"Mother Jiang, please help your mother back to the Changshou Courtyard! The stewards of each yard will help your master to stand up. In our town, the Duke's Mansion cannot break his back at any time. If the sky falls, just stand and catch him! Second Madam,
Third Madam, Fourth Madam, please follow me to my mother's Changshou Hospital to discuss the death of my son, the Bai family! Bai Qingyan, Bai Jintong, go take care of your fifth aunt, and order someone to take my name card and invite Dr. Huang, Dr. Zhong, and Dr. Liu to come over!
Bai Jinxiu, Bai Jinzhi, Qin Lang, take good care of your little sister. Lu Ping immediately ordered people to ride back to Shuoyang's ancestral home to report the death of the Bai family. Butler Hao restrained the servants and prepared the funeral ceremony for you to handle. Guard the hospital.
The army is at the command of Butler Hao. No one is allowed to cause trouble when the Bai family is in serious trouble. It doesn’t matter concubines, servants, servants, or Xiao Si. Butler Hao can just beat him to death without having to report!"
Dong's voice was steady and fast, without any confusion.
The guards of the White Mansion, servants, servants, and maids all said yes and took action quickly.
Mrs. Dong settled things in the house, turned around and looked at the aristocratic family who were still standing at the gate of the Zhenguo Palace, and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, everyone, it's so hard for you to accompany us, the Bai family, to stand like this in the wind and snow."
It’s been a long time, but I, the Bai family, are having a big deal right now, so I really can’t bear to invite you all into my house for a cup of hot tea! I hope you’ll forgive me!”
The Bai family suddenly encountered a disaster. The head of the family, Mrs. Dong, straightened her back and arranged everything in the house in a clear and orderly manner, which was admirable.
Most of the people present were juniors, and they all understood that the Bai family was like the sky was falling and the earth was falling. How could they be in the mood to invite them in for tea, and they were busy bowing to each other in return.
"I also hope that Madam Prince will express her condolences!"
"My condolences, Madam Prince!"
When Mrs. Dong raised her eyes again, tears were streaming down her face.
"Sister! My brother and I can stay and help!" Dong Qingping said to Ms. Dong with red eyes, "What do you want me and my brother to do?"
Mrs. Dong braced herself to straighten her spine, her voice full of weakness and she cried: "Today is New Year's Eve, and all the men in my Bai family have returned home dead... I don't know where to find so many coffins."
Hearing this, Bai Qingyan's heart was as sharp as a knife.
Looking at the descendants of the aristocratic family and the common people who were still guarding the door of Bai's house, she knelt down and bowed down. She endured the severe pain in her heart and swallowed: "My grandfather Zhen Guogong's coffin and longevity materials have been prepared a long time ago! But!
But I never expected that all the men from my Bai family would die for the country! Five days later, King Xin will send the bodies of my men from the Bai family back to the city. Now it is the Chinese New Year, and there is no time to prepare the coffins of my father, uncles and brothers.
Bai Qingyan dares to borrow a coffin that meets the regulations! Let me, the man of the Bai family, be buried with dignity."
After saying this, she kowtowed respectfully again. Bai Jinxiu, Bai Jintong, Bai Jinzhi... also followed Bai Qingyan and knelt down.
The Bai family is a loyal family who shed blood on the battlefield for the country. How can the people of the Jin Dynasty let the hero end up being buried without a coffin?
That night, New Year's Eve, the capital city was filled with cries, for the death of the hero, for the bravery of the Bai family, and for the pillar of the country that would have no town to guard the country of Jin.
Bai Qingxuan, who was being guarded in Qingmingyuan, was shocked when he heard the news. He didn't even care about the injuries on his body. He grabbed his mother's wrist and asked: "What?! They are all dead?! Grandfather, father..."
Are they all dead?!"
"Yes! What can we do!" The woman panicked, "hundreds of thousands of troops died in southern Xinjiang, and the emperor must be blamed! If he had known it, he would not have come back! If he was implicated, he would have killed everyone.
What should we do! No... I have to think of a way, we have to escape!"
After Bai Qingxuan was stunned, a strange light suddenly burst out from his eyes. He squeezed the woman's wrist tightly, and said in a strangely soft voice: "Mother! You said... all the men in the Bai family are dead! This country has died.
Does the title of Duke fall on my head?!"
The woman's eyelids twitched, her throat rolled, and her ecstasy was suppressed by fear in her heart: "But, I heard... it was the Duke Zhen's stubbornness in using the army that led to the annihilation of the entire army. If the emperor blames him, he will
It's such a heinous crime, what if the whole family is implicated? Life is more important than this title? Let's escape first!"
"Then what if the emperor doesn't blame?!" Bai Qingxuan's lips curved into a smile, "Mom! Wealth and honor are in danger! Think about it...if the emperor doesn't blame, this huge Zhenguo Palace will be like this.
It’s our mother and son’s fault!”
The woman was so moved by what Bai Qingxuan said that she couldn't let go of the immense wealth and wealth of the town's palace, but she was greedy for life and afraid of death, so she hesitated.
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The first day of the first lunar month.
The Zhenguo Palace, which had been shrouded in gloom for two days, started to get busy as the mistress Dong cheered up. The servants and women preparing for the funeral hurried in and out of the corner gate.
Before dawn, Butler Hao, who had been busy all night, came to the eldest princess's room. Except for the eldest princess who couldn't hold on and was persuaded to rest, the eldest son's wife Dong, the second wife Liu and the three
My wife, Mrs. Li, and my fourth wife, Mrs. Wang, are both there.
With the seventeenth son of the Bai family, plus the Duke of Guo and his five sons, there was no room for twenty-three coffins in the main hall of the Bai family.
"Put up a canopy..." Mrs. Dong braced herself up and said calmly to Housekeeper Hao who didn't know what to do, "Put it in the courtyard... The door of the mansion is wide open! Let the people of the capital city and the officials who live in the temple
, look at how miserable my Bai family has been for the Jin Dynasty."
"The Crown Prince's Madam, the Second Madam, the Third Madam, the Fourth Madam, the concierge reported that...many people outside the residence have brought coffins!"
Dong's throat rolled, and she stood up and said: "I'm going out to take a look. The three siblings should go back and rest after being tired all night! After replenishing their spirits, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year... we will welcome our husbands and sons home."
The Fourth Madam cried again, out of breath and shaking her head.
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Bai Qingyan, who came after hearing the news, arrived at the door almost at the same time as Dong.
At this time, the red lanterns in the Bai Mansion had been replaced by white lanterns, and the red silk in the courtyard had also been replaced by black and white cloth, and the atmosphere was gloomy.
Outside the wide open gate of the mansion, people stood in the snow, leading ox carts and horse-drawn carriages, and their own well-made coffins were blocked at the door. Some aristocratic families also sent people to deliver coffins.
The old man in his 60s, holding the ox cart, bowed his hands to Mr. Dong and Bai Qingyan and said: "Madam, the prince, eldest lady... This is a good coffin, old man! I don't know if it conforms to the regulations, and whether it can be given to the prince of the house."
...are they used by generals or young gentlemen?"
"This is the best coffin! It's the best! Madam Crown Prince...big lady! Use my coffin!"
"My goodness! My goodness! This is a serious pine coffin! It's strong!"
"Mrs. Crown Prince, my family is a coffin shop! The coffins I brought here were all ordered by noble families years ago. I brought them all! They are all made of nanmu! Although they are not the best nanmu! They are definitely worthy of the price.
Princes of the White House..."
Dong and Bai Qingyan stood at the door with tears in their eyes and saluted the people who were rushing to deliver the coffin.