Chapter 16: Funeral

"Hmm?" Lan Ruofeng looked down at her. To be honest, every time Lan Ruoyan called him for something, his tone seemed to change a thousand times, which made him feel that something was wrong.

"In the past, I can't let the senior sister hear it." Lan Ruoyan signaled that there was someone beside her and whispered.

"Huh?! What can't I hear!? Wen Wei's hearing was so good that she immediately found the whispers of their brothers and sisters. In her opinion, she and the Lan brothers and sisters should have no secrets.

"Ye, just leave some space for me and the smoke." The implication is to ask her to stand on the sidelines.

"You--" Wen Wei was not convinced. She looked at Lan Ruoyan and said with a smile, "Sister, is there nothing to avoid my handle?"

"Sister, my brother is right." Lan Ruoyan smiled gently, and her voice was gentle, which made it difficult to refute.

Lan Ruoyan, who is familiar with her personality, certainly knows that she is soft but not hard. All right, all right, you talk and don't let me hear it!" Wen Wei covered her ears and turned her head.

gave Lan Ruoyan an admiration look, and Lan Ruofeng walked aside with her, "Okay, sister can say it now."

"Actually, it's about your sister and you. Brother, what are you going to do?" Lan Ruoyan looked at Wen Wei over there.

"My father doesn't want Wen Wei to be my wife, and Wen Wei doesn't want to be my wife. I'm really embarrassed to be caught in the middle. I really don't know what to do. It's not good to offend either side. Lan Ruofeng pressed his forehead, and he was about to make it difficult to sleep and eat. Sister, can you help me think of a way not to make my father angry and make Wen Wei my wife?

"This... In fact, my father has always disliked the place of her senior sister, but her background. I think if she can have a better mother's family and her careless personality. Lan Ruoyan said and frowned, "A person's life may be changed, but his nature can't be changed. If we force our senior sister to become the kind of celebrity that our father likes, it will not be our senior sister.

"I never thought about it. Alas, I can't find a solution." Lan Ruofeng is also bent under his lips.

"...If you really can't do both, please ask your brother to give up one. This matter has been dragging on like this, which is not good for you and your senior sister. You are the only son of the Lan family and have never married. Even if your father no longer cares, people outside will come to disturb you. Lan Ruoyan said the truth. If they are together, it will only make everyone feel uncomfortable. It's better not to be together.

"No! I won't let go of Wen Wei!" Lan Ruofeng listened to Lan Ruoyan's words and subconsciously shouted this sentence firmly.

Wen Wei suddenly heard this sentence in the distance. She was first happy and then surprised. Then she was worried when she thought more. She ran over quickly, looked at them and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Lan Ruoyan smiled and said, "My brother said that if you don't marry, you are going to go back today and tell your father about your marriage."

"Ah?! Really?" Wen Wei looked at Lan Ruofeng in surprise.

"This--" Lan Ruofeng was a little annoyed, which was obviously calculated by Lan Ruoyan. But seeing Wen Wei's expression full of expectation, he didn't want to be shocked. Anyway, sooner or later, there will be a showdown with his father. He simply nodded, "Yes, when I go back today, I will tell my father about our marriage." He didn't expect that Wen Wei's happy eyes were wet after listening to it. Lan Ruofeng suddenly felt that this sentence should have been said earlier.

The three continued to walk forward again. Before they arrived at the door, they saw Xuanyuanchen's frame. Lan Ruoyan's footsteps slowed down by two beats and thought that it was natural to save Xuanyuansheng, but somehow they were still afraid of facing Xuanyuanchen. She felt that she was not promising. Didn't she decide to turn her heart into a cold stone again? Why can't you do it...

When they approached, the carriage had not moved. Liu Ya, who was waiting at the door, was a little strange when he saw Lan Ruoyan. He saluted thousands of people and said, "Mother Jin'an."

"Get up." Lan Ruoyan said flatly, and his eyes did not dare to look at the carriage.

Liu Ya just got up, and Xuanyuanchen's call came from the other side of the carriage, "Liu Ya, come here!"

"Yes!" Liu Ya hurried over. After Xuanyuan Chen whispered to him through the curtain, he let the driver leave.

