Shen Shi, the wife of the British Crown Prince, passed away, and the British government started funeral affairs.
British Duke Wei Chenglin sat on the grand master's chair in a daze, his eyes were downcast and he didn't know what he was thinking, and the attendants at the side didn't dare to disturb him, and avoided them from a distance.
"Grandpa, Aunt Chunliu, she died in front of Mrs. Tai's soul!" At this moment, a sound of hurried footsteps came in, Wei Chenglin frowned displeased, and was about to reprimand a woman about sixteen or seventeen years old. The young man then reported.
His face froze, his thin lips pursed, and then he said flatly: "When she dies, she dies. For the sake of serving her mother for many years, let's have a good burial!"
Such scumbags, if they hadn't been fanning the flames around the mother, why would the mother target Ah Wan like that everywhere!
The visitors did not dare to talk too much, and respectfully took orders and left.
"My lord, Mrs. Jin Ninghou came to express my condolences!"
"Princess Kangjun came to express her condolences!"
"Mrs. Xu Shangshu came to express condolences!"
"Mrs. Li Guogong came to express her condolences!"
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But after a while, guests came to the door one after another, and the messengers came one after another, which also made Wei Chenglin feel an indescribable irritability in his heart.
"You don't need to come back to me about these things, just let someone tell Nanny Sun."
"My lord, I'm afraid this is not appropriate. The people who came here are all the wives. Although Nanny Sun has face, she is just a servant from the mansion. I'm afraid I have to ask my wife to come forward." When Zhimo heard his words, he persuaded him in a deep voice.
Wei Chenglin rubbed his forehead, and knew that what he said was inappropriate, which family would have the reason to let the servants come forward to greet the distinguished guests.
"Let someone go and invite Madam! Let Nanny Sun accompany Madam."
However, what he didn't expect was that because there were too many guests, Nanny Sun had to take care of the affairs of the inner house, so she really didn't have time to spend time with Zhou Guanning to meet guests.
And Zhou Guanning has never been a director, so how did he have experience in dealing with it? In addition, there was no Grandma Sun to remind her, and she was in a fog. Apart from being able to accompany the guests in the living room decently, how could she manage other things.
And Wei Chenglin has a lot of things to do here, even if he has a capable manager, all internal and external matters have to be decided by him as the master, how can he take care of them. All of a sudden, the Duke's Mansion, which had always been orderly, gradually became chaotic.
For a while there was a lack of teacups here, for a while there was no host to accompany the guests in the hall, and the servants couldn't find Grandma Sun who was in charge, so they had to bite the bullet and come looking for Wei Chenglin, which annoyed Wei Chenglin even more.
He took a deep breath, trying to suppress the anger in his heart: "Look for someone to invite the third old lady to Shiba Hutong... That's all, let me go there myself!"
Even if the family is separated, he is still the elder after all, and now he has something to ask for, no matter what, he has to ask for it himself.
"Theoretically, since the family is separated, we will not interfere with the river. You take your sunny path, and I take my single-plank bridge. Besides, it's not that there are no mistresses in your house, and it's not like I'm the one The aunt in the next room came to the board." After learning about his intentions, Yang said indifferently.
"Since the mother passed away, your niece and daughter-in-law have been in poor health, and now she is just barely cheering up to greet the guests, but she can no longer separate her body to take care of other things." Wei Chenglin put his posture slightly lower, explaining road.
Yang originally planned to continue to embarrass him, to express the bad breath of being kicked out of the house, but changed his mind when he saw Wei Chengzhao shaking his head at him, sighed inaudibly, and was still a little unwilling: "I'm doing it for the sake of your deceased mother. If it's someone else, I won't be troublesome!"
"Thank you Third Aunt!" Wei Chenglin heaved a sigh of relief. In any case, being able to invite Yang Shi to come forward can be regarded as relieving him of a lot of pressure.
"Second brother." At this time, he also found Wei Chengzhao beside him, and greeted him proactively.
Wei Chengzhao called his elder brother politely and distantly, but said nothing more.
The Yang family came forward and quickly straightened out the gradually chaotic Duke's Mansion, which relieved Wei Chenglin a lot of pressure.
It was only at this moment that he realized that no matter how capable he was, he could grasp everything inside and out, but there were always times when he was inconvenient and unable to do what he wanted.
When the guests gradually dispersed, he looked at the mansion with white cloth hanging everywhere, his eyes were a bit dazed.
His legs seemed to be disobedient, and he walked slowly towards the mourning hall, where his deceased mother lay.
His eyes were somewhat empty, and he felt empty in his heart.
He was brought up by his grandfather since he was a child, and his aunt took care of everything around him. The relationship between him and his biological mother is not really close.
He has an indifferent personality and is used to keeping a distance from others. Whenever he sees his mother getting close to him again and again, he always feels a little uncomfortable in his heart, but seeing the cautious flattery in her eyes makes him feel a little sad.
However, since when did the relationship between their mother and child become more and more distant
"Second sister-in-law, our sister-in-law and sister-in-law have been fighting for a lifetime, and you have been aggrieved for the rest of your life, but when you are old, you are in the hands of your own son. Tell me, is this injustice?"
Just as he was about to enter the mourning hall, he suddenly heard Yang's voice coming from inside. He was startled, subconsciously retracted his legs, avoided the door, and listened to the people inside continuing.
