To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 278 Eventful Autumn

Mentioning Zhu Hanshuang, Duke An's expression suddenly turned gloomy and cold: "I originally planned to send her away from the capital in the name of recuperating, as an explanation to King Kaiyang and Governor Luo. Now that something happened to your mother, it would be too much to do this again." It's eye-catching. During your mother's funeral, it was said that she fell ill because of her mother's sudden death, and then she voluntarily became a lay Buddhist, and she has been a vegetarian since then, accumulating virtue for her mother."

   That is to say, restrain Zhu Hanshuang in the name of worshiping Buddha at home, and it will be difficult to see outsiders from now on.

  The prince of An Guogong loved this younger sister very much, but now he couldn't feel any pity in his heart.

  He nodded with a cold face: "My son listens to your arrangement."

  An Guogong took a serious look at Mrs. An Guogong's body, reached out to hug her, and sighed: "Let's take care of your mother's funeral first."

  When An Guogong's second son Zhu Erlang arrived, An Guogong's wife had already put on her shroud, and was lying motionless on the cold couch.

   "Mother—" Zhu Erlang cried out in pain, and rushed to the side of Mrs. An Guogong's body.

   "Mother, why did you go so well? Mother, do you ignore me and my sister?"

  Zhu Erlang cried heart-rendingly, Duke An's complexion turned black when he heard it.

  The eldest son needs to be educated to become a talent to inherit the title, the eldest daughter needs to be educated and married according to the requirements of the clan wife, and the younger son and daughter are much more relaxed.

   As a result, Zhu Erlang became one of those idle dudes in the capital's Xungui family.

   Mrs. An Guogong loves her younger son and daughter more than being strict, so Zhu Erlang's affection for his mother is naturally deep.

  He grew up to seventeen years old, his parents were harmonious, his brothers and sisters were friendly, and he never knew what worries were. But suddenly the servants of the Duke's Mansion ran to Yanzhi Lane to find him and told him that his mother was gone.

  At that moment, he felt that half of the sky had collapsed, and he stumbled back to the mansion with unbelievable thoughts. Who knew that what he saw was really his mother's cold body.

  How is it possible? Last night, his father called him into the study to scold him, and his mother softly told him not to make his father angry again.

  He responded perfunctorily, and sneaked out at night.

  Whoever thinks of the mother is gone.

  If he knew this would happen, he wouldn't sneak out to drink flower wine if he was killed.

   "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

  An Guogong's son grabbed Zhu Erlang's arm: "Second brother, don't be so impulsive, you disturbed your mother and made her go uneasy."

  Zhu Erlang froze suddenly.

  What is the brown color under mother's nails?

  Mother loves clean so much, how can it be possible to get dirty?

  Zhu Erlang suddenly thought of something, and stretched out his hand to lift the white cloth covering Mrs. An Guogong.

   "Second brother!" Prince Ango hugged Zhu Erlang to stop him from moving.

  Zhu Erlang struggled desperately: "Brother, let me go!"

  In terms of strength, Zhu Erlang, who is still a young man, is naturally not as good as the grown-up Prince Anguo, but he has gone crazy at this moment, his strength is so amazing that the Prince An was thrown away.

   "Enough!" A loud shout sounded.

  Hearing this familiar voice, Zhu Erlang subconsciously froze.

  An Guogong covered his face with frost, stretched out his hand and pointed: "Go there and kneel!"

"Father-"

"go!"

  Under the accumulative prestige, Zhu Erlang reluctantly knelt aside.

  The maids and women came in and out, took down the bright curtains and curtains in the room, and replaced them with all white.

  Zhu Erlang looked at all this and felt like falling into a dream.

  Father said that mother choked to death eating dumplings. How could such a ridiculous thing happen?

  He saw brown under his mother's nails. If there was nothing wrong with his mother's death, why did the elder brother stop him from seeing his mother's remains?

  By the way, where's the second sister?

  Zhu Erlang finally found that there was one person missing in the room.

  After such a big event happened, how could the second sister be absent?

   "Father, where's the second sister?" Zhu Erlang asked directly after he was too young to hold his breath.

  An Guozheng was in a trance and didn't reply for a while.

The son of An Guogong hurriedly comforted him: "Second sister and mother had breakfast together. When mother choked on the dumplings, the second sister was there. The second sister witnessed the whole process. She couldn't bear the blow and fainted. She is still in the room now. lie down..."

   "I didn't ask my elder brother!" Zhu Erlang roared angrily at his elder brother's obstruction just now.

  Duke An was brought back to his senses by the roar, and when he saw the second son with his neck stuck, he immediately became angry: "What are you shouting at your elder brother? Is this how a younger brother treats his elder brother?"

  Zhu Erlang's momentum weakened, and he choked up and said: "My son is uncomfortable..."

  An Guogong suffocated for breath, his heart ached.

  It is a good home, but it is destroyed in an instant.

   And the cause of all this is the good deeds of that wicked girl!

  An Guogong thought of Zhu Hanshuang, his eyes were cold.

   "Father, is the second sister in serious condition?"

  Grand An Guo frowned and said: "Your second sister is hurt, of course it doesn't feel good, but the most important thing right now is to handle your mother's funeral properly. Erlang, you can no longer add chaos to this family by your will."

   "My son knows." Zhu Erlang responded with lowered eyebrows, but his heart became more and more uneasy.

  The brown stain under his mother's nails has been lingering in front of his eyes, which makes him suspicious of his sister's situation.

  Second sister really fell ill?

  He wanted to question and act wildly, but he didn't dare to face his father's majestic and stern face.

  The person who dominated him the most in the world is no longer there.

  Thinking of this, Zhu Erlang cried even harder.

  As people from An Guo Gong's mansion went to various houses to report funerals, the news of An Guo Gong's wife's death spread throughout the capital in the blink of an eye.

   At this time, something happened to Jin Linwei.

  Wu Yeyun killed Jin Linwei named Zhang Ping, whose body was found by the Jinshui River.

  After Jinlinwei's internal inspection, it was deduced that he drank too much after going to the flower boat on the Jinshui River to have fun, and fell into the water.

   "What a drink too much, what a slip and fall into the water!" In front of many subordinates, Governor Luo became angry and threw the teacup directly at Yun Dong.

  Yundong knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty: "Please punish the adoptive father, it is because the child is not strictly controlled."

   "It's just a matter of lax control? Someone wanted to kill the nephew of your third sister's restaurant cook last night. Do you know who that person is?"

  The nephew of the chef of the Three Girls Restaurant?

  The people present couldn't help but think to themselves: Isn't this relationship a bit confusing?

  Yundong knelt on the cold bluestone slab, bearing the anger of Governor Luo, and followed his words to guess: "Does the foster father think it is Zhang Ping?"

   "Think?" Luo Dadu sneered, "Old Fifth, you think it's just me? Let me tell you, it was Zhang Ping who wanted to kill that child. The child survived by luck, and happened to meet him!"

  Yundong's calm face finally showed surprise, and he raised his eyes to look at the furious Governor Luo.

Good morning.

  (end of this chapter)