Chapter 96

Chen Jin was certainly moved by Chu Xiuming's intentions. If she had just married Chu Xiuming, she would never speak easily, and even if someone asked, she would not say anything. But now looking at Chu Xiuming's appearance, she also wanted to do her best. What is a couple? Support each other and form a heart together.

Chu Xiuming's finger finally stopped at Jiang Shu and said, "Here."

When Chen Jin saw Chu Xiuming making a choice, he smiled and hugged Chu Xiuming and rubbed it, "Actually, I think it's here too."

Chu Xiuming's eyes showed a little smile. Since he made a choice, he felt much more relaxed. He put his hand on Shen Jin's lower abdomen, and his voice was low and soft, "Little liar."

"No." Chen Jin glared at the sight and said angrily, "Why are you doing this? I was stupid as soon as I said I was a liar, why did I lie to you?"

Chu Xiuming whispered a few words on Shen Jin's ear, and saw that Chen Jin's eyes turned into crescent moon just now, and even the corners of his mouth couldn't stop raising up, like a little fox who had just stolen grapes. If he had a tail, he might have to shake it. Although he had no tail, Chen Jin's little feet wearing a tread-loving lotus pattern with tassel embroidered shoes shook twice before saying, "Big liar." His voice was soft, more like coquettishness.

"Ha." Chu Xiuming's laughter was low, and Chen Jin couldn't help but reach out and rub his ears, then turned around and pushed Chu Xiuming.

Chu Xiuming looked at his little lady's red face and felt that all night of fatigue had dissipated. He reached out and rubbed Chen Jin's soft belly and said, "Are you hungry?"

Chen Jin covered Chu Xiuming's hand and nodded honestly and said, "You really feel hungry after saying this."

Chu Xiuming pinched Chen Jin's finger and said, "Let Anping wait for you to wash and change clothes. I think the kitchen has already prepared breakfast."

Chen Jin came down from Chu Xiuming's arms. After Chu Xiuming packed the map, he reached out to look at Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming held Chen Jin's hand and took her out. In a place like the study, no one could enter without Chu Xiuming's instructions. Even if he packed things, he only handed them over to Mama Zhao, so he didn't hear the summons. Anping and the others were standing outside.

Anping had prepared all the hot water, and Chen Jin pulled his hand out of Chu Xiuming's palm. Because there was no need to see guests today, Chen Jin changed into 80% new clothes. He only used a plum blossom glass hairpin in his hair, and the wooden bracelet on his wrist was still the wooden bracelet given by Chu Xiuming. In fact, the plum blossom glass hairpin was also given by Chu Xiuming. I don't know where he got it. The color was pink and crystal clear, and it was a little more delicate than the plum blossoms blooming outside.

Chen Jin sat in front of the dressing table, looking at the jewelry box on it, which was filled with some jewelry she often used in the mansion. From when, it seemed that the things inside had become gifts from Chu Xiuming. The things she had originally dowed were no longer received. She reached out and pulled out the layer with earrings, pulled the fingers inside, and her eyes were bent with a smile.

When I was in the Rui Palace, I really wanted to talk about it. Chen Jin had a lot of things. Princess Rui said that girls should be fond of them. The mansion would give five girls twelve sets of new clothes and three sets of jewelry every season. Chen Jin naturally had these examples, and no servant dared to deduct them at this point.

However, there are five girls in the mansion, and the materials and rough styles of the clothes can be the same, but the colors of the fabric and the appearance of jewelry cannot be repeated. Every time, Chen Qi and the others choose first. By the time Chen Jin is the last one, and there are very few people who can choose for Chen Jin, let alone Chen Jin likes.

Twelve sets of clothes and three sets of jewelry are quite a lot, but for noble ladies in the royal palace, it is not enough. The trend of comparison in the capital is very serious, and every time I go out to meet a guest, I cannot repeat it.

If there were only these, Chen Qi and the others were not enough. However, Chen Qi was the daughter of Princess Rui, so there was no shortage of it. At that time, Concubine Xu was favored. Seeing that Chen Zi and the others saw more, King Rui naturally liked it. As soon as Chen Zi, Chen Jing and Shen Rong acted coquettishly, King Rui ordered someone to go out to buy and deliver it. In addition to Chen Qi's things, the things sent by the people below were also closely related to these three daughters. Only when Princess Rui was reminded or occasionally remembered, would he appreciate Chen Jin.

Even if Concubine Chen is frugal, she wants to give her daughter more, so she can do so. Therefore, Chen Jin rarely goes out and naturally has no reputation. Some people don’t even know Chen Jin until the time when Emperor Cheng gave her marriage...

But now, Chen Jin pushed his finger and closed the small drawer with earrings. Which woman doesn’t like to be cute? Now she no longer needs to envy anyone.

