Chapter six hundred and seventy-eight, the three-year filial piety cannot be kept
Qian committed suicide by jumping into a well.
The tranquility of Xuanpinghou Mansion was once again broken.
After Yu Yuxi got the news, she rushed out like crazy, regardless of being locked up. The woman in charge didn't dare to really hold her back, so she could only report the news to Mrs. Zhou.
Yu Xijiao accompanied Yu Ruiwen.
The courtyard door opened wide, and Yu Yuxi's heartbreaking cry came from inside. The deserted courtyard was full of weeds.
"Mother, mother, wake up, wake up." Yu Yuxi's hair was disheveled and she looked haggard. She cried and hugged Qian who was lying on the bed. Her voice was filled with blood, and her tears fell like pearls one by one. Everyone could see it.
It turned out that she was really devastated and extremely sad.
Things had happened one after another, but now even his biological mother was gone, and it was painful for anyone to fall on her. Seeing Yu Yuxi like this, no matter how angry Yu Ruiwen was, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed at this time. He must be the one who loved her so much.
My daughter, who has been here for many years, is getting bigger little by little.
The apple of your eye is nothing more than that!
Yu Ruiwen didn't even know how to face his mother these past two days. Looking at his mother's disappointed look, he didn't know how to speak. He always felt that maybe things were not what his mother thought. Maybe his second daughter was really innocent.
, maybe Mrs. Qian plotted against her second daughter?
Yu Ruiwen no longer has any delusions about Mrs. Qian's personality, from the initial respect to the current disappointment.
But the second daughter, who was a fleshy one when she was young, just surrounded him and was her "father". At that time, Yu Yuxi was his most beloved child, more than anyone else. Even because of Yu Yuxi's existence,
Yu Ruiwen felt that she had forgotten that her youngest daughter was still in Jiangnan.
Mr. Qian said that her youngest daughter was living a good life in Jiangnan and was not even willing to come back. She returned many of the gifts she sent there and didn’t reply to many of the letters she wrote...
Qian said that Xi'er liked something, but it turned out that she wanted to buy it for him as a father.
Mrs. Qian also said that Xi'er and her brother were like full-blooded brothers and sisters from the same mother. She wanted to leave all the good things to her brother...
Mr. Qian's eyes were closed tightly on the bed, there was no trace of flesh on his cheeks, but he was still breathing a little bit, but it looked like he had died, and his chest didn't seem to rise or fall.
This Qian family is also different from the one in memory.
Yu Ruiwen reached out to Qian's nose with trembling fingers, and took a very light breath, still breathing.
"Xier, please step aside and let the doctor take a look." Yu Ruiwen said after calming down.
"Father, please save mother, please save mother." Yu Yuxi rushed to Yu Ruiwen like a madman, hugged his legs and cried loudly, "As long as I can save mother, I will do whatever you ask me to do.
, even if I am allowed to pray for my mother forever from now on as the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng, that’s fine.”
Yu Yuxi said that she was extremely sad. Seeing the pain in her eyes, which clearly showed a bit of madness, Yu Ruiwen felt that his heart ached.
His second daughter may not be that bad.
Maybe, what happened to her mother really had nothing to do with her, it was really just an accident!
"Xier..." Yu Ruiwen still wanted to persuade, but saw Yu Yuxi's body softened and fainted.
I hurriedly reached out and hugged her, looking for someone to take her back to rest, but this place was not suitable.
Seeing Yu Ruiwen's confused and helpless look, Yu Xijiao arranged for someone to send Yu Yuxi back. When she came back, the doctor had already diagnosed and treated her.
"How?" Yu Ruiwen calmed down and asked.
"Mrs. Hou's breath is weak. I heard that she fell to the bottom of the well and was immersed in the water for so long. If she can't wake up... I'm afraid she will have to prepare for the funeral."
The doctor shook his head. Basically, he was gone. It would depend on how long she could hold on. Qian's body was already extremely weak.
"Is there no other way?" Yu Ruiwen also understood.
"No." The doctor shook his head, "If the Marquis doesn't believe it, you can ask someone else."
This means that there is really nothing you can do.
Yu Ruiwen nodded and motioned for the doctor to be led down.
"Father, do you want to report it to the Qian Mansion?" Yu Xijiao reminded, looking at the stunned Yu Ruiwen.
"Come here, go to the Qian Mansion and ask Mrs. Qian and Mr. Qian to come over." Yu Ruiwen suddenly woke up and nodded. This matter cannot be bypassed by the Qian Mansion.
At a time like this, we had to let the couple come over first to see if they could see Qian for the last time.
Mr. Qian and his wife came very quickly. Mrs. Qian came in a wheelchair. When she got to the bed and saw Qian lying on the bed, Mrs. Qian only had time to cry loudly: "My son..."
He fainted immediately.
Everyone hurriedly called her to wake up. Mrs. Qian burst into tears. She held Qian's hand and kept calling her to wake up. However, Qian remained motionless, looking like she was breathing out more and taking in less air.
Everyone tried to persuade her again, and finally managed to persuade Mrs. Qian to stop.
Mrs. Zhou and Yu Ruiwen were guests together. Yu Xijiao did not come in. She was just outside the door, listening to the sad cries in the house, looking at the grassy yard, a road leading to the backyard, the trodden road...
"What did the doctor say?" Madam Qian finally calmed down and asked while wiping her tears.
