Chương 64: How to feed coal in snow
The body of the Aunt Xiu had been salvaged from the well by two servants from the Residence of An. A long bamboo pole was tied with a metal hook. Just like that, the hook was pulled onto the surface of the well.
The maids present did not dare to look at the corpse. As for the male servants, they were all looking at the body of the beautiful lady with some surprise.
Aunt Xiu body had been soaking in the well for several hours, but there was still no swelling. This beauty who was gradually growing older now had a calm expression, and a smile that was not a smile at the same time on her lips, as if she was in a dream.
Grand Preceptor An looked at his woman. He'd never seen her asleep before. The An family's man followed his family training and didn't stay overnight in his concubine's room. Therefore, every time he finished making love, he would leave in satisfaction. He never thought about how this woman would look like when she was alone sleeping.
This woman was beautiful and gentle, but she had been by his side all these years. She didn't speak much, neither did she fight nor snatch anything away from him. He had thought that he and this woman would be able to live a peaceful life together like this. Now that this woman had actually committed suicide, he couldn't help but think that she would never be by his side again. Grand Preceptor An's eyes suddenly reddened. How could this be?
Matriarch sat on the sedan chair for a servant to carry over. When she arrived at the laundry yard, she saw Grand Preceptor An standing before the body of the Aunt Xiu, his head bowed in grief. What Matriarch hated the most was the way her son looked. If he hadn't taken in this woman, how could all of this have happened? What did this woman give to the An clan? What could a woman like her, a wicked, and his unfilial, unfilial son, be sad for?
"Grand Preceptor," The matriarch didn't get supported after she was helped off the sedan. She used her walking stick to walk to his side.
"Mother," Grand Preceptor An hastily put away his sorrowful expression when he saw Matriarch.
In front of the servants, Matriarch looked at the body of the Aunt Xiu. Although there were no tears, she wiped them away and said, "It seems like the Aunt Xiu is dead. She can't bear to leave Ah Jin alone." This mother and daughter pair are both unlucky.
Those who committed suicide wouldn't be able to enter An clan's ancestral tomb. The servants present had no idea how to handle this funeral.
Thinking of An Jinxiu, who had been left by the clan leader, and An Yuanzhi, who would return after leaving the capital city, Matriarch said, "Not far from the An clan's mausoleum. Let's find a good burial ground for her."
The head steward, who was accompanying them, immediately agreed.
"Put the concubine in her coffin," Matriarch added, "This matter can't be blamed on her. It would be better for her to be disheartened. This can be considered a benevolent mother." Right now, we don't know where Yuanzhi is. Let Yuanwen guard his spirit for half a day. "
Asking An Yuanwen, the eldest son of the house, to guard a wake for a concubine? Grand Preceptor An hastened to say, "Mother, just let Lady Zhou, Lady Feng, and the rest guard their spirits."
"She gave birth to two children for you, "the matriarch replied." Let Yuanwen go.
When An Yuanwen heard Matriarch decision in his room, he nearly vomited blood. What right did he have to stand guard over the spirit of his father's concubine? He had knelt in front of the matriarch for half a day already, yet this old lady still refused to let him off? What in the world had he done wrong? Why was this grandmother who had always doted on him tormenting him like this?
"Then, hubby, do you want to go over?" Even after the matriarch had scolded her, Madam Ning still hadn't recovered from their shock.
An Yuanwen endured his anger and said, "What can I do if I don't go?"
Madam Ning didn't dare to speak. Today, it wasn't just An Jin who died, but the matter of the Aunt Xiu committing suicide caused everyone to feel restless. In the room where the matriarch had confined Madam Qin once again, Grand Preceptor An caught the servants who had gone with her to the hall yesterday. They tied up the servants with ropes and tied them up.
Madam Ning wanted to ask An Yuanwen what had happened in the manor, but seeing An Yuwen's gloomy expression, she didn't dare to ask.
Matriarch also knew that An Yuanwen would feel been wronged, but the reason she did so was to make a plan for the Residence of An's future so that those two ingrate Ah Jinxiu and Yuanzhi wouldn't bite them for the sake of their mother's death.
If it wasn't for the fact that the death of Aunt Xiu had already spread throughout the estate, and that it was too late to stop people from talking, Matriarch really wanted to hide this woman's death.
When Shangguan Yong and Qing Nan arrived at the gate of the Residence of An, they saw a white banner hanging in front of the entrance. When Qing Nan went to inquire, the two found out that the Residence of An had been ordered to carry out a funeral for the Shangguan family.
Qing Nan followed up and said, "I heard that His Majesty ordered the eunuchs in the palace to deliver the bodies of eldest sister-in-law, little Rui Zi, and Ning'er last night. Brother, are you going to meet them? "
How could Shangguan Yong not meet them? Just as he was about to head up the stairs to the main entrance of the Residence of An, he heard the sound of gold jingling from the west end of the street.
With her sharp eyes, Qing Nan looked to the west and then quickly said to Shangguan Yong in a low voice, "It's the crown prince and the crown prince's consort."
When Shangguan Yong heard it was the Crown Prince, he immediately turned around and left.
Qing Nan felt a burst of violence in his heart. It seemed that the matter with the messenger king was related to the crown prince. What bad luck did his big brother have for eight lifetimes to have gotten himself into such a rotten situation?
Only after seeing the crown prince at the Grand Preceptor's estate with his own eyes did Shangguan Yong remember that the Grand Preceptor had a son-in-law like the crown prince. There was no way to get Grand Preceptor An's help on this path. Could it be that his only choice was to barge into the palace?
On a teahouse by the side of the road, Guard Bai Deng turned around and called out to Bai Chengze: "Master look, that seems to be Shangguan Yong."
Bai Chengze saw Shangguan Yong first before Bai Deng, the two men walking side by side had their collars pulled up to cover most of their faces, but the one following behind them was his subordinate, so Bai Chengze didn't need to clearly see their faces to know that one of them was Shangguan Yong.
"Master," asked Bai Deng, "would you like this servant to call him up to see you?"
Bai Chengze shook his head slightly. He already knew that the person who wanted Shangguan Yong's life was the Xiang clan. Shangguan Yong definitely had something that could put the Xiang clan to death and drag the crown prince down from his position as Crown Prince. When he saw the crown prince and his wife arrive at the Grand Preceptor's estate, this military man finally realized that his father-in-law was also the crown prince's father-in-law.
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