Chapter 211
Chapter 211
Chapter 211
Chapter 124 (1)
Li Jia's is also unlucky, she can't be called a rich man because of her background, she is not bad at all, if she is put outside, she is also the material of being a housewife, if she is put in the palace, she has to be the prince's concubine. His own son is not under his control.Some of the sons feel inappropriate to put them in the palace, but they can't speak up and teach them a lesson in the palace, which is really sympathetic.
Shujia handed Hong Yang over to her because she had selfish intentions. She bluntly said that a child who is not her own is a hot potato. Well, then it's a sin. Someone will say that you are mean behind your back even if you don't tell it to your face.Once you have a child, there is even more contrast.People who have too many scruples often try their best to return to their innocence.Hong Yang's health was not good, and there was something wrong with him, and he couldn't clean it up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Shujia doesn't want this.Now the people in the Yuqing Palace department must not let anything happen.How about showing kindness?But you still have to ask about the things that should be asked, so as not to be said to spoil the bastard on purpose.
The relationship between Shujia and the two concubines is not bad. These days, when they are still in the palace, there are so many things about the concubine and concubines. It is impossible not to take it as normal.Strictly speaking, Li Jia's family does not have the title of side Fujin yet, and it would be more logical for the two children to be under the care of the crown princess.It's only natural for Erniang to take care of her son.
Yinfeng is happy to see such a scene, anyway, it is better for the hostess to do her duty.He also acquiesced in handing over Hongyang to Li Jiashi. After all, the eldest son is not in good health, and it is unknown that the biological mother might be more dedicated.He still hopes that Shujia can take more responsibility for things like discipline.
Seeing that Shujia is taking care of things now, Yinfeng can only support her. At the same time, she also feels that children's education issues really need to be taken seriously. It is really effective to have a mother watching over them, and Li Jiashi is really not enough in this respect. satisfy.But he forgot that the nuns in the palace don't teach other things first, the first thing they teach is "the style of the master", and Li Jiashi can't challenge the rules of the palace.Don't talk about Xu Yuanmeng, if someone else is replaced, he is also a servant of the royal family.
This is how Yinfeng came here when he was a child. At that time, he was surrounded by Kangxi, the prison chief who was the most particular about these things.But now he feels that he has come to his senses and turned his back on the evil. In a matter of minutes, he starts to act as a feather duster and a flashlight, illuminating others but not himself.
After thinking about it, he said to Shujia with a stern face: "You are right about this matter. Fortunately, you realized it early. If this continues, they will have to go to the house to uncover the tiles, and I will have to ask the family law!"
Our family has a fart family law! There is a copy of "Great Qing Law"!Shujia slandered her for a while, and wanted to respond to his words. She glanced at the two bastards with their heads drooping, and said softly, "That's what you said, but it's not entirely their fault."
Yinfeng's stare was quite powerful, Shujia thought he was playing tricks, but Hongyang and Hongxi shrank their necks together.It's so pitiful... Hong Yang is only six and a half years old, Hong Xi is five years younger, and they are not old enough to tell right from wrong.This kind of intimidation is really easy to leave a psychological shadow.
Stretching out his hand to touch the heads of the two: "I didn't tell them before, how can I blame them? I am anxious because some people are talking nonsense. I shouldn't tell them these things now. I was discussing with you. I can't control the place where they study, and I'm going to invite you to take a look."
Yinfeng glanced at his son: "Don't listen to these bastard words in the future! Did you hear that?"
Hong Yang and Hong Xi shrank their necks again, and said in unison: "My son understands."
What can you understand?No one who said it understood it.Shujia said: "Uncles who study with you, which one is not older than you? Is it possible that you don't know these things? Look at them, which one is disrespectful to the master?" Seeing that the children still don't understand, they can only say , "Just remember one thing, you will suffer if you offend the master."
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no, the child seems to understand in his heart, but he remembers the words.Yinfeng gritted his teeth aside, he added another old debt to pay off.As the crown prince, although his attitude towards his masters on weekdays looks modest, he is actually a little more arrogant than ordinary princes.Those who can be the prince's teacher are probably great Confucian scholars, and some of them are important officials of the court. Their prestige is not so good, and in the end they are not too close to him.Why didn't anyone tell me when I was young that 'offending the master is a disadvantage'?
