strictlysupreme Chapter 886 Not a single person was left.
Chapter 886 Not a single person was left.
After Sheng Junyi left, Lu Yangyang went to the front yard, first offered incense to Rong Che, and then helped Rong Xin to the back yard.
Starting today, people have been coming to offer incense to Rong Che one after another. The front yard is bustling with people, and it seems to have regained some liveliness.
After nearly eighteen years of neglect, even the weeds in the yard were withered and yellow, and in early winter, there was no trace of green left.
“That day when we came out of the Taiji Hall, I saw that she seemed to have something to say to me,” Rong Xin’s hands were ice cold. “If I had known earlier, I definitely wouldn’t have let her go alone.”
She knew perfectly well why Eunuch Feng had kept her there for a short while, but she and the emperor had long since severed all ties, and it was impossible for them to meet again.
There was nothing more to say.
Others might care about the injustice, but in her eyes, the emperor had killed the entire Rong family, and the emperor was the real executioner.
She couldn't face him. She was born in an era where everyone was equal, but she couldn't face this oppressive and suffocating feudal dynasty, let alone an emperor who had the power of life and death.
As a doctor, she was used to seeing life and death, but she could never, ever adapt to or accept how to take any life.
She was caught in the vortex of history; she became Rong Xin, possessing the body of the prematurely deceased Rong Xin. She watched helplessly as the Rong family members died one by one, including the last one.
Looking at the desolate courtyard, Rong Xin's tears fell without her noticing. No one knew that the Rong family, a family of loyal martyrs who had fought to the death for their country and people for generations, was truly, truly wiped out.
How cruel!
Lu Yangyang did not respond to Rong Xin's words. She knew that any words of comfort would be futile at this moment.
Even though her aunt left Ruoxue with her yesterday, the knot in Ruoxue's heart could not be untied. As long as Xiao Tianshi held onto this bait, no matter how many times, Ruoxue would still choose to see him.
In this world, there are too many "what ifs" too often.
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The next day, Sheng Junyi treated her wounds, changed into clean clothes, and came with Zong Que to offer incense to Rong Che.
He did not go to see Cheng Ruoxue again. Only on the third day, when she was buried, did he mingle with the coffin bearers and personally carry Cheng Ruoxue's coffin into the tomb.
Originally, after Rong Che's remains were brought back, they should have kept in state for at least seven days before being buried. However, with the Northern Expeditionary Army about to set off, and after killing Xiao Chong at noon to raise the flag, Zong Que personally led the officials to send Rong Che to his final rest and pay homage to his spirit.
Madam Rong's remains had already been placed in Rong Che's tomb, and a tomb was also built next to it for Cheng Ruoxue, who was buried in Rong Xueyin's name.
Madam Rong secretly sent Rong Xueyin away under the pretense of her premature death. To cover her tracks, she specially erected a tombstone for her in the Rong family ancestral cemetery. Normally, children who die young cannot be buried in the ancestral cemetery, but the Rong family has been loyal and virtuous for generations, and only a few of the family members have survived to the point of having children, so this rule was abandoned.
Thus, even if someone saw Rong Xueyin's tomb next to it, not many people would know that Cheng Ruoxue was buried there.
This was also Cheng Ruoxue's intention.
She had once instructed Granny Qi that even if she were to pass away one day, she should not let anyone know that she was Rong Xueyin.
Her aunt, her adoptive mother, Madam Song, had treated her with immense kindness, and she did not wish to cause any trouble for the Cheng family because of her identity.
However, after Zong Que led the officials away, a carriage still stopped outside the cemetery.
Dressed in white, Madam Song arrived at Rong Xueyin's tombstone with the help of others. She embraced the tombstone and wept uncontrollably. In just three days, she looked as if she had aged more than ten years, and her once well-maintained hair had turned mostly white.
Cheng Shujin always said that she was biased, and she was indeed biased. She was a mother. She brought Ruoxue back with her, and she should have protected her well and let her grow up safely, get married, and have children. It was her negligence that caused Ruoxue to suffer unbearable pain at such a young age, which became an indelible shadow in her heart.
It was her fault as a mother. If it weren't for that night, Ruoxue would have grown up well. Even if she still had some memories of her childhood, they would have faded with time instead of turning her into a demon.
Her poor child.