As soon as Hui Niang's body was transported back, Chen Xi sent someone to Zhan Shi's mansion to ask for leave, preparing to keep a spirit for Hui Niang.

On that day, the Zhuangyuan Mansion set up a mourning hall to stop the spirit of Hui Niang. Chen Xi wanted to make the movement bigger and make everyone think that Hui Niang was indeed dead.

Chen Xi was keeping a spirit for Hui Niang in the mourning hall, and also showed dissatisfaction with Xie Qian, Liu Daxia and others. I will help you with your work without any reward. You just killed someone like that. I now suspect that you deliberately set fire to death!

Among the court officials, the first person to visit was Xie Duo, whom Chen Xi respected the most.

Xie Duo and Hui Niang also met one another. After learning about Hui Niang's death, Xie Duo was very moved and personally came to Chenxi Mansion to pay condolences.

Chen Xi went out to greet her as the master, and the two arrived at the back hall together. Xie Duo asked about the details and shook his head and sighed: "Lu Sun family cultivated pimples and saved people from Lingnan. The method spread throughout the country. Now even the people in the capital are making new words for her. This time, it is really unfair to heaven."

Chen Xi nodded: "The shopkeeper has indeed saved countless people, but he has not achieved a good end."

Xie Duo sighed, "I must submit to the court and ask Your Majesty to grant the title of Lu Sun. Speaking of which, I went to Lingnan under the order of the emperor, and it has been nearly nine years since I left."

Although Xie Duo came afterwards, Chen Xi was very moved when he heard this. Others were afraid of having something to do with a business woman, but Xie Duo came to pay condolences without avoiding suspicion and offered to ask Hui Niang for her imperial edict.

Hui Niang herself has the title of "Goddess Doctor" and Hui Niang has not remarried until her death, so she is considered a chaste woman. According to the principle, she can obtain a chastity arch. Even if Hui Niang commits the crime of bribery, the case has not been concluded after all, and Hui Niang dies not afraid of the crime, so the court should not continue to pursue it.

"Thank you, Shi Zheng, for speaking out."

Chen Xi stood up and saluted Xie Duo respectfully.

"At up, I am following my true intentions, not to ask for your gratitude." Xie Duo sighed, "I have some friendship with Lu Sun, so I have to burn incense for her."

After saying that, Xie Duo accompanied Shen Xi to the tablet in the front yard lobby to burn incense. The neighbors in the yard curiously guessed who this old man with extraordinary demeanor was. When he learned that he was the Minister of Rites and the Imperial College, he was all shocked when he learned that he was the Minister of Rites and the Imperial College.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the minister is already a very high official, and those who are proficient in literature know that this Imperial College is recognized as the most knowledgeable person in the Ming Dynasty. The most important thing is that the Imperial College Jijiu is the nominal teacher of all students in the world.

"This Lumen Sun is really lucky. He has no son, but the top scholar has mourned her. Now there are high-ranking officials like the Minister to mourn her. If it were me, it would be worth it if I died."

"I don't even look at my virtues. Who will mourn you if you die? At most, it's the poor relatives of your family."

After Xie Duo finished the incense, he came out with Shen Xi. When the carriage was ready at the door, someone was crying secretly beside the carriage. It was Ning'er, an old man from the Lu family.

At this time, Ning'er was dressed in men's clothing and followed Xie Duo, but she was not qualified to go in and kowtow to Hui Niang, so she could only wait outside.

"Thank you, please send me respectfully." Chen Xi bowed.

Xie Duo nodded and got on the carriage with Ning'er's support. The carriage slowly left and gradually disappeared at the end of the alley.

Chen Xi looked at the shadow of the carriage passing away and was stunned for a while. Just as he was about to go back, he saw another carriage coming from the distance. This time, Chen Xi's old friend Su Tong got off the carriage.

"Brother Shen is here to pay his respects for his brother!"

Compared with Xie Duo's sincerity, Su Tong's condolences seemed hypocritical. Su Tong was not familiar with Hui Niang, and even cried when he came. If he didn't know, he would think it was Kong Ming who cried Zhou Yu.

Chen Xi smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly. It was rare that Su Tong had such a heart, and he didn't ask for too much.

Su Tong was invited to come inside, Su Tong went up and burned incense to the tablet, and then asked: "Brother Shen, how could the boss die?"

"Where did you learn the news of my Aunt Sun's death?" Chen Xi asked back.

Su Tong hesitated: "I had a drink with a group of friends yesterday. I was shocked when I heard about the accident of the head of the family. Today I came out of the mansion and heard that the mansion was paying condolences, so I rushed over." Su Tong, "It's just because my brother didn't know the reason."

Chen Xi nodded: "It's a long story, but it's just that the people don't fight with the officials."

"well!"

Su Tong sighed after hearing this, "I am now only a disciple. Don't you know the hardships? But the world is like this, what can you do?"

Su Tong was also from an official family, but by his generation, except for knowing some friends who were officials, he had no big backing. Su Tong himself was beaten by Gao Chong, the grandson of the prefect of Tingzhou, because he had no power or power.

Su Tong's character is not bad. The reason why he is so determined to climb up is just the common feature of all scholars in this era. It is said that he is for the country and the people, but in fact it is to be able to advance to the aristocratic class and turn from being ruled to ruler.

On the first day of condolences, Chen Xi received many people, and only Xie Duo was the only one who served as the official. Other officials, even Chen Xi's colleagues in the Hanlin Academy or Zhan Shi Mansion, did not intend to come to worship after hearing the news.

