Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Ghost
"I haven't been to court for a while. I can't really wait until my injury is healed before going."
Lord Lu got up early that day. Just as he was about to get dressed, he saw his wife also sitting up.
She was still sleepy, rubbing her eyes with both hands like a cat, and asked him why he suddenly wanted to go to court.
One of the reasons is that Lu Shenru's injuries have healed to some extent, and the other reason is that the Northwest Army has been somewhat unstable recently.
First, Wei Cong was injured and returned to the capital. Then, an epidemic broke out in the northwest. Although it did not spread widely, it also had a significant impact on the army. Then, Yang Jinyu was invited by the Jinyiwei. Before the matter was finalized, the Duke of Wei was eager to distance himself from the matter and divorced the wife of the prince.
The news reached the Rongchang Earl who was far away in the northwest. The Earl had just experienced the incident of his two sons killing people to silence them years ago. Now he heard that his daughter had also killed people and was going to be divorced by her in-laws. He was so angry that he fainted and fell seriously ill.
Wei Cong and Rong Changbo were originally the two main generals who stabilized the Northwest Army. Now both of them are gone, and he is injured again. There are rumors everywhere, and the army is indeed a little unstable.
How could he just stay at home and recuperate?
He was going to court, and Du Lingjing hurriedly got up to help him put on his clothes, but he didn't want her help. As soon as she picked up the clothes, he stopped her and put them on himself.
From the time he was injured until today, he never let her serve him at all.
Du Lingjing opened the window and saw that it was gloomy outside, and said.
"It looks like it's going to rain today."
He was a military general and had always ridden a horse to court. When it rained or snowed, he would wear a cloak. He was not very good at riding in a carriage, but he was injured this time, Du Lingjing said.
"If it rains, don't ride the horse. I'll take a carriage to pick you up outside the palace gate."
She was going to pick him up from court.
Lu Shenru's hand on her waist paused. She finally found an opportunity and immediately stepped forward to help him fasten his belt.
She was quite unfamiliar with it, but she understood the structure of the belt on the court robe at a glance and quickly fastened it properly for him.
Not just appropriate, but excellent.
Lu Shenru couldn't help but look down at his wife.
Her long eyebrows drooped softly at her temples, and the daze from just waking up was gone from her eyes. Now she looked up at him.
"I'll let Chongping drive, and we'll pick you up outside the palace gate."
She said it again, and Lu Shenru really couldn't dare to think about it. He couldn't help but laugh, laughing at her soft mouth, how could she say such pleasant words.
He took her hand and held it in his own.
Marquis Chongping was outside the door and actually spoke hesitantly.
"Your Majesty, why don't you just take the carriage to the court? It will be more stable."
They both let him take the car, and Lu Shenru laughed out loud.
"I am a military officer going to court, not like a kid going to school. Why should I ride in a carriage?"
He said, squeezing her hand.
"I think even if it rains, it may not rain when I leave the court. If it really rains at that time..."
He smiled and nodded at her, "Then I'll trouble you, ma'am."
Although he said this, he didn't think it was such a coincidence.
Who would have thought that when I walked out of the palace after court, the sky was gloomy and it actually started to drizzle.
Civil officials all like to ride in carriages or sedan chairs. Although they do not have the majesty of military generals riding horses, they have many advantages in times of rain and snow.
By now they had reached the palace gate and it was drizzling, which made them feel a little anxious.
Lu Shenru didn't take it seriously, but Dou Ge Lao happened to pass by and snorted when he saw that he had to ride back in the rain.
"No matter how majestic you are, you should ride in a carriage when you are injured. Otherwise, you will catch a cold and get sick after being caught in the rain, and the Northwest Army will be in chaos. How about you take my carriage?"
If Lu Shenru really took the old man's car to take shelter from the rain and return home, rumors would spread all over the army and the northwest would become even more unstable.
Lu Shenru no longer had a good face towards the old man. Seeing him stroking his beard and smiling, he snorted and turned away.
Who would have thought that at this moment, a voice came from behind.
"Husband!"
The voice was even clearer than the drizzling rain.
Lu Shenru was slightly startled and turned to look.
He only saw her standing not far behind him.
She stood in front of the carriage, beneath the tall and wide red palace wall. The raindrops fell on the oil-paper umbrella she held above her head. She was wearing a water-green dress, and the drizzle could not be blocked, slanting around the hem of her skirt.
She came to pick him up with an umbrella and waited for him under the palace wall.
