The Blind Maiden
27. Mourning Time

"Then, what if he's not in good shape ?" Su Qionglin asked with goosebumps.

Any normal human would be scared when facing this cruel and heartless Ling Yi.

"Ehm, I never saw him in person only I heard that he was not nicknamed the King of Hell in vain. He had 1001 ways to make his enemy bend his knees, he might skin them, or soak them in water until short of breath and lift them back up. Or perhaps a silent punishment, you know a silent punishment ? Punishment used for high-class criminals, where people would go crazy and not be able to feel themselves within a week. " Zhuang Qingyi said honestly.

"Lonely Punishment, just as the name suggests, you will be placed in a quiet room and have no light at all so that you can even hear the sound of your own heartbeat. He was also famous for his sentence of a thousand knives, where he would pelt this target with a knife. " Continue Zhuang Qingyi.

Hearing this made both of Su Qionglin's knees weaken and sit on the ground limply, he couldn't even imagine if he were to meet the man again.

Plus, he confidently said that he would cry over Ling Yi at his funeral, he must have offended Ling Yi already.

While Ling Yi himself went along with his vice-general, Yuan Zhen.

"Sir, did you meet Miss Su again ?" Ask Yuan Zhen.

"Hm, is there something wrong ?" Ask Ling Yi.

"Master, you've been interacting with him a lot lately. Do you like it ?" Ask Yuan Zhen.

"Have you hit your head with a stone ?" Ling Yi asked coldly.

Yuan Zhen knew that he had said the wrong thing and humbly immediately said that he was wrong.

"Master don't be angry, the blind girl how could it possibly be worthy of the perfect Master ?" Yuan Zhen and Ling Yi asked back at him with sharp gazes.

Because in the mourning period then, the engagement and marriage between the Crown Prince and Su Lian were postponed by His Majesty.

Waiting until the mourning period is over and they can only celebrate a happy day, during this one year they must wear all white clothes and their homes are also decorated in such a way.

There was not the slightest red color but, to Su Qionglin whether it was red or white, everything was useless as he could not see it and looked at the lanterns that were said to be beautiful.

During this one year, Su Qionglin did not come out of the residence at all and recalled all of his fond memories with his father which were relatively few.

Had Su Bei not been an officer and only a woodcarver who lived a simple but nothing short of, how happy was that ?

But, nothing can be changed. As a form of grief, during this one year, Su Qionglin did not wear any jewelry and her hair was left uncluttered and did not use any blushing.

It even made her appear paler, when paired with white clothes then it made her like a snow puppet.

They and their families felt sad and lost for the departure of Su Bei who arrived and without memories of separation.

Maybe......... Su Bei had already gotten a premonition that he was going to leave first so did not forget to leave a small gift for his daughter's son so that they had an object to vent their longing.

Su Qionglin could not cry anymore when recalling his Father, could only feel an overwhelming sense of deity because he knew that his Father would not be happy to see him cry.

"Dad , today is the one year anniversary since you died which means we will finish this mourning period, please bless Lian's sister in order to become a good Crown Princess. " Su Qionglin prayed and released a dove that he got from Su Yun.

Su Lian who originally intended to invite Su Qionglin to play arrived to hear Su Qionglin's prayer make her touched.

Su Lian immediately ran over and hugged Su Qionglin without warning, which made Su Qionglin flinch.

"Sister, you're too good. You should think of yourself first, why should I be the one you pray for ?" Su Lian asked sadly.

"If not you, who is it ? You will soon marry and become the Crown Princess, you must obtain many blessings and protection from Father. While I will marry and live with a simple person I love and can accept myself for who I am. " Su Qionglin replied calmly.

"Brother you deserve this happiness. I will pray that you will marry a good man and love you sincerely. " Reply Su Lian and hugged Su Qionglin.

Since their mourning was over, they burned the white clothes they had worn for the past year.

After that they gave a prayer for Su Bei to get reincarnation as a good, rich, and prosperous person.

After completing the ritual, they were eventually summoned to the Palace after a year of doing nothing.

Madam Su suppressed all expenses during this one year and in the end spent quite a bit of money to hire a tailor to make clothes for her daughter's son.

While Su Qionglin herself was wearing the same dress as the one she used at the evening banquet that day.

After being washed several times by Su Qionglin and Zhuang Qingyi who were still servants at the Su residence, in the end the dress became nice again like new.

Su Qionglin also did not mind to wear the dress, after all it was only this dress that she had and this was also a gift from her father.

He likes the shape of silver butterflies that fill his body parts. After he finished, he and Zhuang Qingyi walked forward.

Su Yun who was looking at Su Qionglin in the same dress made her surprised and looked at her mother with a question mark.

But, Madam Su only acted as if she did not see her son's gaze. In fact, even Su Lian felt awkward about this.

They, should have been more attentive towards Su Qionglin, just that they were too caught off guard. Thinking that since Father's death then Madam Su would change nature and have a friendlier nature to Su Qionglin.

Who would have thought that Madam Su had not even changed at all ? Everyone only had their own thoughts, only Su Qionglin innocently saw that this matter did not matter at all.