asn't Fourth Sister's fault, it must have been a disappointment for Third Sister. Redoing it is understandable, after all, no one minds spending a bit more on a wedding."But Third Sister is already pr...The night view had vanished, leaving only Xiao Shi standing there dumbfounded. She stood there for a long time before turning to Jinxiu beside her and asking, "What does he mean" Jinxiu replied, "This servant thinks... the master seems to have a reason. It sounded like Xi Chun forced him to do this..." 。Xiao's two eyebrows were tightly furrowed together, her excited mood gradually subsided, and her rationality returned. 。 Yes, it was Xichun who forced him. Otherwise, even with all his foolishness, Ye Xing would not have looked at the maidservant beside Yè Wényán. 。Initially, the couple did something that even their elders didn't know about. However, Xichun knew everything about it because that matter was accomplished with Xichun's help. 。How could a maidservant force the master's hand Even if she knew everything, wouldn't she be afraid of being silenced "Madam, let's go back!" Jinxiu reminded her, "Xichun is still locked up in our courtyard!" Xiao hurried back to her Huayu courtyard. This courtyard, which had belonged to the Mu family before, was well-built. Aside from the old mistress's Fuluo Courtyard, it was almost the most lavish place in the mansion. 。That was built in the past to highlight the status of the mistress of the house. Now that Xiao Shi has moved in, she finds it quite impressive. 。"Go make a bowl of soup for that girl. She hasn't eaten all day, don't let her starve to death in our yard." 。Xiao instructed Jinxiu, saying that she couldn't starve anyone to death. But secretly, she passed a bag of powder into her hand. 。Jinxiu had followed the Xiao family for many years, naturally understanding what this meant. She didn't say anything and silently withdrew. 。Xi Chun was locked in the firewood shed in the backyard, her hands and feet tied up and her mouth gagged. All day long, no one came to see her. 。She almost thought that Xiao was going to starve her to death, but just at this moment, Jinxiu arrived. 。The firewood shed was very dark. Jinxiu held a lamp in her hand, and on the lamp, there was only one candle left, flickering and swaying as if it were about to go out. 。She felt terrified and instinctively stepped back. Then she saw that Jinxiu still held a bowl of something in her hand, and her fear intensified. 。The gag was pulled out, because it had been stuffed in so much that she couldn't quite close her mouth all the way at first, and her cheeks ached. 。"Hungry" Jinxiu whispered softly to her, "The second madam pitied you and asked me to bring you a bowl of porridge." 。Drink it up, it'll be cold soon. 。" Xi Chun was frightened out of her wits, she shook her head desperately while gritting her teeth and saying: "I won't drink! Don't try to fool me, I know what you want to do. " 。This set of old master and mistress has already been tried once, we know, don't try to use it on me. 。Tell Second Mistress that she has two choices: either agree to have the Second Master take me as his concubine, raising my status so I can live a life of luxury, or face the wrath of Fourth Sister and the entire First Mistress's family. 。"
Jinxiu placed the bowl on the ground and, still calm, advised her: "Why bother If you won't drink, I will. You die, that matter ends with you. It will go into your coffin and no one will ever know." 。Xichun, Xichun, you make me wonder what to say. Back then, if you had taken the money and left, you would have been living a life of comfort by now. How could you have ended up in such a situation 。One should not be too greedy. Greed leads to ruin, and what you take in through greed will eventually be your undoing. 。"Dare you take my life" Xichun glared at Jinshi and sneered, "Don't worry, I won't. Knowing them as well as I do, how could they possibly end up like that old fool" 。Tell your master that he wants to kill me to silence me, but there's no way. I have left evidence and witnesses. Once I am dead, the person will hand over the evidence to my fourth sister. 。So they better pray I live, because only if I'm alive will that thing remain a secret, never to be known. 。Jinxiu left, how did that bowl of porridge get in and then out Afterward, she poured it under the tree, where it melted into the snowdrift. 。Xiao was furious after Xi Chun's words and smashed everything in a room. 。
Jinxiu really couldn't bear to see her like this, so she could only comfort her: "Madam, think of it this way, at least the second master was forced into it. It wasn't that he wanted to take Xichun as a concubine willingly."
