Chapter 653 Ding Chi Recovers From Illness

After Ren Mansion agreed to Ding Mansion's marriage proposal, Xun Xiang went to the palace to ask the Empress.

The next day, Empress Ye issued an imperial decree to grant marriage to Ding Lichun and Ren Zixuan.

Both the Ding and Ren families were very happy.

Empress Ye reprimanded Concubine Cai for not educating her daughter properly, and asked the nanny beside her to go to Princess Zhaoyang's mansion to reprimand Zhaoyang for violating the taboo of speaking, and punished her to be confined for two months and copy the "Female Commandments" twenty times.

Concubine Cai was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, but she didn't dare to say much.

Because Ding Lichun was old, the two families went through the procedures very quickly. Xun Xiang asked Master Huiren to calculate the auspicious date and set the wedding date on July 12 next year.

It was early October when this major event was over.

The Ding Mansion began to be busy with Ding Lichun's betrothal gifts and repairing the yard, and at the same time, they had to prepare for Ding Zhuang's 60th birthday.

This year, Ding Zhuang will be 60 on the 11th of the winter month, and the Ding Mansion will hold a big celebration. Many relatives from his hometown wanted to come to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, and Ding Zhuang and his son agreed.

On the morning of October 6, Xun Xiang was drawing in the study, and Ding Chi and Tang came with Ding Zhuang.

Ding Chi was wearing a blue silk robe, dark and thin. But he walked normally, and it was obvious that his legs were healed. His left eye and left corner of his mouth were still a little crooked, which was much better than before.

After seeing his ugly appearance before, he felt amazing.

Tang was also much thinner and darker, different from her previous plump and beautiful appearance.

Xun Xiang was surprised and said, "Second uncle's illness is cured? Congratulations."

Ding Chi laughed and said, "Second uncle thanks Xiang Xiang for pointing out a bright way for second uncle and curing the illness. Thank you Master Mingyuan too. I will go to Puguang Temple to burn incense tomorrow and donate more incense money."

Tang also laughed and said, "Thank you Xiang Xiang."

Xun Xiang pulled Ding Zhuang to sit down and listened to Ding Chi's general talk.

Ding Chi and Tang went to the disaster area in southern Hebei, not only bringing thousands of taels of silver worth of food and medicine, but also bringing more than a dozen servants and two doctors.

There were too many things, so they didn't dare to stay in the inn. Instead, they took Ding Zhao's letter and stayed at the post station.

In addition to distributing porridge not far from the post station every day, they also specially looked for people who were dying of starvation and illness, as well as children who were lost from their relatives. While rescuing them, they helped the children find their relatives. If they couldn't find their relatives, they would temporarily raise them.

In more than two months, they rescued thousands of disaster victims, and no less than two hundred were saved from death. Even the prefect and county magistrate there summoned Ding Chi and said that he was kind and generous.

When returning to Beijing, Ding Chi and his wife brought back a dozen children aged three to six. They had no relatives and couldn't work to support themselves. Bring them back and raise them up, and then they will be slaves at home or sent to the wine shop to work...

Ding Chi smiled and said, "This time I spent more than two thousand taels of silver, and I was exhausted, but I finally cured my illness. Before, I wanted to be the richest man and the emperor's merchant every day, and I would do anything to achieve my goal.

"Through these months, I realized that I should be a good person, feel at ease, and sleep well. Alas, I feel bad when I think about how I was young and ignorant, causing my father to break three fingers and Xiangxiang to be almost sold. It's my fault. "

As she said, she stood up and bowed to Ding Zhuang.

Tang said, "I have taken care of the children by myself in the past few months, and I know how difficult it is to raise a child. My elder brother and his wife have to take care of three children of their own, and they have taken such good care of Li Lai, without letting him suffer any grievances. Thank you, father-in-law and elder brother and his wife."

Ding Chi and his wife bought two kilograms of Xinshan Maojian tea from Yi Nan for Xun Xiang. "Second uncle knew that Xiangxiang had no shortage of good things, so he bought these teas."

Ding Zhuang was quite emotional. His second son lived to his thirties and finally understood life.

This daughter-in-law is finally sensible.