Moreover, after marrying Chu Xiuming, Chen Jin also discovered that the capital was too small, as if he had limited people to such a small circle. All he could see was the prosperity of the capital, and only these things could compare with them.

Chen Jin had already walked out and turned his head to look at Chu Xiuming who had been standing beside her. Chen Jin pursed her lips and said, "Husband, do you look good?"

"Yeah." Chu Xiuming walked over and reached out and gently pinched the earlobe that was sinking brocade meat.

Chen Jin smiled and pressed his face on Chu Xiuming's palm. Anping and his maid retreated behind. Chu Xiuming looked at Chen Jin's coquettish look and his eyes fell on the wooden bracelet on her wrist. He knew that because of Dongdong, Chen Jin rarely wore those small jewelry, so he was afraid that if he was not careful, Dongdong would swallow the thing.

Chu Xiuming knew in his heart that compared with Shen Jin, he was a husband and father, but not good enough. When Shen Jin needed someone to take care of him the most, he went to Fujian. When the child needed someone to take care of him the most, he went to the capital and gently twisted Chen Jin's ear pierced with his fingers. He still wanted to raise the little lady in a delicate way and dress her up beautifully. Even if Chen Jin didn't care about these things, Chu Xiuming also wanted to deliver all the good things to her. No one else had, but no one else had.

"I'm hungry." Chen Jin rubbed his face against Chu Xiuming's palm, then stood up and said with a smile, "Let's go have a meal."

"Okay." Chu Xiuming held Chen Jin's hand and fingers were linked. The two walked outside. Dongdong had woken up and was carried out by An Ning. The kitchen had already brought the things over. Madam Zhao made egg porridge for Dongdong, and the date paste sheep milk and hair cake specially sent by Concubine Chen.

Chu Xiuming took the Dongdong from An Ning, Chen Jin took the egg porridge and tasted it, and smiled, "It tastes pretty good."

Dongdong has become accustomed to his own meal every day, and his mother will be divided into some such things. He looked at Chen Jin with a stern face and longingly, "Ah!" His mother has tasted it, and it's his turn.

Chen Jin indeed scooped a small spoon, and then fed it to Dongdong's mouth. Dongdong was put into his mouth. After Chen Jin pulled out the spoon, he squirted his mouth and swallowed the porridge... Dongdong was very easy to eat. No matter what he fed him, he ate it very fragrant and was not picky at all. The date paste sheep milk cake made by Concubine Chen was only one finger wide. Chen Jin took a piece and took the mouth, his eyes lit up, and then stuffed the rest into Chu Xiuming's mouth. Not only did the sweetness of red dates but also the milky fragrance of goat milk, which was soft, even adults tasted appropriate. Chu Xiuming looked at Chen Jin, who was fed by himself while holding Chen Jin. The taste was more like the one his wife liked. And looking at so many hair cakes, if it was just made for Dongdong, there would inevitably be too many...

After feeding the thing, Chen Jin asked An Ning to take him away. He and Chu Xiuming started eating. Because he had eaten a lot of date paste and sheep milk cakes, he only used porridge and side dishes. After using the rice, Chu Xiuming suddenly asked, "Do you go out for a walk?"

"Okay." Chen Jin smiled with his eyes lit up, and then looked at Madam Zhao, "Can Dongdong go out?"

"It's cold outside. When the lady is warmer, then take the young master out." Madam Zhao said with a smile when she heard the words.

Chen Jin reached out and pointed the nose of the little one, and smiled, "It's not that my mother doesn't take you to play, it's that the nanny doesn't let you go out."

"Ah?" Dongdong looked at Chen Jin with confusion.

Mama Zhao's eyes twitched, and Chen Jin smiled and said, "Then send the thing to my mother."

"Yes." Madam Zhao said respectfully.

Chu Xiuming looked at Chen Jin helplessly. Anping had already taken the cloak, warming his hands and protecting his ears. Madam Zhao asked, "General, do you need to prepare a car?"

"No need." Chu Xiuming spoke.

Mama Zhao asked someone to change Chen Jin's boots again. After checking it carefully, Chu Xiuming took Chen Jin out. An Ning held Dongdong with her and did not go out. Dongdong watched Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin leave, and tilted his head slightly, "Father, father, mother, seven!"

Chen Jin heard Dongdong's voice and turned around and waved his hand. Dongdong stretched out his arms as if he wanted to be hugged by Chen Jin, "Ah!"

Looking at his son's appearance, Chen Jin laughed. Chu Xiuming reached out and pressed her hood, saying, "Be careful to make your son cry."

"I can't do it." Chen Jin smiled, "There's Madam Zhao here."

