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Wang Xifeng was busy with the national funeral, and ordered the servants to exchange brightly colored and taboo things, and searched out some plain colored curtains.Unexpectedly, this kind of plain material is the most unavoidable thing to put away. Jia's family rushed to make a batch when Qin Keqing was going to the funeral. Later, Mrs. Wang still made the decision and received it in the warehouse. I took a quick look today and found that the material was not properly kept. , all turned yellow.

When Mrs. Wang complained that the servants were careless in doing things, and that the good things were wasted, Wang Xifeng smiled and said that the people in the mansion were used to seeing good things, and those Xiaying gauze and organdy gauze were all piled up and couldn't be collected. Come on, where is the time to care about these linen filial piety?In fact, Jia's mansion is getting more and more empty these days, unable to make ends meet, and they can only save a few bolts of Xiaying yarn to fill the scene, but Wang Xifeng's words are kind, Madam Wang only thinks she has face after hearing it, and she smiles and dismisses it.

Wang Xifeng then discussed with Mrs. Wang to rush to make a new batch of plain clothes. Mrs. Wang didn't care about these trivial matters, she agreed a long time ago, and told Wang Xifeng to be more careful, don't make any mistakes in this, Wang Xifeng naturally agreed .

While preparing for these things, suddenly Jia Lian rushed in in a panic, saying that the imperial concubine was dead, Wang Xifeng was only thinking about the national funeral of the empress dowager, and only thought Jia Lian was talking about the empress dowager's death.Although they have some connections with the Empress Dowager, they don't have a deep friendship, and the family is not supported by the face of the Empress Dowager, so they don't care about it, and jokingly said: "My uncle, the national funeral Your decree has come down a long time ago, is it possible that you just came back to your senses?" If Yuanchun was named Fengzao Palace Shangshu and Xiande Concubine, the whole family was full of joy, and Jia Lian would only feel radiant when he heard this title, but now But it hit his taboo.Jia Lian was furious at once, just as Ping'er, Sister Feng's confidant, came up to take off his coat for him. Jia Lian pushed hard, but Ping'er couldn't hold back, and fell to the ground with an "ouch".Jia Lian didn't even look at it, but raised her voice and shouted at Sister Feng: "I'm talking about the imperial concubine! Our imperial concubine is dead!"

At first Wang Xifeng didn't mind that Jia Lian would beat her confidant Ping'er in public. This was killing a chicken for monkeys to show her humiliation on purpose. Then Liu Ye raised her eyebrows and was about to think of a way to get angry.Having heard Jia Lian's words clearly, Ji Lingling shuddered and said in a trembling voice, "How come?"

Jia Lian ignored Wang Xifeng, looked up and saw Mrs. Wang pointing at him with her mouth open, she was still in shock and wanted to ask him what happened, but couldn't speak. In front of him, he cried out in a crying voice: "Madam, our imperial concubine is dead!"

Mrs. Wang is Yuan Chun's birth mother. Although Yuan Chun sent her to the palace when she was a child, the mother-daughter relationship still exists. Besides, half of Mrs. Wang's position in Jia's mansion comes from Yuan Chun, so why not be surprised?She sat there in a daze, letting Jia Lian cry bitterly in front of her, and it took her a long time to think about it, and she was sure that she didn't hear it wrong, her daughter Yuan Chun, who had brought her countless honors, just went away, and the moment was like a thunderbolt Usually, he opened his mouth, raised his hand, and wanted to say a few words, but suddenly his eyes went dark, and he fell straight forward.

In an instant, the scene was chaotic.Jia Lian is one of the rare men in the Jia family's generation who is quick-witted, capable and able to do things. He has always been well-informed outside, but when encountering such a big event, he also feels helpless.He knew that his father Jia She and his aunt Xing were just greedy for money and fun, but it was useless, so he wanted to come in and ask Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang for advice, and ask how the future will be.Unexpectedly, just after he spoke, Mrs. Wang, who had always been so calm and dull, fainted, and she felt even more helpless at the moment.

For this reason, Jia Lian was a little afraid to tell Jia Mu the truth, lest the old man was old and sad and caused some trouble.Unexpectedly, someone had already reported this uproar to Mother Jia. Before he and Wang Xifeng had time to take Mrs. Wang back to her room to rest, Mother Jia came out tremblingly, holding the mandarin duck with one hand and a cane with the other.As soon as Jia's mother saw Jia Lian, she asked, "What's going on? Why did the imperial concubine die?"

Seeing that Jia's mother was still calm, Jia Lian hurriedly told what he had heard.It's just that Yuanchun's suicide is considered a palace secret, and even Jia Lian knows very little about it. He just vaguely said that when the rebels attacked the palace, Yuanchun's wife had made meritorious service in guarding the palace. I don't know why, it disappeared in such a hurry all of a sudden, not only did the originally agreed award disappear without a trace, the concubine of such status passed away, she didn't even have a posthumous title, and she didn't prepare any funeral, she actually planned to follow the empress dowager The concubine will be buried.At this time Mrs. Wang was savagely strangled by Wang Xifeng, and she finally woke up. When she heard about Yuan Chun's miserable experience, she cried out, and passed out again.

