Chapter 376: 376 adoptive
Chapter 376 Chapter 376 Adoption
At first, Chu Lingxiao was taken down because Kang Hongda convicted him of "colluding with bandits and intending to commit rebellion." The Chu family was also raided because of this. Now that Kang Hongda has been convicted of death, Chu Lingxiao has suffered "unjust injustice" as a result. The "poor man" was acquitted.
He had been imprisoned for more than ten days, and he was still a little confused. The cell leader just said to him, "You can leave," without saying a word more.
When he returned to the Chu family, he found that all the forbidden troops that had surrounded the Chu family had withdrawn, and he entered the door smoothly.
Chu Lingxiao's return made everyone in the He family overjoyed, and everyone rushed to leave.
"The big boss is back!"
"Madam, the eldest master is back safely!"
When the news reached Rongfu Hall, Mrs. Tai was so happy that she ran out to greet the guests in person and held the eldest son's hand without letting go.
The mother and son walked towards Chu Lingxiao's outer study, talking all the way.
"Ling Xiao, you are back, mother can finally rest assured." The wife smiled from ear to ear, as if she had become several years younger all of a sudden. As she spoke, she began to feel sorry for her eldest son again, "You have lost weight. I’m also haggard!”
"Mom, how are you doing at home lately?" Chu Lingxiao asked eagerly, "Why was I let out?"
As soon as he came back, he felt that the atmosphere at home was different. The previous gloom was gone, as if the snow had melted and spring had returned. Chu Lingxiao couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that Chu Yunyi had followed Kang Hongda, so he was fine? ?
"Okay, everything is fine at home, and now all the hardships have finally come to an end!" The smile on Mrs. Tai's face deepened, and deep wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes and lips. "Don't you know about the emperor's death?"
"What, the emperor died?!" Chu Lingxiao really didn't know, and his voice was raised by three points.
Everything he looked at, from people to things, was pure, but he only thought it was because Chu Lingyu's mourning period had not passed, but he didn't expect it to be a national mourning.
Mrs. Wang winked at Grandma Wang, and Grandma Wang sent away the maids and women so that mother and son could talk more easily.
The wife was overjoyed and told her eldest son about the incident in which Gu Jue led Xuanjia's army to force the palace.
Previously, there had been no conclusion on this matter, and the wife did not dare to be too happy too early, let alone show off. But now, the late emperor has been buried, and the prince was seriously injured by the late emperor. There is no news so far, and Gu Jue has been in trouble since the day he forced the palace. Taking charge of the overall situation in the palace means that Gu Jue will most likely ascend to the throne.
Seeing that the eldest son came back today, Mrs. Tai felt more and more that her guess was correct. The Chu family had finally arrived.
She pulled Chu Lingxiao and talked non-stop, and thought about the future: "Lingxiao, King Chen is the uncle of our Chu family. If he can successfully ascend the throne, then our Chu family can at least have a Duke Cheng'en. ”
"I have thought about it carefully. Even if King Chen does not ascend the throne, he will definitely support the second prince to ascend the throne. Then the Chu family is the emperor's maternal family!" Concubine Chu is the queen mother. In other words, as the brother of the queen mother, Chu Lingxiao has the same Can be granted the title of Duke.
"Now even the second roommate is honest!"
Speaking of the second wife, Mrs. Tai couldn't help but think of her second son Chu Lingyu who died young. She felt a little distressed, but she was annoyed by Ms. Liu. She frowned and said, "Ms. Liu and Sister Ling are short-sighted. You have just been killed by Kang Hongda." During the days when the people were taking them away, the mother and daughter were quarreling every day. Later, when King Chen gained power, they stopped. We are just waiting for our Chu family to rise and the second wife to ascend to heaven. "
Recently, the Chu family has become more united than ever before, and even the third and fourth concubines come to her every day to pay their respects, and the wife's life has become easier.
Chu Lingxiao had been locked up in prison for these days, and his eyes and ears were blocked. He had no idea what was going on outside. Now that he heard Mrs. Tai's narration, his emotions were also affected, and his mood changed from shock to surprise. After listening, Still a little unbelievable.
"Mother, what you said is true?" Chu Lingxiao looked at the madam with joy and couldn't help pinching his thigh. The pain told him that this was not a dream.
"Can I joke about this?" The wife also felt that this incident was so unexpected, and even now she still occasionally feels that it has no sense of reality.
She composed herself and said softly: "Ling Xiao, please listen to my mother's advice and hurry up to coax Ah Zhi back. Also, Sister Chen's surname must be changed back."
"Sister Chen is from the Chu family and is the direct daughter of the Chu family. How can she take the surname of another family? Do you think this is true?"
really. Chu Lingxiao thought thoughtfully.
If Gu Jue ascends the throne, Shen Qianchen will be the queen; if Gu Jue does not ascend the throne, he will at least be a regent.
