Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

On September 21, the sixth year of Qingguan, the Yong’an Marquis Mansion in the capital was busy. The eldest girl, Chu Hanyan, will marry to Prince He’s Mansion on the fourth day of October. The betrothal gift from Prince He’s Mansion was delivered to the mansion yesterday.

On this day, Mrs. Hou Chen Afu finally finished buying Chu Hanyan’s dowry and felt much relieved.

In the dowry, the Hou Mansion gave her one hundred thousand taels of silver, leaving nothing of the royal dowry for her, as well as the dowry left by Chu Hanyan’s biological mother, Ma Shi. In addition, Chen Afu also took out fifty thousand taels of silver from her dowry. She had always regarded Chu Hanyan as her daughter, so of course she would have a share of her dowry. Fields, shops, houses, hot springs, utensils, ornaments, ancient books, medicinal materials, etc., plus 40,000 taels of silver in boxes, Chu Hanyan’s dowry amounted to nearly 200,000 taels of silver. Among the aristocratic circles in the entire capital, they are among the best.

In fact, Chen Afu didn’t agree with them getting married at such a young age. They are only fifteen years old and still children. Having sex too early is not good for their health. If they have children too early, it may also affect the health of the next generation.

But it was too lonely to be alone in the palace with the prince, and both the former Queen Mother and the Emperor hoped that he would get married as soon as possible.

Queen Mother Shan officially became a monk at the end of last year, with the Buddhist name Hui Bei. The original address of the monkhood was Yingxue’an. After it was expanded several times, it was renamed Fengci’an. When Luo Yun had nothing to do, he would often go to the nunnery to discuss Zen with Master Huibei, and the two women inside and outside the nunnery became sworn friends.

Queen Mother Shan became a monk, which made the Emperor and Prince He very sad. Fortunately, the Emperor has so many children and women, and he himself is already in his thirties. Prince He was pitiful. His father died when he was nine years old, and his mother became a monk when he was fourteen years old. The only brother is the emperor and the monarch, so they cannot be too close.

He and the prince cried and sent Queen Mother Shan to Fengci’an, and then returned to the capital in tears.

Queen Mother Shan also felt sorry for her youngest son. Before leaving the capital, she specially summoned Chen Afu and named her the Protector of the Country. Let her treat the prince as her own son after she becomes a monk, and continue to take care of him and cherish him.

The Protector’s Lady is of the first level, the same level as the National Fairy. Chen Afu also became the fourth woman to hold this title in the Dashun Dynasty for more than two hundred years.

From then on, as long as he and the prince finished studying, they would come to Yong’an Marquis Mansion for dinner most of the evening. But because he was engaged to Chu Hanyan, it was difficult to live here. Otherwise, he would definitely sleep here every now and then.

This spring, after Prince He turns fifteen, he will no longer need to study in the palace. The emperor asked him to enter six departments for training, and he could choose which department he wanted. He was elected to the Ministry of Industry, and he also had to take charge of growing grain and farming, which were the affairs that Chen Shiying used to be in charge of. Chen Shiying was promoted to minister of the Ministry of Industry three years ago and was one of the youngest ministers in the dynasty.

Although he has experience in the Ministry of Industry, he is the prince and can only make suggestions, or occasionally go to inspect the crop planting situation on behalf of the emperor. He was idle most of the time, and he came to visit the Yong’an Marquis Mansion more often.

In this way, he felt less sad and lost.

Therefore, Chen Afu has been conditioning their bodies for the past year. Especially with the prince, he eats a lot of food to strengthen his body and nourish his kidneys. Chen Afu asked Jin Yanzi for two more green bird’s nests as big as eyeballs and gave them to them to eat.

Chen Afu handed the dowry list to Chu Hanyan for review and said with a smile, From now on, when Yan’er gets married, she will not only have to take care of the family members in the house, but also take care of her own dowry. Although there are servants to help, she still has to be considerate.

