clothing incense

Chapter 171
When Dong Yuan arrived at Yuanyang Pavilion, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief before entering Dongci Room.

Mrs. Sheng anxiously waited for Dong Yuan to come back.

Sheng Changhou didn't pace any more, but sat on the big kang by the window, his expression a little sluggish.He rarely has such a deep expression, looks very old, and makes people feel sour.

"How's sister Yun?" Dong Yuan didn't care much, Madam Sheng came up to ask.

Dong Yuan told about Sheng Leyun's situation.

When Mrs. Sheng heard that Sheng Leyun was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief, and tears fell down again.She didn't cry all day, and her eyes were a little red and swollen.

Dong Yuan advised her not to be sad, and returned the pair of cards to Mrs. Sheng.

Mrs. Sheng glanced at it, then glanced at Sheng Changhou, and said, "Take it first. How can Mother care about housework these days? If there is anything, you can discuss it with Mother Kang."

Dong Yuan also couldn't help looking at Sheng Changhou.

Sheng Changhou didn't realize it.

Mrs. Sheng hinted that she would accept it.

Dong Yuan said yes, put it away.

The third master Sheng Xiumu also entered the east chamber of Yuanyang Pavilion.He told Sheng Changhou and Mrs. Sheng about Sheng Xiuyi going in to make medicine for Sheng Leyu.

Mrs. Sheng was stunned, feeling sorry for her son and thinking about her grandson, she didn't know what to say for a while, so she burst into tears.

Sheng Changhou raised his eyes to look at Sheng Xiumu, his gaze was unusually long.

Sheng Xiumu thought his father was going to scold him again, so he hung his head in silence, waiting for the punishment.He was used to being scolded by his father since he was a child. To Sheng Xiuyi and Sheng Xiumu, Sheng Changhou's scolding voice was no different from ordinary greetings.

Sheng Changhou didn't scold him this time, but heaved a long sigh, feeling inexplicably lonely.

The third master was a little surprised.

Sheng Changhou said after a long time: "The ancients said that a strict father produces a filial son. I am very strict with you brothers, and I also hope that you will become talents. Brother Yi has a dull temper since he was a child, and he doesn't say anything when asked. I can't bear to talk slowly with him. Tun talking. There are reprimands and beatings every day. How many years have passed, and I don’t know what my son is thinking..."

The third master felt sour.Since the last time he fell ill, my father has often shown such an old look, which makes people reluctant to look at him.A person who was so domineering in the past, is he really getting old?
"Daddy, elder brother won't do foolish things." Sheng Xiu Muyan comforted Sheng Changhou insincerely, "Don't worry, he will be fine, and brother Yu will be fine."

Such words are empty and not convincing at all. Sheng Xiumu himself doesn't believe it.

However, he didn't read as many books as his eldest brother, and he didn't know how to quote classics.

"I always say that he dotes on children..." Shengchang Hou Fangfo couldn't listen to Sheng Xiumu's words, he just talked to himself, "Now that I think about it, as a father, he is far better than me."

Sheng Xiumu didn't know what to say for a while.

Dong Yuan was listening, Madam Sheng was crying again, tears seemed to be contagious, her eyes were moist.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, Dong Yuan has been in Yuanyang Pavilion, never went back to Jingsheyuan, and never went to see Brother Cheng.

Her heart was heavy and her eyes were always astringent.

The chiming clock on the wall moved little by little, and at the beginning of the Hai Dynasty, Sheng Xiuyi still hadn't come out of Sheng Leyu's yard.

Mrs. Sheng was a little sleepy and yawned.

Dong Yuan persuaded her to go to sleep, she shook her head, and fell asleep on the big Kang facing the window in Dongci's room.As for Dong Yuan, Sheng Changhou and Sheng Xiumu, they neither felt hungry nor sleepy.

The house was quiet.

Citron was looking around the door, Dong Yuan saw it, got up and came out.

