Chapter 3: Filial Piety
When I walked into the main hall of Tingyu Pavilion, I saw everyone in a hurry, bowing their heads and busy with the things in hand. I don't see half of the compassion, if it weren't for the big word in front of the door, the slave would definitely not have thought that this was the mourning hall.
"The slave has seen the eldest lady!" The sharp-eyed girl saw Li Yuzhi and stepped forward to say goodbye. Then more slaves came, you must know that the master who heard that Yuge had just died, and the fate of these people was not decided by Li Yuzhi.
Li Yuzhi nodded and asked, "What about the sixth son?" ”
"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, right now the sixth prince is kneeling and guarding the spirit." The girl who came first replied.
"The sixth son is still young, and I am afraid that I can't stand the vigil for seven nights. After all, Wen's is just a partial room, and this funeral will be enough until tonight. After that, Li Yuzhi looked at the slave with a smile, "The fourth girl will pick up Tong'an tomorrow morning." However, I'm afraid that Tong'an won't listen to you. ”
Tong'an's biological mother had just passed away, and she couldn't extricate herself from grief. What's more, he only has a few encounters with the slave, so how can he listen to her? Li Yuzhi just took this opportunity to give her a dismount.
Nu'er obediently responded, "Mother rest assured, Nu'er will go to enlighten the sixth brother well." ”
Li Yuzhi lowered her head and fiddled with the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, bowed her head and said nothing, as long as she saw the face that was similar to Wei Fuliu, she lost her mood for a moment.
"Ma'am." Qingfang whispered in Li Yuzhi's ear, but he didn't know what to say. She hurried away.
Li Yuzhi's matter is naturally not something that the slave can ask now, she said to Fuzi beside her, "Let's go in." ”
The mourning hall was sloppily arranged, with a few strips of white yarn hanging at random, and a big inscription on the wall. In front of the coffin, there were some vegetables, fruits, livestock, incense, wax, money paper. A boy kneels in the center in a filial piety robe. His face was pale, he bit his lip, and tears swirled in his eyes but never fell.
"You stand down first."
The slave slowly stepped forward and stood still beside Tong'an. Stared at the spirit card for a long time and didn't say a word.
- Concubine Wen.
What a simple four words, just four words sum up her life. The tablet of the mother back then was also like this, concubine Lu Wei.
Maybe Niang is luckier than Wen, at least with the surname Lu. Even if it was just a way for Lu Zhi to declare that Wei Fuliu was his person.
Seeing that there was still a futon on the ground, the slave took three pillars of incense and knelt down directly without any taboo. Bow three times respectfully, and worship sincerely.
She put a packet of osmanthus candy next to his lap, "My heart is bitter, so I eat a candy to warm up." ”
"Who are you?" Tong An asked.
"I'm your fourth sister."
"Fourth sister?" Tong An's pale face fluctuated slightly, and he trembled and picked up a piece of osmanthus candy and put it in his mouth. Choked up and spoke, "You are the only one in the house who is willing to bow down to my mother." ”
The sweetness spreads in the mouth, and it is more and more bitter with peace of mind.
The slave looked at him and endured his sadness, and felt a little heartache for no reason. If Xiaoyi hadn't died, he would have been the same size as him now.
"It's better to cry."
"My mother said that men don't flick when they have tears." Tong'an kept stuffing osmanthus candy into his mouth piece by piece, and the slave couldn't help but feel even more sad. She knew that osmanthus candy was Wen's favorite thing.
"Tears are shed for the mother, there is no shame." Nu'er stared at the laying word in front of him, and said, "My mother also died of illness in the Mid-Autumn Festival five years ago. In the future, the fourth sister will take care of you. ”
After all, he is still a child, and he can't hold back his tears after all. Tong'an looked at the slave, and at a young age, there was extraordinary perseverance in his eyes. Nu'er was also shocked, she saw herself five years ago in this child.
"The eldest lady has ordered that the funeral will be held until tonight. Tong'an, are you willing to go back to Xiaoliu'an with the fourth sister. ”
At this moment, I heard a commotion outside the Rain Pavilion.
"Your guest is here, hurry up and prepare!" Qingfang's voice was sharp and harsh, and he could hear it urgently.
Before the slave could get up, he heard the voice of the servant of the Rain Pavilion asking for peace. She followed the sound and turned around, only to see four people surrounded by everyone. Lu Zhi, Li Yuzhi, Miss Lu Yinhua and a strange man. Although the man was dressed in civilian clothes, he was imposing and had a momentum around him. He can let Lu Zhi meet in person, presumably it must be a royal person.
"This is the Six Princes." Lu Zhi suddenly said this, and he looked at the slave as if he was talking to her.
The slave then bowed, "The slave has seen his father and mother, and he has seen the Sixth Highness." ”
"It's a casual dress out of the palace, and the young lady doesn't have to be polite." The voice of the sixth prince is very good, he looks like he is only sixteen years old, but his face is like jade, and his heroic spirit is spontaneous. It has its own royal dignity.
The slave got up and stepped aside, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness Xie." ”
Li Yuzhi's face sank, and he couldn't figure out Lu Zhi's intentions. She didn't think that the death of a concubine with no background would allow the six princes to come here to mourn. Lu Zhi's move must have deep meaning. I'm afraid that he still thinks about Wei Nu'er's dead mother in his heart, and wants her daughter to climb the royal family. Otherwise, how could he let Wei Nu'er meet with the prince and ignore Yinhua.
