Chapter 866
In the mourning hall, the younger brothers and sisters were kneeling, the elders were standing, and the butler Bai Shun stood at the door of the mansion to receive the guests coming to pay their respects.
As the father of the deceased, Bai Xingyan was taken care of today. The servant brought a chair for him to sit. He sat in front of Bai Yanyu's coffin and kept crying, covering his face with his hands, and no one could see clearly whether he had shed tears.
Those who came to pay their respects were all wives and ladies from high and noble families in Beijing. Many people came one after another. Bai Xingyan felt very sad when he saw these people coming in, because he had never noticed that Bai Yanyu had made so many people.
In the past, he always said that Bai Yanyu was in charge of a rouge workshop, but now he realized that it was not a rouge. Everyone knew that the rouge shop was opened by Bai Heran and the Queen. Then the slightly more handsome women in the capital must be rushing to support the Queen, so Bai Yanyu's popularity also increased with the rise.
In his Duke's mansion, one daughter is the princess, one daughter is the future ninth princess, and one daughter maintains a good relationship with so many powerful people. If these three daughters are in the same mind as him, how good his life would be!
When Bai Xingyan thought of this, his nose felt sore and he really cried. But he was not crying for Bai Yanyu's death, but his own life.
There were servants shouting loudly at the door, and the ladies and ladies of a certain mansion arrived. He heard many names of the official residences, and all the female relatives of the family members of the left and right ministers came, and even many people who sang against him in the court sent their female relatives to the door.
His heart became more and more sad. He thought that if he had such a day, he would not know if so many people would come. Bai Yanyu's popularity was better than him. This made Bai Xingyan feel very uncomfortable and even cursed Bai Yanyu several times.
Naturally, the people who came to pay their respects went to the mourning hall. Bai Xingyan watched these people get closer and closer, and watched these people step forward and comfort Hong and others, and gradually he saw something was wrong.
What's going on? The Duke Wenguo Mansion was here to pay his respects. The first thing he did when he entered the mourning hall was to burn incense to the deceased. He should also give a gift. This is the most basic etiquette. But after entering, these people didn't even look at Bai Yanyu's tablets and coffins. They just walked to Hong's side, and squatted down to comfort Bai Zhenzhen and some children. Even Tan and Guan received a lot of comfort. What's going on?
He heard a wife holding Hong's hand and say, "Don't be too sad. No one will be happy when she is doing this. But since she is doing this, there is nothing we can do. We women have to face it. Alas, you are also pitiful. It's really hard for you to serve a madman for the rest of your life."
Bai Xingyan was stunned, and Hongshi was also confused, but when she saw the lady talking, she blinked at her. She was as smart as Hongshi, and she could not understand that something was wrong here. So she took the words: "Thank you, my wife, for your compassion, I feel really sad."
The lady said again: "It is certain that I am sad. After all, I have been together for so many years. I heard from my master that Duke Wen was a famous handsome man in the capital when he was young. He was the most compatible with a beautiful beauty like you. Unfortunately, this person is prone to illness as soon as he gets older. You don't know what's wrong with him and gets sick. What if he looks good when he is young? When he is old, we women have to serve him. Don't be sad, you'll get used to it in the future."
A lady next to her also advised her: "Fortunately, there is a princess in your family. His Highness is a miraculous doctor. I may not be able to treat this disease, so don't take it too seriously."
Some young lady was squatting in front of Bai Zhenzhen, pulling her arm and saying, "Good sister, stop crying. I know that you are all mourning people, but there is no way. Who told your father to have such a thing? You just bear it. When he makes enough trouble or gets cured, the situation will be over. It's hard for you to keep kneeling down, alas."
Another young master also came with him, pulling Bai Haoxuan and Bai Haofeng at this time, and was about to pull them up: "Don't kneel, let's go out to play! Let's not participate in the affairs of adults. You said you just kneel here. What if Duke Wen gets sick again and beats you two again? Or if you don't beat them, it would be so unlucky if you keep your funerals! Let's go out to play. The atmosphere in this mansion is not good, and I look a little scared."
Bai Haoxuan and Bai Haofeng were confused in all kinds of confusion. Bai Haofeng wanted to scold people. What is this? The funeral in the mansion was held, and people died. Why did the guests come from talking more and more? It would be fine if the children were not adjusted, but why would adults be fooled?
They looked at Bai Zhenzhen next to them. Bai Zhenzhen was not in conflict. When she saw that no one of the guests came to the mourning hall, she knew that all this was probably the arrangement of her second sister and she had to cooperate.