Lu Shenru's eyes were fixed on her, unable to move away even an inch.
One day, she would wait outside the palace gate for him to come home from court...
Is this really not a dream?
It was indeed not a dream, because someone was also looking over. Lu Shenru glanced over and saw that Lord Dou was quite surprised.
He suddenly remembered that when he and his wife were unhappy before, this old man was the happiest to watch the show. He also said that some things can't be forced, and asked him to let go as soon as possible...
At this moment, Lord Lu raised his chin and looked towards Lord Dou.
"Who said that Mr. Lu wants to ride a horse? The elder sits alone in an empty carriage, but Mr. Lu is different."
Someone came to pick him up.
After Lu Shenru finished speaking, he strode towards his wife and walked quickly to the umbrella. She also came to greet him. He took the umbrella from her hand and held it high between them.
This demeanor and this pace were no longer as gloomy as before. Dou Ge Lao did not expect that Lu Shenru's young lady would come to pick him up. This marquis was really proud of him.
However, Lord Dou was much calmer than someone else. Seeing this, he just smiled faintly and glanced at Du Lingjing.
The girl's temper seems to be inherited from her ancestors.
It is tough when it needs to be tough, and soft when it needs to be soft.
... ...
Du Lingjing was suddenly released from confinement, and Changpu rushed out immediately to inquire about the interesting things in various teahouses and restaurants, and asked his wife where she wanted to go for fun.
Du Lingjing could go anywhere, even out of the capital to Guilin Tower, but someone asked her to bring guards with her when she went out, a total of sixteen guards.
Du Lingjing: "..."
She might as well not go out at all. The scene would be like the emperor leaving the palace incognito.
But after the hidden arrow incident, sixteen guards were not many, and Du Lingjing didn't want to be his weak point again.
She hadn't decided where to go for entertainment yet.
But Jiang Fengchuan saw someone secretly throwing something outside the wall of Yongding Marquis' Mansion and then secretly stepping into the grass.
He sat in a nearby teahouse and had tea with others.
The servant whispered in his ear.
"It was the witchcraft that the drunken monk taught Master Gu."
First, secretly place witchcraft objects around the Yongding Marquis's mansion, and then use the blood of relatives to lure the evil spirits to the wife of Marquis Lu.
In just a few days, Gu Yangsi's witchcraft tools were almost ready and he was ready to put them into practice.
Jiang Fengchuan sneered when he heard this, then turned around and gave instructions to his servants.
"Just follow their method and move things around."
"Where is Sixth Master going to move?"
Jiang Fengchuan laughed, "Of course it was moved to Gu's own home."
It would be boring if you didn't let the poisonous snake bite you.
The servant was gone for less than half a cup of tea, and suddenly came back, saying that the drunken monk commissioned by Gu Yangsi was coming to cast a spell, so it was inconvenient to move and would have to come later.
"... But Sixth Master, the drunkard said that this witchcraft must be commissioned by someone, and must be activated with blood. I saw that Master Gu did not come, but only a young man of about thirteen or fourteen years old. He did not look like the young master of the Gu family, but he looked very similar to Master Gu. It seemed that he wanted to use his blood to activate it."
Jiang Fengchuan had also heard from his Taoist master about the use of blood in witchcraft. Even if it was a replacement, a connected bloodline was required.
A young man of thirteen or fourteen years old, not the young master of the Gu family, but looks very similar to Gu Yangsi?
Jiang Fengchuan snorted and laughed.
"This is very interesting. Let's go find out who this person is."
The servant took the order and left again, and the person who was drinking tea with him asked.
"What are you laughing at, Rokuro?"
Jiang Fengchuan said it was nothing, "It's just that I'm very happy to see Brother Feng in the capital. If Brother sees you and I meet, he will be happy too."
Zhu Feng, a native of Jinan, Shandong, was an old friend of Jiang Zhuxiu. The two even passed the imperial examination together. Unfortunately, Jiang Zhuxiu was too ill to go to Beijing to take the examination, but Zhu Feng passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi the following year.
When Jiang Qianjun was alive, he had correspondence with him every month, asking him about the affairs of the court. Although he had not yet completed his career, he was very concerned about the affairs of the court. He never missed any imperial edicts issued by the court. Even when he was lying on his sickbed, he would read them carefully by lamplight. He also often corresponded with friends in Beijing to ask about the affairs of the court.
Zhu Feng was his main source of information in the capital.
