"Okay, let's go to the coffin." Wen Jin was surprisingly calm, "My several restaurants are very profitable and I have made a lot of money. I can manage grandma's affairs smoothly after her death."
There were many people in the house, including relatives, imperial doctors, and enemies named Lou, dozens of people and nearly a hundred people. Without Fu Jingheng, she no longer expected to have a shoulder to rely on. It was no different if she relied on herself.
Auntie once said, Jin, if you live, you will get better and better.
Old Mrs. Xue passed away peacefully. She saw her beloved granddaughter of the Xue family for the last time, and her great-grandson. She died without any regrets.
For a moment, the black-haired man in the room burst into tears.
Xue Kuang's biological mother died and he became a motherless child at the age of forty. He cried the most painfully. He knelt in front of the sickbed and said, "Mother, I am usually busy with court affairs and cannot always serve you. I feel extremely guilty. I want to support you."
But I don’t want to be kissed.”
Su Yuyan couldn't help herself. Although she had a deep hatred with her husband, the old woman always treated her kindly. "Yuyan is unfilial. She has been wandering away for ten years and failed to take care of her mother-in-law. Thanks to Jin'er for comforting her at your knees. May you always go on a good journey."
Well, there will be no pain in heaven, and the old gods will walk as fast as flying, flying like clouds."
The second mother wiped her eyes vigorously with a handkerchief, but not much urine fell out. The old man with crippled legs was finally dead. He no longer had to serve tea and water to the old man and look at her eyebrows. The second wife cried like a bird: "
Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, why did you just give up and leave this big family behind? How can we black-haired people set up a family in the future? Ouch, only when there are old people is it like home. The children have left.
I won't let you go." As he spoke, he almost burst into laughter. He had been scolded by the old guy a lot in the past.
Wen Jin looked at Lou Shucai's hypocritical face and said nothing for a while. The deceased was the most important person and should not be disturbed. She suppressed her anger towards the second roommate for the time being and only waited for her grandma to be buried before settling the accounts with the second roommate.
Xue Ning frowned and pinched her nose. She thought the old man was unlucky. She thought it was dirty. People died in the summer and the smell was bad. She couldn't say anything disgusting because it would be considered unfilial. She stayed further away from the hospital bed because she was the emperor.
The imperial concubine was one of the concubines who was going to attend important occasions with the emperor. She did not want to be contaminated by these unlucky things, so she secretly tied a red string around her wrist to ward off evil spirits and use the red string to guard against the ghost of grandma.
Wen Jin saw that her parents were extremely sad, Xue Xiang collapsed in tears, and Yu Yan could not control herself.
Yuzhen and Baoyin were still young, only twelve or thirteen years old. They were lying on the door frame, not daring to speak, and whispered: "Sister... what's wrong with grandma?"
Wen Jin held the two little ones in her arms, "Grandma turned into a star and blessed us in the sky. The brightest star in the sky is Grandma."
The second wife has no intention of taking care of the old man's funeral, has no intention of contributing money or effort, and the family is short of someone to help.
Wen Jin was the eldest daughter. She suppressed her sadness, straightened her back, and stood up with her legs softened. She handed Chang Lin to her grandma, "Grandma, help me take care of the child for a few days. I'll give you the rest."
Grandma has done it. The old man loves children, so you should take the child to avoid him. He is too young, only a little over one year old, and cannot bear grandma's love. Don't rush him. If he is frightened, he will easily have nightmares."
Grandma nodded, "Leave Chang Lin to me. Just help my elder sister make the arrangements, and you can feel relieved. Now you are the eldest daughter and the person who helps the house. Take care of yourself."
"Okay. I'm fine." Wen Jin nodded, "I'm in good health."
Jiang Huaizhou walked up to Wen Jin and said, "I'll help you share some of the burden. Setting up the mourning hall, setting the coffin and coffin, there are so many things, you can't handle it all by yourself."
"Brother." Wen Jin looked at Jiang Qing, looking back and forth a thousand times, and only said: "Thank you very much."
"No need to thank you," Jiang said.
This time, Wen Jin didn't call the name of the person who would never appear again in her heart. She no longer had hope and would not be disappointed. On the day her grandma died, he was with the person he didn't love.
The saint passed through a dangerous period.
Yun Si also said, "Let me help too."
