Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 395

Liu Hanlin found his old friend for many years, the head of Qingyun Academy, a pure scholar who has no interest in secular rights, and asked him for help.The mountain chief happily recognized his daughter after learning about the situation, and declared that the daughter had been raised in his wife's natal family, and recently received Fang's family to discuss marriage.

After the Liu family finished, Xiao Wenqing began to come to the door to propose marriage, and was ready to give the gift after getting the promise.In the middle of March, there was bad news from Ling's mansion that Mrs. Ling was seriously ill and her life was dying.Xiao Wenqing received the letter from the third sister-in-law, and immediately went to find her mother, entrusted all three children to her, and went to Ling's mansion to serve her former mother-in-law.

Although Yuxuan succeeded the Mo family by "recognizing his ancestors and returning to his clan", in the eyes of many older ministers, wives and Ling family children, Yuxuan was still the biological son of the late Prime Minister Ling, and Mrs. Ling was his son. Even if he has no relationship with the original family because of his succession, he still has the status of an adopted son. If he is not in the capital, his wife must go to the adoptive mother's sick bed to perform filial piety, so as not to fall into the trap.
Xiao Wenqing entered the Ling Mansion and found that everyone in the Ling Mansion was extremely depressed.Thinking about it, the master of the Ling Mansion has kept filial piety for the deceased old prime minister for more than two years, and the filial piety period will begin in a few months. The marriage affairs of the grown-up princes and ladies can be done. I didn't expect the old lady to... If it continues, the eldest son and the second son are men. It doesn't matter if they have been married for a few years.

Xiao Wenqing stepped into the Fushouyuan where she lived for a year and a half, and felt that the place was lifeless, and the air was filled with a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine.

"Wenqing, you're here." Mrs. Ling, who was waiting in front of her mother-in-law, came out of the main room to greet Xiao Wenqing.Now, she is observing two filial piety, one is for her father-in-law, and the other is for her mother who had suffered a stroke for several years and died at the end of last year. Soon, she will be observing filial piety for her mother-in-law for another three years.It doesn't matter if she is a woman, as long as her husband-in-law and children are all delayed.

"Sister-in-law three, how is mother's condition? Don't be too anxious, take care of yourself." Xiao Wenqing asked with concern.She came to visit her mother-in-law after the New Year. At that time, her mother-in-law was still in a daze, and there was no change.

"Wen Qing, there was something wrong with my mother when she woke up yesterday morning. We asked the imperial doctor to see him. The imperial doctor prescribed medicine and said that he had tried his best. If the old lady can't get better, then we have to prepare for the funeral." Madam Ling sighed, "We People here have already sent people to inform mother's family, and they will probably come soon." Mrs. Ling is the wife of Yipin Gaoming, she needs to be seen by the Imperial Hospital when she is sick, and a copy of her treatment records will also be prepared by the Imperial Hospital.

"Mother is old, and this is what we expected." Xiao Wenqing said, "Sister-in-law, you will be very busy these days, so take a rest, and I will take care of you at my mother-in-law's side." Thinking about it, I also did my filial piety as a daughter-in-law.

"The elder sister is in front of the mother-in-law's bed. I will take you to see the mother-in-law first, and then go to the next door to rest." Mrs. Ling said, leading Xiao Wenqing to Mrs. Ling's bedroom.

In Mrs. Ling's dormitory, there was a servant girl and several servants. Her own daughter, Mrs. Cai, was sitting beside her bed and weeping silently.

"Sister." Xiao Wenqing stepped forward to salute.

Mrs. Cai nodded in return, and said with relief, "Wenqing, you are here." She knew more or less what her mother had done to Xiao Wenqing, but she was not worried that Xiao Wenqing would not come, because face is always important, and Wenqing would never In the last period of the mother-in-law, she gained a reputation of "unfilial piety".

"Sister, how is mother?" Xiao Wenqing walked quickly to Mrs. Ling's bed, and said softly, "Mother, my daughter-in-law has come to see you." Sallow, lying quietly, as if waiting to swallow his last breath.

"Wenqing, my mother can't even pour the soup into it, and it seems that she can't hear other people's words. I called her for a long time and she didn't respond, only occasionally calling her brother's name." Mrs. Cai said sadly.As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Ling called out again weakly, "Yutang, Yutang."

The early death of her only biological son is the greatest and eternal grief in Mrs. Ling's heart!

The daughter-in-law and daughters sighed one after another.

Xiao Wenqing sat beside Mrs. Cai and whispered about her mother, and Mrs. Ling, who had been guarding the bed for a day, went to rest first.When the Ling family sent people to call Mrs. Cai, Xiao Wenqing, and Mrs. Ling's natal family, they also sent people to inform the other married daughters of the Ling family.Except for Mrs. Liu, those married women are all outside the capital. I don't know if they can rush over to have a last look at the mother-in-law before she dies.

When the aunt passes away, all sons and daughters-in-law must observe filial piety for three years'actually 27 months', and out-married daughters must observe filial piety for one year'actually nine months' regardless of their aunt and concubine.Xiao Wenqing and Mo Yuxuan's status is a bit awkward now. Their public identities are Mrs. Ling's adopted son and daughter-in-law. How should they keep their filial piety?Most folks observe a hundred days, and few people observe a year. Only when the adoptive parents have no children, the couple with the adopted son will observe the filial piety for three years, and then inherit the inheritance of the adoptive parents.

(End of this chapter)