Lan Ruoyan thought that he would not let Liu Ya invite himself in and then be banned!

As soon as Xuanyuanchen's carriage left, Liu Ya ran over and said, "The prince said that the Empress must be hungry now. She has asked someone to prepare breakfast in the house and ask her to eat and rest early."

"Is that all?!" He didn't let her be banned or angry?! And with such considerate words, Lan Ruoyan couldn't believe that Xuanyuanchen said it.

" That's all. Mother, go in quickly." Liu Ya made a gesture of invitation.

looked at Lan Ruofeng hesitantly, who nodded to her and said, "Sister, go in quickly. Don't let the prince worry anymore."

Worried, how could he worry about me? I let the prince go, and it's too late for him to be angry! Although she thought so, Lan Ruoyan still didn't say it. She answered with a slight smile, "Hmm."

Turning around and lifting her feet up the steps, she thought of Wen Wei again. She turned around and solemnly said to Lan Ruofeng, "Brother, let's do your affairs with your sister quickly."

Lan Ruofeng heard the words and looked at Wen Wei, who turned his head with a blush. He bent the corners of his mouth and smiled and nodded. His meaning was self-evident.

Lan Ruoyan also smiled. It's okay to see a lover finally get married. Suddenly, the mood became clear, and the pace became brisk. The speed all the way back to Lanxin Pavilion was half faster than usual.

Before she saw Biyun Biyou when she went back, Lan Ruoyan knew that she would be met by two pairs of sad eyes again. Although she was a little helpless, both of them were for her good after all, and this time it was her fault. Alas, shut up and talk less.

Adhering to the principle of "silence is gold", Lan Ruoyan waited from the door to Biyun Biyou to groom and change clothes. In addition to being stared at by their extremely resentful eyes, everything else is fine.

Sitting down at the sumptuous breakfast table, Biyun respectfully handed over a pair of ivory hollow carved chopsticks, "Madam, please use it."

I just took the chopsticks, and Lan Ruoyan was going to pick up vegetables. A maid came in and reported, "Mother, the Empress is looking for a meeting outside."

"Oh, what is she doing here at this time?" Since she and the prince said that Shaofei was pregnant and didn't have to come to say hi, Shaofei has hardly come to Lanxin Pavilion. I don't know what the "big deal" is today's sudden visit!

"The Empress Shaofei came today should be for the funeral of Concubine Ye." Biyun replied in a low voice.

"The funeral of Concubine Ye? Didn't the prince say that there would be no mourning for the time being? Lan Ruoyan is puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the prince spent the night in the cherry willow courtyard last night, and he was also eating there this morning. Before he went out, he gave an order that the Empress Shaofei would take full charge of Ye's funeral." Biyou said in detail again.

"Madam, you are the imperial concubine. You should have presided over this, but you are not here this morning..." Biyun stopped talking.

So he was angry and gave Shaofei the right that should belong to me? Lan Ruoyan can't laugh or cry. She doesn't care about the rights of the imperial concubine. Why does he have to do such obvious favoritism?

After the sound, the chopsticks in Lan Ruoyan's hand had been put down. She said faintly, "Since it's such a big thing, let's wait for Shaofei to finish the important things." Maybe there will be no appetite at that time...

Sitting on the throne of Lanxin Pavilion, Lan Ruoyan looked at Shaofei's difficult kneeling down and salute, but she was not moved. She looked at Shaofei, but she was thinking about Xuanyuanchen. Why did he do this? What is the purpose of letting Concubine Shao preside over Concubine Ye's funeral instead of her? Or is it just to warn yourself?

"Mother, say no gift!" Biyun whispered in Lan Ruoyan's ear.

"Ah, no gift." Lan Ruoyan was shocked and came to her senses. Shaofei's forehead had overflowed with sweat. It seemed that it was very difficult for her to kneel down just now.

After seeing her get up, Lan Ruoyan asked directly, "I don't know what happened when Shaofei came to me today?"

"The prince ordered his concubine to preside over the funeral of Ye Fei's sister, but for many matters, the golden seal of the Empress is still needed. So--" Shaofei said slowly. Hearing the golden seal, Lan Ruoyan was unhappy all over. The golden seal of the imperial concubine represented her identity. How could she use it for her side concubine?

