Bai Yinan was greeting Feng Linyuan with a smiling face. Hearing this, he immediately sank his face and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Bai Nianming was so frightened that he instinctively hid behind Bai Zheng.
Feng Linyuan smiled upon seeing this and tried to defuse the situation, saying, "In front of me, your sister may not tell the truth. How about asking her next time when I'm not around?"
Bai Nianming was rendered speechless and just stared blankly at Feng Linyuan, blinking his eyes.
Bai Zheng couldn't help but laugh. She pulled her younger brother out from behind and said, "Sister will go in and tell you slowly."
Bai Nianjin also stepped forward. His eyes were full of joy at seeing his sister. But since he was older than Bai Nianming, he was much more reserved.
He pulled Bai Nianming aside and then said to Bai Zheng with a smile, "Sister, hurry in. Mother must be getting anxious waiting for you in the room."
Bai Zheng looked at her eldest younger brother who seemed to have matured a lot in just a few days and nodded. Then, surrounded by everyone, she entered the door.
Bai Yinan stared at Bai Zheng's back as she walked in and didn't move for a long time.
After a while, he turned around and said to Feng Linyuan with relief, "It seems that Zheng'er is doing very well in the Marquis Mansion."
Feng Linyuan smiled and replied gently, "Father, please rest assured."
Bai Yinan stroked his beard and laughed heartily. He led this son - in - law, whom he liked more and more, into the door.
When she returned to this familiar home, Bai Zheng felt as if she had passed through a different world.
Everything in front of her seemed to be the same as before, but at the same time, it seemed different.
In her previous life, she had never had the chance to get married. She never knew that when a married daughter returned to her maiden's home, her state of mind would change so much.
Bai Nianjin walked quietly beside her, while Bai Nianming chattered all the way, telling Bai Zheng what had happened in the mansion after her wedding.
"Sister, you don't know. As soon as you got on the bridal sedan chair, Mother started to cry. She hardly ate any dinner on the day of your wedding. We were all so worried...
The next day, Father had no choice but to send someone to inquire at the entrance of the Marquis Mansion. After knowing that you were doing well, he managed to coax Mother into eating half a bowl of rice porridge..."
Bai Zheng always knew that Lin loved her, but she didn't know that after her wedding, her mother was so sad that she refused to eat.
Bai Zheng said with heartache, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I could have come back to see Mother."
As she said this, she quickened her pace, wishing she could fly to the room where Lin was waiting for her.
Bai Nianjin secretly glared at Bai Nianming.
Bai Nianming knew he had said something inappropriate. His eyes rolled quickly, and he changed the topic, saying, "By the way, sister, do you know that the second sister is gone! It is said that after kneeling for a whole day, she got seriously ill as soon as she returned to the Duke's Mansion, and she passed away that very night.
According to Father, the Duke's Mansion only set up a small mourning hall. There were hardly any people going to pay their respects. It was so sparse. It was completely out of the proper regulation for the wife of the eldest legitimate son of a Duke's Mansion and the second young lady of the General's Mansion when she passed away!"
Bai Nianming sighed heavily at this point.
After all, they had grown up together. No matter how many bad things she had done to him when she was alive, now that she was dead, all the hatred had vanished with the wind.
Bai Zheng lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Bai Zheng had received the news of Bai Di's death as soon as it happened. As a granddaughter of the General's Mansion, she had also sent mourning couplets and condolence money.
But now Bai Di's status was far inferior to before. Her death didn't cause the slightest ripple in Yongding City.
The General's Mansion remained silent, and the Duke's Mansion just dealt with it perfunctorily, as if the one who died was not their daughter or daughter - in - law but just an insignificant ant.
Whether it was prosperity or decline, human relationships were just like this.
Seeing the smile fade from Bai Zheng's face, Bai Nianjin tugged at his younger brother's sleeve and glared at him again.
Seeing this, Bai Nianming stuck out his tongue and quickly changed the topic again, saying, "Today, when sister returns to her maiden's home, our mansion is really lively. A lot of people have come!"
Bai Nianjin couldn't help but support his forehead - chatting about this topic was even worse than chatting about Bai Di!
Sure enough, Bai Zheng just replied with an "oh" and asked, "Who are they?"
"Uh..." Bai Nianming blinked his eyes. Only then did he realize that he had brought up another disappointing topic, but he had to answer, "Grandmother, Auntie, and Eldest Sister... They've all come..."
"..."
Bai Di had just died, but instead of going to the Duke's Mansion to pay their respects to Bai Di, they came to the Bai Mansion for her return - to - maiden - home ceremony?
Hearing this news, Bai Zheng, who had already reached the door of the room, twitched the corner of her mouth slightly.
If someone said they weren't here to settle accounts with her, who would believe it!
Looking at the door in front of her, Bai Zheng pursed her lips. Finally, she gritted her teeth and stepped in.
In the room, although there were quite a few people sitting, there was not a single sound of conversation.
The atmosphere in the room was freezing cold. As soon as Bai Zheng stepped in, she couldn't help but shiver.
Looking up, she saw the old lady of the Bai family, He, sitting upright in the main seat with a cold and solemn expression.
Below, the eldest mistress of the Bai family, Zhao, had red eyes and was still sobbing softly. The maid beside her was whispering words of comfort.
Bai Sheng's face was still pale. She was wearing a somewhat thick emerald - based small - floral brocade - cotton front - buttoned robe for this season. She stared silently at the door, her eyes full of coldness.
Only her own mother, Lin, looked extremely timid. Looking at the crying Zhao, she wanted to say something but didn't dare to say a single word.
Bai Zheng didn't make much noise when she came in, but it still made everyone in the room look up.
As soon as they saw her come in, Zhao jumped to her feet. Her face was ashen, and her finger pointing at Bai Zheng trembled non - stop. "You've finally come... You murderer! You killed my Di'er. Give my Di'er back her life!"
After saying that, she stretched out her claws and was about to pounce on Bai Zheng's face.
Seeing this situation, the two younger brothers who followed Bai Zheng in immediately stepped forward to stop the hysterical Zhao.
Lin also quickly got up and protected Bai Zheng, who had just entered the door, behind her. "Eldest sister - in - law, no one wanted what happened to Di'er, but it really has nothing to do with Zheng'er! Zheng'er is not a murderer!"
"She is, she is a murderer!" Zhao screamed hysterically. Unfortunately, the two Bai brothers held her tightly, making her unable to move.
He beside her knocked her walking stick forcefully and shouted at Lin, "Get out of the way. Let this evil girl kneel down for me!"
Lin was startled, but she still stubbornly blocked in front of Bai Zheng and pleaded, "Mother, today is the day for Zheng'er to return to her maiden's home. Even if you don't show any mercy for her sake, please consider the situation. No matter what, don't make things difficult for her today. After all, the Marquis is still outside..."
"You've really become more and more bold. Not only do you dare to disobey me, but you also want to use the Marquis to pressure me?!"
As He said this, she slapped the square table hard.
With a loud "pop", everyone's hearts skipped a beat.
"This kind of evil girl has killed her own flesh and blood but shows no sign of repentance. How can she have the face to be the wife of the Marquis Mansion and return to her maiden's home? Once she's back, don't let her go. Today, I'll ask Marquis Dingyuan to divorce her!"