One night, the Feng Mansion hung up white flags and set up a mourning hall. Everyone put on white mourning clothes.
Zhou and Yao stayed up all night, kneeling in the mourning hall with red eyes.
Feng Shaozhu and Feng Shaoju each had pale faces, not even daring to take another look at the coffin. Feng Wenyan, Feng Wenhao and Feng Wenli were all kneeling.
Feng Shilang also lost his former vitality and became much older in just one night.
Feng Shaomei and his wife lived nearest and were the first to return home. Feng Shaolan and his wife also came back in a hurry.
Feng Shaolan knelt down, kowtowed three times, and cried. Then she went to Zhou's side and asked in a low voice: "Mother, why did grandma go suddenly?"
Mrs. Feng's body was placed in the coffin. The coffin was covered.
If you open the coffin, you can see the obvious scars on Mrs. Feng's forehead.
Zhou personally changed Mrs. Feng's mourning clothes last night, and naturally saw the strange wound. However, Mrs. Feng had already died. As a daughter-in-law, should she question her father-in-law about a dead mother-in-law?
Now Feng Shaolan opened her mouth to ask, and Zhou answered evasively: "Your grandmother has never been able to eat, and she relies on drinking medicine to survive. She suddenly died last night."
Feng Shaolan's nose felt sore and tears welled up again.
Mrs. Feng is partial and mean, but she treats her granddaughter fairly well.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the mourning hall door. Da Feng's cry came from far to near, reaching everyone's ears. Soon, Da Feng, with red eyes and a sad face, entered the mourning hall and knelt down in front of the coffin with a plop.
, crying sadly, calling for her mother one after another. Mrs. Tong also knelt down with red eyes.
Immediately afterwards, relatives and friends of the Feng family came to express their condolences one by one. The atmosphere in the mourning hall was depressing and there was a lot of crying.
Feng Wei returned to Feng Mansion at noon.
Feng Wei drank half a day of flower wine yesterday and stayed in the painting boat at night. The boys searched all night but could not find Mr. Feng. Feng Wei, immersed in the gentle countryside, leisurely rode back home. It was far away,
I saw white flags hanging outside Feng Mansion.
Feng Wei's expression suddenly changed. He turned over and dismounted. Because his legs were weak, he almost fell to the ground. The boy beside him hurriedly supported his master.
Feng Wei staggered into the house, rushed outside the mourning hall, and was stopped. While crying, he went to change into mourning clothes, then entered the mourning hall, knelt down, and cried bitterly.
In the chaos, the married "Feng Shaojun" also came back.
"Feng Shaojun" silently knelt in the corner, his head lowered.
There were cries one after another in the mourning hall, and people who were not sad or not had to look sad. But no one noticed anything wrong with "Feng Shaojun".
In the afternoon, people from Kangjun Prince's Mansion also came.
Prince Kang's son-in-law didn't show up, but it was Prince Kang's concubine who came.
Both parties knew the cause of Xiao Feng's death. If Prince Kang didn't come, the Feng family would have nothing to say. At least, if someone came, it would save their face.
…
Feng Shaojun was in the East Palace, and it was not until night that he learned from Eunuch Yang that the Feng family was organizing a funeral.
"I heard that Mrs. Feng went there in the middle of the night yesterday." Eunuch Yang said to Feng Shaojun in a low voice, "Do you want to leave the palace?"
Mrs. Feng is dead?
Feng Shaojun was a little surprised.
In her previous life, Mrs. Feng lived until a few years later and died when she met a "water bandit" on the waterway. Why did she die so early in this life?
By the way, Mrs. Feng was not present when little Feng died in her previous life. Witnessing her daughter's murder in this life, Mrs. Feng was over-stimulated and rushed to hell early.
Feng Shaojun said to Eunuch Yang: "Jixiang will dress up as me and go to the Feng family to watch the funeral. There are many rules in funerals and no one will gossip in the mourning hall. Jixiang can handle it. I won't leave the palace."
In the past two years, Ji Xiang's appearance has become more and more similar to hers, and she has also worked hard to practice her voice. It is enough to handle such occasions.
Eunuch Yang glanced at Feng Shaojun: "Are you really not going to Feng's house?"
That was Feng Shaojun's biological grandmother.
When Feng Shaojun heard the news of Mrs. Feng's death, his expression did not move. He simply replied: "I won't go."
Eunuch Yang nodded slightly and quickly changed the topic: "The people sent by the imperial court have arrived in Jizhou, and General He has led his troops back to the capital. Vice General Shen has also returned together. It will take at least half a month to reach the capital."
Speaking of Shen You, Feng Shaojun's eyes softened and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
The separation lasted three months.
She has been thinking about him. Will he also miss her all the time?
Eunuch Yang smiled and said: "His Highness has already said that he will make up for the one-month wedding. When the army returns to Beijing, our family will also give you a month-long vacation."
Feng Shaojun immediately smiled and said, "Thank you so much, foster father."
…
it's dark.
The condolences guests had already dispersed.
In the mourning hall of the Feng Mansion, filial sons, filial sons, wives, and granddaughters knelt on the floor. At night, the grandchildren could rest. However, the Zhou family and the Feng Wei and Yao families had to guard in the mourning hall.
As a married daughter, Mrs. Feng did not have to stay up all night. When it was midnight, she was helped to rest in the wing.
Da Feng had been crying all day, and her voice had become hoarse from crying. Her eyes were swollen like peaches.
Shen Mao saw this and felt a little distressed. He sighed in a low voice: "Don't be too sad because your mother-in-law passed away due to illness. People cannot be resurrected after death, so you have to take care of yourself."
Da Feng snuggled into her husband's familiar chest and choked up: "Actually, my mother has never liked me. Of the five brothers and sisters, I am the only one who is a concubine. My mother is not a kind-hearted person. When I was young, she was often mean and difficult for me."
"Now that my mother has closed her eyes and gone to the west, it's okay not to mention these old things. I have to do my best to be a filial daughter. If someone comes to express my condolences, at least I can cry more vigorously."
Shen Mao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted Da Feng on the back.
Mrs. Feng was honest and kind-hearted and did not hold grudges at all. When Mrs. Feng was alive, she never had a bad attitude towards her. Mrs. Feng did not care about her either.
Da Feng cried intermittently for a while, wiped her tears, and slowly calmed down: "My sister had an accident, and my mother passed away. Things happened to the Feng family one after another, and I felt very uncomfortable."
It is indeed unlucky to have people die one after another.
Shen Mao's eyes dimmed and he whispered: "The princess died suddenly, and there have been endless rumors outside. Now that my mother-in-law is gone, I'm afraid there will be even more rumors."
The Feng family is having a bad time!
Mrs. Da Feng sighed: "That's all. When Shaozhu reaches the age of marriage, once his mother leaves, Shaozhu will have to observe filial piety for one year."
Shen Mao suddenly said: "Your second brother and sister-in-law are too high-minded to look down on our Shen family. Otherwise, they would have become in-laws long ago."
Feng Shaozhu's girlish thoughts are all obvious to the elders. If Yao was willing, this marriage would have been done long ago.
Da Feng immediately said: "I think Sanlang's wife is much better than Shaozhu."
Shen Mao laughed: "That's true. Sanlang can't do anything else, but he will finally have good luck in marrying a wife."
While chatting in low voices, the sadness slowly dissipated.
