Chapter 3: Mourning

Standing in the open space in front of the Tantai Mansion, Pei Si Yan was stunned and dumbfounded.

On the way back, she had fantasised over and over again about what my new home would be like. Since it was a wu-pan that assisted the Great Ancestor in building the country and the descendants of future generations to assist the Emperor, and it was a noble and high-powered great clan, it must be grand and magnificent, luxurious and rich, as if it was like Jia Baoyu's his house in Dream of Red Mansions.

This is indeed the case, when Li Qingdian led her into the bustling imperial capital and turned into a spacious street, she saw the long to the end of the tall fence, only the ancient trees that have grown for many years can stretch out a branch and leaf to the outside of the fence.

Li Qingye was afraid that Pei Si Yan would be uncomfortable from the bumps, the horse was trotting along, but it took a quarter of an hour to see the gate of the mansion, and on the other side of the gate, the fence was equally as long as it seemed to have no end.

The gate was roughly fifty metres long, supported by six pillars, and in the middle was a folio main gate that was about three metres high, with a huge cloud pattern depicted on the dark brown gate, identical to the pattern on Li Qingdian's collar. On the main door was a plaque with the word "Wuban" engraved on it. There is a small door on each side of the main door and a pair of powerful stone lions at the entrance.

In fact, these will not let Pei Si Yan feel surprised, after all, already from Tantai Yan there to understand what kind of role Wu Pan in the blue country, there is such a huge mansion of course.

What really shocked her was the white veil wrapped around the eaves and pillars, the black "Dien" character on the white lanterns, and even the white veil tied around the necks of the stone lions. The breeze blew the white veil, lightly dancing and flying, the white flowers a little blinding.

A piece of white veil, who died?

Two young men in mourning clothes hurriedly ran over and knelt down at Pei Si Yan's feet, saying respectfully, "Respectfully welcome Miss back to the house."

Pei Si Yan's mouth was so dry that she couldn't say a word.

Li Qingye faintly ordered, "Open the mansion door."

"Yes, Lord Li." The young man ran back again, struggling to push open the main door, making a heavy and long "buzz" sound, revealing an even more opulent building behind the door, as well as endless white veils ....

Pei Si Yan just wanted to ask Li Qing dye who died, he gently pushed her a bit, gesturing her to go in.

Pei Si Yan bristled, pushed down the fear and worry in her heart, slowly ascended the steps step by step, looked at the threshold that was almost as high as her knees, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

Li Qingye and those two young men came in from the side door, then both doors closed again.

"What happened?" Pei Si Yan asked him.

Li Qingye was silent for a moment and said, "Miss, please express my condolences, the master's wife passed away the day before yesterday."

The old master and wife ... that is not her "parents"?

An indescribable sadness welled up, Pei Si Yan staggered a few steps, heard a great commotion behind her, turned back dumbfounded, a group of men, women and children dressed in embroidered cloud patterned white garments poured out of the main hall, some with gloomy faces, some with tear-stained faces, and some with expressionless faces. Their gazes were all gathered on her, making it very uncomfortable.

Pei Si Yan looked up and vaguely saw a huge white cloth with the word "Dien" hanging in the middle of the hall, and the smell of burning joss sticks and paper money mixed in the air.

She stumbled forward to see what was going on, people made a way, suddenly someone pulled her hand.

It was Li Qingyan.

"Miss has grieved too much and is not feeling well, she needs to go back to her room to rest." He said, and immediately two women dressed as maids ran over, one on the left and one on the right to hold Pei Si Yan's arm.

"I want to ..." Pei Si Yan opened her mouth and said to Li Qingyan.

He glanced at the people at the entrance of the main hall and said in a low voice, "Miss, there are many people and ears here, and it will inadvertently reveal the secret of your loss of memory ... For safety's sake, please go back to your room to rest first, and my subordinates will explain it to you."

"Okay." Pei Si Yan was helpless and was about to leave with the maid when she heard a broken cry-

"Slow!"

An old man with white hair and beard, supported by a middle-aged woman, tremblingly squeezed out of the crowd, glaring unfriendly at Li Qingdian as he rebuked, "The matriarch has just passed away, I don't know why miss is in the mood to go out instead of guarding the spirit hall to fulfil her final filial duty? And you, Li Qingyan, why didn't you know that Miss was out? Don't you know how many people are watching outside the door?"

This old man's expression and tone of voice was aggressively unbearable, making Pei Si Yan think of a certain strong-worded colleague from the company she used to work for, and a sense of loathing arose.

"My lord, although you are the young lady's uncle, but as the second house how can you be so rude to the first family's eldest house in public? Miss is also in a moment of sadness and just wants to go out to take a break," Li Qingyan said without humility, her expression cold, "If you want to chastise Qingyan for not doing her duty, please feel free to do so. But right now, Miss is very unwell, please wait for Light Dye to send Miss back to her room and report on some of her daily affairs before doing so."

"You!" The old man's face was a shade of green and white as he said angrily, "Fine, when the patriarch was alive, he treated me with respect, I didn't realise that as soon as he passed away, you guys wanted to turn against me!"

"My lord, Light Dye has no intention of disrespecting you."

