Chapter 159 Separation
Then, Princess Yijun lay down on the chair and cried loudly, saying that it was her mother's fault that she had no way to teach her daughter. She wanted Lord An Guo to spare Yu's life this time and send her two sons. The daughter-in-law personally escorted Yu, who was seriously ill, and in front of Duke An Guo, she swore to the sky that she would never do it again.
In short, An Guo Gongfu was in chaos.
Duke An Guo was furious and gave Mr. Chu two options. One was to divorce his wife, or to separate the family.
Duke An Guo wanted to separate the six members of Mr. Chu's family to live alone.
This time, it stirred up a hornet's nest.
Mrs. Chu has such a beloved son. Duke An wants to drive him away. How can she do as he wishes?
She hurried over when she smelled the wind, and then with an old face, she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself with Duke An, telling him that he had no conscience and wanted to drive her mother and son out of Duke An's mansion.
Duke An Guo was given a headache by Mrs. Chu, and finally he took a step back and separated his family but not his mansion.
Mrs. Chu was still unwilling to give in. Duke An Guo glared and said, "If you don't want to separate the family, fine, then let's divorce the second daughter-in-law."
The matter of the Xiuyu family was mentioned again. This time, Princess Yijun gave up and took Mrs. Chu aside. After much persuasion, Mrs. Chu reluctantly agreed.
In this way, the Chu family was divided.
Anguo Gong's mansion was split in two. Chu Erye's family of six lived in the west courtyard, while Anguo Gong's two elders and Chu Shizi's family of three lived in the east courtyard.
Since the family was divided, An Guo Gong gave him all the properties that should be given to Mr. Chu, including a four-in house two alleys away from An Guo Gong's mansion, which he had prepared long ago. In the future, the family will be divided into the second master Chu's mansion.
But he didn't expect that his two sons would separate so quickly while he was still alive.
Looking at Mr. Chu, Mr. An Guo was lying if he said he was not disappointed. Is a cruel and vicious woman more important than his parents?
For her sake, he would rather separate the family than divorce.
Anguo Gong was so disappointed that he did not forget to write a document, which stated that after his death or when the third generation Chu Jingqi turns eighteen, Mr. Chu and his family will have to move out of Anguo Gong's mansion.
The Anguo Duke's Mansion, as well as the title and military power, have always been inherited by the eldest son's direct grandson. It is impossible that in his son's generation, the good Anguo Duke's Mansion will be split in half.
Besides, Mr. Chu is the second son. Since they are separated, his family is considered a branch of the Chu family. Branches are not allowed to live in the ancestral home of the Chu family.
Now he is allowed to stay for a few years. He was forced to agree because of the headache caused by Mrs. Chu's crying, fussing and hanging.
However, we can't let him stay here without leaving.
Therefore, An Guogong specially wrote this article into the document, and asked the witnesses he invited to sign one by one. He also ordered the chief steward to send several documents to the Yamen to be stamped with the official seal.
There were three copies of the document, one kept by the Yamen and one kept by each of the Chu brothers.
In the evening, the Chu family masters, who had been having trouble all day, divided two tables for men and women and had a family dinner together.
During this period, Mrs. Chu also wanted to embarrass Mrs. Zhuo and ordered her to wait below. When her mother-in-law was eating, she should serve her mother-in-law as a daughter-in-law.
After being glared at by Duke An Guo, Mrs. Chu reluctantly bit her lip and asked Zhuo to eat with them.
On the next day, Mr. Chu's family began to move to the west courtyard. Duke An Guo specially sent a few stewards to take the property list assigned to Mr. Chu, and they responded accordingly.
Next to it, there is a team of guards watching closely, and the guards are tight.
Mrs. Chu, who wanted to secretly stuff some good things for her son, saw this, her face turned black with anger, she pointed at the stewards and guards and scolded her, "What are you doing, guarding against thieves? I can't Let me tell you, whether the family is divided or not, the second master will always be your master. If you dare to be disrespectful, I will drive you all away. "
This is a serious statement.
But, no matter what, her son was forced to separate anyway, and if the incident spread, his reputation would be ruined. If they didn't let her have an easy time, then she would make it difficult for the whole family.
Mrs. Chu was very angry, so she sent someone to find Mrs. Zhuo, saying that she was ill and asked her to come and take care of her.
Unexpectedly, the person sent said, "The Crown Prince's wife is also ill. The doctor is diagnosing the pulse of the Prince's wife. I heard that the illness is not serious."
"When will that bitch feel better?" Mrs. Chu was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe.
She rolled her eyes, and the plan came to her mind, so she went to find Mr. An Guo and said with a gentle smile, "The eldest daughter-in-law is not in good health and can't move in bed. You said that in such a big family, there is no one who can be the host?" It doesn't work either. I think it's better to Just let the second daughter-in-law help her take care of it for a while. Anyway, the second daughter-in-law lives nearby, so it is convenient to take care of her. Moreover, the second daughter-in-law has always been in charge of this house. Now she is in charge of it, and she is not new to it. .”
It stands to reason that Mrs. Chu does not care about the middle minister of Duke Anguo's mansion, so it should be managed by Mrs. Zhuo. After all, Mrs. Zhuo is the daughter-in-law of the Chu family. However, under Mrs. Chu's partiality, the middle minister of the family was handed over to her. It was given to the Yu family, and it was difficult for the Zhuo family to snatch it. Besides, she was also worried that if she took control of it, Mrs. Chu and the Yu family would jointly set her up, and then her situation would be even more difficult.
