Chapter 133: Hungry Ghost Festival Sacrifice

In the blink of an eye, July 15th is the Hungry Ghost Festival.

  Before dawn, Xuan Li was sent to the general's mansion by the secret guard while he was half asleep and half awake at night, with a confused look on his face.

  "How do you send me to the general's residence?"

  "I was ordered by the emperor to send His Highness Eleven to the general's residence."

  "Why?"

  "I don't know, the emperor only asked me to protect His Highness."

  "Okay!" Xuan Li Ye accepted his fate, found Ruan Ruan's boudoir, climbed onto her bed, and fell asleep.

  The secret guard went to Shen Hong to convey the emperor's command.

  "Will you stay for half a month?"

  "Yes."

  "No problem. During this half month, I will protect His Highness Eleven." Shen Hong thought that the emperor must have found something. His daughter's voice revealed that His Highness Eleven would During this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, he drowned in a large lake in the Imperial Garden.

  I originally thought I had given His Highness the Eleventh Prince a peace charm, but I didn't expect that the Emperor was still worried.

  Cheng Yurong got up early in the morning and was busy preparing for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The tributes needed to worship the immortal include a roasted suckling pig, a cooked cow's head, a steamed big rooster, and a roasted lamb.

  There are also several large plates of fruits, pastries, etc.

  A few days ago, she also bought a lot of paper money for incense candles, as well as a lot of paper colorful clothes, headscarves, hats, shoes and boots.

  These will also be distributed to more than a hundred servants, allowing them to use incense, candles, paper money, and worship their ancestors in the mansion.

  Cheng Yurong and several children also folded thousands of gold ingots out of gold foil paper, which were also burned to the ancestors.

  There is an ancestral hall in the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion, where the rankings of all the Shen family's ancestors are kept.

  The old patriarch took all the Shen family's descendants in Beijing, more than a hundred of them, to the General's Mansion carrying several tributes, incense, candles, paper money.

  This time Shen Zhongsheng also arrived at the General's Mansion on time with his second wife, but he didn't bring anything.

  Ruan Ruan also came to the ancestral hall with his five brothers, taking turns to worship their ancestors according to their seniority.

  She had been worried about Xuan Liye, what would happen if he was seen by Shen Qingqiu.

  Because tonight is the day of his death in the book, Xuan Beichen will arrange for someone to lure him to the big lake in the Imperial Garden in the middle of the night, and push him into the lake to drown him while he is not paying attention.

  Shen Qingqiu saw that Shen Ruanruan was liked and loved by all the tribesmen, but she was ignored, and she was so angry that she scratched the handkerchief in her hand.

  Shen Zhongsheng burst into tears and talked about how desolate his life was without his son, as well as the sadness of raising grandchildren.

  He also scolded his eldest son Shen Hong for being unfilial, not coming to greet him every day, not taking care of him when he was sick, and not giving him filial piety money.

  Shen Hong pretended not to hear and had no reaction. It was not the first time he met his father. He had used this trick for so many years.

  As long as he pretends not to hear or see, he can break the situation by ignoring it.

  Cheng Yurong endured it. She was Shen Zhongsheng's daughter-in-law and could not refute or disobey her father-in-law.

  The five Shen Zhiyuan brothers were holding back their anger, especially when they saw Shen Shaosheng's proud look, they wanted to beat him to death on the spot.

  In fact, last year, the five brothers took turns asking someone to put a sack on Shen Shaosheng. The next day, he was found soaking in a smelly puddle with a bruised nose and a swollen face like a pig's head.

  Ruan Ruan When Shen Zhongsheng was mourning for himself, her attention was focused on Shen Qiong.

  According to the father, Shen Qingqiu hooked up with Xuan Beichen again. Despite all the precautions, she still failed to prevent them.

  The author's writing skills are really powerful. He managed to prevent the daytime for several months, but actually wrote that the two of them met in the forest in the middle of the night one day.

