As soon as Chen Ahfu went out, she heard Lechen calling her. Chen Ahfu went back and Lechen said, "Give more compensation to the injured, and give more money to those people who were in Luojiazhuang yesterday. I owe them. I have no money, so I can only chant Buddhist scriptures and pray for them."

Chen Ahfu said, "I know. I will."

When I returned to the main courtyard, I saw the little girl eating noodles. This place was familiar, and the little girl's mood had just improved. After she ate half a bowl of noodles, Chen Ahfu advised her to go back to sleep, as she didn't sleep well last night.

Chen Afu stayed with the little girl and only went to the east room after he saw that she fell asleep.

She was also exhausted, so she leaned on the kang and took a nap. When she felt better, she asked Yang, the chief steward, to come over and give some silver to Luo, the steward. She gave fifty taels of silver to each of the injured, and two hundred taels of silver to each of the disabled guards and maids. She gave ten taels of silver to each of the guards and soldiers who participated in the battle, five taels of silver to each of the servants who stayed in Luojiazhuang, twenty taels of silver to Luo, and fifty taels of silver to Chu Lingqi and Song.

These people have shared hardships with Liaochen.

Manager Luo has money, but his money is from the money earned from Liaochen's dowry farm, which is also Chu Lingxuan's private property.

The money of the Chu Mansion is from the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. This money should be paid by Lord Chu. Whether it was the Second Prince or Rong Zhao, they dealt with Chen because of Lord Chu.

Not long after, Chen Shiying and Jiang arrived.

Chen Shiying was relieved when he saw that Chen Afu was not injured. He said angrily, "These people are too vicious. This account must be settled!"

Chen Ahfu said, "Don't worry, Dad, I will."

We hadn't seen each other for half a year, but we were still very happy.

After saying goodbye, they talked about Chen Yuqing's marriage and Chen Yuhui's family affairs. Chen Shiying and Jiang still liked Xie Feng very much, thinking that he was talented, good-looking, and had a good family background. If the Xie family proposed marriage, they would definitely agree. But they didn't know whether Chen Yuhui's affairs would implicate her.

When talking about Chen Yuhui, Jiang's eyes turned red with anger, and she said, "I don't know if Qing'er and I owed her in our previous lives. Once Qing'er's market gets better, she will be in trouble."

Chen Shiying sighed and said, "If a child is not taught well, it is the fault of the father. It is because I did not teach her well that she developed this kind of character. After all, she is my daughter, how can I bear to watch her die without saving her? I will go back to the capital before the New Year and talk to Lord He, hoping that the He family can let her go and let her leave with the child. The reason why He Linsheng abused Hui girl was because I was on the same side as the Chu family, and the emperor knew this. It will not have any bad influence on me if I take Hui girl out." He persuaded Jiang, "Don't worry, I will let her and the child live with their mother in the countryside of Dingzhou, and I will not bring them to the capital to affect my children."

Chen Ahfu rolled his eyes in his heart, thinking that He Linsheng abused Chen Yuhui because one was bad and the other was cheap, okay. But Chen Shiying couldn't say it so nicely.

She told her about Old Lady Zhao asking her for money, and then said maliciously, "If Chen Yuhui lives with Old Lady Zhao, they will influence each other and may become worse and worse, and even teach their children bad habits."

Jiang, who was already extremely angry, tried hard to hold back her laughter after hearing what Chen Afu said. Only Chen Afu would dare to say such words.

Chen Shiying was so angry that his face turned red after hearing his mother's shameful story, but he had to admit that Chen Ahfu's words were ugly but reasonable. He said, "My mother can't even walk anymore, and she has enough food and clothes, why is she doing this!" He paused and said, "If this is the case, we really can't let them live together. How about this, if Miss Hui can come out, I will arrange for her to live somewhere else."

Chen Ahfu was speechless. He thought to himself that the He family was selfish and would not let Chen Yuhui off easily. Chen Yuhui was even more selfish. If she knew that Lord He really had no way to keep his official position, she would definitely not want the child in her belly to affect her future life. What could happen between them was something that no one with a normal brain could guess.

Chen Afu kept Chen Shiying for lunch before sending them away, and promised to invite their family to the Chu Mansion for a day the next day.

Tomorrow, Chen Ming and Wang Shi, Uncle Wang Cheng's family, and Chen Shi's family will be invited. I don't know if Chen Shi and his family are in the city, but if they are, they will be invited too.

The day after tomorrow, please invite the Chen family, as well as the women and children of the Fu, Liu, and Qin families. Uncle Fu, General Liu, and General Qin will all go to the south to quell the rebellion.

I will return to the capital the day after tomorrow. With such a big incident happening and missing the children, Chen Afu was in no mood to stay in Dingzhou Prefecture any longer.

After seeing off Chen Shiying and his wife, Chen Ahfu went to the storehouse in the backyard. There were still many things in the storehouse that she and Chu Lingxuan had not taken away. She picked out four pieces of brocade, two sets of gold-inlaid jade headpieces, two top-quality clay inkstones, and two jade and agate ornaments and asked them to take them. She then took the gifts she brought to Chu Lingqi and Song in the capital, as well as the gifts brought by Chu Lingan and his wife, and went to the courtyard where Song lived.

She was grateful to Chu Lingqi and the Song couple from the bottom of her heart. They were paying respects to Chu Lingxuan and his family in front of Lu Chen. If Chen Afu had not gone to Luojiazhuang yesterday, the couple would have encountered unknown dangers.

They needed money the most, but since Chen Afu couldn't give them money, he just gave them some valuable gifts.

Song was playing with building blocks on the kang with Wen Ge'er. When she saw Chen Afu coming, she quickly gave up her seat.

Chen Ahfu smiled and picked up Wen Ge'er, kissed him twice, and said with a smile, "Brother, do you still remember your aunt?"

Brother Wen's personality was already very cheerful. He kissed Chen Afu back and said softly while counting on his fingers, "I remember. I still remember brother Yu, brother Ming, Qiqi, Huihui, and Zhuifeng."

Chen Ahfu was very happy and said, "Zhuifeng had two grandchildren a few days ago. One is called Chuchu and the other is called Gungun. They are white and fat, very cute. I will play with them when I return to the capital."

Wen Ge'er's eyes sparkled and he nodded vigorously.

Song laughed and said, "What kind of name is this? It's so strange."

Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "The name was given by Yu Ge'er and Ming Ge'er. It's called Chu Chu because it likes to sniff, and it's called Gun Gun because it likes to roll around."

Seeing so many gifts, Song said embarrassedly, "My elder brother and his wife have helped me and my second master a lot, so it is our duty to take care of my aunt. How can we feel good about giving you all these gifts?"

Chen Afu held her hand and said, "I really want to thank you. With you here to take care of my mother-in-law, my uncle and I feel relieved."

It was getting dark and snowing again. Song invited Chen Afu to have dinner here and sent someone to pick up Chu Hanyan. They ate a mutton hotpot here.