In the palace, the second prince was furious. He knew that the heavy snow would stop at noon on the 30th day of the first lunar month, and he wanted to sacrifice his own blood to the heavens to make the emperor change his mind about him, and change the emperor's obsession for the sake of the country. Unexpectedly, the bastard Seventh Prince ruined his plan and took all the adult princes to sacrifice to the heavens.
The third prince was even more pretentious. He fasted and offered blood sacrifices while sick, stealing his limelight and making the streets talk about him. Now, in the eyes of the common people, the reputation of the third prince has reached a new height. Did the emperor really change his past obsession and start paving the way for the third prince?
The second prince was very nervous, fearing that his good move might actually help the third prince.
However, although the snowstorm ended, the temperature suddenly rose again, as if we had suddenly entered the warm spring from the cold winter. Many elderly people and children who had survived the most severe snowstorm fell ill after the sudden warm weather, and many people died.
The second prince remembered that it was the same in his previous life. The special climate caused a plague in Liaozhou, and Chu Guangkai died in an accident during this inspection in the north.
Faced with the sudden rise in temperature, the emperor issued an order that all localities should do a good job in post-disaster reconstruction, especially the prevention and control of epidemics. Those who died in the snowstorm and livestock should be buried and dealt with quickly...
Chen Afu didn't care much about national affairs. Before returning to Dingzhou Prefecture, she wanted to visit the people she should visit.
On February 2, Chen Afu took his two children to his pseudo-maternal home, the Jiang Mansion.
Jiang knew how to behave, and her family members also knew how to behave. They treated the mother and her two children as their own granddaughters and grandsons, and did not make people feel uncomfortable at all.
Lord Jiang was the Minister of the Imperial Academy. Although he was a third-rank official, his position was not important. People with real connections would not give him face. After Chen Shiying got into trouble, he asked many people for help, but no one could really help. Even to see Chen Shiying, he had to ask the Chu family for help.
Madam Jiang held Yu Ge'er and Ming Ge'er in her arms and gave them a generous gift. Then she took Chen Afu's hand and said, "Your mother sent me a letter, saying that it's a good thing to have you and your grandson-in-law. You have taken good care of them..."
Chen Ahfu smiled sincerely and said, "Mother is virtuous and kind, and my brother Lan and sister Qing are also sensible. We get along very well."
Madam Jiang wiped her tears and said, "This second girl of our family has been kind and sensible since she was young, but she had a hard life in the past few years. Fortunately, she met your father later, but..."
When talking about Chen Shiying, Mrs. Jiang became even more sad and cried out loud. Chen Shiying was her favorite and proud son-in-law, but he encountered such a thing.
Chen Ahfu advised Madam Jiang, "When God bestows a great responsibility on a person, he must first make his mind and body suffer and work hard... My father is a capable official, and this may be God's way of tempering his will. My father also thinks so, and his mood is fine, and he is not depressed."
Jiang's sister-in-law, Madam Jiang, quickly advised, "Look, old lady, your granddaughter said the same thing, right? My grandfather also said that my second brother-in-law has great talent and is a capable official. If he wants to be used in the future, he must be trained first..."
The old lady felt better after hearing this.
After lunch and sitting for a while, Chen Afu and the children returned home.
Not long after arriving at Zhuxuan, the old marquis and the marquis Chu came. The weather was warm today, and the marquis Chu was not wearing a hat. He suddenly saw a fresh scar on his forehead, which should have been caused by a beating not long ago. The scar was thick and long, like a red earthworm crawling on the forehead, extremely hideous and terrifying, which frightened Chen Ahfu so much that he was stunned. His heart also hurt. He didn't know what caused such a big scar.
Lord Chu can be considered a handsome middle-aged man, but this scar destroys his overall beauty.
Lord Chu's face was gloomy at first, and he was very angry. But when he saw the two little brothers on the bed, his expression immediately calmed down, and his eyes became warm. He also took out two jade pendants from his arms and asked their mother to keep them.
The two little brothers had fallen asleep, and Lord Chu sat beside them, watching them quietly.
The old marquis said to Chen Ahfu, "Go prepare some delicious and light side dishes, and call the third brother over, so we can have a drink together."
Chen Afu nodded and took Hua Mama and the girl to the kitchen to get busy.
It was winter and the disaster had just happened. The family had enough rice and flour, but it was not easy to prepare delicious side dishes. The only fresh vegetables were radish and cabbage. Chen Ahfu had grown some bean sprouts and garlic seedlings himself, but he didn't dare to add swallow manure.
Because Lord Chu had a wound on his face, he couldn't cook stewed dishes and seafood, which made it even more difficult. She thought for a while and cooked chestnut roasted chicken, pickled fish, crispy duck, pickled duck blood and frozen tofu, preserved vegetable braised pork, garlic sprouts fried bacon, crispy bean curd rolls, stir-fried two-color mushrooms, refreshing black fungus, garlic bean sprouts, white cabbage cooked in fresh soup, and carrot and pig's trotter soup.
While she was in the toilet, she went into the space and asked for a piece of Yanchenxiang green leaf as big as an eye dropper. This thing can beautify the skin. She hoped that the old handsome man's scar would not be too obvious. She put the green leaf into the wine. The strong smell of wine could cover up some of the fragrance of the green leaf. Also, because she had put some Yanchenxiang wood residue in the wine before, it already had a special fragrance, and adding some leaves would not make it obvious.
Not only did she invite the third master, she also invited the third lady, Chu Lingwei and Chu Lingzhi.
Knowing that the three men had important matters to discuss, they were arranged to eat in the west room, while Chen Afu, the third wife, and the Chu Lingwei brothers ate in the east room.
The Third Madam whispered to Chen Ahfu, "The wound on Uncle's forehead must have been caused by Rong Zhao." She was also angry and said, "Uncle is very well-mannered. If I were there, I would have slapped her in the face. What a thing, she fought so hard to get it, but she doesn't know how to cherish it."
Chen Ahfu also suspected that it was Rong Zhao who beat him. I don't know what happened to them, why did they fight? If only the Golden Swallow was outside, it would lead the group of birds to pull the manure.
After dinner, Lord Chu asked Chen Afu to go to the Princess's Mansion before returning to Dingzhou Prefecture. She was the nominal daughter-in-law, and before leaving, she had to pay respect to Rong Zhao and Lord Chu, and not let outsiders catch her, but she should not bring the child. He also told her to go without worry, and he would wait for her in the mansion, and there would be no more emergencies.
Chen Ahfu's scalp went numb when she heard that she was going to see Rong Zhao. The third wife volunteered to go with her, saying that she had not seen Rong Zhao since she was confined to her house.
Chen Afu thought about the "catastrophe" of the Chu family and felt that the ancients were superstitious, so he should not let Mrs. Chu go to Princess Rongzhao's mansion. Now, both Rongzhao himself and Princess Rongzhao's mansion were labeled as "unlucky".
Chen Afu smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Third Aunt. No one dares to go to Princess Rongzhao's mansion now, so Third Aunt, don't go. With my father-in-law here, I will be fine."
The Third Madam thought about it and realized that bad luck was spreading within five miles of Rong Zhao, so why would she go there? She nodded and instructed, "Let Madam Huang accompany you. She knows a lot of etiquette in the palace."
The next day, Chen Afu asked her servants to deliver a note to the princess's mansion, stating that she would bring her children to the mansion to meet the princess the next day.
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