  When the emperor learned that Xuan Beichen left the palace in the middle of the night, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He could not show it, let alone punish him.

  Shen Qingqin originally planned to take the first step to bury false evidence of treason and treason in the big house. Last year, this move failed, and Shen Hong moved his family out of the mansion early.

  In the second step, she planned and Xuan Beichen executed it, killing His Highness Eleven first, and then the Empress died of excessive sadness.

  The third step was to add chronic poison to the emperor's diet, leaving him paralyzed in bed and unable to speak.     The fourth step was to let His Royal Highness fall from his horse and die.

  The fifth step is to kill the entire Shen Hong and Cheng family, and then deal with the queen's natal family and bribe other celebrities and nobles.

  The sixth step was to let several princes compete for the throne, Xuan Beichen stabbed him in the back, and finally he sat on the throne.

  Ruan Ruan was confident of keeping Xuan Liye, but he was afraid that something would happen to the palace.

  Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Shen Zhongsheng winked and asked Old Yang to join in.

  "Master, why is your life so miserable? Your younger son is gone, your eldest son is unfilial, and your eldest daughter-in-law pretends not to see you. All of them are unfilial, and it is not allowed by nature."

  Old Yang squeezed out two drops of crocodile Tears, a pair of triangular eyes rolled around, peeking at everyone present.

  Little Yang also cried softly. She was really crying. She had been very unhappy in the past six months.

  Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Yang, targeted her everywhere and scolded her every day, even to the point of beating her.

  She was not allowed to go out, even to buy rouge.

  "Shut up! You have no shame." The old patriarch was so noisy by Yang's crying that his head hurt.

  "Shen Zhongsheng, the sacrifice is over. You take your concubine back."

  "What's wrong? I haven't eaten yet." Shen Zhongsheng pretended to be aggrieved.

  "What are you eating? Did you bring any tribute? It's embarrassing. Go back to your home." The old patriarch was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and hit Shen Zhongsheng with his cane.

  "Just leave, why are you hitting people?" Shen Zhongsheng quickly jumped away to avoid this disaster.

  Shen Zhongsheng was holding back his anger after not getting any benefits from Shen Hong for more than a year.

  The same goes for Ms. Yang. She used to cry, make trouble, and hang herself to get some advantage from Shen Hong, but these few times, she didn't get any advantage at all. It really made her feel uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable than the death of her parents.

  "Grandpa Patriarch, don't be angry. You are old and you need to cultivate yourself well. Shaosheng will take grandpa back immediately and will not disturb the life of the uncle's family."

  Shen Shaosheng stepped out to be the peacemaker, looking sensible and filial.

  Shen Qingqiu also walked out, saluted the old patriarch and smiled at Yan Yan.

  "Grandpa Patriarch, take a break. My grandfather and grandma just miss my father so much that they are so rude. I hope you can forgive me."

  The old patriarch and the Shen family's children did not speak, and ignored the people in the second room. Everyone knew who the second room was. How dare they pay attention to him? They don't interact with each other on weekdays.

  What's more, this year the big houses are taking them to make a lot of money.

  "Ugh~" Little Yang suddenly covered his mouth, his face pale.

  Everyone turned their attention to her.

  "I...I feel uncomfortable in my stomach. I'm vomiting. Sorry, I'll go ahead. I'm vomiting." She explained in a panic. Seeing that she could no longer hide it, she ran away holding her stomach.

  Old Yang was stunned and his eyes were as big as a bell.

  Little Yang vomited, this reaction was too much like that of a pregnant woman.

  Could it be...she is pregnant?

  No no no! How can it be?

  The people present didn't have any idea. They were all men, and they didn't know what morning sickness was.

  ...

  Xuan Li hid in Ruan Ruan's bedroom at night and could not come out to be seen by outsiders.

  He had a great time playing with the two kittens. After raising them for half a month, they were already chubby, just like Ruan Ruan.

  "You two... look exactly like your little master, hahaha..."