When talking about this, Chen Afu was also very worried. He still advised, "The master must have given those two pills of magic medicine for a purpose. Bring the medicine with you when you go. Even if you encounter something unfortunate, there is magic medicine to save your life and survive."
The Third Lady sighed, "I hope so."
The two children woke up, but they didn't cry, and they started to wail. Chen Ahfu began to feed them.
The Third Lady was also delighted when she saw the cute child. She said, "Xuan'er's daughter-in-law, Third Aunt has helped you two a lot. When the time comes, I will ask you for the baby, and you must not be reluctant to give it up."
Chen Ahfu said with a smile, "Third Aunt has so many treasures that they can't be stored in several large rooms. How can she be interested in my treasures?" Thinking of Third Madam's wish for him to give birth to a daughter so that she can take her home and raise her. He smiled again and said, "Third Aunt has a chivalrous heart. She is not the kind of person who would repay a favor."
The Third Madam smiled and said, "I will repay the favor. If you have another daughter in the future, give me one. Don't worry, I am not an unreasonable person. I don't want your first daughter, but you can give me the second one."
I can’t bear to part with the Nth one either.
In her previous life, Chen Ahfu loved daughters the most. However, in this life, because her elders liked sons and Chu Lingxuan didn't have a son, she wanted a son. Now that she has two sons, she wants a daughter again. Imagine if she had a daughter, soft and fragrant, crawling in her arms and acting like a spoiled child, just like Miss Chu, how adorable she would be.
Besides, the Third Lady was a spoiled noblewoman by the Queen Mother, and her spoiled daughter would definitely be unruly and unreasonable. Chen Ahfu was really worried about letting such a person raise his daughter.
The Third Lady's teaching of Chu Zhen was different. She didn't really like Chu Zhen, but she couldn't save the old marquis's face and wanted to correct Chu Zhen's bad habits, so she was more strict.
Chen Afu did not dare to disagree and said with a smile, "When I give birth to my second daughter, your Wei'er will get married. By then, you will have your own granddaughter, so why would you care about your niece's granddaughter?"
The Third Madam said, "I won't let my two boys get married too early, at least until they are eighteen or twenty years old. Some boys are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are eager to marry and take concubines, which is not good for their health..." She looked at Chen Afu and smiled, "So, I still want to think about your daughter. Don't be ungrateful, leave the daughter to me, it won't be a loss for her. I think you and Xuan'er are good-looking and have won my heart, so I want your daughter. If it were someone else, I wouldn't want her."
Chen Afu could only chuckle a few times and change the subject.
Not long after, Chu Zhen came again. She smiled and saluted the Third Madam and Chen Ahfu, but it was obvious that her smile was forced and her eyes were slightly red. The Third Madam Chu was not in the mood to take care of the household affairs today, so she asked the housekeeper to take Chu Zhen to the meeting room to handle household affairs.
Not long after, Nanny Qian, who served Chu Zhen, came back again. She reported to the Third Madam that Li was up to no good again. Last night, she gave a maid to each of the Second and Third Masters. Before Chu Zhen came today, she tried to persuade Li, saying that she had already displeased the Second Master and all the heads of the family, and had incurred the hatred of the illegitimate son and his wife, and that she should not push her biological son and his wife away anymore. Li scolded her, saying that it was the power of the mother-in-law to give her son a maid, and that Chu Zhen had learned to be more and more petty from the Third Madam, and even looked down on her biological mother. Chu Zhen was so angry that she cried...
The third lady was amused and snorted, "She, a poor woman, actually said that I am petty. What a joke! That bitch should be punished again."
The Third Lady's expression was gloomy and unclear. She must be thinking of ways to punish Li again.
Chen Ahfu said, "Second Aunt is making rapid progress following Third Aunt. She has seen through Second Aunt's current situation. Second Aunt is confused and evil-minded. Not only does she not listen to her daughter's advice, she is also doing immoral things." He also wanted to help Song, and said, "Second and Third Sisters-in-law are sensible, but they are unlucky to have such a confused mother-in-law. Especially Second Sister-in-law, she is really pitiful."
Because Song and Shen responded to the Third Lady's "initiative" and donated 20 taels of silver without Li's consent, Li was very unhappy. She felt that they helped the Third Lady and caused her to lose money.
The day after Li was forced by the second master to donate thirty taels of silver, Song and Shen went to pay their respects to her. Li asked Shen to stand in the house for a whole day, and before letting Song in, Song stood outside the door for a long time. Song had a high fever that night, and asked the imperial physician to come and give her acupuncture that night.
The Third Madam scolded, "That Li is not a human being. In this cold weather, even the maid who picks up the door curtains is replaced every hour. No matter how low the family background of Song is, she is still a delicate official daughter. How could she have endured such suffering?" She sighed, "Song is a pitiful person. She has been married into the Chu family for so many years and has never had a few days of comfortable life. I helped her before, but the more I helped Li, the more she hated her. After that, she tortured her even more. It was not easy for me to intervene anymore."
Chen Afu said, "Second Master is filial and doesn't want to work in other places. Otherwise, please ask grandfather to speak up and let him take Second Brother and Sister-in-law to leave the capital together, so that she won't have to endure Li's anger for so many years."
Chu Lingqi is a good person, and Chu Lingxuan has a high opinion of him. He said that he is a good person, patient, and capable, but his stepmother is too powerful and confused, and has always suppressed him. For his sake, Chu Lingxuan dared not have too much contact with him at home. The two brothers wanted to talk more, and they also went to the restaurant outside to drink.
Chu Lingxuan had asked him before if he was willing to follow him to Dingzhou Prefecture. Chu Lingqi said that the second master was not in good health and he was worried about going far away. He also said that although he and his wife were currently being bullied by their stepmother, if they endured it, things would be easier when they separated from the family in the future. In fact, he was most afraid that if he took his wife away, his biological mother, Concubine Fang, would be tormented even more by Li.
Madam Chu San said, "Lingqi is foolish and filial, and likes to think before and after when doing things. Don't sacrifice your own wife and son for your biological mother." She also said to Chen Afu, "Growing up in a small family may be a blessing. In the capital, there are many vicious mothers like Li. Li is vicious but not smart. She is greedy for money and harms illegitimate children. If it were another vicious and smart mother, the illegitimate children would not survive, and I don't know what would happen."
Chen Afu also agreed with this. Li was greedy for money, and almost all the noble ladies in the capital knew about it, and they all felt sorry for Lord Chu and his son. The second master had the most concubines, and Li cried and made a fuss, but there was nothing she could do. This time, Song was persecuted so blatantly. If the second master Chu took advantage of the situation to take his wife and son away, the head of the family and the second master would definitely support it.
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