Chapter 388 Brothers Meet

From August 12, Chen Afu began to lead people to the small kitchen to make mooncakes. She mainly demonstrated and sat aside to watch the servants make them.

There were also mooncakes in this era, all of which were filled with five nuts. She led people to make mooncakes with fruit fillings, duck egg yolks, beef fillings and ham fillings.

As soon as the mooncakes were made, she sent people to deliver 80 mooncakes to the Marquis' Mansion in Beijing, the Prince's Mansion in Rui, and the Luo Mansion in Dingzhou, and 20 mooncakes with vegetarian fillings to the abbot Chen and the Marquis Chu in Lingyin Temple.

On the 14th, she sent 20 mooncakes to Chen Shiying's family, Chen Shi's family, Fu's family, Liu's family, Qin's family, and Chen Ming's family.

Chu Laohou and Chu Lingzhi like to eat snacks. Since the mooncakes were made, they only eat mooncakes instead of meals. Eating too much sweets is not good, and Chen Afu was afraid that they would get sick, so she had to limit the supply.

On the evening of August 15, the sky was deep and the moon was as bright as a mirror. In the cool autumn wind, there were waves of intoxicating osmanthus fragrance.

Chu Lingxuan still hadn't come back, and the old marquis and Chen Afu led the children to sit in the courtyard of the main courtyard to enjoy the moon. A Lu was also left to celebrate the festival, and would stay in Chaohua Courtyard at night. There were four long tables in the main courtyard, with apples, grapes, and moon cakes on the tables. The old marquis had one table, Chen Afu and the little girl Chu and Li Xuan had one table, and the other three boys had one table.

Chen Dabao felt that he should sit at the same table with his sister and mother. But seeing the encouraging look in his mother's eyes, he guessed her intention. He had grown up and should sit with his classmates to enjoy the moon. The teacher went to the restaurant tonight and said that he wanted to enjoy the moon and compete in poetry with those literati.

They ate moon cakes while enjoying the moon. In order to liven up the atmosphere, everyone had to perform a show.

Chen Afu threw a brick to attract jade, and the first performance was to tell a story of "Chang'e flying to the moon". Then, Miss Chu sang a children's song "Little Swallow, Wearing Flowery Clothes", Dabao and A Lu also recited a poem about the moon written by a poet of this era, and Chu Lingzhi performed a set of boxing.

Except for Chen Afu who sat and told stories, the children all went to the open space to perform.

There were many jokes in the middle, and the laughter was endless.

After several people finished their performances, they felt that the old marquis had to perform. Except for A Lu, the other children ran to the old man, some got into his arms, and some hugged his back, strongly asking him to perform.

The old man laughed and also came out to perform a set of boxing.

After that, people cast their eyes on little Li Xuan.

Li Xuan wanted to perform but was afraid, and hid behind Chen Afu with a pout.

Li Xuan's illness was not serious, but he was frightened when he was a child. Through the psychological counseling in the past six months, as well as the company of the children and the treatment of Yan Chenxiang leaves, except for being a little timid and a little slower in reaction, the rest was no different from normal children. If he could go out and perform alone today, he would have truly gotten out of his fear.

Chen Afu pulled him to the front, touched his little hair and smiled, "Xuan Xuan is the most capable. Didn't you perform very well this afternoon? Auntie and sister have seen your performance. Now there are only Grandpa Chu, Brother Dabao, Uncle Chu Liu, and Uncle Chen. What are you afraid of? Xuan Xuan performs well, and Auntie will give you a big reward."

Little Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Chen Afu with big eyes. The bright moonlight seemed to fall into his eyes, sparkling.

Chen Afu whispered again, "Brother, sister, uncle, and uncle don't have it, only you have it." She made a big frog doll for Li Xuan and put some Yanchen leaves in it.

Dabao and Yan'er knew what their mother meant, and they both shouted to please her, "How can mother be so partial? We won't accept it."

Chu Lingzhi also shouted, "Sister-in-law is not good to me. Grandpa, I want to go home and complain."

Li Xuan was very proud to see that everyone was jealous of him. With a red face, he went to the middle and recited to them, "Mother Moon likes me, and she follows me wherever I go. I go to the moon to wash my face, and she comes into the basin to kiss me."

Although he was a little shy and his voice was not loud, he recited it smoothly and his articulation was clear.

As soon as he finished reciting, he immediately ran to Chen Afu and buried his face in her armpits. He wanted to bury his face in her belly, but he knew that his aunt had a younger brother in her belly and couldn't touch it.

Everyone applauded, including the servants serving behind, and Wei Mama was so excited that she cried.

Next was a free performance. Several boys who went to school each wrote a poem about the moon, and Miss Chu sang a nursery rhyme. Chen Afu told a joke about "three sons-in-law", which made the children and servants laugh until their stomachs hurt.

The people in the yard were having fun, but they didn't know when the door of the yard was opened. Under the two camphor trees outside the yard, several people were watching excitedly.

These people were Lord Chu, Lord Rui, and a young man in his twenties, who was the "Ninth Lord" Li Zeping, the Ninth Prince, who had met Chen Afu once.

Accompanied by Chu Lingxuan, they had been standing here for half an hour.

Lord Rui never dreamed that his son would have such a big change in half a year. He spoke fluently, ran quickly, and even had the courage to sing nursery rhymes in front of everyone. Although the nursery rhymes were simple and childish, they could not be compared with the poems of the other boys. But his progress was undoubtedly the greatest...

There was no one else around them, and Chu Lingxuan stood between the Ninth Prince and the King Rui unintentionally. Even if the Ninth Prince had a little bit of misbehavior, no one else would notice.

While Lord Chu was happy that his granddaughter was getting smarter, he was also happy for the other children. If he raised Eleven well, he would be worthy of the emperor and the Yuan family. If he raised Li Xuan well, Prince Rui would be completely in the same mind with the Ninth Prince, and he could also pull his Yue family into the Ninth Prince's camp.

This time, they came here from Lingyin Temple, and the excuse was to accompany Prince Rui to see little Li Xuan.

After Monk Guiling got the three-color ball, he asked Chu Lingxuan to send a letter to the Ninth Prince through some channels, asking him to come to the temple for treatment in seven days.

On the ninth day, the emperor asked Prince Rui to go to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and eat vegetarian food for three days, and pray to God to bless the Li Dynasty to be passed down for thousands of generations.

Everyone understood the emperor's decision. Knowing that the emperor openly did not admit that Princess Rongzhao had incurred the hatred of God, causing the birds to attack her in Lingyin Temple, they were still afraid.

Princess Rong Zhao's husband, Lord Chu, has been going to Lingyin Temple to eat incense and vegetarian food for a month. This time, he sent the royal family to go again. It can be seen that the emperor really believed the words of the imperial censors in his heart, but he didn't say it clearly.

After hearing the news, the ninth prince, whose leg had healed but was still a little "limp", went to the emperor again and said that Master Wuzhi of Lingyin Temple had cured his leg. Although the master was no longer in the temple, he still wanted to go to Lingyin Temple to fulfill his wish and thank the Buddha and Bodhisattva for their blessings.

The emperor listened and approved the request. He also said that he should ask the Buddha to bless his leg so that it can be completely healed. Only when he is no longer lame can he share the worries of the country with other brothers.