Chapter 830, Different Treatment
The death of Princess Ma not only surprised everyone in Prince Ping's mansion, but also shocked and astonished other families in the capital.
Even Guo Ruomei was stunned for a long time after hearing the news.
She still remembers the scene when Prince Ping brought her into the palace. She looked so weak and frail that she couldn't take care of herself. Thinking about it now, she still feels suffocated.
This woman is always pretending to be pitiful and weak. Her vitality is stronger than that of a cockroach. How could this man die of good health?
Worried that Xiao Yeyang and Daohua would be implicated, Guo Ruomei immediately sent her servants out to investigate. Only after learning that Princess Ma's death had nothing to do with them did she feel relieved.
At the same time, a white banner was hung on the gate of Prince Ping's mansion. At this moment, people came one after another to offer condolences and hold roadside sacrifices.
Concubine Jiang and Concubine Ji suddenly gained the power of housekeeper and wanted to hold it tightly in their hands. Therefore, they were particularly concerned about Princess Ma's funeral and tried their best to show it.
Seeing that everything was going on in an orderly manner, Daohua was only responsible for receiving the female relatives who came to the palace, and ignored the arrangements of other matters in the palace.
"Why are you here? Didn't father tell you to rest in the house?"
Seeing Luo Qiong coming to the mourning hall with a pale face and red eyes, Xiao Yechen's face did not show much emotion. On the contrary, he looked a little dissatisfied and resentful. He knelt in front of the coffin and did not go forward to help her.
Luo Qiong didn't care: "As a daughter-in-law, I should keep vigil for my mother." As she said that, she knelt beside Xiao Yechen.
Xiao Yechen looked at Luo Qiong, and the thought "If Luo Qiong hadn't gone to the temple to burn incense, my mother wouldn't have died" popped up in his mind again, and the resentment on his face increased a bit.
At this time, Daohua came in with several female relatives.
After burning incense, the female relatives first said some words of condolences to Xiao Yechen and Luo Qiong, and then took Luo Qiong's hand and praised her.
She was pregnant but still insisted on coming to the wake for Princess Ma. She is so filial.
Daohua listened at the side and looked closely at Luo Qiong's expression. Seeing that her face showed sadness and grief just right, she couldn't help but say in her heart, "Good acting."
At the same time, I also understood why she insisted on coming to keep vigil.
This person is here to gain fame!
She was pregnant and had a miscarriage before. Even if she didn't come, no one would say anything, but she came anyway.
Thinking of what Xiao Yeyang had told her before, she couldn't help but look at Luo Qiong with admiration.
This guy is really a ruthless person!
Not only did she cheat on her husband, she also had him sterilized. Now she is eyeing her husband's family property and wants the baby in her belly to inherit everything from her husband's family.
She really dares to think and act!
Daohua didn't continue watching Luo Qiong's acting. She said something to a few female relatives and went to greet other female relatives.
Someone from the Yan family also came. Mrs. Li brought Han Xinran and Yan Yishuang.
Daohua took the three of them to burn incense and then took them to Pingxi Hall.
Yan Yishuang walked at the end, looking at everything around her calmly. Looking at the magnificent, grand and noble courtyard, she silently hid the envy in her eyes.
Thinking of Yan Yile who was not brought here this time, his eyes became clearer.
Nowadays, her stepmother has become more and more tough in her actions. She can't afford to offend her. Yan Yile is stupid and thinks that everything will be fine after she gets married into a good family. But she knows that getting married is just the beginning. Whether she can gain a foothold in her husband's family depends on her parents' family.
There is also the elder sister, who is someone you can only make friends with and not offend.
Daohua didn't ask anything much about the fact that Madam Li only brought Han Xinran and Yan Yishuang this time, but just chatted with them.
After entering the main room, Mrs. Li looked at Daohua and asked, "You must be exhausted these days, right?"
Daohua smiled and shook her head: "The two concubines are in charge of the funeral. I will just be on the side to receive guests. It's not tiring."
Madam Li nodded. "Yeyang and that person don't get along, but the dead are the most important. During this period of time, you must not conflict with Xiao Yechen and his wife, so as not to give people something to talk about."
