Chen Afu was very depressed. She asked the imperial physician to take her pulse in the middle of the night and was ordered to stay in bed for a month. The key point was that the time was wrong. She fell ill the night before Chu Lingxuan came back. Everyone thought it was wrong and looked at her with a playful look.
Wang was so angry that she turned her face away from Chu Lingxuan for the first time. She also quietly blamed her, "This is your third child, right? Your son-in-law doesn't know the importance of things, and you just let him do what he wants?"
The third wife glanced at her with a half-smile and said, "I'll ask your third uncle to talk to Xuan'er. I have to love him now and don't let him act nonsense. Besides, what if he scares my granddaughter away..." This time, even the word "nephew" was omitted.
Jiang blushed as she advised her, "Fuer, you can't serve your husband at this time. Try to persuade your son-in-law..."
Chu Hua shared his experience with her, "My elder brother couldn't help it, so I let him take a cold shower..."
Her words startled Chen Ahfu. This young lady really didn't look like an ancient person. Considering that she was raised by the third wife, it made sense that she was different.
Li somehow found out about it and brought Shen to see her. She taught her, "Xuan'er's wife, although we have separated, I am still your elder, so I will teach you. You should give Xuan'er a maid, which will show your kindness and generosity, and also help you share the burden..."
Shen was terrified. Her husband had persuaded her mother-in-law for a long time before coming, but her mother-in-law said these unpleasant words again. She quickly stopped her and said, "Mother-in-law, didn't father-in-law and the third master ask us to ask the eldest brother for help..."
Chu Zhen is getting married in half a month, and the second wife wants Chu Lingxuan to help Chu Zhen's fiancé find a better job.
Li Ma Ma first suggested that Chu Lingxuan sleep somewhere else, but Chu Lingxuan ignored her. She slept in the side room every day to keep watch, and when she heard any noise in the room, she would cough hard a few times.
The children didn't know what disease their mother had, they only knew that her mother was seriously ill and couldn't get up from the bed, so they were all scared and cried. Yu Ge'er and Xiao Yu'er cried by the door, and Chu Hanyan wiped her tears silently. Later, when Prince He and Li Xuan found out, they also ran to see her crying.
Chu Lingxuan was relieved to see that Chen Afu was fine. But he still complained to her quietly, "I didn't do anything wrong that day, but it's like I abused you. My four fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law are all unhappy with me, and my third uncle also blamed me for not knowing the seriousness of the matter. Especially my father-in-law, the Minister of the Court, who even came to my office to scold me. It's so infuriating!"
In order to distinguish Chen Shiying from Chen Ming, Chu Ling declared Chen Ming to be "father-in-law" and Chen Shiying to be "minister-in-law".
Chen Ahfu laughed and said, "If Grandpa and father-in-law were at home, you would probably get beaten."
Chu Lingxuan said, "It's not a possibility, it's a certainty."
Chen Afu was touched and satisfied with her relatives' performance. Except for Li who caused trouble for her, no one else asked her to be virtuous and generous, and Chu Lingxuan had no intention of finding a maid for her. This was already very difficult in ancient times.
At the end of August, Chen Afu was finally able to get up. In fact, she had to go into the space for physical therapy almost every day, and her body had been fine for a long time. But because of the imperial physician's orders, she was closely watched and could not get up even a day earlier.
Because I was pregnant with twins, I didn't exercise much and ate well, my belly was already very big when I was just five months pregnant, like other people's bellies when they are seven or eight months pregnant.
Seeing her like this, Chu Lingxuan, Wang and others became anxious again and asked her to move more.
In mid-August, Chu Zhen got married. Her family sent her a generous gift, but Chen Afu did not go. Not only because she was lying in bed and could not move, but also because she was pregnant. According to local customs, pregnant women cannot attend other people's weddings.
In late September, Chen Ayu got married, and in mid-October, Chen Yuqing got married. One of them was Chen Afu's favorite cousin, and the other was her favorite sister. She regretted that she could not attend the weddings of both.
On the eighth day of September, Chen Shi's family and Chen Ye's family came to the capital.
Chen Shi's family lived in Chen Ayu's house, Chen Ye's family lived in Chen Ming's house, and Wang and Chen Ming moved out of the Marquis' Mansion and returned home.
All the three branches of the Chen family gathered in the capital, and Chen Ming was very happy. On the tenth day, Chen Ming's family invited not only the Chen family but also the prince.
That day, Chu Lingxuan and Chen Afu had just finished breakfast with their children, and the prince came with Changchang, Duanduan, Yuanyuan, Qiqi, and Huihui. He said, "I haven't seen my relatives in my hometown for a long time, and I miss them a little." He added, "Except Hu."
He had always held a grudge against Mrs. Hu. When he was a child, Mrs. Hu had caused him the most trouble, saying she would sell him out for no reason, which frightened him so much that he lived in fear all day long.
After dressing up the children, Chen Ahfu took them back to her parents' home. Chu Lingxuan would go later because he didn't get along with those people.
Before leaving, Chu Lingxuan asked Nanny Li and several maids to keep an eye on Chen Afu and prevent her from being bumped by the child or getting too excited.
When they arrived, everyone else had arrived. Mrs. Chen, Chen Ye, Mrs. Hu, Chen Agui, Mrs. Gao, Dahu, Daya, and Dalong from the first house, as well as Chen Shi, Mrs. Zhang, Chen Ayu, and Chen Atang from the third house, all came. Yang Mingyuan and Chen Aman, along with Yang Chao and Yang Qian, also came.
When these people saw the prince, they were so scared that they knelt down and kowtowed.
He Wangye quickly helped Old Lady Chen up and said, "Get up, we are all relatives, no need to be polite."
Hearing that Prince He still referred to them as relatives, Old Lady Chen, Chen Shi, Chen Ye and others were all very moved. Only Mrs. Hu was so frightened that she trembled and could not stand up. It was Mrs. Gao who helped her up. She was helped to an annex room and never dared to appear in front of Prince He again. She even ate her meals in the hut by herself.
I had a lot of fun playing with the prince and a group of children.
Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen were also very happy this time. Although they saw that the second and third wives were much better off than the first wife, they had such a big house in the capital, and their own shares in Xinglong Restaurant in the capital were much smaller than theirs. However, Chen Shi had already expressed his intention to let Dahu go to Dingzhou Prefecture to help him when he turned fourteen. When he was old, he would come to Beijing to live with his son, and let Dahu be the manager of Xinglong Restaurant in Dingzhou Prefecture.
Chen Ming also stated that he would let Dalong go to the private school in Sheung Shui Village. If Dalong has a talent for studying, he would ask his son-in-law to help find a better teacher. If he passes the imperial examination, his son-in-law would also help him find a good job. If he does not have a talent for studying, the second and third wives would help, depending on the child's wishes.
Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen finally understood after all these years that asking for money and things would not make them rich, and would also bring bad consequences to their descendants. Only when their descendants are successful can they truly become rich.
Old Mrs. Chen held Chen Ahfu's hand and said with a smile, "Ahfu is a good name. You are really blessed. You married a good son-in-law, and two out of three pregnancies were twins. Others don't have this blessing."
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