"Talk to them carefully." After leaving a word, Yinfeng ran away, no, he had to find a quiet place to think about it.Not only this one, but also other things. The successive discoveries made him have to think about a question: Did he inadvertently keep many people who should be close to him in the past?
Shujia still has to teach the two children ideological lessons. After all, she is not the biological mother, and she has to rub her hands three times after slapping her.
Shujia sighed, she had never encountered such a situation.When I was in my natal family, I occasionally interacted with Guanyinbao, who was a sibling of the same mother, and there was no obstacle at all.Now there is a little fat man, he is his own son, he has no scruples, and the little fat man has not yet reached the age where he needs to be taught everything.
He led the two with drooping ears and sat on the kang together.Shujia began to patiently explain to them, and she had to excuse Yinfeng first: "You, Ama, are also doing it for your own good. In our house, it's better to speak out from your own family members than to go out and ask others to speak up..."
Not only is stepmother not easy to do, even aunt's mother is also difficult to do.
It is much easier to attack his own son.
"Don't do anything, tell him to come by himself." Sitting on the side with a smile, at this time the morning light dawned, Shujia had already had breakfast with Yinreng, and Yinreng had already gone to listen to politics, Shujia happened to have the time to make a fuss her son.
It is said that children learning to dress and eat by themselves is not only conducive to the development of self-care ability, but also to the development of the brain.In the third month of the lunar calendar, it is already late spring, and the little fat man has finally changed from a round pumpkin shape to a fat winter melon shape. He wears fewer clothes, which is suitable for dressing training.
A person's character is gradually formed from small things, including the attitude of the people around him, including the things he is required to do.The little fat man may not know it yet, but Shujia understands that Yinreng told her that Kangxi meant to raise the little fat man himself, so the little fat man must be not well-behaved but very sensible.
The poor little fat man just woke up and yawned a little.According to experience, as long as he sits obediently without opening his eyes and relaxes his body, someone will dress him.Then I twisted a warm and soft handkerchief and wiped it on my face. Slowly, I woke up.Cheerfully gargled and ate breakfast under the service of the nanny.
I met a terrible dictator today, and he didn't let anyone help him get dressed, and he almost said directly, 'If you don't wear it, I will take you to the exhibition'.The little fat man was wronged, and the person who bullied him was still his mother-in-law.I really want to make two woo hoots!
But no, her mother doesn't even need to cosplay the face of Hades, as long as she speaks with a smile, everyone will be obedient.There were two packs of hot tears in the little fat man's eye sockets, he sniffled, stretched out his little fat hand and rubbed his eyes.After watching it pitifully for a long time, he found that his mother only looked at him with an 'encouraging' look: "Hey, come on, wear it yourself."
There was silence all around, the eyes of the nuns were more pitiful than his, and the little fat man lowered his head in a very sensible manner.The little butt twisted, showing everyone a lonely back, wrestling with the clothes straps aggrievedly.
First you have to remove the pajamas, then put on underwear, jackets, and blouses... It is a bit difficult to put on clothes for the first time.Although the weather is already warm, it is easy to catch cold when fruiting.Therefore, the villain mercifully stepped forward to help after the little fat man took off his clothes.
The little fat man has a lot of backbone, he turned his head and didn't want to talk to the bad guys.Shujia was not angry either, she stretched out her hand to poke the little fat man's chubby belly.The little fat man who had been molested shyly wrinkled his nose and started dropping golden beans.Shujia picked him up, wiped his tears, whispered to his son's ear and taught him a lesson: "Oh my god, how can you be so shy? Only shameless people can be invincible..."
The little fat man didn't know what his mother was talking about, and when he saw someone coming to coax him, he twisted his little body even more to show off.Tilt your head back and look at your mother with tears in your eyes, why don't you continue coaxing my young master!
Coax you a big head!
Reaching out to wipe away the tears for the little fat man, the mother-in-law began to explain the facts, although it sounded more like a threat: "Be good, look, you won't be able to go out if you don't wear good clothes, you won't be able to go out I can't play with my ancestors, and I can't see Su Ma's mother."
The little fat man did well in the multiple-choice questions, so he obediently asked the bad guys to dress him up.Wipe his face, rinse his mouth, he hasn't got the bad habit of holding grudges between Ama and Tamafa, and he is smiling brightly again, the chubby hand reaches into his clothes dishonestly to find something to eat .
