Chapter 70

At night, Chen Jin was still lying in Chu Xiuming's arms as usual. Just when Chu Xiuming felt that she was asleep, he whispered, "Husband, if...if I really..." Chen Jin was vague, but she knew that Chu Xiuming could understand, "You should marry another kind and gentle bride who would treat the child while the child was still not remembering."

Chen Jin's voice trembled, but it was said very clearly, as if he had been thinking about it for a long time, "Don't tell your children these things at that time. You must treat our children well, and you must care for your children together with mine. Don't treat them badly if you have other children."

"What stupid words are you saying?" Chu Xiuming felt very distressed after hearing this, and reached out and patted Chen Jin's back and said, "Silly girl, are you really willing to do it? Why do you think about all these things?"

Chen Jin did not cry this time, "I just said it in advance, just like Li didn't expect it... I was afraid that there would be something to say to you, but you have to promise me that we will be buried together by the time being, so no one else is allowed?"

"No matter whether you are alive or after death, you are the two of us." Chu Xiuming's voice was particularly gentle, with a bit hoarseness. "You are right, there are many surprises in life, just like I thought I could accompany you in the capital and then go back to the border town for the New Year together, but I didn't want to leave when you were pregnant and let you be in this place."

Chen Jin heard Chu Xiuming's voice and felt itchy, but he didn't know what to say, so he rubbed Chu Xiuming's legs with his toes. Chu Xiuming clamped Chen Jin's legs with his legs to prevent her from making trouble. Then he continued, "It's very hard."

"I just miss you." Chen Jin said honestly, "I really miss you."

Chu Xiuming chuckled, his voice a little hoarse and low, "I miss you too."

Chen Jin's voice became a little more natural, "Absolutely, I'm so good."

Chu Xiuming gently kissed Chen Jin's hair and said, "Yes, you are so good, why can you bear to let me get those not good enough in the future?"

Chen Jin laughed, and Chu Xiuming's voice slowly reached his ears, "There are always unexpected things in life." If it really comes to that time, Chu Xiuming's choice cannot be a child. "Children are our continuation, but you are my only one, so silly girl, you should know what my choice is."

For some reason, Chen Jin's heart completely settled down after listening to this, "I'm smart, but my child and I will be fine, because you will accompany me and protect me, right?"

"Yeah." Chu Xiuming patted her head gently and said, "Go to sleep."

"Okay." Not long after he finished speaking, Chen Jin closed his eyes and fell asleep. What really made Chen Jin feel at ease was not what Chu Xiuming said to protect her, but the only one. This is enough. Even if something really happens, so what? There is always someone who remembers herself and always thinks about herself, such a man... Chen Jin feels that she will not let something happen to her, whether for the sake of the child or for this man.

The fourth young master of the Ruiwang Mansion was not very big, but he invited some people close to him and Chu Xiuming accompanied Chen Jin. By then, Chen Jin would not be able to come after the full moon of this child. The child's three days were very coincidental. It was the last day of the twenty-five years of Yongqi, and Emperor Cheng had already won the pen.

It was the first time Chen Jin saw this younger brother. He was wrapped in a red quilt. When Chu Xiuming helped Chen Jin over to look, he felt that the child was feeling small everywhere. Concubine Chen had a smile on her face, but Chen Jin knew that her mother was happy. After she got married, her mother thought she was lonely. She spent all day in a place as big as Mo Yunyuan. I am afraid that every tree and grass would be clearly remembered.

Concubine Chen smiled and said, "This child is more obedient than you when you were a child."

"How is that possible?" Chen Jin didn't believe it at all, "Didn't my mother say that I am the most obedient child?"

Concubine Chen curled her lips and smiled, saying, "I lied to you. When you were a child, you couldn't live without people. You must be held by someone. You go to bed in the morning and make trouble at night. You will cry when you are not satisfied. You are not crying loudly, but crying quietly."

"I can't do it." Chen Jin thought of how he often said in front of Chu Xiuming that he was so obedient and sensible when he was a child, "I'm smart and well-behaved."

Concubine Chen smiled but stopped talking, handed the child in her arms to the nurse, and then said, "Go back and rest quickly, don't be tired."

Chen Jin touched his stomach and nodded, "Okay."

Princess Rui arranged the same yard for Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin. Because the Chinese New Year will be held tomorrow, the two of them stopped running back and forth. After all, Chen Jin was a big belly and was suffering from a carriage. They were planning to go back after the third year of the lunar year in Prince Rui's Mansion.