Sure enough, Madam Zhao took the Dongdong and said gently, "Young Master, the general and his wife are going to buy cakes for the young master. Madam takes the young master to find his grandmother, okay?"

Dongdong understood Gao Gao and the rented mother, but he stopped making trouble. Grandma had a lot of food and a very fun person. She kicked her feet and pointed outside, "Ao!"

Chu Xiuming actually wanted to accompany Chen Jin outside for a walk. Zhao Duan and the others thought they were all sleeping. Even if business matters, it would not take a while. They went out from the side door of the General's Mansion. Because of the Chinese New Year, the streets were much more festive, and there were many red lanterns hanging...

In the capital, although King Rui said that he would knock Chen Qi and Prince Yongle out and take him away, Princess Rui was not prepared to do so. Princess Rui felt that Chen Qi was old and should be able to make his own choice. Princess Rui looked at her daughter and slowly told the matter, without mentioning Xiuyuan's matter, "Your father and I must leave. Chen Rong was sent to the Empress Dowager two days ago."

Chen Qi's heart trembled. Even though she was a little aware, she didn't know that the situation had reached its present level. Princess Rui continued, "What your father meant was to knock you and your son-in-law out and take him away. But I don't want to do this. You can choose for yourself."

"Mother..." Chen Qi was very confused. For a moment, she felt that there was nothing wrong with her father's method. If she didn't know anything, she wouldn't have to struggle like this.

But soon Chen Qi calmed down and felt guilty about his thoughts just now. If King Rui and Princess Rui really did this, wouldn’t he feel regret or resentment in the future?

I'm afraid that will happen. At that time, she would wonder why she didn't ask her in advance and wanted to help her make a decision.

But what should she do now? In fact, Chen Qi was not embarrassed by herself, but what should she do if the Prince Yongle Hou was in trouble. If the Prince Yongle Hou was left with her, Emperor Cheng would definitely blame the Prince Yongle Hou’s Mansion in the end.

Even if Prince Yongle Hou is not close to his family, then he is his parents and family. Can Prince Yongle Hou really watch them ignore them? If he really does this, Chen Qi will probably have a grudge in his heart. If he told Yongle Hou, Chen Qi would know when he thought about it that Prince Cheng would definitely tell Emperor Cheng to betray Prince Rui's Mansion to protect himself.

If he didn't tell the Prince of Yongle, he would take him away? Chen Qi slowly let out a sigh. If the Prince of Yongle learned about it after leaving the capital, the Prince of Yongle learned that the Prince of Yongle was dragged down by the Prince of Rui's Mansion, and because of his disappearance, he was punished by Emperor Cheng, and he was afraid that the love between the couple would come to an end, so he would not have a mortal grudge.

If he chose to stay, when Emperor Cheng knew about his father and mother's departure, he would definitely ask her for questions. Even if she didn't know anything, he would probably... At that time, the people in the Yongle Marquis' Mansion would not believe it, and would only blame her for placing them with undressing them.

But that's true. If she left herself, the Yongle Marquis' Mansion would suffer a little, but there would be no trouble.

Chen Qi knew that his mother told her this for her sake. If she hadn't really cared about her daughter, she could have told her nothing, which would have been less risky, just like treating Chen Zi.

"Qi'er, you still have a pearl." Princess Rui looked at her daughter's appearance and said, "In the current situation, neither your father nor me, I want to see it. Your father and I wanted to avoid it, but... the Prince of Ying and Emperor Cheng would not let us go. If I hadn't learned something, how could the Queen Mother make such a decision? No one knows her son is better than her mother."

Chen Qi bit his lip and said, "Mother, I'll go with you."

Princess Rui looked at Chen Qi and felt sour. She didn't want her daughter to experience these things. Who knew that luck would have made people foolish people. If it weren't for her selfish intentions that she had already married Prince Yongle Hou, wouldn't she be so painful today?

With the decision to sit down, Chen Qi seemed to be exhausted and leaned against the chair, tears couldn't help but keep flowing, "If I stay, it would be bad."

Princess Rui got up and walked to Chen Qi's side, reached out and hugged her in her arms, "It's my selfishness, I don't want to hate me in the future when I see you."

"Mother." Chen Qi started crying.

Princess Rui gently stroked Chen Qi's hair, "There will be nothing wrong with the Yongle Marquis' Mansion, but the son-in-law's prince is afraid he can't do it."

Chen Qi was crying and listening to his mother's words, "Don't underestimate the Yongle Marquis Mansion. In this case, no matter how confused Emperor Cheng is, he will not easily offend such nobles from aristocratic families. If you leave with us yourself, it will make Emperor Cheng feel that the Yongle Marquis Mansion is available, because he feels that the people in the Yongle Marquis Mansion must have hated the Rui Prince's Mansion."

