Chapter 818 821. Indulgence

Even though Gu Yuanhuo had a bad temper, he turned a blind eye to the troubles that Gu Yuanfeng had caused in the past.

But this time it’s different. This is a life, and it’s the life of my own father.

"It's all your fault for being too indulgent towards that damn girl. If you had listened to me and kicked her out of the house like the youngest one did, there wouldn't be this disaster today."

Gu Yuanhuo became angrier and angrier as he spoke. Gu Dashi had been a little irrational in the past, but after all, he was their biological father. It would have been fine if Gu Yuanfeng did not help and serve them on a daily basis, but he even gave him a death warrant.

"Okay, stop talking. If mom comes over and hears, she'll feel uncomfortable." Gu Yuanmu turned around and scolded, "This is a funeral hall, not a place for trouble."

"Brother, how did I cause trouble?" Gu Yuanhuo was about to stand up angrily, but was held down tightly by Gu Yuanshui. "Fourth brother, let me go. I want to ask how I caused trouble. I just want justice for our father.

Don’t you think our father is wronged?”

Gu Yuanmu, "What can you do now? Capture him? Beat him up, and dad will come back to life?

Besides, this matter is not something we can decide. Maybe some elders have already discussed it. We should take good care of the spirit now, which is the way to show filial piety to our father."

Gu Yuanshui said, "Third brother, what the second brother said makes sense. Gu Yuanfeng's matter must not be taken lightly. We just have to wait and see the result."

Gu Yuanhuo gritted his teeth, but did not struggle to stand up, "I hope so..."

Jin Qianqian and the others were busy in the back hall making arrangements for the next few days. Now that Gu Wenheng was at home, there would surely be a lot of people coming to pay their respects, so they had to prepare some things in advance.

Jin Qianqian knew the customs of her hometown here. She asked the elders about the previous practices. Combined with her previous experience of attending such occasions, she added and subtracted information, and finally came up with a general idea when the moon was rising.

"Stop and have a drink of water first!" Xie Ruyi knew that although she was the eldest sister-in-law, she really couldn't handle these things, so she automatically retreated to the backyard to take care of chores, "I asked the kitchen to cook some rice porridge, everyone should make do with it for now."

Jin Qianqian touched her belly and said, "If sister-in-law hadn't told me, I wouldn't have thought that I was hungry."

From the time the old man passed away until now, they really haven't had a single drop of food or drink.

"Hey," Liu Liu picked up the bowl and took a sip of rice porridge first, "We'll be busy in the next few days. If we don't take good care of our bodies, we may not be able to hold on."

This was also the night before, and the brothers were guarding the mourning hall.

Tomorrow, some people will come to pay their respects, and they will have to be there as well. They will even have to arrange a lot of things, and they will probably be busier than the sons.

After each drinking a bowl of rice porridge, they gathered together and couldn't help talking about Gu Yuanfeng.

"She has disappeared without a trace now. It's too naive to think that she can escape this disaster by hiding." Hong Daya rubbed her forehead, trying to relieve her drowsiness.

"You can't mention this in front of the old lady," Liu Liu said with a pout, "I won't be the bad guy anyway."

Hong Daya, "At this point, it is impossible for my mother to favor her anymore, and I don't think she can do that.

I've never seen anything so outrageous, just to show that she is capable and virtuous, if Dad can eat these things, how can we do without him?"

"Not only has he screwed over my father, but now he has screwed over Old Seven and our entire family," Wang Caiyue looked at Jin Qianqian with sympathy, "Now that Old Seven has come back, he will probably be promoted.

If this official were to observe mourning for a few years, his situation would be different.

When I was in Beijing, I heard people say that many people would never get into officialdom again after they went into mourning. Don’t you think this is cheating people?”

Everyone has heard of the mourning period, but no one is as foolish as Wang Caiyue to bring it up so openly.

Jin Qianqian had a blank expression on her face. "It's up to the master and the others to handle this matter. Besides, being filial to our father is what we should do as children. Second sister-in-law, please don't say these things to anyone else in the future."

Jin Qianqian could see the desire to watch the show in Wang Caiyue's eyes. She didn't think that after this move, the Seventh Brother could come up and step on her even though he wasn't in the officialdom, right?

Nothing much has happened yet, but some people are already unable to sit still.

Wang Caiyue noticed the mocking looks from her sisters-in-law. “…I’m just giving you a heads up. Do you really think I’m a worrier…”

"Alright," Xie Ruyi interrupted her, "Now that we've had enough to eat and drink, let's continue discussing who will be responsible for what tomorrow. Don't let things get messed up and cause outsiders to laugh at you, which would really bring shame to the Gu family.

None of us have dealt with this before, and we don’t know as much as the seventh wife about many things, so everyone should just listen to her instructions.

Of course, I am the same, Old Seventh Wife, you can say whatever you want, if she is not convinced, we can talk to her about reason."

Xie Ruyi watched Wang Caiyue finish her words. She had only been quiet for a few years, but now she was making trouble again. It was time to wake her up.

Wang Caiyue was fighting one against five people, so she naturally knew that she had no advantage and sat aside with a gloomy face.

…

The memorial was sent to the capital at full speed and arrived at the court the next day.

Hua Shunming held the memorial in his hand. If he didn't know Gu Wenheng well, he would have thought that this was too coincidental.

He understood that Gu Wenheng was very disgusted with being involved in this, but he was not so heartless.

He placed the memorial of mourning next to his desk and went to the imperial court with a group of eunuchs.

After dealing with the affairs of the court, he came to the palace with his hands behind his back.

"Why is His Majesty here today?" Queen Zhou went outside to greet him in person. Ever since the emperor's health had deteriorated and his temper had become particularly strange, Queen Zhou did not dare to treat him with disrespect and paid special attention to his every word and action.

"I feel a little uncomfortable, so I came to visit the Queen." Hua Shunming did not enter the palace, but sat down in the pavilion outside.

"It's a bit windy here, you'd better go sit inside the palace for a while!" Queen Zhou stood in the windward side to help him block some of the wind.

But obviously, this thoughtfulness was not appreciated. Hua Shunming looked into the distance and said, "My uncle has been out looking for a doctor these days. I don't know how he is doing."

Queen Zhou knew this was a test, so she smiled bitterly and said, "My brother has become more and more unruly as he gets older. I received a letter from him a few days ago saying that he had fled to Fu County.

He hadn't seen Lord Gu for so many years. Lord Gu had just returned to Beijing and was in a hurry to go home to visit his relatives. Even if he had to wait in Beijing for a few days, it would not delay much time. He had to be in such a hurry.

I am not worried about the other concubines, but I am afraid that his body cannot bear it."

Hua Shunming had already asked the imperial physician to carefully check Zhou Shixiong's pulse. It turned out that he had some hidden illness, but it was not as serious as the queen said.

He understood that Zhou Shixiong was being cautious and didn't want to cause him to worry.

He has a standard in his heart for such in-laws, otherwise he would not have indulged them for so many years.

(End of this chapter)