"Grandma, do you want to lock the key?" Citron asked Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan nodded, and let the inner court release the key first.Then he remembered something and asked Citron: "Who else is serving me in this yard?"

Qiangwei was scolded by Dong Yuan, she didn't know who would take Qiangwei's class.

"It's Bi Qiu." Citron said, "Grandma, do you want to call her over to serve?"

Dong Yuan nodded.

Citron went out and called Bi Qiu, and then went to order the women in the inner courtyard to lock the keys.

Dong Yuan said to Bi Qiu: "Go to the outer courtyard and ask inside, when will Aunt Tao be able to arrive in Shengjing?"

Bi Qiu said yes, turned around and called the two little maids who came with Jingsheyuan to accompany them with lanterns, and went to the outer courtyard.

After a stick of incense, Bi Qiu came back and said to Dong Yuan: "Director Lin personally told the servants that Aunt Tao's car will arrive at noon tomorrow if it is fast, and before sunset tomorrow if it is later." Hurry up. If something happens on the way, it's hard to say..."

Dong Yuan frowned slightly.

She has been waiting in Yuanyang Pavilion.

Then she, Sheng Xiumu, and Sheng Changhou all sat on the grand teacher's chair and dozed off. Mrs. Sheng fell asleep leaning on the big kang by the window, but was awakened by nightmares several times.

When the rooster crowed, the outside was brightly illuminated by the moonlight.Madam Sheng was in a daze, as if she heard Brother Yu's laughter that was as crisp and loud as a copper bell.

He smiled every day, called his grandmother in a milky voice, and crawled into Mrs. Sheng's arms, as if he was only three or four years old.Good-looking, with a pair of eyes shining brighter than the stars in the sky.I didn't like to cry since I was a child, and it warms my heart when I smile.

Ever since Sheng Lehao ​​went to the outer courtyard, the happiness that Mrs. Sheng's grandson had around her knees was brought to her by Sheng Leyu.

Grandma, grandma....
Such a crisp child's voice rang in my ears.

There was a smile on Madam Sheng's lips.

Suddenly, a shrill cry pierced the sky, and it was very clear in the Sheng Mansion in Liming.Dong Yuan, Sheng Changhou, and Sheng Xiumu were very vigilant, and they were awakened by the sound of crying.

Mrs. Sheng also woke up from her dream.

The cry faded away again.

Gradually, footsteps came from Sheng Leyu's yard again, mixed with uneven cries and roars.

Dong Yuan was so excited that he was one step faster than the serving maids, rushed out and opened the courtyard door.The serving maids and wives all woke up and followed them out.

Several women came from Sheng Leyu's yard with lanterns.

Crying while walking.

On June [-]th of the sixth year of Yuanchang, Sheng Leyu, the second young master of the Sheng family, died of smallpox at the moment of Maochu, at the age of six years and five months.

Mrs. Sheng's eyes darkened when she heard the women reporting the funeral, and she passed out.

Sheng Xiumu quickly supported his mother.

Sheng Changhou walked quickly to Sheng Leyu's courtyard, Dong Yuan followed closely behind.

A carriage was parked at the gate of the courtyard, Sheng Xiuyi's face was covered with ashes from the stove, his hairpin had gone somewhere, and his hair was scattered.His clothes were crumpled and stuck to his body, like a disaster victim fleeing famine.

In his hands, he held a lifeless child.

Dong Yuan's feet were weak, and tears rolled down like beads with a broken thread.

Sheng Changhou also paused.

"Don't come over!" Sheng Xiuyi saw his father and Dong Yuan running over with the maids, and shouted loudly, "Don't come over!"

Dong Yuan stopped in her tracks, she felt something shaking in front of her eyes, and she felt dizzy.Citron who followed hurriedly supported her.

Sheng Changhou's chest heaved violently, his lips squirmed, and he didn't know what to say for a long while.

Under the bright moonlight, Dong Yuan could see that Sheng Xiuyi's face was full of tears.