It was just that Zhu Feng's mother passed away, so he went back to his hometown to observe mourning, and he has just returned to Beijing to resume his post.
Jiang Fengchuan had no intention of mentioning the Gu family's troubles to Zhu Feng. He only talked about how his third brother used to care more about court affairs than the current officials, which was quite strange.
*Gu family in Huanghuafang.
The second wife convulsed for a while again.
Du Runqing was so frightened by his mother that he couldn't eat his dinner properly.
I don’t know why, but ever since my mother moved to my uncle’s house, she has become prone to seizures and seems extremely uneasy.
She could only stay with her mother all day long.
"Mom, you must be well!"
Even though she was sick or crazy, she was still a child with a mother. When she was at a loss, seeing her mother could help her calm down a little.
But her mother never recovered, and the doctor could only shake his head when he came.
Her grandmother asked her to embroider the veil again.
She will have to embroider the veil three times.
The first time her grandmother told her that she was going to marry the marquis, she couldn't hide her excitement and embroidered until late at night;
The second time, when her grandmother wanted to arrange a marriage with Lady Baoguo and asked her to marry the commander, she was confused and her embroidery was dull;
The third time, her uncle told her about the Sixth Master of the Jiang family. She didn't want to marry, but her grandmother just said that she had no choice. She looked at the veil that Zhang had embroidered and then broken, and then embroidered again, and didn't know how to continue embroidering.
She didn't embroider.
But the next day, her uncle suddenly came to her and her mother's yard.
"Qingniang, hurry up and prepare your veil and wedding dress. Jiang Tanhua just sent me a message saying that the Jiang family has agreed to this marriage. Let's set an auspicious day for the engagement."
Gu Yangsi was anxious to use his third sister's blood and offer it in witchcraft. As long as the marriage was arranged, everything would be settled.
He said to his niece, "Uncle has set an auspicious date for you ten days from now. You should prepare quickly."
Du Runqing took a breath.
"But uncle, mother is sick and father hasn't replied yet, how can Qing'er get engaged so hastily?!"
Once engaged, unless something drastic happened to the two families, she would have no choice but to marry the Sixth Master of the Jiang Family.
But the Sixth Master of the Jiang Family... Du Runqing was afraid when he thought of him.
She kept shaking her head, and Gu Yangsi became impatient.
"What do you mean by a hasty engagement? Before your father passed away, he handed your marriage over to your grandmother. Your grandmother also agreed to this, why don't you agree?"
Du Runqing's heart trembled, but she felt that if she retreated any further, she would really be married off by her uncle.
She couldn't help but say, "My niece doesn't agree! I don't want to marry the Sixth Master of the Jiang family. Please help me, uncle!"
Gu Yangsi no longer thought about his niece and actually had his own ideas.
His voice suddenly turned cold, "You are committing treason!"
Suddenly, a big hat of treason hits my head.
Her grandmother told her that as a woman, she must be respectful and submissive, and that being respectful in front of men and elders would not go wrong.
Du Runqing's face turned pale.
The room was dim, with a strong smell of medicine wafting from the seriously ill mother. She was unconscious, and only my uncle was standing in front of the door, his shadow covering her from head to toe.
Du Runqing couldn't help but stagger back a step, and his hand hit the vase, knocking it to the ground.
In the silent room, the vase fell and shattered with a bang, and the sound of broken porcelain pricked people's ears.
Du Runqing's heart trembled, and Gu Yangsi became more and more impatient, staring at his niece with cold eyes.
The little girl shuddered.
At this moment, someone in the room suddenly asked in a sharp voice.
"what you do?!"
She was asking about her uncle Gu Yangsi in a hurry, but when Du Runqing turned around, she saw her mother sitting up on the bed, holding the edge of the bed, and now she turned to look at her.
"Qing'er, come here!"
She was as thin as a skeleton and her body was soaked in the smell of drugs, which showed that she was not going to survive.
But at this moment, there was no more cloudiness in her eyes, and she even raised her hand to wave to her daughter.
"Qing'er, come to mother!"
Du Runqing was surprised and happy, "Mom, mom, you're awake?!"
She rushed to her mother's bedside.
"Wake up, my Qing'er, mother is awake..." She stroked her daughter's hair with trembling hands.
It has been so long since her mother touched her hair.
Du Runqing could no longer stop crying and lay on his mother crying.
The second wife's eyes also turned red and she shed tears.
But Gu Yangsi looked at the mother and daughter for a few breaths, then spoke in a low voice.
