Today, not only the adults were busy, but the children were busy too. Dabao was so excited that he got up early. This was his first time to formally make friends. He wrote all the invitations to his brothers, sisters and sisters yesterday. After writing them, he sent them to those families together with the invitations written by his father.
The days were now beginning to get shorter, and before daybreak he got up and put on his clothes in the dark.
When he brought Zhuifeng's family to the main courtyard, Chu Lingxuan and Chen Afu had just got up.
He already knew that he couldn't go directly into Daddy and Mom's bedroom, so he stood in the east room and waited for them. Usually when he came, Daddy and Mom were both up, and Daddy was no longer at home.
He felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the sound of his father and mother putting on clothes and talking softly. He thought back to the time when he and his mother slept in the same bed. When his mother was sick, he even helped her put on her clothes and shoes.
But now, my mother has a new person by her side, and I have gone to another courtyard alone...
Chen Ahfu walked out of the bedroom first, looked at Dabao and smiled, "You don't have school today, why did you get up earlier than usual?"
Chen Dabao gently hugged Chen Afu's big belly and said, "Guests are coming today, I have to get up early to prepare some toys for them."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Good boy, you know how to entertain guests."
Dabao climbed onto the kang again, hugged Chen Afu and kissed him twice, then stretched out his face for Chen Afu to kiss him twice.
When Chu Lingxuan came out and saw them like this, he frowned.
Although Dabao knew that if he was smart he shouldn't have made his father angry, he was still secretly happy when he saw his father was jealous of him.
He jumped off the kang, bowed to Chu Lingxuan, and hurried out of the side room.
Chen Ahfu looked at Chu Lingxuan's twisted face and said with a smile, "Look at you, why are you still jealous of a child?" Seeing that he was even more unhappy, he quickly said, "Okay, okay, next year when Dabao turns seven, we won't be like this anymore."
At this time, the voices of Chu Hanyan and Dabao were heard.
Chu Lingxuan laughed. His daughter, who always liked to sleep in, was not sleeping in anymore.
They went to the West Wing Restaurant to have breakfast and then started to get busy.
Chu Hanyan was busy dressing the animals in beautiful clothes and putting on jewelry, while Chen Dabao was busy directing the servants to place small tables, chairs, building blocks, comic books, toys, etc. under the trees in the backyard.
Chen Afu led people in the small kitchen to prepare his best braised dishes, the golden series, and the cucumber series, while also preparing the ingredients for watermelon shaved ice.
There was a little ice in the cellar of the General's Mansion, not much, but extremely precious. Usually, it was only used to cool down the old Marquis Chu. Even Chen Ahfu was reluctant to use it to cool down, thinking it was too extravagant. He only occasionally made shaved ice for the children and himself.
The one who had the least to do was Chu Lingxuan, who was sitting under the window reading a book. Even little Li Xuan, who got up later, knew to help his sister dress up the animal house beautifully.
After Chen Afu finished his work, he saw that A Lu had not arrived yet, so he asked Xiao Mo to invite him.
Xiao Mo came back and said, "My uncle said he was not feeling well today, so he won't come."
Chen Ahfu became anxious after hearing this, and Xiao Mo said, "Don't worry, Madam. I think the young master is fine, but he is a little listless. Maybe he got a heat stroke in the hot weather."
Chen Afu nodded. It was possible that A Lu was shy and embarrassed to meet these guests.
At this time, someone came to report that guests had arrived.
Because Chu Lingxuan was very familiar with them and on good terms with them, they were invited directly into the main courtyard as soon as they arrived.
These families had met Chu Hanyan before, but this was the first time they saw Dabao. Except for General Liu and Mrs. Liu, the other two families were also meeting Li Xuan for the first time.
They gave Dabao and Li Xuan gifts.
Afterwards, the adults sat in the backyard porch to drink tea and chat, but they were divided into two tables. There were many trees and bamboos here, and it was very cool. Chen Ahfu was a little amused. If it were in the previous life, it would be just right to play mahjong at two tables.
As soon as the children arrived, they played with the two birds and four dogs. After playing for a while, Lan Jieer, Shan Jieer and a little boy were attracted by the strange building blocks and comic strips on the table.
General Fu has a daughter and a son. The daughter is Fu Lingshan and the son is Fu Lushen. Shen Ge'er is just four years old. Mrs. Qin has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son is twelve years old and is called Qin Mu. The second son is seven years old and is called Qin Jin. The daughter is Qin Lan. General Liu has two sons, eight-year-old Liu Wang and six-year-old Liu Ao.
These children, plus the three children of the Chu family, totaled ten. The oldest was Qin Mu, who was twelve years old, and the youngest were Li Xuan and Lu Shen, who were four years old.
It's already lively with so many children, and the Chu family's birds and dogs are unusual and they all like people, so the laughter in the yard is getting louder and louder.
Even little Li Xuan proudly hugged Duan Duan and shouted, "It's Duan Meimei, it belongs to Xuan Xuan, you guys can't play with it."
General Fu and the others all knew about Li Xuan's special background, and told the children, "Don't touch Brother Xuan, be nice to him."
Madam Liu whispered to Chen Ahfu, "Ah, Brother Xuan seems to be much better. I saw him once at the beginning of this year. He was dull and cried when he saw strangers. He was not as talkative and cheerful as he is now..."
Liu Rang was born in the Qinxibo Mansion and was related to Princess Rui's family.
Mrs. Liu is also a straightforward person.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Actually, Xuan Ge'er doesn't have any disease at all. He was just scared when he was a child and is shy. I encouraged him slowly, got close to him, and let him know that people around him won't hurt him. In addition, my dog and bird like to play with him, so he gradually became braver and dared to speak and laugh."
Liu Rang at the table whispered, "My cousin came from the capital last night and said that the Queen Mother dreamed of the late emperor. The Queen Mother also said that when the late emperor was alive, she loved Rong Zhao, the eldest granddaughter, the most. The day before yesterday, she asked Princess Rong Zhao to go to Baoguo Temple to copy scriptures for the late emperor and eat vegetarian food for three months."
A few days ago, Master Chu San sent a letter saying that many imperial censors had submitted memorials impeaching Princess Rong Zhao for her lack of virtue and angering the gods, which was why she was frequently attacked by birds. He requested the emperor to punish Princess Rong Zhao to appease the anger of the gods.
Some people also impeached Lord Chu, saying that when he was not married to Princess Rongzhao, Princess Rongzhao did not have these strange things, but after he married the princess, this happened. Is there something wrong with the Chu family...
The day before yesterday, another letter was received. The emperor angrily rebuked those censors who were looking for trouble, saying that the Imperial Observatory had not found anything wrong, but they were inciting people to spread rumors and slander, and the people they slandered were still people in the royal family. Not only did he beat the censors who led the trouble, he also said that if they dared to spread rumors again, they would be killed without mercy. Those censors gradually stopped talking.
They analyzed that the emperor would definitely not want to publicly say that Rong Zhao had a bad moral character and angered the gods, after all, Rong Zhao was a member of their royal family. If Rong Zhao was found guilty of such a crime, the royal family's reputation would not be good. But the emperor must be dissatisfied with Rong Zhao, and he was also afraid that Rong Zhao really angered the gods, so he might punish Rong Zhao in disguised form by doing something else.
I didn't expect the punishment to come so soon, and with such an excuse.
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