Qiu Yilan glanced at her husband and when Jiang Yashuang nodded slightly, she bowed and said, "I'm going to see my grandmother and little aunt."
When a husband dies, according to the rules, the wife must stay in the mourning hall.
But Mrs. Ou was so old and sad about her wife's death. No one dared to let her go there and kneel there for several days. So the Duke of Qin personally came forward and persuaded her to rest in the back room. Mrs. Tao never left her. accompany.
When Qiu Yilan walked to the door, Mother Hu who was guarding her made a silent gesture, indicating that she should not go in yet.
After waiting for a while, Mrs. Tao walked out alone. She nodded slightly and pointed to the wing not far away.
Qiu Yilan saw that her back was slightly stooped, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help her. After the two of them entered the wing together, Mrs. Tao pushed her arm away and motioned for her to sit down too: "It happened so suddenly. You are also tired. There is no one else around now." Here, there is no need to be polite!”
"Thank you, grandma." Qiu Yilan pursed her lips, sat down on the embroidery stool, and asked softly, "Are you okay, little aunt?"
"This old couple has never blushed very much in their lives." Mrs. Tao said sadly, "Whoever goes first, how can the one behind do better? With how determined and courageous your aunt used to be, this will be sad too She’s so confused! I added some soothing substances to the tea, let her sleep for a while!”
Qiu Yilan felt a sore feeling in her nose and turned her head slightly.
But I heard Mrs. Tao ask: "Now that you are all here to help, have you ever told me at home? Let's just take care of other things. The three children under your knees are still young, so don't ignore them!"
"The granddaughter-in-law entrusted her mother and Zhou's mother to take care of them, and ordered them to keep an eye on the family and take care of the children as the top priority. Why should we leave the others alone?" Qiu Yilan whispered.
"Well." Mrs. Tao rubbed her brows and said tiredly, "This is really unlucky! Shui Jin happened to be sick and found out to be pregnant, so he was trapped in Gyeonggi and couldn't come back! Otherwise, with her here, even if she was just giving instructions, Why are so many people so busy?”
Qiu Yilan twitched the corner of her mouth and said softly: "Although Aunt Six is overly sad, with the help of Aunt Four and Aunt Eight, it's still okay."
Mrs. Tao asked a few questions about the funeral ceremony, a look of disappointment flashed across her face, and she sighed: "It's really passable!" This means that she just barely got by. Compared with when she was with Shuijin, she could do anything casually. When Zhou Zhou is comprehensive, no one can find anything wrong, which is really far from it!
Qiu Yilan didn't know what to say on this topic. After being silent for a while, she advised Mrs. Tao to take care of herself.
"I'm not that big of a deal. I'm half buried in the earth. I've seen birth, old age, illness and death." Mrs. Tao said lightly, "You should worry about your father!"
"Father?" Qiu Yilan was startled. Jiang Tianchi shouldn't have received the news yet, right
"Your father was brought up by your uncle. He is called uncle and nephew, and he is like father and son. He is also old. In the early years, in order to temper him, your grandfather made him start as a soldier. He also suffered several serious injuries when charging into battle. Bei You also know in Xinjiang that it is difficult not to get to the root of the disease... Before your uncle died, you must tell him the news of your death slowly to avoid excessive grief." Mrs. Tao touched her forehead and felt uncomfortable. Qiu Yilan hurriedly stood up, walked behind her, and gently massaged her.
"There's no one here right now, and I'll tell you straight: Your uncle's death will have an impact on your house, but with your father here, the impact won't be great." Mrs. Tao closed her eyes and enjoyed it for a while. , then whispered, "But nothing must happen to your father! Not only is Nineteen still young, but also because he is now related to the foundation of our entire Jiang family... Your uncle has already dealt a huge blow to your grandfather this time. , if your father also... I don’t know if your grandfather can hold on? "
Qiu Yilan paused with her fingers before continuing and said solemnly: "That's what grandma said."