Chen Afu has taken Chu Hanyan with him since she was ten years old, teaching her how to be a housekeeper, learn about general affairs, and do business. Although her progress is not very great, with the few capable officers she has trained, she can defend the city without any problem.

With this, Chen Afu felt relieved. With the shrewd prince and the prince, their lives would surely blossom. It’s not like some palaces where the master is dissolute and doesn’t do common things, and the days get worse and worse as time goes by.

Chu Hanyan was in tears. She took the dowry list without reading it, but fell into Chen Afu’s arms and said, Mom, I can’t bear to leave you.

This is what she says in her heart, and she has said it many times.

Chen Afu laughed and said, That’s silly. A girl will always get married when she grows up. Besides, you are marrying Prince He, who has a deep relationship with you. We are close to each other. If you miss your mother, just come back and have a meal and live together. One or two days. Anyway, there are no elders in the palace, so no one will restrain you. Your Fang Linxuan will always be kept for you.

Chu Hanyan blushed and smiled again.

She also couldn’t bear to live alone with Brother Wang in the palace because it was too lonely. After getting married, they occasionally come back to stay for two days, and they can come back often for meals, so they can take care of both ends.

In the evening, Mrs. Chu San brought her eldest daughter-in-law and granddaughter to the Yongan Marquis Mansion, but Prince He did not come. Chu Lingxuan came back and said that the emperor had left him in the palace. Chu Lingxuan had been promoted to commander of the Royal Forest Army at the end of last year.

The third lady now finally has her own granddaughter. The little girl is called Chu Baoxin. She is one and a half years old. She looks pretty and looks more like Mr. Chu San. The third lady doted on her to the heavens and showed her off everywhere.

Today, both her husband and son were meeting friends outside, so the third lady, unwilling to be left alone, brought her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

The third lady quietly told Chen Afu that she went to the palace to meet Queen Zhang today. After hearing what Queen Zhang said, Prince Rui made another request to the emperor, hoping to grant marriage to Li Xuan and Xiao Yu’er as soon as possible. The emperor said, wait until next year, when Li Xuan will be thirteen years old, and then he can issue a decree to marry him. Wait until Xiaoyuer Jiji, then get married.

Chen Afu felt a little unhappy when he heard this. Li Xuan is only twelve years old and Xiao Yu’er is only seven years old, but Prince Rui is eager to trap Xiao Yu’er. That King Rui appears to be a bastard, but is actually very smart. He knew that his son was honest and kind, so he wanted to marry the shrewd and powerful Xiao Yu’er into the palace, so that his son would be better in the future.

Chen Afu had a very good impression of Li Xuan. The boy was honest and honest, and he was also his childhood sweetheart with Xiao Yu’er. Although he is not overly smart, he is still able to make decisions about major issues. With the future title, the emperor’s favor, and the huge business that Prince Rui has set up, this life will definitely be easy. He is not as romantic as his father, and his family is simple. After his brother-in-law went to serve in the army in another place, he was the only son in the house. Moreover, Princess Rui has a gentle temperament and has a good relationship with Chen Afu. Chen Afu felt relieved that Xiao Yu’er married into such a family.

Xiao Yuer, on the other hand, was spoiled by her elders. She was smart, indulgent and willful, unwilling to suffer losses, and was more self-centered. With this temperament, if the husband is too strong-willed, he will easily get into trouble. She and Li Xuan, Li Xuan will definitely let her do everything…

However, Xiao Yuer is only seven years old and was still in elementary school in her previous life. Being trapped at such a young age makes Chen Afu always upset. Moreover, it would be a great loss for both daughters to get engaged at such a young age.

Chen Afu said unhappily, How can Prince Rui, that old fool, think about getting such a young girl into the palace as his daughter-in-law every day?

The third lady smiled and said, Don’t be dissatisfied. There are many people thinking about Li Xuan now. A prince’s son-in-law and a county prince’s son-in-law. Who else has such a blessing except you?