No matter what the situation is, Shen Qianchen must be "Chu Qianchen", otherwise when outsiders hear her last name, they will probably suspect that she is at odds with the Chu family...
Changing your surname is urgent.
However, he felt a little embarrassed to ask Chu Lingxiao to bow his head to Shen Zhi and beg her for forgiveness.
Chu Lingxiao still remembered the last time he saw Shen Zhi and Pei Linye being very intimate outside Shen Zhi's house. That Pei Linye clearly had other plans for Shen Zhi.
Whenever he thought of the scene at that time, Chu Lingxiao felt that his head was green and he was holding a breath in his heart.
That time, he had someone open the door of Shen Zhi's house to scare Shen Zhi and then go to coax her, but Shen Zhi actually got involved with Pei Linye, which disappointed him.
No man can stand being cuckolded!
Chu Lingxiao really couldn't swallow this breath, and his heart was filled with jealousy. He really wanted to put Shen Zhi and Pei Linye in the pig cage together.
The same goes for Brother Mu. He is so close to Pei Linye. Is this because he wants to recognize a thief as his father? !
"I'm not going." Chu Lingxiao said awkwardly.
Asking Chu Lingxiao to kowtow to Shen Zhi would cost him half his life.
Chu Lingxiao didn't know how many times he regretted marrying Shen Zhi. Without Shen Zhi, his life would not have been like this!
Mrs. Tai also had a headache, but thinking that her family was now unable to make ends meet and even the family property had been sold off, she could only resolutely say: "Ling Xiao, you are such an adult, you must think about our Chu family."
"Now that King Chen will most likely ascend the throne, the glory of our Chu family is just around the corner. Are you willing to let the Shen family take away the glory that should belong to the Chu family?!"
"Don't forget, you secretly gave Sister Chen to Minshan, and now she still resents you as her father..."
As soon as he heard the word "resentment", Chu Lingxiao stopped angrily as if his foot was being stepped on and said angrily: "She dares?!"
"I'm her biological father!"
"If she dares to be unfilial to me, she will be impeached by the imperial emissary."
Da Qi emphasizes filial piety, even if a father kills his son or his daughter, he is still killed, and it is the unfilial children who should reflect.
He gave Shen Qianchen to Jiang Minshan, but so what?
He is her father, and it is up to him who he wants to raise her with.
This is a family matter, and even Jingzhao Mansion has no control over the Chu family's housework.
To put it more harshly, if this girl had not become a concubine, the late emperor would not have decreed to give her to King Chen. Her good fortune today is not because of herself!
The more Chu Lingxiao thought about it, the more he felt it was so, and he straightened his back.
The madam rubbed her brows tiredly and said tiredly, "Ling Xiao, don't forget that Sister Chen is no longer named Chu."
The name Shen Qianchen is no longer even in the Chu family tree, which makes things a little troublesome.
Chu Lingxiao: "..." Seeing that Chu Lingxiao was speechless, Mrs. Tai patiently coaxed him: "Lingxiao, it's not what you did that hurt Ah Zhi and Sister Chen's hearts. Now you have to put Ah Zhi first. Zhi has been coaxed back. After coaxing A-Zhi, Sister Chen will also turn to you for her mother's sake."
"Now this is not your problem alone, it affects the entire Chu family!"
"As long as Ah Zhi and Sister Chen can come back, are you still worried that there will be no errands in the future? Now is the time for King Chen to employ people!"
When he heard about the errand, Chu Lingxiao was moved.
As Mrs. Tai said, the court is now at the transition from the old to the new. Many civil servants in the court are the late emperor's confidants. Gu Jue cannot trust these people. In other words, there will inevitably be a wave of purges in the court. .
As the father-in-law of King Chen, he naturally had an advantage. He couldn't just watch the Shen family take away what originally belonged to him, right? !
Chu Lingxiao gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, mother, I will go and bring Shen Zhi back tomorrow morning... but I'm worried that she won't come back..."
After being married for more than ten years, Chu Lingxiao had some understanding of Shen Zhi's stubborn temper.
Shen Zhi is a domineering person and can't tolerate sand in her eyes. Unlike him, Minshan only cares about him...
Thinking of Jiang Minshan, Chu Lingxiao's heart skipped a beat and his expression softened.
The madam didn't notice Chu Lingxiao's soul flying out of the sky, and said firmly: "You just don't understand a woman's heart!"
"As a mother, her children are her lifeblood. If it weren't for Sister Chen, Ah Zhi wouldn't have reconciled with you!"
"Now for Sister Chen, she will be soft-hearted and will consider everything for Sister Chen. Think about it, you can't be the mother of the country. Your parents are divorced, right? Do you think King Chen can afford this shame?"
"Perhaps because Sister Chen has a flaw in her background and is being blamed, King Chen wants to appoint her as his queen."
These words were not only used to persuade Shen Zhi, but the Madam herself also thought so.
