Wang Xiang and Wang Rui, the eldest son who set out on his post, met on the way and arrived at Chengdu City as fast as possible. It was already the golden autumn was about to end.

Jian Xiang, who had been closed to anyone for more than a month, nor did he meet Wang Xiang who came to Chengdu City when he arrived.

Wang Xiang entered the inn and sat opposite Mr. Xie, who had moved into the inn and assisted in government affairs, drank tea and talked about everything from the Jian family and Chengdu Prefecture for a long time, sighing.

A few days later, in the middle of the night, Jian Xiang quietly passed away.

Jian Xiang’s funeral was prepared long ago. When it was dawn, the Prime Minister’s Mansion was already white from inside to outside.

Li Ran and Xie Ze just woke up and had to report, washed up in a hurry, and came out after changing into plain clothes.

Li Ran's legs had improved a lot, and the wheelchair of solid wood was really bumpy and heavy. She asked someone to make a crutch, prop it out, and get in the car and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The Prime Minister went inside the gate, snow-white, but very deserted. In front of the gate, which was originally filled with vehicles and horses from morning to night, was empty, and the large open space outside the gate seemed particularly wide.

Xie Ze and Li Ran had a place to shoot away from the gate, so they got out of the car. Xie Ze helped Li Ran and slowly walked towards the gate.

Zhou E held her hands behind her back and forth, looking back and forth at the empty door, following Li Ran with a calm face.

Behind Zhou E, Huo Wencan and Wang Shi were standing side by side, saying something quietly. Li Qingning walked behind alone, looking at the pale prime minister's mansion.

Since Jian Ruzhang and Jian Ruqi died, Jian Mingzhe and his wife have fallen ill and have been in love until now, but they have not seen each other well.

Jian Ruzhang and Jian Ruqi's daughter-in-law, one guards the child and the other guards the fetus, and almost never leaves.

All the affairs of the mansion fell on Jian Ruhui. Fortunately, there was no more affairs in the Prime Minister's Mansion at this moment.

In the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Jian Xiang's coffin was placed in the middle, making it look extremely huge.

Before the coffin, Jian Mingrui was much thinner than more than a month ago. He knelt in front of the coffin with a peaceful expression, as if he didn't see Xie Ze and others slowly coming in.

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Jian Ruhui knelt opposite Jian Mingrui, watching Xie Ze help Li Ran in, walked forward a few steps, leaned over and kowtowed.

Xie Ze nodded slightly, and Li Ran bent her knees.

The group of people burned incense and worshipped each other. Xie Ze signaled Huo Wencan, Wang Shi and Li Qingning, "You can stay here and help."

After ordering the three of them, Xie Ze looked at Zhou E. Zhou E pointed out and said in a muffled voice: "I'll go to the gate. I see that there is no one in their gatehouse."

Xie Ze nodded, helped Li Ran out and got in the car and went back.

Wang found a woman in charge and asked for three sets of mourning clothes. The three of them changed into it. Outside, Mr. Xie, Wang Xiang and others had already arrived.

There was a constant stream of people coming to worship, but there was no noise, no crying, no thanks from you or me, and no one even spoke.

The abortion came in silently, burned incense in silence, and then quit in silence.

It was dark, and Wang Shi approached Jian Ruhui and said softly: "I'll guard you. You can rest for a while. The whole family is supporting you. You can't be tired anymore. Please rest assured here."

Jian Ruhui hesitated and nodded, "Then I'll be bothering you."

My father and mother are sick, my second sister-in-law is not far from giving birth, my sister-in-law is sick all the time, and my uncle doesn't care about anything...

She really can't get tired.

Jian Ruhui moved to the cubicle behind the main hall, looked at the pale lanterns shaking outside, stayed for a moment, left the cubicle, sat on the steps under the corridor, and looked up at the stars in the sky.

"You are okay?"

Li Qingning stood at the other end of the corridor, stretched his head to look at Jian Ruhui, who looked up at the sky like a stone statue. He couldn't help but say with concern.

"It's okay, there are so many stars." Jian Ruhui turned her head to look at Li Qingning.

"Well, the starry sky in Shu is better than that in the Central Plains."

Li Qingning hesitated for a while, took a few steps forward, looked at Jian Ruhui from a high position, and felt that it was not very suitable. He took a few steps back, but it was not very suitable.

Li Qingning looked around and sat on the ground, so that he would not be condescending, and it would be much better.

Jian Ruhui watched Li Qingning move forward and backward, then sat on the ground, and moved backward, which was quite strange, "Are you?"

"I stood too high just now."

Li Qingning raised his hand and gestured.

"When I was a child, although I didn't grow taller, I grew up early. When I was eight or nine years old, I grew up almost the same. A few of us studied with me, and I was the highest, half a head earlier than the prince.

