When the news of a great victory in the Western Regions reached the Capital City, Chen Wanqing was taking Chaoyang out for a boat ride on the lake.
It was July, the height of summer heat. Adults only wanted to stay indoors all day long, but one-year-old Chaoyang was so energetic that he could not sit still and clamored to go out from morning till night. Mrs. Zhao and Xiang'er lacked the stamina and had already been exhausted by him. Xu Su Ying was busy organizing De'an's wedding, on her feet constantly. Miss Huang finally got pregnant after five years of marriage, and Mrs. Guo was so nervous that she kept a close, unblinking eye on her every day. The task of looking after Chaoyang almost entirely fell into Chen Wanqing's hands.
