Chapter 525: Reunion and Separation

The next day, the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, was also Xiao Yuer's birthday. Now that the emperor was seriously ill, the Chu family did not dare to hold a big celebration. They only invited a few in-laws, namely the Xie family, the Jiang family, the Yang family, and the very close Princess Rui.

Today, the men went to the yamen, and the women and children came. There were not many people, so they entertained the guests in the bamboo pavilion.

Early in the morning, Chen Afu dressed Xiao Yuer up. The little girl wore a bright red brocade double-breasted jacket and a long skirt, with a large golden double swallow button, and two small tufts on her head. She was as beautiful as a doll in a New Year picture.

As soon as she was dressed up, Chu Hanyan put a red dragonfly bracelet she had woven on Xiao Yuer. This was her birthday gift to Xiao Yuer. She said, "Wait until the eldest sister learns to embroider, and then embroider a more beautiful handkerchief for the younger sister."

The little girl's fingers were not very flexible, and she had not started to learn needlework yet. Chen Afu planned to let her learn after she was ten years old.

The two brothers also gave gifts, which were identical little white jade rabbit handles.

When talking about this, everyone was amazed. Yesterday, their mother reminded them that their sister was going to have a birthday, and they had to give her a gift. The two brothers had their own private room, so they went to look in the box, but they found the same jade rabbit.

The little girl liked the bracelet and the little white rabbit very much, and smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes, saying thank you, thank you, thank you.

Then, Lord Chu, the old Lord, and the second Lord also sent people to deliver gifts one after another.

Although the second Lord was a bit of a scumbag, he still understood human affairs. Knowing that Chen Afu would not invite Li, and Li would not send gifts, and knowing that his family could not do without the care of the Marquis's Mansion, he sent someone to deliver it. The gift is not about nobility, as long as he has this intention.

Yesterday, the two concubines Chu Lin and Chu Bi took the opportunity to go to Mingheyuan to find the third wife, and secretly took two sets of small clothes they made for Xiao Yuer and asked the third wife to pass them on. They were afraid that Li would not dare to come, and Chen Afu also accepted their kindness.

Afterwards, Mrs. Chu San and Shen came. They not only sent gifts, but also stayed here to entertain guests. Although Shen was Li's biological daughter-in-law, Chu Lingqi asked Shen to come, and Li did not give up.

Grandma Jiang and her eldest daughter Jiang Xiqiu came to the Jiang family. Mrs. Jiang went to the He family to visit Chen Yuhui early in the morning. If Lord Jiang's complaint goes smoothly today, Mrs. Jiang will directly take Chen Yuhui to Chen Shiying's house in the capital to recuperate.

Princess Rui smiled as soon as she came, "Xuan'er knew that today was Xiaoyu'er's birthday, and he refused to go to school and wanted to attend Xiaoyu'er's birthday banquet. It was his father who kicked him twice, and he cried and entered the palace." As she said, she took out a ten-centimeter-long agate deer ornament, and said, "This was given by the Queen Mother when he was born. He usually treasures it tightly, but today she must let me give it to the little birthday star."

This deer is exquisite and translucent, smooth and delicate, and it is an extraordinary product at first glance.

Chen Afu quickly refused, "Such a good thing, and it was given by the Queen Mother, so let Xuan'er keep it to bring him more blessings and longevity. My little Yu'er doesn't deserve it."

Princess Rui stuffed the little deer into Chen Afu's hand and said with a smile, "Why not? Without you, he wouldn't have the good life he has now."

Then, Chu Hua came with a pair of children, and Chen Aman came with Yang Qian.

They were all relatives and familiar with each other, and there was singing and laughter in the bamboo pavilion.

At the beginning of the morning hour, Xiao Shiyi sent Nanny Luo to deliver Xiao Yu'er's birthday gift, which was a set of small headpieces inlaid with cat's eyes made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a box of birthday peaches.

Just after lunch, Chen Afu received a message sent by Madam Jiang. When His Royal Highness heard about the suffering of Mr. Chen's daughter in the He family, he was furious and accused He Linsheng of being unworthy of being a human being, and directly granted the two a divorce. Madam Jiang had already taken Chen Yuhui to the Chen residence, and the dowry would be taken back one step later.

Chen Afu snorted secretly. Chen Yuhui was wicked, but he was lucky to have a father like Chen Shiying. However, although she was out of the sea of ​​suffering, her life in the second half of her life was definitely not as good as she had thought. This was also God's punishment for her.

Fortunately, the prince directly granted the divorce. The official statement was that the fault was all on the man, and it should not affect Chen Yuqing's marriage.

Chen Afu explained to Chu Hua the reason for Chen Yuhui's divorce. Of course, he did not dare to say that Chen Yuhui beat the girl, but said that He Linsheng ran to ruin the girl, causing the girl to hang herself.

She didn't feel sorry for He Linsheng when she told this lie. He deserved to die. Instead, she felt a little sorry for the dead Huang Ju, who was innocent and pitiful. But for the reputation of the Chen sisters, she had to tell this lie. Thinking that when the Chen family moved to the capital, she would give some compensation money to Huang Ju's family, both to forgive Chen Yuhui's sins and to make herself feel at ease.

Hearing about He Linsheng's behavior, all the women scolded him as "worse than a beast" and said Chen Yuhui was "pitiable".

Chu Hua whispered to Chen Afu, "My in-laws' elders have discussed it. When the Chen family comes to Beijing for the New Year, we will ask the matchmaker to go to the Chen family to propose marriage."

In the afternoon, just after sending the guests away, I received birthday gifts from Chu Lingqi, including those from Chen, Chen Ming, Wang Cheng, Chen Shi and others.

Before dinner, I actually received gifts and letters from Chu Lingxuan. He not only gave Xiao Yuer a large jade ornament, but also wrote her a separate letter, telling her how much he missed his daughter.

Chen Afu read it to Xiao Yuer with tears in his eyes and told her that this was what her father had said to her.

Xiao Yu'er has no memory of her father. Although her mother and sister often teach her to use this title, she just doesn't know what her father is. She shouted several times with her eyes wide open, "Daddy--Daddy, Daddy--Daddy, Daddy--Daddy?"

From the letters written by the Third Master and Chu Lingxuan, it can be seen that the victory is now one-sided, and even all the barbarians in Nanzhong Province are on the side of the court. If nothing else happens, the war will end early next year.

Knowing this good news, the third lady and Chen Afu were very excited. The old Marquis and the Marquis of Chu were also happy and came to Zhuxuan for a drink.

This good news made the Chu family excited for many days.

The next day, Chen Afu went to the Chen residence to visit Chen Yuhui with some tonics.

She was lying on the bed with a pale face and dull eyes. She was so thin that she lost her shape, making her face appear longer. When she saw Chen Afu coming in, tears flowed out. Said, "Are you happy? If you hadn't taken everything from me, I wouldn't have married that scumbag and wouldn't have ended up like this..."

Chen Afu looked at her condescendingly and said, "I have nothing to be happy about, because no matter whether you are good or bad, it can't affect my mood. I came to see you because of my father's request and to let outsiders see us. The love between sisters is deep and we are thinking about my sister's future." He shook his head and sighed, "What a joke that I robbed you of everything..."

She was afraid of making Chen Yuhui angry, so she swallowed what she wanted to say. She ignored Chen Yuhui again, only gave a few instructions to the mother-in-law and maid serving Chen Yuhui, and then left.