Chapter 385: The old lady of the Zhao family passed away, and the boy grew up
While Gao Wanxin was busy looking for a husband for the illegitimate daughter of the Zhao family, Old Madam Zhao passed away peacefully one night.
According to the rules, the illegitimate daughters of the Zhao family had to observe a three-year mourning period, but there was also the concept of happy funerals, and it was acceptable to hold the funeral within three months of the death of an elderly person at home.
However, Zhao Xuan did not care about his illegitimate daughters and asked them to observe mourning at home for three years.
It's just a matter of raising the child for three more years, Gao Wanxin has no other thoughts.
But she couldn't help feeling sad that fortunately her child was not born out of wedlock, and fortunately she didn't give birth to a daughter.
Even if she gave birth to a son, her son was only there to assist the eldest prince Mingxu and was not allowed to have his own ideas and ambitions.
If she really gave birth to a daughter, wouldn't she have to marry a man she didn't like in order to preserve and consolidate the eldest prince's position in the future?
Thinking of this, Gao Wanxin suddenly felt that not being able to give birth to a daughter might not be a bad thing.
The old lady's funeral needed to be taken care of, and it was originally planned to bring Heng'er back.
Gao Wanxin forgot about it because she was busy with the ancestors' affairs, but she sent some things to the Marquis' Mansion. Although the Marquis' Mansion didn't need them, she still asked someone to deliver them.
Lu Yu is not the old lady’s biological grandson, but he is her grandson-in-law.
Now that Lu Yu is married and lives with his wife in the Zhao family, he has become a part of the Zhao family. As the legitimate daughter of the Zhao family, Gao Wanxin is also worried about Heng'er.
The news of the old lady's death was still notified to Lu Yu, who was far away in Mobei.
Lu Yu and Mai Dong quickly handed over their business to the people in Mobei, and they both prepared their horses and rushed to Kyoto.
Fortunately, it was not that hot that day, and there were many people coming to the Zhao family to pay their respects, so many relatives and friends needed to be notified.
The old lady of the Zhao family was the grandmother of the current queen, so naturally a grand funeral was to be held.
I'm so busy that I can't handle many things.
Gao Wanxin was also very tired, so she asked two ladies she was more familiar with to come and help.
He also specially asked his future relative-in-law Li Yuan to help take care of the affairs of the Zhao family's inner courtyard.
Things in the inner courtyard are actually much easier.
The main thing is to look after the children and keep an eye on the maids and servants, and make sure they do what they are supposed to do and don't gather together to be lazy.
This is to avoid being seen by relatives and friends and being criticized for being lazy and unruly in the Zhao family's inner courtyard maids and servants.
Yi'er and Yu'er are the old lady's legitimate grandsons and must observe mourning.
In addition to observing mourning, Zhao Xuan also had to take care of entertaining guests, so he was busy on both ends. He looked visibly haggard and seemed to have lost a lot of weight.
With the arrival of Lu Yu and Mai Dong, Gao Wanxin and Zhao Xuan did feel a little relieved.
"I've been looking forward to your arrival. Now everyone who should be here is here. I'm just waiting for you two. Why don't we hold the funeral at the family temple?"
The old lady's coffin and cemetery were selected a long time ago. Now, the coffin may have been stored for too long and is a bit damaged, so someone was hired to repair and beautify it. The cemetery was selected a long time ago. Now that she is gone, it will be sent to the ancestral temple first, and the burial ceremony will be held in the ancestral temple.
It just so happened that there was time to renovate the cemetery, so these things were basically arranged.
Gao Wanxin took Mai Dong's hand and whispered again:
"Heng'er has been left with the Chen family in the Marquis' Mansion. Now the Zhao family is in a state of commotion inside and outside. The child is young, and I'm afraid of scaring him."
Mai Dong said, "You did the right thing. The child is young, so leave him at the Marquis's residence. On the day of the funeral, have someone carry him to see the old ancestor off."
After all, Lu Yu is the old lady's grandson, and Heng'er is Lu Yu's son. According to this relationship, they also have to send some elderly people off.
After hearing Mai Dong's words, Gao Wanxin nodded.
The two chatted briefly about the current situation.
The old lady's voice, appearance and smile were still in front of him, but Maidong never thought that in the blink of an eye, the old lady was gone.
The old lady was kind and cheerful. She treated Lu Yu like her own grandson and loved her grandson-in-law very much.
When Heng'er was born, the old lady gave him two gold bars, which were all her dowry.
When Maidong suddenly learned that the old lady had passed away, he felt really bad.
"The old lady has always been in good health, why did it happen so suddenly?"
Gao Wanxin wiped her tears with a handkerchief. "Who said it wasn't? I just thought she was in poor health. I hired a doctor and prepared healthy meals. My husband and I stayed by her side day and night, hoping she would get better."
"I didn't expect that I would fall asleep like that late one night."
