Chu Hua smiled and said, "If my sister looks like her father, that would be terrible. It would be hard for her to get married."
This made everyone laugh.
Madam Chu San smiled and said, "You can't say that. The second aunt of the Xie family looks like the Duke, but she found a good young man."
Chu Hua's second aunt was dark-skinned, with slightly tough features, but she had a generous personality and was good at socializing. She also married into the Annan Marquis's Mansion and was very much loved by her parents-in-law and husband.
Chu Hua teased Xiao Yu'er in his arms and said, "Your Xiao Yu'er is even prettier. When she grows up, she will become the most beautiful woman in the capital."
Mrs. Chu was delighted, as if someone had praised her daughter. She said with a smile, "Of course not. Xiao Yu'er's father and mother are both pretty, and I hope they can give me another daughter to raise."
After everyone had been chatting and laughing for a while, Li came with the women from the second house. Chu Zhen had been engaged at the end of last year, and the young man was Liu Si, the fourth son of the Qinjin Earl family, who worked in the Wucheng Military Department.
Li was not satisfied with this marriage. She felt that the Qinjin Marquis's family was not prominent in the capital, and that the Fourth Master Liu was not a prince, but just an eighth-rank official in the Wucheng Bingmasi, and was not worthy of the legitimate daughter of the Yong'an Marquis's family.
But Mrs. Chu San was quite satisfied. She thought that the young man was smart and capable, and his family background was decent, so he would have a good life in the future. Moreover, the Liu family liked Chu Zhen because she was trained by Mrs. Chu San. They thought that she and Mrs. Chu San would have a good relationship, and their children would have a better future with Mrs. Chu San and her husband to rely on. If it weren't for this, they would not have liked Chu Zhen at all, considering the incompetence of Mr. Chu Er and the bad reputation of the Li family in the capital.
So after Mrs. Chu discussed it with the old marquis and the second master, she decided on this marriage. Li was so angry that she cried for several days, but she didn't ruin the deal.
Chu Zhen is now more honest and polite than before, but she is still very afraid of the Third Madam.
Seeing Chu Zhen like this, Chen Afu thought of Chen Yuqing again. Chen Yuqing's parents and herself were a hundred times better than Chu Zhen's parents and herself, but because of Old Lady Zhao and Chen Yuhui, she has not found a satisfactory in-law family until now.
Chen Ahfu whispered to Chu Hua, "Sister, how is the matter I asked you to do?"
Chu Hua's in-laws have a cousin of marriageable age who has not yet been engaged, that is Fifth Master Xie Feng. Although Xie Feng was born in a military family, he likes to read. He is eighteen years old this year and passed the examination for a scholar two years ago. He will take the examination for a juren this autumn.
The Xie family has not yet split up. Master Xie Wu is the eldest son of Master Xie San, who is a second-rank military officer. Apart from the name of the Xie family's Huguogong Mansion, Chen Yuqing would not be considered marrying up if she married Xie Feng. Although Chen Shiying is a fourth-rank prefect, he is a civil servant, and his power and status are no less than that of a second-rank military officer. Moreover, he has a bright future ahead of him, and once the Xie family splits up, the third branch will be just a branch of the Huguogong Mansion.
Chen Ahfu was attracted to the Xie family mainly because of their good family tradition. According to Chu Hua, Master Xie Wu was diligent and not pedantic.
If it were the past, Chen Ahfu would not dare to dream about it. But now that his family's market is good, Chen Shiying, a member of the Chu family, will also rise with it.
Chu Hua had met Chen Yuqing several times and listened to what Chen Afu said about the situation. He still liked the girl very much.
She whispered, "I mentioned it to my grandmother a few days ago, and she liked it. She said that Madam Chen is virtuous and polite, and has a good reputation. If I follow Madam Chen, I will definitely be a good person. But my third uncle and aunt are still a little hesitant, saying that the Chen family has a bad reputation..."
Chen Afu was very disappointed. The Chen family's reputation had been ruined by those two women.
Not long after, the old marquis and the men from the Chu family came, even Marquis Chu came.
Lord Chu was very happy to see Chu Hua coming. Seeing that his daughter pouted and didn't want to pay attention to him, he waved to Heng Ge'er and said, "Heng'er, come to grandpa."
Although Chu Hua later learned some of the inside story and knew that his father was not to blame for many things, he was reluctant to pay attention to him when he thought of his mother's suffering. However, he still privately told Heng Ge'er to get closer to his grandfather.
Heng Ge'er ran over happily, climbed onto Lord Chu's lap and sat down.
Yu Ge'er and Ming Ge'er were very unhappy when they saw that their grandfather was occupied by their cousin. They staggered over and shouted, "Grandpa, our grandpa." Then, they pulled Heng Ge'er down with all their strength.
Heng was upset, he grabbed his grandfather's clothes with both hands and kicked his two younger cousins. The two younger brothers didn't want to suffer any loss, so they started beating their cousins again. While beating, they shouted, "Beat you, beat you, you stole grandpa." His mouth opened wide, and another string of silver threads flowed down.
Lord Chu, who had been unpopular for many years, saw that he was so popular that his beard on his chin trembled with laughter. He tried to stop the fight, "Don't fight, don't fight, he is your cousin."
Chen Ahfu stood up and pulled the two brothers back, saying angrily, "Cousins are guests, we can't fight."
The two brothers still shouted, "Beat him, beat him, beat him."
The old marquis laughed and said, "Good, good, brothers fight together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle."
During the meal, Li finally found an opportunity to talk to Chen Afu. She laughed loudly and said, "Daughter-in-law Xuan'er, when you went to the palace, two guests came to your house and wanted to see you. They said they were here to take Yan'er home to play."
Madam Chu San said with a gloomy face, "That family is not welcome in our house, and they are not considered guests."
Chen Ahfu understood that the only family that wanted to see her and could come to pick up Yan'er was Yan'er's maternal family - the Ma family. She had also thought about what to do if the Ma family came to pick up Yan'er.
She didn't want Yan'er to get close to the Ma family from the bottom of her heart. It wasn't that she was selfish and wanted to dominate the little girl, but she also hated the Ma family's coldness and ruthlessness. They had treated Ma as an abandoned child with such hatred, and let Rong Zhao torture Yan'er. Now that the second prince and Rong Zhao had lost their power, she wanted to get close to Yan'er, but it was impossible.
She looked at the confused little girl and thought to herself that she should explain her life story to her. The little girl had grown up and was in the capital, so some things would always reach her ears.
Chen Afu was very sad. After coming to Beijing, these children had to face so many unhappy and unavoidable things.
Seeing Li looking at him with playful eyes, and then looking at Miss Chu with pity, Chen Ahfu was furious and said, "Oh, that family is here, I know."
I didn't say that the little girl should go, nor did I say that she shouldn't go.
Li was a little disappointed and lowered her head to eat again.
After the meal, Lord Chu hugged and kissed each of his grandsons. He looked at Xiao Yu'er a few more times and touched her little face. Then he said to Chen Afu, "If someone comes to pick up Yan'er, don't let Yan'er go with her." He snorted again, "That family didn't care about the life and death of Yan'er and her mother at the beginning, and now they want to cling to them. I hate this kind of fence-sitter the most..." He was a little angry at the end.
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