"If Shaofei is pregnant, it is not appropriate to overwork. The prince is also a careless person. Why doesn't he care about Shaofei?" Lan Ruoyan interrupted Shaofei's words and smiled kindly, "Since I need to use a gold seal, it must be an important matter. Just hand it over to Lanxin Pavilion to deal with me. As the Empress of the Zhenggong, this is also what I should do."

As soon as Liu Yuying heard this, she knew that Lan Ruoyan had no intention of giving her a golden seal. She scolded her cunning in her heart, but she still said patiently, "The prince said that he would let my concubine deal with it and ask the Empress to be able to accommodate it."

"Full disposal depends on the scope of this power. Shaofei, your request seems to be a little too much." The subtext is that you have gone beyond your power. Lan Ruoyan said in a low voice, and her smile faded early and turned into a straight face.

"Whether it's over or not, please ask the prince to make a decision." Liu Yuying was very calm and still smiled indifferently.

"Then wait for the prince to come back and make a decision! Shaofei should be tired after standing for so long. For the sake of the sake of the children, it's better to go back to Yingliuyuan early to rest. Lan Ruoyan stood up and looked condescendingly at Shaofei. She didn't give in. Although she didn't know why, subconsciously she seemed to not give in to this step.

Even if she feels that the miscellaneous things in the royal palace are piled up in front of her, even if she doesn't like Nangong Jinzhi, even if she doesn't really want to take the gold seal to big, she doesn't know why, she just doesn't want to give the golden seal to Shaofei.

"In this case, let's wait for the prince to come back. The concubine left." After Liu Yuying bowed and saluted, she slowly retreated.

I guessed that it was time for Shaofei to leave Lanxin Pavilion. Biyun said to Lan Ruoyan in a normal-sized voice, "Your Majesty, you should be like this. There is only one position of the imperial concubine, and there is only one hostess of the royal palace. You are the woman who should stand side by side with the prince. The golden seal symbolizes your identity. How can you give Shaofei a side concubine so easily?

Biyun's words made Lan Ruoyan suddenly realize! In fact, what she cares about is not the golden seal, but her position in Xuanyuanchen's heart. How could... she care about Xuanyuan Chen so much!

Seeing that Lan Ruoyan's face changed slightly, Biyou thought she was hungry and said quickly, "Mother, eat quickly. It doesn't taste good when it gets cold later."

"Yes, I also need to have breakfast." Lan Ruoyan muttered and walked down. After realizing that she cared about Xuanyuanchen, she began to feel uneasy.

Told to yourself over and over again, Ye Sanger, what's wrong with you? Didn't you decide not to trust anyone anymore? Why do you still miss a cold-blooded man...

I don't know what time it was. Lan Ruoyan had been sitting there motionless. She didn't even hear Xuanyuanchen's voice "The Prince arrived" loudly.

Xuanyuanchen walked all the way in and saw that Biyun Biyou was about to call Lan Ruoyan, so he made a silent gesture to them, then waved them back and gently walked behind Lan Ruoyan.

"I haven't seen you for a day, Sonny is more worried than me, the regent." With a joke, Xuanyuanchen has actually been thinking about how to get along with Lan Ruoyan since last night so that she won't feel comfortable.

He knew that Xuanyuansheng was taken away by Lan Ruoyan, but he didn't blame her. He couldn't bear to kill an innocent child. He asked Rose to tell Sheng'er the truth, which is to give Sheng'er a choice. In the future, when he grows up, whether to avenge him, the uncle who killed his biological parents.

"Ah! When did you come!?" Lan Ruoyan was shocked when she heard Xuanyuan Chen's voice. She turned her head and looked up at Xuanyuan Chen, looking stunned.

"I just came here, but you didn't notice. What are you thinking about being so distracted?" Xuanyuan asked with a smile.

"I--" Lan Ruoyan thought that her mind was full of Xuanyuanchen just now, but she didn't blush. She turned her head and said flatly, "Nothing."

"Is it really nothing?" Xuanyuanchen leaned into her ear and asked with a soft smile. The heat sprayed on **'s earlobe, and Lan Ruoyan was thrilled.