Daohua smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother. We know what to do."
Afterwards, they chatted about family matters for a while. Daohua looked at Yan Yishuang, who was sitting below, and asked with a smile, "How are the preparations for Third Sister's marriage going?"
Madam Li glanced at Yan Yishuang, who had been quite obedient in recent years, and said with a smile, "Everything is almost ready."
Daohua: "A few days ago, I got a new self-ringing wall clock. It's not easy to give it away openly, but since mother is here today, I'll take it back and add it to my third sister's dowry."
After hearing this, Yan Yishuang immediately stood up and thanked her: "Thank you, big sister."
Wall clocks are a rare imported product that cannot be bought even if you have money. The only ones at home are in the rooms of her grandmother and stepmother. She was quite surprised that her elder sister could give it to her.
Daohua smiled and said, "There's no need for us to be polite. You will be highly regarded by your husband's family and it will also bring honor to our Yan family." Then she said to Madam Li:
"We can't celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival this year. Mom, please bring the Dragon Boat Festival gifts back with you later."
Because Daohua still had to entertain guests, Mrs. Li and the other two sat for a while and then got up and returned home.
The self-ringing wall clock that Daohua gave to Yan Yishuang was more than one meter tall and was very exquisitely made. When it was brought back to Yan's house, everyone couldn't help but come forward to take a look.
When Yan Yile learned that this was Daohua's makeup for Yan Yishuang, she immediately curled her lips.
When Sun saw this, she glared at her daughter and said with a smile, "Yiyi is just worried about her sisters. She gave all these nice things to Yishuang as a dowry. I wonder if Yile will get a share when she gets married?"
Mrs. Li didn't even raise her eyelids when she heard this. She just served the tea and pretended not to hear.
Seeing that her mother-in-law was about to continue asking questions, Zhu Qiyun quickly changed the subject.
This time when they went to the palace to hold a roadside memorial service, the aunt did not bring anyone from the second wife, which shows that she is very dissatisfied with the second wife. Although her parents-in-law have restrained themselves a lot when they came to Beijing this time, they still haven't changed their habit of taking advantage of others. She and her husband really spent a lot of energy to keep an eye on them.
Last time, the sister-in-law really offended the elder sister.
In the past, during the exchange of festival gifts, the eldest sister treated the three branches of the Yan family the same, and the gifts from each branch were similar. However, this time, for the Dragon Boat Festival gifts, the second branch's gifts were obviously inferior to those from the first and third branches.
Now, the elder sister no longer treats everyone equally and starts to treat them differently.
The weather in May was already very hot, so Princess Ma was buried after being kept in state for fourteen days.
After the funeral, everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief.
Because of the death of Princess Ma, Daohua was unable to go to Four Seasons Villa to accompany Gu Jian during the Dragon Boat Festival. As soon as the funeral was over, Xiao Yeyang accompanied Daohua to Four Seasons Villa.
Before leaving, the two asked Prince Ping.
Prince Ping was thinking of Xiao Yechen, whose mother had just died, so he did not follow them.
In the carriage leaving the city, Daohua stuck a piece of watermelon in it and handed it to Xiao Yeyang: "After Princess Ma died, father has become more and more partial to Xiao Yechen. I heard from the servants that now whenever father has any good things, he sends them to Chenyuan."
Xiao Yeyang looked at the secret letter sent by the secret guard in his hand, and said "hmm" indifferently. He finished the watermelon in his mouth and opened his mouth towards the rice flowers again.
Seeing this, Daohua smiled and gave him another piece: "Sometimes I think that Xiao Yechen is quite pitiful."
Xiao Yeyang finally reacted and looked up at Daohua: "Xiao Yechen's current experience fully demonstrates the importance of marrying a wife. Who told him to be so blind as to marry a vicious woman like Luo Qiong?"
As he spoke, he thought of Xiao Yechen being given a drug that would make him exterminate his family by Luo Qiong, and he couldn't help but mourn for him in silence.
Four Seasons Villa.
Daohua was helped out of the carriage by Xiao Yeyang, and she saw Dong Yuanyao and Sun Changze waiting in the farmhouse. Her face immediately lit up with joy.
(End of this chapter)
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