"The grievances that the son-in-law suffered are only temporary." Princess Rui's voice was soft, but it seemed as if she could calm people's hearts. "I will compensate you later."

Chen Qi responded softly, and Princess Rui lowered her eyes slightly and said, "It is only temporary to separate, but you have to remember... Since you have chosen to leave with us, don't disclose any information to your son-in-law. The son-in-law... can't hide the matter. Emperor Cheng is suspicious and the son-in-law doesn't know anything, so it's easier to win the trust of him."

"Yeah." Chen Qi nodded vigorously, "Mother, he won't be in trouble, right?"

Princess Rui's eyes flashed and said, "I will live." But the relationship between her daughter and him... I'm afraid it's hard to get through. In fact, no matter how you choose, it's hard for them to live together again.

When King Rui came over, Chen Qi had calmed down. Princess Rui asked someone to fetch water and put on Chen Qi's makeup again. King Rui felt that his daughter's eyes were a little red and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Prince." Princess Rui said, "There is nothing else, it's just that I told Qi'er about the night of the second day of the lunar calendar."

King Rui looked at Princess Rui and Shen Qi in surprise, "Why did you tell Qi'er?"

Princess Rui said, "The future is uncertain, and Qi'er must choose it by herself."

Chen Qi looked at King Rui. She cried a lot, and her voice was still a little mute. "Father, I know that father and mother are both considering me, and I will go with you myself."

"Where is the son-in-law?" asked King Rui.

Chen Qi pursed his lower lips and said, "Father, although we are husband and wife, our husband and relatives from the Yongle Marquis' Mansion, and I have you too."

King Rui sighed and said, "I think my son-in-law will understand you."

Chen Qi forced a smile, but didn't say anything else, "It's better to hide this from your husband."

King Rui thought for a while and said, "This is the business of you couple after all, just make your own decision."

Chen Qi nodded and said nothing. Princess Rui looked at King Rui and said, "When the second day of the day, you will come with your son-in-law. In the evening, you will naturally arrange someone to get your son-in-law drunk. Then you will leave with us."

"I understand." Chen Qi wrote it down.

When Emperor Cheng discovered that King Rui's family was missing, it was already the afternoon of the third year of the lunar calendar. If Princess Rui had not intended to protect these confidants, she would have to relax Emperor Cheng's vigilance and let Emperor Cheng arrange many people to enter the palace, which was probably hidden for a while. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it was the day when Prince Yongle Hou accompanied Chen Qi to his parents' home. I was happy for a moment that Prince Yongle Hou inevitably drank a few more cups with King Rui and got drunk directly. Chen Qi asked someone to go back to the Yongle Hou Mansion to say to his elders. After all, Prince Yongle Hou is really not suitable for Prince Yongle Hou.

Prince Yongle Hou slept for a long time this time. If the people from Emperor Cheng in the mansion had not felt something was wrong, they realized that something was wrong. King Rui, Princess Rui and Shen Qi were gone, and only Prince Yongle Hou was still unconscious. When the news reached Emperor Cheng, it would be too late to send someone to him.

At this time, with the secret help of Kexianju, the Ruiwang family had left the capital from the secret passage of the Zhao family's old house and hid at the end of the well. It was worthy of being specially cleaned up by the Zhao family. After going down from the well, there was a secret passage for only one person to pass. After climbing for about a cup of tea, you could enter a secret room, which was divided into the inner room and the outer room. Everything inside was complete, not big, but enough for them. There was also a separate rest room with a screen in the inner room.

Cui Xi was waiting for them inside. When she saw Princess Rui, she told her about the general matter. Chen Qi was following Princess Rui. Princess Rui asked Cui Xi to pour a glass of water for Chen Qi. King Rui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the environment here, "It's better than I thought."

Princess Rui angrily glanced at King Rui. They were tired all the way. Cuixi poured water on everyone. However, King Rui's words obviously made the people who escort them relieved. They are now on the run. If King Rui is more particular, they will be difficult to deal with. Although the order obtained from the above is to let them make the decision and just send people safely, no one wants to quarrel along the way and take risks with a few people who are not easy to get along with.

In the border town, Chu Xiuming had already told everyone about his guesses and plans.

Chu Xiuyuan's face changed, "Science Garden?" The Saint Garden was established by the Grand Historian. The Emperor Zu ordered people to set up. Because of the war, many children became orphans. Many newborn babies were abandoned and left unattended. Most of them were baby girls. Tai, the Emperor Zu, and he was also a civilian, so he naturally knew about these situations. When the national treasury was not sufficient, half of the funds were broadcast from the national treasury and the other half was released from the inner treasury. In addition, donations from various families made the Saint Garden built in the National treasury.
To be continued...