Chen Afu and his friends ordered more than a dozen dishes, but what came up were more than twenty dishes, covering all the restaurant's specialties. They also made two bowls of rice porridge with crucian carp soup specially for the two brothers.
Chu Lingxuan asked Chen Shi to sit down and they drank together.
It was the first time for Dabao and Miss Chu to eat in a big restaurant and they were very excited.
The meal lasted more than an hour. Chen Shi didn't want money, but Chu Lingxuan asked Chu Huai to give him two hundred taels of silver. Chen Shi said he didn't need so much, and Chu Lingxuan said that the extra money was a reward for them.
When I got home, the sun had already set.
The servants carried all the things they bought upstairs and piled them up to half the room. After Chen Ahfu had distributed the things to the children, he sent two pieces of fabric and some ornaments and snacks and candies to Song and Wen.
After that, Chu Lingxuan became busy again and rarely went home.
On the 26th, Chu Lingxuan took Wang Cheng's uncle and some witnesses and evidence to the capital.
Lord Chu sent a message that the third master had returned to the capital, and the epidemic caused by the snowstorm had been completely suppressed. They had been investigating and preparing for Wang Cheng's case for a year, and it was time to close the net.
Chen Afu secretly thought that the Second Prince would have a hard time, as the fundamental blows came one after another. First, the "blood sacrifice" he had planned for a long time did not win him the first credit, and did not make the emperor change his mind. Secondly, the Third Master Chu, the most powerful figure in the Chu family, unexpectedly did not die. The Chu family's influence in the court should not be underestimated, and the military power in the north and the west is still unbreakable. In addition, Wang Cheng's incident will not only eliminate the Second Prince's party's military power in the central and western regions, but also implicate Wang Guojiu. It is said that the Third Prince's party has been looking for faults in the Second Prince. If they also make trouble at this time, the Second Prince's life will be even more difficult.
She had always wondered why the Second Prince did not try to stop the Third Master Chu's career after he had brought down Lord Chu, and let the Third Master Chu rise step by step under the Emperor's careful cultivation. It turned out that he knew that the Third Master Chu was a short-lived ghost. Once the Third Master Chu died, Lord Chu was a stepping stone, and Chu Lingxuan was still young, the Chu family was completely finished.
What he didn't expect was that because of Chen Afu's time travel, bringing with her the space and the Golden Swallow, as well as the old monk's hint, Master Chu San unexpectedly came back to life.
From this point of view, the second prince was still careless. He didn't kill the enemy with one blow when he should have. He missed the best opportunity, and when the enemy became stronger, it was too late for him to fight again. He didn't think that since he could be reborn, there must be more incredible encounters in this world, such as time travel.
Among the civil officials, the emperor has already begun to stir up internal fighting between the third prince's faction and the second prince's faction. No matter which faction is defeated, the emperor and the ninth prince are happy to see it. Of course, what they want to see most is the defeat of the second prince's faction.
The Ninth Prince is now completely cured of his illness and is gaining experience in the Ministry of Personnel. The Emperor will slowly hand over his trusted and loyal ministers to him, and the Ninth Prince will have real power. According to Chu Lingxuan, the Ninth Prince is patient and intelligent, better than the other princes. Even without the Emperor's intention and the relationship with the Yuan family, the Chu family still favors this one the most.
Unfortunately, the emperor wanted to cultivate the power of the Ninth Prince too much, and he didn't know that Chen Shiying had so many handles, so he was a little impatient. If he had just let Chen Shiying go to the Ministry of Works as he did at the beginning, Chen Shiying might not have gotten into trouble, and the Ninth Prince would have had more help.
But no matter what, things are moving in the right direction.
Thinking of these things, Chen Afu's mood was as bright and beautiful as the sunshine outside the window.
After seeing Chu Lingxuan off, Chen Afu sent people to bring his aunt Liu, Wang Xiaodi and Wang Xiaomei back to their own homes.
Previously, the Wang family was arranged to live in a farmhouse on the outskirts of Dingzhou Prefecture and were taken care of very well.
After hearing the news, Wang went to Wang's house early in the morning, led people to clean up the yard, and cooked a table of delicious food. Chen Ming went back to the countryside to work on farm work a few days ago. Wang wanted to go back with him, but Chen Afu listened to Chu Lingxuan's suggestion and kept her.
Liu and her two companions returned home, jumped over the fire basin, washed up, put on their bright red clothes, and cried with Wang for a while.
Wang was very pleased to see that Liu's mother and daughter had not lost weight, but had become whiter and fatter. But she felt a little sorry that she had not seen Wang Cheng. It was only when Liu told her that Wang Cheng had gained several pounds that Wang felt better.
When Liu heard that Chen Ming had been helping the family look after the fields, she was naturally grateful, and of course she was even more grateful to Chu Lingxuan for taking care of their family.
Wang smiled and said, "I am Chengzi's sister, and Ah Fu is Chengzi's niece. It's just as it should be."
Chen Afu waited until A Lu and Da Bao finished school in the afternoon before taking the children to Wang's house.
Seeing the white and plump younger brother and sister, Chen Afu smiled and said, "I didn't expect that my cousin and sister have grown up."
Liu smiled and said, "They eat well there, have fun, and don't have to do anything. They are raised like pigs, so how can they not grow well?"
This made everyone very happy.
Liu took out two red satin bellybands and said, "I made these for Yu'er and Xin'er. I hope they will be rich and blessed throughout their lives."
Chen Afu took the bellyband and saw the embroidery of flowers and prosperity on it. The pattern was exquisite and the embroidery was superb. It was very beautiful. Chen Afu liked it very much. But when he saw Liu's slightly narrowed eyes, he still said, "Auntie's eyesight is not good. Why did you embroider such complicated flowers? Don't do it again next time."
Liu smiled and said, "I originally wanted to make nice clothes for my niece and her husband, but unfortunately my eyesight is not good, so I can only make bellybands for the kids." As she said that, she gave Wang a pair of shoes with thousand-layer soles embroidered with the word "Fu".
Wang also scolded her a few words and forbade her to do needlework anymore.
Wang sent the children away and whispered to Chen Ahfu, "Can your uncle really win the lawsuit this time? Mother thinks it's better to have less trouble than more. We should live an honest life and not provoke those high-ranking officials."
Chen Ahfu only told Wang Shi about Wang Cheng's affairs in general, and didn't dare to tell her in detail. He said, "If we don't bring down the people who stole the credit from my uncle, they will come to kill us to silence us if they know that my uncle is still alive. We won't be able to live a peaceful life." Seeing Liu Shi's worried look, he advised, "Don't worry, Ling Xuan and his uncle have been preparing for more than a year, and have found several witnesses and physical evidence. They will definitely vindicate my uncle."
When Chen Shi, Zhang, and Chen Atang arrived, they had a lively dinner together. There were so many children that the roof was almost torn apart.
Chu Hanyan already liked Wang Xiaomei, and now that she saw how much she loved her two younger brothers, she liked her even more. Before leaving, she invited her, "Auntie, come to my house more often to see my younger brothers."
Wang Xiaomei smiled and nodded.
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