Yutai Bi

Chapter 179 Procrastination
Hearing Mama Yin's reminder, she wiped away her tears and said, "Mom seems to have prepared for a long time, and the clothes are all put on. I will trouble Mama Yin for the funeral."

Yin's mother agreed, called the girl and mother-in-law into the room, and helped Mrs. Zhang to lie down.

Cen Sanniang then told Mother Fang: "Mom, you go to the big room and ask your uncle and aunt to come over to help with the ceremony. Tell Manager Du to go to the warehouse and take out the filial piety clothes you prepared earlier for the people in the house to change. Give the card to Manager Du first." , let him go to the cashier to pay the money first if he needs it, and arrange the mourning hall first."

Mother Fang has gone.

Cen Sanniang asked Xia Chu to find Hei Qi again, and called a little girl to the stable to tell A Fu's father to set up the car.

Thinking that Mother Yin had come out, and there was no big girl in Zhengqi Hall, Cen Sanniang ordered Aqiu to serve the old lady and take care of the rough girls and women below.

She returned to Yanju and changed into mourning clothes, but felt her heart pounding, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Aqiu to tell Du Xifu, and sent someone to report the funeral to relatives and friends.

After leaving the main room, Cen Sanniang saw that Fengchun and Nuandong were leading the four little girls standing in the courtyard and looking at her eagerly.

They all wore white shirts.Fengchun, the eldest of the six girls, and Si'er, the youngest, are only 11 years old.Like a bunch of watery radishes.Her eyes were wet again.

Taking a handkerchief to seal the tears from her eyes, Cen Sanniang sniffed and said, "Mother Fang is busy at the beginning of summer and Aqiu is busy. In spring, you take the four of them to guard the yard. Boil enough tea, Wait for Fang's mother to come back and arrange work for you. Follow me in Nuan Dong."

After listening to her order, the girls readily agreed.Xiao Si'er opened his watery eyes and summoned up his courage: "Young Madam, slaves can run errands to deliver messages."

Cen Sanniang patted her head lovingly and said: "You can't wander around the yard even if you are running errands and sending messages. Wait for Mother Fang to come back. If she calls you for something, you can go."

Little Four nodded vigorously.

At this time Xia Chu led Hei Qi to come.

Hei Qi changed into mourning clothes and carried a long sword on his back.

Cen Sanniang asked Xia Chu to change her clothes and took them out.

When we arrived at the front yard, the mourning hall was already set up.Zhang has been moved to the coffin.Plain tents and streamers are hung in the main hall of the front yard.Incense candles and fruit plates were placed on the incense table.

The nanny and two girls who usually wait in Zhang's courtyard are crying and burning paper money into the basin.Du Xifu was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, he was instructing the guards in the mansion to hang up flower cards made of yellow and white silk.

"Young Madam, the monks and Taoists who practiced ceremonies have all sent carriages to pick them up. The postings for the funeral have been written and sent out. Someone will come to express their condolences in a while. It is inconvenient for the old lady to entertain guests in the mourning hall, and her old body is also affected. I can't help it. It's impossible if there is no one in front of the coffin." Du Xifu wiped off his sweat and said.

Cen Sanniang thought about Du Yanwan, so she could only tell Du Xifu: "Go and invite the eldest aunt to come over to help with the housekeeping. The most important thing right now is to bring the second girl back. I won't go, because I'm afraid that the Jianguohoufu will not let her go. Mr. Du, the first batch to come must be the relatives of the first and second bedroom, our family knows everything about the situation, so we won’t take offense. You should welcome them first.”

"You must bring the second girl back!" Du Xifu said, ordering four guards to escort Cen Sanniang.

Cen Sanniang nodded, and led Aqiu and Hei Qi to the carriage.

The carriage stopped in front of the Kaiguohou's mansion, and Aqiu stepped forward to hand over the name card.

The porter was shocked when he saw Cen Sanniang getting down from the carriage in a filial piety, and hurried to report to the Marquis Jianguo and his wife, regardless of the grievances with the Du family.

"Mrs. Du passed away?" Li Shi held back for half a year, and the knot in her heart seemed to be untied at this moment, and she laughed out loud: "The Du family also has a funeral day!"

Seeing that the steward was present, Master Cui coughed twice and said, "Go and invite Mrs. Du to serve tea in the front hall."

The manager agreed and trotted out.

Mrs. Li got up and asked the girl to change her into a red silk jacket, the sleeves were embroidered with the swastika pattern with silver thread, and she was tied with a red skirt.He also made a new high bun on purpose, and inserted a gold pendant ruby ​​phoenix-shaped step rock in the middle, and a gorgeous pile of gauze and silk flowers on the sideburns.It is matched with four tortoise shell inlaid pearls.Apply powder.Gorgeous and brightly dressed.

"You are..." Master Cui's eyes lit up.

Mrs. Li is only over forty, and she is well maintained. With such a dress, she looks a few years younger.

"Didn't the person in charge say that the Du family is full of filial piety? If I don't dress up like this, how can I make the Du family look pitiful?" Seeing the admiration in her husband's eyes, Li raised her chin proudly, "Mrs. Du How majestic it is when you play at the door. The concubine wants to see how she begs me today."

Mrs. Li smiled again: "Since Mrs. Du came in person, she should be received by my concubine. If I can't get rid of it, Master Hou will show up again."

