Bab 525: Chapter 516: Beating the Golden Branch

By the end of 9 a.m. the following day, everyone from the Chen family had arrived, except for Chen Atang and Chen Alu. Even Mrs. Chen and those in the main Chen's house had arrived. They were in their off-season, so their family was all residing in the mansion in the capital city. Chen Atang had passed his scholarly examinations in the spring of that year and was now studying at the Shizhou Academy.

Everyone seemed more or less the same, except Mrs. Hu, who seemed thinner and paler. Even her walk was less brisk. She was scared. As soon as she realized that Dabao had become the Eleventh Prince, she had fallen ill from fright. Knowing her, she hadn't treated Dabao kindly in the past and feared every day that she would be arrested. Her illness gradually got better only after half a year of assurance that she won't be arrested, but her health was far from what it used to be.

Mrs. Zhang chuckled, "Afu, don't blame us for coming to visit early, we've really missed you."