Yan Yile’s situation did not cause much upheaval for Daohua and Yan Wenxiu in faraway Xiliang, but in Lanwuwei, Yan Yihuan was quite worried. However, now that she was someone else’s wife, there was little she could do about her younger sister’s divorce.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Daohua started to get busy with her son’s third birthday celebration.
The little guy’s birthday wasn’t celebrated in a grand manner, it was just inviting some close friends over to gather.
As her son grew older and became more active, Daohua racked her brains to draw up modern children’s playground equipment and gave the drawings to the craftsmen in the residence to see if they could make them.
When the craftsmen confirmed that they could make a wooden combined slide, Daohua immediately marked off a courtyard to build the amusement park.
Swimming pool, sand area, combined slide, trampoline, seesaw, climbing wall, climbing net, and so on, as long as they could be made and could be made safely, Daohua arranged for them all.
On May 11, Daozi woke up early in the morning and before he even washed up, he was pulling Daohua, clamoring to go to the amusement park.
Daozi knew his mother was building the amusement park for him, and he had been looking forward to it. Unfortunately, his mother said that the amusement park was his third birthday gift and he had to be three years old to enter.
"Mom, let’s go to the amusement park."
Daohua took the handkerchief from the maid’s hand to wipe her son’s face: "My ancestor, your grandmother and Grandpa Chu are all waiting for you to eat longevity noodles. Do you want them to wait hungry?"
Daozi hesitated for a moment and negotiated with Daohua: "Then let’s hurry up and eat noodles, and go to the amusement park right after."
Daohua smiled and nodded: "Okay."
After agreeing with his mother, Daozi went to pull Xiao Yeyang: "Daddy, hurry up, you’re dragging your feet too much."
Xiao Yeyang, who was rinsing his mouth, heard this and responded, not too pleased: "I didn’t complain about you dragging your feet, but you are complaining about me."
Daozi hugged Xiao Yeyang’s legs: "Daddy, hurry up, we can’t let the ancestors wait, they’ll get hungry."
Xiao Yeyang couldn’t help but laugh: "You little rascal, now you even know how to find excuses for yourself."
After Daohua and Xiao Yeyang got ready, Daozi eagerly pulled the two of them toward the Gujian Courtyard.
"Our Daozi is three years old!"
Gu Jian, Guo Ruomei, and Chu Lang all smiled and gave Daozi presents, which he happily accepted and then handed them to the maid behind him, urging everyone to hurry up and eat noodles.
After breakfast, Daozi pulled Daohua to go to the amusement park.
Building the amusement park was not a low-key affair; marking off the courtyard and hiring craftsmen, the hammering went on for months, so even Gu Jian and others were curious.
Thus, everyone followed Daohua and her son to check out the amusement park.
"Wow~"
Seeing the colorful amusement park, Daozi was full of wonder, pulling Daohua and jumping around, the joy overflowing.
Even Xiao Yeyang and the other adults, seeing these unfamiliar amusement facilities, were full of surprise and curiosity.
Daohua led her son, introducing each one.
"Mom, what is this?"
"This is a slide."
With each introduction, Daohua took her son to play on it once.
Daozi had strong mimicking skills; he learned many things after playing just once.
Guo Ruomei stood in front of the climbing wall, somewhat worried: "Could it be unsafe?"
With unloving in-laws and a heartless husband, staying in the Feng Family, even if they didn’t dare to go too far out of respect for the Yan Family, her life would still be miserable.
Daohua said, "Since it’s Yile’s own choice, we should just respect it."
Han Xinran nodded, paused, and then added, "The divorce wasn’t very smooth. The Feng Family didn’t want to split."
Daohua wasn’t surprised by this either.
No matter what, even though the Yan Family’s influence is diminishing, it is still connected to the peaceful Prince Residence. She holds the title of Princess Consort, and her brothers are all doing well; no one would want to lose this connection.
Han Xinran continued, "But the people from the Feng Family clearly didn’t expect that Fourth Sister was so determined to leave. Feng Shuo treating his legal wife like that for a concubine already indicated that he was favoring the concubine over the wife."
"The Feng Family prides itself on being a family of principles and did not want to make this public. Moreover, after our father personally spoke with Master Feng once, Fourth Sister was then able to successfully obtain the divorce papers."
Saying this, she glanced at Daohua.
"Although both our families have kept it quiet, there’s still quite a bit of gossip around the capital."
"The Feng Family has a good public reputation and since Fourth Sister married up, the rumors...mostly speak ill of Fourth Sister."
The reputation of the Yan Family was ultimately impacted.
Daohua didn’t say much. In this era, getting a divorce was still considered very radical. If not for the support of the main branch of the Yan Family, Yan Yile would have nearly no chance of getting a divorce, nor the courage to do so.
Han Xinran said, "I hope these rumors dissipate soon. Fourth Sister is still young, and once she recuperates, she can still find another respectable family to marry into."
Daohua didn’t want to continue this topic and instead asked, "Last year, didn’t Second Brother place third in the imperial examination and start working at the Imperial College?"
Han Xinran nodded, "Speaking of which, it was the Feng Family who found the connections for him. Now that Yile and Feng Shuo are divorced, it’s somewhat awkward for my second younger brother to stay at the Imperial College."
Daohua: "...Indeed."
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