"Second sister-in-law, now I know that you all lost, and all of your direct descendants lost! Eldest sister-in-law fought for the title all her life, but in the end she had nothing, and she even hurt her own son."
"What about you? Looking at the grand lady of the country, who is so beautiful, her husband died and her daughter was mourned, and her parents and children were not close. Finally, she died desolately in the family temple."
"You said, did you all lose?"
His heart seemed to be hammered again and again by a heavy object, Wei Chenglin's face was pale, and his whole body was shaking.
"Second sister-in-law, I respect you for this cup. Take care on the road to Huangquan. If there is an afterlife, it's better to be born in an ordinary family. Anyway, you can enjoy some family happiness..."
Wei Chenglin felt as if his neck was being strangled, and he was so painful that he could hardly breathe. He was clutching his chest tightly, like a dying man who fell into the water trying to grab the only life-saving log.
Yang's words were mercilessly whipped towards his heart. He wanted to say something to refute loudly, but found that he couldn't say a word.
Wei Chengzhao, who came to pick Mrs. Yang back to his residence, noticed his strangeness, and his face was a bit hesitant, as if he wanted to step up to ask a few words, but when his eyes touched the silk on his body, he swallowed those words all at once.
"Mother, it's time to go back!" He turned his face indifferently, stepped into the mourning hall, and said to Yang Shi in front of the mourning hall.
Yang Shi nodded, stood up while holding his hand, stepped over the threshold and found Wei Chenglin with a pale face outside the door, walking past him without paying attention.
"Third Aunt..." Wei Chenglin called her with difficulty.
"You don't have to worry. Since I promised you, I won't give up halfway. I'm just an ordinary old woman. I can't live in a rich family like you. I'd better go back to my home every day and come back early the next morning! " Yang's expression was indifferent, and he interrupted what he was about to say.
Wei Chenglin wanted to say that he didn't mean that, but the mother and son didn't want to talk to him anymore, they walked forward step by step, and soon disappeared from his sight.
He stared blankly at the direction they were leaving for a long time, then turned around slowly, raised his legs that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and stepped across the threshold.
The mourning hall was full of solemnity, the white silk fluttered, the candlelight danced, and the coffin in the center was also reflected.
The feeling of being choked by someone reappeared again, and he walked tremblingly to the side of the coffin. After a long while, he stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to push the lid off, but in the end he put his hand on it.
"... Mother." After an unknown amount of time, a hoarse whisper escaped from his mouth.
The only response to him was the puffing sound of the white silk fluttering.
"My lord, Madam is looking for you!" A maid came in and reported hesitantly.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he didn't hear her words, he asked in a deep voice, "Where's the guardian?"
"Aunt Chunliu was always guarding the spirit. When Aunt Chunliu was away, this person..."
"Could it be that no one was arranged to come to guard the spirit?!" Wei Chenglin's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Grandpa, calm down. The third old lady has specially arranged for people to watch the coffin and mourn, but there are not enough people. Some of them have been transferred to the front hall to help welcome the guests."
"Absurd!" Afraid of disturbing the spirit of the deceased, Wei Chenglin suppressed his anger, "Immediately let the people in charge of guarding the spirit come over, no, there is no need, beat each of them twenty boards, take away two months of rice, and another Pass on my words, and those who wait in the main room of the Funing Courtyard will keep watch, and no other errands will be assigned to them!"
"What are you waiting for?! Go and make arrangements immediately!" Seeing that she was still standing still, Wei Chenglin let out a low voice.
The maid was terrified, but still bit the bullet and asked, "Where is the lady..."
"Get out!" Wei Chenglin turned his head directly, raised the corner of his robe and knelt on the futon.
"Where is the Duke?" Zhou Wanning waited for Wei Chenglin's return for a long time.
"Grandpa Guo is guarding the spirit, I'm afraid I have to wait a little longer." Liu Shuang, who had just heard the little girl's reply, came in with a frown and said softly.
"Shou Ling... Liu Shuang, do you think he is blaming me?" Zhou Guanning leaned back in his chair lightly, and asked softly after a long time.
"Ma'am, I'm worrying too much. Is it possible for others to tell you how the Duke treats you? How can he blame you? It's just that Mrs. Tai is his biological mother after all. Now that she is gone, as a son of man, How can I not be sad." Liu Shuang comforted.
Zhou Guanning sighed softly.
However, this night, she never waited for that familiar figure to appear.
On the day of the burial, Wei Chenglin was completely naked. Watching the coffin being buried bit by bit, his pupils shrank, and he subconsciously wanted to stop it, but his throat was severely blocked.
"That's fine, the husband and wife have been separated for decades, but now they are finally reunited." Yang muttered.
Wei Chengzhao supported her until he saw the new tomb erected. Unknowingly, he seemed to see a man with a kind and familiar face flickering in the white mist in the distance, and then slowly walked towards a man. The woman with the same familiar face stretched out her hand, and when she clasped her hands, the white mist became thicker, and the green hills were faint.
"Second uncle is here to pick up second aunt." He said suddenly.
"If Second Uncle is really alive, he should get rid of that unfaithful and unfilial thing..." Wei Chengyue spat, and swallowed the words when he saw Wei Chenglin's eyes looking over him.
As if annoyed at his own coward, he kicked a small stone on the ground hard, kicking it flying several feet away.
"Go back!" Mrs. Yang seemed not to have heard what her sons said.