The only one who died was a businessman, a widow, and even more guilty. No one wanted to be involved with Hui Niang.

That night, Chen Xi personally kept a guard for Hui Niang, and Xie Yuner and Lu Xier accompanied him.

Xie Yun'er had been helping Chen Xi to burn paper, but after Lu Xi'er cried for a while, she fell asleep leaning against Chen Xi. Chen Xi didn't want to wake her up, so she gently held the little girl in her arms.

"My husband, you've been working so hard these days, so you'd better go back to your room to rest. I'm here." Xie Yun'er said with tears in her eyes.

"It's okay." Chen Xi sighed, "I can hold on. Aunt Sun has been taking care of us since she was a child. If I can't even give her the last journey, I will feel at ease."

Xie Yuner is a person who does what she says. She said she wanted to accompany Chen Xi, so she really stayed with Chen Xi for the whole night.

It was the next morning that she reluctantly returned to her room to rest under Shen Xi's insistence. As for the day, Lin Dai came to guard Chen Xi and Lu Xier.

In the morning, an official sedan chair came to the door of the Shen family.

Because of the escort of officers and soldiers, Chen Xi, as the head of the family, had to come out to greet him, but saw Xie Qian getting off the official sedan chair with a dark face, and glaring at Chen Xi with a little harsh expression.

Xie Qian didn't even call him, so he walked directly to the gate of the mansion. The neighbors knew that the visitors were not good, so they all avoided them.

Xie Jian arrived at the main hall of the front yard. The person stopped and did not rush to walk in. He took out something from his arms and handed it to Chen Xi: "Look at it for yourself!"

When Chen Xi opened it, it was an edict, and the Lumen Sun clan was named "Lu Ren".

In the Ming Dynasty, any official above the fifth rank was awarded the title of wife, the wife of the first and second rank officials was called "Madam", and the mother was called "Taima". The third rank was "Shuren", the fourth rank was "Gongren", and the fifth rank was "Pleasant". Below the fifth rank was called "Anren", the sixth rank was called "Anren", and the seventh rank was "Ruren".

He was given the title of "Edict" when he was born, and after he died, he was given the title of "Edict".

No seal and no qualities are called Lady.

But this is just a matter of title ban. No one cares about calling his wife or a wife at home, but the officials care about winning the imperial edict for their mother and wife.

"Gei Master Xie, what's the point?"

Seeing that the court had only enfeoffed a "ruren" with an imperial edict, Chen Xi clearly despised Hui Niang since she was enfeoffed by the emperor and was targeted by a goddess doctor who once lived countless people and was even known as a Buddha in the thousands of families. You should have enfeoffed an imperial edict. Now, it would be better not to give it to a "ruren".

Xie Qian said angrily: "Why, aren't satisfied?"

Chen Xi is indeed not qualified to be dissatisfied. If you think about it carefully, having is better than not. With this imperial title, at least Hui Niang's crime was washed away, and the Lu family will not be guilty anymore. As for whether the industry can be brought back, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is that Lu Xier is no longer the daughter of a sinner and can be a dignified person in the future.

"Student thanked Mr. Ge." Chen Xi saluted respectfully.

"What do you want to thank me? I want to thank you, thank Your Majesty and Mr. Xie for your offerings." Xie Qian mentioned Xie Duo, and his tone was a little more respectful. After all, in terms of academic cultivation, Xie Duo was still above him. But because his status was more prominent, the people in the court mentioned "Mr. Xie", the first thing they thought of was not Xie Duo, but Xie Qian.

Chen Xi saluted again: "Go to see Master Xie."

"Oh, are you very anxious? Why do you think I will disturb the mourning hall here? Don't I be allowed to go in and burn incense?" Xie Qian rolled his eyes and said.

Chen Xi made a "please" gesture and saw Xie Qian step by step into the mourning hall. He looked around first. At this time, the female family had already stood up to retreat.

Xie Qian went up to get the incense, but it was not one or three. Instead, he took two, and after lit it, he did not bow and directly inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Chen Xi knew that this was a matter of particularity. The meaning of two incense sticks means that Xie Qian felt guilty and was not worthy of three, which means that Xie Qian was guilty in his heart, but he just wanted to give face and didn't want to express it, but he used this method to tell Chen Xi that he was very sad about Hui Niang's death.

After sipping the incense, Xie Qian didn't stop for much, turned around and went out, and Chen Xi personally saw him off.

When he arrived at the door, Xie Qian turned around and said, "You still have to take care of the responsibilities of the court. Can you still keep the rules for her without any relatives or reasons?"

Even if Chen Xi wanted to keep the rules for Hui Niang, he could not find any reason.

Because seriously, Chen Xi and Hui Niang have no blood relationship, and Lu Xier has not made it even for his wife. Now that he has collected Hui Niang for his burial, he has finished his benevolence and righteousness.

In Xie Qian's understanding, since you have done your best, go back and complete your business as soon as possible. Don't affect your future because of the death of a widow.

Although this move seems realistic, Xie Qian is actually thinking about Chen Xi.

Chen Xi thought that he had contradicted Xie Qian in the Xie Mansion before, but now Xie Qian can still persuade him so calmly. Even if he is dissatisfied with Xie Qian, it will be reduced a lot.

"Don't worry, after Lu Sun's family is buried, the students will explain to the court." Chen Xi did not say anything back, nor did he say he would resign, as if he wanted to continue thinking.

Xie Qian looked at Chen Xi, shook his head, leaned over and got into the sedan chair. Chen Xi could still hear sighs when the sedan chair got off.

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