Chapter 331 Finding a Place
Chen Afu arrived at Anrong Hall. In the hall, Mrs. Chu's eyes were red from crying, and Mr. Chu was still trying to persuade her.
The old man sat in the main seat, pointed to the side of Mrs. Chu, and said, "Granddaughter-in-law, please sit down."
It turned out that Prince Rui had found the old man and Mr. Chu, hoping that Chen Afu could take Li Xuan to the countryside. The emperor also hinted to Mr. Chu that if Chen Afu really had a way to cure Li Xuan, he should take Li Xuan with him.
If it was only Prince Rui, neither the father nor the son would agree. After all, the responsibility was heavy, and they were afraid that if Li Xuan had a mishap, the Chu family would not be able to report it. But since the emperor had spoken, they had to do it.
Just now, they told her that the ninth prince's leg was almost healed, and there was also an eleventh prince, the boy that Mrs. Chu had seen in Fuyuan.
They felt that it was time to tell her about this. They had to let her keep an eye on Rong Zhao, so that Mr. Chu would have more time to do other things. We also need to pay attention to the movements of the Queen, the Second Prince's Consort, and other royal ladies. It would be best to stir up trouble to make the Queen and Concubine Sun fight more fiercely. But this matter is of great importance, and this matter must not be revealed to anyone, including the Queen Mother.
Mrs. Chu San was happy for the Ninth and Eleventh Princes, but also sad for the Chu family's humiliation for so many years, and cried for a long time.
After hearing what the old man said, Chen Afu hesitated and said, "If we take Li Xuan to Tangyuan, will the Second Prince's party pay special attention to that place?"
The Third Master said, "No. Li Xuan is a child, and the Second Prince can't focus on him. The Second Prince didn't expect that the Ninth Prince had a magic medicine and his legs would be cured. Now all his attention is on the Third Prince's party. According to the emperor's meaning, he is going to let Prince Rui go to the Ministry of War for training. In this way, the Second Prince's party and the Third Prince's party will be afraid of Prince Rui, and will try to win him over. Let Changhua go to the palace to find some trouble and stir up trouble..."
Chen Afu was secretly happy. The capital will be more lively in the future. Fortunately, she left immediately.
When she returned to Zhuxuan, it was already late at night. Looking at the bright stars in the sky, she thought that the golden swallow would come out at midnight. Thinking of that moment, she was very excited. It was a pity that Chu Lingxuan was at home, and she couldn't enter the space to welcome it out.
After washing up and going to bed, her movements were very gentle, but she still woke Chu Lingxuan up.
He pressed Chen Afu down on the bed and chuckled, "Why are you back now..."
This time Chu Lingxuan took a particularly long time and even blamed Afu for not concentrating.
Chen Afu thought to himself, it's strange that he can concentrate, it's almost midnight, and the little thing is about to come out. Being eavesdropped is enough to make people upset, and being seen in the big show is even more shameful.
As she was thinking, she felt a little itchy in the palm of her left hand. It was the golden swallow giving her a hint that it was about to come out. She complained in her heart, can't she wait a little longer?
She pulled her left hand away from Chu Lingxuan's hand, stretched out the gauze curtain, and felt the golden swallow jump out and fly out of the half-open window.
Chu Lingxuan heard a slight noise and raised his head and asked, "Who?"
Chen Afu said angrily, "Where is there anyone? You are not concentrating, and you blame me..."
The next day, the couple got up early, and Chu Lingxuan went directly to the outer courtyard and even had breakfast there. Chen Afu led the servants to pack the boxes.
The fourth master Chu Lingwei and the fifth master Chu Lingzhi came to send Chengyi to Chen Afu. They sent food and books for Miss Chu, Dabao, and Alu.
Chen Afu expressed his gratitude and invited them to have snacks.
Afterwards, Chu's second grandmother Song sent someone to secretly send a bag of Weidao sea cucumbers, saying that she was not in good health and would not come to send her off.
Chen Afu also accepted her favor. Her relationship with Li was so bad. As a concubine's daughter-in-law, Song would definitely not dare to openly show goodwill to her mother-in-law's enemy.
The other two concubines of the second house did not dare to come, but Chu Zhen did. It should be that Madam Qian escorted her here, and she looked unconvinced.
She gave Miss Chu two small handkerchiefs she embroidered. Chen Afu thanked her as usual and invited her to drink tea.
Then Chu Hua led Heng Ge'er and Mrs. Chu San to come one after another, and they each gave a gift of 100 taels of silver.
At about the end of the Si hour, Prince Rui and Princess Rui came, bringing Li Xuan, their wet nurse Madam Wei, four maids, four guards, and several carts of things.
Princess Rui's eyes were red from crying, she hugged Li Xuan and kissed him again and again, and asked her wet nurse to hold Li Xuan and bow to Chen Afu. Li Xuan didn't know that he would be separated from his parents for a long time, and he was still smiling foolishly at Chen Afu.
At noon, everyone went to the flower hall of Anrong Hall for dinner, and Prince Rui and his wife were also invited. Chen Afu asked someone to invite his uncle's family, but Wang Cheng said they would not go, and they would just stay in the yard and eat by themselves.
Li did not come because of illness, but the rest of the second house came, including the second and third masters Chu who were supposed to go to the yamen.
While they were eating, a servant suddenly came to whisper something to Mrs. Chu. Mrs. Chu laughed so hard that tears came out.
Chu Hua smiled and said, "Aunt San, if there is something funny, you should talk about it, so that we can have fun together."
As soon as the voice fell, several men's exclamations came from the other side of the screen.
Mrs. Chu glanced at the screen and said in a low voice, "A strange thing happened this morning. Rong Zhao and her daughter went to the palace to visit Concubine Shu. They were walking on the road when suddenly many birds flew in from all directions. It was said that there were nearly a thousand birds. Rong Zhao and her daughter and some palace servants were amazed. When they looked up to see the excitement, the birds suddenly started to poop. There was a crackling sound, and then they quickly dispersed. Those people were pooped all over their heads and faces... Hahaha... I heard that many people watched the excitement with their mouths open, and even ate bird poop... Hahaha..."
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Chu was already laughing so hard that she was out of breath.
Princess Rui, Chu Hua and others were surprised at first, and then they couldn't help laughing when they thought of that scene. But they could only cover their mouths with handkerchiefs and laugh, and they didn't dare to laugh like Mrs. San.
Rong Zhao's interpersonal relationships were really bad. The people in this room were all relatives of her, but no one sympathized with her. Although Chu Zhen flattered Rong Zhao and her daughter in front of them, she secretly hated them for looking down on her. After hearing about this, she covered her mouth and laughed non-stop.
The men at the table also got the news. But after all, Rong Zhao was a princess and the daughter-in-law of their Chu Mansion, so they were embarrassed to laugh out loud. They were hurt by holding back their laughter and had to cough non-stop.
The laughter and coughing were quite funny, which diluted the hatred of separation.
Chen Afu knew that it must be Jin Yanzi who went to find a place for himself. The little guy is so nice, go back and give it a kiss.
After dinner, everyone sent the old marquis and Chu Lingxuan's family to the outer courtyard, where Wang Cheng's family was already waiting.
Everyone shed tears and said goodbye.
In the evening, the large group of people came to Tong County Post Station.