Chapter 115: Past Events of the Chen Mansion

Chen Afu hugged one of Wang's arms, put his head on her shoulder and said, "Mom, I know. If I can't even trust my dad, who can I trust? In my heart, dad, mom, brother, Dabao, You are all my dearest and dearest people.”

After hearing this, Chen Dabao also slid down the kang, hugged Mrs. Wang and rolled his tongue and said, "Yes, yes, you are all Dabao's closest and dearest people."

Mrs. Wang laughed. She felt that her daughter and grandson had been particularly fond of acting coquettishly with her recently, and their words were a bit embarrassing. However, she likes it.

Chen Afu thought in his mind that Chen Ming had a gentle personality and was very obedient to Chen Ye. It would be difficult for Chen Ye to get involved in some things. It seems that in the future, my own industry and Chen Mingjia's industry should be clearly separated. It's not that I'm afraid of being missed, but I don't want to hear those "noises" and add to my worries.

She then said to Mrs. Wang, "Mom, my dad is kind and has a gentle personality. If dad starts to manage the family business in the future, mom still needs to remind him to take more care of our family."

Mrs. Wang smiled and nodded and said, "Mom knows." Then she added, "Your father is not stupid either. He knows some things well."

Chen Afu said, "Dad knows it in his heart, but sometimes he can't save face."

A Lu said from the side, "Sister, don't worry, if dad can't save face, I'll remind him."

A few people talked in the east room for a while, but the people in the west room haven't reached a conclusion yet.

Chen Afu led Dabao back to the new yard. Chen Ming has already said that he will not let his wife and children suffer any more, so let's see how he behaves. No matter what rumors Chen Ye and his son heard in the village or what thoughts they had, they hoped that Chen Ming could protect their family.

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The autumn night is like water, and the ground is full of stars.

In the Yiran Courtyard of Tangyuan, Chu Lingxuan sat beside the canopy bed where several small swallow dolls were hung, watching Chu Hanyan fall into a dream while holding the big swallow doll. What he most wanted to see was his daughter sleeping soundly, without any sluggishness or grievance, with peaceful eyebrows and a smile on her lips from time to time.

He also curled his lips, gently wiped his daughter's face with his hand, and then stood up and went to the study.

Manager Luo and his eldest son Luo Yuan and young manager Luo are still waiting for him here.

When Manager Luo heard Luo Yuan tell some rumors about Xiangluo Village and the news he had found out, he was in a state of shock. He said that he always felt that he had met the new prefect Chen, but he could not remember when. But it turns out... there are some things that I have overlooked, and I have to report them to my master immediately without thinking too much.

When Chu Lingxuan heard those words, he was shocked and said hurriedly, "I always remember that Mr. Chen's native place is Hu'an Province. More than ten years ago, he won the Jieyuan Examination of Hu'an Province. In the spring of the next year, he was admitted again. The emperor ordered Tanhua. He was only sixteen years old that year, and he was so famous. Why did his family become Jibei Province again, and he was still from Zhaojia Village in the neighboring town... How could the wife of the Chen family be the child bride of Mr. Chen? Did Chen's mother drive the Wang family out of the Chen family when he was admitted?"

Manager Luo said, "That happened more than ten years ago. The uncle was still young and in the capital, so it's normal for me not to know. The old slave only came to Tangyuan nine years ago, so I don't know much about this."

Luo Yuan bowed and said, "I went to Zhaojia Village this time and spent some money to find out everything about that family. Mr. Chen's native place is indeed in Hu'an Province..."

It is said that Mr. Chen's father was a son from Hu'an Province. In his early years, he went to the capital and failed to pass the imperial examination. He passed through Zhaojia Village on his way home and stayed at the home of Mr. Chen's mother, Mrs. Zhao. Unexpectedly, he suddenly fell seriously ill that night and was forced to stay at Zhao's house. The Zhao family knew that he was a civil servant and treated him very politely. Not only did they ask for treatment, but they also treated him well and entertained him well.

Chen's father has been here for more than two months, but his health is still not good and he cannot travel long distances. Zhao's parents proposed to marry their daughter to him and let him continue to recuperate in the Zhao family for a long time. You can wait until you recover from your illness before returning to your hometown, or you can wait until three years later before going to Beijing to take the exam.

Chen's father no longer had much financial means at that time, and his parents died early, so there were only a few relatives in his hometown. I thought it would be better to work hard here and wait until I pass the Jinshi exam to return home in glory. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was pretty good-looking and her family was relatively well off in the countryside, she agreed.

Zhao's family paid for it and built a courtyard in Zhaojiacun, where Chen's father married a wife and had children.

Unexpectedly, Chen's father's illness kept coming back and forth, and he could neither return to his hometown nor go to the capital to take exams. Especially when my son Chen Shiying was five years old, he almost died...

Luo Yuan continued, "Chen's father was seriously ill. Chen's mother heard from a wandering monk that he wanted to find a man born in the year of the Rabbit in the east to celebrate the wedding at home. Chen's father's illness would be cured. Chen's mother did not want to find a woman to go back to give him to him. When her husband wanted to be his concubine, he asked ten-year-old Wang Juan, who was born in the year of the Rabbit, to be his son's bride. This way, she could not only help him with the wedding, but also help him with the work and take care of the children. However, even though Mr. Chen was just five years old at that time, he was already a child. A well-known child prodigy with white teeth and red lips, Chen's mother bought Wang Juanniang into the house for five taels of silver and did not go to the government office to tell her that Wang Juanniang was her son's child bride. In fact, he hired a small laborer for five taels of silver. This was also common in the countryside. Many families waited until their sons grew up to consummate their marriages with their child brides before going to work in the county government. However, Mother Chen probably didn't think so. Perhaps, she had made two preparations at that time...

"Not to mention, as soon as Wang Juanniang entered the Chen family, the dying father actually got better and lived for another four years before dying. Before Chen's father died, he asked them to transport his bones back to his place of origin, and also let his son Acknowledging their ancestors and returning to their clan, Mother Chen took her son and Wang Juanniang back to her hometown. After 77, she returned to Zhaojia Village, saying that the Chen family members bullied their orphans and widows... From then on, they lived in Zhaojia Village. Master Chen only returned to Hu'an Province twice when he was taking the exams for scholars and civil servants."

Bala, Luo Yuan told everything he heard.

Chu Lingxuan heard this and snorted coldly, "The most poisonous woman's heart! That old woman is so scheming for her son's future. However, I remember that Mrs. Chen's surname is Jiang, and she is Lord Jiang's daughter, not Tang. ”

Luo Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, I remember correctly. The daughter of the Tang family was only a concubine. Mr. Chen finally married the second girl of the Jiang family."

Chu Lingxuan sneered, "After all, she made a wedding dress for someone else. The Tang family is still not an old woman from the Chen family. It's just pitiful to Wang Juanniang. She has been in the Chen family for ten years, but she was kicked out like this... "But Wang Juanniang is too anxious. No matter how hateful Chen's mother is, and no matter how forced her stepmother is, she should not remarry after returning to her parents' home for ten days, at least until Mr. Chen comes home..." "

As soon as he said this, Chu Lingxuan's eyes suddenly widened and he said in surprise, "Then, the lady of the Chen family looks, looks..."

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