Suddenly hearing that the old lord had passed away, Feng Jue and Cheng Jing's thoughts reached a high degree of unity.
Take the opportunity to stir up trouble!
There was much to be done here!
However, Liu Zhai was shrewd. He had long thought of this possibility and concluded the old lord's death in advance.
If he had been a step later, the news of "an unfilial granddaughter separating from the family and the death of her seventy-year-old grandmother" would have spread far and wide.
Feng Jue sneered. "It seems that the Liu family's foothold in Hejian County is not entirely based on luck."
Cheng Jing put his hands in his sleeves and looked at Feng Jue calmly.
"After all, they are gentry. It is their nature and instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm …"
This was considered a crisis public relations. The Liu family's response to this matter was commendable.
The corners of Feng Jue's lips curled into a sneer. There was a hint of mockery in his words. "With this, the Liu family is completely safe."
The old lord was the old lord of the Liu family. She had a special meaning to the entire clan. Her funeral was also the funeral of the entire clan.
Huang Song did not want to be criticized by the world and be reviled in the history books. Naturally, he could not let anything happen to the Liu family during the funeral of the old lord.
This was a disguised death-exemption medallion.
Cheng Jing's eyelids darkened. He said coldly, "It's just a petty trick."
He had done a good job of creating a funeral crisis. He had indirectly attacked Huang Song and protected himself. At the same time, he had expressed his goodwill to Jiang Pengji and helped her find a reason to send troops.
After this matter, even if Jiang Pengji did not put the Liu family in an important position, she could not completely leave the Liu family to rot.
When Huang Song knew about this, he immediately put on a bitter face.
After a long while, he let out a long sigh and instructed his wife, Qi Chaolan, to help him prepare a small memorial gift.
Lady Qi asked him, "Why do you prepare this? An elder in the family has passed away? "
Huang Song said, "It's not that the elder in the family has passed away. Lanting's grandmother has passed away. As a good friend of Lanting, I am naturally considered a junior of the old lady. According to my friendship with Lanting, the old lady has passed away. It is reasonable for me to be present to mourn. "
A trace of astonishment flashed in Lady Qi's eyes. At the same time, she felt a little helpless and amused.
Huang Song and Jiang Pengji's personal friendship was really good, but both of them plotted against each other. Their friendship was too strange.
"That old lady is the grandmother of the Duke of Lanting. Judging from her age, it should be a joyous funeral." Lady Qi's mind raced, and she roughly knew what to prepare. She asked Huang Song hesitantly, "At this critical juncture, the old madam has passed away. Won't Langjun be passive?"
Huang Song spread his hands and rolled his eyes, looking as if he had nothing left to live for.
"The outside world is saying that I took Hejian County, imprisoned the Liu Family, and scared Old Madam to death."
Logically, it made sense, but Huang Song still felt that it was a scapegoat.
If it wasn't for Lady Liu's quick decision, he would have pushed the blame onto his good friend, Jiang Pengji.
Perhaps Jiang Pengji's decision to separate from the main family had angered the stubborn and old-fashioned old man to the point of having a stroke!
Unfortunately, Huang Song had already been splashed with a basin of dirty water. If he didn't care and splashed it back, it would only make things worse.
Rather than that, he might as well be more magnanimous and take the initiative to pay his respects as a junior. That way, he would be able to clear his name.
No matter what, he had only indirectly "angered" the Old Madame to death. It was not intentional.
Lady Qi raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "Are there really people out there who can't distinguish right from wrong?"
Huang Song said, "They're just some ignorant people. This little bit of evil can't hurt me."
Lady Qi felt uncomfortable.
"In that case, you still want to pay your respects?"
If it were her, she would have vomited to death.
"Lanting is in Wanzhou. She definitely won't be able to make it on the seventh day of the first month. She won't be able to attend grandmother's funeral. I've been friends with her for a while, so I should help her. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if it's not for Lanting, I should still show my attitude. Dodging and evading will only make me feel guilty. "
Lady Qi's expression relaxed slightly.
The Liu family's territory was covered with white banners. The mourning hall was cold and solemn. Whether the clan members were sincere or not, they all had to show a sorrowful expression. The Old Madame's son, daughter-in-law, daughter, son-in-law, and all the grandchildren wore mourning clothes. The sound of sobbing and mourning drifted out of the door and walls …
When Huang Song came to pay his respects, many people felt that he was really asking for a beating.
However, the situation was stronger than he was. Now that Hejian County was in Huang Song's hands, no one dared to confront him head-on.
In just a few days, Liu Zhai's gray hair had completely turned white, turning into a lifeless and lusterless silvery white. His entire body was also hunched, and his face had aged more than a year. When Huang Song arrived, Liu Zhai went forward to welcome him with the help of Liu Heng. He forced himself to cheer up and exchange greetings with Huang Song.
Huang Song put on the attitude of a junior and knew when to advance and when to retreat. Instead, it made some of the Liu family members who did not know the truth angry but had nowhere to vent their anger.
He came to pay his respects today, not just to light a stick of incense. He also wrote an elegiac oration for the Old Madame.
Of course, this elegiac oration was not written by him. He had asked Nie Xun to write it for him. His literary talent was definitely not inferior to that of a famous Confucian scholar.
After the elegiac oration, many people were sad and moved. The Old Madame's daughter and daughter-in-law wept with tears in their eyes. They were so sad that they could not restrain themselves.
With this, Huang Song fiercely made a good impression on them and washed away most of the blame he carried.
No matter how evil others were, they could not say it out loud.
Since Hejian County had fallen, Jiang Pengji had sent troops to the front line.
When the news of the Old Madame's death reached her, Jiang Pengji was stunned for a moment.
She had no impression of this cheap grandmother. She rummaged through Liu Xi's memory and barely found some scattered memories in the corner.
According to Liu Xi's memory, this grandmother treated people extremely harshly and coldly. She also hated Liu Xi to the core.
If there were not people around, she really wanted to reply that it was none of her business.
She thought so in her heart, but her face showed a horrified and sorrowful expression. Her body swayed unsteadily.
"My lord …"
"My condolences, my lord!"
Jiang Pengji's acting was too exquisite. No one could see any flaws.
No matter how they racked their brains, they could not think of a lord who could be so calm even after her grandmother died.
Oh, wasn't that her grandmother? But others did not know about this.
Jiang Pengji's blood drained. Her eyes were bloodshot and filled with tears.
She raised her hand to grab Wei Ci's hand and held it tightly. It seemed that she wanted to use it to draw strength that made him feel at ease.
Her lips moved a little. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
It was not that Jiang Pengji's acting skills were not good enough. It was just that she had no similar experience and was afraid that her acting would not be realistic. In her previous life, she did not even know who her biological parents were. When she was a few years old, she was sent by her adoptive parents to the Special Military Academy to be trained as a genetic warrior. Jiang Pengji's rationality was perfect, but there were still many gaps in her emotional side. She really could not do it if she was asked to vividly play a filial little girl who had lost her grandmother!
With a sudden inspiration, Jiang Pengji used the great technique of pretending to be unconscious that had worked every time.
Her fainting scared the hell out of people!
Qiguan Rang took advantage of the chaos to secretly take Jiang Pengji's pulse. After confirming her pulse, he released his hand without a trace.
Very good, it was not a slippery pulse!
Although Qiguan Rang had been looking forward to seeing the young lord's shadow, if the lord was pregnant at this juncture, he would really be in trouble.
It was fine as long as she was not pregnant!
Jiang Pengji's heart was beating like a drum.
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