Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 1724

Zhao Liren said he was stepping down.

The prince then said to Shi Anxia, "My sister is not feeling well, but she has to work hard for me. This is really my fault."

Shi Anxia was humble and respectful, lowering her head slightly, "It is my honor to be able to share my brother's worries."

It was only when Xiao Zhi saw Shi Anxia's bulging belly that he remembered that she shouldn't have come to the funeral home while pregnant, and he felt even more guilty.

Shi Anxia saw his expression and raised a light arc at the corner of her lips, "It's okay, the heroic spirit of the North Wing will protect my son, my royal brother, don't worry."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then Shi Anxia stepped aside.

The prince dressed himself up and burned incense in front of the coffin. The smoke rising from the incense burner was distorted and seemed to have the shadow of war.

Finally, he looked around the simple mourning hall and saw that although the Chi family was in a mess, they were dressed in red and green. He couldn't help but darken his eyes and said in a voice colder than the autumn wind, "The Chi family is really not worthy of my North Wing Heroic Soul."

Old Master Chi didn't dare to breathe, and everyone in the Chi family was trembling with fear, all regretting that they didn't set up Chi Yue's mourning hall in the main hall.

It was more than just regret. It was a deep, heart-wrenching regret.

On this day, the bluestone slabs that the crown prince's black boots stepped on had not yet dried when the six ministries' carriages arrived one after another.

Next came the blue-covered carriages of civil and military officials, which blocked the alley. The noble families of the capital, including the dukes, marquises, and earls, all lined up to pay tribute to the dead hero.

Finally, even Confucian scholars from all the major academies came, their white clothes whiter than snow, standing in the rain like a white pine forest.

At some point, ordinary people also lined up silently on the street corners, holding rough porcelain bowls filled with thick wine.

The Chi family has never been so prosperous.

After all the officials entered the Chi Mansion, they had to walk through many twists and turns to the winding and simple side courtyard.

They all said, "The Chi family is too outrageous!"

“It can be seen that the Chi family siblings are having a hard time.”

"Poor my North Wing hero!"

Chi Shuang cried so hard that she almost died.

Shi Anxia gently held her cold hand, and stroked the wrinkles on her sleeves soaked with tears with her fingertips. "Miss Chi, do you know why it has been raining these days?"

Chi Shuang looked up in shock. The rain curtains hanging from the eaves cast tiny shadows on her pale face. "I don't know."

Shi Anxia wiped away the tears that were about to fall from her cheek with a silk handkerchief. "Without the scorching sun, the dead souls can return home under the rain. As the saying goes, the old friends walk on the wet road, and we walk on the dry road. Only water can connect the Yin and Yang worlds. Because the dead are hidden in the clouds. Only when the rain falls can they return to the world to see the people they want to see."

Hearing this, Chi Shuang cried even harder.

She used to be most afraid of coffins, always thinking there were ghosts inside.

Later, after her father was carried away in a coffin, she realized that what she had been afraid of as a child was actually the person whom others thought about day and night but would never see again.

Shi Anxia asked Bei Hui to bring over a box containing the land deed and the house deed. "This is the house your brother bought before he went to war. He wanted to give it to you as a dowry."

Chi Shuang was half-believing and half-doubting, "No way? He gave me all the money he received in the army. Where did he get the money to buy a house?"

Shi Anxia lied without blinking, "Your brother joined the Vanguard Camp, and he followed the Vanguard Envoy to make meritorious deeds several times in the capital. But their mission must be kept secret, so the reward must also be kept secret. After he bought the house, he kept it in the hands of the Vanguard Envoy. Now it's time to return it to you."