Chapter 375 Disguised Punishment

Today, not only the adults were busy, but the children were also busy. Dabao was so excited that he got up early. This was his first time to make friends formally. He wrote the invitations to his brothers and sisters yesterday. After writing them, he sent them to those families together with the invitations written by his father.

The days were getting shorter and shorter. Before dawn, he got up and put on his clothes in the dark.

When he brought Zhuifeng's family to the main courtyard, Chu Lingxuan and Chen Afu had just gotten up.

He knew that he couldn't go directly into his father and mother's bedroom, but stood in the east room waiting for them. Usually when he came, his father and mother were up, and his father was no longer at home.

He heard the sound of his father and mother putting on clothes and talking softly, and he still felt a little uncomfortable. Thinking back to the past, he slept in the same bed with his mother. When his mother was sick, he even helped her put on her clothes and shoes.

But now, my mother has a new person by her side, and I have gone to another courtyard alone...

Chen Afu walked out of the bedroom first, looked at Dabao and smiled, "You don't go to school today, why did you get up earlier than usual?"

Chen Dabao gently hugged Chen Afu's big belly and said, "Guests are coming today, I have to get up early to prepare toys for them."

Chen Afu smiled, "Good boy, you know how to entertain guests."

Dabao climbed onto the kang again, hugged Chen Afu and kissed him twice, and stretched out his face for Chen Afu to kiss twice.

Chu Lingxuan came out and saw them like this, and still frowned.

Although Dabao knew that if he was smart, he shouldn't make his father angry, but he was still secretly happy to see that his father was jealous of him.

He jumped off the kang, bowed to Chu Lingxuan, and hurried out of the side room.

Chen Afu looked at Chu Lingxuan's face, and said with a smile, "Look at you, why are you still jealous of the child?" Seeing that he was even more unhappy, he quickly said, "Okay, okay, next year when Dabao turns seven, it won't be like this anymore."

At this time, the voice of Chu Hanyan talking to Dabao was heard.

Chu Lingxuan laughed, this daughter who always wanted to sleep in was no longer sleeping in.

They went to the West Wing Restaurant for breakfast and started to get busy.

Chu Hanyan was busy dressing the animal house with beautiful clothes and jewelry, and Chen Dabao was busy directing the servants to put small tables, small chairs, building blocks, comic books, toys, etc. under the trees in the backyard.

Chen Afu led people in the small kitchen to prepare his best stewed dishes, the gold series, and the cucumber series, and also to prepare the ingredients for watermelon shaved ice.

There was a little ice in the cellar of the General's Mansion, not much, and extremely precious. It was usually only used to cool down the old Marquis Chu. Even Chen Afu was reluctant to use it for cooling down, thinking it was too extravagant, and only occasionally made shaved ice for the children and himself.

The one who had nothing to do was Chu Lingxuan, who was sitting under the window reading a book. Even little Li Xuan, who got up later, knew to help his sister dress up the animal house beautifully.

After Chen Afu finished his work, he saw that A Lu had not come yet, so he asked Xiao Mo to invite him.

Xiao Mo came back and said, "Master Uncle said that he was not feeling well today, so he will not come."

Chen Afu became anxious after hearing this, and Xiao Mo said, "Grandma, don't worry. I think Master Uncle is fine, but he is a little listless. Is it because of the hot weather?"

Chen Afu nodded. It is possible that A Lu was shy and embarrassed to meet these guests.

At this time, someone came to report that the guests had arrived.

Because Chu Lingxuan was very familiar and good friends with them, they were invited directly to the main courtyard when they arrived.

These families had met Chu Hanyan before, but it was their first time to meet Dabao. Except for General Liu and Mrs. Liu, the other two families also met Li Xuan for the first time.

They gave Dabao and Li Xuan a gift.

Afterwards, the adults sat in the porch in the backyard to drink tea and chat, but they were divided into two tables. There are many trees and bamboos here, and it is very cool. Chen Afu was a little amused. If it were in the previous life, it would be just right to make two mahjong tables.

As soon as the children arrived, they played with the two birds and four dogs. After playing for a while, Lan Jieer, Shan Jieer and a little boy were attracted by the strange building blocks and comic strips on the table.

General Fu has a daughter and a son. The daughter is Fu Lingshan and the son is Fu Lushen. Shen Geer is just four years old. Mrs. Qin has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son is twelve years old and is called Qin Mu. The second son is seven years old and is called Qin Jin. The daughter is Qin Lan. General Liu has two sons, eight-year-old Liu Wang and six-year-old Liu Ao.

These children, plus the three children of the Chu family, a total of ten. The oldest is twelve-year-old Qin Mu, and the youngest are four-year-old Li Xuan and Lu Shen.

There are so many children, and the birds and dogs of the Chu family are unusual. They are all very popular. The laughter in the yard is getting louder and louder.

Even little Li Xuan proudly hugged Duan Duan and shouted, "It's Duan's sister, Xuan Xuan's, I won't let you play with it."

General Fu and others knew about Li Xuan's special life experience, and told the children, "Don't touch brother Xuan, be kind to him."

Madam Liu whispered to Chen Afu, "Ah, Brother Xuan seems to be much better. I saw him once at the beginning of this year. He was stupid and cried when he saw strangers. He is not as talkative and laughing as he is now..."

Liu Rang was born in the Qinxibo Mansion and is related to the Rui Wangfei's family.

This Madam Liu is also a straightforward person.

Chen Afu smiled, "In fact, Brother Xuan is not sick at all. He was just scared when he was a child and is afraid of strangers. Slowly encourage him, get close to him, let him know that people around him will not hurt him, and my dog ​​and bird like to play with him. He is gradually getting bolder and dares to talk and laugh."

I only heard Liu Rang at that table whispering, "My cousin came from the capital last night and said that the empress dowager dreamed of the late emperor. The empress dowager also said that when the late emperor was alive, she liked Rong Zhao, the eldest granddaughter of the emperor, the most. The day before yesterday, she asked Princess Rong Zhao to go to Baoguo Temple to copy scriptures and be a vegetarian for three months for the late emperor."

A few days ago, Master Chu San sent a letter saying that many censors had submitted memorials to impeach Princess Rong Zhao for her lack of virtue and angering the gods, which led to frequent attacks by birds. He asked the emperor to punish Princess Rong Zhao to appease the anger of the gods.

Some people also impeached Lord Chu, saying that when he did not marry Princess Rong Zhao, Princess Rong Zhao did not have these strange things, but he married the princess, but this happened. Is there something wrong with the Chu family...

The day before yesterday, another letter was received. The emperor angrily rebuked those censors who were looking for trouble, saying that the Imperial Observatory did not see anything wrong, but they were bewitching people and spreading rumors and slandering, and the people they slandered were still people in the royal family. Not only did he beat the censors who led the riot, but he also said that if they dared to spread rumors again, they would be killed without mercy. The censors gradually stopped talking.

They analyzed that the emperor would definitely not want to publicly say that Rong Zhao was immoral and angered the gods, after all, Rong Zhao was a member of their royal family. If Rong Zhao was convicted of such a crime, the reputation of the royal family would not be good. But the emperor must be dissatisfied with Rong Zhao in his heart, and he was also afraid that Rong Zhao really angered the gods, and he might punish Rong Zhao in disguised form by other things.

Unexpectedly, the punishment came so soon, and he found such an excuse.