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Wuhou County, a mansion.

It was already late at night, and a pale lantern was hung high outside the house with the word "Dou Da Dien" written on it. There were scattered paper money and coins flying on the ground in front of the house. The house door was wide open, and the people coming and going inside were all dressed in sackcloth and mourning.

In the ancestral hall of the mansion, the coffin was placed in the middle, with family members kneeling on both sides, crying and wiping their tears.

A figure in linen clothes in the far corner quietly retreated from the ancestral hall, no one noticed.

Li Xianyuan took off his linen clothes and filial piety, rolled them up into a ball and threw them into the rockery nearby, and left from the door as if there was no one around. When the servants saw him coming out of the house, they naturally would not stop him.

It doesn't appear here either.

Li Xianyuan thought to himself. These two days have been like a ghost in the mortal world, visiting the dying people everywhere. He visited seven or eight places in two days, but he didn't even see the shadow of black and white.

He couldn't help but wonder, what kind of opportunity would it take to see the impermanence of black and white?

A gust of cool wind blew, and a piece of paper money was rolled up and stuck on Li Xianyuan's face.

Li Xianyuan had not slept for two days, and his consciousness was in confusion. He was awakened by this, reached out, took off the paper money and stuffed it into his sleeve.

The street was empty and quiet, with the lanterns overhead glowing faintly. The servant in front of the door looked at Li Xianyuan who was standing on the steps in confusion.

Remembering that he had not gone to the Li Mansion for two whole days, nor had he gone to the ancestral hall to see the old lady's remains, Li Xianyuan put aside the matters at hand for the time being, got on the carriage and went straight to the Li family.

The driver was Song Shan. At Li Xianyuan's request, the two brothers took turns pulling the carriage.

The two of them were suspicious of Li Xianyuan's visits to dying people, and did not dare to ask, so they had to pretend not to know.

After half a stick of incense, the carriage slowly stopped in front of Li's house. Li Xianyuan got out of the car, and the pale lantern at the door made him suddenly realize.

The servant recognized Li Xianyuan, respectfully called him Mr. Li and let him in.

The servants and maids who came and went in linen clothes looked sad. Mrs. Li was the backbone. Now that the old lady has passed away, these servants are at a loss what to do.

Just as Li Xianyuan walked to the main courtyard, the maid Xiao Hong came over in a hurry. "Master Li, you are back. We have been looking for you for two days."

"What are you doing with me?" Li Xianyuan asked curiously.

Xiaohong looked anxious: "After the old lady passed away, the eldest lady stayed in the ancestral hall. She didn't come out for two days and two nights. The servants brought her food but she didn't eat a bite. Can you go and persuade the eldest lady?"

Li Xianyuan nodded after thinking, and Xiaohong held a lantern and led him to the ancestral hall.

White lanterns were lit in front of the ancestral hall, and a coffin could be seen in the distance placed in the main hall.

Xiaohong handed the lunch box to Li Xianyuan but refused to go in. Li Xianyuan entered the ancestral hall alone.

There was nothing but a coffin in the main hall, which was empty in the middle. It was very different from what Li Xianyuan had seen in other mansions. There was not even a person paying his respects.

It's not that there is nothing, but Miss Li ordered that those who want to pay homage be turned away.

Several lunch boxes were placed aside, with no one paying attention to them. She indeed did not touch a bite.

Li Xianyuan turned around and didn't see the eldest lady. Just as he was thinking about whether to go to the second floor to take a look, his eyes spotted a piece of clothing exposed behind the coffin.

Li Xianyuan went around to the other side, and sure enough he saw the eldest lady, wearing sackcloth and mourning, kneeling with her back to Li Xianyuan, muttering Buddhist scriptures in her mouth.

"Miss?" Li Xianyuan said to Qianying.

Miss Li seemed as if she hadn’t heard anything.

"...I saw the old lady.

"Li Xianyuan pondered for a moment and then said.

This sentence awakened the eldest lady, and she slowly turned her head and looked at Li Xianyuan.

Li Xianyuan frowned slightly, but within two days, the eldest lady had become extremely haggard. Her delicate face was bloodless, and her apricot lips were pale. Her originally watery eyes had lost all their spirituality and were covered with bloodshot eyes.

Li Xianyuan really couldn't connect the woman in front of him with the strong woman with a strong face before.

But when I think about it again, it's not surprising that she is the only one left in the Li family.

Her lips moved and she said something, but her voice sounded like a whisper and could not be heard at all.

Li Xianyuan took a few steps closer and squatted down: "What?"

"What..." The eldest lady murmured softly. At first glance, she thought she was repeating Li Xianyuan's words.

She looked at Li Xianyuan with bloodshot eyes, her eyes unfocused.

Li Xianyuan knew clearly what she was asking the old lady about, so he decided to weave a lie and said, "I met the old lady. She asked you to take care of yourself and the Li family. Don't be too tired or too sad."

"Really...?" The eldest lady's voice finally stopped sounding like a whisper, although it was still weak.

Li Xianyuan had a criminal record of meeting Li Waner, so the drowning young lady felt like she had grasped a life-saving straw.

The heart-wrenching eyes finally came into focus. Li Xianyuan felt that she was looking at him and couldn't help but nod. He reached for the lunch box and unfolded it.

"Eat something?"

If there were outsiders present, they would have noticed that Li Xianyuan was acting somewhat tenderly at this moment.

The eldest lady nodded feebly. Seeing that she didn't even have the strength to hold the bowl and chopsticks, Li Xianyuan picked up the bowl filled with gruel, scooped up a spoonful and brought it to the eldest lady's lips.

The chef was quite considerate, knowing that she couldn't eat other food, so he specially made porridge.

A sickly blush appeared on the eldest lady's pale and pretty face. After a slight hesitation, she opened her lips slightly and drank the spoonful of porridge. Then she frowned. She hadn't eaten for too long, and eating suddenly made her teeth sore.

As expected of a eldest lady, she is so reserved even when eating porridge. Li Xianyuan thought to herself, and put another spoonful of porridge to her mouth.

After finishing half the bowl of porridge, the eldest lady regained some strength. She took the porridge from Li Xianyuan's hand and ate by herself.

She is not used to it, especially being fed by the opposite sex.

After eating for a long time, I realized that something was wrong. I raised my head and saw Li Xianyuan looking at me without blinking. If she had a pig face, she would be angry, but she looked plain again.

The eldest lady glared at Li Xianyuan angrily and turned slightly to face Li Xianyuan.

Li Xianyuan got up. She had free time to kill herself. It seemed that she had almost recovered and there was no problem anymore.

After finishing the porridge, she put the empty bowl in the lunch box. The eldest lady straightened her body slightly and wanted to stand up, but she knelt for too long and couldn't use her strength. At this moment, a palm stretched out in front of her.

The eldest lady looked up and stood up with difficulty, placing her jade hand on Li Xianyuan's arm.

Xiao Hong, who had been hiding outside the ancestral hall and peeking, ran in and helped the eldest lady.

"Xiaohong, please send the eldest lady back to her room." Li Xianyuan opened his mouth and then said to the eldest lady who was hesitant to speak: "The Li family cannot live without a backbone. If the old lady goes away, someone will definitely come to cause trouble and take care of the property. The purpose of the wake is

I'll come."

The eldest lady nodded with a complex expression: "My Li family owes you a favor."

Seeing that the eldest lady recovered, the maid Xiaohong was very happy and said with a chuckle: "Miss, please don't talk about two families in the same family."
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