Prince Yongle Hou and Shen Qi returned to the Yongle Marquis Mansion after the child was washed three times. No matter what, they still had to stay in the Yongle Marquis Mansion on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Chen Qi and Shen Jin said hello, without saying a few words. They just waited for Chen Qi to come back on the second day of the Lunar New Year to say something, but Chen Jin felt that Chen Qi had lost weight, and Chen Jin pursed his lips and said nothing.

Chen Qi wanted to ask Chen Jin if he knew about Li, but Chen Jin's eyebrows and eyes were full of joy, and he was also moist. In the end, he didn't say anything, and even wanted to escape. He rushed Prince Yongle Hou to leave the Rui Palace together. She was afraid that she would not be able to say it, and in the end, Chen Jin was not having a good time.

During the period when Chen Jin was in the Rui Palace, neither Chen Rong nor Chen Hao saw it, but Chen Jin didn't ask anything. After the third year of junior high school, Chu Xiuming accompanied Chen Jin back to Yongning Bo Mansion. He gave a lot of gifts when he came, and brought a lot when he left, and sent away Yongning Bo and his wife. Chen Qi couldn't help but ask, "Mother, do you think sister knows about Li?"

Princess Rui looked at her daughter's haggard appearance and said, "What do you think?"

Chen Qi couldn't say it. If he knew why there was nothing strange, if he didn't know why Chen Rong and Shen Hao were not there, he was not surprised at all. Princess Rui sighed and said, "Is it important?"

When Chen Qi heard his mother's words, he couldn't answer. Is it important? She didn't know either, she just wanted to know.

Princess Rui accompanied her daughter to walk slowly inside and said, "No matter whether the girl Jin knows or doesn't know, she knows in her heart that no matter what others do, her life is the most important thing. With me here, you will never be like Li."

"Mother." Chen Qi's body stiffened when she heard her mother mention Li's body. That day she was frightened. There was so much blood. Li's scream seemed to be still in her ears, and the father's words to protect the child... Did she shed a lot of blood when she miscarried?

"What is Li's identity, and what is your identity?" Princess Rui reached out and held her daughter's hand and said, "Even if she is in the Yongle Marquis' Mansion, they don't have the courage to deny you."

Chen Qi bit his lower lip. Princess Rui's hand was very soft, a pair of pampered hands. "Women are always a big step to give birth, but they must not give birth unless you are willing to watch other women and your husband's children and inherit all this."

Princess Rui didn't say anything else, "Jin Yatou's identity, appearance, and even those like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not as good as you, but she can see through and see more clearly than you. Qi'er, you are my only daughter, but I don't want you to live so hard, so you don't need to live as tired as Jin Yatou, but... there are some things you should learn from Jin Yatou to be more open-minded."

"Yes." Chen Qi responded.

But neither Princess Rui nor Chen Qi knew that Chen Jin didn't really care or had nothing to do. She was just relieved by Chu Xiuming after a little uncomfortable feeling. Chen Jin was actually a little proud. It turned out that not only she could not live without her husband, but even her husband could not live without her.

On the carriage back, Chen Jin was sitting in Chu Xiuming's arms, and moved her feet a little uncomfortable. Not only did her legs but also her feet were a little swollen. Now she was wearing boots. Although it was warm, it still made Chen Jin feel uncomfortable after wearing them for a long time. Even if the boots were made bigger by Mama Zhao and the others.

When Chen Jin moved, Chu Xiuming noticed that he knocked on the carriage three times. Chen Jin found that the carriage had stopped quickly. Chu Xiuming then sat down in his arms, put his hands on her back, and turned sideways to take off Chen Jin's boots. She was wearing cotton socks and it would not be cold in the carriage. When the boots were taken off, Chu Xiuming hugged Chen Jin again, knocked on the carriage again, and the carriage was on the road again.

"It's much more comfortable." Chen Jin said, shaking his feet.

Chu Xiuming responded, "Go back and burn your feet with hot water."

Chen Jin nodded. They had been away from the border city for nearly a year. The capital was the place where she lived for a long time, but Chen Jin missed the life of the border city even more. This year, Prince Rui’s Mansion seemed a little deserted. Chen Xuan had not come back in Fujian. Although Chen Zi wanted to come back, he was not allowed by Prince Rui’s Mansion. Concubine Xu and Shen Jing were locked up, Chen Hao and Shen Rong were also punished, and they were not even released during the Chinese New Year. Only Chen Qi and his wife were left by King Rui’s side, and Chen Xi.

