Chapter 1260 Encoffin
Erlang cried for a long time before Mrs. Zeng had some reaction. It was also because of his contribution that Mrs. Zeng didn't breathe her last breath until Chu Yuexi and Chu Jingqi arrived.
As soon as the two entered the room, they both knelt down by the bed and shouted, "Grandma (grandmother), grandson (grandson-in-law) is late..."
When Mrs. Zeng saw them, she looked excited and moved her fingers, as if she wanted to reach out to the two of them. Seeing this, Chu Jingqi knelt forward, took her hand, and touched her face.
"A... Qi, grandma is... leaving. You... you have to... take good care of Ayu. She... huh... huh... she will... entrust it to you..." < br>
"Grandma, don't worry, Ayu is my life. As long as I am here, I will pamper her and never let her down."
Chu Jingqi held Mrs. Zeng's hand tightly and made a promise to Mrs. Zeng seriously and piously.
Mrs. Zeng smiled slightly, said hello, looked at Chu Yuexi again, stretched out her hand to him... Chu Yuexi hurriedly held her hand, her eyes were red, "Grandma, what have you always told me? Listen.”
"Xi...Brother Xi, you...have to...pass on...the Chu family...your grandfather...has been...clean...for a lifetime...upright and honest, you...you have to...teach your descendants well... …Huhu…Huhu…”
"Yes, grandma, I will definitely pass on the Chu family's tradition of being clean and honest from generation to generation, and I will not disgrace my grandfather's reputation."
Seeing that Mrs. Zeng was about to be unable to breathe, Chu Yuexi quickly responded, with a few tears falling from the corners of her eyes.
Mrs. Zeng smiled happily and closed her eyes.
Heart-wrenching cries suddenly erupted in the room.
"Grandma, don't leave...Grandma...wuwu...don't leave me..." Xia Zihan threw herself on Zeng's body, heartbroken, crying so hard that she couldn't help herself.
Chu Jingqi took her into her arms distressedly and comforted her, "Ayu, be good, Ayu, don't be like this. Grandma will feel uneasy when she sees you crying like this."
Xia Zihan was brought up by Mrs. Zeng. Mrs. Zeng was the person she loved, loved and respected the most. How could she not be sad when Mrs. Zeng died.
She threw herself into Chu Jingqi's arms, grabbed a handful of his clothes, and said heartbrokenly, "Aqi, grandma is gone. She doesn't want me anymore. I don't have a grandma anymore. I won't be able to see my grandma in the future... wuwu... ah... Qi...I'm so sad..."
"I know, I all know that you can't let go of your grandma, and I can't let go of my grandma. But when we get old, there will always be a day. If you want to be more open-minded, you still have me, and Xuan'er Jie'er. From now on, we will all Stay with you and never leave you.”
I saw Butler Lu leading a group of servants in. They all held a bunch of mourning clothes and hemp ropes in their hands, and distributed them to the people in the room to wear.
Chu Jingqi took a mourning dress, put it on for Xia Zihan, carefully tied the hemp rope around her waist, then helped her put on the mourning hat, and then quickly put it on herself.
Outside, the drum music had been prepared. As soon as Chu Yuexi and others put on their mourning clothes, the drum music started playing. The mournful music made everyone cry louder.
Butler Lu wiped away his tears, took a bag of copper coins from a boy's hand, and led Chu Yuexi to the backyard to buy water.
Chu Xuanyu and Xia Shiming also took a group of men to decorate the mourning hall.
Chu Jingqi didn't go, Xia Zihan cried so hard that her voice became hoarse, and her whole body collapsed on him. He was worried about leaving her out.
He and a group of female relatives were the only ones left in the house.
Mrs. Zhuo also greeted everyone, "Let's go out and let Qinghui stay for the old lady to cleanse herself." "Ayu, let's go out too and let my sister-in-law clean up and change my grandmother's clothes."
When an old woman dies, her son buys water and her daughter-in-law cleanses her and changes her clothes. Zeng has no son or daughter-in-law, so all this falls on the grandchildren and their wives.
Xia Zihan wanted to stay with Zeng to purify herself, but she was a niece from a foreign marriage, and her surname was Xia, so she was not qualified.
With tears in her eyes, she watched eagerly as Chu Yuexi brought in a bucket of water and put the water down. Chu Yuexi was invited out by Manager Lu, and the female relatives such as Mrs. Zhuo and Mrs. Xia also went out one after another.
Chu Jingqi also hugged the weak Xia Zihan and walked out. When she reached the door, Princess Qinghui's voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Chu Yu, please stay. When grandma was reborn, you were the one who loved you the most and cared about you the most. Now that grandma is gone, she is underground and she definitely wants you to cleanse her body and tie her hair with your own hands."
"Qinghui..." Xia Zihan's tears of gratitude flowed out as if she didn't want money, "Thank you!"
"Who among us is following whom?" Princess Qinghui said disapprovingly.
It has always been a custom in the Dasheng Kingdom that when an elder in the family dies, it is a respectable daughter-in-law in the family who takes care of the elder's remains. This is a kind of honor.
If there is no daughter-in-law in the family, you can ask a respectable daughter-in-law in the clan to do it. If there is no clan member, then you can only invite the closest person.
If Mrs. Zeng had not adopted Chu Yuexi as her heir, only Xia Zihan would be qualified to sort out her legacy. But if she adopted Chu Yuexi, and she has Princess Qinghui as her granddaughter-in-law, it would not be Xia Zihan's turn. The married granddaughter came to do it, and Princess Qinghui specially kept her to give Xia Zihan a great honor and a great face.
How could Xia Zihan not be grateful.
After washing themselves and changing clothes, Zhuo family, Chu Xuanyu and others who had been waiting at the door came in and helped to carry Zeng family into the coffin that had been prepared long ago, and then carried it to the mourning hall.
After the burial, Butler Lu sent a dozen boys to inform relatives and friends and spread the news of Zeng's death.
Soon, people came to pay homage.
People from the Dou family, people from the Liao family, people from the Shen family, people from the Second Prince's Palace... Even the emperor sent Eunuch Li here.
As soon as Eunuch Li arrived, the Queen Mother and the mothers sent by the Queen also arrived...
As soon as the royal people were dispatched, all the civil and military officials of the imperial court, whether they had previous dealings with the Chu family or not, all sent people one by one to pay homage to Mrs. Chu.
Zeng's funeral was extremely lively, and more people came than ever before. Hundreds of people came to pay their respects every day, coming and going.
Sometimes there are too many people to stand in the mourning hall, so they stand in the yard. When the yard is full of people, they stand outside the yard...
No matter how lively the surroundings were, Xia Zihan remained in a daze, kneeling in front of the mourning hall and guarding the coffin. He did not eat, drink or sleep, and could not be pulled away no matter who came.
Her face was getting paler and weaker day by day, which made Zhuo Xia Shiming and others very worried, but no one could persuade her to leave. If anyone tried to drag her away from the mourning hall, she would cry like crazy. He shouted that he wanted to accompany his grandmother.
(End of chapter)