After hearing this, Mrs. Chu felt a little better. She asked the servants to bring in breakfast, and Chen Afu and Mrs. Chu led the Chu Lingwei brothers to eat breakfast.
Soon, Mother Jiang and Mother Lin brought the two crying boys here, and Chen Afu got up and went to the west room to feed the children.
Letting the two mothers take their children to the west room, Chen Afu went to the east room and saw Lord Chu had also arrived.
Lord Chu asked Chu Lingwei and his brother to leave, and whispered to comfort the Third Madam, "Don't worry, Third Brother and Sister-in-law. I have sent several groups of secret guards to protect Third Brother."
Chen Afu heard from Chu Lingxuan that although Lord Chu had no real power, he was in charge of half of the emperor's secret guards. Now that he had sent secret guards, several groups at that, the third master's risk factor was much lower.
Mrs. Chu San felt even more relieved.
Lord Chu said to Chen Afu again, "Xuan'er's daughter-in-law should go back to Zhuxuan to prepare. You must set off on time."
Chen Ahfu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are we still leaving today?"
Lord Chu said, "Master Eleven is still in Dingzhou Prefecture. I can only feel relieved when you go back. You can't help here."
Chen Ahfu asked, "According to Master Wuzhi's prediction, Uncle San will most likely get into trouble when he goes north. Is this the other pill?"
Lord Chu said, "I have thought about this for a long time. The third brother already has a magic medicine. If something really happens, even if the dosage is not enough, it can keep him alive temporarily. When the time comes, we will immediately send someone to deliver another medicine. But before the situation is clear, we are still worried that something will happen to Xiaoyi. He must keep a medicine with him, just in case."
As they were discussing, Chu Lingqi came to Anrong Hall. He felt from the attitudes of the old marquis and the third lady that the third master's trip to the north seemed different this time, but he couldn't guess why. He came to ask the head of the family and Chen Afu if they were leaving today.
The old marquis waved his hand and said, "Of course you have to go. Go ahead and take good care of your sister-in-law and nephew on the way. There will be no farewell banquet at noon today. You can just leave when the time comes."
After hearing this, Chu Lingqi knelt down and kowtowed to the old man, and bowed deeply to the ground to Lord Chu and the Third Lady.
Lord Chu and his third wife each gave Chu Lingqi two hundred taels of silver. They knew that Chen Ahfu and his wife were not short of money, so they gave her some special products from the capital.
Lord Chu hugged each of the children this time, his eyes full of reluctance. He said, "Grandpa hopes that you will come to Beijing soon, and our family will never be separated."
The two children seemed to know that they would not be able to see their grandfather often in the future, and they burst into tears when they were taken away.
Chen Afu returned to Zhuxuan, and Princess Rui had already arrived with Li Xuan. Soon, Chu Hua came with Heng Ge'er, Chen Aman came with Yang Chao and Yang Qian, and the eldest grandmother of the Jiang family came with the fourth girl Jiang. They gave some gifts and stayed here for lunch.
After dinner, Third Grandma Shen and Chu Zhen also came. One brought a big bag of food from the capital, and the other brought a handkerchief she had embroidered herself.
Afterwards, Chen Afu, her son and Chu Lingqi's family bid farewell to the people who came to see them off in tears and headed straight for Tong County.
I stayed at the post station for one night and went to the dock to board the ship early the next morning.
Chen Afu had something on his mind. He was thinking about the Third Master who was in crisis, and also about his relatives in Dingzhou whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He felt as uncomfortable as if he was scratched by a cat.
Chu Siwen wanted to go play with his brother, and Song Shi was also uncomfortable staying in the cabin, so she wanted to go talk to Chen Afu, but was stopped by Chu Lingqi. He said, "It seems that something big happened at home, and the eldest sister-in-law is unhappy. Don't go and cause trouble."
Song knew that the second wife had no status in the Marquis's Mansion, and the Marquis's Mansion would not tell the second wife any confidential matters. Her husband was the illegitimate son of the second wife, and was even more marginalized. Only the legitimate mother-in-law, who was so arrogant and kind-hearted, dared to covet that high and mighty position. How could it be possible!
Now, the second wife not only disliked the head of the Marquis's house, but was also excluded by the first and third wives. Fortunately, her husband was a concubine's son, and he often helped Chu Lingxuan, who was not in the capital, to do some things, and secretly maintained a good relationship with the first wife. Finally, she was free from the control of the Li family. In the future, her husband could work wholeheartedly for the first wife, and her family could finally live a good life.
At dusk, we finally arrived at the canal dock outside Dingzhou Prefecture.
General Manager Yang and his men were already waiting here. After receiving them, they headed straight to the gate of Dingzhou Prefecture. Because Chu Lingqi's family had not bought a house yet, they would temporarily live in the General's Mansion.
When we arrived at the General's Mansion, the sky was already full of stars and a half moon was hanging obliquely in the sky.
Chen Afu opened a corner of the car curtain and saw a familiar gate with four large lanterns under the gatehouse. Many people were standing in front of the gate, bowing to greet them.
The carriage went straight into the main gate. Before it reached the second gate, Dabao and Miss Chu could be heard crying, "Mother, mother, wuwuwu..."
There is also the "woof woof" sound of chasing the wind.
After hearing this, Sasa, her mother and her two sons jumped off the carriage and ran to embrace Zhuifeng who was running over.
When they arrived at the second gate, the carriage stopped and Chen Afu got off impatiently.
Under the moonlight, Chen A-lu led Dabao and Chu Hanyan, as well as Qiqi and Huihui, standing in front of the second gate. The three children had grown taller, but Chen A-lu was smiling while the other two were crying with their mouths wide open, and they didn't rush to her as soon as they saw her as usual.
Chen Ahfu felt very sad. He walked towards them and said with a sob, "Dabao, Yan'er, Alu."
Chen A-Lu smiled and called out, "Sister, you're back. Dabao and Yan'er missed you so much."
After hearing this, Dabao and Yan'er felt even more aggrieved. They ignored Chen Afu and hugged each other and burst into tears.
Chen Ahfu first touched Ah Lu's corner and said, "Brother."
Then, she squatted down, hugged the two children and choked up, "Mom misses you so much that my chest hurts."
After hearing this, the two children no longer cared about being angry, and turned around to hug Chen Ahfu's neck and cried loudly. Qiqi and Huihui knew that they could not win against the young master, so they stood aside and imitated their voices and cried.
Little Miss Chu was not very good at expressing herself and just kept saying "Sister misses mother" over and over again.
Dabao had a lot to say, "Mom, you miss me and my sister, why didn't you come back to see us earlier? We miss you and my brother so much. We are afraid that mom only wants my brother and doesn't want us anymore..."
What a worried child.
Chen Ahfu said quickly, "How is it possible? Mother likes Dabao and Yan'er..."
The mother, her two children and her (daughter) all cried.
Ah Lu smiled and said, "Dabao, Yan'er, come and see Yu'er and Ming'er. They have grown a lot and have grown teeth. They are grinning."
After hearing this, Chu Hanyan let go of Chen Afu's hand and ran to see her brother. The two children had been put into the double stroller and were being squeezed by Alu until they giggled.
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