"Third sister, are you really awake?"
The second lady looked up at him.
She saw his eyes become sinister, and he walked towards the bed step by step. With every step, his expression twisted a little more as he stared at her.
The second wife suddenly realized something, turned around and was about to shout outside.
“Someone come! Someone come…”
However, before she could shout out, her brother suddenly stepped forward, pulled up the clothes next to her, and covered her head and face with them.
"Uncle? Mother!" Du Runqing was completely confused about the situation and was about to scream in shock.
Who would have thought that her uncle would raise his lame leg and kick her.
Du Runqing was young after all, and his reaction was very quick. He suddenly dodged to the side, and Gu Yangsi failed to kick her. He had to focus on pinning down the struggling third sister, and could no longer take care of her.
Du Runqing screamed and shouted outside, "Someone come! Someone come!"
She wanted to run out and call her grandmother, but her mother was being held tightly by her uncle and was almost dying, so she couldn't wait for her to call for help.
"Mother..."
She no longer cared about her grandmother's teachings about men being the women's heaven and that as long as women obediently served the men around them, their status would be secure.
She suddenly picked up the scissors and stabbed her uncle's arm with one cut!
Gu Yangsi never thought that his niece would dare to pick up a pair of scissors and stab him. At this moment, his arm was in great pain and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
He was no longer able to control the Second Lady, and he growled and clenched his arms.
Du Runqing grabbed her mother again, but her mother was not yet suffocated to death and was gasping for breath.
Gu Yangsi was so furious that he pulled out the scissors from his arm and was about to stab the mother and daughter.
Who wants someone to push the door open?
"what you do?!"
It was Madam Wan.
When Gu Yangsi saw her sudden arrival, the color of his eyes changed three times in an instant.
"Mother! My third sister is possessed by a ghost and ordered Qingniang to stab me with scissors! Both mother and daughter are possessed by ghosts, we can't let them stay here any longer!"
Du Runqing just felt that the person possessed by the ghost must be his uncle!
She knew that her uncle didn't love her very much, but she never imagined that one day her uncle would harm her and her mother!
She cried out, "Grandma, it's not like that! My uncle wanted to smother my mother, so I stabbed him. But he wanted to kill us both! My uncle is possessed by a ghost!"
Both sides said that the other was possessed by evil spirits.
On one side was his only son, and on the other side were his seriously ill daughter and granddaughter.
Madam Wan was confused for a moment by the blood.
But she suddenly remembered what the doctor said, someone secretly poisoned her daughter...
She immediately called her daughter-in-law, "Get the scissors and go catch him!"
Liang had never seen such a scene before. She stepped forward in shock and was about to call her husband to take the scissors from his hand.
Gu Yangsi suddenly raised his hand and slapped her in the face.
"Bitch, go away!"
Liang's eyes were dazzled by the beating and tears began to fall.
But no one cared about her, whether it was her husband or her mother-in-law.
Old Madam Wan seemed to understand something, but she was extremely confused, so she asked Gu Yangsi.
"What do you want to do?"
She said that his third sister would not live for many days. "Let her live well for a year or so, and then she will die. It won't cost us any money. Why should we poison her and..."
And smother her to death.
She couldn't say anything and looked at her son in confusion.
But someone, after catching his breath, gave the answer directly.
"Mother! He won't tell you because he wants me dead! Because it was him who knocked my carriage off the cliff!"
The second lady was injured in the head and became insane because her carriage fell off a cliff by accident. All the maids and servants who were traveling with her died, and she was lucky to escape with her life.
As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Madam Wan was stunned, while Du Runqing held his mother's hand tightly, but his mother's thin hand, as thin as a stick, held it tightly in return.
The younger brother wants to kill his own sister? Why?
The second wife slowly raised her head and looked at the brother in front of her, her eyes full of hatred.
"That year I went out to burn incense and pray for you, but I never thought I would meet you picking someone up to settle down in the capital."
She said that Gu Yangsi picked up someone else.
"The people you took away are none other than your biological parents, as well as the wife they married for you, and the son you had with that woman!"
So Gu Yangsi wanted to kill someone and silence the Second Wife who was not supposed to know about this matter.
But these words made Du Runqing's mind go blank.
Isn’t uncle her biological uncle?
Liang, whose face was covered in red fingerprints from being hit, was stunned.
"My biological parents? Isn't the master my mother's biological son?"
Why would someone with biological parents marry and have children outside?