"By the time the maid found out, the person was already dead."
Gao Wanxin was really sad. During the time she was taking care of her, the old lady always praised her and her mother for being good.
These words touched Gao Wanxin deeply. She thought of her mother and also remembered the old lady's kindness in her heart.
Seeing Gao Wanxin crying, Maidong comforted her again.
Lu Yu told Mai Dong that he was going to change his clothes and go down to see his grandmother.
Maidong nodded, and Lu Yu followed the steward to change clothes.
Gao Wanxin told Mother Du beside her to go get mourning clothes for her cousin.
Maidong quickly changed his clothes and went to the mourning hall with Lu Yu, who had also changed his clothes.
The day after Maidong and Lu Yu returned, the old lady went to the ancestral temple to hold a funeral.
All the officials and their wives who had dealings with the Zhao family came.
Yunqiao naturally went as well, and she followed him all the way to the ancestral temple, which delayed them for three days.
All the big and small matters at home are temporarily left to Nian Nian to take care of.
When Yun Qiao returned home, everything in the mansion was the same as before.
Nian Nian walked up to Yun Qiao with great concern and asked about the old lady of the Zhao family.
"I've seen that grandmother before. She's very kind and amiable," Nian Nian whispered. "But she's also very lucky. She hasn't had any disasters in her life and has lived a smooth life."
Yun Qiao looked at Nian Nian and said softly, "You will too."
"Niannian, you will also live a safe, healthy and smooth life like this."
"Mom, can I?" Nian Nian looked up at Yun Qiao.
At this moment, it seemed as if Yun Qiao was her faith.
Yes.
Of course.
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Everyone lives their own life according to their own wishes.
In the later period, Yunqiao focused on the children.
Chaochao and Mumu were both studying diligently in Beicheng and taking the imperial examinations together with the children from aristocratic families.
The two children were quite talented. When they took the imperial examination at the age of thirteen, the elder brother passed and became a scholar. The younger brother's performance was a little worse, but he also passed. However, Mumu wanted to be a military commander like his father.
Chaochao said that if his younger brother became a military general, he would be a civil servant.
Like my mother said, don't put all your eggs in one basket.
The same was true for the two brothers. For the sake of the honor of the marquis's mansion, one became a civil servant and the other became a military general.
If they were all successful and capable, their younger siblings wouldn't have to suffer so much.
When Nian Nian was just twelve years old, there were already many people coming to propose marriage to her.
When Nian Nian was thirteen years old, the people who came to propose marriage almost broke down the door of the Marquis's mansion.
Nian Nian's two older brothers are both scholars.
There is nothing like this in Kyoto.
Besides, the Chen family of Houfu is a top family in Kyoto City. In addition, Nian Nian and her two brothers are triplets. The key is that the two brothers are very promising and will become great talents in the future.
Nian Nian became the one with the most marriage proposals among all the rich daughters in Kyoto.
Gao Yunqiao was worried about Nian Nian's safety, and worried that someone would act impulsively and do something bad to Nian Nian's reputation.
This kind of terrible thing has happened before, but it is usually handled privately and not made public.
Gao Wanxin came to see her a few days ago and said that the son of Princess Yilan had fallen in love with the daughter of General Li, the general defending the city.
The girl from the Li family thought he was a playboy and naturally looked down on him.
Unexpectedly, the son of the Princess Yilan secretly stopped Miss Li's carriage and wanted to force herself on her.
Fortunately, General Li’s daughter is skilled in martial arts.
The son of the Princess of Yilan has a human face, but a heart of a beast. He is also a brainless and incompetent man, and was kicked in the groin by Miss Li.
Look, it has been two months, and Princess Yilan's son's vitals are still not working. Now he has really become a wimp.
Princess Yilan only had one son, and she definitely wouldn't comply, so the matter was even brought to the attention of the Emperor.
But the emperor was in poor health, and she was too lazy to care about this cousin, so she asked her to talk to the empress dowager directly.
Princess Yilan is the Empress Dowager's niece.
The Empress Dowager's family members were not very capable and could not provide any help, so she wanted to help her nephews and nieces.
Among these nephews, only Princess Yilan was doing relatively well. She was first conferred the title of Princess Yilan and later married Marquis Wenyuan.
The title of Marquis Wenyuan is just a title and has no real power, especially after the death of the old marquis.
Today, Marquis Wenyuan is in charge of a guard force in Kyoto City, and his responsibility is to protect the safety of the Empress Dowager.
Therefore, although Marquis Wenyuan had no special abilities, he was still trusted by the empress dowager.
Princess Yilan cried before the Queen Mother, who was her aunt, so she naturally protected Princess Yilan.
Princess Yilan wanted the Empress Dowager to directly issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage and marry General Li’s daughter Li Jingyun to her son.
When the Li family heard the news, General Li's wife and daughter hugged each other and cried uncontrollably.
