Chapter 164 Magic Defeats Magic
After the provincial examination, Lu Yanshu became noticeably busier.
The classmates discussed with each other every day and prepared for the imperial examination in February of the following year.
As the year draws to a close, the weather is getting colder.
The Fourth Prince absorbed some spiritual energy from Lu Chaochao and was gradually able to return to normal life.
Already enrolled in the Imperial College.
The hostage Xuan Jichuan still stayed by Lu Chaochao's side diligently.
"Chao Chao...Chao Chao..." Rong Che lay on the wall, calling Lu Chao Chao in a low voice.
"Chao Chao, can you please put the hairpin on your mother's bedside for me?" Rong Che personally made a hairpin for Xu and handed it to her carefully.
Lu Chaochao put his hands behind his back: "Uncle Rong!"
"That's my mother Wo! Would I be someone who would betray my mother?" Lu Chaochao was about to turn two years old, and his speech became clearer.
Rong Che gave her a look that was difficult to describe.
He took out an oil-paper bag from his pocket and said, "This is the roasted mutton bun that uncle bought for you. It's freshly baked and oozing with oil."
Lu Chaochao swallowed.
"This, this is not a matter of eating or not. Wo can't betray my mother..." Lu Chaochao stared at the oil paper.
It smells so good.
Rong Che took out another piece of oil paper, and this time, the fragrance was even stronger and more domineering.
Lu Chaochao took a deep breath. It smelled so good.
"Roasted lamb leg, tender and juicy, fresh out of the oven..."
Lu Chaochao's mouth was watering. He coughed lightly and took the toasted buns and roasted lamb leg with both hands.
"This won't happen again."
"Wo, I'm not betraying my mother. I'm providing her with more choices." Lu Chaochao nodded heavily.
"Don't worry, Uncle Rong." Lu Chaochao waved his hand.
Rong Che watched her go away with eager eyes.
As Lu Chaochao entered the door with the hairpin in her hand, she heard Dengzhi coming in to report.
"Madam, the people at the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion said that the old lady is dying, and she is holding on to her last breath and wants to see her children..." Just now, Pei came in person to report the news.
Xu frowned.
"Really? Have you asked the imperial physician to take a look?" Xu asked suspiciously.
Although the children had been expelled from the family tree and had lost their relatives. But if the old lady really passes away, the children will inevitably die.
Otherwise, you will be criticized by the world.
"I heard that an imperial physician was invited. Pei said that if the young masters don't have time to return to the Marquis' Mansion, you can ask Chaochao to go there first." Dengzhi replied carefully.
Mrs. Xu frowned, she didn't want the children to return to the Marquis' Mansion.
"Chao Chao? No way!" Xu refused immediately.
But if the old lady really passed away, as her former grandchildren, we would be criticized by everyone for not wanting to see her even for the last time.
The world is just so unfair.
Reborn in a marquis's mansion, even if the relationship has been severed, one cannot avoid the farewell at the moment of death.
"I can't even die in peace." Xu cursed inwardly.
Lu Chaochao vaguely heard her grandmother dying.
Then he handed the hairpin to Yuqin.
She sneaked out with Yu Shu.
"Mom is too busy. Chaochao needs to help her."
Lu Chaochao carefully took out the silver and found the coffin shop.
"Uncle, Wo wants to buy a coffin. My grandmother is dead..."
"I want the biggest and best..." She handed over the silver.
Yu Shu moved his mouth, and while he was hesitating, the shopkeeper had already taken the money.
"The most expensive coffin costs three hundred and sixty taels. Which one should I send it to?"
"The Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery." Lu Chaochao said with red eyes.
"Grandma passed away in a hurry and there was no coffin prepared at home." The little guy said seriously.
The shopkeeper hired four people to carry the coffin and follow Lu Chaochao.
Lu Chaochao led the way ahead.
"Little girl, where are you going?" someone asked along the way.
"My grandmother is dead." The little guy answered one by one.
"Princess Zhaoyang, where are you going?" A court official happened to pass by and came forward to greet her and asked.
