Chapter 1307 Pretending to be sick
Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi stayed up all night. The next day, when the eminent monk performed the ritual, they knelt all day again. At night, Mrs. Zhuo, who was worried that her son and daughter-in-law's bodies would be too much for them, asked them to rest and arranged for Xia Zijiang and Chu Jingqi to rest. Yue Xi and two people kept vigil.
Xia Zijiang is the eldest son of Xia Shiming and Chu Jiahui. Logically speaking, Xia Zijiang should stay at the funeral on the first night as a filial piety. However, Xia Zihan missed his biological mother and was Chu Jiahui's only With a drop of her own blood, Zhuo let her stay vigil on the first night and arranged for Xia Zijiang to stay on the second night.
Xia Zijiang didn't want to come in the first place, but was escorted here by the Lu family, and since he didn't respect Chu Jiahui from the bottom of his heart, he was extremely unhappy if he asked him to watch her wake.
And he showed his displeasure on the spot.
He held his stomach and screamed, "Ouch, my stomach hurts. I must have caught a cold after kneeling all day. This ghost place is dark and gloomy, and the spring humidity is heavy. Ouch, what can I do? There is no one on this mountain." Doctor, ah...I can’t do it anymore, my stomach hurts so much..."
The scream was heartbreaking and tragic, as if someone had whipped him several times.
Lu's face turned dark on the spot, and she wanted to go up and kick him a few times.
However, with her father-in-law and mother-in-law, as well as the prince and princess, she endured it again and again, and decided to stay away from this idiot, otherwise she would inevitably suffer disaster.
Xia Shiming pointed an angry finger at him and trembled, "Get out, get back... don't let me see you again."
Xia Zijiang's poor acting skills made everyone present know at a glance that he was pretending. Everyone was very angry and stared at him angrily.
Chu Yuexi said, "My aunt is your legitimate mother-in-law. Not to mention you, even your biological mother who was divorced by your uncle has to kneel down to my aunt here. You...hehe, you don't want to keep vigil for my aunt. Yeah, it’s so miserable to see how you acted out this scene. See, if you don’t want to keep a vigil, then you can go down the mountain. Just you... Since you are not sincere here, I don’t want to see you act like a dog on the outside. In your heart, you may not know how to scold my aunt. Forget it, let’s go.”
This is kind of polite.
Princess Qinghui, who always spoke fearlessly, was not as nice as Chu Yuexi. She spat at Xia Zijiang and cursed, "Bah... what are you doing to watch my aunt's funeral? I think of you as The serious eldest son of the Xia family, since you are not happy, and the Xia family is not your only son, there are two sons, so if you are not willing to stay, please leave quickly, so as not to worry about you, this princess will not be able to eat. "
Xia Zijiang had offended Chu Yuexi and Princess Qinghui this time.
Chu Jiahui is the daughter of the Chu family, and Chu Yuexi is the only heir of the Chu family. Seeing Xia Zijiang treat their aunt like this, it is strange that Chu Yuexi and Princess Qinghui can swallow such a sigh of relief.
They looked at Xia Shiming and said, "Uncle, since Xia Zijiang is not willing to keep vigil at the funeral, then he and I, Qinghui, can keep vigil tonight. He is not needed."
Chu Yuexi and his wife both knew what kind of person Xia Zijiang was, so they did not blame Xia Shiming for his incompetence in teaching his son. They still respected Xia Shiming as before.
Mrs. Lu saw that Xia Zijiang was disliked by all the relatives and friends of the Xia family, and that the Chu family even tried to cut off contact with him. She glared at Xia Zijiang angrily, with a look that said, "I'll settle the accounts with you when I get home." .
Before Xia Zijiang completely offended everyone, Mrs. Lu hurriedly said, "Father, Prince, Princess, Princess Qinghui, Prince Ma, Eldest Sister, Prince, please let me stay. I am the eldest son of my mother-in-law. Daughter-in-law, I should stay here to watch over my mother-in-law and show my filial piety, otherwise I will feel very guilty.”
Lu called out all the important people present one by one, and then made a well-behaved, honest and firm expression, which actually made Xia Shiming's face look better.
Lu insisted on staying to keep vigil, but Xia Zijiang was driven away by everyone. As soon as Xia Zijiang left, Mrs. Lu called a woman beside her and lowered her head to give her a few instructions. The woman nodded and followed Xia Zijiang down the mountain.
After Xia Zijiang left, Mrs. Lu was asked to watch the funeral alone with Chu Yuexi and his wife. This arrangement was not appropriate, so Mrs. Zhuo asked the brothers Xia Ziye and Xia Zihai to also watch the funeral.
Xia Ziye and Xia Zihai were also the sons of Chu Jiahui, the first wife's legitimate mother. It was legitimate and reasonable for them to keep vigil for her.
The day for Chu Jiahui's burial was chosen ten days later. During these ten days, eminent monks chanted sutras and practiced rituals every day. I was so exhausted that my legs were shaking when I walked.
Xia Zihan, Chu Jingqi and other people with martial arts were better off, while Xia Ziye, Xia Zihai, Zeng Yiran and other people without martial arts were too tired to walk down the mountain. When they went down the mountain, they were helped by the servants.
When they went up the mountain for burial, a group of Xia Zihan's female family members could not go to the mountain. They were sent to the foot of the mountain and stayed there. Xia Shiming took his two sons and Chu Yuexi to the mountain resolutely.
After the rituals on the mountain were completed and the coffin was buried, it became dark.
Mrs. Xia Er had already notified the housekeeper and cook at home, arranged several banquets, and treated everyone to a meal.
Everyone was too tired, so after eating, no one stayed too long, and they went home.
As soon as Mrs. Lu returned home, her dowry came to report, "Madam, as you guessed, as soon as the master came back, he sent all the servants out, rummaged through the house, and almost demolished the house. ”
"Fortunately, the wife asked the old slave to take a detour, come back one step before the master, and put all the money and valuable things into the warehouse. Otherwise, the master would have rummaged through all those things, and I'm afraid that when the wife comes back, everything will be lost. There are no more.”
This woman was the woman Lu ordered to go down the mountain in advance at Baoxiang Temple.
The mother-in-law came down the mountain later than Xia Zijiang, but after entering the city, she took a shorter path than Xia Zijiang took from the street, so she got home earlier.
After arriving home, he followed Lu's instructions and put all the household furnishings, utensils, money, jewelry and other items into the warehouse.
As soon as she finished packing and locked the warehouse, Xia Zijiang arrived home.
Xia Zijiang saw that the house was empty and the furnishings were gone. After rummaging through the cabinets, there was no jewelry or money, so he angrily went to the warehouse and forced his mother-in-law to take out the keys.
When the mother-in-law refused to take it, Xia Zijiang was about to beat her, but was stopped by two maids.
Lu's personal maid stayed with Lu all day long and learned a few kung fu moves. Although not very powerful, she could still win against a weak man like Xia Zijiang who had no fighting strength.
(End of chapter)