Li Jingyun cried so hard that she couldn't catch her breath. "Mom and Dad, I would rather die than marry that idiot. He relies on his family background to do whatever he wants and bully others. I'd rather die than not."
Li Jingyun has three older brothers, and the eldest and second brothers are already married.
He has learned some kung fu, but he is not as advanced as his father. If he takes the imperial examination, he does not have such a deep foundation, so he can only be considered mediocre.
However, Li Jiasanlang was just seventeen years old this year. He was strong and good at martial arts, and was sent to the Mobei military camp by General Li.
Today's Mobei military camp is a powerful army of the Great Zhou.
Everyone knows the Mobei Army, so when General Li asked his son to join the Mobei Army, he also wanted to train his son.
He also wanted his son to learn more in the Mobei Army.
"Don't cry, your father won't go to find the Marquis of Zhenbei. Wait for your third brother to come back and let him go. Your third brother is doing well in the military camp and was praised by the Marquis of Zhenbei before. The Marquis of Zhenbei must know your third brother's name."
Mrs. Li protected her daughter and glared at the man with resentment.
General Li's position was not low, but he did not support any party.
Therefore, no one in the court was willing to help him. When the Marquis of Zhenbei was slandered by the civil officials in the court, he had spoken out to help, but his position was far inferior to that of the Marquis of Zhenbei.
Therefore, General Li felt that since his position was not high, if he asked the Marquis of Zhenbei for help for his daughter's trivial matter, he would be unable to let go of his so-called male dignity.
"It's not that I won't ask for help, it's just that I don't contact you when there's nothing to do, and then go to your house to ask for help when there's something to ask for help. That looks really bad..."
Hearing her father's words, Li Jingyun started crying again.
However, the cousin who lived in the Li family heard her cousin crying and hurried over from the backyard.
This cousin of the Li family is the daughter of General Li’s sister.
General Li's sister and brother-in-law were doing a small business outside the Great Wall, but they encountered a riot outside the Great Wall. Her brother-in-law died, and her sister brought her only daughter to the Li family to entrust her with care.
At that time, Zhou Ranxin was only five or six years old. Now she is twelve years old and has lived in the Li family for five or six years.
Her aunt treated her like her own daughter. When Zhou Ranxin heard her cousin crying and her uncle's family had such a thing, Zhou Ranxin thought of what her mother said to her before she died.
Only then did he dare to walk up to his uncle Li Wenzhong.
"Uncle, everything I said is true. Before my mother died, she told me that she was worried..."
Zhou Ranxin said this and glanced at her uncle and aunt.
Then he continued, "My mother was worried that my uncle wouldn't be able to control me well, so she told me that if I was wronged at my uncle's house, I should go find Madam Lu, the one with the most powerful business in Kyoto."
Li Wenzhong was struggling with the question, "Ran Xin, am I not good to you? As your uncle, I treat you just as well as I treat Jingyun."
"Uncle, I remember all the kindness you and aunt have shown me. What I want to say now is that we should go find that Madam Lu. My mother said that she is a very powerful woman and she might be able to help."
Mrs. Li glared at her husband again.
"Ran Xin is truly thinking about Jingyun."
"It's just Ran Xin, can that Madam Lu really help?"
Zhou Ranxin shook her head slightly. "I don't know about this either. I can only say that we can go and ask. If we can help, that would be great. If not, we won't lose anything. When Third Cousin comes back, he should have a solution."
Mrs. Li nodded, and there was more gratitude in her eyes when she looked at Zhou Ranxin.
Li Jingyun even held Zhou Ranxin's hand and said, "Sister Ranxin, thank you so much. I've made up my mind. If the people from the Wenyuan Marquis' Mansion insist on forcing me to marry, I will threaten death. The worst that can happen is death."
Li Jingyun still has some integrity and pride.
Just now she cried a few times in front of her parents, acting like a little girl, but now she has calmed down and is ready to commit suicide.
"Sister Jingyun, don't think like that. There will always be a way. How can you really commit suicide?"
"Besides, when my third cousin comes back, he will find a way..."
Before Zhou Ranxin took Madam Li to find Madam Lu, General Li's third son Li Xingyu returned from Mobei with his good friend.
They have been away for many years and this year it is their turn to take a vacation.
Therefore, Li Xingyu came back with his comrades and friends.
After arriving in Kyoto, Li Xingyu and his comrades dismounted.
"Brother Han, I'll go back first. Let's get together in Kyoto in a couple of days."
"You have a younger sister, and I have a younger sister at home too. Let's bring our younger sisters out to play together later."
Han Shiyi thought of his sister. When he left, his sister was a little over three years old. Now it has been more than four years. His sister must have grown up a lot.
I always hear Li Xingyu talking about his sister with eyes full of doting, and I think his sister and my sister should be about the same age.
Han Shiyi nodded and said, "Okay."
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