Li Sisi hurried into the house, changed into a plain dress, casually put a hairpin on her head, and took out the chili water that she had prepared long ago from the drawer and put it in her pocket.
So he took a carriage to Lingyin Temple.
Lingyin Temple is particularly lively today, with a constant stream of people coming and going.
A servant of the Xiao Mansion had been waiting at the gate for a long time. When they saw their carriage stop, they hurried forward to greet them: "Second Young Master, Second Madam, you are finally here."
Xiao Yunchen felt that something was wrong with the servant's attitude, and his heart skipped a beat. His sister-in-law's condition was too serious recently, and it seemed like she would pass away at any time.
He frowned and asked in a deep voice, "But what happened?"
"The eldest lady, she passed away!" the servant replied solemnly.
"Take us there quickly!" Xiao Yunchen said hurriedly.
Li Sisi, with red eyes, followed the servant to the north courtyard.
There was no sorrow and crying as imagined. The world in this small courtyard seemed to be isolated from the noise of the outside world.
The door of the room was half open, and she saw Xiao Yunyu sitting quietly beside the bed like a lost soul, staring blankly at the person on the bed with his eyes closed.
The expression on Li Nian's face was very peaceful, no different from how she usually looked when she was sleeping.
Li Sisi even specially prepared pepper water, fearing that she would not be able to cry when this moment came.
Now, looking at Li Nian lying on the bed with a face as pale as paper, her tears burst out unconsciously.
Even though I know this is just a fake body provided by the system and will disappear in a month, it's so similar, so similar.
Seeing this, her heart was unconsciously torn by some emotion, and her body was shaking with pain.
The atmosphere in the room was dead silent and depressing. Li Sisi walked to the bedside in a trance and whispered, "Brother."
Xiao Yunyu didn't move. Li Sisi raised her voice slightly, "Brother."
The person sitting there in a daze finally came to his senses and turned around to look at Li Sisi.
Xiao Yunyu's pair of peach blossom eyes were now terribly red and swollen, and his pale face was covered with dried tear marks.
The arrogant and domineering Prince Xiao in my memory was now in a miserable state.
He seemed to be trapped in a nightmare and hadn't woken up yet, too stunned to shed tears.
He only whispered, "My wife just fell asleep. She promised me that she would wait for the miracle doctor from Yuquan to come. She promised me."
"Where's the imperial physician? Didn't I ask someone to invite him?" Xiao Yunyu suddenly came to his senses and looked anxiously towards the door. "And Wen Luoxin, go get her too. There must be a way, there must be a way..."
The servant who had been waiting outside the house whispered back, "Master, have you forgotten? Imperial Physician Lin has just checked and the Madam is no longer breathing."
The tense string in Xiao Yunyu's dull mind suddenly snapped. The fingers that were holding Li Nian were a cold bluish-white, but the strength was so gentle. Even though he was heartbroken and lost his mind, Xiao Yunyu still remembered that he must not let his wife get hurt.
Xiao Yunyu's breathing became more and more rapid. He seemed unable to breathe and could only breathe in the air around him in big gulps.
The whole person hunched over and cried like a stray dog, his spine trembling violently, and his hoarse and difficult voice sounded like crying blood.
"I'm useless. I deserve to die. I failed to protect my wife."
"My lady, you can't do this to me."
When Li Sisi saw him like this, she walked out silently with tears in her eyes.
Nian Nian’s part has ended, and it’s her turn next.
Xiao Yunchen seemed to sense something, and suddenly grabbed Li Sisi's hand, his eyes full of worry as he whispered, "My wife."
Li Sisi raised her tearful eyes to look at him and forced a sad smile, "Chenchen, big brother is in a bad mood. I'll trouble you to worry about what's coming next. I want to go back home first."
"Okay." Xiao Yunchen stared at her, his frown never relaxing at all, and ordered his servants to escort Li Sisi back home.
Li Sisi returned to her room in a carriage in a trance. She gave a sack of cotton she had picked today to the maids in the mansion and asked them to stuff the cotton into her menstrual belt as if it were ash.
“How many days will it take to be completed?”
The leading maid replied, "Reporting to the Second Madam, it will probably take two days."
Li Sisi nodded when she heard that and said, "It can wait for two days."
Nian Nian asked her to "commit suicide" on the seventh day after the funeral, but Nian Nian had already left and she couldn't stay in this place alone.
She was suppressing her emotions and felt extremely sore and uncomfortable. She wanted to find Nian Nian and she wanted to cry.
However, they cannot go to find her now. If they are discovered by others, not only will their plan fail, but their future will be even more difficult.
The sun sets and night falls.
At night, lights were lit everywhere in the Xiao Mansion. The usually quiet mansion was destined not to be quiet and peaceful tonight.
Madam Xiao had already asked the servants to prepare everything needed for the funeral. After all, judging from Li Nian's previous appearance, everyone assumed that she was beyond saving.
Xiao Yunchen was also busy in the front yard. Several maids from Jinxiu Residence were called away to help, leaving only one maid for her to serve.
Li Sisi took a quiet bath and sent the maid out. She closed the door and began to pack her bags.
In fact, there was nothing much to tidy up. After all, she had already tidied up some things before, but she didn't dare to tidy it up too obviously, for fear that the maid would find out when cleaning the room.
Now, she has to pack carefully, otherwise she will forget something when she leaves.
The clouds in the sky moved slowly, and the stars and the moon cast faint light, barely illuminating a small courtyard in the alley of North Street.
This is the yard that Li Sisi and Li Nian rented some time ago when they pretended to be a couple.
This place is considered a slum, and the people living around here are all outsiders, and they are all ordinary people.
Li Nian lit the lamp in the room. There were two piles of books, pen, ink and a piece of parchment on the table.
She was drawing by lamplight, combining the descriptions in humanities notes and trying to piece together a map of Anyang State.
Given Sisi's impatience, I probably wouldn't even have waited until the seventh day as she said before to come find her.
Therefore, she had to draw the map as soon as possible. Although Anyang Kingdom had a small land area, the customs of the people were still very different.
They wanted to stay away from the capital and find a safe place to settle down.
The night breeze in late summer was a little chilly, causing the candlelight to sway slightly, but it made people feel particularly relaxed and happy.
Li Nian didn't know what time she would finish drawing at night. When she couldn't hold on any longer, she rubbed her sleepy eyes, took off her clothes and went to bed.
The morning light was just beginning to brighten, and the sun gradually rose from the east. Li Nian finally woke up slowly until the coolness of the summer morning gradually turned into the heat of noon.
She didn't dare go out easily these days, but fortunately she had prepared in advance and asked Sisi to buy a lot of food.
I woke up at this time and felt a little hungry after washing up.
I stretched comfortably.
Li Nian came to the kitchen and prepared to steam some rice and stir-fry two side dishes so that she could eat by herself.
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