What Chen Afu wants most now is to take a hot bath, then sit on the warm kang to eat the mutton soup pot, and then have a good sleep.
Now that Princess Ke Rui is here, we have to settle their issues first.
She carried Li Xuan to the upper room and said, "Xuan'er, your mother is here to pick you up. She has been away from you for so long, and she misses you so much that she cries every day. You have to be good..." and go home with her.
Princess Rui came out of the upper room, she stretched out her hand and choked up, "Xuan'er, Xuan'er..."
Li Xuan already had an impression of his biological parents. During his time at the Chu family, his wet nurse Wei Ma would tell him every day how much his mother loved and missed him, and how great the palace in the capital was. Li Xuan always knew that his real home was the palace. Before returning to the capital, Chen Afu also did a lot of work for him, telling him that he would return to his home after returning to the capital.
Li Xuan allowed Princess Rui to carry him to the marriage palace, but he was unwilling to go back to the palace with her. He was carried back by his wet nurse and cried.
Chen Afu was reluctant to let him go, but he couldn't just monopolize someone else's son. He touched his head and said, "Xuan'er, don't cry. If you miss your aunt, come to your aunt's house and play."
Li Xuan sobbed and said, "When auntie returns to the home in Dingzhou, remember to bring Xuanxuan with you. Xuanxuan likes auntie, brother, sister and brother."
Chen Afu didn't know how to answer this question, so he just laughed twice.
Princess Rui had long heard the prince say how smart her son was. Today, she saw that he was indeed much smarter and more articulate. She had never expected that he could make such a request. This, this, this is really too smart. Not only was she not angry, she cried with joy.
She held Chen Ahfu's hand and said, "Mrs. Chu, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. My prince and I will remember your kindness forever."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "You are too polite, Princess. I also like Xuan'er very much. I often bring him here to play when I have nothing to do."
After seeing them off, Yu pointed to the pile of colorful gold and silver jewelry on the table and said, "This is a gift from Princess Rui."
Chen Afu and his mother took a bath and changed into clean clothes. Then Mrs. Chu San's maid came.
She smiled and said, "The Third Madam said that it's getting late now and the eldest grandmother is tired from the journey, so there's no need to pay respects to the elders..."
Chen Afu stood up and thanked him, then asked someone to give the maid a purse.
She sat on the kang, fed the two children, and put them on the kang to play. She ate the soup pot while listening to Mrs. Yu's report.
Yu's wife said that the mansion was peaceful and calm, with Madam Chu San keeping things under control, and Madam Er couldn't do anything about her evil intentions. However, when the two little brothers were one month old, the two sisters-in-law had a fight.
Because the third wife wanted the second master or the third master to take the second girl to Dingzhou to attend the full moon wine ceremony on behalf of the Marquis's Mansion, but the second wife found excuses to prevent the second and third masters from going. She said that when the third master got married, the old Marquis, the Marquis, the first master and the first grandmother did not return to the mansion. The first house did not give face to the second house, so why should the second house give face to the first house.
The Third Lady was so angry that she teased her, "Your reputation is not much bigger than a sparrow on a tree, and you still have the nerve to bring it up. If you weren't relying on the eldest wife, who would you be?"
The second wife was so angry that she burst into tears...
The second son Chu Ling'an got married on September 8th, which was the busiest time for Chu Lingxuan. The old Marquis was pretending to be sick, and Marquis Chu was in Lingyin Temple, so how could he come back to attend the wedding? It was even more impossible for Chen Afu to come back when she was pregnant, and she would not come back even if she was not pregnant.
Chen Ahfu knew that what really made Li angry was not her face, but her pregnancy, which gave birth to two sons. She laughed for a while and said, "Except for herself, everyone knows how much face Li has. If she dreams of getting something she can't get every day, she will lose face more and more in the future."
The next day after breakfast, Chen Afu took his son and the gifts for the third wife to Anrong Hall, and asked the servants to deliver the gifts for the second wife to them.
Chen Afu felt that he and Li had already torn their relationship apart, and he didn't want to pretend that nothing had happened.
Mrs. Chu San was holding Chu Lingzhi and talking to him. When she heard Chen Afu coming with the children, she laughed loudly and said, "Quick, let me see the two little brothers."
Chen Afu bowed to the third wife and had the child placed on the kang.
Mrs. Chu kissed this and that, and loved him very much. She smiled and said, "What a pretty boy. It would be even better if he was a girl."
She also gave the two brothers two seven-treasure necklaces as a gift.
Chu Lingzhi took Sasa and her family of three to show off at someone else's house.
Not long after, Chu Zhen arrived. She would come to the Third Madam's place every day to set up rules for an hour and learn how to treat people and manage household expenses.
Chu Zhen greeted the Third Madam, then bent her knees to Chen Afu and called out, "Sister-in-law."
Although the smile was forced, he still smiled and called out to people, and his temperament was much better than before. This is a big improvement.
Chen Ahfu also smiled and said, "Aunt."
Chu Zhen took out two small jade pendants and said, "This is a gift from me to my two nephews. Please don't despise it, sister-in-law."
Chen Ahfu knew that this must be Aunt Qian's suggestion, but it was not easy. He smiled and said, "Oh, I thank Second Aunt on their behalf."
The two mothers came with their two children to pay their respects to Chu Zhen.
Chu Zhen found it very amusing to see the two little brothers who looked almost identical. Her smile became much more genuine and she went over to tease the children.
Mrs. Chu San wanted to say something to Chen Ahfu, so she said, "Zhen'er, I'm busy today, so you can go back first." She thought Chen Ahfu had done a good job today, so she took off a red gold butterfly hairpin inlaid with rubies from her head and said with a smile, "Everyone likes good children. This is a gift from my grandmother, you can wear it."
This was the second time that the Third Lady had rewarded her with something, and it was a reward from the Empress Dowager. Chu Zhen happily accepted it, said goodbye to Chen Afu, and left.
Chen Ahfu laughed and said, "Third Aunt is really good at training people. In less than a year, Second Aunt has changed a lot."
Madam Chu smiled, looked at the falling snow outside the window, her face became serious, and she whispered to Chen Ahfu, "It is said that Master Wuzhi is very good at predicting the future. It is already the end of the year, I wonder if we are really going to have a snowstorm..."
It is also said that since they got the brocade bag, Lord Chu and Mr. Chu San have not traveled north. Even if there are some errands that they have to go, they find excuses to postpone them. I just don't know when this deadline will be, and whether it can be avoided...
"It's really frustrating." Chu Sanfu sighed, and then changed the subject, "You brought me two jars of wine last time. I gave one to the Imperial Grandmother. She loved it very much. She drinks a glass every night. She said it tastes good and makes her energetic."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "I brought two more jars this time." He whispered, "To tell you the truth, Aunt San, some rare medicinal materials were added to the mother and son in the wine. That thing was given to me by Master Wuzhi, so it nourishes people."
It would be bad to let the royal family know that you have good things in your hands, and put the blame on the foolish old monk.
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