Although he thought so in his heart, he couldn't show it on his face, Li Yuzhi pretended to be sad, "I don't know that the fifth lady has been cultivating for several lifetimes, and there are six highnesses to come down to mourn." It's not in vain for Sister Wen's life. ”
Lu Yinhua stretched out his hand to wipe away Li's tears, "People can't be resurrected after death, and my mother shouldn't be too sad." I believe that the Fifth Lady will know our intentions if she has a spirit in heaven. He bowed slightly to the six princes, "Your Highness, my mother is too sad. It's rude. ”
"Mrs. Lu attaches great importance to love and righteousness, which makes me admire, how can it be rude." The Sixth Prince spoke lightly.
Lu Yinhua pursed his lips slightly, walked to the tablet and bowed deeply. He looks very reverent.
The sixth prince smiled and said to Lu Zhi, "Miss Lu is really benevolent and benevolent. ”
Nu'er raised her eyes slightly, and her gaze crossed over the Sixth Highness. His seemingly appreciative smile clearly concealed mockery, he looked like an off-stage spectator, and he still maintained a humble and polite posture when the stage was prosperous, hiding all the bad emotions in his eyes.
Xu felt the slave's gaze, and the sixth prince inadvertently turned his head and met her gaze. He nodded slightly at her as a sign of politeness, without the slightest hint of underestimating the status of the slave.
This glance was seen by Li Yuzhi, her eyes were sad, she stepped forward a few steps forward to hold the slave's hand, and sighed, "Poor this child's biological mother also went on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is true that she suffered so much at a young age...... It makes my heart ache! ”
Nu'er lowered her head slightly, knowing that Li Yuzhi's left and right sentences were just trying to tell the sixth prince that this was just a person who didn't even have a biological mother, not to mention any identity background, in order to learn. In just two sentences, the possibility of the development of the six princes and her was cut off. Knowing this, the slave followed Li Yuzhi's words and let tears welled up in her eyes, "Father said that the grace of nurturing is greater than the sky, and you are the mother of the slave." The slave will be filial at the feet of his father and mother. Father, the slave knows that you are working more and more for the affairs of the country, please allow your daughter to go in and out of Shude Garden to serve her father in the future, so as to fulfill this feeling! ”
With that, the slave knelt down and bowed deeply to Lu Zhi.
She endured her grief and looked sensible, which was very endearing. Lu Zhi's heart softened a little, and he suddenly remembered the woman he loved and hated, the woman he couldn't forget for the rest of his life. He looked at the slave with a softer look in his eyes, "Since you have this thought, then I will fulfill your filial piety." ”
"Thank you, father, for making it happen!"
Li Yuzhi smirked, "Master, no matter how hearty the fourth girl is, she is still a concubine, and I am afraid that it is not appropriate to serve in Shude Garden." It's better to let the four girls come to Ripple Garden, and this filial piety will naturally have to be shown in front of me, a mother. ”
Mother was right. It's just that Ripple Garden has the eldest sister and the second sister Cheng Huan, and it is really tiring to run at both ends on weekdays. It is only fitting for a slave to go to Shude Garden to serve his father. Mother can rest assured that every morning slave will greet you on time. ”
"General Lu, it is really a blessing to have such a filial daughter in the family. The father and emperor promoted the rule of the world by virtue, and presumably this filial piety is also included in this. It's all heart, but it doesn't hurt. The sixth prince spoke, and the weight was naturally different. Lu Zhi responded, "Your Highness is reasonable. Then he said to the slave, "In that case, you will come to Shude Garden tomorrow." ”
At this point, Li Yuzhi can no longer stop it. I had to give up.
"Yes." The slave stood up and saluted, "Thank you father and mother, Your Highness Xie Liu." ”
Lu Zhi nodded, turned around and said to the six princes, "Your Highness just mentioned the Liangzhou Thorn History, let's go to Shude Garden to talk about it in detail." ”
The six princes bowed slightly, and walked in front with Lu Zhi. Li Yuzhi glanced at the slave meaningfully, and then took Lu Yinhua to follow.
Today's emperor has a total of nine sons and four daughters, although the prince has already set the queen's concubine, but the whole Great Xia knows that the emperor does not like the mediocre prince, but admires the humble and talented six princes. has been reused several times, and the limelight is on a par with the prince, and even has the potential to surpass.
Therefore, Li Yuzhi was in a hurry to push his daughter to the sixth prince, knowing that her baby daughter Lu Yinhua was born to live for the position of queen.
The four big Buddhas left, and the slave breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Shuang stepped forward and said with a worried face, "You are the fourth lady of the dignified general's mansion, so you are not a descendant but also half a master." Miss, why do you have to be embarrassed, go to Shudeyuan by yourself, and do what people do. If the Li family secretly does tricks, won't you suffer a loss? ”
Nu'er sneered, "Do you think I really went to do my filial piety? ”
"I went against the will of the Li clan and took Tong'an to Xiaoyanagi'an. With Li Yuzhi's character, will she give up? I'm afraid that I will do everything I can to kill two birds with one stone and set foot on Xiaoyanagian. Looking up and down the General's Mansion, which place is not her person? Only Shudeyuan is Lu Zhi's place, and her hand can't reach there, and she doesn't dare to reach there. ”
What's more, what she wants to destroy is not just a Li Yuzhi, but Lu Zhi, the entire General's Mansion.
Officials are rarely incorruptible, and she doesn't believe that her father would be such an honest person. No matter how ferocious the beast is, it will have a soft underbelly, as long as it is caught, are you afraid that it will not be able to be hunted?