Chapter 230 No more involvement
Mr. Chen looked at Chen Yuqian's smiling face, nodded with satisfaction and left.
He didn't expect that his daughter, whom he had neglected since childhood, was not only good-looking but also quick-witted.
Just a few words of advice and she figured everything out.
As Mr. Chen left, Chen Yuqian packed up and went to the old lady's room.
The room was still filled with a strong smell of medicine, and Chen Yuqian frowned slightly.
She quickly came to the old lady's side and looked at her quietly.
After a long silence, Chen Yuqian suddenly ran out crying, "Someone, come quickly."
The maids and servants in the yard heard the shouting from the room and rushed towards the room.
"Grandma is gone, go call the master." Chen Yuqian burst into tears.
If someone didn't know the truth, they would think the old lady was her grandmother.
After hearing Chen Yuqian's words, the servants in the yard scattered and ran to different yards to report.
When Mr. Chen arrived, he looked at Chen Yuqian, who was crying bitterly, with an expression of approval.
Ben was still worried that she would be scared and would have to wait until she made up her mind before anything would happen.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yuqian did things so cleanly and efficiently without any delay.
What Mr. Chen didn't know was that Chen Yuqian had already had enough of the life she was living now.
Her hopes were dashed, and she would be extremely unhappy if she had to serve the old lady for one more day.
Master Chen changed his previous expression and hurriedly ordered the servant: "Go and inform the prince quickly."
He came to Chen Yuqian and patted her shoulder: "Qian'er has grown up."
Chen Yuqian ignored her and returned to the old lady.
"Are you ready for what's next?" said Mr. Chen.
Chen Yuqian looked embarrassed but still said nothing.
Mr. Chen wanted to get angry, but when he thought that this was the time when he could use her, he forced himself to suppress his anger.
He took a few steps forward and handed the things in his hand to Chen Yuqian: "Qian'er, the rest is up to you."
"Okay." Chen Yuqian clenched the things in her hands.
She ignored Mr. Chen and went to the cupboard to look for the old lady's clothes and help her change.
He helped her fix her hair into a bun again and looked at the old lady quietly.
Don't blame her. If you want to blame someone, blame that woman. She shouldn't have appeared next to her cousin.
If she hadn't appeared, she wouldn't have wanted to move so quickly.
At least for the sake of showing it to her cousin, she would sincerely serve him for a little longer.
There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and Chen Yuqian's eyes instantly turned red.
Tears slowly rolled down my cheeks as I cried silently.
Shen Jingxuan and Xie Lingxiao came to the room and saw that the old lady had already changed her clothes and saw Chen Yuqian crying pitifully.
Shen Jingxuan couldn't help but smack her lips. If she hadn't seen the flash of disgust on Chen Yuqian's face before, she would have believed that Chen Yuqian treated the old lady sincerely.
Chen Yuqian staggered forward and said, "Cousin, grandma is gone."
Seeing her coming forward, Xie Lingxiao took a few steps back, increasing the distance between them.
Shen Jingxuan looked past Chen Yuqian and her eyes fell on the old lady's cheek.
When I saw her bruised face, my heart tightened.
Seeing Chen Yuqian staring at Xie Lingxiao and crying, Shen Jingxuan frowned slightly.
"Get out of the way." Xie Lingxiao said coldly.
Could it be that she thought that I came here in a hurry to see her?
He could not feel the slightest bit of joy towards the people in the Chen Mansion, no matter whether they were men, women, young or old, but only disgust.
Chen Yuqian's tear-stained cheeks stiffened slightly, and she gently moved to the side.
There was no obstruction in front of him, and Xie Lingxiao came to the edge of the old lady's bed.
When he saw the old lady's face, it was terribly gloomy.
After he and Shen Jingxuan returned to the inn, they talked about the Chen Mansion and the old lady.
They also learned that the old lady had been treated harshly by them.
But before the two had time to talk more, they were shocked by the news brought by the servant.
