Mr. Cui looked at Princess Fenyang hesitantly, and spoke slowly and solemnly: "You should also pay some attention to your own house. Chun'an seems to be very irritable and easily angered, and the other children are nowhere to be seen. Are they not close to you?"
Princess Fenyang was speechless.
In fact, after Prince Fenyang passed away, she plunged into all kinds of things. She had to deal with previous traces, win over people, stabilize the forces behind Qi Yunxi, and take the opportunity to see if she could make the Cui family go further and get more things. She really had no extra energy to devote to her children.
Even for Chun'an, she just hoped that she could behave herself and not cause any trouble.
She let out a long, deep breath, but her heart was still depressed, as if there was a heavy stone pressing on her heart, making it difficult for her to breathe.
After a long silence, she rubbed her sore eyes, endured the sadness and told Uncle Cui the truth: "Brother, I have no choice. I really have too many things to do. You see, the prince got into trouble and left a mess. Finally, we have our uncle willing to help. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief and negotiate with the southeast. But my uncle betrayed us again. It's hard for me to do it. Every day when I open my eyes, I am afraid of hearing bad news."
Just like now, Mr. Cui San is also dead.
How could she calmly reason with Princess Chun'an? In fact, she herself couldn't calm down and convince herself.
Uncle Cui also knew that his sister was under a lot of pressure. He was slightly stunned and shook his head softly: "Forget it, you don't have to be too angry. Leave these things to me in the future. I will talk to father."
The honor and disgrace of so many people in the clan rest on her shoulders. Princess Fenyang is a woman after all, so it is normal for her to not be able to bear it.
The next day, Uncle Cui went to the yamen and brought back Uncle Cui San's body.
When he went to the yamen, he happened to meet Mr. Cui Liu who was going to welcome Mr. Cui Si out of prison. When the two sides met, Mr. Cui Liu's eyes were cold and he no longer even put in superficial efforts.
Uncle Cui hesitated for a moment, called out to the Fourth Brother, and when he saw that Fourth Brother Cui had stopped, he stepped forward and bowed to him, "Fourth Brother, Third Brother got angry and did something stupid, causing you to be like this. It's his fault, but now he has received retribution..."
Mr. Cui Liu sneered sarcastically and was about to speak, but was held down by Mr. Cui Si, so he had to turn his head away.
Fourth Master Cui looked at Grandpa Cui seriously, and after a while he shook his head with a gloomy look: "Brother, the relationship between the Wu family and our family is known to everyone in our family. He also knows that he was able to find her and threaten her, and then sent her to me by coincidence. Is this because of impatience or a long-term calculation? We all know it tacitly."
After he finished speaking, he pulled Mr. Cui Liu, who didn't even look at Mr. Cui Da, and helped Mr. Cui Si get on the carriage and drove away.
Lord Ran from Shuntian Prefecture came forward and asked Master Cui to take the body back. At the end, he said, "The Li family is still making a big fuss. I heard that Mrs. Li fainted several times and is now ill..."
Mr. Cui understood what the matter meant, and the next day he brought a valuable gift to the Li family and asked for forgiveness.
Mr. Cui Sanye killed his brother's wife and framed his younger brother. This incident shocked the whole city and the reputation of the Cui family also suffered a serious blow.
When Mr. Cui arrived, Li's neighbors and relatives were discussing funeral arrangements with Li Shoude. Li Shoude was in tears and stamped his feet, crying, "What can I do? A good child died like this, leaving behind elderly parents and young children. There is nothing we can do except let her die in style."
In fact, Li and Mr. Cui Si had not yet divorced, and Cui Jiulang was still around. The funeral should have been handled by the Cui family, but the Li family was too embarrassed to mention it, so they had to handle the funeral themselves.
After sending people to various places to report the death, Li Shoude stopped again and stood in the corridor for a while.
He was not really unaware of what Li had done for the family over the years. Although Li was not nice to others, she was very sincere to everyone in her family.
Slowly closing his eyes, Li Shoude hunched over and coughed for a while, then ordered his men: "Go to Huangjue Temple to invite the master chef, and tell him that we want to enshrine the spirit tablet in the temple."
After all, Li was a married woman, so according to the rules, she could not be buried in the Li family's ancestral tomb.
Then we need to find a place to store the ashes and the spirit tablet, and Huangjue Temple has always had this business.
The people below agreed, and Li Shoude was about to go back to entertain the guests when the gatehouse sent a message saying that Mr. Cui had arrived. He frowned for a moment, but when he remembered who Mr. Cui was, he could not help but look gloomy.
Uncle Cui had been standing outside the door for a while. When he saw Li Shoude being surrounded by people coming out, he immediately bowed deeply and saluted Li Shoude.
Li Shoude stopped in front of him angrily, his eyes cold: "What are you doing here!?"
Mr. Cui had never been treated so coldly before. He was a little stunned for a moment, but he still politely bowed his hands and said, "Master Li, it's all our fault. My third brother made such a huge mistake because we didn't teach him well..."
Li Shoude stared at him coldly. When he saw Mr. Cui handing over a thick gift list, he gritted his teeth and said, "Why, are you planning to use these things to exchange for my daughter's life? Isn't your Cui family a noble family? Don't you claim to be a family of poetry and literature? But in the end, you raised someone who murdered his sister-in-law and framed his brother!?"
He snatched the gift list from Uncle Cui's hand, tore it into pieces, and threw it into the air.
Uncle Cui didn't expect that Li Shoude, who had always been timid, would be so tough. He was caught off guard and his head was covered with debris, making him look very embarrassed.
The servants of the Cui family were indignant. Master Cui glanced at the people around him, waved his hand at the servants, and then bowed to Li Shoude with a serious face: "This matter was originally our fault. We made a big mistake and dare not deny it. Now Sanlang has paid the price for his actions. One life for another..."
"What do you mean by a life for a life?!" Li Shoude sneered: "So what if he dies? Can it bring back my daughter's life?!"
Uncle Cui was blocked and unable to reply, so he had to say goodbye.
After the Cui family had left, Li Shoude snorted and went home. He went straight to Mrs. Li's room and sat on the edge of her bed. "The Cui family really came. I saw that the gift list was very heavy, exactly as Lord Chen said."
Mrs. Li leaned on the pillow with a pale face. Upon hearing this, she asked him, "Then you didn't... ..."
"How could it be?" Li Shoude's face was a little ugly: "Who do you think I am? Let's not talk about the fact that Lord Chen had already given us 30,000 taels. Even if there was no 30,000 taels, would I really bow down and accept gifts from the person who killed my daughter?"