The little fat man is less than two years old, and Shujia hasn't put weaning him on the agenda.She can let her son dress himself, but it is difficult to wean him too early.There are many pre-age children in the palace who still hug their wet nurses as snacks before the official business.It's too difficult to manage, and it's a little bit in conflict with the existing rules.All I can do now is steam an egg, make some rice noodles, make them delicious, and kidnap my son to be an omnivore.
The little fat man's two short legs are already quite strong, and he can walk a long way by pedaling.Shujia tied a pocket watch on her lapel, opened it and saw that there was enough time left, so she patiently waited for the little fat man to leave with her.For a section of the road, I put aside the usual ten minutes and walked like a walk, but now I walked for more than half an hour.
When they arrived at Ningshou Palace, they were still the first ones to arrive. Everyone had long since given up fighting with the crown princess for who would arrive first.One thing, if she can persist for two years without giving up when she was pregnant, you'd better not compare with her.Besides, the Crown Princess doesn't have a mother-in-law to take care of her. In addition to handling housework, she has a lot of time to catch up on sleep during the day, and everyone can't afford to waste it with her.
The little fat man walked away with a blushing face, and when he entered the Ningshou Palace, the empress dowager was very conscious: "Go and twist the veil." She has taken care of the children, although she didn't bring them herself, she still has some common sense, such as the little fat man In the current situation, he should wipe off his sweat, otherwise he will catch a cold from the wind.
The little fat man has already saluted with his mother-in-law. He has done this kind of action several times, and he has gradually become proficient.The empress dowager clapped her hands: "Come, come to me." The little fat man looked up at Shujia, and after getting a positive gesture, he walked over.
After the maids twisted the veil, the empress dowager wiped the sweat off the little fat man herself: "After a while, let him go out after his body is completely dry."
The little fat man broke out in a fine sweat, and after wiping it off with a hot towel felt extremely comfortable, he even hummed twice.Shujia couldn't help smiling, and the empress dowager even kissed his fat cheek.
After all these actions are completed, people will arrive one after another.Concubine Tong, whose sign was flipped yesterday, arrived first, and Shujia stood up to greet her.When the little fat man saw a beautiful woman coming, he smiled shamelessly at her.
Concubine Tong's eyebrows and eyes showed a smile: "It seems that I came early today."
The Empress Dowager said: "That's right, they haven't arrived yet. Come on, come and have a seat."
There was a reason for Concubine Tong to arrive first, and she honestly asked the Empress Dowager for instructions: "This year's primary election for the show girl has passed, and the next one will be checked in two days..."
That's what it was about.Shujia was worried, and she didn't have much say in this matter.Determined to check Yinfeng's tone at night and make plans again, but at this time he pricked up his ears to listen.It was time for the little fat man's morning class, and a little palace maid from Su Ma's aunt came over quietly. When Shujia saw her, she asked the nanny to take the little fat man over: "Say hard work to Su Ma's mother."
Concubine Tong took another look at Shujia, and said to herself, you have found the right person to look after the child.I know what I know, but I don't talk much.Now she has something to do and needs her superiors to nod and agree, and she doesn't want to make enemies if she has nothing to do.Yesterday, I asked Kangxi if I could give the girls of the Tong family who are running for the election this year a good home. Today, Concubine Tong has a cousin who is going to run for the daughter of the dead Tong Guogang.
In today's situation, judging whether a family is prosperous and promising can be seen from its in-laws.It's nothing more than: there is a master inside, a concubine outside, and the children are the master.The head of the Tong family has been established, Concubine Tong's sister is already the queen, and she herself is also treated as the head of the family. The next job title is also guaranteed, and the remaining two need to work harder.Among them, the princess is easier than the Lord Shang.
The empress dowager said: "As we agreed, we should choose Yanhui Pavilion."
The concubines arrived one after another, and the topics they talked about were relatively concentrated, mostly about the draft.Concubine Ru Tong, who has a girl from her natal family, is naturally concerned, while Concubine Ru Yi, who has a son who wants to marry a wife, is not relaxed.Concubine Yi has already got Kangxi's reputation these days, so she should show Yinzhen a concubine first, and then slowly check on the beautiful Manchurian daughter-in-law.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 124 (1)
Li Jia's is also unlucky, she can't be called a rich man because of her background, she is not bad at all, if she is put outside, she is also the material of being a housewife, if she is put in the palace, she has to be the prince's concubine. His own son is not under his control.Some of the sons feel inappropriate to put them in the palace, but they can't speak up and teach them a lesson in the palace, which is really sympathetic.