It is better to let the cows graze. Anyway, in the end, the Chu family will only belong to the Crown Prince Chu, not the Second Master Chu.
But it's different now. Now that the family is separated, what will happen if Yu is asked to take charge of the house?
Isn't this just forcing one's own pie into someone else's mouth?
What's more, the Yu family also hired assassins to assassinate the three members of Prince Chu's family. If Prince Chu and the Chu family hadn't left together at that time, there were forty guards of the Chu family and Old Man Bai and a group of people fighting to kill each other. I believe that the three members of Prince Chu's family would have gone there to meet him. King Yama. When An Guogong thought of this, he felt angry, "If you don't want to stay in the east courtyard, then take your son and daughter-in-law and get out of the Chu family."
Mrs. Chu was so furious that she was so frightened that she did not dare to bring up the matter of letting Mr. Yu take care of Mr. Zhuo.
The Zhuo family handed over the affairs of the Chu family to Aunt Ren.
Aunt Ren was the dowry maid of Prince Chu's mother. She suffered a lot in order to protect and take care of the infant Prince Chu. The reason why Prince Chu was able to seek refuge in his mother's family was because she secretly asked someone to send him a letter.
She had never been married in her life, and she took care of Crown Prince Chu as her own son. Her youth was also delayed by Crown Prince Chu. By the time Prince Chu grew up and was able to protect himself, she was already old, so she simply stayed with Prince Chu as his wife. Got a nanny in charge.
Therefore, Duke An Guo respected her very much, and even Mrs. Chu had to be somewhat polite to her.
Mrs. Chu was dissatisfied with the appointment of her as a housekeeper, but Mrs. Chu did not dare to refute the words of Duke An.
Although she is fierce, ruthless and unreasonable, she is still somewhat afraid of An Guogong.
After everything calmed down in the Chu family, An Guogong submitted a memorial and passed all the titles and military power to Prince Chu.
Three days later, the emperor approved it.
The prince of Chu became the Duke of Chu, Zhuo became the wife of the Duke of Chu, the Duke of An became the old lady, the old lady of the Duke of Chu also became the old lady, and Chu Jingqi was also named the prince by the emperor.
Everyone's status has been raised to a higher level.
Except for Mrs. Chu and Mr. Chu's family who were angry, jealous and envious, everyone else cheered happily.
Duke Chu, the former Crown Prince of Chu, immediately took Zhuo and Chu Jingqi to the palace to thank the emperor for his kindness.
The next day, the Chu family sent out invitations widely, planning to hold a banquet in three days and invite relatives and friends to celebrate.
Zeng and Xia Zihan were also invited.
"County Lord, how about wearing this plum blossom cotton skirt with thousands of colors on the day you go to Chu's house, and wearing a gold-threaded peony dark-patterned armor on top?"
"Well, it's up to you." Xia Zihan glanced at the clothes, then lowered his head to conquer the pistachios in front of him.
Nuan Yu always has a good sense of matching clothes and accessories, so she doesn't need to worry about it.
Nuan Yu took out another pink brocade cloak from the closet and said, "It's cloudy and windy today, and the temperature may cool down in two days. It's better to add an extra cloak, so that it won't be cold when you go out."
"Take the red embroidered chinchilla fur cloak that Qi Mei sent the day before yesterday."
Xia Zihan took the time to take a look at the pink brocade cloak. She didn't like it, so she remembered that Qi Mei had given her a lot of winter clothes the day before yesterday. Among them was a cloak with red embroidery and chinchilla skin. It was nice to wear to the Chu family's party. The banquet will definitely not embarrass my aunt.
They were picking up clothes, but before they were ready, Chu Chun came in to report that it was Chu Jingqi who was here.
"Take him to Luoye Pavilion and prepare tea." Xia Zihan took the handkerchief handed over by Silk Grass, wiped his hands and ordered.
The Chu family was noisy these days, and Chu Jingqi often ran to her, but she never met him in her boudoir. She always chose the empty pavilion around her.
There are servants walking around, and you can see their every move openly, so as not to be gossiped about.
Xia Zihan wiped her hands, changed her clothes, put on the pink brocade cloak that Nuan Yu had just taken out, and went to Luoye Pavilion.
Chu Jingqi sat there quietly and waited. After Chu Kuang served tea, he sent her away, leaving Sheng Di and Ma Bao to wait on her.
Xia Zihan walked into the Fallen Leaf Pavilion and was about to take off his cloak.
"It's a cool and windy day today, don't worry, dress warmly." Chu Jingqi stood up and pulled her to sit down on a wooden bench with thick cotton padding.
Shengdi Ma Bao hurriedly greeted her and then retreated 20 meters away from the pavilion.
Xia Zihan seemed to be used to it, and looked at Chu Jingqi with a smile, "Why, have you finished reading the secret book again?"
Ever since Chu Jingqi knew that she had a large box of martial arts secrets here, he became addicted and came to her every two days to borrow the secrets.
I don’t know if he just read it once or if he has learned all the skills above. In short, he reads the secret books very quickly, basically one book a day.
To learn the above martial arts, it shouldn’t be that fast, right?
It was twice as fast as her.
(End of chapter)