Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

It's lunch time. The woman is in the west hall and the man is in the east hall.

Chen Afu did not sit at the table, but stood behind Rong Zhao. In ancient times, many daughters-in-law served their mothers-in-law like this. She had to ask her mother-in-law to sit down before she could eat.

Chen Afu gave Rong Zhao a few dishes with chopsticks, and Rong Zhao said solemnly, "Ling Xuan's wife didn't ask first what kind of food I like to eat?"

Mrs. Chu San answered, "Ling Xuan's wife asked me about it, and I said that you like the Eight Treasures Golden Basin, anchovy fins, lotus tofu, and hemp venison the most. She was right to pick it up for you."

Rong Zhao snorted coldly, "I've been a little angry these days and can't eat venison."

Chen Afu quickly said, "My daughter-in-law doesn't know."

Rong Zhao waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, I can't stand your service. The more you serve me, the more annoying I will be."

Chen Afu saw that there was only one empty seat between Xue Baoyi and Chu Zhen, so he sat there.

Even though there was Chen Afu in the middle, Chu Zhen still tried every means to please Xue Baoyi and kept talking to Xue Baoyi, but Xue Baoyi didn't want to talk to her at all and only said "hmm" occasionally.

Everyone was eating when suddenly, a shrill scream sounded out, it was Chu Zhen's voice. A plate of dishes carried by a maid was poured onto Chu Zhen's left shoulder, and the meat and oily soup flowed down her arm. Chen Afu's right arm was also splashed with several balls of oil soup.

The maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground and cried, "I don't know what happened. My arms went numb and the dishes fell over..."

Mrs. Chu San stood up and snorted coldly, "Rong Zhao, what's going on? Don't say again that the horse stumbled, it was the servant's fault. However, the servant was really at fault this time - the dish was crooked."

Rong Zhao was stunned there before he could react. Lord Chu and several other men came over from the west hall.

Lord Chu said with a serious face, "Xuan'er, take your wife and leave. Dad is incompetent and can't protect you in this mansion."

Chu Lingxuan didn't want to stay any longer. After listening to Chu Houye's words, he picked up Chen Afu and walked towards the outer courtyard.

When we arrived at the outer courtyard, we took a carriage directly back to Yong'an Marquis' Mansion.

Damn, most of the day was more tiring than running a marathon. After Chen Afu washed up, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes to rest.

Chu Lingxuan sent the servant down, lay down next to her, grabbed one of her hands and said, "I'm sorry, I always thought I could protect you, but I still made you feel wronged."

Chu Lingxuan felt very guilty.

Chen Afu opened his eyes and said, "Uncle, grandpa, and third aunt, you have protected me very well. Following Abbot Chen... No, compared with my mother-in-law, my little grievance is nothing." She said. Turning around, he looked at Chu Lingxuan and said, "In the past, I especially complained about my mother-in-law. I felt that it was the most pitiful thing for her to be forced into a nunnery, to stay away from her relatives. But today, I suddenly felt that my father-in-law He is the most pitiable, even more pitiful than his mother-in-law. Although her mother-in-law is far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, she does not have to act and lives a real and relaxed life every day. As for the father-in-law, who acts in front of the overbearing Rong Zhao every day, if he has a gentle and peaceful personality, he will That’s all, but he obviously doesn’t have that kind of character… He lives a really tiring life.”

Chu Lingxuan sighed deeply. It turned out that he especially resented his father. He felt that he was a decent man, but he forced his wife to become a monk, and forced his son and daughter to go far away to the border to marry that shameless woman. It was only last year that I heard from my grandfather that my father had endured the humiliation for the sake of the Ninth Prince and the Eleventh Prince.

After the emperor inherited the throne, he quelled the rebellion of the Yuan family and established the eldest prince born after the Yuan Dynasty as the prince. However, he did not expect that the prince was killed just two days after being sealed. Queen Wang was not innocent in this matter, and Concubine Sun was also involved. The emperor was so angry that he could not touch them despite gritting his teeth. One reason was that he had no direct evidence, and the other reason was that the Wang family and Sun family of these two women had just helped the emperor defeat the rebel king and succeeded to the throne. In addition, they were so powerful that they suddenly moved. No, and I don’t want people to think that he is doing anything to kill the donkey.

The emperor felt sorry for the Yuan family and Empress Yuan, for not even being able to save the blood of the Yuan family. He was determined to pass the throne to someone related to the Yuan family, thinking that only in this way would he have the honor to meet the Queen of Yuan in the future, and would he be worthy of General Yuan, who had made great contributions to the Dashun Dynasty but was burdened by himself.

Three years later, the emperor fell in love with Shan Lingling, a bright-eyed civilian girl during a private visit incognito. Not only did he favor her that night, he also brought her into the palace. But after being fresh for a few days, I felt that Shan Lingling was actually not that good. She was dull and uneducated. She only named a talented girl and then ignored her.

In fact, this Shan Lingling was the daughter of Empress Yuan's biological brother, Yuan Lin, the biological granddaughter of Lord Yuan, who "died" on the night before the execution. The emperor, who was still the prince, sent his confidants Chu Guangche and others to rescue her and send her thousands of miles away... At that time, the emperor just wanted to keep a little bit of the Yuan family's blood. He knew that the boy could not be retained no matter what, so he rescued the boy at that time. Yuan Lin is only twelve years old.

If the first prince survives well and successfully inherits the throne, the emperor and Yuan Lin will not have any intersection. But the first prince died, and the only bloodline left in the Yuan family was Yuan Lin. So when Yuan Lin, who had been renamed Shan Lingling, reached the age of fifteen, he was brought back to the outskirts of Beijing, where he happened to be seen by the emperor...

Shan Ling had a good spiritual life, and she got pregnant after a few favors and gave birth to the Ninth Prince.

As a mother is more valuable than her son, the emperor named Shan Cai as Jieyu and named the ninth prince Li Zeping. This mother and son are invisible existences, and the emperor does not want to see them at all. Only when the Ninth Prince was six years old, he appointed seven-year-old Chu Lingxuan to be his companion.

The Ninth Prince, mother and son lived a peaceful life, minimizing their presence and never having any conflicts with the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Princes (the Sixth Prince was dead).

At that time, the emperor's favorite was the third prince born to Concubine Sun. He thought he was smart and kind, and Concubine Sun was also quite favored by the emperor, so he delayed making the second prince born to the concubine the crown prince.

After the second prince turned fifteen years old, many courtiers wrote that since the second prince was born in the middle palace and had both political integrity and talent, he should be crowned prince, but the emperor found various excuses to do so. This made Queen Wang, the second prince, and the father-in-law of the country very jealous of Concubine Sun and her son, and the overt and covert fights between them never stopped.

The second prince and the third prince fought inextricably, and the second prince was even seriously injured by the third and fourth princes. After recovering from the injury, the second prince's temperament suddenly changed drastically. He did not immediately deal with the third prince, but instead made trouble with Queen Wang and Concubine Ma Shu, leaving Princess Rongzhao, who had been a widow and had admired Chu Guangche since childhood, and Chu Guangche, who was having a smooth career. Something scandalous happened.

Chu Guangche was secretly trained by the emperor for the ninth prince. Although the emperor doted on his eldest daughter, Princess Rongzhao, he would not let her block the way of the ninth prince or ruin Chu Guangche's future. Just when he was hesitating about how to suppress this matter, the Ninth Prince suffered another accident. He was disabled and could not inherit the throne...