The funeral rites for Madam Zhou lasted seven days, and then the coffin was temporarily placed in a temple while it was being decided where she should be buried.
After seven days of mourning, Wufu looked even thinner, her face sharper, making her eyes appear larger, yet those eyes also grew brighter, with a gaze more commanding and dignified.
After visiting her younger brother, Wufu, Ah Jiu, and Hua Wushuang sat in the room drinking tea and talking.
"...Purple Jade mentioned you sent someone to the Zhou family, and your people are on their way with Zhou Xueli?" Wufu held her tea, looking at Hua Wushuang, and asked, "Is my mother really not part of the Zhou family?"
"She is, but not born to Old Madam Zhou," Hua Wushuang responded. "My mother, named Mei Qing, was the only legitimate daughter of the Main branch of the Mei Family in Quanzhou. My father, Jiang Chengrong, was a live-in son-in-law of the Mei family."
"Mei and Jiang, you..."