Once, when my father saw the prince tilting his head to talk to me, he taught me a lesson, saying that I was ignorant, how could he let the prince tilt his head to talk to me? I should find a low place to stand, or bend my knees and bend my knees or something.

If I stand, you will feel uncomfortable tilting your head."

"I'm not the prince." Jian Ruhui couldn't help but smile.

"No, I can't speak. You've been tired for a day, so you'll be tilted and your neck feels uncomfortable. Besides, I'm tired, and I just want to sit down." Li Qingning was a little embarrassed. He never knew how to speak.

"Are you the brother of Princess Rong'an?" Jian Ruhui saw Li Qingning's embarrassment and changed the subject.

"This..." Li Qingning sighed, "It's my brother, but I'm ashamed."

"Hmm?" Jian Ruhui looked at Li Qingning in confusion.

"You must know the princess's life experience. She just returned to our house, from my grandmother to... everyone, it is not good to her, so do I.

Now, when people see me, they respect me as the princess’ brother, and I feel really ashamed.”

Li Qingning sighed again.

"You can't say that. It's not your fault for the princess to return to your mansion. After that, you will definitely have your difficulties. It's better to do your brother's duty in the future." Jian Ruhuikuan explained.

"Yes, Huo San said so, Huo San said, "Whether my brother is good or not, Huo San is smarter than me." But that's it... What you said is that the past has passed, and you can only look at the future."

Li Qingning was halfway through speaking and changed his mind.

"How old are you to read with the prince?" Jian Ruhui changed the topic.

"At the age of five, I picked three companions at that time, including Huo San and Wang Jiasanlang, the grandson of the Wang Xiang,"

Li Qingning paused and explained:

"My second sister married Wang Sanlang. Among the three of us, Wang Sanlang is the best in terms of knowledge and Huo San to talk about kung fu."

"The Wang family is well-educated. Master Huo San is Huo Shuai's youngest son, so his kung fu is naturally not bad. I heard Weng Weng talk about your father, it is rare to be brave. Don't you brothers follow him?"

"My elder brother looks quite like my father. During the years when my elder brother was born, my mother has been with her father. My elder brother grew up in the military camp. The grandmother said that he learned to walk with a knife.

My second brother was born in the military camp, but my second brother was born prematurely. My mother didn't dare to take him by my side, so I was sent to the grandmother. I was also born in the military camp. My third sister was born in the capital.

but,"

Li Qingning stopped talking and then continued:

"The third sister is only half a year older than the princess. After that, my father didn't let my mother follow her anymore, and my mother was unwilling to follow her again. At that time, my elder brother was older and could follow her father to fight. My second brother, and I, and three sisters, all grew up in the Beijing house.

You should know that in the city, my grandmother did everything to survive. Our family has no rules and no background. According to the grandmother, if you don’t know how to raise children, you will know that you can have enough food and clothing. Therefore, our children, except for my elder brother, are not very promising."

"After a while, you followed King Rong'an to handle government affairs and praised you for your proper handling. How could you say you were useless?"

Jian Ruhui looked at Li Qingning.

"Oh, this."

Li Qingning smiled a little embarrassedly.

"When Huo San and I first followed the prince to deal with chores, everyone praised him. The prince taught me and Huo San a lesson and said that this praise was not because we did a good job, but because we were people around the prince, and we had to praise him. In fact, it was not praise, but to please him.

At this moment, this praise is the same as the praise that follows the prince. It is not that I did a good job, but that I am in this position.

It can't be taken seriously."

"It's extremely rare that you can understand these things." Jian Ruhui looked at Li Qingning again.

"I'm a stupid person." Li Qingning sighed.

Recently, Huo San has to say at least ten or eight chapters in the past ten or eight chapters in a day.

"You are not stupid." Jian Ruhui looked at Li Qingning with her head, "Are you married? Have you been married?"

"Not yet, I haven't gotten married or got engaged. I'm a stupid person, and I'm ugly." Li Qingning pointed to his face.

Jian Ruhui wanted to laugh and held back.

"Then do you have someone you like at home?"

"My grandmother fell in love with Huo San's sister, but Huo San's mother didn't like me, and Huo San's sister didn't like me either. It's not that I didn't like her, I always regarded her as my own sister, just like my third sister."

Li Qingning looked at Jian Ruhui carefully.

"Did the prince ask you to come to Shuzhong?" Jian Ruhui met Li Qingning's gaze, and Li Qingning hurriedly avoided.

"Well, I said I was asking me to come and protect the princess, but in fact."

Li Qingning spread his hands and smiled dryly.

"An Xiaowu often said that the princess should have a surname An. He said this because the princess is very powerful and the prince is even more powerful. There is something really wrong. I think it is the princess who protect me."

"Do the prince know what you said?"

"The prince knows, how can the prince not know? He is very smart, Huo San said..."

Li Qingning's words came to an abrupt end.

"What did you say?" Jian Ruhui looked at Li Qingning with her head turned and asked afterwards.
To be continued...