Shujia handed Hong Yang over to her because she had selfish intentions. She bluntly said that a child who is not her own is a hot potato. Well, then it's a sin. Someone will say that you are mean behind your back even if you don't tell it to your face.Once you have a child, there is even more contrast.People who have too many scruples often try their best to return to their innocence.Hong Yang's health was not good, and there was something wrong with him, and he couldn't clean it up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Shujia doesn't want this.Now the people in the Yuqing Palace department must not let anything happen.How about showing kindness?But you still have to ask about the things that should be asked, so as not to be said to spoil the bastard on purpose.
The relationship between Shujia and the two concubines is not bad. These days, when they are still in the palace, there are so many things about the concubine and concubines. It is impossible not to take it as normal.Strictly speaking, Li Jia's family does not have the title of side Fujin yet, and it would be more logical for the two children to be under the care of the crown princess.It's only natural for Erniang to take care of her son.
Yinfeng is happy to see such a scene, anyway, it is better for the hostess to do her duty.He also acquiesced in handing over Hongyang to Li Jiashi. After all, the eldest son is not in good health, and it is unknown that the biological mother might be more dedicated.He still hopes that Shujia can take more responsibility for things like discipline.
Seeing that Shujia is taking care of things now, Yinfeng can only support her. At the same time, she also feels that children's education issues really need to be taken seriously. It is really effective to have a mother watching over them, and Li Jiashi is really not enough in this respect. satisfy.But he forgot that the nuns in the palace don't teach other things first, the first thing they teach is "the style of the master", and Li Jiashi can't challenge the rules of the palace.Don't talk about Xu Yuanmeng, if someone else is replaced, he is also a servant of the royal family.
This is how Yinfeng came here when he was a child. At that time, he was surrounded by Kangxi, the prison chief who was the most particular about these things.But now he feels that he has come to his senses and turned his back on the evil. In a matter of minutes, he starts to act as a feather duster and a flashlight, illuminating others but not himself.
After thinking about it, he said to Shujia with a stern face: "You are right about this matter. Fortunately, you realized it early. If this continues, they will have to go to the house to uncover the tiles, and I will have to ask the family law!"
Our family has a fart family law! There is a copy of "Great Qing Law"!Shujia slandered her for a while, and wanted to respond to his words. She glanced at the two bastards with their heads drooping, and said softly, "That's what you said, but it's not entirely their fault."
Yinfeng's stare was quite powerful, Shujia thought he was playing tricks, but Hongyang and Hongxi shrank their necks together.It's so pitiful... Hong Yang is only six and a half years old, Hong Xi is five years younger, and they are not old enough to tell right from wrong.This kind of intimidation is really easy to leave a psychological shadow.
Stretching out his hand to touch the heads of the two: "I didn't tell them before, how can I blame them? I am anxious because some people are talking nonsense. I shouldn't tell them these things now. I was discussing with you. I can't control the place where they study, and I'm going to invite you to take a look."
Yinfeng glanced at his son: "Don't listen to these bastard words in the future! Did you hear that?"
Hong Yang and Hong Xi shrank their necks again, and said in unison: "My son understands."
What can you understand?No one who said it understood it.Shujia said: "Uncles who study with you, which one is not older than you? Is it possible that you don't know these things? Look at them, which one is disrespectful to the master?" Seeing that the children still don't understand, they can only say , "Just remember one thing, you will suffer if you offend the master."
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no, the child seems to understand in his heart, but he remembers the words.Yinfeng gritted his teeth aside, he added another old debt to pay off.As the crown prince, although his attitude towards his masters on weekdays looks modest, he is actually a little more arrogant than ordinary princes.Those who can be the prince's teacher are probably great Confucian scholars, and some of them are important officials of the court. Their prestige is not so good, and in the end they are not too close to him.Why didn't anyone tell me when I was young that 'offending the master is a disadvantage'?