She couldn't help but look at Madam Wan with a questioning look in her eyes.
Old Madam Wan was not as surprised as the other two, she just shook her body a little.
Gu Yangsi is indeed not her biological son.
When did she ever give birth to a son?
Her belly was "uncooperative" and she gave birth to three daughters in a row. When the doctor examined her pulse, the fourth one was also a daughter.
Her husband's family doesn't even want to look at her anymore.
If it was really a daughter, at her age, it would be impossible for her to have a son. Without a son, she would not be able to gain a foothold. How could she ever succeed?
At that time, she was on the farm taking care of her pregnancy and no one asked her anything.
She thought about it and suddenly made up her mind.
On the night of delivery, she really gave birth to her fourth daughter. As soon as she gave birth to her daughter, she sent her away far away.
Then he would buy the newly born son from a poor family named Yang nearby with a large sum of money.
She has a son now, not a daughter.
She gave him more money and sent the family away. From now on, this was her biological son, her only son.
She can hold her head up high in front of her husband's family and everyone else!
No matter how powerful a woman is, she still has to rely on men in this world. Whether it's a father, a husband, a son, or a grandson! It has to be a man! Serve the man well first, and life will naturally be better.
This is how she has lived these years.
How come something that happened so many years ago suddenly popped up again?
She looked at Gu Yangsi in a trance.
"When did you find them?"
Gu Yangsi said nothing, but the steward came to tell him that someone had suddenly kidnapped a man and thrown him in front of the Gu family's door. The man was a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old.
The doorman didn't want to pay attention at first, but when he saw the boy's face, he found that he was exactly like his own master.
Madam Wan said in a trembling voice, "Bring the person here."
The boy was tied up and thrown into the yard, but when he looked up, even Madam Wan was shocked.
Gu Yangsi did not argue any further.
Madam Wan's body swayed back and forth.
"No wonder, no wonder you always want money, always obsessed with money, and even eyeing your niece's dowry."
This is how he was caught by Lord Lu and taken to the Jinyiwei, where he was nearly beaten to death.
"I thought you were just greedy for money, but it turns out you need money to support a large family. You're afraid I'll find out, and you're trying to harm your third sister and silence her..."
Madam Wan's voice trembled, but Gu Yangsi suddenly didn't care anymore.
"Who is my third sister? You are not my mother!"
He glared at Madam Wan and said, "Let's be frank. The Gu family is so big, and it needs a man like me to support it, right?"
Madam Wan lost her reputation as the matchmaker in Beijing and no longer had a say in the capital.
Gu Yangsi no longer cared about his adoptive mother.
"It's a good opportunity to bring all my Yang family members in, and treat them as distant relatives who have done us a favor. We will take good care of them in our mansion!"
He doesn't need to hide, "Let my biological parents also enjoy wealth and glory."
He then looked at Madam Wan and said, "Mother, please try harder and find a good marriage for my son from the Yang family."
He even dared to ask Madam Wan to arrange a marriage for his son.
Madam Wan suddenly felt a surge of blood.
But she had no one around her. Her two eldest daughters were married off far away, the fourth daughter was sent away, and the third daughter seemed to be in her last moments.
She served men all her life, and this is the result?
A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out of Mrs. Wan's mouth.
Blood splattered and she fell to the ground with a thud.
Everyone was shocked, but Gu Yangsi ordered everyone not to act rashly.
He is the biggest master in this mansion, and it should have been done long ago.
He fixed his eyes on Du Runqing.
"Then you have to marry Jiang Jialiu Lang, whether you want to or not! It's not up to you!"
"No! I don't want it!"
Du Runqing exclaimed, but Gu Yangsi asked someone to pull her down and "lock her up."
The second wife hurriedly tried to pull her daughter away, but was held down by Gu Yangsi.
"From now on, I am the only one in charge of this mansion!"
He strode out, even though he was limping.
There has never been a moment that was more enjoyable than this moment.
He is really lucky!
But Du Runqing was frightened and cried.
“No, no!”
My mother was held down! Where's my father? Where's my brother? Why aren't they in the capital?
The only one left in the capital was her elder sister.
But she spoke rudely to her sister and they fell out...
Du Runqing was being dragged away in fear. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps outside.
"Master, someone is breaking into the door!"
“Who is it?!”
Gu Yangsi was limping over when he saw someone striding forward with some help.
He looked up at the man in the middle.
"Commander Wei?"