So she pushed her two younger brothers: "Go, go out to play, take off all these filial piety belts, so that they can be laughed at from outside. Our father is not reliable, you can't be like him in the future, you have to learn better."
After saying that, he grabbed a handful of broken silver from his sleeve bag and stuffed it to the little boy next to him, "Take it out and buy snacks. Our brother's breakfast is not useful yet. You go out and eat some good food. If the money is not enough, come back and ask your sister for it."
The little boy jumped up with joy, pulled Bai Haoxuan and Bai Haofeng and ran outward. Bai Zhenzhen was still shouting from behind: "Run slowly, be careful not to fall. Alas, Feng'er, you took off your filial piety belt!"
Outside the door, Lin was supported by his servants and walked in. When Hong saw her coming, she quickly greeted her and spoke with her, "You are here, are you better? Can you walk around?"
The ladies around the side spoke again: "Oh, how could they be healthy? I didn't see this sister's face was bloodless! Who would be able to feel good about such a thing? A good girl must have been held by someone to have a funeral. Do you think this Duke Wen is really, how could he make such a fuss? Isn't this cheating on the child?"
"Who said no! But it can't be blamed on the Duke of the Country. He was soaked in water and his brain was broken. Otherwise, who could do this? Isn't this immoral? Doing this will lead to a life-long life."
"Oh, God bless you, the Duke did this confused thing because he ruined his brain. You can't really reduce his life!"
Lin did not understand what happened at all, so she turned her confusing eyes to Hongshi, but Hongshi could not explain anything to her, because Hongshi herself didn't understand what was going on! However, she knew all these noble ladies and ladies. After all, she was Hong Piaopiao, the daughter of the Hong family, and the sisters she had with her on weekdays were also noble families. So she knew that these people would never joke about Bai Yanyu's funeral. The reason why these people did this was only one reason: Bai Yanyu was not dead.
So she pulled Lin and said with a smile: "Master is confused, we can't be confused with each other. I know you are sick by this funeral, but there is no way. Who made us the woman from the Duke's Mansion?"
"Yes, yes!" A lady next to her spoke, "You can accept your fate, who told you to marry the wrong person at the beginning?"
Another lady bumped into her, "Don't talk nonsense. She was young at the beginning. Who would have thought that Duke Wen would go crazy after more than ten years? Who would have thought that he would be crazy and even hold a funeral for his daughter? This is so crazy that he was ingenious."
Lin now understood. What these people mean was that her daughter was not dead? The reason for holding this funeral was because Bai Xingyan was crazy?
She looked at the place where Bai Xingyan was sitting, and saw Bai Xingyan staring at them blankly, her eyes were straight, her mouth was open, her face was covered with tears, and her nose was bubbled.
Her heart trembled. Could it be that this person is really crazy?
Bai Xingyan knew that he was not crazy, but he also knew that he might not be far from crazy. The more he heard the words of these people who came to mourn, the more wrong he heard. Although it is normal to persuade the deceased's relatives when coming to mourn, the way of persuading this is wrong!
Generally, they are persuading the rituals and mourning the changes, but why are these people talking about their women trying to be more open and saying that he is crazy?
Who are you trying to persuade? What are you here to do?
Bai Xingwu was originally standing with his elder brother, because he was a male guest, so he should be with the man. But now he moved to the side and thought about it, so he simply stood in the female guest seat, saying, "I have to stay away from him, don't start crazy and bite me later. I heard that biting people will make the bitten people crazy, it's so scary."
A wife answered him: "Yes, the second master of the Bai family, you are right. This dog will die if you bite people, and you will be crazy if you bite people. Come on, stand here and stay away from your elder brother."
"I heard that Princess Tianci is also rushing back. It will be cured when His Highness comes back. She is a miraculous doctor and can cure any disease."
"No, the third lady choked on the water and was cured by His Highness the Princess. I think Duke Wen's crazy should be fine."
Lin was pulled by Hong and finally understood something. After understanding, he felt so happy!
She asked Hong in a low voice: "Is the third lady not dead? Is Yan Yu still alive?"
Hong also replied in a low voice: "It sounds like this. These ladies and ladies are not scammers. Since they say that, they must have a basis. Otherwise, who would have been full and could come to our funeral to cause trouble! You put your heart in your stomach, and the second lady has never appeared, so I guess this show was arranged by the second lady. Let's not ask anything else, just watch the show."
Chapter completed!