February 28th is a good day for moving, and this day is also the day Chu Lingqi moves.
They invited Chen Afu's family, the Fu family, the Qin family, the Liu family, the Wang mother and son, the Jiang family, and even the Liu family whom they had never met.
Chu Lingqi had just arrived in Dingzhou Prefecture not long ago, and his familiar circle of friends were Chu Lingxuan's friends and relatives.
A few days ago, Song had thoughtfully asked Chen Afu if Wang and Jiang could be invited at the same time.
This matter troubled Song for a long time. She could see that Chen Afu had a very close relationship with her biological mother, Wang, and also with her stepmother, Jiang.
Song didn't know which of the two people to invite. In order to facilitate her social life in Dingzhou Prefecture in the future, she should invite Jiang. But in order to have a better relationship with Chen Afu, it seemed that she should invite Wang.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "My mother and mother are both very nice. If you want, you can invite both of them."
This answer surprised Song, and she told Chu Lingqi about it in the evening.
Chu Lingqi said, "You should learn more from your sister-in-law in the future. Not only should you learn her skills in dealing with things, but also her courtesy and kindness. She and her stepmother, Madam Chen, her mother's current husband, Uncle Chen, and even Yan'er and Dabao, are not blood relatives, but they get along like family members, or even better. On the contrary, look at some big houses, even blood relatives, for a little bit of benefit, they still fight to the point of bloodshed..."
Song knew what her husband meant and nodded in agreement. She smiled and said, "I know. Not to mention others, even Wen'er, this period of time is also his happiest time. He even became bolder and said that he likes his aunt."
Of course, the time she and her husband spent here was the happiest time. Relaxed, happy, without having to be defensive, without having to worry about being scolded or punished...
It will be better when I move to a new house and become the master of my own house.
I heard from my husband that it seems that the Marquis' Mansion in the capital has survived a great disaster. If this disaster had not passed, the Chu family would have been finished. Oh my God, my family still doesn't know anything, and maybe death is imminent. In the future, if my husband works hard with the first wife, my life will not only be better, but I will also know many confidential matters of the Marquis' Mansion.
Thinking of this, Song was very happy and felt that life was getting better and better. It was not like in the capital, where she felt that the future was bleak every day.
Early in the morning, Chu Lingqi brought Song, Chu Siwen and Aunt Fang to say goodbye to Chen Afu. Chu Siwen also kowtowed to Chen Afu and thanked his aunt.
This was the second time Chen Ahfu had seen Aunt Fang today. She knelt down to thank Chen Ahfu for his help, and then she didn't say another word.
Chen Afu had to admit that Aunt Fang was a smart woman. No wonder she was so old and not particularly pretty, but still could gain the long-term favor of Master Chu.
She fully understands her own status, never does anything to displease others, and never tries to show off her presence. Even if her son buys a house, she will never embarrass him and will offer to live there and take care of the house herself.
Around 9:00 p.m., Chen Afu led several children and Zhuifeng's family to another Chu residence by car. Yesterday, Jinyanzi led Qiqi and Huihui to play in the woods. It said that it had not been there for a long time and would go to Fuyuan again.
Chen Afu arrived at Chu Lingqi's house and visited the front and back yards.
This house was in the alley in front of Chen Ming's house. It was the same size and layout as Chen Ming's house. Chu Lingqi and Song lived with their son in the main courtyard, while Fang lived in the back room.
Now is the best weather of the year, neither too hot nor too cold, with a gentle breeze. The men sat under the trees drinking tea and chatting, the women sat on the porch and laughed, the boys were either talking about knowledge or playing with Zhuifeng's family in the yard, and Chu Hanyan and several other girls were playing with string on the porch.
As soon as Jiang arrived, he started talking to Wang.
After Chen Shiying got into trouble, his affairs quickly spread all over the country. Especially his family affairs, which became the talk of the town. Rumors were almost one-sided, and everyone believed that Chen Shiying was a good official, and that Chen's mother was unvirtuous and despised the poor and loved the rich, which harmed Chen Shiying and even harmed Wang, who was kind to Chen Shiying, and Jiang, who came later, got a huge advantage...
During the snowstorm, people in the north had no time to spread these gossips, but the farther south was the one spreading them. After the snowstorm, those rumors sprang up like mushrooms after rain, all over the north.
The speed at which gossip spread was so fast that it was beyond Chen Afu's understanding and imagination. She had not expected that ancient people would spread gossip more crazily and would even add fuel to the fire.
She felt that if it were someone else, the news would definitely not spread so quickly.
But the man in trouble was Chen Shiying, the youngest and most handsome scholar in the Dashun Dynasty, and a grassroots inspirational role model. He was gentle as jade, young and promising, and had a smooth career. A poor student, he became a fourth-rank official by his own efforts in his early thirties. He was not only a role model for students, but also the pride of all ordinary people.
Ordinary people completely ignored and were unwilling to acknowledge the efforts that Chen's mother had made for Chen Shiying's career. They preferred to believe that Chen Shiying had reached this point with his own strength, because this gave them or their descendants hope.
Students and grassroots people did not want their idols to be discredited, so they exaggerated Chen Shiying to be filial and innocent, and Chen's mother to be unvirtuous and vicious. Some storytellers even made up a lot of jokes, the most famous of which was "Tanhua filial piety to his mother", but with the protagonist's name changed.
If Chen Afu had known this would happen, he would not have gone to the trouble of sending his servants to Chen Shiying's hometown to tell him about those things.
Now almost everyone in the Dashun Dynasty knows Chen Shiying’s predecessor, Wang, and the current one, Jiang.
The guests invited today know more details about the Chen family.
In their imagination, it should be very awkward for two women with such a relationship to meet. After all, one was the legal wife who was forced away by the evil mother-in-law, and it was illegal for Chen's mother to verbally drive her away. If Wang had not remarried, the court would probably have "rehabilitated" her and re-identified her as the legal wife. Then Jiang's status would be awkward, and she would definitely be demoted to become Chen Shiying's co-wife, which is actually equivalent to a concubine.
But they didn't expect that the two women got along very well with each other, which was beyond their expectations. Especially Jiang, who had a lot of respect for Wang.
Wang and Jiang held hands and went to one side to talk. Both of them had red eyes, and Wang was still comforting Jiang.
Jiang now regarded Wang as Chen Shiying's real elder sister, and she was really grateful to Wang from the bottom of her heart. In her opinion, Chen Shiying was so outstanding, not only because he had good qualities, but also because Wang taught him so well. If the old lady had raised her husband herself, she didn't know what her husband would become.
Of course Jiang had heard those rumors, but she was not jealous of Wang, let alone angry with her. In her opinion, Wang had remarried, and she had indeed found a good husband.
Moreover, her husband also benefited from the help of Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan.
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