Although Chen Afu was very angry and felt sorry for Chu Lingxuan's injury, he still patiently listened to Jin Yanzi's story.
Jin Yanzi said, "...I took Beibei to stand on a big rock to watch the fun. The girl was very patient, and kept talking, and her hands were not honest... When her big mouth was about to kiss, Uncle Chu got angry, spit at her, and scolded her for being shameless. The girl was so embarrassed that she pinched Uncle Chu's injured leg with one hand, causing Uncle Chu to scream in pain. With the other hand, she hit Uncle Chu in the face. I couldn't wait any longer. If I let her hit me, Mommy would beat me..."
The golden swallow quickly flew over and grabbed Yu Paying's clothes from the back, held her in the air, and flew to the cave entrance. Yu Paying was terrified and screamed.
After they left the cave, the golden swallow threw her down and called a few more times. A group of long-beaked birds flew over and pounced on Yu Paying with their mouths wide open. Yu Paying became even more frightened and rushed down the mountain, covering her head.
The golden swallow flew back to the cave. Chu Lingxuan also saw it and laughed at it, "Jinbao, it's really Jinbao! Did Ah Fu ask you to come? Thank you. Quick, help me untie the rope."
Jin Yanzi untied the rope with her mouth. Chu Lingxuan sat up, rummaged through the clothes thrown beside him, found a purse, and took out a pill wrapped in oil paper from the purse. He swallowed the pill, then held Jin Yanzi in his palm and said, "That medicine is the magic medicine that Ah Fu gave me. It will heal your leg injury quickly after taking it."
Jin Yanzi giggled and said, "Mommy, Daddy Chu can stand the test. He is a hero."
Chen Ahfu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but when she thought of Chu Lingxuan's injured leg, she burst into tears again. How painful it must be. She flicked his head and scolded, "Little thing, you are really going too far." Then she asked, "Has he returned to the barracks?"
Jin Yanzi chirped, "Of course he went back. Uncle Chu dragged his injured leg out of the cave and was found by someone who was looking for him not long after. Uncle Chu also asked someone to bring a letter back to Mommy."
As he spoke, he flapped his wings, and a small bamboo tube fell down.
Chen Ahfu picked up a small bamboo tube and opened it, pulling out a rolled-up paper. He opened it and found two pieces of paper. On one piece of paper, it was written that the rebellion was suppressed successfully on March 5, and the second prince had committed suicide.
On the other one it said, My husband is doing well, don't worry.
Seeing the second picture, Chen Ahfu burst into tears again. He was so badly injured, bleeding so much, and being held hostage by a fierce woman, what good was that?
She wiped her tears, stood up, put the second note into her makeup box, and walked out of the hospital with the first note.
Chen Afu couldn't tell Lord Chu what Jin Yanzi said, but he could give him this note, after all, Lord Chu and the old Lord knew how powerful Jin Yanzi was. However, this note couldn't be known to other people, otherwise it would easily lead to the incident of Rong Zhao being attacked by a bird.
When the old marquis saw the note, he was so excited that tears came out. He said in a low voice, "Okay, okay, all the bad things are over."
Not long after, Lord Chu also came back from the palace. He read the note and laughed. After so many years, it was the first time that Chen Ahfu saw Lord Chu laugh from the bottom of his heart.
His smile is bright and clean, and he is really a handsome middle-aged man. It's a pity that he has been bullied by Rong Zhao for more than ten years, and he has lost all desire in life.
He also said that the emperor wanted to invite him to come out of retirement, and his attitude was very sincere. He also said that if he didn't like being a military officer, he could go to the Ministry of War.
Lord Chu had refused. One reason was that the Chu family was now very powerful, and he did not want to offend the emperor. Even if he did not offend the emperor now, he could not guarantee that he would not offend the emperor in the future. The second reason was that Lord Chu had said everything in front of the late emperor and all the civil and military officials in the Golden Palace. The third reason was that Lord Chu was completely tired of his career in the officialdom and wanted to live a free and easy life.
In the evening, Zhuxuan hosted a dinner party. In addition to them and their son, Mrs. Chu San and her son were also invited.
The third lady was very happy to see the father and son drinking until their faces were red, but also a little puzzled.
Chen Ahfu laughed softly, "I vaguely heard it, it seems that the emperor wants to ask father-in-law to come out of retirement again. Although father-in-law did not agree, he is grateful for the emperor's grace and is happy."
The Third Madam smiled after hearing this. Although Lord Chu did not hold an official position, he was the head of the Chu family and the support of all the people in the Chu family. The emperor trusted him, which meant he trusted the Chu family.
At night, after the children fell asleep, Jin Yanzi wanted to enter the space, but Jin Bei refused to go in and looked at Chen Afu with an aggrieved look.
Chen Afu understood. She had once promised to wash its butt.
She smiled, took Jin Bei to the bathroom, and washed it in a basin. She said, "It's clean now, and it doesn't stink at all." Then she asked Jin Yanzi, "Would you like to wash it, baby?"
Golden Swallow blushed and said coyly, "I'm a boy, how can I let my mommy wash my butt? Besides, I've already washed it in the stream. In fact, Beibei has also washed it, but he was afraid that he didn't wash it clean enough, so he asked his mommy to wash it again."
Chen Ahfu spread out his left hand and said, "Okay, you all smell good, come in."
In the blink of an eye, the two birds disappeared.
Five days later, the emperor received an urgent message from 800 miles away, saying that the suppression of the rebellion had been completed eight days ago, and that General Chu would lead the southern expedition army back to the capital in a month. Also brought back were the corpse of the second prince, as well as the heads of the former king's father-in-law, king's uncle and others.
Even if the Second Prince rebels, he is still the Emperor's elder brother and his body must be intact.
The emperor was overjoyed and praised the Chu family army in court, saying that he would personally go out of the city to welcome the Chu family army. He also summoned the old Marquis Chu and the Marquis Chu to the palace, praised the great achievements of the Chu family, and invited them to have an imperial banquet and keep the prince company. For a time, the Chu family was unrivaled.
Taking advantage of this favorable situation, Chu Bi, the second concubine of the Chu family, arranged a good marriage with a concubine's son from a second-rank military officer's family. The young man was seventeen years old and had already worked in the army, an eighth-rank minor official.
Both concubines' daughters were betrothed to such good marriages, even no worse than those of the legitimate daughter Chu Zhen, which made Li feel heartbroken again.
Because many criminals had been dealt with some time ago, many large houses were vacated. The best houses were given to several newly crowned princes, and the rest were sold.
Chu Lingan bought a large house with four entrances. Actually, as a family of theirs, they were not high-ranking officials and had few people, so there was no need to buy such a large house. But Chu Lingan always wanted to spend more money on real estate, so he bought this large house.
Chu Shiying's family also bought a four-courtyard house with an artificial lake because the original three-courtyard house was too small.
Before moving, Chen Shiying saw that Chen Yuhui's health had almost recovered, so he wanted to send her to the countryside of Dingzhou Prefecture. After all, she was a divorced girl, and she couldn't live at home and delay her younger sister.
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