It was not until the end of winter that Chen Afu completely sorted out the properties in the Marquis' Mansion.
Chu Ling'an and Shen also knew the old man's plan, and they were both sad and happy. The sad thing was that they didn't want to separate now and live with the Marquis's Mansion. All the expenses were paid by the eldest wife, and they were also the grandmother of the young master of the Marquis's Mansion. The happy thing was that fortunately, the second master was not in charge of the family, and the old man passed the property directly to Chu Ling'an, otherwise it wouldn't take long for his family to slowly decline.
Chu Ling'an knew his father's character, so he discussed with the old marquis that the private money given by the old man should not be known to his father. After deducting the 5,000 taels of dowry for the two concubines and the 10,000 taels for Chu Lingqi, most of the remaining money should be used to buy houses and land. The old marquis also agreed and had secretly sent people to search everywhere.
The Chu family was secretly splitting up, while the court was purging the Second Prince's party with great fanfare. Chen Yuhui's father-in-law He Quan had been arrested and taken to the Dali Temple, and the He family was restricted in their personal freedom and was not allowed to leave the He Mansion.
At first, everyone thought that the purge of the Second Prince's remnants would not be carried out so quickly, and Chen Shiying had not yet had time to talk to He Quan about Chen Yuhui's separation.
Chen Shiying was horrified when he heard the news that He Quan was arrested. He was not worried about He Quan, but if He Quan had the final say, he might let Chen Yuhui go because of the relationship between the heirs. But He Linsheng was a scoundrel who had no sense of reason, not to mention that he hated Chen Yuhui.
Chen Shiying quickly asked for leave and returned to the capital to negotiate with the He family. Mrs. He and He Linsheng told him clearly that women follow their husbands wherever they marry, and it is impossible for her to run away when her husband's family is in trouble.
Chen Shiying brought up the child in Chen Yuhui's belly, saying that if the He family was exiled or sold, the child would either be hard to survive or become a slave. If they let Chen Yuhui go, the Chen family would try their best to give the child away so that he would have a promising future.
He Linsheng said that since they were descendants of the He family, they had to stand together with the family. If Chen Shiying wanted to save one family, he would save one family. If he couldn't save one family, his daughter and grandson would suffer the same fate as her husband's family.
Looking at this scoundrel, Chen Shiying had no way to deal with it. He didn't have the ability or the courage to save the He family. If it weren't for the fact that Chen Yuhui and the He family were always having dirty affairs, which were known to everyone and even reached the Golden Palace, he wouldn't even have the ability or the courage to save Chen Yuhui.
Chen Shiying had no choice but to leave the He family in disgrace. He dared not delay for long, as he had to rush back to Dingzhou Prefecture tomorrow. The end of the year was a busy year for official duties, and the Crown Prince hinted that he should sort out all the affairs of Dingzhou, as he would have another important task after the new year.
Before leaving, he went to the Jiang Mansion and the Chu Mansion and asked the Jiang family and Chen Afu to look after Chen Yuhui.
Chen Afu invited Chen Shiying to have dinner in the bamboo pavilion.
Chen Shiying was extremely depressed and said to Chen Afu, "Fuer, when Daddy is not in Beijing, if Huier needs help, please help her. Alas, although she is not very good, she is Daddy's daughter after all, and Daddy does not want her to die at such a young age. She is only three months pregnant, and Daddy is really afraid that the beast He Linsheng will harm her."
Chen Ahfu agreed readily, "Okay, I'll send someone to the He family to check on her in a few days."
Although Chen Afu hated Chen Yuhui very much, at this time, especially since she was pregnant, it was still necessary to send people to check on her from time to time to see if she had been harmed by the He family.
After dinner, the three children were taken back to Zhuxuan from Anrong Hall by servants.
They no longer recognized Chen Shiying. Looking at this young and handsome Chen Shiying, who only had a small mustache on his upper lip, Yu Ge'er asked Chen Afu, "Mother, who is this uncle?"
Xiao Yuer also stared with her big round eyes and asked, "Uncle, who?"
Their words made Chen Shiying laugh out loud.
Chen Ahfu said with a smile, "What nonsense are you talking about. He is your grandfather, come and pay your respects to him."
Ming Ge'er finally found a reason to laugh at his brother, and laughed, "Brother, you called the wrong bird, grandpa called me uncle."
Yu Ge'er scratched his head in embarrassment, trying to save face for himself, "Haha, grandpa is handsome, he looks like uncle, not grandpa."
Xiao Yuer also said two words, "Piao Piao."
Afterwards, the three children came forward and kowtowed to Chen Shiying, saying, "Hello, Grandpa."
Xiao Yuer didn't talk much, she just called "Master" in a very loud voice and was never overwhelmed by the two little brothers.
Chen Shiying said "good child" and picked up Xiao Yu'er, saying with a smile, "My granddaughter is really capable. She can kowtow and call people at such a young age."
Xiao Yuer is a person who loves appearance. She usually likes handsome grandfathers the most. Now she sees a younger and more handsome grandfather, she likes him even more. She hugged Chen Shiying's neck and kissed him twice, laughed a few times, and lifted her little butt. She shouted again, "Grandpa, Grandpa, Grandpa."
Seeing her eyebrows and eyes that were extremely similar to Chen Ahfu's, Chen Shiying was overjoyed, thinking that Fu'er must have been this beautiful when she was a child, so he kissed her back a few times.
Chen Shiying's depressed mood was completely driven away by these children. He played with them for a long time before going home.
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Afu finished assigning tasks in the inner courtyard meeting room and did not return to his own bamboo pavilion, but went to the Minghe Courtyard of the Third Madam. Several children and the animal home were taken to Anrong Hall by Lord Chu, so it was okay for Chen Afu to go back.
Although Lord Chu regained his freedom, he did not dare to look for Lechen because of the emperor's attitude, and still played with the child every day. If he wanted to remarry Lechen and win back his heart, he had to wait until the old emperor died.
I heard that the old emperor was in very poor health. But the empress dowager's health unexpectedly improved, much better than before. I don't know if it was the snacks sent by Chen Ahfu that worked.
When she went in, the third wife was sitting on the kang with her lips pursed and smiling.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "What good news made Third Aunt so happy? Did Third Uncle send a letter?"
The Third Madam smiled and said, "Every time your Third Uncle writes to you, is there a letter missing from Xuan'er?" She added, "Chu Lin's marriage has been decided. It's with a young man from the Ding family. The Ding family will come to propose marriage in a few days."
The young man from the Ding family's father is a doctor in the Ministry of Justice. He is studying at the Imperial College and is fifteen years old this year...
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Third Aunt did a good thing. Third and Fourth Miss will remember you forever."
The third lady said, "I don't care if they remember my kindness, I just don't want Li to mislead them."
As they were talking, Yali, the maid that Chen Yuhui brought as a dowry from her parents' home, was brought in. Yali's face was covered with tears.
Chen Ahfu was startled and asked, "What's going on?"
Yali cried, "Aunt, Second Master caused Second Madam to slip, and she bled a lot..."
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