Starting from August 12, Chen Ahfu began to lead people to the small kitchen to make moon cakes. She mainly demonstrated and sat aside to watch the servants make them.

Mooncakes also existed in this era, all with five-nut fillings. She led people to make mooncakes with fruit fillings, duck egg yolk fillings, beef fillings, and ham fillings.

As soon as the mooncakes were made, people were sent to deliver eighty each to the Marquis' Mansion in the capital, the Prince Rui's Mansion, and the Luo Mansion in Dingzhou. Twenty vegetarian mooncakes were also sent to Abbot Chen and Lord Chu in Lingyin Temple.

On the 14th, twenty mooncakes were sent to each of Chen Shiying's, Chen Shi's, Fu's, Liu's, Qin's, and Chen Ming's families.

Chu Laohou and Chu Lingzhi like to eat desserts. Since the mooncakes were made, they only eat mooncakes every meal. Eating too much sweets is not good, so Chen Afu was afraid that they would get sick from eating them, so he had to limit the supply.

On the evening of August 15, the sky was deep and the moon was as bright as a mirror. The cool autumn wind brought waves of intoxicating osmanthus fragrance.

Chu Lingxuan still hadn't come back, so the old marquis and Chen Afu led the children to sit in the main courtyard to admire the moon. A Lu was also left to celebrate the festival, and would stay at Chaohua Courtyard at night. There were four long tables in the main courtyard, with apples, grapes, and mooncakes on them. The old marquis sat at one table, Chen Afu and Miss Chu and Li Xuan sat at another, and the other three boys sat at another.

Chen Dabao felt that he should sit at the same table with his mother and his sister. But when he saw his mother's encouraging eyes, he guessed her intention. He had grown up and should sit with his classmates to enjoy the moon. The teacher went to the restaurant tonight and said that he wanted to enjoy the moon and compete in poetry with those literati.

They ate moon cakes while appreciating the moon. To liven up the atmosphere, everyone had to perform a show.

Chen Afu was the first to tell the story of "Chang'e flying to the moon". Then, Miss Chu sang a children's song "Little Swallow, Wearing Flowery Clothes", Dabao and Alu also recited a poem about the moon written by a poet of this era, and Chu Lingzhi performed a set of boxing.

Except for Chen Afu who was sitting and telling stories, the other children went to the open space to perform.

There were many jokes in the middle and the laughter was endless.

After everyone finished their performances, they felt that the old man had to perform. Except for A Lu, the other children ran to the old man, some got into his arms, some hugged his back, and strongly asked him to perform.

The old man laughed and came out to throw a set of punches.

After that, everyone turned their attention to little Li Xuan.

Li Xuan wanted to perform but was afraid, so he pouted and hid behind Chen Afu.

Li Xuan's illness is not serious, he was just frightened when he was a child. Through the psychological counseling in the past six months, the company of the children, and the treatment of Yan Chenxiang leaves, except for being a little timid and a little slower in reaction, he is no different from a normal child. If he can go out and perform alone today, he will have truly walked out of his fear.

Chen Ahfu pulled him to the front, stroked his little hair and said with a smile, "Xuanxuan is the most capable. Didn't you perform very well this afternoon? Auntie and sister have seen your performance. Now there are only Grandpa Chu, Brother Dabao, Uncle Chu Liu, and Uncle Chen. What are you afraid of? Xuanxuan, if you perform well, auntie will give you a big reward."

Little Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Chen Afu with his big eyes. The bright moonlight seemed to fall into his eyes, sparkling.

Chen Afu whispered again, "Brother, sister, uncle, and uncle don't have it, only you have it." She made a big frog doll specially for Li Xuan and put some Yan agarwood leaves in it.

Dabao and Yan'er knew what their mother meant, and they both shouted to make fun of her, "How can mother be so partial? We won't agree."

Chu Lingzhi also shouted, "My sister-in-law is not good to me. Grandpa, I want to go home and complain."

Li Xuan was very proud to see that everyone was jealous of him. With a red face, he walked slowly to the middle and recited to them, "Mother Moon likes me and follows me wherever I go. When I wash my face under the moon, she comes into the basin and kisses me."

Although he was a little shy and his voice was not loud, he recited it fluently and his articulation was clear.

As soon as he finished carrying the baby, he immediately ran to Chen Ahfu and buried his face in her armpits. He wanted to bury his face in her belly, but he knew that his aunt had a little brother in her belly and couldn't touch it.

Everyone applauded, including the servants serving at the back. Madam Wei even cried with excitement.

Next came the free performances. Several boys in the school each composed a poem about the moon, and Miss Chu sang a nursery rhyme. Chen Ahfu told a joke about "three sons-in-law", which made the children and servants laugh until their stomachs hurt.

The people in the yard were having fun, but they didn't know when the door to the yard was opened. Under the two camphor trees outside the yard, a few people were watching excitedly.

These people are Lord Chu, Prince Rui, and a young man in his twenties, who is none other than the "Ninth Master" or Ninth Prince Li Zeping, who had met Chen Afu once.

Accompanied by Chu Lingxuan, they had been standing here for half an hour.

Prince Rui never dreamed that his son would have such a big change in half a year. He could speak fluently, run smoothly, and even had the courage to sing nursery rhymes in front of everyone. Although the nursery rhymes were simple and childish, and could not be compared with the poems of other boys, his improvement was undoubtedly the greatest...

There was no one else around them, and Chu Lingxuan stood between the Ninth Prince and Prince Rui unintentionally. Even if the Ninth Prince had a little misbehavior, no one else would have noticed.

While Lord Chu was happy that his granddaughter was getting smarter, he was also happy for the other children. If he could educate Eleven well, he would be worthy of the emperor and the Yuan family. If he could educate Li Xuan well, Prince Rui would be completely on the same page with the Ninth Prince and could also pull his Yue family into the Ninth Prince's camp.

This time they came here from Lingyin Temple, and their excuse was to accompany Prince Rui to see little Li Xuan.

After Monk Guiling obtained the three-color ball, he asked Chu Lingxuan to send a letter to the Ninth Prince through some channels, asking him to come to the temple in seven days for treatment.

On the ninth day, the emperor asked Prince Rui to go to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and eat vegetarian food for three days, praying to God to bless the Li Dynasty to be passed down for thousands of generations.

Everyone understood the emperor's decision. Although they knew that the emperor would not admit that Princess Rong Zhao had incurred the wrath of heaven, which led to the birds attacking her in Lingyin Temple, they were still afraid.

Princess Rongzhao's husband, Lord Chu, has been going to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and eat vegetarian food for a month. This time he sent someone from the royal family to go there again. It can be seen that the emperor really believed what the censors said in his heart, but he did not say it clearly.

After hearing the news, the Ninth Prince, whose leg had healed but still had a slight limp, went to see the Emperor again and told him that Master Wuzhi of Lingyin Temple had cured his leg. Although the master was no longer in the temple, he still wanted to go to Lingyin Temple to fulfill his vow and thank the Buddha and Bodhisattva for their blessings.

The emperor heard it and approved the request. He also told him to pray to the Buddha to heal his leg completely. Only when he was no longer lame could he share the worries of the country with other brothers.