"Talk to them carefully." After leaving a word, Yinfeng ran away, no, he had to find a quiet place to think about it.Not only this one, but also other things. The successive discoveries made him have to think about a question: Did he inadvertently keep many people who should be close to him in the past?
Shujia still has to teach the two children ideological lessons. After all, she is not the biological mother, and she has to rub her hands three times after slapping her.
Shujia sighed, she had never encountered such a situation.When I was in my natal family, I occasionally interacted with Guanyinbao, who was a sibling of the same mother, and there was no obstacle at all.Now there is a little fat man, he is his own son, he has no scruples, and the little fat man has not yet reached the age where he needs to be taught everything.
He led the two with drooping ears and sat on the kang together.Shujia began to patiently explain to them, and she had to excuse Yinfeng first: "You, Ama, are also doing it for your own good. In our house, it's better to speak out from your own family members than to go out and ask others to speak up..."
Not only is stepmother not easy to do, even aunt's mother is also difficult to do.
It is much easier to attack his own son.
"Don't do anything, tell him to come by himself." Sitting on the side with a smile, at this time the morning light dawned, Shujia had already had breakfast with Yinreng, and Yinreng had already gone to listen to politics, Shujia happened to have the time to make a fuss her son.
It is said that children learning to dress and eat by themselves is not only conducive to the development of self-care ability, but also to the development of the brain.In the third month of the lunar calendar, it is already late spring, and the little fat man has finally changed from a round pumpkin shape to a fat winter melon shape. He wears fewer clothes, which is suitable for dressing training.
A person's character is gradually formed from small things, including the attitude of the people around him, including the things he is required to do.The little fat man may not know it yet, but Shujia understands that Yinreng told her that Kangxi meant to raise the little fat man himself, so the little fat man must be not well-behaved but very sensible.
The poor little fat man just woke up and yawned a little.According to experience, as long as he sits obediently without opening his eyes and relaxes his body, someone will dress him.Then I twisted a warm and soft handkerchief and wiped it on my face. Slowly, I woke up.Cheerfully gargled and ate breakfast under the service of the nanny.
I met a terrible dictator today, and he didn't let anyone help him get dressed, and he almost said directly, 'If you don't wear it, I will take you to the exhibition'.The little fat man was wronged, and the person who bullied him was still his mother-in-law.I really want to make two woo hoots!
But no, her mother doesn't even need to cosplay the face of Hades, as long as she speaks with a smile, everyone will be obedient.There were two packs of hot tears in the little fat man's eye sockets, he sniffled, stretched out his little fat hand and rubbed his eyes.After watching it pitifully for a long time, he found that his mother only looked at him with an 'encouraging' look: "Hey, come on, wear it yourself."
There was silence all around, the eyes of the nuns were more pitiful than his, and the little fat man lowered his head in a very sensible manner.The little butt twisted, showing everyone a lonely back, wrestling with the clothes straps aggrievedly.
First you have to remove the pajamas, then put on underwear, jackets, and blouses... It is a bit difficult to put on clothes for the first time.Although the weather is already warm, it is easy to catch cold when fruiting.Therefore, the villain mercifully stepped forward to help after the little fat man took off his clothes.
The little fat man has a lot of backbone, he turned his head and didn't want to talk to the bad guys.Shujia was not angry either, she stretched out her hand to poke the little fat man's chubby belly.The little fat man who had been molested shyly wrinkled his nose and started dropping golden beans.Shujia picked him up, wiped his tears, whispered to his son's ear and taught him a lesson: "Oh my god, how can you be so shy? Only shameless people can be invincible..."
The little fat man didn't know what his mother was talking about, and when he saw someone coming to coax him, he twisted his little body even more to show off.Tilt your head back and look at your mother with tears in your eyes, why don't you continue coaxing my young master!
Coax you a big head!
Reaching out to wipe away the tears for the little fat man, the mother-in-law began to explain the facts, although it sounded more like a threat: "Be good, look, you won't be able to go out if you don't wear good clothes, you won't be able to go out I can't play with my ancestors, and I can't see Su Ma's mother."
The little fat man did well in the multiple-choice questions, so he obediently asked the bad guys to dress him up.Wipe his face, rinse his mouth, he hasn't got the bad habit of holding grudges between Ama and Tamafa, and he is smiling brightly again, the chubby hand reaches into his clothes dishonestly to find something to eat .