Although Jia's mother is older, she has experienced a lot of things, but she can still grasp it. Yuanyang has been alert for a long time, and brought ginseng tea from the side. Jia's mother took a sip of tea to refresh herself, and closed her eyes for a long time.At this time, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baoyu and Daiyu all heard the news and came to Jiamu's seat. Youshi, Jiazhen's wife in Ningguo Mansion, also sent people to inquire about the news.Two brothers, Jia Zheng and Jia She, rushed over and stood on both sides of Jia's mother with their hands down, ready to listen to her instructions.But Jia Mu sighed softly and said: "The Tian family has always been like this. As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all blessings. It is my Jia family's blessing to be able to bury the empress dowager. I finally did not love this child in vain. Her." While speaking, she couldn't help but shed tears.

In fact, Jia Mu and the others are all human beings. Since the day the rebel party was pacified, they began to worry about it day and night, constantly sending people to the palace to inquire about news, fearing that the superiors would turn their anger on Yuan Chun and ruin the Jia family's affairs.A few days ago, there was news from the palace that the Holy Majesty wanted to reward the Empress Yuan Chun, and the whole family seemed to be overjoyed. In a blink of an eye, there was news that Yuan Chun had left without knowing why.Firstly, Yuanchun was a girl brought up by Jia's mother, she had a noble status, and it goes without saying that she devoted a lot of effort to her; secondly, the prosperity of Jia's family in the past few years has been supported by Yuanchun alone, and now Yuanchun has gone suddenly. What about the Jia family?Thinking of this, Jia Mu couldn't help crying.

For a while, the entire Rongxi Hall continued to mourn, but the sound of sobbing was heard.Although Jia Zheng was uneasy, he still wanted to persuade Jia's mother to let go of her worries, and faltered, implying that it was not serious to rely on women to shine on the lintel. In the future, the Jia family still needs to take the imperial examination. Before he could finish speaking, his mother had already scolded him, and hurriedly lowered her head and dared not say anything more.

Everyone in Jia's mansion knew that when Madam Yuan Chun left, Jia's mansion might not be as good as it used to be, maybe there would be a catastrophe.The master's grandmothers, such as Mrs. Xing, Li Wan, and the others have quietly taken stock of their private wealth and are determined to protect themselves. Seeing that the momentum is not right, Wang Xifeng has quietly ordered Wang's daughter-in-law to take back the loan sharks that have been released. Take care from time to time.The daughters of Daguanyuan, such as Yingchun and Xichun, still play chess and study as usual. Yingchun has always been resigned and happy with the situation. No matter what the situation is, she will have a meal sooner or later.

But Lin Daiyu is not.She has always had a keen mind, and she knows the autumn when a leaf falls, and she has already noticed something from the unusual atmosphere in Jia's mansion.At this moment, Baochai suddenly sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that when the rebellion broke out, Feng's family was affected, and she was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe.The gate of Jia's mansion is quite deep, and because the whole family is mourning for Yuanchun, the news about Baochai's death has never been spread here.Daiyu didn't know about this matter, but now that she heard the news, she sweated for Baochai and rejoiced for her.Due to the national mourning, the original gift of marriage will naturally be rescheduled.In addition, Baoyu's own sister, Mrs. Yuanchun, went away in such an unexplained manner, it is expected that no one in Jia's house would think of mentioning this matter.Daiyu was quite content in her heart, but she felt much better than before, but she was so thoughtful that she dared not tell others.

Besides Daiyu, Wang Xifeng was the first person in Jia's mansion to know about Baochai's death.Today she was urging her subordinates to quickly take back the loan sharks that had been released. Wang’s daughter-in-law looked distressed, saying that outsiders were frightened by the rebels of the Tianli Sect, and they would die or flee. Very confusing. "I heard from people outside that even the treasure girl from the Xue family was killed this time. Many of the loan sharks released by other families have become bad debts. Thanks to grandma, our family's accounts are still clear, but Some debts have been passed on to my father, so I have to find my son to make up for it, and it takes some work."

When Wang Xifeng heard that Baochai was killed, she was quite surprised, and was very curious. After questioning, Wang's daughter-in-law learned the set of rhetoric circulated in the market like a gourd painting. Fantu's dead fox felt sad, and she couldn't help shedding a few tears.Although she is more domineering and domineering, she also knows that Baochai is a normal person, and she considers her to be a hero in the makeup team, a person as capable as her, but after falling out with Aunt Xue, she would encounter something like this!He Ping'er sighed at the moment: "It can be seen that one step is wrong, one step is wrong, as a daughter's family, half a step cannot be wrong. She was originally expected to be the second grandma of Bao, but now..."

Ping'er was busy at the side with a low smile to persuade: "This is also her fate, no wonder at all. Originally we saw that Miss Lin was going to marry Master Bao, but when there was a national funeral and family funeral, we had to delay it for a few minutes. Although she is young and can afford the delay, she has gone through a lot of trouble, so I feel pity for her. Compared with Miss Bao, she is much luckier now."

Hearing Ping'er's words, Wang Xifeng was puzzled and said: "Speaking of this matter, I am also wondering. Originally, we thought that Miss Lin didn't know anyone in the capital, and she played with Baoyu since she was a child. They all agree that this marriage is perfect. It's just that after preparing for the wedding for a long time, when I look at Miss Lin coldly, I always feel that her face is pale, as if she is not very happy. Nowadays, the national funeral and family funeral are so After a commotion, the marriage will naturally be postponed, and her expression seems to be a lot looser. Do you think it's strange?"