"Everyone in the family has been spoiled by the fourteenth daughter-in-law, and now they are not qualified to take charge of the overall situation." After a while, Mrs. Tao opened her eyes, pushed her hand away, and said warmly, "You should also go and watch. , otherwise the scene would be too chaotic and your grandfather would be angry again if he saw it!"
... After leaving the wing, Qiu Yilan greeted Mother Hu who was standing outside, and walked toward the front hall with Su He who was at the door.
When passing through a narrow alley, a girl in linen clothes happened to come over with two maids. After looking at each other for two seconds, the girl in linen clothes immediately bowed and saluted: "Aunt Nineteen!"
"Huizhi!" Qiu Yilan nodded slightly and raised his hand to support her, "No need to be polite!"
Jiang Huizhi has lost a lot of weight compared to when Mrs. Zhuang came back, although most girls her age are thin. But she is so thin that she looks like a handful of bones.
Qiu Yilan knew that the reason why she was like this was probably because of her heart ailment - in the past, the big house was the most proud house of the Jiang family, and any good things or opportunities, as long as they thought they were good, were theirs. Even if it's not theirs originally, it must be theirs in the end.
As the eldest granddaughter of Dafang, Jiang Huizhi is regarded as a jewel by both Jiang Tianao and his wife, Jiang Yayun and his wife. Strictly speaking, the environment in which this girl grew up was more noble than that of Jiang Qizheng, the only princess in the Jiang family.
However, the situation took a turn for the worse in the past two years. In several important battles, Da Fang was defeated again and again, and even reached a situation where the mistress could only vaguely move past her death. Such a gap makes Jiang Tianao look old, let alone the young Jiang Huizhi
"You're too haggard. You don't look very good. If you have time, you'd better ask the doctor to take a look and give you some nourishment!" Qiu Yilan looked at her cousin, who was about the same age as herself, and said warmly, "What happened in the past is in the past. Just take care of yourself.”
Although Jiang Huizhi has become what he is now, it can be said that at least half of the responsibility lies with the fourth room. But Qiu Yilan didn't have any resentment towards her... After all, it's easy for a winner to forgive.
However, Jiang Huizhi abided by the etiquette when they met now and did not show any dissatisfaction. Qiu Yilan also expressed concern.
After saying these words, she wanted to leave. After all, Qiu Yilan believed that Jiang Huizhi had heard a lot of similar words, not her own.
But when Jiang Huizhi heard this, he smiled sadly and said: "Thank you Aunt Nineteen for your concern! But life and death have their own destiny. It's meaningless to take care of yourself or not!"
Qiu Yilan only said that she was talking about Mrs. Dou's death, and was not angry. She said, "If you don't think about yourself, think about your parents and brothers. You have always been the apple of the family. If something goes wrong, you can tell them How sad?"
"If it weren't for them, my niece would no longer want to live!" Jiang Huizhi heard this and blurted it out without even thinking!
Qiu Yilan saw that she was not speaking out of anger, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful in her heart. A casual word of concern actually led her niece to say that she wanted to die. She didn't know how long she would have to wait for relief - the fatal thing was that she also wanted to die. I'm not very good at this kind of comfort. After pondering for a while, I found a few suitable words: "Why do you have to bear the responsibility for the things between elders? I think my eldest aunt must also hope that you will have a good life!"
"Aunt Nineteen is overthinking. What the niece is talking about is not the matter between the elders, but the niece's own affairs." Jiang Huizhi's lips trembled slightly, and suddenly said, "If the niece talks about that time with His Majesty in the palace... it is not the niece herself. And it was not done by my niece, does Aunt Nineteen believe it? "
Qiu Yilan was a little surprised. What didn't make Jiang Huizhi want to die was not the downfall of Dafang nor the deaths of Dou and Jiang Yayue, but this matter
While she was thinking, Jiang Huizhi misunderstood, covered her face with her sleeves, and sobbed: "I know you don't believe it... No one believes me except our room!!! No one!!!"
