Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 57

Shao Ziyu didn't speak. After Lin Qingran read everything he wrote down, she suddenly didn't know what to say. Even so, if she was forced to marry, would she also be forced to have children? The wife who was married to Ming Media gave birth to two, and the one who was forced The forced one gave birth to three, which doesn't make sense.

After a long time, Shao Ziyu flipped through those pages, "Military officers were in power, and the Gu family had all the power back then. The first emperor valued General Gu. He said that if he was forced or not, it would be better to say who was more able to suppress him at that time. Unfortunately, General Gu only got one. Daughter, she has taken countless concubines and never reappeared." General Gu would only use his brains on his son-in-law if he was not allowed to continue his obsessive desire for power.

Shao Ziyu understood something even without looking at these things, "The late emperor said back then that Ping's wife is also a wife, and the son is the eldest. General Gu was willing to let his daughter be wronged, maybe it was because of the Shao family's present."

A line has been laid for decades, if it is for the succession of the Shao family's Marquis, then this General Gu really has good intentions.

Lin Qingran did not judge General Gu's actions, but she could not agree with Shao Houye's actions.

Maybe it was forced and helpless at the beginning, but later it might be regarded as a kind of letting nature take its course. After one child is born, there will be a second child, and there will be a third one. Start to appear.

"These are not reasons." Lin Qingran took the papers from him, read so much, and got closer to the truth back then, but this did not change her impression of Master Shao.

"Don't watch?" Shao Ziyu saw her start to yawn, and pinched her nose.

"Look, why don't you watch it after you've seen it all, but it's not today." Lin Qingran couldn't help yawning again, "We live these days, so we have time to watch it."

Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, the young couple went back to the inner room to sleep twice, and woke up again. It was already past lunch time.

Shao Ziyu woke up earlier than her, leaning against the bed and flipping through the book, Lin Qingran groaned, unable to sleep, very hungry.

Mama Li had already warmed up the food, Lin Qingran drank the hot soup to warm her stomach, and she felt better.

The fish market in Sangjiang had fewer stalls in the afternoon, and it was not worth seeing. In the afternoon, Lin Qingran simply took another nap. At night, she read a book with Shao Ziyu and went to bed early. The next morning, she woke up and set off for the most famous fish market in Sangjiang. fish market.

When we arrived at the gate of the market, we had to walk in. Guanyan guarded the two masters firmly, and he didn't forget to remind them along the way, "Master, madam, when you see something you want to buy, Guanyan will help you go up and say, It's wet here, and it's not good to get splashed."

From the entrance to the middle of the market, Lin Qingran once again saw Guanyan's ability to speak. In the end, Lin Qingran couldn't help but interrupt him, "Guanyan, have you been able to speak like this since you were a child?"

Guan Yan paused, but didn't understand what Madam meant, "You can't say it when you're young."

Siqi on the side laughed, "You still can't say it, and no one in the world can say it."

Guan Yan recollected Siqi's meaning, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but looked at Siqi seriously and said, "I just say what I have to say, Miss Siqi, what you said is wrong."

After saying this half a sentence, Siqi stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing, and pointed to a fish stall in front of him, "Madam said I want to eat that, you go and ask the price."

Waiting for Guanyan to pass, Lin Qingran looked at Siqi with a look of relief, and teased her, "It's also a skill for you to keep him from talking."

Siqi frowned, stomped his feet, "Miss, don't talk to him about me."

The life in Sangjiang was very leisurely, no one disturbed, and the time passed very quickly. Seven or eight days passed in a blink of an eye. Shao Ziyu wanted to take Lin Qingran to Yancheng to see, and then went back to Luodu City directly on the way.

On the morning of the ninth day, they just packed up their things and were ready to go to Yancheng. An urgent letter was sent to Shao's house, saying that Master Shao was critically ill and asked them to go back quickly.

Hastily packed up the rest of the things, and before leaving, Lin Qingran asked Si Qin to take out a box in the study, got into the carriage, and hurried back to Luodu City in less than two days.

After entering the Shao Mansion, let Mother Li and the others go back to the Chenxiang Courtyard. The husband and wife went to Master Shao's yard. There were many people standing in the yard. When the Second Master Shao saw them coming, Shen Ning's face loosened a little, making them Hurry into the house.

Entering the room, a strong smell of medicine filled.

The room with the windows closed was extremely dark, and there was a steward standing beside the bed, and the person on the bed was much thinner than what they had seen more than ten days ago.

Master Shao Hou seemed to have sensed that they were coming, and opened his eyes with difficulty, the fundus of his eyes was cloudy, his whole body strength couldn't support him to reach out, so he could only move his mouth with difficulty, his voice hoarse.

Unable to hear what was said, Shao Ziyu came to Lord Shao and lowered his head. He breathed more than he breathed in. It took him a long time to hear what his grandfather said clearly. Shao Ziyu held his trembling hand, "Look, the study room Qingran and I have read everything in it."

A flash of relief flashed in Lord Shaohou's eyes, "It's all your grandmother's stuff, keep it well, maybe you can use it in the future." Such a sentence has already cost him too much energy, Master Shaohou looked at Lin Qingran , mouth out her name.

Shao Ziyu pulled her over, and just as Lin Qingran held his hand, Master Shao grabbed her vigorously, as if using the remaining strength, the voice from his throat was exceptionally clear, "Son, son Yu is in your hands, live a good life, tell your grandfather for me, old friend, I'm sorry I have to go first."

