Chapter 22
Chapter 22
time to howl
time to howl
Mrs. Zhuo knelt down beside Shi Qing, and while burning paper money, she persuaded: "I asked the doctor, your mother may have contracted a cold, which caused heartache. Your mother likes to sleep alone, and no one is around at night." Serving at the front, I didn’t get over it, so I went. Don’t be led astray by A Kai’s nonsense, it’s nothing like that.”
When he heard that Chai family was exterminated, Chai Zhuo was so sad that he wanted to die. He fell seriously ill and almost died.Later, although he recovered, his body collapsed, and he suffered from heartaches, which often occurred.
Shi Qing knew her mother's physical condition well, and knew that it was because of her heart disease that her mother was aging so fast.
Shi Qing unwillingly asked again: "Didn't my mother carry pills with her? Didn't she take them?" They were emergency pills for heart attacks, and Chai Zhuo always carried them with her.Shi Qing is also very concerned about the pills, and often reminds his mother to always have a long belt.
"Perhaps it happened at night, and there was no one around her, so she didn't have time to take the medicine. So, this is called life and death, and there is no one at all." Although Mrs. Zhuo was explaining the doubts about Chai Zhuo's death, her expression was indifferent. Qing didn't even have a word of comfort.
Shi Qing just held Chai Zhuoshi's stiffer and stiffer hands in both hands, slanted his body, and leaned into Mrs. Zhuo's arms, but there was no tear in his eyes, with a dull expression on his face, and asked again: "My mother...why?" Will it be so makeup?"
If it wasn't for the mother's last words, how could she be so wrapped up?If the mother really left the last words, it means that when the mother died, there was someone beside her, and this person was the murderer!
No, Mrs. Zhuo and the dowry servant almost said in unison that Mrs. Chai Zhuo had expressed this meaning many times during their daily chats with them. She hoped that after her death, she would be able to wear old clothes, wear old hairstyles, and wear old clothes. When she returned to Jinchuan, she just came to visit relatives in Qizhou, and she would return to her husband's house after all.
His mother had confessed her last words to more than one person early on: after she died, she would go back to Jinchuan.
Shi Qing suddenly came to his senses: his mother used her own death to win him a chance to escape from the palace!
It's just that Shi Qing was still a little uncertain, so he asked the dowry servant in a low voice: "My mother, did you sleep well the night before?"
The dowry servant thought about it carefully, and then replied: "Madam likes to sleep alone, and I don't ask my servant to serve in the room at night. This servant does not know how Madam slept the night before. However, this servant saw that Madam was in good spirits during the day yesterday." I'm not feeling well, my complexion is not very good, even the eye circles are a little swollen, I think I didn't sleep well, so I took a rest early last night."
Hearing this at the time, his heart suddenly became clear: his mother used her life to clear the way for him, and she wanted to send him out of the palace!And he even suspected that his mother was colluding with the palace and betraying him!
Her mother came from the Ning Zhuo clan of a famous family, and she was not an ignorant woman. After the Chai clan was wiped out, all her heart was devoted to herself. Although she lived in the back house, she quietly followed her movements.
He could clearly deduce the plot of the palace from some clues about the actions of the palace, and of course his mother could as well.
The mother even knew clearly about his persistence and encounters.But his mother was obviously calmer than him, she didn't take the initiative to stand up for him, and she didn't express anything.
Looking back now, when I saw my mother last time, I am afraid that my mother had already had the will to die at that time. She said goodbye to him silently: eating with him for the last time, grooming him for the last time, and hugging him gently for the last time. For the last time, he pointed out the path he should take, the person he should turn to, and when he left, he looked back at him reluctantly...
But at that time, he was still wondering whether his mother had betrayed him!
Probably, since then, my mother stopped her daily pills and got a cold.
The day before yesterday, Yuan Kai went to visit his mother, and her mother seized the opportunity to ask Yuan Kai to take care of herself.
Of course, mother Tuo Yuankai's "taking care" of himself is just a literal meaning, and it is the last thing that mother can do for him in this world.
But after hearing Yuan Kai's report, he felt that he had caught evidence that his mother betrayed him, and his heart was full of grief, indignation and grievance...
Probably the mother entrusted herself to Yuan Kai to take care of her, and did everything she could do. The night before last, she recalled the past at will, and she may have cried a lot.
But it didn't cause heart disease. Therefore, the servant woman saw that her mother was not in good spirits, her face was pale, and her eye circles were swollen.Then, last night, recalling the past again, the past caused grief, and the grief caused heart disease.
Perhaps, the mother could save herself, but she purposely refused to take the pills she carried with her, endured the pain in her heart, and walked towards death with love and support for her son!
His mother knew that he trusted him to help him, but he, who had never understood his mother, was still suspicious!
The mother left a last wish to wear old clothes and return to Jinchuan. The deceased is the most important. Even the palace cannot easily violate the last wish of the deceased, just like 15 years ago, Emperor Yuezhang refused to easily take back the will of Emperor Jingning to destroy the family. .