Lu Chaochao replied in a baby voice: "Grandma is dead, Chaochao is going to see her off."
The court officials were shocked.
"really?"
"It's true. Mrs. Pei came to report it in person." Lu Chaochao replied seriously. She heard it with her own ears that her grandmother was dying!
Yu Shu was standing far away and didn't hear anything at all. But she knew that Mrs. Pei was waiting at the door.
"Mrs. Pei is indeed waiting at the door of the Lu family."
"Oh my! Why did they announce the death so suddenly?" the court officials were shocked.
Although the Loyal and Brave Marquis Lu Yuanze is not very noticeable in the court, the old Loyal and Brave Marquis is actually a genuine founding hero.
Everyone looked down on Lu Yuanze, but for the sake of the old marquis, when the old lady died, I'm afraid his colleagues would also go to pay their respects.
The court officials left in a hurry.
The news spread immediately.
The old lady of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery is dying.
Everyone has prepared everything and is ready to pay their respects.
As soon as Lu Yuanze left the palace, he heard his colleagues exhort him with grief on their faces: "Lord Lu, please accept my condolences..."
Lu Yuanze? ?
Seeing that he was confused, his colleague said, "The old lady is gone."
"Everyone is going to the Marquis' Mansion to pay their respects and prepare to send the old lady off."
Lu Yuanze's expression changed drastically and his body trembled. If the servant hadn't helped him up quickly, he would have fallen down on the spot.
"Mom, gone?"
Lu Yuanze's eyes were red, and he immediately thanked his colleagues with trembling hands, and hurried back to the Marquis' Mansion with red eyes.
The coffin bought by Lu Chaochao had just been carried to the gate of the marquis' mansion.
Then he met the ministers who came to pay their respects.
There was also the loyal and brave Marquis who went home crying.
"Mother, mother...you haven't enjoyed your life yet, why did you leave so early..." Lu Yuanze cried before he even entered the door.
The doorman heard the noise and saw a crowd of people outside the door, and his face turned pale with fright.
"My Lord...My Lord, what's going on..." The doorman shuddered secretly when he thought of the situation in the mansion.
Lu Yuanze didn't notice the doorman's pale face at all and just staggered into the mansion.
After the mourners paid their respects to Princess Zhaoyang, they also entered the gate.
Push open the door of Deshan Hall.
"Mom, you're gone..." Lu Yuanze's crying stopped abruptly.
Just stood there in front of the door.
"The coffin has arrived, please make way."
The young man carrying the coffin broke open the gate.
They carried a heavy coffin into Deshan Hall.
"Excuse me, where is the old lady in the Marquis' Mansion? She needs to be put into the coffin as soon as possible." The young man wiped his sweat and asked the old lady in front of him.
After these words were spoken, the old lady pointed at him and trembled for a long time, unable to speak.
The servants in the mansion were already stunned, watching this absurd scene.
"Mom, you're not dead?" Lu Yuanze's voice was a little sharp.
In this situation, the old lady...
It would be better to die.
When the old lady saw a large crowd of people in front of her, all holding condolences in their hands, she suddenly gasped and almost sent them away.
"Mrs. Pei came to our house this morning and said that you were dead and wanted Chaochao to come over?" Lu Chaochao replied in a baby voice.
"Chao Chao used his New Year's money to buy a big coffin for his grandmother."
"Chao Chao, am I the most filial son?" Lu Chao Chao patted himself, looking proud.
The old lady pointed at Lu Chaochao with trembling fingers, and was so angry that she couldn't utter a word.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw the old lady sitting upright in the yard.
"Why is Pei reporting this? Mother is still alive and well!" Lu Yuanze was furious.
The old lady pursed her lips, her eyelids drooped, and her expression was gloomy.
She originally pretended to be seriously ill, intending to trick Lu Chaochao into coming over, taking her personal belongings, and performing a ritual to borrow the Xue family's life.
But how could she say it?
"Grandma, do you want to try lying down in it? See if it fits?" Lu Chaochao pointed at the coffin.
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