"I don't think it was Chen Rong who asked Chen Hao to do it." Chen Jin said.

Chu Xiuming responded. Although the carriage was not cold, he still took his cloak and covered Chen Jin's feet.

Chen Jin whispered, "Chen Rong is not that stupid."

Chu Xiuming took a piece of dried peach and put it on Shen Jin's lips. Chen Jin opened his mouth and put it in his mouth. It was sour and sweet and a little salty. He squinted his eyes with satisfaction and said, "Sister looks a little haggard. I think it's scared. Thanks to us when we came back early."

"Yes." Chu Xiuming said.

When the carriage stopped, Chen Jin wanted to ask An Ning to come up to help him put on his boots, but her belly couldn't bend at all. Unexpectedly, Chu Xiuming asked Chen Jin to sit down by himself first, and then used his cloak to carefully wrap Chen Jin's feet and calves, and then put on Chen Jin's own cloak. Then he hugged Chen Jin and got off the carriage.

Anping and An Ning looked at each other, and An Ning followed Chu Xiuming into the yard. Anping entered the carriage and packed up Chen Jin's things.

Madam Zhao was already waiting in the yard, and the room was very warm. Chu Xiuming put Chen Jin on the bed, Madam Zhao served Chen Jin to change clothes, An Ning went to the side and started to fight. Chu Xiuming also changed into a regular dress. Madam Zhao said, "A few people came to the mansion two days ago, saying that they were relatives of Concubine Chen, who came to find the wife."

"Mother's relative?" Chen Jin looked at Madam Zhao in a daze.

Madam Zhao said, "Yes, I also told some things about Concubine Chen. Because the old slave didn't know much, and didn't know whether it was true or false, I arranged for someone to live first."

Chen Jin frowned. She had never told Mama Zhao and the others about her mother's family. Mama Zhao naturally didn't know whether it was true or false, so it was really difficult to deal with those people. She could only arrange for someone to live in first and then let someone look at it.

Chu Xiuming pressed Shen Jin's forehead with two fingers and said, "If you don't want to see him, just send him away."

Chen Jin grabbed Chu Xiuming's hand, shook his head and said, "See."

"Tomorrow." Chu Xiuming spoke.

Chen Jin smiled and nodded and said, "Okay."

Seeing this, although Chen Jin didn't say anything, she saw that no matter whether the relative was true or not, it seemed that she was not close to Concubine Chen and his wife. She also thought about it in her heart. After helping Chen Jin change into a regular dress, she no longer stayed in the house for a long time, so she stepped down first. When Madam Zhao brought the freshly cooked goat milk from the kitchen, An Ning also brought the water to serve Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin to wash it. Chen Jin took the hot goat milk and drank a bowl, slowly exhaled and said, "It's still comfortable at home."

"Madam, do you want to burn your feet?" Madam Zhao asked with a smile.

Chen Jin thought for a moment and nodded and said, "Make a bigger basin and I will soak it together with my husband."

Madam Zhao responded with a smile and immediately asked the little maid to prepare. After a while, someone came with a basin and water. After the mixing, Chen Jin looked at Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming asked someone to move the round dormitory and sit opposite Shen Jin, but he didn't let the maid take her off. She took off her shoes and socks because Chen Jin couldn't bend down, but An Ning helped her take off her.

Chen Jin's feet were much smaller than Chu Xiuming's, and they were white and tender, because they were a little swollen and looked chubby. They were particularly proud of stepping on Chu Xiuming's feet. "Actually, even if I saw the people from my mother's family, I wouldn't know them, because I've never seen them before."

Chu Xiuming listened quietly, Chen Jin stepped on Chu Xiuming's feet, and then asked someone to add some hot water and continued to soak, saying, "Mother rarely mentions these people. At that time, my mother... didn't want to go to the royal palace to be a concubine. It seemed that my grandfather had booked someone for her mother before she died."

Although it was very comfortable to soak your feet in hot water, Chu Xiuming did not let Chen Jin soak it for too long. After An Ning helped Chen Jin dry, he hugged Chen Jin and went to bed, and waved his hand to let the person serving him retreat. The two of them took off their clothes and lay down in the quilt. Chen Jin was in Chu Xiuming's arms and smiled, "Husband, you have become lazy."