His voice was also choked with sobs: "Daddy, let's make a clothes grave for Brother Yu. My son will take his body to the Zhuangzi to be buried. Burn Brother Yu's yard and the things he used. If I'm fine, I'll be back in half a month; if I don't come back in half a month, you can go find me at Zhuangzi in Qing County, Hebei..."

He may also have smallpox, so he cannot stay in the mansion.

If you get smallpox, if you can't survive it, you can only delay it for half a month at most.

Dong Yuan tightly covered his lips, so he didn't cry out.

Tears blurred her vision, and big teardrops rolled down and wet her cheeks.She looked at that person not far away, his slender body seemed to be coated with a halo, clear and hazy.

She let the majestic tears roll down.

Sheng Changhou took a long time to speak: "Brother Yi, come back soon, Daddy will pick you up at the door."

There was an unconcealable sob in his voice.

Old tears rolled down his face.

Sheng Xiuyi nodded, put Sheng Leyu on the carriage, then turned around and helped Sheng Leyu's wet nurse Su Mama into the carriage.

Mama Su has already been infected, the pimples on her cheeks have turned into pus, and her body is too dragged to walk.

Lai'an drove the carriage and stood aside.

Sheng Xiuyi covered his nose and mouth with his sleeve, and said to Lai'an, "Stay back and put the whip on the cart."

Lai'an was shocked, knelt down and cried, "Master, let me serve you. Let me drive the car for you."

Sheng Xiuyi shook his head, didn't say any more, just looked at Lai'an fixedly.

Lai An couldn't help crying, and kowtowed three times to Sheng Xiuyi before getting up and stepping aside.

"A Yuan, take care of my good mother at home." Sheng Xiuyi said loudly to Dong Yuan again, paused, and then said, "Take care of the children."

Dong Yuan couldn't bear it any longer, and burst into tears.

Tears make everything in sight so unreal.

The carriage drove out slowly, and when he heard the sound of the wheels rolling over the ground, Dong Yuan felt that all the strength in his body seemed to be drained.She couldn't support herself any longer and collapsed.

Several women rushed to help her.

Sheng Changhou watched the carriage gradually go away in the morning light, he couldn't help walking slowly, and followed up step by step, until the carriage disappeared, then he held on to the corner door in a decadent manner, and the veins protruded from the hand holding the wall.

Back, weakly bent down.

After a long while, he got up and went to the outer courtyard.

In less than half an hour, the servants in the outer courtyard had already poured tung oil on Sheng Leyu's yard, and each had a bucket in his hand to prevent the fire from spreading.

Even several small attics in Sheng Leyu's yard were poured with tung oil.

After Sheng Changhou gave an order, a raging fire erupted, and thick smoke billowed throughout the inner courtyard.

The next day, the entire capital knew that the Shengchanghou Mansion was on fire early in the morning, and the fire burned for nearly two hours before it was gradually extinguished.

Mrs. Sheng was lying on the bed, unable to speak, only shed tears.

Sheng Changhou personally arranged Sheng Leyu's funeral.

Because she was still a child and had no heirs, Sheng Leyu's funeral should not be too ostentatious.Shengchang Hou chose to stop for three days.The funeral will be held three days later, and 24 Zen monks will be invited to worship the Great Compassionate Confession in the hall, so as to save the souls of the deceased before and after death, so as to avoid the sins of the deceased.Another altar is set up, and eighteen Quanzhen Taoist priests are invited to cleanse their karma and sacrifice their injustice.

The funeral is scheduled for June 27.

Everything was arranged properly, and at noon, a woman's mournful cry came from outside the mourning hall: "Brother Yu..."

Aunt Tao is back.

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Thanks to classmate enigmayanxi for the reward of Heshibi~~~Since the book was opened, classmate enigmayanxi has given rewards every day, and I am grateful~~
First make up the one owed yesterday, and there will be today's guarantee update later~~There is no end to adding pink tickets, I will continue next month~~Sisters, do you still have pink tickets?
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