"Say...it might not be a good idea, let the government prepare first." Yu Ruiwen said.
"Why is it not good? My good daughter has listened to you in everything since she married into your house. Even if she made some small mistakes before, it was because she listened to other people's words. But now... how come... how did she end up like this now?
It looks like this now." Mrs. Qian looked at Yu Ruiwen with hatred.
"If I had known that I wouldn't let her marry you in the first place, even if she didn't get married, at least she would be safe. Why would there be so many things?"
Yu Ruiwen was speechless when asked this question.
"Okay, it's all over. At least Xi'er is still here." Qian Shilang said in a hoarse voice. He was equally grieved when something happened to his daughter, but he must be a man and thought more about it. His eyes fell on Yu Ruiwen's face.
, "Marquis Xuanping, what should Xi'er do?"
"Xier... what does it have to do with this matter?" Yu Ruiwen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered what his youngest daughter had just mentioned, and suddenly froze.
"How come it doesn't matter? Xi'er is about to get married, but now she has to worry about three years. Three years, how important are the three years of the royal family. Are you planning to harm her forever? Her mother... for you...
She has ended up like this, and now you don’t plan to give her a way out, and do you plan to let her follow her mother’s old path?”
Mrs. Qian said bitterly.
Nowadays, she is just an old woman grieving the death of her daughter. She is no longer the gentle and generous old lady who set an example for others.
"You...you mean..." Yu Ruiwen exhaled deeply.
"Xi'er comes to the palace first." Mrs. Qian said without hesitation.
"But...but..." Yu Ruiwen didn't know what to say for a moment, and took a deep look at Mrs. Qian, "Xier is just a concubine."
"What about the side concubine? Xi'er is the eldest princess's bloodline, the blood of the royal family. If you keep her mourning for three years, you have to kill her." Old Madam Qian stamped her feet and said, "Because your mother is the eldest princess, you have to kill her."
Given the deep love of King Duan and the current situation, even the royal family will agree."
"Marry...first?" Yu Ruiwen finally heard his own voice.
"Marry first!" Mrs. Qian's resolute voice said, "Marquis Xuanping is a man. I'm afraid he doesn't know what three years means to a woman. Three years is a lifetime. Will you really bear the heart to watch Xi'er leave her mother?"
Are you following the same old path? What will happen when you, like me, give someone with white hair a gift from someone with black hair? "
The person lying on the bed is Qian, or it could be Yu Yuxi.
Yu Ruiwen panicked inexplicably and lowered his head.
"Marquis Xuanping, this matter can't wait any longer. In the past two days, Xi'er will enter Prince Duan's palace and bring as much dowry as the palace has. I will give some to Xi'er. As for the future, the palace will make up for it.
I'll make up for it as well, but we have to let Xi'er enter Prince Duan's Mansion first." Mrs. Qian wiped away her tears and said.
These words were spoken in the style of those days.
Yu Ruiwen felt convinced again. After thinking about it, he looked at Mrs. Qian with an incomprehensible expression, and finally agreed.
If this is the request of the second daughter, even if it is the last thing he, a father, does for his daughter, the smile on his lips is bitter.
He really gave birth to a good daughter, a...very good daughter...
Now that they had agreed, Mr. Qian and his wife went back to prepare. Mrs. Zhou sent them to the door, watched them leave, and went to prepare some things.
Whether it is a wedding or a funeral, preparations must be made. Mr. Qian is really in trouble.
When Yu Xijiao arrived at the wing, Yu Ruiwen sat in front of the window with dull eyes, staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze.
"Father!" Yu Xijiao stepped forward and saluted.
Hearing the noise, Yu Ruiwen finally turned around, looked at Yu Xijiao, and smiled after a long time: "Xi'er, do you also hate being a father?"
The laughter is uglier and sadder than the cry.
"I don't hate it!" Yu Xijiao said calmly, her eyes as clear as water.
"Why...don't you hate me?"
"Why do you hate me?" Yu Xijiao asked, her long eyelashes fluttering twice, "Did father abandon me in the first place?"
"No!" Yu Ruiwen said hurriedly. If he really wanted to give up, he would not have smashed Xie's carriage and become a joke in the capital.
"Father, I believe you." Yu Xijiao smiled, her eyes melting like ice and snow, "I believe you are doing it for my own good."
A word of belief almost made Yu Ruiwen cry.
My heavy heart was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief because of my little daughter's words.
"As a father who is incompetent, the only way I can think of... is to do nothing. It is best to stay away from the royal family." Yu Ruiwen said softly.
"Father, everyone has his own ambitions." Yu Xijiao smiled slightly.
"Yes, everyone has their own ambitions, and besides... it's still the case." Yu Ruiwen exhaled a long breath, as if the barrier in his chest would loosen.
After all, he is not a good father and is unworthy of his children.
But compared to other sons, Yu Yuxi is really the daughter he feels is most worthy of him, but in the end... he still thinks too well.
Wiping the tears that had overflowed from the corner of his eyes with his hand, he stood up and said, "You can go back too. The Zhou family will take care of you here. My father wants to go to the palace."
Entering the palace this time was necessary, and it was something he had just promised to Mrs. Qian. As for Yu Ruyi, who was exposed to the public, he had long ago not wanted to keep her, and it would be a disaster if she stayed!