The little fat man is less than two years old, and Shujia hasn't put weaning him on the agenda.She can let her son dress himself, but it is difficult to wean him too early.There are many pre-age children in the palace who still hug their wet nurses as snacks before the official business.It's too difficult to manage, and it's a little bit in conflict with the existing rules.All I can do now is steam an egg, make some rice noodles, make them delicious, and kidnap my son to be an omnivore.
The little fat man's two short legs are already quite strong, and he can walk a long way by pedaling.Shujia tied a pocket watch on her lapel, opened it and saw that there was enough time left, so she patiently waited for the little fat man to leave with her.For a section of the road, I put aside the usual ten minutes and walked like a walk, but now I walked for more than half an hour.
When they arrived at Ningshou Palace, they were still the first ones to arrive. Everyone had long since given up fighting with the crown princess for who would arrive first.One thing, if she can persist for two years without giving up when she was pregnant, you'd better not compare with her.Besides, the Crown Princess doesn't have a mother-in-law to take care of her. In addition to handling housework, she has a lot of time to catch up on sleep during the day, and everyone can't afford to waste it with her.
The little fat man walked away with a blushing face, and when he entered the Ningshou Palace, the empress dowager was very conscious: "Go and twist the veil." She has taken care of the children, although she didn't bring them herself, she still has some common sense, such as the little fat man In the current situation, he should wipe off his sweat, otherwise he will catch a cold from the wind.
The little fat man has already saluted with his mother-in-law. He has done this kind of action several times, and he has gradually become proficient.The empress dowager clapped her hands: "Come, come to me." The little fat man looked up at Shujia, and after getting a positive gesture, he walked over.
After the maids twisted the veil, the empress dowager wiped the sweat off the little fat man herself: "After a while, let him go out after his body is completely dry."
The little fat man broke out in a fine sweat, and after wiping it off with a hot towel felt extremely comfortable, he even hummed twice.Shujia couldn't help smiling, and the empress dowager even kissed his fat cheek.
After all these actions are completed, people will arrive one after another.Concubine Tong, whose sign was flipped yesterday, arrived first, and Shujia stood up to greet her.When the little fat man saw a beautiful woman coming, he smiled shamelessly at her.
Concubine Tong's eyebrows and eyes showed a smile: "It seems that I came early today."
The Empress Dowager said: "That's right, they haven't arrived yet. Come on, come and have a seat."
There was a reason for Concubine Tong to arrive first, and she honestly asked the Empress Dowager for instructions: "This year's primary election for the show girl has passed, and the next one will be checked in two days..."
That's what it was about.Shujia was worried, and she didn't have much say in this matter.Determined to check Yinfeng's tone at night and make plans again, but at this time he pricked up his ears to listen.It was time for the little fat man's morning class, and a little palace maid from Su Ma's aunt came over quietly. When Shujia saw her, she asked the nanny to take the little fat man over: "Say hard work to Su Ma's mother."
Concubine Tong took another look at Shujia, and said to herself, you have found the right person to look after the child.I know what I know, but I don't talk much.Now she has something to do and needs her superiors to nod and agree, and she doesn't want to make enemies if she has nothing to do.Yesterday, I asked Kangxi if I could give the girls of the Tong family who are running for the election this year a good home. Today, Concubine Tong has a cousin who is going to run for the daughter of the dead Tong Guogang.
In today's situation, judging whether a family is prosperous and promising can be seen from its in-laws.It's nothing more than: there is a master inside, a concubine outside, and the children are the master.The head of the Tong family has been established, Concubine Tong's sister is already the queen, and she herself is also treated as the head of the family. The next job title is also guaranteed, and the remaining two need to work harder.Among them, the princess is easier than the Lord Shang.
The empress dowager said: "As we agreed, we should choose Yanhui Pavilion."
The concubines arrived one after another, and the topics they talked about were relatively concentrated, mostly about the draft.Concubine Ru Tong, who has a girl from her natal family, is naturally concerned, while Concubine Ru Yi, who has a son who wants to marry a wife, is not relaxed.Concubine Yi has already got Kangxi's reputation these days, so she should show Yinzhen a concubine first, and then slowly check on the beautiful Manchurian daughter-in-law.
(End of this chapter)