The old marquis stretched out his hand to Zhou Wenfu, and Zhou Wenfu immediately knelt beside the old marquis's bed, "Dad, don't go, don't leave me..."
Zhou Wenfu had never felt so sad.
"Fu'er, be good! Daddy is going to look for your mother. Your two brothers and sisters don't like the things that belong to me and your mother, so I'm leaving them all to you.
Take good care of yourself in the future. When you get to the underworld, your mother and I will give you our belongings..."
The old marquis could no longer hold on at this point and his hands dropped.
Zhou Wenfu shook the old marquis's hand vigorously, hoping that he would open his eyes again, "Dad..."
Zhou Wenfu cried heartbreakingly. No one would help him clean up the mess anymore. He finally had no one to rely on.
Zhou Wencan and Zhou Wenjun's eyes also turned red. Although the old man was quite partial when he was around, they still felt a little sad when he was gone.
The Queen Mother originally thought that she would be very upset, but when she heard what her father said in the end, she felt a little chilled.
Her father never gave her any instructions from beginning to end. He was only thinking about her third brother from beginning to end.
The old Marquis Cheng'en passed away. The funeral was extremely grand and the emperor even came out of the palace to pay his respects in person.
There was also a constant stream of other people coming to worship.
All the nobles in Yuan'an would praise him, saying, "The old marquis is so lucky."
The old Marquis Cheng'en was not particularly talented, but he was able to squeeze into the circle of Yuan'an's top nobles just because his family had a queen.
After the current emperor ascended the throne, the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion became even more prosperous.
The old Marquis Cheng'en was finally buried with Liu, which was what he had ordered before his death.
As children, we must of course respect the opinions of our elders.
After that, it was a matter of mourning. For Yuan Bohua, it was nothing, as he didn’t have any responsibilities anyway.
The most troublesome are Marquis Cheng'en, his son, and Zhou Wenjun. These three people hold real power.
However, Marquis Cheng'en Zhou Wencan had long wanted to withdraw, especially when he found out some information that he shouldn't know, he wanted to withdraw even more.
Therefore, Marquis Cheng'en submitted his memorial of mourning with great pleasure. In the memorial, Marquis Cheng'en said that he wanted to carry his father's coffin back to the old house and then observe mourning there for three years.
The emperor also wanted to take back the power in the hands of Marquis Cheng'en, so he approved the memorial of mourning with great pleasure.
The emperor may have felt a little guilty about approving the mourning memorial of Marquis Cheng'en, so he revoked the mourning memorials of Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Zhiyi.
When Zhou Qiongyue heard that her father and mother were going to carry her grandfather's coffin back to the old house, she didn't want to stay in Yuan'an anymore.
Yuan Bohua and Yuan Chaokang had no objections. They both believed that wherever Zhou Qiongyue was, that was where they, father and son, would be.
Yuan Chaokang was even a little happy. If he could go back to the south with his mother and stay there longer, he could build up the business there.
Only Yuan Chaochang was a bit conflicted. He was thirteen years old now. If he followed his mother and others back to the south, he would be sixteen years old when they came back in three years.
He wanted to try to take the county exam this year to see if he could become a student.
Yuan Chaokang knew his elder brother's dilemma and took the initiative to share his worries:
"Brother, come with us to the south! There is also a very famous academy there called 'Yuxian Academy'. You can study there and then come back to Yuan'an with us in three years to take the imperial examination.
Your county and provincial exams are both held in the south, and your father's old house is also in the south, not far from your grandfather's old house."
The main reason is that both his grandparents left Yuan'an, leaving his eldest brother alone in Yuan'an, and Yuan Chaokang was worried.
Just take big brother with you!
As for entering the palace as a companion, the eldest prince is now grown up.
Yuan Chaokang felt that the eldest prince should also hope that his four study companions who had grown up with him could go out and make a name for themselves.
Instead of just playing around with him.
After hearing his brother's analysis, Yuan Chaochang jumped up with joy. "Second brother, I think there is nothing in the world that can stump you. From now on, I will take you with me wherever I go."
"Don't repay kindness with evil!" Yuan Chaokang said he was unwilling, but his eyes were full of indulgence.
Yuan Chaokang felt that all the worries he had in raising children in his previous life were not as much as those he had in taking care of this eldest brother.
After Yuan Chaochang's problem was resolved, Zhou Qiongyue submitted a letter to the palace requesting leave for Yuan Chaochang.
Yuan Bohua also had a chat with the emperor. He did not say that he and the princess would be away for three years before coming back. He only said that he and the princess wanted to accompany his father-in-law and mother-in-law back to the old house to observe mourning.
The emperor thought that Yuan Bohua and his family were just sending his uncle and aunt back to the old house. They returned after that. The whole trip took less than half a year.
The emperor agreed without hesitation.
Zhou Qiongyue's family of four are heading south, and the one who is most reluctant to leave is Princess Yongchun, although she actually wants to go too.
But she received news that the Queen Mother might also secretly go with her. Since her stepmother was going, Princess Yongchun didn't want to go.
Princess Yongchun was afraid of her stepmother when she was in the palace. Now that she is married, of course she doesn't want to get close to her stepmother.
The point is, judging from her stepmother's appearance, she seems to be planning to sneak away. If the emperor blames her, she doesn't want to be the scapegoat.
So no matter how Sun Yuancheng and her husband tried to persuade her, Princess Yongchun remained unmoved and was determined to stay in Yuan'an.
Then, Prince Consort Sun and Sun Yuancheng, who wanted to go out and play, were listless and sighed in front of Princess Yongchun for many days.
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