Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chapter 569: Extra Eight with the Princess 2 Chapter 569: Extra Eight with the Princess 2 By the end of September, the old master, the old Marquis, the old Madam, Ming, and the second young lady – Chu Wan, arrived home. Chu Wan, noted as the daughter the Marquis and Madam had in their old age, was now three years old and extremely beautiful. This little girl had a mischievous spirit and a competitive streak just like Yu’er. Upon her arrival, she acted like an authoritative elder, ordering her nephews and nieces, who were much older than her, to run around.

The heads of Chang House, the third house, Uncle Wang Cheng and his family all came to Capital City to attend the wedding feast of Prince He and Chu Hanyan. Now, Chen Ming and Mrs. Wang spent most of their time at Chen Alu’s house, their son, who had a child. Chen Alu had passed the imperial examination last year and was now studying as a student of the Imperial Academy. He married two years ago and had a son.

On the spring term exams of that year, Chen Yulan was honored by the Emperor with the title of Scholar. The father and son’s joint climb into scholarly ranks was a widely acclaimed anecdote. Chen Yulan’s wife was a princess who had just given birth to a daughter at the beginning of the year.

Chen Atang had passed the preliminary examinations, but failed to score well on the provincial examinations in spring. He planned to attempt it again. If he failed once more, he would use his network to secure a minor official role.

From the first day of October, Chu’s relatives, friends, and Chu Hanyan’s circle of confidantes one by one started bringing gifts for her dowry. Seeing all the people coming and going, Chen Afu finally felt the keen pain that Hanyan was about to be married and leave the household.

Even though she was being wed to Hanyan’s adoptive “son”, whom Chen Afu raised, she still felt an immense sense of loss. Chu Lingxuan was even more heartbroken. He had six children, but the child he loved and worried about the most was Chu Hanyan. Although he put up a brave face in public, he often sighed sorrowfully in the night.

Chu Hanyan too knew she was soon to leave her household, no longer having the daily luxury of seeing her parents and siblings, or being able to act coy around her mother. Whenever there were no guests, she would cling onto Chen Afu refusing to let her go. She was reluctant to leave home, but her deepest regret was parting from her mother.