The chief steward at the door was stunned when he saw the three people coming out. He looked inside and knew that they were probably not on the same page again!

He quickly called for a sedan chair and sent the three of them to the side room.

In the wing room, the charcoal basin and bed were ready-made. The chief steward introduced them attentively:

"This room is newly furnished. All the utensils and bedding are new. There is also a floor heating system. If you still feel cold, I will ask someone to bring a charcoal basin!"

Ning Weizhou waved his hand, and the chief steward understood and left with a smile. Gu Feiwan winked at Qinglin at the door, and Qinglin immediately took out a banknote from his pocket and handed it over: "Thank you, chief steward!"

The chief steward immediately looked embarrassed: "I am serving my master, so how can I take the responsibility..."

Before he could finish his words, Ning Weizhou scolded him impatiently: "Just take it if I give it to you. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

The chief steward quickly took the banknote and disappeared in a flash!

She was the only one left in the room. Ali had sat down beside the charcoal brazier without knowing when, and continued to roast her sweet potatoes.

"I'll go to the front, you and Anran stay here and take a nap when you're tired. All the guests coming to pay their respects should be here tomorrow, and we'll be busy then." Ning Weizhou checked the doors and windows before he felt relieved.

He looked at Ah Li again and said, "Don't just think about your sweet potatoes. The people who chased me back then were from Ning Mansion. You better be alert!"

Ahri turned over the sweet potato and curled her lips: "I checked just now, there were a few secret sentries, but I treated them to sweet potatoes, and now they are all asleep!"

"..."

Ning Weizhou knew Ahri's temper. When he found this little girl, she was like this.

He is a martial arts expert, his whereabouts are unpredictable, his background is unknown, he doesn't care about anything around him, he only listens to Ning Weizhou.

But if the white rabbit she raised broke its leg, she would hold it and cry for half a day, until her eyes became redder than the rabbit's!

Gu Feiwan wanted to go with him to keep watch, but this time, no matter what she said, Ning Weizhou refused to allow her to do so. In desperation, she had to put her cloak on Ning Weizhou:

"Don't freeze yourself. Take a nap when you have free time. An Ran and I are here. If you get too tired, who will protect us?"

"Yes, father, you must take care of yourself. Your daughter is still young and will be bullied without your father's protection!"

An Ran spoke in a coquettish voice, pulling Ning Weizhou's sleeve and shaking him.

Ning Weizhou's heart was lifted to the sky by two women, one big and one small, who patted their chests and promised:

"Don't worry, I can protect you!"

The wind was freezing cold. Although the Chinese New Year had passed, it was three degrees colder than during the Spring Festival.

There were sporadic cries floating in the sky above the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

In the mourning hall, Ning Nanshun burned paper money, his eyes were red, and he muttered to himself:

"Mother, why did you leave? Didn't you eat two peach cakes yesterday? You also said that peach cakes were too sweet and told me not to buy them anymore. Chestnut cakes were better!"

"My son had already told the shopkeeper that he would bring you the first basket of chestnut crisps this morning, but why did you leave?"

"You left without telling me anything. Where did you put the land deed and the silver?"

Madam Ning kept her head down the whole time, and the handkerchief in her hand was clenched tighter and tighter!

Ning Beian knelt straight, his eyes dull, as if he was looking at his mother's portrait, and through the portrait, he saw the past.

Mrs. Ning's eyes were filled with heartache. She knew the regret and sorrow in her husband's heart.

In Madam Ning's eyes, there was only one youngest son, but this youngest son was a fool and caused so many troubles.

But since the heart has already been biased, how can we still talk about reason?

Ning Beian has been chasing after the maternal love that he never had all his life, but he suddenly realized not long ago that it’s not that Old Madam Ning doesn’t have maternal love, but that she couldn’t give even a little bit of it to him, her eldest son!

After waking up, Ning Beian started to become tough, started to talk back, and started to poke his mother's heart everywhere!

I thought the mother and son would fight for many more years, but only a few days later, Madam Ning passed away so suddenly!

Her death will leave Ning Beian with eternal regret and remorse!

If I had known that my mother didn't have much time left, why would I have bothered with her?

After being a filial son for half of his life, he failed in the last few days!

This became a knot in Ning Beian's heart that he couldn't get over!

So Madam Ning hated her mother-in-law, she had never hated her so much before!

Since you are going to die anyway, why not die sooner?

Ning Beian died before he realized his mistake. That kind of grief can be healed by time!

Only irreparable guilt will follow a person for a lifetime!

Ning Weizhou stood by the door, looking at the expressions of the people in the mourning hall, sneering in his heart.

This is the Ning family. Everyone has their own thoughts and interests are the top priority. What does human life matter?

How could a simple and kind-hearted mother have a chance of survival if she fell into such a den of wolves?

The early morning in the cold winter always comes especially late, but as soon as the sky gets light, relatives of the Ning family arrive one after another.

Ning Beian would cry whenever he saw an elder. In the end, he cried so much that his voice became hoarse and he couldn't utter a word.

Ning Nanshun was a person who could not handle the situation. In desperation, the Duke of Zhenguo could only let Chen Sufen and Madam Ning take care of the front while he himself received important guests in the back.

Originally, the Duke of Zhenguo glanced at Ning Weizhou, but his eyes were like a piece of cold iron, and it made his eyes hurt!

Gu Feiwan could not be counted on any more. She only came to light a stick of incense in the early morning, and was sent back to the warm room by Ning Weizhou with a distressed look on his face.

The cooks in the General's Mansion walked in the morning light and brought hot meals to their masters, which made the Duke of Zhenguo unable to swallow the porridge in his bowl!

But soon, someone else said what the Duke of Zhenguo couldn't say!

"Is this Xiaozhou? He's so handsome, come and let your aunt see him!" The speaker was a middle-aged woman, a distant cousin of the Ning family. Because she married not far from the capital, she had occasional contacts with the Zhenguo Mansion in the past few years.

"Are you married? If not, your aunt can find one for you?" The woman was very enthusiastic, probably because Ning Weizhou was wearing mourning clothes, which made him look particularly harmless.

But how could Madam Ning not know Ning Weizhou’s temper?

Before Ning Weizhou could get angry, he pulled the man aside and said, "Xiaozhou got married years ago, and even the emperor and empress came to the wedding..."

"Since he's married, where's his wife?" The woman seemed to have heard some great news: "When the grandmother passed away, the grandson's wife should have knelt in front of the coffin for five full days, but why is Xiaozhou's wife not there?"

After looking around and not seeing the young woman kneeling, he started to shout again: "Could it be the daughter of some noble family? This is the mansion of the Duke of Zhenguo, even a princess would have to kowtow three times!"

During funerals, there are always a lot of mixed people coming in to watch the fun, even among the relatives there are some who come to watch the fun.

"Aunt, your niece-in-law is extremely famous. It would take more than a few words to introduce her!"

Madam Ning glared at him angrily, and the person who spoke shrank his neck and hid in the crowd.

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