Because the Kong Mansion was burned down, Kong Chenyang's funeral had to be temporarily arranged in a separate courtyard of the Kong family.

Kong Chenyang was a low-key person during his lifetime. In the officialdom, except for a few scholars in the Hanlin Academy who were close to him, other people had no impression of Kong Chenyang.

Therefore, not many people came to pay their respects at Kong Chenyang's funeral. The door was deserted, with only a few servants in sackcloth clothes guarding it.

Lu Yanluo held Kong Xiaobao in one hand and walked into the mourning hall to pay her respects.

No matter what Kong Chenyang's intentions were towards the Night Palace before, when a person dies, it is like a light goes out, and all grudges will disappear.

It’s just… Lu Yanluo lowered her head and looked at the ignorant Xiaobao beside her. He lost his father at such a young age. Lu Yanluo really couldn’t bear to tell him the truth.

"How dare you come here!" A man in his fifties walked up to Lu Yanluo angrily and said with a bad face.

Lu Yanluo was surprised: "Why can't I come? I met Lord Kong once before he died, so what's wrong with me coming to pay my respects after he died?"

The man was the housekeeper of the Kong Mansion. He pointed at Lu Yanluo and said, "You are the one who killed our master. Tell me, are you at fault? If it weren't for you, the master would have died so quickly, and how could the Kong Mansion have been burned down? Our master suffered for you, but instead of being grateful, you take it for granted. It's really infuriating! Get out!"

The housekeeper started to chase people away and pointed at the door, asking Lu Yanluo to leave.

After all, the dead are the most important. Lu Yanluo did not want to make trouble in front of Kong Chenyang's spirit. She did not argue, but handed Xiaobao to the Kong family and turned away.

At night, Lu Yanluo fell into a dream and in a trance she came to the Confucius Mansion which had been burned by fire.

Kong Chenyang, dressed in white, stood among the ruins and said to Lu Yanluo, "Miss Lu, I am in great danger this time. In order to help you resolve the disaster, I have taken on the suffering that should have been yours. But it is not over yet. The source of all evil still exists. Miss Lu, be careful."

Before he finished speaking, Kong Chenyang's white figure slowly faded away until it disappeared without a trace.

Lu Yanluo suddenly felt a splitting headache, and voices from all directions flooded into her mind, as if ten thousand trumpets were blowing at the same time, making her feel as if her soul was leaving her body.

"A'Luo! A'Luo!" In a daze, Chu Xuan's anxious voice rang in her ears. Lu Yanluo then moaned and woke up from her sleep.

"A-Luo." Chu Xuan looked at Lu Yanluo in surprise, and said with a sigh of relief: "You finally woke up."

Chu Xuan looked much more haggard. Lu Yanluo opened her mouth to speak, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her throat became rough and unbearable and she started to cough dryly.

"Drink some water." Chu Xuan quickly brought a cup of warm tea and carefully fed it to Lu Yanluo. After a long pause, Lu Yanluo asked suspiciously, "How long have I slept?"

"You have been sleeping for five days." Chu Xuan said, "At first I thought you were sick, but I asked a doctor, but in the end he couldn't find anything. I could only let you sleep like this."

Lu Yanluo fell silent after hearing this. She just had a dream, but this dream lasted for five days?

Recalling the housekeeper at Kong Chenyang's funeral, Lu Yanluo's eyes turned cold and she said, "I'm not sick. I suspect I've been poisoned."

Chu Xuan's expression suddenly changed, and he asked, "What kind of poison was it? When did it happen? Who did it?!"

Lu Yanluo's heavy mood paused, and then she smiled faintly. No matter what happened, she always had him by her side.

"It's just my guess. I always feel that Kong Chenyang is not dead yet. The matter will not end so simply. As for the poisoning, I suspect it was the housekeeper of the Kong family. When I went to pay my respects to Kong Chenyang that day, the housekeeper's attitude was so strange. I didn't think much about it at first, but now it seems that he is afraid that I will stay in the Kong family for a long time."

Chu Xuan hesitated for a moment and said, "I also suspected that something happened to you in the Kong family before, so you have been in a coma, so I took Kong Xiaobao to the Night Palace to prevent the Kong family from playing any tricks again."

Lu Yanluo was sleeping soundly at the time, and Chu Xuan was really scared. He had already made preparations for the worst. If Lu Yanluo never woke up from her sleep, he would take the children of the Kong family as hostages and force them to submit.

Lu Yanluo was surprised: "You brought Xiaobao back? Then the Kong family..."

Kong Chenyang had just been buried, and Chu Xuan took the child away. How could the Kong family agree to this?

Chu Xuan snorted coldly: "I said that the prince and the young lady of the palace like Xiaobao, and they are worried that Xiaobao will lose his father at a young age, so they brought the child to the palace to comfort him."

The Kong family was unwilling, but they did not dare to lose face for the royal family, so he took the child in.

Lu Yanluo woke up, feeling weak all over. She hadn't eaten for a long time and her body was a little weak. By the time she recovered and was able to get out of bed and walk, three days had passed.

She was always thinking about Xiaobao who was brought back to the palace by Chu Xuan. After she was able to move around freely, the first thing she did was to visit the children.

Xiaobao was living very well in the palace. Chu Xuan did not lie. Chu Yao and Chu Yuan liked Xiaobao very much. The three children often stayed together these days. Xiaobao, on the contrary, seemed to have no idea that Kong Chenyang was dead and did not look sad at all.

"Mom!" Chu Yuan happily rushed over to hug Lu Yanluo when he saw her coming over, and then said aggrievedly: "Mom, you are okay! Daddy said that Mom has been sick recently and needs to rest. He didn't let Yuanyuan disturb Mom. Yuanyuan misses Mom."

Lu Yanluo lovingly held Chu Yuan in her arms to comfort him, and the little girl smiled.

Chu Yao also looked over with some concern, and was relieved to see that Lu Yanluo was really fine.

Lu Yanluo walked up to Xiaobao, squatted down, and said softly: "Xiaobao, are you happy here? Do you want to go back to find your mother? Auntie can send someone to take you back."

Xiaobao looked at Lu Yanluo blankly, and after a long time he spoke: "Let's go, Xiaobao wants to find daddy." Then he took Lu Yanluo's hand and was about to leave.

Lu Yanluo looked at Xiaobao in surprise, thinking that he didn't know that Kong Chenyang was dead yet. As Xiaobao pulled her, she stood up and said, "Auntie will take you back to find mom, okay? We're not going to find dad."

Upon hearing this, Xiaobao let go of Lu Yanluo's hand, remained motionless, and silently refused.

Lu Yanluo had no choice but to give up for the time being and let Xiaobao continue to live in the palace, and ask the Kong family to send someone to pick him up another day.

But before anyone from the Kong family arrived, Lu Yanluo discovered that Xiaobao's behavior was very strange. Whenever he saw her, Xiaobao would take her to find Kong Chenyang. They would sit quietly in one place during the day and would not move for a long time.

Lu Yanluo was worried that Xiaobao was upset by something, but Xiaobao was surprisingly calm.

That day, Xiaobao took Lu Yanluo's hand again and wanted to go find Kong Chenyang. Lu Yanluo's heart moved, and this time she did not refuse. She followed Xiaobao all the way.