs. Tai glanced at Shi Niang and said with a smile: "In the flower hall of Dianchun Hall, the second wife may not know, but a few young ladies know where to go." ”

The second wife listened, and after a few polite words with the wife, she went to the flower hall of Dianchun Hall.

The daughters-in-law stood under the eaves and waited for the matter.

When I saw the second wife, I hurriedly went to the second wife.

The second lady was greeted by the maid and daughter-in-law: "The wife of the in-laws is a rare guest, come to the house to serve tea." ”

Everyone saw the ceremony, and the second wife said what she meant.

The second lady immediately said: "Choose a day to stop the spirit for seven seven or forty-nine days." ”

The second wife smiled and said, "I'll go back and talk to the eldest master." ”

The two exchanged a few words, and the second wife said goodbye to the second lady: "...... I also want to go to see my sister-in-law, you are also busy here. ”

The second lady said a few polite words, and then sent the second lady to the middle road before going back.

Along the way, Qi Niang kept whispering to Eleven Niang, "The eldest sister's house is so beautiful." The last time I came to greet my eldest sister, it was snowing heavily, and the back garden didn't come to work! ”

Eleven Niang thought about her own thoughts.

When she whispered to Qi Niang just now, she felt that Mrs. Tai was looking at herself, and then Qi Niang spoke to the second wife, and a trace of displeasure flashed in Mrs. Tai's eyes.

Why isn't Mrs. Tai happy?

is because she asked about the arrangements for Yuan Niang's funeral, and Mrs. Tai thinks that the Luo family is too rude as a member of her mother's family? Or does Mrs. Tai not like her way of acting around the bend?

She thought of the second, third, and fifth ladies......

Obviously, the silent second lady and the lively fifth lady are very fond of Mrs. Tai, while the sharp-toothed Mrs. Sanhei does not like it very much...... Is it because of the difference between the concubines? Or is it just a personal preference?

There is also the second lady, who stared at herself for a long time when she saw the ceremony...... Coupled with Brother Chen's words before, is it understandable that everyone in the Xu Mansion knows that Yuan Niang wants to become Xu Lingyi's stepfamily?

In this way, I seem a little embarrassed......

Thinking wildly, they quickly returned to Lijingxuan.

The eldest lady was sitting on the quilt, and Xu Mother was waiting to eat.

Seeing that everyone was back, Mother Xu smiled and said, "The eldest lady has only eaten this bowl of porridge since last night...... Mrs. Tai specially instructed the kitchen to boil slowly with Huangliang on low heat, everyone should also try it! ”

Who was embarrassed to eat Xiaozao at Xu's house, and they all declined.

The second wife told the eldest lady about the Xu family's arrangements for the funeral.

The eldest lady listened and said, "Since it is the day chosen by the Yin and Yang Division of Qin Tianjian, then so be it!" "It's as if there's still something dissatisfied.

For 49 days, the daily firewood, rice, oil, salt, lamp oil, candles are a lot of expenses...... The Xu family still attaches great importance to Yuan Niang's funeral, right?

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In the evening, when they returned home, the eldest man came out to ask about the situation.

The eldest lady said when to mourn and when to bury according to the words of the second wife. Thinking of Luo Zhenxing, who was still taking the exam in the examination room, she couldn't help but fold her hands and mutter: "Yuan Niang, you must bless your brother's high school and your brother-in-law in the spirit of heaven......"

The eldest man was silent for a while, and then said gloomily: "You are also tired, rest early!" ”

Everyone responded and dispersed.

The next morning, the eldest lady was stunned, feeling not very well, thinking that it was sad and depressed in the past few days, and took the cypress pills; It's a little better, and I didn't care. After noon, Wu Xiaoquan was sent to the examination room to pick up Luo Zhenxing, and the two came back at the beginning of Youchu.

The eldest lady pulled her son up and down: "It's a lot of weight." ”

Luo Zhenxing smiled: "I ate well and slept well in it, and I didn't lose weight." He asked Luo Zhensheng, who came to greet him, "When did you come?" ”

Luo Zhensheng hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "I just came yesterday!" ”

Luo Zhenxing found that everyone was wearing white clothes, and his wife was wearing two small white flowers on her head.

"This ......"

The eldest lady sobbed: "Your eldest sister, she, she ......"

Luo Zhenxing's expression changed from joy to surprise and astonishment......

"I'm going to see my eldest sister!" He lifted his feet and was about to go to the lotus flower.

The eldest lady felt sorry for her daughter and son, and pulled Luo Zhenxing: "What time is this?" It's never too late for you to go again tomorrow morning! ”

Luo Zhenxing didn't comply, called a small servant to set up a car, and went back to the room to change into plain clothes.

The eldest lady had to let Luo Zhensheng accompany Luo Zhenxing.

The two brothers came back late and had just laid down when someone called the door.

The night guard raised the lantern and asked who it was, but he didn't expect it to be Qian Ming.

Luo Zhenxing asked people to open the door, and Qian Ming blamed him: "Eldest sister went, why didn't you tell me." If it weren't for the fact that I had my classmates' fathers go to mourn my eldest sister, I wouldn't know about it! ”

"It's too late today." Luo Zhenxing welcomed Qian Ming in, "I'm going to inform you tomorrow." Seeing Qian Ming covered in dew, he said, "You will sleep here today, right?" Tomorrow we will go to Xufu together. ”

Qian Ming responded, and his eyes couldn't help but flash with joy.

Luo Zhenxing couldn't help but doubt at this moment, he matched Wu Niang and Qian Ming, I don't know if it's right or wrong?