Three days later, my family officially held a public funeral. My father and third elder brother were busy dealing with various dignitaries and noble families. The elder brother and second elder brother who were officials outside also received the permission of the emperor and rushed back to Chang'an day and night.The funeral matters in the mansion naturally fell on my shoulders.Calling for my mother's soul and taking a bath, laying down the coffin, not to mention personally keeping the coffin every night, plus greeting the female relatives from Anton Cui's family, all kinds of tedious work kept me busy.Bai Xuanwei feels sorry for me, I don't know where I learned the technique of massage from a doctor, and having her take care of me has relieved a lot of fatigue.

A few days before my mother's funeral, after comforting the aunts who hadn't seen each other all the year round but couldn't restrain their grief, and instructing the servants about the funeral arrangements, I finally squeezed out some time to breathe.

Bai Xuan burned incense and cleaned his hands slightly, brewed clouds and mist for me, and sat with me in the small courtyard to drink tea and rest.

According to my later and previous life experience, generally at such times, there must be stupid people you can't think of to bother you.

Sure enough, the tea hadn't reached the second brew yet.Jiling, my new maidservant, came to report that Aunt Cao invited me to her place.

Speaking of this Aunt Cao, she is really a model of a fish leaping through the dragon's gate.Aunt Cao's father was an official in Chang'an City, with mediocre qualifications and no background in the family. For so many years, he only worked as a seventh-rank idler Xuan Delang.Generally, small families who keep their own law and order would rather their daughter marry an ordinary person than squeeze their heads to be a concubine with a big family, but Cao Xuandelang is obviously a man with a higher heart than the sky. Seeing that his daughter is still pretty, he insists Dedicated to my father.Aunt Cao gave birth to twin daughters within two years of entering the family. The Jing family has always had a thriving male population, so the pair of daughters are extraordinarily precious. In addition, Aunt Cao is well tuned and taught. My two younger sisters are only seven or eight years old now. At a young age, with their cute and sweet mouth, everyone in the house dotes on them. Even my mother liked to hug them and tease them before she was alive.And Aunt Cao has always been docile and gentle, she would please her father, and she respected my mother very much. Last year, she was helped by my father as a concubine.You know, because of my mother's background, my father has only accepted concubines for so many years.

Thinking about it now, his dissatisfaction with the Cui family was probably one of the reasons for setting up the side room.

I didn't reply to Jiling's words, I raised my head to signal Bai Xuanwei to refill my tea.Bai Xuanwei looked at Ji Ling kneeling tremblingly and didn't know what to do, and whispered to me, "Isn't she a newcomer, you can teach her when she does something wrong."

"I have to teach this kind of thing, what's the use of her?"

Bai Xuan refilled my tea with a smile, waved his hands and said, "Miss Jing, you are really intimidating. Fortunately, I am not your servant."

I took a sip of tea and replied, "I am your creditor, and your status is not as good as theirs."

"Just give her another chance. I'm not as good as her in this position. If I accidentally make a mistake in the future, I will be terrified. I'm so afraid that I want to escape the debt." She wrinkled her nose at me and said.

After hearing this, I couldn't help laughing, turned my head and said to Jiling, "I'll give you another chance."

Ji Ling immediately kowtowed and said, "Miss, I'm new here, so I don't know the seriousness. Aunt Cao sent someone to inform me, so I should refuse for you, and I shouldn't bother you with such trivial matters."

"Well, how come?"

She was at a loss for words, and after hesitating, she said, "You are in mourning, sad in your heart, and busy with other things. If Aunt Cao has important matters, please ask her to come to your courtyard to discuss."

I can still be called, I waved my hand, "Go down."

After Ji Ling retreated, Bai Xuanwei drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, "I'll go out for a while, she talks to you, don't get angry, it's not good for women to be angry."

I pressed her hand, "Bai Xuanwei, you must do what you promised me. Don't even hide Aunt Cao when she comes." After I finished speaking, I gave her a meaningful look before letting go. she leaves.

Aunt Cao was determined to provoke me today, Bai Xuanwei left with her front feet, and she hugged her back feet, bringing a group of servants to fill my small courtyard.When she got closer, I realized that she also wore an extremely complicated bun with four rings, and her makeup was also very careful. Unfortunately, during my mother's funeral, she could only wear filial piety, which affected her free play in clothing.

I stood up and bowed slightly to her, asking her to sit down.She was not polite, she sat directly next to me, grasped my hand, and began to think of all the good things about my mother, and comforted me from time to time, and when it came to emotion, her eye sockets were still red.I was lazy to answer her words, and only occasionally nodded as a response, and withdrew my hand by the way.

After she finished reading about my mother, she changed the topic, "Ze'er, you are so pitiful without your mother at such a young age. These days, I can't bear to be the second mother when I see you busy with grief. I don't know my sister. Is there anything I can do to help with the funeral?"

It's not that I don't know that her usual meekness is flattery. I don't mind her pretending in front of me at all, but if you want to pretend, just pretend to me to the end.Before my mother's bones were cold, she was thinking about going to the inner courtyard of Jing's family, and she couldn't wait to come to me to put on a house, and she pretended not to try too hard.

I smiled at her and replied, "Thank you, Erniang, for your concern. There are so many eyes on my Jing family in Chang'an City, and I tried my best not to make my mother's funeral less respectful."

She was slightly unhappy, and said, "I don't understand what you said, why is it impolite to ask me for help?"

???

You are the daughter of a seventh-rank civil servant, are you willing to do these things?Did you just make it on the table?Dislike you can't understand?

"I don't dare to make the decision. If you have any ideas, you might as well ask your father directly."

The displeasure on her face was even worse. Her father was so busy these days, she naturally didn't dare to find out if he was uncomfortable.She was embarrassed for a moment, and then changed the subject, "Speaking of which, Mu Yu and Mu Xue of my family have grown up in front of my wife since they were young, and they are fortunate to be loved by my wife. A few days ago, I went to the lady's courtyard, crying and making noises. If she didn't leave, Housekeeper Zhou couldn't bear to see her, so she tidied up a small room and gave them a rest, which can be regarded as a filial piety for the wife. I also know that this is against the rules, and I hope you don't care about them since they are young. "

If she doesn't tell me, I really don't know about it, so idiot, I'm really talented in the matter of life and death.

I added tea to her, "Where is Er Niang's words, the two younger sisters are also filial, and I will tell my father later, he will be very grateful and relieved."

My two younger sisters, Mu Yu and Mu Xue.

Right, okay.

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