"Yes." Chu Xiuming smiled when he heard this. In the past, when he had not married, he had not practiced martial arts, military training, and calligraphy practiced to deal with various things all day long. It seemed that he could not be idle at all. Later he realized that it was not that he could not be idle, but that he did not know what to do when he was idle, so he became more and more busy.

Although Chen Jin was not sleepy, he felt particularly comfortable lying in his husband's arms like this in winter, and said, "But after his grandfather was gone, they... In fact, at first they didn't expect that their mother could enter the Rui Prince's Mansion, as if they were a concubine for another official, but a friend of his grandfather couldn't bear it anymore. He didn't know how he had a relationship with his mother's family. He knew that his mother was taking a concubine for Rui Prince, so he pushed his mother up."

"I heard from my mother that my grandfather's family is not poor and even rich. When they knew that their mother was going to enter Prince Rui's Mansion, things were already foregone conclusion. They knew that they had offended their mother so they offended her to the end. After taking over the things given by Princess Rui, they didn't allow their mother to take away anything. Even the things left by grandfather and grandmother to her mother were detained. In the end, the mother wore a suit and secretly took the jade pendant away." Chen Jin felt that there must be something else in it, just like when the mother became a concubine, if they knew the news, had they been making trouble, but these were all heard by Chen Jin from Li's mother. The mother did not like to talk about these things, so Chen Jin naturally would not ask, so as not to make her mother sad.

And have they really not come to the royal palace to find their mother? If it were just these things, their mother wouldn't have held grudges for so long.

However, Chen Jin would not ask these questions again. Anyway, she would never see these people again in the future, so why bother mentioning these things to make her mother uncomfortable?

Chu Xiuming responded, "No matter what their purpose is, just send it away. Don't let them bother your mother-in-law."

Chen Jin nodded. At least in Yongning Bo’s Mansion, she could be the master of the family, but in Prince Rui’s Mansion, Concubine Chen didn’t do much, so it was better for them to come to find themselves than to go to Prince Rui’s Mansion to find their mother. My father was in a bad mood during this period.

When Chen Jin really saw these people, he realized why Madam Zhao stayed there. I don’t know which cousin she was, but she was actually six or seventy-sixty percent similar to her mother when she was young. Chen Jin looked at it for a while before saying, “Sit down.”

Chen Jin couldn't help but pay more attention to the girl who was similar to her mother, but found that she only looked similar. After she finished doing it, she always looked at the bracelets on her hands and the hair accessories on her head, and looked at the decorations in the house. She thought she was secretly doing it, but she didn't know that Chen Jin could see it clearly when she sat in the main seat.

"Princess, I am you..." The oldest man said as soon as he sat down.

Chen Jin frowned slightly, and then he heard An Ping scolding, "Madam, haven't asked you yet, who told you to speak?"

The man's face became particularly ugly. He wanted to say something, but another man next to him pulled his sleeve and then shut up.

Chen Jin said, "Are you relatives of my mother?"

"Yes, yes." The middle-aged man responded with a winning streak, "I..."

"I haven't heard from my mother." Chen Jin interrupted them calmly, "This is the first time I know that there is still someone in my grandfather's family."

Except for Chen Jin, the people present looked bad. Chen Jin continued, "Anping, go and ask Yue Wen to bring two of them here."

"Yes." Anping responded respectfully.

"What are you going to do?" said the man who had just pulled the sleeves of the middle-aged man, "Can the princess become Mrs. Yongning Bo and refuses to recognize the poor relatives of the grandfather's family?"

"Random." An Ning scolded angrily.

"This is not the case. If you don't work, report it to the official. Whether the government will take care of it, can the Yongning Bo Mansion bully others with its power? If you have the ability, you will beat me to death." The man stood up and shouted loudly with a red face.

"So what if you beat me to death?" Chu Xiuming came in from outside and spoke, "Drag it out and beat me."

"Yes." Yue Wen happened to bring people in. After hearing this, two people grabbed the man who was talking and dragged them out. Before the man could even wail, Yue Wen took off his chin.

Chen Jin saw Chu Xiuming, and smiled and said, "Husband."

Chu Xiuming nodded and sat next to Chen Jin, glanced at the people. Whether they wanted to beg for mercy or cries, they all felt like a knife was already on their necks and would fall down at any time.
To be continued...