Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chapter 197 - 197 196 Falling Ill

?Chapter 197: Chapter 196: Falling Ill Chapter 197: Chapter 196: Falling Ill Everyone had a meal together. Marquis Chu shared a table with Chu Lingxuan, while Abbot Liao Chen and Chen Afu were at another table with the three children. Both tables were set up in a Zen room. It was clear that the Marquis was very fond of his former daughter-in-law, Liao Chen, and seemed to unambiguously align himself with her rather than his biological son.

After the meal, Marquis Chu took the children for an afternoon rest, while Chu Lingxuan, Chen Afu, and Abbot Liao Chen sat in the West Meditation Room chatting about domestic affairs.

The room was permeated with a light scent of agarwood. The bed was heated, and a coal basin was also set alight. A white jade flower goblet on the table and a pair of large blue-and-white vases, half the height of a person and placed in corners of the room, were filled with brilliantly blooming red plums. The room felt as warm and radiant as springtime.

Abbot Liao Chen pulled Chen Afu to sit next to her on the bed, all the while, hold Chen Afu’s left hand in hers. Her hand was soft and delicate, not at all like that of a middle-aged woman. Chu Lingxuan sat on the other side of the bed, speaking softly about things happening at home.

He mentioned that the third aunt would come to see her after having sorted out the Marquis’ Mansion. His sister was doing well in her husband’s home, and her son was almost a year old—they would visit her when the child was bigger. He also talked about matters of the Luo family, Abbot Liao Chen’s parents’ home. Her mother’s health had improved a lot. He further spoke about what the Luos had sent as New Year gifts and so on.

After listening to their conversation, Chen Afu had a clearer understanding of affairs relating to the Capital Marquis Mansion and the Luos. Chu Lingxuan had a sister named Chu Hua, who was nineteen years old, with her in-laws being the Guardian Duke Mansion. Mrs. Chu had been in charge of managing the mansion for years, running annual deficits due to her unabashed embezzlement that even the angry Marquis had no way to handle. The reason for this was that, Mrs. Chu’s husband had lost an arm to a pack of wolves during a hunting trip with his noble friends when he was younger. He could thus no longer serve as an official and could only idle around at home after donating for a position of the fourth rank. He had been indulging his wife a lot due to his affection for her. Abbot Liao Chen’s mother was still alive; however, she was bedridden due to her poor health.

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