Yuan Chaochang was more worried about what might happen to his younger brother than his deceased mother. He could only take care of the living first. "Don't worry, second brother. Mother won't let us go."
As soon as Yuan Chaochang finished saying this, Zhou Zhiyi and Zhou Zhiquan rushed in.
Yuan Chaochang/Yuan Chaokang didn't even wipe his tears. He looked at his mother lying on the bed and said, "Uncle, fifth uncle, mother is gone."
Zhou Zhiyi looked at his smiling sister on the bed and said, "I'm glad you didn't suffer. I'm glad you didn't suffer!"
Zhou Zhiquan wiped his face with his sleeve, trying to maintain the dignity of an uncle, "Yes, my little sister was the most spoiled when she was alive. I'm glad she didn't suffer."
Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang cried even harder.
Yuan Chaochang was very unwilling, "Uncle, we two don't have a mother anymore."
Zhou Zhiquan had no grudges towards his two nephews of noble status, and he would criticize them when necessary. But his words were full of bitterness:
"Your uncle and I don't have any either! What's the point of you telling us? Now we don't even have a sister."
Just as Zhou Zhiquan finished his retort, Prince Rong's voice rang out, "Are you comparing your misery in front of my cousin? Speaking of misery, I'm the worst. I don't even have a cousin anymore. I'm truly all alone."
The first thing Prince Rong did when he was helped in was to look at Zhou Qiongyue lying on the bed. Seeing her peaceful face, Prince Rong felt much less sad.
Prince Rong felt that since they were already at this age, it would only take a few years for them to leave.
It's fine if my cousin leaves first. Prince Rong can't bear to see her send them off one by one. Let them bear this pain!
"Go without worry, cousin! In a few years, we should all come to find you. By then..."
Speaking of this, Prince Rong, who was very open-minded, couldn't help but tear up.
Originally, he was loved by his mother and protected by his brothers and sisters, but how come as they walked, he was the only one left on the road.
He didn't even know what he had done wrong, why was he the only one left?
With Zhou Zhiyi, Zhou Zhiquan and Prince Rong around, Yuan Chaokang and Yuan Chaochang felt much better.
If Yuan Chaokang was alone, he thought he would faint from crying, but with so many people around, his sadness was somewhat diluted.
Seeing that the other four people seemed unreliable, Prince Rong immediately asked someone to help him out, called Ren Xiyu in, and helped his cousin wash and change clothes.
By the way, someone helped the unreliable Yuan Chaochang and others out of the door.
Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang also knelt in the yard, while Zhou Zhiyi, Zhou Zhiquan and Prince Rong stood in the yard waiting.
The three of them did not talk to each other, each immersed in their own emotions.
After a long while, Prince Rong suddenly said, "The five of us will accompany cousin for a drink later! They are all the people cousin cares about the most. She should be happy if we can have one last drink with her."
Zhou Zhiyi didn't think his cousin Prince Rong's proposal was unreliable, and he also thought his sister would be happy.
Zhou Zhiyi responded in a low voice, "Okay, then call Chang'er and Kang'er along."
When night really came, Prince Rong and his two companions felt that Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang were an eyesore again.
In the evening, when Zhou Yirong and others came to invite Zhou Zhiyi and others to return home, the three of them tacitly agreed not to go back and wanted to stay with Zhou Qiongyue for one night.
The younger generations who came to invite people had no choice but to stay in the front yard of Prince Fu'an's Mansion.
At midnight, Zhou Zhiyi and the other two went straight to Zhou Qiongyue's funeral hall with wine.
As soon as Zhou Zhiyi arrived, he asked the kneeling younger generations to leave, leaving only the Yuan Chaochang brothers.
Although Zhou Zhiyi wanted to bring his two nephews, he still wanted to ask for their opinions: "We want to drink with your mother, would you like to join us?"
Yuan Chaokang looked at his eldest brother, who had been silent since his mother left. "I won't drink anymore. Let me drink with the uncles! I'll keep watch for you."
Yuan Chaochang glanced at his kneeling second brother and didn't refuse his brother's kindness. He really wanted to get drunk. Yuan Chaochang stood up and knelt a little forward, kneeling next to his three uncles.
Prince Rong handed Yuan Chaochang a jar of wine, opened one, and placed it in front of his cousin's coffin. He also opened a jar himself, raised his head, and began to drink.
Seeing this, Yuan Chaochang also imitated Prince Rong and raised his head to drink.
After Yuan Chaochang drank a jar of wine, he felt dizzy instantly, "Fifth cousin, why do I feel a little dizzy..."
After Yuan Chaochang said this, he was about to fall backwards, but Yuan Chaokang caught him with his quick eyes and hands.
Yuan Chaokang helped his elder brother sleep beside him against the wall, and then took off his cloak and put it on his elder brother.
He turned around and looked at Prince Rong with a hint of helplessness, "Fifth cousin, what's in the wine?"
"Don't worry, it's just some tranquilizer. You'll be fine after a good night's sleep. You can even say you'll feel refreshed after a good night's sleep. Do you want some too?"
After Prince Rong finished his explanation, he opened another jar of wine and handed it to Yuan Chaokang.
Yuan Chaokang shook his head helplessly and pointed to the corner next to him. "No, I'll kneel in the corner next to you. If you uncles want to talk to Mother, go ahead!"
Prince Rong waved his hand at Yuan Chaokang and said, "You are a sensible boy."
Yuan Chaokang really knelt down in the corner of the room obediently. Actually, he should have gone out, but he also wanted to be closer to his mother.
When Prince Rong saw Yuan Chaokang leave, he took out a small wine glass from his arms and started drinking with his two cousins Zhou Zhiyi and Zhou Zhiquan.
He was not at all as bold as he was in front of Yuan Chaochang just now.
The three of them drank and recalled the things in their youth, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, and they had a great time.
The three of them drank until they had finished all the wine they brought. Then the three old men lay on Zhou Qiongyue's coffin and cried loudly.
Tired of crying, the three of them fell asleep leaning against Zhou Qiongyue's coffin.
Yuan Chaokang got up and came over to check after hearing no sound for a while.
Seeing that his three uncles had fallen asleep leaning against his mother's coffin, Yuan Chaokang could only help them one by one to lean against the wall where his eldest brother was leaning, and then clean up the mess on the ground.
Finally, he was troubled by the cloak on his eldest brother, so he finally took up the cloak covering his eldest brother and gave it to his three uncles.
Finally, he moved his eldest brother to the fire and let him sleep next to him. Yuan Chaokang stopped kneeling and sat directly on the ground, letting his eldest brother lean on him.
Yuan Chaokang looked at his mother's coffin and murmured softly, "I wonder if my mother has passed away? Can she see how much we miss her?"
Zhou Qiongyue, who was being missed by everyone, felt that she had a good sleep. She had not slept so soundly since her health deteriorated.
Although she had been sleepy for the past few years, she always felt like she was being held down by something when she fell asleep. Even when she woke up, she didn't feel much more relaxed.
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