After all, he led the girl to the front hall.

Filial piety is beyond heaven, and it is reasonable for Du Yanwan to return home to attend the funeral after Zhang's death.Thinking back to the six months since she entered the mansion, she was restricted to live in the nunnery because of the presence of the two nuns.The mansion only provides melons, fruits and vegetables, not meat at all.Unexpectedly, Du Yanwan didn't even complain.It seems that he is very adaptable to being detained in Cui's family nunnery.

Du Yanwan lived so comfortably that the Du family never came to visit.Cui Houye has been enduring.

After Wu Zhaoyi gave birth to the prince, due to the severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, the power struggle in the harem broke out suddenly.The queen hated Wu Zhaoyi and Du Yansui to the bone.Lord Cui is waiting for an opportunity.

If the stalk is in the throat, you can have a good time today.Master Cui Hou also laughed.

Even if you want to let Du Yanwan go home, it's not that cheap.

He recalled the news from the empress and several prime ministers, squinted his eyes slightly, and called Cui Jidong: "Erlang, Du Yansui ordered five hundred soldiers from the Ministry of War to rush to Huainan Road today. His mother died of illness today. Pass away. Do you think Du Yansui knew about it?"

Cui Jidong asked back: "If Du Yansui knew about it, would he go out quietly?"

"Erlang is right! Even if Du Yansui had to leave because of the imperial edict, he would act as if he was too filial to be loyal to the emperor! Send someone quickly and chase after him on a fast horse. Make sure Let Du Yansui know the news." Lord Cui quickly made a judgment.

Cui Jidong agreed, and hurried out to make arrangements.

"Erlang, wait!" The corner of Master Cui's mouth curled up, "One more word, say that Mrs. Du can't bear the blow, she is seriously ill, and I'm afraid time is running out!"

"Son understands!"

After Cui Erlang left, Master Cui Hou called his confidant again and said, "You go to the residence of the three prime ministers yourself. Tell the prime minister what happened today. Then pass the news to the palace."

Troublesome rebellions are not difficult to quell.Once Du Yansui wins, the emperor can take the opportunity to call again.Most of the military generals in the DPRK and China were selected by the first emperor.Although he has no soldiers in his hands at ordinary times, he is not the emperor's man.There are three prime ministers sitting in charge, and the civil servants appointed by the emperor are all of low rank.Still under control.The emperor wants to install his own generals in the military, which makes the veterans fear.

Cui Houye believed that after the prime ministers heard the news, they would make proper arrangements.

After finishing what he could do, Master Cui thought for a while, and called Mama Zhang, the steward of the inner court, "Don't you always hate the Du family for embarrassing you? Mrs. Du passed away, and Mrs. Du wanted to take Miss Du back to the house. You can do this."

Mrs. Zhang understood, and Madam went to the front hall to deal with Mrs. Du Shao, buying time for herself.It's not easy for Hou Ye and his wife to show up, so give yourself a chance to humiliate Du Yanwan.She excitedly bowed to Lord Cui: "I will handle everything well, Lord Hou can rest assured."

She asked two maids to follow her, deliberately dressed decently, and went to the family's nunnery.

But he said that Mrs. Li went to the front hall and was surprised that she didn't see Cen Sanniang.

"Ma'am, Mrs. Du said that she values ​​filial piety and is inconvenient to enter the mansion. Wait for Miss Hou Du outside the mansion." The manager replied.He thought to himself, Mrs. Du said that she can be splashy, but she is also very polite.

Mrs. Li is dressed up and waits for Cen Sanniang to be poor, so she will not give up: "Go and tell Mrs. Du that the female family member of a rich family is standing at the gate and chatting with others when she is free. It is not convenient for my wife to welcome her at the gate."

The steward took the words and went outside the gate again.

Li Shi's words are not unreasonable.Cen Sanniang knew that the Cui family would not send Du Yansui out of the mansion easily, so she said to the steward in a good temper, "Please tell Mrs. Jiang Guohou. Since this is the case, there is no need to meet, just send my girl out of the mansion."

The steward ran back to the front hall to report.

Mrs. Li took a cup of hot milk tea and drank it slowly: "What time is it?"

"Go back to madam, it's you time." The manager looked at the sky and replied.

Mrs. Li got up and told the girl beside her: "It's time for dinner. It's cold, so I told the kitchen to make mutton soup tonight." Turning around, she was about to go back to the inner hall.

"Ma'am, what about the Du family..." the manager asked cautiously.

Mrs. Li smiled brightly: "Mrs. Du said to wait outside the mansion, so let her wait. It's a pity that I took the trouble to dress up."

But at Youshi, the sky was gloomy as if it was about to fall into the night.

The Du family's carriage was parked alone at the side gate of the Jianguohou Mansion.Cen Sanniang sat silently in the carriage, saw Aqiu standing outside the carriage, slapping her hands with cold, so she called her: "Aqiu, get in the carriage first. The Cui family didn't send the second girl out so soon."

Hei Qi stood beside the carriage like a javelin, his face was as dark as the cloudy sky.Hearing Cen Sanniang's words, he suddenly turned around and said, "Young Madam, weren't you smart and smart in the past? Why are you so stupid today? I think the Cui family won't let you go if you wait all night. I don't know how to deal with it in the manor What about the second girl?"

(End of this chapter)