Otoharu

Li Yan was the first to react, and pulled his mother and wife who were dying of crying, to kneel in front of the servant.

The content of the imperial decree is very simple, Jiang Shanqing has made great contributions to saving the family, and he is posthumously named first-class Dun Huibo, Li Meier is the third-rank wife, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and a pair of jade Ruyi.

The Li family was not at all happy because of receiving these rewards, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Jiang were still crying as if they were going to die.

The servant didn't blame them for their reaction, he only handed over the imperial decree to Li Yan, and left with them.

After the servant left, Mrs. Jiang cried for a while, then suddenly grabbed Li Yan's hand and said quickly: "Quick, go and lock the doors of the house."

Li Yan didn't react for a while, but he was used to listening to his wife, so he immediately led his servants to lock all the doors in the house.

After locking the door and coming back, Li Yan also had some recollection. When he returned to the main hall and saw that his old lady and his wife were sitting there drinking tea calmly, without any signs of sadness, he knew he had guessed right.

"Mother, Yingying, Mei'er and Shanqing...are they not dead?" Li Yan couldn't help asking excitedly.

"Do you want to shout and the whole world knows?"

Mrs. Li gave him a white look, and hurriedly closed the door of the main hall, and after confirming that there were only a few people in her family, she said in a low voice, "Your wife and I have both seen the corpses in the coffin, not Mei Meier and Shan Qing of."

"That's good! That's good! I knew that my Mei Mei'er died so easily. She has been blessed since she was a child, and she will definitely live a long life." Li Yan said suppressing his excitement, his eyes flickered I can't help but get wet.

He was so sad just now that he didn't dare to look at the corpse of his daughter and son-in-law in the coffin.

"The two children must have a reason for doing this. What we can do now is to help them hide it together. Ayan, daughter-in-law, hurry up and arrange the funeral affairs of the two children. When the matter is over, we will leave the capital." Mrs. Li was thinking very clearly at the moment, and arranged things in an orderly manner.

"We're leaving, will Mei Meier and the others not be able to find us?" Jiang asked hesitantly.

"You're stupid, aren't they still in the capital, and they must know that Shanqing and the others are not dead, and we can only go back to our hometown when we leave the capital, how could they not find us?" Mrs. Li was annoyed scolded.

Mrs. Jiang immediately stopped talking. She had just had a big ups and downs, and her mind was indeed a little confused, and her mother was still awake.

"Mother, I still have an official position in the Imperial Academy, so I can't just leave like this..." Li Yan was also in a bit of a dilemma. After all, he was an official appointed by the imperial court, so he couldn't leave Beijing at will.

"You are also stupid. You can just write a note and resign. Your daughter and son-in-law are dead now. How can you still be in the mood to continue to be an official? You just say that you are too sad and want to take the ashes of your daughter and son-in-law back to your hometown. After scolding her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li went on to scold her son, thinking that this son really didn't inherit her wife's intelligence at all.

Li Yan repeatedly said yes, thinking that his wife is more suitable to be an official than him.

After discussing the details of the funeral with Mrs. Li, Mrs. Jiang remembered something again, and asked cautiously, "Mother, should you tell the children that Mei Meier didn't die? Brother Kang'er and Jian'er's eyes were swollen from crying yesterday. Brother Tuan and Sister Yuan have been arguing for the eldest sister..."

"I kept it from me. The children are still ignorant. If they slip up, it will not only harm the Mei Meier couple, but also our whole family. They will make them think that the eldest sister is dead and cry like this." It’s more real when you’re still alive.” Mrs. Li didn’t feel sorry for her eldest grandson at the moment, and said incredulously.

The funeral affairs of Li Meier and Jiang Shanqing were very grand, not only people with a little friendship with the Li family came to the door, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to pay homage in person.

Seeing Li Chengqi, Li Yan also suffered a lot. Fortunately, he has experienced a lot these days, and with Jiang Yanzhi by his side, he was neither humble nor overbearing when dealing with Li Chengqi.

Li Chengqi comforted everyone in the Li family, offered incense to Jiang Shanqing and Li Meier himself, and prepared to leave.

He turned his head to see that Sun Zhongyuan was looking at Li Meier's coffin, then lightly patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll wait for you outside."

Sun Zhongyuan came back to his senses, but just shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I have no right to stay here any longer."

After finishing speaking, he described Xiao Suo and left the mourning hall together with Li Chengqi.

Accompanied by Jiang Yanzhi and Li Yan, the group of people went outside the gate, just in time to see a plain blue linoleum carriage parked outside the gate.

The door of the carriage was pushed open, and a servant girl and a thin girl came down from inside.

The girl was wearing a moon-white satin cloak, her palm-sized face was sunk in the white fluffy collar, looking soft and cold.

The girl raised her head and met Li Chengqi's complicated gaze not far away.

Sun Xiaowu didn't expect to meet Li Chengqi here. She was stunned for a moment, but she soon returned to normal. She knelt down and gave a respectful blessing, but her eyes never met Li Chengqi again.

Li Chengqi walked in front of Sun Xiaowu and wanted to reach out his hand to help her up, but suddenly remembered something, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his lips, but he didn't stretch out that hand after all.

"It's cold outside, Xiao Wu, you're not in good health, go inside quickly." Li Chengqi spoke gently, as gentle and caring as ever.

Sun Xiaowu stood up, thanked her with lowered eyes, and was supported by the maid, and walked slowly towards the door.

Li Chengqi looked at her back, which had been reduced a lot, and never looked away. The little girl with a heartless smile in his memory seemed to have grown up overnight.

There was still a thought in his heart, he thought, if she looked back at him, he would never disappoint her again.

But the girl who used to think about him was always in her eyes, this time she never looked back after all.

It turns out that some people will not always wait for you in place. If you miss it, you will really miss it.

"Your Highness, we should go." Sun Zhongyuan reminded at the right time.

He knew that Li Chengqi still had feelings for his sister, but Li Chengqi would never be able to give what Xiao Wu wanted.Instead of becoming a resentful spouse in the future, it is better to stop thinking about it earlier.

Li Chengqi nodded, turned and left.

Some people, this life will eventually drift away.

After the Li family finished the funeral, they packed up their things and prepared to leave the capital.

Li Yan won the favor of the emperor, and finally managed to get the magistrate of Yin County to be released. Not only did he not have to resign, but his grade was also raised by half a level. Moreover, in the big county of Yin County in the past six months, if the family and background were not strong enough, ordinary people would definitely not be able to get it. It can be said that Li Yan was a blessing in disguise.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, as soon as the first heavy snow fell in the capital, the Li family's motorcade set off.