Yu Zhen said: "Sister, there is also me. Yu Zhen has to share the burden with Sister. Yu Zhen has grown up."
Baoyin said, "Sister, Baoyin can also help. Sister is not alone."
Wen Jin was quite pleased, her younger brothers and sisters were so sensible, and her mother-in-law was back. It was great to be together as a family.
After all, Wen Jin was not short of money. With the help of Jiang Qing, Yun Si, and Yu Zhen, he asked the best funeral parlor in the capital to erect a mourning hall that day. At first he wanted to choose a coffin made of golden nanmu, but later he chose dark wood.
The coffin made of dark wood is not afraid of water, shade, or soil invasion. Even if the coffin gets damp, the old man will not feel comfortable.
It rains a lot in summer, and it rains again.
After the old man was placed in the coffin, Su Yuyan left her daughter in the bedroom. Wen Jin stretched her hand out the window to catch the rain, letting the cool rain fall on her palm.
Yuyan asked her: "Jin'er, what happened to the baby you brought home?"
When Wen Jin saw her grandma asking about it, she detailed the story from when she and Fu Jingheng met, to how they fell in love, to when they broke up and separated. Her grandma didn't criticize her, but felt sorry for her.
"It's because the royal family dislikes you so much that you were kicked out, right?" Su Yuyan asked.
"Yes. Grandma." Wen Jin replied.
"So, girls still have to be independent and have backbone, right?" Yu Yan said.
"Yes, Aniang."
Su Yuyan touched Wen Jin's hair and said softly: "Let the past go. It's also because my mother-in-law is not by your side. In addition, Lao Xue misunderstood our three mothers at first. No one made the decision for you to let you go.
We have gone through many detours. Your eldest brother Xue Qian comes from a clean family and is quite prestigious in the clan. Qian'er has a certain talent for gardening flowers and is very talented. He is also quite humorous. Auntie and Lao Xue will make the decision for you.
In good times, while we are still young, we can get married in a legitimate manner."
Wen Jin was very resistant to the word 'marriage', almost fearful. Men seemed to be a dangerous species. "Aniang, I have been married to someone and raised a child. It's unfair to him. Besides, I don't intend to please any man. It's nothing."
I mean, it’s better to live your own life.”
Su Yuyan said: "Xue Qian also had a relationship with one, but it didn't work out because his family objected. There's nothing unfair about it. His family has no official title and they are engaged in gardening business. They just want his parents to be easy-going and obedient and others to be gentle. You are a married woman. You will live an ordinary life.
You are blessed and safe. I hope you live a stable life."
Wen Jin said seriously: "Mom, I don't want to talk about this. Grandpa said that the Sanskrit classics I translated for him were very good, and he was quite satisfied with all aspects of academics. He planned to train me to succeed him as a tutor, which I am more interested in.
.There is a sense of accomplishment than pleasing a man.”
"Chang Lin is so cute. My mother likes it very much. But we don't want Chang Lin." Yu Yan said slowly: "Give the child to the Fu family, we don't want it anymore. He is the prince, you can't take it away, old Xue
There is no way. I have completely cut off contact with the Fu family. I feel that there is no need to continue to be involved with that family because of the child. If we continue to cut off the relationship, we will suffer chaos."
Wen Jin said seriously: "I will not just give birth to children but not raise them. The children I give birth to must follow me. No one can take the children away."
Yu Yan advised her: "Jin'er, it's very difficult for a woman to raise a child alone. You have to plan for yourself. You can't live without a family for the rest of your life. Your neighbors will always criticize you."
Wen Jin said seriously: "I will not bring my child to marry a stepfather and look at other people's faces. I hate men, no matter who they are, just seeing a man is enough. I just want to live alone."
Su Yuyan saw that her daughter was just like a stone, her heart was closed, and she couldn't persuade her at all, "Mom, let me make the decision for you in life-long matters. You will have a chance to have dinner with Uncle Xue's family later. If you don't marry, you will be criticized after all.
Being stabbed in the spine."
"Oh, let's talk again." Wen Jin did not continue to argue with her mother.
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Quang Li Royal Palace.
Jinhua Palace on the west bank of Daoqing Lake.
Lao Mo rushed all the way from Xuanwu Gate, stepped to the bottom of the corridor, tied up his umbrella, then walked quickly into the palace, knelt at the emperor's feet, and said: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Xue is seriously ill... and passed away.