"This hairpin...isn't allowed?" Yu Xijiao pointed at the white jade hairpin on her head. It was pure white, with only a little golden hairpin wrapping around the back part.
"It's better to replace this hairpin. When we arrived at the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion today, we are not guests, but here to help. Our clothes are also more plain than others. Didn't I give you a hairpin before? Why don't you use it?"
Shi looked at the white jade hairpin on her head and said displeasedly.
Yu Xijiao looked at Qian's head and saw that it was indeed a wooden hairpin, similar to the one she had yesterday. Yu Yuxi also had the same hairpin on her head.
"Where is your hairpin?" Qian asked.
"The hairpin accidentally broke and cannot be used." Yu Xijiao said calmly. If the hairpin is used, it will definitely mess up the hair. It is also disrespectful to mess up the hair at the funeral.
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Compared with his own one, it is obvious that Qian's and Yu Yuxi's one is much smoother, and it looks different from his own shoddy one.
"Fortunately, I still have a few ready here. Aunt Xi changed them for the third girl." Mrs. Qian frowned and ordered.
Aunt Qian stepped forward, took out a long decorative box from her sleeve, took out a wooden hairpin, and handed it to Yu Xijiao.
Aunt Xu took it and looked at the hairpin. Although the hairpin was made of wood, it was very smooth and looked completely different from yesterday's. This hairpin could be inserted.
He took two steps forward and pulled out the white jade hairpin for Yu Xijiao and put it into his cuff. Then he carefully inserted the wooden hairpin for Yu Xijiao.
The mourning hall has been set up, with only a few servants present.
Knowing that someone was coming to the Xuanping Hou Mansion, Mrs. Ning hurriedly welcomed her with her eldest daughter Yu Lanxue. After the cousins saw the courtesy, they were naturally friendly and polite, and they also smiled at the two girls who came with them.
welcome.
After that, he led several people from Xuanpinghou Mansion to worship first.
After lighting incense and worshiping, Mrs. Ning cried and said to Mrs. Qian: "When my sister comes, please accompany me to meet the guests first. After a while, the ladies from each mansion will come. There are not many people in the mansion to support you."
"Where's Mrs. Yu?" Qian asked.
Ning's eyes were red and swollen, and she lowered her head: "My mother was so sad about Lan Xuan that she cried unconsciously several times. She is still lying on the bed. The doctor said that she needs to take a good rest. Now I can only shamelessly trouble my sister..."
"Dead people cannot be resurrected. The most important thing now is the living people. I hope Mrs. Yu can be more open-minded." Qian advised.
"Although I say this, my mother is really sad about this threshold. She was holding on yesterday, but today... today she really can't hold on any longer," Ning cried.
"My condolences, cousin." Mrs. Qian said with emotion, "Our Lord Marquis came here early this morning just to help you receive the guests. We can't write two characters for Yu in one stroke. Besides, our two houses are indeed brothers of the same family. Even if we are out of
After winning the fifth service, this ancestor is also an ancestor, and the matter of the Zhengyuan Marquis Mansion is the matter of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion."
What Qian said was very beautiful.
Ning said repeatedly: "Thank you, Mr. Hou, for your righteousness, otherwise...otherwise this would have become a mess and made others laugh."
"It's a joke or not, but if you need anything, just ask. Our Lord Marquis has said that this matter is a matter for the Yu family, and we will definitely help."
Qian said. After speaking, he looked at Yu Yuxi and Yu Xijiao behind him and hesitated for a moment, "How about you two?"
"Mom, I'm not feeling well and I want to find a place to rest." Yu Yuxi glanced at the mourning hall with an indifferent expression and said indifferently.
Yu Xijiao looked at her mockingly. She used to act like a sister in front of Lanxuan County Lord, but now she looks worse than a stranger. Is she cold or cruel?
"Where's Jiao'er?" Qian looked at Yu Xijiao.
"My hand is injured. I'm afraid I won't be able to help with the vigil here." Yu Xijiao moved her injured hand slightly, her eyebrows furrowed, and she could tell she was in pain.
"It's not good for both of you to leave the mourning hall and leave Xue'er alone." Qian said displeased.
Yu Yuxi didn't say anything. She raised her eyes and looked at Mr. Qian, who looked very supple.
Since they are here to help, and they are juniors of the An family, Yu Xijiao and Yu Yuxi should actually stay here for a while, helping Zhengyuan Hou Mansion to cry and wipe away the tears when the guests come, or burn some simple yellow rice cakes.
Offerings such as paper.
There is no real younger generation in the main house of the Marquis of Zhengyuan, and the only one, the Crown Prince of the Marquis of Zhengyuan, is still in Jiangnan and has not returned.
"Cousin, both children are not in good health, so there is no need to guard them here. In fact, the one who should be guarded the most is the prince." Seeing Qian's displeasure, Ning hurriedly advised, and then sighed, "It's just that this child...
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At this point, I stopped talking.
"What's wrong? Is it possible that he doesn't want to come back?" Qian raised his eyebrows and raised his voice a bit, "Such a big thing happened. The prince's biological mother and sister have passed away, and he still doesn't come back? Is it possible that for him,
Isn't the death of my biological mother and sister important? If you are sick, you can go back to the capital to recuperate slowly, but you don't have to stay in Jiangnan."
"Cousin, forget about this matter. I just hope that he can return to Beijing quickly and be in time to see off the mother and daughter. Otherwise, it would be really unfilial."