"No..." Qiu Yilan was about to comfort her, but Jiang Huizhi no longer had the confidence to continue speaking. She hid her face, held on to the wall of the narrow alley, squeezed past Qiu Yilan, and ran away staggeringly.
"Miss Sun!" Her two maids shouted anxiously, and gave a hasty salute to Qiu Yilan, "Miss Sun has not been in a good mood these days. She has offended the Nineteenth Young Madam by neglecting her, please. Please take care of me, young lady!" After saying that, he quickly went after Jiang Huizhi.
Qiu Yilan frowned and turned to look at where she came from - Jiang Huizhi was running in a hurry, and in a moment she was out of the alley and disappeared. The girl's back was hurried and downcast, without the grace and nobility that a lady should have, and revealed despair and sadness.
"Young Madam, what do you think Miss Sun said just now?" Su He asked suspiciously.
"Let's talk about it later. What is imminent now is my uncle's funeral." Qiu Yilan shook her head and stopped Su He, but she thought to herself: "It doesn't look like she is lying... If it's not Da Fang, it's not herself. Does it mean that the remnants of the Gu family are deliberately trying to provoke her? "
Suddenly I remembered the time when I accompanied my mother-in-law to the palace when I was pregnant, and bumped into the emperor in the imperial garden. "The internal fighting in the Jiang family will not only allow the remnants of the Gu family to achieve their goals of revenge, but won't it be more conducive to this person's situation of getting rid of the puppet?"
If this is true, this is a big deal!
"Let's talk to Nineteenth later!" Qiu Yilan thought, and frowned, "But Cousin Xin has already become the queen! With the current power of the Jiang family, it would be okay to change the emperor, but Cousin Xin What should we do?"
This handkerchief marriage is tragic enough. She has only been a queen for less than half a year, so is she going to be the queen mother
Moreover, although she felt that Jiang Huizhi was telling the truth, who could say for sure about acting skills? What if it was Dafang’s plan and he had some ulterior motive
"I've been too busy these past two days, let's wait two days!" Qiu Yilan pursed her lips and decided, "After two days I won't be so busy, my mood will calm down, and I can see things with less emotion."
Just when she had thought about it, Jiang Tianhe's voice suddenly came from behind: "Nineteenth daughter-in-law!"
"Fifth Aunt!" Qiu Yilan was stunned, then turned around and saluted, "Do you have any orders?"
Jiang Tianhe looked at her with a half-smile, "I just saw Jiang Huizhi walking in the direction you came from. Have you met her?"
"We met." Qiu Yilan asked in surprise, "Is Fifth Aunt looking for her?"
"She came to me just now. What should I do with her?" Jiang Tianhe said disdainfully, "Now that my father has passed away, everyone here is so busy. I really don't know how Dafang taught her! She came here all the time. The banner of worship is so confusing to me... I never thought of becoming a concubine, everything was planned! Hey! Why did you seduce His Majesty earlier if you really didn’t want to be a concubine? "
Only then did Qiu Yilan understand why Jiang Huizhi had just been so irritated and cried and ran away. She had already been humiliated by Jiang Tianhe!
"You really can't think about it, and you don't want to think about how sharp and ruthless you, the fifth aunt, have inherited from the Jiang family! You, a junior two generations apart, are not known for being shrewd, yet you dare to talk to her alone. …Isn’t this looking for abuse?” Qiu Yilan sighed inwardly, but did not admit that Jiang Huizhi had said similar things to her, and pretended to be surprised: “Is there such a thing? My nephew doesn’t know about it.”
"Isn't it?" Jiang Tianhe sneered and said, "Thankfully your uncle mentioned her before he died and personally told Bing'er to treat her well in the future!"
Qiu Yilan breathed out: "Sure enough, what my uncle never forgot before he died was to persuade him to make peace." What a pity, just looking at Jiang Tianhe's behavior, you know that the efforts of the Marquis of Jibei were in vain!
"So my aunt has something to ask of you!" Jiang Tianhe certainly didn't stop his niece-in-law because he wanted to tell her how he bullied her. After telling her what happened, he unabashedly stated his purpose.