His mother fought to the death, and he must seize the opportunity to escape that she won for him.
Shi Qing shifted his position, Duan Duan was kneeling in front of Mrs. Zhuo, kowtowed and begged: "Fourth Aunt, my nephew wants to help the coffin back home."
Mrs. Zhuo looked at Shi Qing with contempt, and said indifferently: "We have to discuss this with your uncle."
Shi Qing knelt down on the ground and begged: "My nephew has never been able to serve my mother, which is really unfilial. Now that my mother has passed away, my nephew must personally send my mother off for the last time. Only then can I become a son and stand proudly in the world."
If Chai Zhuoshi wanted to return to Jinchuan, he would have to carry the coffin back to his hometown with his parents and sons. Shi Qing was afraid that the palace would abandon him and send another person to send his coffin back to his hometown. Then his mother died in vain?
Therefore, Shi Qing first accused himself of being unfilial, which is a very serious crime in Confucianism, and then said that if he couldn't personally help the coffin, he would lose face and live on in the world.
After a few pleadings, softness brings strength, threatening death.
Mrs. Zhuo was silent for a while, before she said: "I'll go and tell your uncle about your filial piety, and I will persuade him that you must show your filial piety."
Mrs. Zhuo and Chai Zhuo are cousins. After they got married, they each attached to their husband's family.From the point of view of her husband's family, Jin Chuan Chai's family relationship with An Ruo Wang is very distant, and they are not included in the five clothes.
Therefore, the female family members of the palace do not need to mourn for Chai Zhuoshi. At most, when they come to pay homage, they should dress plainly.
In fact, Chai Zhuoshi's funeral ceremony was very deserted, she lived in the palace of the palace reclusively, and only knew a few women in the back house of the palace.
In the mourning hall, it seemed deserted. Fortunately, there were servants arranged by Mrs. Zhuo to help cry and watch the mourning. The funeral ceremony looked decent.
When Mrs. Zhuo and Chai Zhuo were girls at home, they were called Zhuo's twin sisters together, and they had a very good relationship.
Not long after Mrs. Zhuo married into Prince Anruo's mansion, Prince Anruo's mansion was moved to Heqizhou. From this, everyone in the world knew that the emperor disliked and feared Prince Anruo's mansion, and those who had been close friends with Prince Anruo's mansion in the past coaxed him away. scattered.Among them, Changning Zhuojia was included.
Mrs. Zhuo felt that she had become an outcast of the family, lost the protection of the family, and was trapped in Prince An Ruo's mansion alone. Fortunately, the son loved and respected her very much, and she was regarded as a good man.
Because she is the concubine of the world, she cannot leave He Qizhou without authorization.She misses her relatives, so she can only write letters to invite relatives to come to visit and chat with her family.She has written letters to many relatives, and the only one who is willing to come to visit is her cousin who is married to the Chai family in Jinchuan.
After the disaster of the Chai family, Mrs. Zhuo has always taken great care of Chai Zhuo's mother and son. In addition to taking care of Chai Zhuo's expenses, she also sent her reliable dowry to take care of her.
The two sisters often talk and chat together, comfort each other, and their relationship is better than when they were not married at home.
For Chai Shiqing, the cousin, Mrs. Zhuo has always loved and taken care of her, almost treating her like a half-son.
However, when Yuan Kai fought for Shi Qing and expressed to her that he liked Shi Qing more than brotherhood, Mrs. Zhuo's perception of Shi Qing plummeted and fell to the bottom.
What was even more infuriating was that her husband also forbade her to intervene in her son's infidelity, saying that women should not intervene in men's affairs.
I regard you as my own son, but you lead my own son astray!
Mrs. Zhuo didn't dare to disobey her husband, so she had to watch and listen to her son and Shi Qing making such and other noises, and her dissatisfaction and anger were unconsciously transferred to Chai's mother and son.In the past few months, her attitude towards Chai's mother and son has obviously cooled down.
Chai Zhuoshi passed away, Mrs. Zhuo thought about the sisters and arranged for Chai Zhuoshi's death, she did her best and everything was appropriate.But towards Chai Shiqing, there was nothing good to say.
She promised to help persuade her husband to let Shi Qing help his coffin back to his hometown because she had her own little plan. She wanted Shi Qing to stay away from her son, never to come back, and not to provoke her son again, so that her son could do Back to normal.
According to the etiquette system, Mrs. Zhuo needs to wear Sima mourning for her married cousin.But Yuan Kai didn't need to wear mourning for his married aunt, but he did not know where to find a set of mourning clothes to wear on his body.
From Yuan Kai's point of view, he wanted to stay with Shi Qing for the rest of his life, Shi Qing's mother was his mother, and he had to mourn for Chai Zhuo's family.
The day before yesterday, Shi Qing made him promise to take good care of Chai Zhuoshi.In his opinion, this matter was Shi Qing's approval of their relationship, which was a very important matter.