Xun Xiang laughed. This treatment method is good. It not only cures his illness, but also teaches him how to be a man.

Ding Zhuang whispered to Xun Xiang, "Haha, Li Ren's wife is pregnant. They all hope she will give birth to a son, but I hope she will give birth to a daughter, so that I can have a great-granddaughter as pretty as Xiangxiang. "

This is really great news.

Xun Xiang said happily, "Second sister-in-law is going to be a mother?"

Ding Zhuang smiled and said, "Of course, this can be false."

Tang said honestly, "Father, Xiangxiang is not your granddaughter, how can Liren give birth to a daughter as pretty as Xiangxiang? What if he gives birth to a daughter as ugly as father-in-law?

"Also, father-in-law has no daughter or granddaughter, which means that father-in-law's branch cannot give birth to a girl. Forget about the great-granddaughter, some fates have to be believed."

As always, he can't speak.

Ding Zhuang was so angry that he wanted to curse.

Ding Chi quickly smiled and said, "Xiangxiang looks like my mother, and it is possible that Liren's wife will give birth to a daughter like Xiangxiang. Don't be angry, Dad. If Liren's wife can't give birth to a daughter, let Lichun's wife give birth to one. If Lichun's wife can't give birth to a daughter, let Lilai's wife give birth to one.

"I will give you a great-granddaughter who is as beautiful as my mother and Xiangxiang, so that you will be happy. "

Ding Zhuang laughed out loud. This was the most pleasant thing his second son had said since he was born.

Tang Shi also realized that she had said something wrong and laughed foolishly.

Xun Xiang was happy for Xue Tian, ​​Ren Zixuan and Ding Qianqian. They did not have the pressure of giving birth to a boy or a girl.

Unlike Tao Jing, no matter her in-laws or her own family, they all hoped that she would have a boy at once.

Xun Xiang invited them to have dinner and drink in Ziyuan.

When Dongyang heard about it, he also rewarded them with a few dishes.

Ding Zhuang was happy and drank a lot of wine.

Xun Xiang personally gave Xue Tian a pound of official swallows, and the princess's mansion sent some tonics and four pieces of soft cloth suitable for making clothes for babies. She would go back to see her another day.

As soon as the three of them were sent away, a maid from the Weiguo Mansion went to Jinqitang and brought a basket of red eggs.

The mother-in-law bent her knees to Princess Dongyang and smiled and said, "My wife gave birth to a brother this morning. He is safe and sound. The old lady asked the old slave to come and tell the good news to the princess and the princess. The day after tomorrow, please invite the princess and the princess to the mansion. Have a wedding banquet here.”

Dongyang has a normal relationship with Duke Wei, so this good news is mainly for Xun Xiang.

Dongyang smiled and said, "Congratulations to the emperor's aunt, congratulations to the emperor's aunt. Oh, she has been looking forward to her grandson for many years, and now she finally got her wish. Mrs. Tao is also lucky, she got a boy in one fell swoop." He then said to the servants, "Hurry up. Please come and tell her the good news."

Xunxiang was very happy when she heard about it. These days are Tao Jing's due date, and she has been thinking about it.

Xunxiang asked a few more questions in detail.

The mother-in-law smiled and said, "My brother is six pounds and three ounces. He is very beautiful and looks more like my wife. My wife started to have a seizure last night and she gave birth to the baby today."

"The old lady and the Duke of Guo were extremely happy. The old lady hugged her brother and couldn't bear to let go. The Duke of Guo laughed so hard that he burst into laughter..."

These people had never seen Qiu Wangzhi laugh before.

After the mother-in-law left, Dongyang sighed, "I also hope that Yibo will marry a daughter-in-law soon and have more children. Everyone says that sons are good, but I think daughters are better."

Xunxiang knew that she didn't really think that her daughter was better than her son. She knew that Prince Consort Xun felt most guilty for not taking good care of his daughter and not seeing how her daughter grew up.

If a granddaughter is born, in order to make up for the regret in his heart, Prince Consort Xun can stay in the house for a longer period of time and watch his granddaughter grow up.

Mi Honglan also has no pressure to have children, and she is happy to have any parents-in-law.