Everyone's expression changed drastically, their expressions becoming incredibly varied.
"Oh dear, why don't we settle Master Sima first?" Now they finally remembered that there was a dead man they had been leaving out for half a day.
So everyone returned to the front hall, where Master Sima's body still lay there alone. All the servants, as if they had agreed beforehand, stood by and watched helplessly.
Yan Qing silently memorized this scene.
Lady Luo began instructing her servants to lift the body and prepare to change its clothes. After all, wearing red for the dead was considered extremely unlucky.
The man in black robes followed them silently the entire time, only uttering a single word when he was helping Master Sima choose clothes.
“Purple, his favorite color is purple.”
Yan Qing was taken aback. She looked at the man in black robes and found that his eyes showed only genuine concern, nothing more.
Purple represents nobility and is indeed an excellent choice for encoffining. So in the end, everyone accepted the black-robed man's suggestion and dressed Master Sima in purple clothes.
When it was time for the body to be laid to rest, everyone started to worry again.
Logically, the front hall would be the best place to lay the body, as it would be convenient for memorial services and would also appear more dignified. However, the new wife, Madam Luo, absolutely refused to agree this time.
"No, no, we can't leave a dead body in the place where the wedding ceremony just took place!"
She insisted on placing Sima Yuanwai's coffin inside the ancestral hall.
Upon hearing the name "ancestral hall," Yan Qing immediately became alert, as this "ancestral hall" was mentioned in the "Rules of Bowing to Heaven and Earth"!
Her eyelids began to twitch uncontrollably, and a sudden sense of foreboding washed over her.
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