Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 124
Shen Jing pulled the quilt over Ji Anyu.

"I thought you didn't care about the Duke anymore, but I didn't expect you to be so sad."

Ji Anyu hugged Shen Jing's waist and put her chin on his chest.

"I'm not crying just because of him. It's just too sudden. How could Ji Xiuxu die? He couldn't have died at this time. It's weird."

Shen Jing hugged the person in his arms tightly and sighed.

"The Duke was already seriously ill, and the doctors who treated him all said that he was beyond help. It's not surprising that he passed away suddenly. The dead cannot be resurrected. You still have me in the future."

"Ah Jing, can you help me with something?"

"what's up?"

"I want to borrow Ya Yan from you and ask him to check Ji Xiuxu's body. In fact, I suspected that the Duke was seriously ill before, and asked people to check, but now there is nothing to find, and the Duke has died."

Shen Jing looked solemn. "The Duke was in a high position and had offended many people in the court. Since you suspect there was something else behind his death, we have to go and see the Duke as soon as possible."

Ji Anyu immediately got out of bed, put on his shoes and washed up.

"Qiao Xin, go get two sets of mourning clothes for me and the prince to change into." Ji Anyu then realized that she had put on her undershirt without knowing when. She guessed that Shen Jing had put it on her.

She pinched the hem of her clothes and looked at Shen Jing inquiringly.

Shen Jing turned his head away awkwardly and said, "You complained of being cold last night, so I helped you put on your undershirt." Seeing Ji Anyu's appearance, he didn't dare to look at her anymore.

Ji Anyu nodded suspiciously, and when Qiao Xin brought the mourning clothes, she and Shen Jing quickly put them on.

Seeing that Ji Anyu was about to leave without eating, Shen Jing quickly ordered Zhusha to take the pastries to the carriage.

"Eat something. I'll ask Ya Yan to pretend to be a servant and see if we can get close to the Duke's body."

Ji Anyu grabbed a piece of cake.

"There should be a lot of people coming to pay their respects today. It might be difficult to find the body in front of so many people, and it might alert the enemy. Why don't we try until night."

She grabbed another piece of cake and put it in Shen Jing's hand.

"Ah Jing, if you have other things to do today, go and do your thing first."

"Madam, although you and the Duke have separated, he is still your father after all. I think there are many eyes staring at you today. They want to find faults with you, so I naturally have to accompany you."

"Okay." Ji Anyu smiled and lowered his head to eat the cake.

White cloth lanterns were hung inside and outside the Duke's Mansion, and crying sounds were heard coming from the mansion before entering the house.

Shen Jing helped Ji Anyu get out of the car. Ji Anyu looked at the people coming in and out. Some were crying for real, some were pretending to be crying, and each had their own ulterior motives.

"Anyu, you are here."

Ji Anyu looked over and said, "Grandfather."

Ji Chengting had obviously rushed over, and Ji Yunchi beside him still had tear stains on his face.

"go in."

As soon as I entered the mourning hall, I saw Ji Xiuyi lying on the coffin and crying.

"Brother, you are so young, why did you die? What will happen to your whole family?"

It is true that Ji Xiuyi was sad, but he also wanted to pretend to others that he had feelings for his elder brother.

At least half of the Duke's Mansion should be left for him, since he is the Duke's younger brother!

All the members of the Ji family came to mourn, and each one cried louder than the other.

Ji Anyu was stunned. It seemed that the Emperor did not issue an edict to reinstate the Duke. The Duke's Mansion was going to be divided up, and the disintegration would begin today.

Seeing her grandfather had already run to the coffin, she stepped forward and grabbed Ji Yunchi's sleeve.

"Yun Chi, we have separated from the Duke's Mansion. We are here today only to pay our respects. We should not interfere in other matters. Remember to remind grandfather." "Don't worry, sister. I understand."

"Yes." Ji Anyu let go of Ji Yunchi's sleeve and turned his head to look at Shen Jing, "Let's burn incense for him."

"Okay." Shen Jing followed Ji Anyu silently.

Cao Lingru saw Ji Anyu holding the incense, glanced at the heartbroken Ji Yunchu, sniffed, and suddenly bumped into Ji Anyu.

"go away!"

Shen Jing hooked Ji Anyu's waist and dodged. He frowned and glared at Cao Lingru.

"What does Madam Duke mean by this?"

Cao Lingru held back her tears and cursed, "Ji Anyu, you are a jinx! Did you come here to see us laugh? You got married, and my Yunchu has to observe mourning for three years! Everything we fought for before seems like a joke now!"

Ji Anyu glanced at Ji Yunchu and sneered coldly.

"How can it be a joke that the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion mourned for the Duke for three years? Does Miss Ji not want to mourn? She has resentment in her heart, so she asked the Duke's wife to help her vent her anger? I heard that Miss Ji is not the Duke's biological daughter, no wonder she is dissatisfied."

When Ji Yun first saw Cao Lingru, she was stunned and her heart skipped a beat. She walked towards Ji Anyu crying.

"Sister, why are you slandering me? Although I am not the Duke's biological child, I am better than his. The Duke is like my biological father. I am willing to observe mourning for him for three years."

Ji Yunchu's heart was bleeding like crazy, she was about to marry the prince, but the Duke died, how could she not hate him?

Ji Anyu sneered, "Madam, did you hear that? Your daughter's voluntary three-year mourning has nothing to do with me. With Madam, the Duke's attitude, married women who come to pay their respects will be scared away."

Cao Lingru was so angry that she had a heart attack, "Ouch... my heart hurts."

Ji Anyu glanced at the servants around Cao Lingru with great momentum.

"The Duke's wife is too sad. You servants, why don't you help her to rest quickly? Miss Ji will take care of the vigil."

Cao Lingru weakly raised his finger and pointed at Ji Anyu, "Evil obstacle."

"Madam, you are old and weak. If you fall ill, wouldn't Miss Ji be even more sad?"

Ji Anyu smiled at Ji Yunchu, "I think Miss Ji doesn't want to see the Duke's wife kneeling in the mourning hall at such an old age."

Ji Yunchu gritted her teeth in hatred, but when she saw that all the tribesmen were looking at her, she had to lower her head.

"Sister, you are right. Mother has been tired these past two days. Go back to the house and rest. Sister and I are here. Although sister has separated from us, father has passed away. Sister, for the sake of filial piety, must stay to keep vigil and send father off. Isn't that right, sister?"

Ji Anyu wiped her eyes sadly, "Miss Ji is right, the Duke gave birth to me, and I was planning to keep vigil for him. I will see the Duke off here tonight."

Ji Yunchu didn't expect Ji Anyu to accept the challenge. She forced a smile and handed Ji Anyu three incense sticks.

"Thank you, Miss Ji."

Ji Anyu took it generously, and burned incense with Shen Jing, and then they both knelt down to burn paper.

In the East Palace, the Crown Prince was so happy when he learned that the Duke had died that he laughed out loud.

"Great! He's finally dead. I don't have to marry Ji Yunchu anymore. Haha..."

When the Queen learned that the Duke had died, she immediately went to the East Palace and indeed heard her son laughing. She became furious, pushed the door open, and slapped her son in the face.

"What are you laughing at? Do you wish others would know that you hope the Duke dies?"

Kong Wanhan was so angry that he grabbed the prince and kicked him to the ground.

“Chen Yuxian, look at how silly you are, you still look like a prince!”

Kong Wanhan sat in the prince's original seat angrily, grabbed the book on the table and threw it at the prince.

(End of this chapter)