As a result, before he had time to do his best in front of Chai Zhuoshi, Chai Zhuoshi passed away.Apart from assisting his mother in organizing the funeral, mourning is his last chance to devote himself to Chai Zhuoshi.
On the night of Chai Zhuo's death, Mrs. Zhuo was busy arranging her sister's funeral and taking care of the affairs of the palace. Seeing that it was late, she wanted to go to Chai Zhuo's spirit to burn a few pieces of paper money before going back. rest.
I don't want to, as soon as she entered the mourning hall, Mrs. Zhuo glanced at her, and saw her son kneeling beside Shi Qing in front of the mourning hall, all dressed down?
Mrs. Zhuo was stunned for a moment, she rushed up a few steps, picked up her son, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Who dressed you like this?"
She just took the wrong clothes for her son immediately.I didn't want to, but I heard my son reply: "My son is mourning for my fourth aunt."
"Mourning? What kind of mourning?" In the entire palace, only she and Chai Shiqing needed to mourn for Chai Zhuo's family, and the rest were not included in the five clothes.
"According to the etiquette system, the wife is obedient to her uncle [that is, her parents-in-law]."
The son actually wants to give Chai Zhuo a crushing blow!Also moved out the article "wife is uncle"!The son is so infatuated with his cousin that he is so infatuated with it that he is willing to keep his wife's etiquette!
"Uh..." Mrs. Zhuo really wanted to slap her hard and wake up her stupid son!It's just that her identity and upbringing didn't allow her to do such a disqualified act. She was so angry that her fingernails dug into her flesh, and she endured it.
It's not good for her to lose her temper in front of the spirit of the dead, nor for her son in front of all the servants. Holding back her anger, she gritted her teeth and said, "Come out with me, I have something to say to you."
Mrs. Zhuo originally wanted to bring her son back to Yuexiju to teach him a lesson, but at this moment, Yuan Kai was preoccupied with Shi Qing, and felt that the more Shi Qing was sad, the more he had to stay by Shi Qing's side and do his best. Timely backing and support.
He was afraid that Shi Qing would leave him and do something stupid, so he refused to go far with Mrs. Zhuo, so the mother and son started arguing in the corner outside the mourning hall.
"Take off your mourning clothes!" Mrs. Zhuo reprimanded with a livid face, "How can you have the right to wear mourning for your fourth aunt? Don't use your dirty thoughts to disgust your fourth aunt!"
She didn't talk to Chai Zhuo about the infidelity between the two sons, but she guessed that her sister should not want the two children to have infidelity.After all, Chai Shiqing was the last bloodline of the Chai family, and Chai Zhuo's family certainly hoped to see his son marry a wife and have children normally, so as to carry on the family line of the Chai family and spread its branches and leaves.
However, Yuan Kai believed that he had been personally entrusted by his fourth aunt, and that his fourth aunt had recognized his relationship with him at the same time, so he had to mourn for his fourth aunt to express his filial piety.At the same time, the funeral ceremony should be used to confirm and strengthen his relationship with Shi Qing.
The mother and son were arguing, and the eldest son, Chu Yingrui, had finished handling the affairs of the palace, and took time to come to worship and offer incense.
Ever since he learned how to deal with common affairs with his father, Yuan Kai couldn't help being awed besides his admiration. When he saw his father coming, he quickly silenced his voice and stood there politely with his hands down.
Mrs. Zhuo took a step forward and whispered in front of her husband: "Look at what he's wearing."
Chu Yingrui glanced at his son, and said, "You guys come in with me, first worship and offer incense, the dead will be the greatest." His tone was indifferent, no emotion could be heard.
Chu Yingrui burned incense before the spirit, and when Shi Qing stepped forward to return the gift, he asked lightly, "Do you want to send your mother back to Jinchuan?"
"Yes. My nephew can only do this little bit of filial piety, and please let me be your son." When Shi Qing was in front of Mrs. Zhuo, she could be soft but tough, but in front of Chu Yingrui, she could only show weakness.
Chu Yingrui was noncommittal, and only said: "People, after all, are going to die, let's be sad."
After the worship ceremony, Chu Yingrui turned around and left with his wife and son without saying a word.
After leaving the mourning hall, Chu Yingrui asked Mrs. Zhuo to attend the meeting, then turned to Yuan Kai and said, "Come with me."
Yuan Kai thought his father was just "borrowing a step" to speak, but unexpectedly, his father took him back to his study.
Seeing his father dismissing the servants and ordering his confidants to guard the doors and windows, Yuan Kai gradually felt his father's seriousness, and he asked nervously, "What do you want to say, Father?"
Chu Yingrui did not answer, but remained silent for a long time with a sullen face.
Yuan Kai was secretly startled by the chilling atmosphere in the study.Just when he was forced to sweat on his back by his father's aura, he heard Chu Yingrui ask with a touch of sarcasm: "You will be a filial son and grandson if you give up to my aunt. I don't know if I'm dead!" , what mourning should I wear?"
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