Ye Qingshan felt that his daughter's death in a brothel was extremely disgraceful. To avoid being too conspicuous and attracting gossip, he hastily arranged a funeral for her.
There were not many guests in the Ye Mansion, and almost no princes or nobles were invited. In the general's mansion, there were only a few scattered relatives besides the spectators and common people.
When Ye Wanqing arrived at the scene, the coffin had already been closed and placed in the center of the mourning hall, and a faint foul odor could still be smelled.
Since Ye Wanqing died before she got married, there was no one to wear mourning for her. Everyone gathered outside the house, and only the maid in the mansion sat on the futon in the house and burned paper for her.
Apart from Commander Ye who was leaning against the doorway with a serious expression, almost no one in the mansion looked sad. There were even children chasing and playing outside the mourning hall.
It was as if no one had died.
"Master Shen, why are you here?" Commander Ye saw Ye Wanqing walk in and followed her into the mourning hall.
He seemed to be afraid that I was here to cause trouble, and hurriedly said: "My lord, although it was wrong for my daughter to pull out the arrow and hurt someone, she is already dead. Please respect the deceased."
"Commander Ye, I'm sorry. I'll just burn some incense for the young lady and then leave." Ye Wanqing said seriously, and ordered A Rao to hand the gift money to Ye Qingshan.
Ye Qingshan looked at the generous gift and looked at her doubtfully, not knowing what to say for a moment, "This... Prince, why don't you stay for dinner before leaving?"
Ye Wanqing looked around. She was already in a heavy mood, and now the atmosphere outside the mourning hall made her even sadder.
She said to Ye Qingshan sullenly, "No matter how or where the young lady died, she is still your daughter. She was a victim and she did nothing wrong. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Commander Ye... let's give her a proper burial."
"Young Master, if my daughter hadn't been so spoiled and willful, she wouldn't have ended up like this. The General's Mansion really let you down on that matter. You even specially brought generous gifts to see her, which makes me feel ashamed." Ye Qingshan heard that she disdained the shabby funeral, and he frowned and exchanged a few words with her.
Ye Wanqing took out a gold ingot from her sleeve and handed it to Ye Qingshan, saying, "Now that she's been buried, it's inconvenient to change the coffin. We should hire a larger ceremony and hold a decent funeral for her."
Ye Qingshan was even more confused with the gold in his hand. Didn't this guy always have a conflict with his eldest daughter? They would quarrel whenever they met. So why would he be willing to spend such a large sum of money now?
That’s a gold ingot!
At this time, Ye Wanqing's two best friends, Liu Qingqian from the Duke's Mansion and Xu Wanrong from the Censor's Mansion, walked into the mourning hall together, put down the gift money, and lit a stick of incense.
Liu Qingqian was holding a handkerchief in her hand, her eyes were red, she must have cried on the way. Xu Wanrong's face was pale, and there were dark circles under her eyes, she must have been too sad.
When they saw Ye Wanqing, they glared at her and asked angrily, "Why are you here?"
If they weren't in the mourning hall, they would even curse out loud.
"What are you doing here, you brat? Qingqing is already dead, and you're still here to annoy her at the funeral. Are you even a human being?"
"Qianqian..." Ye Wanqing called her softly, and her heart suddenly felt uncomfortable, and her eyes turned red.
"I don't want to curse at anyone in Qingqing's funeral today. If you know what's best for you, take your things and get out of here!"
"Miss Liu, we are all guests, please don't be angry. Besides, my daughter is already dead, so please let go of any grudges..." Ye Qingshan still had the gold ingot in his hand and hurried forward to help.
"Besides, Prince Shen also has good intentions—"
"Good intentions? Humph, I believe he has good intentions!" Liu Qingqian became even angrier when she heard this. She immediately interrupted Ye Qingshan. She snatched the gold from his hand and threw it hard at Ye Wanqing.
Ye Wanqing shrank back in pain and hurried forward to explain, but she saw Liu Qingqian lower her head to pick up the gold ingot and hit her arm with it again. The gold fell to the ground with a pleasant crisp sound.
A Rao, who was guarding outside the door, became anxious. She stood in front of Ye Wanqing with her eyes wide open and raised her hand to grab Liu Qingqian's arm, but was stopped by Ye Wanqing.
"Who knows if he's guilty of the murder? Just wait, I'll have my brother get to the bottom of it. If it turns out you were the one who did it, I'll send you to the Dali Temple and let you have a taste of the pain of having your tendons torn and skinned alive by the Criminal Justice Department."
Seeing that she didn't leave, Liu Qingqian lowered her head, picked up the gold ingot that was rolling at her feet, and smashed it hard on her leg. "Who wants your stinking gold? It's dirtying Qingqing's path to the underworld. Get out!"
A Rao picked up the gold ingot and said indignantly, "My prince gave me this gold out of kindness, so forget it!"
Ye Qingshan sighed anxiously, watching A Rao put the gold into her pocket. He was too embarrassed to ask for it back, so he could only stand aside and feel heartbroken.
Liu Qingqian actually started crying out of grievance, stamping her feet anxiously as she was about to hit A Rao. "Sister Xu, look at his maid, she's taking advantage of the situation."
Ye Wanqing was afraid that A Rao would hurt Liu Qingqian, so she quickly pushed her out of the mourning hall.
Liu Qingqian was finally persuaded by Xu Wanrong, and the two hugged each other and cried in the mourning hall.
Xu Wanrong's finger, which was pointing at her, was trembling slightly with anger. She told her to get out in a bad mood, while hugging Liu Qingqian and patting her back to comfort her.
Ye Wanqing endured the pain and stood outside the mourning hall. Seeing her two best friends so sad, she also shed tears.
She didn't expect that her two sisters would come to visit her, and be so righteous, crying for her and scolding Chen Xu for her.
At this moment, she really wanted to rush up to them and hug them and cry, but when she thought about how she had become the Chen Xu they hated the most and that she would never be able to drink tea and chat with these two good girlfriends again, she had no choice but to turn around and run out while wiping her tears.
She quickly ran to a quiet riverside, squatted on the ground, buried her head in her arms and burst into tears.
Murong Yan poked his head out from behind the tree, quietly beckoned A Rao over, and asked in a low voice, "A Rao, what happened to your mistress? Did the Great Demon King beat her again? Why is she crying so sadly?"
"It's all because of the Liu family. They are too bullying. Not only did they curse people, but they also threw gold at my young master. It's a good thing that the young master didn't care and stopped me. If it were me, I would have beaten her up long ago." A Rao was so angry that her shoulders heaved. She raised her fist and punched the tree trunk, causing the branches and leaves to tremble and the petals to fall.
"What? That nerd Liu Zhang actually dared to beat Ah Xu to tears!" Murong Yan heard this and rolled up his sleeves, saying, "Tell me the whole story. It's unbelievable that a dignified Dali Temple Minister is so arrogant that he dared to touch the Crown Prince's people! I will write a memorial to impeach him immediately!"
"It's not Lord Liu, it's County Lady Liu." A Rao rubbed her fists angrily and put her hands behind her back.
Murong Yan glanced at Ye Wanqing, who was crying bitterly, with a strange look in his eyes. He was shocked and said, "What? He was beaten to tears by Miss Liu?"
He cursed towards the river: "Damn, Shen Xu, you are such a grown man, how can you be beaten to tears by a woman?"
"What do you care?" Ye Wanqing buried her head in her arms and said vaguely: "Have you never been beaten by a woman and cried? I just want to cry, so what? What's it to you?"
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