The farce finally ended. The aunt looked at the Xie family with disdain, hugged Xie Qingyao and comforted her, "Qingyao, your uncle and aunt are here. If you are wronged, just tell us. Don't be polite to those who have bad intentions."

Xie Qingyao broke free from her aunt's hand and said calmly, "I understand."

My aunt couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

Many people secretly despised him in their hearts: I don’t know who was so hysterical in the funeral hall in broad daylight and said so many shameful things, and now he is pretending to be a virtuous person.

Under the scorching gaze, my aunt calmed down instead.

People are afraid of comparison. Originally, she and the Eighth Madam had lost face together, and it was not easy to speak out. But who asked the Eighth Madam and her husband to play tricks and harm others? At this time, as a member of the wife of the Earl of Yongchang, she should speak up.

The Xie family members were speechless in the face of their aunt's ridicule. They just felt embarrassed and became more and more angry with their eighth aunt and her husband.

Xie Yinlou bowed to everyone at this time and said, "My dear uncles, aunts, my sister and I are not disrespectful to the elders, nor do we want to waste the feelings of our fellow clan members. We are forced to do this today. From now on, all expenses for the clan's ancestral hall and clan school will be handled as they were when my father and mother were alive. I hope that the elders can explain a few things to us when we return to the manor."

Xie Qingyao looked at his brother in surprise.

In the past, my brother was cold and taciturn, and rarely spoke so much.

There was a cold look in Xie Yinlou's eyes.

People value filial piety and family ties. Even though the Yongchang Earl's Mansion and these clan members are separated by several branches, they are still one family. The most capable young man should make more contributions to the family. This is a truth recognized by the world and is natural. If he stopped offering sacrifices to the clan's ancestral hall and clan school, it would not be as simple as driving away his uncles and aunts, but would also bring him a bad reputation.

Even if he doesn't care about his reputation, he still has to think about his sister, because she will get married in the future.

As expected, when the Xie family heard that everything would still follow the old routine, they immediately felt relieved and said one after another: "Don't worry, Prince. The Eighth Brother and his wife really went too far. This is not your fault. If someone talks nonsense in the future, your uncles will take care of it for you!"

"Then my sister and I would like to thank all the elders." Xie Yinlou bowed again, "It's already very late, the elders should go back and rest early. Yinlou will go to the wake for his parents later."

The seventeen-year-old boy, dressed in a white linen mourning robe, stood in the night like a tall poplar, strong and reliable.

The Xie family members nodded secretly: With this child around, it seems that the Earl's Mansion will not necessarily be devastated. We should be more polite to this child in the future, for he is the future Earl.

Tsk tsk, such a young uncle, no wonder the Eighth Uncle and his wife had evil thoughts and wanted to marry the Eighth Uncle’s wife’s niece to them.

After persuading the Xie family members to leave, Xie Yinlou bowed to his uncle from the Zhang family and said, "Uncle, go back and rest as well. It's getting late."

Thinking about his aunt's behavior during the day, Uncle Zhang felt too embarrassed to act like an uncle, so he said awkwardly, "Uncle will go back first. Don't stay up too long at the vigil, take care of yourself."

Xie Yinlou lowered his eyes in thanks.

Even as we walked out of the courtyard, my aunt was still complaining in a low voice: "Qingyao was feeling wronged. What a great opportunity to mend our relationship, why did she leave?"

Uncle Zhang sneered: "If you hadn't said that nonsense during the day, this would have been a great opportunity. Now forget it. Don't you see that those two kids are not so easy to control?"

At this point, Uncle Zhang's eyes darkened: "Do you really think that the sudden hysteria in the mourning hall in broad daylight is just a coincidence? In my opinion, this is definitely the work of the brother and sister."

My aunt's heart skipped a beat: "Are you saying that they were the ones who caused my hysteria?"

Uncle Zhang said nothing, apparently agreeing.

My aunt's face turned ugly, and she murmured, "No way? They are still children, how can they be so capable?"

Uncle Zhang looked back at the still brightly lit courtyard and said with a sigh, "Children are different from each other. In history, there was a child who became prime minister at the age of twelve."

"Aren't there very few people like that?" my aunt muttered.

The uncle from the Zhang family turned around and glanced at his aunt: "Are you sure that they are not just two of the very few? Besides, I am their uncle after all, and I still look forward to their success. Of course it would be better if our two families can get closer. If not, we can't be enemies. How can I be worthy of my sister?"

Hearing the tragic news that his sister and brother-in-law died on the same day, although he had some selfish motives in marrying his daughter to his family, it was also for the sake of his brother and sister. This was better than having the two siblings eaten alive by their clan. Now it seemed that he had done something unnecessary.

"Okay, don't have those ideas anymore, just let nature take its course." Uncle Zhang advised.

My aunt curled her lips and kept silent, feeling disgusted: This is really a case of not catching the fish but getting into trouble for nothing.

Zhenxia was in the middle, while the Xie brothers and sisters and Jiang Si were still standing in the courtyard.

"You all can go down as well." Xie Yinlou said to the maids and servants.

After the maids and servants left one after another, he cast his gaze towards the two of them and asked, "Are you frightened?"

Jiang seemed to feel vaguely that the other person's gaze enveloped her, as if something was different from before, and she shook her head silently.

Xie Qingyao raised her lips and said, "No, it was a good show. It made me vent my anger."

Xie Yinlou looked at Jiang Si.

Jiang seemed a little confused.

Brother Xie, do you really have to listen to her?

"I'm fine too."

Xie Yinlou looked at Jiang Si in silence, his eyes deep.

At this time, even Xie Qingyao sensed something was wrong and subconsciously took a step forward, standing between the two of them.

On one side is her brother, and on the other side is her best friend. Although she hopes that the two can become a couple, since Asi has made it clear that he is not suitable for her brother, she cannot act as a matchmaker at least until Asi changes his mind.

Even someone as innocent as Xie Qingyao knows that this world is much harsher on girls than on boys. If a friend gets close to a brother and they fail to become a couple in the end, the friend will be the one who suffers.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Xie Yinlou looked at Jiang Si deeply, and finally asked, "Jiang Simei, is there a monster in this yard?"

Jiang Si and Xie Yinlou looked at each other, their eyebrows raised slightly, showing a bit of surprise.

It turns out that Xie Yinlou was suspicious of this.

She raised her lips and said innocently: "No."

Behind the banana bush there was only her two cows, and of course no monsters.

Xie Yinlou paused.

He certainly didn't believe that his uncle and aunt failed just because of bad luck. Others didn't notice it, but he had already seen the blood on the ground and the hole on his uncle's butt.

He knew exactly what his sister was like, and now strange things kept happening one after another, each one to their advantage. If he couldn't figure out who played a role in it, he would be a fool.

But Jiang Simei actually lied to him without even blinking an eye.

Jiang Simei wasn't this kind of person before.