The old man was about to open his mouth again when the middle-aged woman behind him pulled him back and shook her head slightly. The old man flung his sleeves and turned his face away.

Without needing anyone's orders, Pei Si Yan and followed the maid towards the bedroom, with Li Qing Dye following behind them.

The group walked through the long corridor, on both sides were tall buildings, the doors of the rooms were tightly closed and it was not known what they were used for, the open space of the courtyard was planted with valuable flowers and plants, tended to with lush foliage and blossoms.

Tantai home is very beautiful and gorgeous, the whole of a smaller version of the palace, only not used red walls, yellow tiles, green glaze, unless they are tired of living, hoping that the emperor a "transgression, treason" of the imperial decree will be the whole family a piece of the old man and child dragged to the mouth of the vegetable market "click", body head! Separation.

If Pei Si Yan had just crossed over to the Spirit Abyss continent, she would have thanked God, the Jade Emperor, the Buddha, and the Virgin Mary for giving her such a solid family.

But Heart's Wish, Tanya Yan's death and White Flower Onyx gave Pei Si Yan a splitting headache.

After circling around seven times and going through a very large garden, the group of five entered a courtyard gate, and the maid helped Pei Si Yan into the house, which was well furnished and elegantly furnished with antiquity and elegance.

Pei Si Yan sat down at the table, resting her forehead with her hand, the maid poured her a cup of tea. Although she felt thirsty, Pei Si Yan did not have the strength to take it.

Li Qing Dye stood four or five paces away and asked softly, ''Miss, your face looks very poor, are you really uncomfortable somewhere? My subordinate sent someone to ask a doctor to come and give you a look."

"Oh." Pei Si Yan nodded her head carelessly.

"Miss, these two are the maidservants who have followed you since childhood, do you still remember?" He added.

Pei Si Yan shook her head, "Don't recognise them."

The two maids almost simultaneously shrieked, looking at their 'miss' in panic, their eyes turned to Li Qingyan, one of them who looked a bit older asked, "Lord Li, miss she ... "

"Miss she lost her memory, this matter you can't divulge it no matter what, understand? Otherwise ... " Li Qingye's eyes were eerie, his fingers inadvertently stroked over the sword he wore at his waist.

The two maidservants hung their heads in fear and hurriedly said, "Yes, Lord Li! The slave girls are loyal to miss, even if they die, they won't divulge it."

Li Qingyan looked at Pei Si Yan again, his gaze as always calm to the point of no ripples, "Miss, this is Yun Qi," he said pointing to the older one, and then pointed to the remaining one, "The other one is Yun Shan."

The maids saluted Pei Si Yan, Pei Si Yan nodded without knowing if she remembered their names.

"Miss, please stay in Write Autumn Xuan for these few days and don't go anywhere, my subordinates will claim to the public that your excessive grief has caused you to be unwell and it is not convenient for you to see anyone," Li Qingyan said, "Yun Qi, don't let anyone just come in."

"Yes, Lord Li."

"Miss, my subordinate will go and ask a doctor to come and check your pulse."

Li Qingyan turned around and was about to leave, Pei Si Yan hurriedly called out to him, "Wait a minute! How did that ... them die?"

"The old master went out half a month ago and was assassinated, his injuries were too serious and he died, the lady was worried about the excessive grief caused the old disease to break out and follow the old master."

"Oh ..." Pei Si Yan lowered her eyes, not to look at anyone.

Li Qing Dye saw Pei Si Yan not speaking anymore and hurriedly left.

Yun Qi and Yun Shan helped Pei Si Yan to bed to rest, she fiercely remembered the blood stains on her clothes, tugged her clothes tightly signalling them not to help her take them off, the maid obediently stood to one side.

The doctor soon came, is a about sixty years old dry thin old man, he gave Pei Si Yan diagnosed the pulse, said "overworked, no big problem, as long as a good rest for a few days on the line". Li Qingye sent him out and then returned, briefly explained a few sentences, and then went out with the maids to let Pei Si Yan rest.

Pei Si Yan carefully looked at every furnishing in the house, her eyelids were heavy but she didn't want to sleep.

On the way to Tantai's house, not only did she think about what her new home would be like, but she was also guessing what Tantai Yan's parents would be like, after all, they would be her 'parents' in the future.

She had the luxury of hoping that they were a pair of very kind and amiable parents, able to give her the warmth of home in this strange world that she had never really felt before.

But they were dead.

Although they were not her real parents, for some unknown reason, Tanya Yan's death and the longing in her heart made her feel a great sadness, as if they really were her relatives.

Originally, she thought that travelling across would be a pleasant thing to have a new life, but unfortunately, she was wrong, so wrong that it was outrageously absurd.

Strange world, heavy promises, the deceased "parents", indifferent relatives and the future of the confused ...

Pei Siyan felt that she could not bear the burden, even with the help of that man called Li Qingye, she really can cross so many difficulties, to complete Tantai Yan's wishes and her own wishes?

Her head hurt even more, her head seemed like it was going to crack open, Pei Si Yan pulled the quilt over her body, closed her dry eyes and let herself sink into that endless darkness.

I really hope, everything is just a vain dream.