How have you ever seen Xuanyuan Chen "sunshine" like this? Lan Ruoyan stood up, took a deep breath, and turned around with a serious face, "Your Majesty, do you know where I went last night?"

Realizing that Lan Ruoyan was going to tell him about Xuanyuansheng, Xuanyuan Chen's smile also disappeared. He looked directly at Lan Ruoyan and said, "I know. You went to the palace and sent Sheng'er away. Old naughty boy, Su Mu, Lan Ruofeng and Wen Yao are all with you.

Sure enough, Xuanyuanchen's intelligence system should not be underestimated. Lan Ruoyan lowered her eyes and whispered, "Then will you still pursue it?"

"I didn't pursue it in the first place." Xuanyuanchen replied directly, "Last time, after you saved Murong Qingqing and Sheng'er, I didn't go to them again. There are no names of Murong Qingqing and Sheng'er in this Maze murder plan."

"Then why did she kill her sister?" Lan Ruoyan didn't believe it. Without his order, how could Rosemary kill one more person?

"Song'er, don't you believe me?" Xuanyuanchen's eyes slipped with a trace of pain, "I know you don't want their mother and son to have something to do, and I also know that you care about them. I will even feel uncomfortable when I see you frown. Why would I do something that makes you sad again? Rosemary made her own decision, and I have punished her. Sonny, believe me, okay?"

Rosem made her own decision... Thinking of the enchanting woman, Lan Ruoyan's heart was throbbing. A woman would indeed do something that lost her mind for a man. She was already full of jealousy of herself, and it was normal to kill Murong Qingqing to stimulate herself, as it seemed.

She has unconsciously believed his words and loved someone. Whether what he said is true or not, she will believe that he is true. Therefore, love is irrational... Lan Ruoyan knew this truth and chose to believe it. It's probably like this. She also wants to make herself feel better.

"Saner, I won't pursue anyone. You can rest assured." Xuanyuanchen approached and took her hand and said softly.

"Then you--" Lan Ruoyan looked up at him, "Can you tell me why you sent someone to spy on me?"

"Just protection..." Xuan Yuanchen sighed and reached out and rubbed Lan Ruoyan's cheek. "Do you know how many people coveted your life?"

"..." This is a fact. If she dies, the most reliable contact between Xuanyuanchen and Lan Qifeng will be cut off. There is no way to refute that no matter what he does, the starting point is for her good. Lan Qifeng sent blue clouds to travel, one for protection and the other for surveillance. Even his father is like this. It's normal for him to care so much and send people to stare at him all the time.

"Sang'er, I heard the ripple report that you stepped on the snow barefoot, why did you--" Xuanyuanchen saw Lan Ruoyan's eyes calm down and asked him about his doubts,

"I don't want to talk about this, my lord, please don't ask. Lord, in addition, this morning, Shaofei came here to ask me for the golden seal..." Lan Ruoyan remembered the matter of Shaofei and asked.

"If she wants it, just give it to her." As soon as Xuanyuan Chen heard this, he didn't think much about it and answered directly.

"Why?!" Lan Ruoyan asked in shock.

"Sang'er, she can do this matter, so don't worry about it. This... I have my own plan." Xuanyuan Chen restrained his eyebrows and his expression was extremely solemn. Whenever he is like this, Lan Ruoyan's heart will also be covered with a haze. Is it a thing after all?

nodded, Lan Ruoyan pulled her hand back from Xuanyuanchen's hand, walked into the inner room, and took a brocade box in a short time. After opening it, it was the golden seal of the imperial concubine holding the red sun. She handed the box to Xuanyuanchen, "I haven't used this thing many times, but it's heavy and should be important. Since the prince wants to use it, let it be handed over to her in person.

The funeral election will be held three days later. Before this, although the servants who ran back and forth from the palace were in a hurry, there were organized arrangements of Shaofei, and they also had their own positions and were busy. Lan Ruoyan's eyes are calm on the surface, but her heart is beating hard. Shaofei seems to be more suitable for the role of "housekeeper" than her. Her ability is in modern times, and I'm afraid she is at least a general manager. ai——

Biyun, who served around her, seemed to see her thoughts and said softly, "Mother, it will be good for you to deal with this matter. Don't worry about it."