Chapter 1203 Great Funeral
Xuan Tianyi said that he was not afraid of being dragged down, but he was afraid that after Xiangrong followed him, he would miss Lao Qi even more. If the thought was too hard, how could his body hold it up?
The carriage was galloping on the way back to Beijing, Xiangrong leaned on the carriage and closed her eyes to rest her mind, but this god did not rest for long, she would cough when the carriage jolted, her body was so weak that she seemed about to collapse, but she still persisted Let the car stop and reach the capital as quickly as possible.
Xuan Tianyi couldn't stand it anymore, and blamed himself: "I shouldn't have told you this news, let's see how sick I am, and still tormenting like this, what if something bad happens, how do you want me to live? Yes Do you want me to die with you, or keep my breath and scold myself for the rest of my life?"
Xiangrong gave Xuan Tianyi a weak push, "Don't curse me, I won't die yet. When grandpa was around, I couldn't show my respect in front of my eyes. Now that he's gone, I can't go back in time for the last trip, so, I always have to kowtow three times to the incense sticks in front of his grave, right? If I don't do anything, I'm sorry for my second sister, and I'm even more sorry for my own conscience."
"That's your second sister's grandfather." Xuan Tianyi became a little angry, "It's not your own grandfather who doesn't care about his own body just to kowtow to the incense stick when he goes back? Feng Xiangrong,
When can you think for yourself? "
Xiangrong frowned, and glared at him unhappily: "You can't talk like that! Since ancient times, the eldest sister is the first daughter, and Mrs. Yao was also the mistress of the Feng family in the past. We children have to recognize the mistress' mother clan. For relatives. I called him Grandpa since I was a child, and before Yao's family left the capital, he did fulfill his duty as a grandfather. I can feel the love I never received in Feng's family when I go to Yao's house. The Yao family treats me the same as their second elder sister, they have never underestimated or treated me badly because I am a concubine. Therefore, to me, he is my own grandfather, Xuan Tianyi, what you said just now, don't say it again."
While she was speaking, she coughed a few more times, and blood was seen on the veil. An shi couldn't bear to watch, so she turned her head away to wipe away her tears, Xiang Rong grabbed An shi's hand and said, "Mother, don't be sad, I feel much better today."
An Shi was helpless, she was getting more and more helpless with this daughter, she said to Xiangrong: "Didn't you say that you have to live well for your mother, but why did you live like this? Forget it, it's no wonder you're sick." It's fine for you to go back to Beijing, since so many doctors in Yuzhou can't find out your disease, and even the doctors in Baicaotang are helpless, so why not go back to Beijing, maybe the doctors over there will be able to solve it. No matter how bad it is... just stay in Beijing, wait for the second lady, and there will be a solution when she comes back."
Xiangrong didn't refute, she also wanted to stay in Beijing, but not because of her illness, but because the news in Beijing was more open, she just wanted to know whether her sudden strange illness had anything to do with that person .
She closed her eyes slightly, stopped talking, and kept replaying Xuan Tianhua's appearance over and over again in her mind. In recent days, as long as I think of that person, I will be terrified, and my heart will feel empty, and it is no longer like before. Even if we can't be together, at least knowing where he is still, and watching and thinking about him from a distance is also fulfilling. But now this kind of emptiness, it seems that that person no longer exists in the world, the sky is big and the earth is big, and it is impossible to find that person in a lifetime.
Xiangrong was very sad, as far as she was concerned, she no longer expected to have any results with Xuan Tianhua, as long as that person could live well and let her occasionally hear some news about him, it would be good. But now, why is there such a bad feeling? She has clearly rejected the marriage contract with that person, but she just doesn't want to bring him any disasters and dangers, isn't that enough?
Bai Furong was also in the carriage, accompanying Xiang Rong without saying a word. Her impression of Yao Xian was actually not that deep, and there was no direct communication between the two. Unlike Feng Xiangrong, she is related to Yao Xian, she is an outsider to Yao's family, so she could not rush back to the capital. But Yao Xian is Feng Yuheng's grandfather, apart from the deep sisterhood between her and Feng Yuheng, she was also greatly favored by Feng Yuheng. It was the grace of life-saving, the grace of rebirth, and now that Feng Yuheng was on the battlefield of Zong Sui, as a sister, she should take this fate for Feng Yuheng. She knew that Ren Xifeng and Feng Tianyu who were in the capital would definitely go to Yao's house to see Yao Xian off for the last time, but it was a pity that Xuan Tiange couldn't come back, the ancient Shu desert was too far away...
Indeed, the ancient Shu desert was too far away, so far away that even though the Yao family had sent a letter to Yao Shu in advance, the letter still failed to reach Yao Shu when Yao Xian was about to go to funeral.
At that time, Yao Shu was a guest at the ancient Shu palace, and this new year he was invited by Xuan Tiange and Fan Tianli to spend a new year in the ancient Shu palace. He didn't receive the letter from the Yao family, but Fan Tianli got the news of Yao Xian's death through his own channel. He told Xuan Tiange the news, and then Xuan Tiange was worried, how should he tell Yao Shu?
