After sending the girls away, Chu Hanyan reported to Chen Afu with a smile about their play. Chen Afu listened carefully, praised her with a smile, and said that she was a very good host. He also asked her to go back to her room to change her clothes and go to Anrong Hall.
Although they had all eaten, Chen Afu still had to go to Anrong Hall to pick up the child, especially to tell the elders the news that Qiuyue had been sent there.
Afterwards, Chen Afu listened to Miao'er's report quietly. The girls, Zhu Ying'er was straightforward, Yang Qian was cheerful, and Jiang Xiqiu was gentle. Although they all had their own personalities, they were all easy to get along with. Although Zhang Ziqi was the youngest, she was the most petty. Yinghui was more competitive and liked to pick on others. She didn't like to deal with Yang Qian, who came from a business family.
Finally, Miao'er talked about Zhang Ziqi's "stepmother theory" again.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "People are different, and flowers have different shades of red. Although Miss Zhang and Princess Yinghui are cunning and like to argue, they are just petty, but they are not bad people and will not hurt others. Let me get in touch with people with different personalities, so that I will know how to deal with different people in the future."
Afterwards, Chen Ahfu took the little girl to Anrong Hall. Seeing the little girl's excited face, Chen Ahfu felt a little funny. Such a little girl was about to get married.
Chen Ahfu thought to himself that he might be an outlier who had traveled through time and space in a girls' school. He actually wanted to arrange a marriage for the two children he had raised. This was impossible. The little girl was kind and innocent, and he was afraid that she would be wronged if she married someone else. Xiaoyi was also a popular man, a rich son-in-law. If he was not caught early, he would be taken away by others.
After they finished their meal, the second wife left immediately. Li saw the old man and the people from the first and third wives staying there and rolled her eyes. She knew they had something to do and would wait until her family left. She looked at the indifferent second master and Chu Lingqi and felt depressed. Her husband was useless, her son was useless, and her life was really miserable.
Chen Afu sent the children to play in the side room, and then told the old marquis, Marquis Chu, and the third lady about the incident.
The Third Lady screamed in surprise, "When did the Emperor's uncle become so easy to talk to? He actually wants to grant a marriage between Little Eleven and Yan'er!" Then she laughed, "However, with Yan'er's kind and cowardly personality, she can only avoid being bullied if she marries Little Eleven."
The old marquis was not so happy. He looked at his frowning and silent son and said lovingly, "Your Majesty is doing this to compensate our Chu family in another way, right? Alas, no matter how immoral that woman is, you can't get rid of her now..."
Lord Chu sighed deeply and said, "Now, that woman can no longer do anything to me. But Luo is pitiful. She has been a nun for so many years, and I don't know how many more years she will have to wait. I am afraid that if I wait any longer, even if I get rid of Rong Zhao, Luo will not be willing to return to secular life..."
When this topic came up, everyone's mood became heavy again. Chu Lingqi would occasionally send a letter saying that although Lechen was living in the Chu family in Dingzhou Prefecture, she was not at ease and always wanted to go back to the nunnery. Chu Lingqi and Shen Shi said all the good words to barely keep her. If the war in the south was over, she would not be able to stay even if she wanted to.
After a few more casual conversations, they all returned to their respective courtyards.
In the past few days, many ministers have submitted memorials, impeaching Rong Zhao for incurring the hatred of the "Bird Immortal" again. Such an unvirtuous and unlucky person should be made a monk, or directly demoted to a commoner. Otherwise, if the war in the south is affected by her, it will not be worth the loss.
The emperor was furious. Although he withheld the memorials, they kept coming in. The emperor had no choice but to let Rong Zhao go to Baoguo Temple to be a vegetarian and chant sutras for three months. The empress dowager and the queen also issued an imperial decree to reprimand her.
The day before Rong Zhao was leaving, Lord Chu sent someone to deliver a letter to Chen Afu, asking her to go to the princess's mansion to see Rong Zhao off the next day. Rong Zhao was still a princess and Chen Afu's nominal mother-in-law, so she had to be given the face she deserved.
Chen Afu complained a few words in his heart, but had to accept his fate and go.
The next day after breakfast, Chen Afu went to Princess Rong Zhao's residence. When he arrived at the main courtyard, he saw many boxes in the yard. Even if she went to the temple, Rong Zhao would not wrong herself.
She entered the main room and saw Rong Zhao, wearing a blue satin jacket embroidered with bamboo leaves, a jade green skirt, and a lotus jade hairpin in her hair, sitting on the Arhat bed with a gloomy face. Her outfit was rare and plain. Her face was also much more haggard, and she no longer had the arrogance she once had, and she didn't even pretend to be arrogant.
Lord Chu and Rong Zhao sat on the Luohan bed together. Xue Baoyi also came back today, still pregnant, and her husband, Master Yang San, also came back with her.
Mr. Yang Sanye's father is the Minister of Rites. I heard that he will also take the imperial examination this autumn.
Mr. Yang was tall and handsome, with delicate features, but his eyes made people feel uncomfortable. As soon as Chen Ahfu came in, he would steal glances at her.
Chen Ahfu bowed to Rong Zhao and Lord Chu, and sat down beside Lord Chu. Opposite her were Xue Baoyi and Third Master Yang, who sat beside Rong Zhao.
Chen Afu caught a glimpse of Mr. Yang Sanye's obscene gaze from the corner of his eye, and was so angry that his brows furrowed.
Chen Afu was the eldest and a lady of the third rank. Normally, Xue Baoyi, who was younger and had no title, should have come to pay respect to Chen Afu, the fake sister, but Xue Baoyi relied on her status as the daughter of a princess and Chen Afu also disliked her and ignored her.
The few of them said a few words. Xue Baoyi was really reluctant to leave Rong Zhao, and his eyes were filled with tears.
Rong Zhao didn't even look at Chen Afu, and kept telling Xue Baoyi to take care of her health during pregnancy, etc. He also warned Yang Sanye not to think that he could neglect her daughter just because he went to the temple. No matter what he was like, Xue Baoyi was the emperor's granddaughter. Yang Sanye was so scared that he nodded repeatedly and didn't dare to sneak a glance at Chen Afu anymore.
Afterwards, Rong Zhao and Lord Chu got up and walked outside. Lord Chu would accompany her to stay in the temple for a few days.
Chen Afu and Xue Baoyi escorted them to the main courtyard gate. As their sedan chairs were no longer visible, Chen Afu was about to sit in his own sedan chair when Xue Baoyi came over and hit Chen Afu. He cursed, "Shameless bitch, when your man is not around, you're thinking about hooking up with other men."
Chen Ahfu was furious. She grabbed Xue Baoyi's wrist and twisted it hard, causing Xue Baoyi to scream. If she hadn't been pregnant, Chen Ahfu would have pushed her to the ground.
Chen Ahfu cursed, "I don't have such shameless hobbies, and I never do anything to seduce other men. Don't you see your man's character? I don't even look down on him even if he is just carrying my sedan chair." She used a little more force in her hand and cursed, "If you dare to say dirty words again next time, I will teach you a lesson."
Then he pushed Xue Baoyi onto Master Yang Sanye.
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