Wei Jue, commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
However, the Jinyiwei beside him had captured a familiar person - the playboy who shot the hidden arrow and injured Lord Lu.
"I don't know him! I don't know him!" Gu Yangsi quickly denied it.
Wei Jue smiled when he saw how flustered he was.
"Really? Wei made a mistake?"
While he was speaking, someone else came from behind.
"Commander, someone sent in a drunk monk and a box of things."
"Who sent it?"
"Tanhua Jiang."
"Oh, bring it up and let's take a look."
As soon as the Drunken Monk was brought forward, he called towards Gu Yangsi.
"Amitabha, this is all Master Gu's order for me to do!"
Gu Yangsi's lame leg began to tremble, while Wei Jue looked through the things that came with the box beside him.
He took one look and snorted coldly.
"How dare you practice witchcraft under the emperor's feet? You are really tired of living."
He didn't need to listen to Gu Yangsi's explanation anymore.
"take away!"
... ...
The Gu family is in chaos.
Du Runqing broke free from the hands of the people who were holding her, heard her mother calling her, and ran back to the room.
But her mother reached her limit after what she had experienced.
She kept saying "retribution, retribution" and tears of blood flowed from her eyes.
"mother?!"
The second wife held her daughter's hand tightly, and looked at her for the last time with eyes full of blood and tears.
"Qing'er, my son, you should live a good life..."
As soon as the words were spoken, the last glimmer of light went out.
Du Runqing almost fainted from crying beside her mother.
By the time she came to her senses from her trance, the sun had already set.
It was pitch black all around, with no one lighting a lamp. She only heard that without Old Madam Wan and Old Master Gu in charge, the Gu Mansion was in chaos.
Someone was shouting about witchcraft and the assassination of the marquis, and the Gu family was going to be confiscated and destroyed.
There were figures and footsteps everywhere, and the house, with no one lighting the lamp, was filled with an eerie atmosphere, as if all the ghosts had broken in.
Du Runqing also became frightened, and Ruixue came to find her.
"Girl, we can't stay here anymore..."
Ruixue pulled her out quickly.
Du Runqing was in a daze until she walked onto the street and the lights shone into her eyes again, and she stopped.
The roads in the capital are well-connected and can lead to anywhere.
But she stood in the middle of the intersection, not knowing where she was going.
Everyone on the street had a place to go, except her. The lights all around made her dizzy, where else could she go, where else could she go?
"I have no mother and no home anymore, where can I go?"
Tears blurred the girl's vision, and everything in her sight shattered into pieces. She only felt that everyone in front of her turned into her uncle Gu Yangsi, picking up scissors and trying to stab her.
She was so frightened that she could not stand.
Someone walked slowly forward and appeared in her field of vision.
Du Runqing looked at the person. She was wearing a light blue dress. The soft hem of the skirt was like wind and water, washing away all the filth in her sight.
Qiu Lin stood beside her holding a lamp, and she lowered her head to look at her.
"Second sister."
It’s the eldest sister.
It was the older sister whom she once hated so much.
But she held up the lantern, illuminating the only clear and peaceful light in front of her.
At this moment, she didn't even dare to look up at her. She huddled together and lowered her head in front of her, hugging her shoulders and crying.
"Sister..." She was ashamed.
But Du Lingjing did not scold or blame him again.
Why the second sister ended up in this state was not just the fault of this fifteen-year-old girl.
It was her mother’s loss of position, her father’s inaction, her uncle’s viciousness, and her grandmother’s fallacy!
She is not like her younger brother Zhan Ming, who can get support from her family, study in academy, and be taught by the sages in books.
She couldn't find the answer to how she should act in this world.
Du Lingjing looked at her quietly.
"Carry my aunt's coffin back to my hometown in Qingzhou."
She asked Ai Ye to bring a thin and soft cloak to wrap the person in.
She did not step forward, but Du Runqing looked up at his sister with trembling hands.
At this moment, the eldest sister is still willing to appear in front of her and say a few words to her...
She couldn't control her tears and had no idea what to do next.
The last words her mother said before she died were to let her live a good life. How can she live a good life?
She didn't know what to do, but she saw her sister's lips open slightly, and her voice as clear as a spring fell into her ears.
"In my hometown of Qingzhou, there is the Du family's mansion, fields, our clansmen, and Mianlou." Du Lingjing said slowly.
Mianlou, the one passed down from grandfather and carefully managed by two generations, has a collection of tens of thousands of books.
She may be able to find the answers she wants in the vast books in Mianlou.
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