The deadline has come, Master Shaohou's good state after Shao Ziyu's marriage is like a flashback, he can't hold it anymore.

Lord Shao let go of her hand, looked at the window, stared fixedly at it, and murmured, "Suyu, you didn't forgive me, so I came to you."

Lin Qingran couldn't stand the obsession that was revealed before she died, she turned her face away, Shao Ziyu hugged her in his arms, and the door suddenly opened.

Mrs. Gu walked in quickly, her expression was full of anger, she stared straight at Master Shao, regardless of other people in the room, "Shao Ying, even if you die, I won't let you die." There is a chance to find her!"

The hatred in the words was completely revealed, there was no usual dignified posture, Gu's face was full of resentment, Master Shao slowly turned his head to look at her, and after a while, the voice was very soft, "You can't stop me?" Hold me."

Shao Ziyu took Lin Qingran outside the house, and Mrs. Tai was speaking intermittently and out of control. The sky outside the house was exceptionally clear, with no clouds in the sky, and it was all blue.

Until Mrs. Tai made a heart-rending cry, everyone outside looked at the room, but no one stepped in. Lin Qingran's mood became very delicate at this time.

Some people are relieved when they die, and tortured when they are alive. For Mrs. Tai, the person her grandfather still missed before his death will be a haze that she can't get rid of in her whole life. Such entanglements
They waited outside the house for a long time, and the door of the house finally opened. Mrs. Tai was helped out by someone, and she was directly helped to a side room on the side. Master Shao and Master Shao Er were called in, and after a while Afterwards, Jin Shi and He Shi came out and asked the people in the yard to go back to their respective yards first to prepare for the funeral.

The next thing is to go to each family to report the funeral and set up the mourning hall. The mourning clothes have been prepared two days earlier and have been sent to each courtyard.

After returning to Chenxiangyuan, they changed into mourning clothes, and all the female family members of the Shao Mansion went to the mourning hall to cry.

When Lin Qingran arrived at the mourning hall, she was seated next to her fourth sister-in-law Yu Shi. Yu Shi, who had been alive for more than four months, turned pale after kneeling and crying for a while, but the third old lady came to help her and sat aside , The mourning hall was filled with sadness.

Master Shao had a good relationship with many people during his lifetime. No matter what happened in the family house, Master Shao was always prestige in the court. During the three days of the funeral, many people came in and out of Shao's house.

Lin Wenxi and Mrs. Lu also came here as in-laws. Lin Qingran, who had been crying for two days in the mourning hall, her tired voice was a little hoarse. She just said a few words outside the mourning hall, touching her face with distressed Lu. "You silly girl, what are you doing crying so hard?"

Lin Qingran shook her head, she didn't cry much, but people couldn't rest well even in this atmosphere, kneeling all day and keeping vigil at night, the whole Shao Mansion was immersed in grief, and couldn't sleep well.

It was Lin Wenxi who got to the point, "Is it clear how to keep filial piety?"

It is very clear how other families observe filial piety. The eldest son keeps filial piety for three years. If the eldest son dies early, the grandson keeps filial piety for three years. .He's not the eldest son of a concubine, and he can't be called a pure eldest son. It's embarrassing who will guard these three years.

"It's my uncle's filial piety." Lin Qingran also heard only a few words, and it's not clear yet that the funeral has not yet happened.

The Shao family's ancestral house is in Luodu City, so there is no need to move to where to keep the filial piety. For Lin Qingran and Shao Ziyu, they are the fifth house.

"It has nothing to do with the two children, that's okay, there is no need to rush to have a child." Lu still cares about her daughter, and it is better to have a child a year later, and to take care of her body. Originally, Lin Qingran was older than her sisters when they got married. small.

"It doesn't matter if you are in Shao's house." Lin Wenxi couldn't say much, and reminded Lin Qingran, "If you pay attention to yourself, you will probably make trouble after the funeral." Based on his understanding of the second master of the Shao family, it's just that if he is willing Forget it

On the day of the funeral, the weather was still clear and the Shao family had a long funeral procession. Lin Qingran followed several sisters-in-law in the crowd, wearing white mourning clothes and tied a rope made of straw around her waist.

The shoes are all worn in straw sandals, and the white ghost paper is floating all over the sky. The Taoist priests invited in front shouted and walked for more than an hour before reaching the place of burial.

It was crying again, kneeling in front of the grave, watching the coffin hanging down, crying all around, so in order to create this atmosphere, the Shao family also invited women who specialize in crying spirits, their cries followed The mournful feeling of the coffin being buried sounds more real than the Shao family crying themselves.

There was no need to go on the way back. I took off the rope around my waist and the straw sandals on my feet. These were all to be burned. Lin Qingran had some blisters on her feet. The mountain road was difficult to walk, and it was inevitable to wear thick shoes.

After getting into the carriage, she and her third sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law were in the same car, and everyone was very tired. They leaned in the car to rest without exchanging a word all the way back.

Those of the Shao family who are officials must report to the imperial court and go home to Ding You.

It can't be that all the officials in the family have returned home, so Ding Youwan's family is also finished. Except for the eldest son and grandson Ding You, the rest will wear filial piety to the court. , after all, the family still has to live.

It’s just that before the Shao family uniformly reported this, one day at court, Shao Changrui, the second master of the Shao family, went directly to the court hall, knelt down and begged the emperor, he was the son of the Shao family, and he wanted to serve Lord Shao for three years, and Ding You returned home .

(End of this chapter)