"The Second Prince is being too serious…" Xiao Yin had fought for many years and had seen many powerful individuals. However, at this moment, when he saw Duan Xingyi's pitch-black eyes, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly. The domineering aura that was emitted from Duan Xingyi's body made no one dare to underestimate him!
"Farewell!" Duan Xingyi smiled slightly as his gaze shifted to the nearby Xiao Yuxuan. A strange light flashed through his deep eyes before he waved his hand! He signaled his guards to bring Duan Jingyang away!
"YuXuan… Take good care of Mu Yan… You promised me…" Seeing his sister gave up her happiness, Duan Jingyang felt as if a knife was stabbing his heart. He was well aware of how serious his actions were. At this moment, he wanted his Imperial Father to kill him! This way, her little sister would no longer be worried about him. This way, she would be willing to travel far away with Xiao Yuxuan.
In the huge front yard, only Xiao Yin and Xiao Yuxuan were left! "YuXuan… Your actions just now almost caused the death of everyone in this Xiao estate! Let's talk about this later. Now… your sister-in-law is dead! I don't expect you to help me with the funeral! I just hope that you won't cause any trouble! The Third Princess is already your brother's wife! If you do something so outrageous, not only will you ruin our General Xiao Manor's reputation, you will also ruin her good name! Think about it carefully…" Xiao Yin's sword-like eyebrows tightly knitted together. He viciously flung his long sleeves and left.
The clear blue sky had become dark and misty at some point. In the drifting clouds, the drizzle fell down like fine sand that filled the sky. Xiao Yuxuan stood dispiritedly on the wet ground, looking up into the sky with a cold and desperate expression. Tears and rain were flowing down his face, and her heart felt as if it had been pierced by a thousand knives it even reached his bones.
At the door, Xiao Jin Feng ruthlessly wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes. 'No crying is allowed in this room!' Resisting the urge to cry, his teary eyes looked at Chu Shirou in the bed. She was so beautiful, she appeared like she was just sleeping. Step by step, Xiao Jin Feng carefully walked into the room, as if he was afraid to wake Chu Shirou.
Kneeling on the bed, he gently held onto Chu Shirou's hand, the bone-piercing coldness spreading to his entire body. Xiao Jin Feng could no longer suppress his extreme grief. He suddenly hugged the ice-cold Chu Shirou, and his boiling hot tears flowed without restraint, falling onto Chu Shirou's body! "Ah…"
However, his hands were still tightly holding onto his wife as his mind gradually became muddled, and his vision became more and more blurry. Xiao Jin Feng's consciousness gradually leaving his body, and an unprecedented feeling of suffocation assaulted his every nerve.
Xiao Jin Feng hugged Chu ShiRou tightly as he slowly closed his eyes. The rain got heavier and heavier. Along with the deafening sound of thunder, it rained down from the sky. Thick raindrops fell onto the ground mercilessly!
Within the room, the light of the wedding candle flickered, illuminating the entire room with its alluring red color. It flickered between bright and dim, and the drops of the candle froze on the table like tears.
Duan Mu Yan wore a bright red wedding dress and a phoenix coronet. Her beauty that could overturn a kingdom had long since been drowned in tears. Her long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings as tears welled up in her eyes.
'Mu Yan... What mother regretted the most in her life was not being able to refute the grievances of the past and fight for justice for herself. She had been wronged for a single day and wronged for her entire life… mother really regretted …Sorry... Mother wants to see you happy... Promise mother you'll be happy…'
'Mu Yan... mother is dead!'
'Your Grace... Not good! Mistress, she… She passed away…'
Her tears had long since broken through the dam, and the heart-wrenching pain caused her petite body to constantly twitch until it spasmed as this all flashed back into her memories. Losing mother was as if half her heart had been cut out, and that kind of heart-wrenching pain caused Duan Muyan to fall into despair.
If it wasn't for her brother, she would unhesitatingly follow mother, because there would be no one left in this world for her.
The candle flame was slowly extinguished amidst the raging wind and rain. Duan Mu Yan's tears flowed all over the ground. Time was like an hourglass, not stopping to allow anyone to mourn.
The sky had finally brightened. Her slender fingers carelessly brushed against her cheek and her fingertips caressed the surface of her face. Looking at the empty room, Duan Mu Yan knew that Xiao Jin Feng had never been there and felt a sense of relief in her heart.
After a moment of surprise and recollection, Duan Mu Yan suddenly sobered up. Yesterday, was her wedding day, as well as the day her mother passed away with a lifetime of resentment and pain! Duan Mu Yan stood up, and she changed her clothes with a thud, wiping the makeup off her face.
She had to go back to the Imperial Palace to send her mother to rest. In the next second after Duan Mu Yan pushed open the door, Xiao YuXuan was already standing in front of her!
"Mu Yan…" Xiao Yuxuan stood in front of the door with a pale face, his lips trembling from time to time. However, his deep gaze was still affectionately staring at Duan Mu Yan!
"Yu— Your grace..." Without saying much, Duan Mu Yan went around Xiao Yuxuan and headed straight for the main hall. After she finished offering her tea, she wanted to return to the palace as mother was waiting for her.
"Mu Yan! You don't have to go... My father and my brother are currently in the middle of the funeral of his wife. They won't pay any attention to you…" Xiao Yuxuan's voice became more hoarse and his pale face was almost transparent!
"I didn't expect... that the first wife will also be... But I have to go back to the palace. I want to send my mother off on her final journey… I'll go pay my respects to father, and beg him to allow me to return to the palace… "
Without stopping, Duan Mu Yan walked straight towards the main hall. Seeing Duan Mu Yan's figure turn towards the main hall, Xiao YuXuan immediately followed, but his body couldn't help but staggered that he almost fell to the ground. After being drenched by the rain for the entire night, his body had became extremely weak!