Therefore, it is better to do this sooner rather than later. If King Chen really deposes Shen Qianchen and establishes a new queen, then the wealth of their Chu family will be greatly reduced.
Chu Lingxiao thought for a while and felt that this was the truth. He became a little anxious and quickly stood up and said: "Mom, then I will go find Ah Zhi now."
"Wait!" Madam Tai quickly reached out to hold him, feeling relieved, "You just came back today, have a good night's rest first, and then clean yourself up before going tomorrow."
While they were talking, mother and son arrived at the door of Chu Lingxiao's study room and stopped under the eaves.
The madam looked up and down at her eldest son and couldn't help but sigh.
The robe Chu Lingxiao was wearing was already dirty and torn, his face was covered with black stubble, and his hair was greasy. He was as slovenly as if he had crawled out of the rotten food overnight, and he was no different from a beggar on the street. .
If Chu Lingxiao went to see Shen Zhi like this, Mrs. Tai would be afraid of making things worse.
So, Grandma Wang quickly ordered the maid to prepare a bathtub, hot water, etc. for Chu Lingxiao.
The wife hesitated for a while and then said seriously: "When you see Ah Zhi, tell her that from now on the title will be passed on to Brother Mu."
"If it doesn't work out, just adopt Brother Yi out."
"Mother!" Chu Lingxiao blurted out in shock. Chu Yunyi is his most beloved son.
After the words were spoken, Mrs. Tai also relaxed and said seriously: "Ling Xiao, do you remember your fourth uncle's clan brother Chu Lingxiang? He is almost forty and has no heirs. He has always wanted to If you want to adopt a child, why not adopt Brother Yi?"
"..." Chu Lingxiao's face didn't look good.
Mrs. Tai continued: "As you know, Ah Zhi's heart has always been with Brother Yi and Sister Huang, so let's adopt them together. From now on, this title will of course belong to Brother Mu."
"In this way, Ah Zhi will also feel relieved."
According to Mrs. Tai, Chu Lingxiao and Shen Zhi already have a son and a daughter. They are both almost 30 years old. In fact, they are past the age of jealousy. As long as they can protect the interests of their children, Shen Zhi will naturally take a step back. .
Even if Pei Linye really has some interest in Shen Zhi, how can this half-way couple be compared to Chu Lingxiao and Shen Zhi who are young couples.
In the final analysis, Chu Lingxiao was still too cruel. What he did hurt Shen Zhi's heart first. As long as he was willing to bow his head and express his position, he would definitely be able to coax Shen Zhi back, and the family would live in harmony from now on.
Their Chu family can also reach a higher level!
"Ling Xiao, you are a man, can't you still understand the stakes?" Mrs. Tai patted Chu Lingxiao's upper arm.
She wanted to persuade her a little more, but a woman who was guarding outside the yard came in and said, "Madam, Sir, Aunt Jiang is here."
Hearing this, the madam closed her mouth and said nothing more.
After a while, I saw a beautiful figure wearing an aqua embroidered skirt walking towards me, like a weeping willow or a delicate flower, with a graceful and graceful figure.
"Cousin!" Aunt Jiang didn't have any jewelry on her body. She only had a simple pearl hairpin inserted in her bun. She was dressed plainly and elegantly, but she wore it a bit brightly, and she had a delicate and elegant look all over her body. Charming charm.
When she walked up to Chu Lingxiao, her loving eyes were filled with crystal tears. Her eyelashes trembled, and a line of tears slid down the corner of her right eye. However, her eyes did not blink for a moment, looking at Chu Lingxiao dreamingly.
As soon as Mrs. Jiang saw Aunt Jiang, she thought of Chu Yunyi and Chu Qianhuang, and she couldn't stay any longer.
She cleared her throat and said in a gentle tone: "Minshan, you take good care of Ling Xiao. I'll go back first."
Aunt Jiang hurriedly blessed Mrs. Tai and respectfully sent her away.
At this time, the eldest maid came out of the study and said respectfully: "Master, aunt, the hot water for bathing is ready."
Aunt Jiang curled her lips slightly, took Chu Lingxiao's arm and walked inside, saying softly: "Lingxiao, let me help you wash up."
"You've lost weight, and you've suffered a lot these days!"
"Later, I will ask a doctor to come to the house to take your pulse."
The warm fragrance of nephrite was beside her, and the beauty was tender and considerate, which made Chu Lingxiao look and listen quite appropriately. The hardships of the past few days seemed to be swept away with her words, and her whole body felt comfortable.
Even if he had to face Shen Zhi's cold words tomorrow, Chu Lingxiao would think it would be nothing.
After that, Chu Lingxiao took a bath, changed clothes, shaved, and trimmed his nails under Aunt Jiang's care. After being busy for more than an hour, he was completely reborn.
After a good night's rest, Chu Lingxiao went to Shen's house in high spirits the next day, only to be rejected.
(End of chapter)