No matter what others say, your marital bond with the second master remains unchanged. 。The Xiao clan, following the embroidered words of thought for a while, finally had some comfort in their hearts. 。She said to Jinxiu, "Go and invite the Second Master. Be respectful in your attitude and ask him to come to Huayuw Courtyard for dinner." 。"By this time, it's past dinnertime, and both the master and servants are famished." 。Jinxiu hurried to invite someone, but unfortunately he didn't get them. Ye Wangsheng had already gone to Liu's Qicai courtyard. 。The Xiao family was so angry that they smashed everything, until there wasn't much left in the house before finally stopping. 。Go! Stay as long as you can. Even when it's the hour of the Child, you still have to wake up and greet Ye Wen for the seventieth time. 。"I don't believe it. He wouldn't miss something as important as the seventh day of mourning, would he Night Wenyan wouldn't let him off the hook." Xiao shi snorted coldly and strode with Jinxiu toward the front courtyard. 。The family is still mourning, so we don't need to buy anything for the funeral arrangements. We already have a lot of things on hand. 。The Xiao family called the kitchen staff to prepare several dishes and cut some white cloth strips to give to the household servants, telling them to tie them around their waists. 。The Ancestor's Hall had a brazier set up, with a pile of paper money beside it. 。Jinshu: "There's still one missing tablet, and it's not a good time to find a place to carve it. I'll go ask the two masters to write one!" Xiao shi agreed. 。The night scene arrived quickly, Xiao looked at his neat attire and felt a little more at ease. 。And here, we see Liu Shi and Ye Chu Lian following behind as well. The anger that had just subsided flared up again. 。 "Such a momentous occasion, concubines and daughters are not qualified to participate. Get back to your own quarters!" Liu looked at Ye Cheng once, seeing that she nodded, so she bowed respectfully from afar to Xiao, then turned and took Ye Chu Lian away. 。But the night view being magnificent pulled Ye Chulian over, saying to her, “Since it’s the seventh day of burning paper offerings, it can't just be us elders...” 。Chu Lian stayed behind; at least she was an equal in status, so let's just count her as a number! Xiao Shi ground her teeth and didn't say much more than that. 。Ye Chulian stayed like that, and she also knew what she was doing by staying. So without hesitation, she knelt down beside the fire pit and began burning paper. 。Xiao instructed the servants: "Go and call Eldest Sister, Second Sister, and the eldest young master. Look at what time it is, they still have the heart to hide and sleep." 。All the brothers went out to burn paper for their youngest sister and give her a proper farewell. 。“
The people went to ask for their leave. Jinxiu lightly pulled on Xiao Shi, lowering her voice: “Madam, though Madam is angry with Sister Liu and the girls, it’s not worth taking out Four Sister's recent passing on this matter. We still need to rely on Four Sister!”
Xiao Shi took a deep breath and nodded >>> 。Yes, we still have to rely on Ye Wen! She must cure her daughter's face. No matter if the baby in her belly is a boy or a girl, her face must be cured. 。Ye Wen was the only person she knew who could do this. She didn't have to offend everyone by siding with the old matriarch. 。The room of explanation was set up very nicely, the kitchen had prepared eight dishes, and servants even used wooden planks to build a ladder at the threshold. 。This is a custom of the seventh day after death, meaning that the deceased person can use this ladder to enter the house. 。All the servants had white cloth tied around their waists, just like during a funeral wake. 。Ye Chu'lian also stoked the brazier until it burned brightly, muttering something under her breath. 。Xiao couldn't hear clearly, but it was basically the same routine as handling a funeral! Soon, Mu brought Ye Feiyu and Ye Qingmei over. 。As soon as Ye Fei and his sister saw Ye Chu, they were burning paper money. They quickly walked over to join her. 。But night had not yet fallen, and Xiao Shi knew that she must be accompanying the old mistress. 。She was thinking to herself, should Grandmother come If she didn't come, Ye Wenyan would definitely be anxious. But if she invited her, Grandmother would definitely think she was meddling in other people's business. 。After thinking it over, I decided not to get involved. She did what she needed to do anyway, and the old lady wasn't under her control. It wasn't her fault that Ye Wenyan was being difficult. 。Mrs. Mu was helped by a maid to find a chair and sit down. 。Xiao walked up with a smile on her face and sat beside her, saying, "Sister-in-law, take a look. Is there anything else that needs to be changed I'll have someone fix it right away." 。" Mu looked at her, her gaze fixed on the smile playing on Xiao's lips. "Sister-in-law seems very happy" she asked. "My daughter is dead, today is her seventh day after death, is this something to be happy about" She was agitated, her body leaning forward as if she were about to devour Xiao. " 。 Xiao hurriedly retreated, and Dan Nuo hurriedly went to help his master. Upon holding him, he discovered that Madam Mu, the head of the household, was trembling all over, her teeth clenched tightly, grinding with a screeching sound. 。Danno was afraid. He had seen this kind of Mu family before, once when the old master died. 。At that time, it was because her husband had passed away. Now, what is the reason Although it's for the fourth sister's seventh day of mourning, this is just a way for the fourth sister to torment people. She is still alive, not really going through a seventh day of mourning. What's wrong with Madam The same thought occurred to Mrs. Xiao, and she even asked out loud: "Big Sister-in-law, what are you doing The fourth young lady is not dead, this seventh day of mourning is fake. It's just that she has something in her heart about the incident, so she came up with this way to torment us." 。"Look at you, why are you acting like your daughter has truly died You're so agitated" Mu shi completely lost control of herself, she forcefully threw away Danuo and almost pounced towards Xiao shi. 。A pair of arms stretched out straight, clamping onto Xiao's neck with deadly force. 。As the mistress of a general's household for so many years, even after her husband's death she hadn't been this out of control. Right now, she felt like a madman herself. 。But she couldn't help it, she couldn't control herself, her daughter was dead, everyone in this house from top to bottom was a murderer. 。 Grandmother, the night scene is magnificent, Xiao's family, red makeup at night, each one is a murderer who killed her daughter 。She has endured so much, no one can understand her agony, no one knows that every night she can't sleep. As soon as she closes her eyes, the beautiful and lively daughter appears before her, calling out to her mother again and again. 。Her hair was falling out strand by strand. Everyone thought she was distraught because of her husband's death, but what truly pained her was the loss of her daughter, the girl she had raised from a baby with such love and care. 。She tightly gripped Xiao Shi, screaming hoarsely: "Xiao Shubi, you killed my daughter! Mu Qianqiu swears, I will never stop with you until we both die!" 。He could no longer simply sit on the Dragon Throne as a mere figurehead, nor could he just bear the title of Emperor, letting the Regent do everything. 。Now he can only rely on himself. He has to...