Chapter 688 Filial Piety
On the day the emperor visited, Mrs. Zhao stopped eating water and died in a few days. The emperor cried and ordered Eunuch Chang to go to the sacrifice for him. Princess Fu'an passed by in the evening, put on a stick of incense in front of Mrs. Zhao's spirit, stood silently in front of the coffin for a while, and then left.
For a few days, Zhou Yuhai followed his father, kowtowing and mourning, and was in chaos because of fear.
The emperor came to visit the disease, and the grandmother died, so he told him to say it correctly. He kept saying it accurately...
Zhou Yuhai kept thinking about Mr. Jiang’s words. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he felt scared he became.
"Dad, I have something to tell you." Finally, Zhou Yuhai pulled his father Sui Guo Duke and said softly. Sui Guo Duke was stunned. He, a filial son, has cried too hard and tired these two days. He is dizzy and a little slow. "What's the matter?"
"Let's talk there." Zhou Yuhai pointed to the small dark room next to the mourning hall. Follow the Duke of the Kingdom of China to get up from the ground. Zhou Yuhai hurried forward to support him, and the father and son helped him into the small dark room.
Zhou Yuhai glanced left and right, closed the door, and prepared various soups and snacks in a secret. Zhou Yuhai poured a bowl of ginseng soup and handed it to Duke Sui. Duke Sui drank a few sips, took a deep breath, and recovered a lot.
"Although you are sad, you must take care of yourself. Look at you, you will lose your body in less than two days. If your grandmother sees it, the spirit in heaven will not be at ease." Sui Guogong looked at his extremely haggard son with distress. His son is filial.
"Dad, I'll go to the uncle's mansion a few days ago." Zhou Yuhai was not sad. He was afraid of being too worried. To be precise, he was scared.
"Hmm? You told me, why did you bring it up again?" Duke Sui poured a bowl of rice juice himself and drank it slowly.
"I didn't say something to my father, I went, I only saw Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang said that the grandmother would not live long."
Duke Sui frowned, "This old Jiang is really, although your grandmother... how could he say that? Forget it, he is locked inside, like a living dead, and he doesn't care about him."
"Dad, Mr. Jiang said this because I told him that the fourth uncle refused to go to Shuzhong, so the grandmother went to the palace to beg the emperor. Then Mr. Jiang said that the grandmother would not live for a few days." Zhou Yuhai was a little incoherent. At this moment, he understood very well, but as he understood, he was so panicked and afraid, and his heart was messy, and his words were naturally chaotic.
"What does this mean?" Duke Sui heard that something was wrong, but he didn't understand why.
"Dad," Zhou Yuhai took a deep breath, "That's right. Mr. Jiang first heard me tell you that several of my husbands wanted the fourth uncle to take office as a Shuzhong. Mr. Jiang said that this was the eldest princess and several husbands, and he wanted to protect the fourth uncle."
Duke Sui became even more confused and frowned and looked at Zhou Yuhai. Zhou Yuhai slapped his forehead a few times in a hurry, "Dad, that's it. Mr. Jiang's meaning, the prince, can't ascend to the throne."
"Nonsense." Duke Sui laughed, "He was crazy after not being in jail for a few days?"
"Dad, I feel so too." Zhou Yuhai's tears fell, "Once upon a time, when my aunt left, the walls were rounded up. I went to see Mr. Jiang once, and Mr. Jiang said that the prince is an iceberg, and the aunt left, the uncle, the prince, and the Zhou family were all over. After my aunt left, my father met the emperor several times? How many times did the grandmother enter the palace?"
"Your grandmother is in poor health..." Duke Sui made a strong argument.
"I haven't seen the emperor for more than half a year." Zhou Yuhai looked up at his father, "The emperor's morning court is getting less and less. It's not the prince's reign, but the eldest princess is the eldest princess who are in charge of the country. The eldest princess has only one confidant. Everyone in the capital knows that the confidant is now engaged in Ningyuan. I heard that the eldest princess often play chess with Empress Ning, and Gao Shujiang, Dad, Gao Shujiang is a smart person? Not only did he resign, but his family moved away, leaving behind the third brother. The third brother in his family is the most incompetent, why should he keep the most incompetent? Because the third daughter-in-law's sister was given to Mo Qi and Dad!"
Zhou Yuhai spoke very fast. When Duke Sui changed his expression when he heard Gao Shujiang, his face changed, "I just didn't understand, what's going crazy about this guy Gao Shujiang..."
"Dad, he is not crazy, he sees it, he is a smart person, he sees it, the prince cannot ascend the throne. Maybe one day, the prince will be the same as the uncle, or is worse than the uncle. He is afraid, and he wants to escape and save his life."
Zhou Yuhai's voice was choked. Duke Sui was stunned. He didn't understand, but he believed his son's words 60 to 70%.
"Mr. Jiang said that letting the fourth uncle enter Shu must be the eldest princess's intention. The Zhou family, after all, has a blood relationship with the eldest princess. The eldest princess wants to keep some of the inheritance of the Zhou family. The fourth uncle is the most promising person in our Zhou family, so she took action to protect the fourth uncle and sent the fourth uncle to Shu. Once the term expires, everything in the court should be settled. In this disaster, the fourth uncle escaped. Only Ning Yuan followed Xiao Liu. Mr. Jiang said that Ning Yuan has bandits and protects his brothers and is loyal. At least he will not take Xiao Liu's life. The fourth uncle and Xiao Liu are safe, and the Zhou family will continue to pass on the inheritance."
As Zhou Yuhai spoke, his panic gradually became clear.
"Mr. Jiang said, we have a good fortune. The fourth uncle put his idea on the grandmother and asked the grandmother to come to Beijing to beg the emperor for him. The grandmother... is..." Thinking of the grandmother who died of hunger strike, Zhou Yuhai burst into tears, "As soon as the grandmother dies, we must all be filial, and that is... is..."
Zhou Yuhai slid on the ground, his head lies between his father's knees, and his crying sounded short.
Duke Sui also burst into tears, "Don't cry... What should we do? Mr. Jiang said he didn't say anything? What should we do?"
Although he still couldn't figure it out, Duke Sui had already believed what his son said.
"Mr. Jiang said," Zhou Yuhai cried for a while, swallowed his sadness, looked up at his father and said, "Let our whole family go to the grave of the grandmother and stay at his feet for three years. For three years, don't go anywhere, and never leave him."
"Build a hut to guard the tomb?" Sui Guogong shouted: "This suffering... I mean, your mother is weak, your sister and the elder brother..."
"Dad, compared to life... is nothing." Zhou Yuhai said the last few words very lightly, and Duke Sui was stunned, "Ahai, that's the case..."
Zhou Yuhai nodded desperately, "Dad, think about Empress Ning back then... the fifth master grew up to seven or eight years old in the palace and never left the yard..."
Chapter completed!