After Ning hesitated to speak, she finally revealed something.
Yu Xijiao raised her eyes to look at Ning. There was a bloodthirsty chill in her eyes under her long eyelashes. In the dream, even though her brother died so miserably, in the end he was thought to only care about his own body and was unwilling to return to Beijing to take care of his biological mother and family.
After my sister's funeral, the emperor finally became angry and removed his younger brother from his position as heir apparent, leaving it to his second brother-in-law.
But in fact, my brother had been dead for a long time by that time.
It felt like a sharp knife was piercing his heart, and his reputation was ruined. This was prepared by the second wife for his younger brother, but now he has to give it back to them...
"The Crown Prince of Zhengyuan Hou... is really ignorant!" Qian sighed, "When he was young..."
"Madam, can the second sister and I go and have a rest?" Yu Xijiao said coldly, interrupting Qian's emotional words without politeness, and directly made a face.
Qian glared at Yu Xijiao angrily, her face darkened, but she had no choice but to respond: "You all should go and have a rest."
"Cousin, I will send someone to take them to rest." Ning glanced at Yu Xijiao coldly, not daring to cause trouble, and ordered two maids to come over and lead them away. There was Yu Lanxue beside the mourning hall.
Take care of.
The guest room is still the same as yesterday, but yesterday's guest room was to entertain the guests who came to congratulate yesterday, while today's guest room is to entertain the guests who came to send gifts today.
The same group of guests, the same place, but two completely different things, really makes people feel ironic.
The Marquis of Zhengyuan's Mansion arranged two guest rooms for them, which were nearby. Yu Xijiao's room was the innermost one, and Yu Yuxi's room was next to her.
The two of them had nothing to say, so they each went into their own rooms to rest.
As soon as she sat down, she heard some movement outside. Qingyue went to the door to take a look and then came in and reported: "Girl, the second girl thinks that there are still red ribbons in that room that have not been cleaned up, so she wants to move to another room.
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"Where to change?" Yu Xijiao asked.
"My servant doesn't know. It looks like he's gone far away. He should be quite far away from the girl." Qingyue said, she just saw the second girl's back, walking towards the front.
There are three entrances to this guest house. Yu Xijiao and Yu Yuxi were the first ones to come and were assigned to the two innermost rooms. Now there is only Yu Xijiao's room around them. Yu Yuxi should have gone to the front two rooms.
This gave Yu Xijiao a chance.
"Mother Xu, change my clothes." Yu Xijiao said decisively. No matter what the reason was for Yu Yuxi's departure, at least she would not touch her place for the time being. It was still early, and it was impossible to start anything now. At this time
But it's a good opportunity to leave on your own.
The clothes were prepared early. Nanny Xu and Qingyue together changed Yu Xijiao into a maid's clothes, and combed her hair again to look like an ordinary maid.
"Girl, from here to the front, you have to pass through the two to enter the courtyard. Will the second girl find out?" After dressing up, looking at Yu Xijiao's forehead, her hair falling down, covering some of her eyebrows, Nanny Xu still said
Very uneasy.
"Let's go through the back door." Yu Xijiao said, there is a back door in the guest house, and the back door happens to be behind the last one to enter, which means that you won't meet anyone when you go out from here.
"Girl, I will go out with you." Qingyue said worriedly.
Yu Xijiao shook her hand: "You don't have to follow me, just do what we said before. While you are here, if anyone comes over, just say that I am resting and it is not appropriate to disturb me. Aunt Xu will send me there and then meet you there."
Me, I'll be back soon."
She had a feeling that there would be results this time.
Leaving Qingyue in the house, Yu Xijiao and Nanny Xu left through the back door together and found a very remote path to the outer courtyard.
The carriage driver heard that Nanny Xu said that the third girl sent her maid to buy preserved fruit, so she asked the maid Yu Xijiao to get on the carriage and drive to Zhengyuan Hou Mansion. Yesterday, many people knew that the third girl was angry yesterday. Not only
They beat the two leaders and sold all the servants in the yard.
The coachman did not dare to neglect this third girl.
The carriage went out from the side door of Zhengyuan Hou Mansion and headed in the direction pointed by Yu Xijiao. After turning a few streets, it stopped in an alley. Yu Xijiao got off the carriage and ordered the carriage to stop here.
, I have to go through the alley in front and go to the opposite street to buy preserved fruits.
Although the coachman didn't understand why he didn't go directly, he was still willing to let him rest for a while. Since he didn't need himself, he was happy to rest here for a while.
After placing the carriage driver, Yu Xijiao entered the alley.
There are several courtyards in the alley, and the door is directly opposite one door after another. Yu Xijiao suppressed the excitement in her heart and stretched out her hand to open the door and try to go through.
If it is really the person I guessed, it is definitely impossible to live in a certain courtyard, and it is more likely to live in a large courtyard. Only this kind of place is not easy for people to discover.
If it is a large courtyard, it must have been opened at this time. There are many people living there, and the entry and exit times are different. Basically, the doors will be opened at dawn.
The doors in front were all closed, but the innermost door was ajar. Yu Xijiao calmed down her excitement, opened the door and took a look, and it turned out to be a large courtyard.
It was still early, so I heard someone push in the door. A middle-aged woman who was doing laundry stood up, looked at Yu Xijiao and asked, "Who are you looking for?"