On the way here, Shen Jingxuan reminded him, and he knew it well.
But when he saw it with his own eyes, he was still shocked by what the Chen family had done.
Xie Lingxiao looked at the old lady in front of him and couldn't even muster up an ounce of sympathy.
Is this her choice?
How did she tell herself back then?
She said that when her mother passed away, she was so heartbroken that she fainted several times from crying.
She said she wanted to visit her mother, but was worried about implicating dozens of people in the Chen family.
She said that she was the mistress of the Chen family and had to consider their lives.
She ignored her own daughter's life and death and considered the Chen family wholeheartedly.
She abandoned her own grandson, leaving him to fend for himself in the palace, fearing that mentioning her grandson would bring disaster to the Chen family.
How does the Chen family treat her now?
This was the Chen family that she treated wholeheartedly. They treated her harshly, hoping that she would make use of her last bit of energy and gain some benefits from them.
Seeing that he could get nothing, he sent her away personally to avoid causing trouble for the Chen family in the future.
Xie Lingxiao looked at the old lady in front of him. Instead of feeling pitiful, he found her ridiculous.
She lived her whole life, feeling sorry for her blood relatives, while the person she treated wholeheartedly wanted her to die soon.
I wonder how she will tell her mother about this experience when she meets her mother in the underworld.
Xie Lingxiao retreated to Shen Jingxuan's side: "Put it in the coffin."
These were the old lady's own choices, and she reaped the consequences of her own actions.
The only reason he came here was for his mother. As for the rest, it disappeared with the past and they had nothing to do with each other anymore.
Mr. Chen glanced at him and saw that he didn't say anything else, so he ordered the servant to put the old lady into the coffin.
When everything was ready, the servants carried the coffin to the front hall, placed it in the center, and put all the necessary utensils in place.
Looking at everything in front of her, Shen Jingxuan felt sad.
The old lady lived her whole life, not caring about her closest relatives, and planning for the Chen family all her life, but in the end, no one in the Chen family was truly sincere to her.
They had already prepared everything, just waiting for her to take her last breath and seal her coffin for burial.
Xie Lingxiao let go of Shen Jingxuan's hand and came to the front of the coffin.
He personally lit the incense in his hand, bowed three times, and then placed the incense in the incense burner.
After finishing everything, he came back to Shen Jingxuan's side and watched the people from the Chen residence come forward one after another to kowtow and kneel.
Xie Lingxiao looked at everything indifferently, as if from this moment on, everything here would have nothing to do with him.
Chen Yuqian walked forward, knelt down in front of the coffin, and burst into tears.
"Grandma, what will we do if you leave Qian'er? No one will love Qian'er as much as you do."
She cried louder and louder, and kept saying how well the old lady treated her and how reluctant she was to leave.
As she cried, Chen Yuqian fell to the side and fainted in front of the coffin.
Behind him, everyone in the Chen residence was watching everything calmly.
It was as if the old lady had nothing to do with their Chen family, and was not even comparable to a stranger.
As Chen Yuqian was carried away, the people behind her continued to kneel down and burn incense.
If it weren't for Xie Lingxiao, the old lady's coffin might be so deserted that there wouldn't even be a stick of incense, let alone paper money for her.
Shen Jingxuan's eyes flickered slightly when she saw Chen Yuqian being carried away, but she continued to watch everything in front of her as if she hadn't noticed.
After a while, a maid ran to Xie Lingxiao and said, "My Lord, the eldest lady has woken up and wants to see you."
"No." Xie Lingxiao said indifferently.
He had met the young lady only a few times, but she had never wanted to see him so much that he would go alone.
The maid hesitated for a moment and said, "The eldest lady said that there are some things belonging to your mother, and the old lady asked her to pass them to you."
Hearing the maid's words, Xie Lingxiao suddenly turned his head and looked at her.
When the maid saw Xie Lingxiao staring at her intently, her head, which was already lowered, lowered even lower.