The road is too far, even if Yao Shu goes back immediately,
It must be too late to send the funeral. This trip back and forth would take more than four months no matter how fast the journey was. If he stayed in Beijing for a longer time, half a year would have passed. As an official of one party, Yao Shu was okay if he left for half a month, but half a year was a bit too long. But Yao's family values family affection very much, if she doesn't mention this matter, she might complain later.
Xuan Tiange struggled with this for two days, but finally told Yao Shu the news. Yao Shu didn't believe it at first! It can be seen that Xuan Tiange said it seriously, and after thinking about it, no one would be able to joke about such a thing, and only then did he realize that his grandfather had really passed away. For a moment, he was so distraught that he passed out.
Xuan Tiange had no choice but to be taken care of first, and then rush to Dashun Capital to pass on the letter to Feiying, so that the sixth prince Xuan Tianfeng would be ready. Once Yao Shu wanted to return to the capital, there would have to be someone to take over from Damo. , it can't be empty for half a year, after all, it is a border, even if she is the queen of ancient Shu, this kind of thing can't be sloppy.
Fan Tianli felt that his wife was making a big fuss. Since he married her, it meant that at least he had a good relationship with Dashun when he was alive. enter. But thinking about it again, it's better to be more cautious about this matter. If he doesn't move, it doesn't mean that others don't. If someone with a heart is hiding in a corner, Gu Shu will have to bear the blame at that time, which is not worth it.
So he took the initiative to help Xuan Tiange send the best flying eagle to send the letter to the capital of Dashun, and also sent the best doctor in Gu Shu to look after Yao Shu. Once he wakes up, he will send him out of Gu Shu. It depends on whether he stays or returns. Yao Shu himself.
At the same time, Xuan Tianming, who was far away in building the city, also received the news. Yao Xian passed away, and the family member Feng Yuheng cared about the most left this world. Although Feng Yuheng was mentally prepared, he still felt that if the actual news was revealed, it would cause too much blow to Feng Yuheng.
But he didn't say it, but it didn't mean that Feng Yuheng didn't know about it, it was just that Feng Yuheng didn't say anything, and kept this matter in his heart, selectively forgetting about it. She sleeps and wakes up as usual every day like before. During the day, she will help Xuan Tianming to train soldiers, and she will explain the skills of marksmanship to the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion led by He Gan over and over again, and she will also enter the space every day. Go here to test Xuan Tianhua. Just don't mention the matter of Yao Xian anymore, since Xuan Tianming carried it back after crying bitterly on the street that day, she seemed to have turned the page and never mentioned it.
However, as Concubine Yun said to Emperor Tianwu, some things don't happen because you don't admit them, and some people don't exist because you don't want to forget them. Yao Xian's death still brought Feng Yuheng a great blow. Xuan Tianming would often be woken up by her crying at night, but when he woke up, Feng Yuheng was still asleep. That kind of crying was natural. There is no need to deliberately, even in a dream, tears are shed.
He felt distressed, and he no longer let her go to the camp, and no longer let her numb himself with intensive busyness. He took her shopping, rested for a while when he was tired, and ate a bowl of wontons at a street stall when he was hungry. Feng Yuheng said: "When we were in Qianzhou before, we also ate on the street like ordinary people."
Xuan Tianming nodded, "If you like it, we will go again in the future."
"Where are you going?" she asked, "Qianzhou? Yes! I'm going to Qianzhou. I have to send Feng Zhaolian's ashes back. By the way, I have to take Wu Lisheng with me. She's not very smart. Clearly, she didn't have much contact with Feng Zhaolian, but she fell in love at first sight, and then fantasized that she was Princess Lian. The fantasies became real, and she followed us from the northern border to the capital like this. Now she lives in Lianfu, and I I still don't know how to tell her about Feng Zhaolian's death."
She started worrying about this matter, Xuan Tianming felt very bitter, she just said girl, girl, you don't know how to say this, why not me? He stretched out his hand, rubbed her hair, and finally said: "Don't be afraid, no matter who is gone, you still have me."
Yao's house held a funeral for nine days, and on the morning of the ninth day, the spirit was carried out of Beijing to the Yao family's ancestral grave.
The Yao family is a prosperous family in Beijing, and their ancestors have grown up on this land for generations. The ancestors chose the ancestral grave in a Fengshui mountain range 30 miles away from the suburbs of Beijing, praying that the treasured land of Fengshui would bless their descendants to live a hundred years without worries.
On the day of the funeral, Concubine Yun came as promised, still dressed in filial piety, wearing a white flower on her head, and she was dressed just like the children of the Yao family.
Apart from her, all the princes in Beijing also came, bringing their concubine to send Yao Xian off for the last time. There were also countless common people who spontaneously formed a funeral procession on both sides of the street, walking from the inside of the capital to the outside of the capital with sobs and sobs.
Concubine Yun was walking with the children of the Yao family, she was dressed in filial piety, and looked extremely abrupt. Everyone knew that the Yao family had no daughters, and the only daughter, Yao Qianrou, had died many years ago, but Concubine Yun clearly took the place of her daughter to send Yao Xian off today, which made people a little puzzled. This concubine who has always been the most special, who has refused to see the emperor for more than 20 years, why is Yao Xian going out of the palace and going to the funeral with all her filial piety?
As the saying goes, people's words are scary, guessing and guessing, some words are not very pleasant...