As expected, white silk hung all over the enormous Xiao Manor, and the sorrowful atmosphere lingered in the air, was almost suffocating. As she walked into the main hall, Chu Shirou's sleeping image appeared in front of her.
Her eyebrows were as thin as a willow branch and her eyes as beautiful as a butterfly feather. Was this Xiao Jingfeng's first wife? Was she his most beloved woman? Although she had never met her before, she could feel her satisfaction from her calm and peaceful face. To have a man who loved her so much in this life, who protected her like some precious gem, she should be able to walk away in peace, right?
But mother... Just as Duan Mu Yan realized this, her body was abruptly pushed aside, and she almost fell to the ground!
"Get out of the way! Don't block the door! Don't you want her soul back? Don't you want to let the Mistress have another look at the prince?! You dare!" The crisp voice carried a heavy crying tone as Su JinXiu appeared at the back of Duan Mu Yan. Tears welling up in her eyes!
"Xiu'er! How dare you talk to the Princess like that!" A clear and cold voice sounded out from behind Su Jinxiu. Xiao YuXuan hastily pushed Su JinXiu aside and walked in front of Duan Mu Yan!
"Mu Yan, are you alright?" A hint of worry lingered in his dark eyes!
"Xiu'er is right! No one was allowed to block the entrance of the main hall! You! Because of you, I didn't get to see ShiRou one last time! And now you even have the nerve to block my wife's path?" Xiao Jin Feng, dressed in white mourning clothes, walked to the entrance of the hall. He coldly swept his gaze across Xiao Yuxuan and landed on Duan Mu Yan!
"Your grace, I did not... I didn't mean to... I just wanted to…" Only now did Duan Mu Yan understand why Xiao Jin Feng would obediently want to complete the wedding on the day of the wedding, and why he was so anxious about it! Not seeing Chu Shirou's last time was a regret that he would never be able to let go of for the rest of his life.
However, wasn't it also the same for her who didn't see her mother's face for the last time?! This was and would also her life's greatest pain. Duan Mu Yan tightly pursed her cherry lips, suppressing all of the pain within her heart. She wouldn't easily open up, at least not in front of others.
Duan Mu Yan retracted the helplessness in her eyes as she tried her best to explain her original intention. However, Xiao Jin Feng had no intention of listening to her nonsense and had long turned around to return to the mourning hall!
"Big brother! What do you mean? You can blame me! But this had nothing to do with Mu Yan! From beginning to end, she never said a single word of no!" Xiao Yuxuan charged into the main hall, glaring angrily at Xiao Jin Feng!
"Prince of Ping! If it weren't for the First Prince and you, the wedding yesterday would have ended earlier, and this Prince wouldn't have missed the last time to see my wife! Have you not seen my wife's eyes? Have you not seen how I was burning with anxiety! Everything was because of this woman! Since she had already entangled herself to you, why did she have to marry me?!"
"You are the one who killed my Mistress! You caused my Mistress' death…" Su Jin Xiu's face was covered in tears as she denounced Duan Mu Yan.
However, an unfathomable strange feeling flashed in her heart! "Su Jin Xiu! You're too much!"
Just as Xiao Yuxuan's hand was about to slap Su Jin Xiu's face, it was already held tightly by Xiao Jin Feng!
"Prince of Ping, don't you think you're going too far?! Xiu'er is ShiRou's long time servant, hitting her is equivalent to hitting me! From now on, if anyone dares to touch the Xiu'er, I, Xiao Jin Feng, will definitely make them pay!" An ice-cold voice slowly spilled out from Xiao Jin Feng's lips, his eyes that were as cold as the night sky instantly turned ice-cold!
"Big brother! The one who went overboard was you! Mu Yan, she…" Xiao Yuxuan looked angrily at Xiao Jin Feng. Why did his elder brother, who was supposed to be reasonable, become so muddle-headed? Just what kind of life Mu Yan would be leading with this kind of attitude his elder brother had towards Mu Yan?!
"Everyone stop!" Xiao Yin's thick voice carried a trace of anger as he shouted harshly. With a cold gaze, he looked at Xiao Yuxuan and walked over to Duan Mu Yan's side.
"Mu Yan… Shi Rou is the official wife of Jin Feng, and they had a deep relationship. Now that she has passed away, Jin Feng's heart is in pain. I hope you don't take it to heart of his words and actions. If there's nothing else, you should go back to your room and rest first…" He waved his hand slightly. Although he did not reject Duan Mu Yan in his heart, he did not think highly of their marriage!
"Father... Mu Yan wanted to offer Father her filial piety... And I beg, Father... I hope father to grant my wish…" The light in Duan Mu Yan's eyes flickered as she hurriedly walked to the side table and picked up a cup of tea. She walked back to Xiao Yin and bent her knees before kneeling down!
Xiao Yin glanced at Duan Mu Yan as he asked doubtfully. "What is it?"
"Father... Mu Yan's mother, Consort Li, passed away yesterday… Mu Yan didn't manage to see mother one last time, but daughter was hoping to give mother the last leg of her journey… I beg for father's consent! " Duan Muyan raised her teacup high and waited for Xiao Yin's response!
"This…" Xiao Yin revealed an expression of difficulty and did not speak for a long time.
It was just, in the earliest of this morning, a message came from the palace—Consort Li's corpse was buried in the cemetery in the eastern suburbs of the capital and not in the Royal Tomb!
Xiao Yin understood the pain of the loss of loved ones. If he let her know about this, he was afraid that this child wouldn't be able to take it!