Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chapter 267 - 267 266 Whirlpool

?Chapter 267: Chapter 266: Whirlpool Chapter 267: Chapter 266: Whirlpool Looking at Chen Afu’s inquisitive eyes, Chu Lingxuan did not answer right away, but continued. “When I was seven years old, my father came home and told me that I might be appointed as a companion to the six-year-old Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince was not of high birth, and neither he nor his mother, Shan Jieyu, were favored by the emperor. My mother was extremely worried, as the Ninth Prince was often bullied by the Eighth Prince, who was born of the queen’s womb. She was afraid I would get implicated. At that time, my father was an army general ranked third-grade in the Imperial Forestry Army, responsible for personally protecting the emperor. His position was not high, but he was trusted by the emperor. My mother wanted my father to ask the emperor if I could be assigned to another prince, but my father scolded her mercilessly. That was the harshest scolding my mother ever received. She cried…”

Chu Lingxuan glanced at Chen Afu and changed the subject. “In our family, my great-grandfather was a highly strategic military and literary advisor, second only to Mr. Yuan. He was once a commander of the highest rank, but he resigned early. He did not place much emphasis on my grandfather’s education, believing that he just needed to maintain our family’s honor and it was not necessary to always be in the emperor’s good graces. Over the next 20 years, the Chus plummeted from being one of the top noble families in the Capital City to being mid-ranking. However, my father had been personally taught by him, reaching the position of the leader of the Imperial Forestry Army, while my grandfather was still a minor military officer of the third rank. So, my grandfather passed on the title of Marquis Yong’an to my father. Just when my father’s career was on the rise and the Chus were about to turn over a new leaf, we suffered a catastrophic disaster…”

Princess Rong Zhao was the only child of Lady Ma, who had no sons. She was the emperor’s eldest daughter and was favored by him. She was ten years younger than Marquis Chu Chu Guangche, and at the age of ten, she had vowed to marry no one but the eldest son of the Chus. At a young age, she often tried to manage seeing Chu Guangche when he was on duty, much to his annoyance. When she was fifteen, the emperor ignored her cries and decreed that she was to marry Prince Xue. Years later, Prince Xue died of illness, and she moved to Lady Ma’s Zixia Palace with her daughter.

At that time, Chu Guangche was 31 years old, and he was the youngest Marquis and leader of the Imperial Forestry Army in the Dashun dynasty. Every time Marquis Chu entered the palace, he would be nervous, always guard against Rong Zhao popping up from somewhere to encounter him and express her affection.