The next day, the temperature dropped suddenly, the wind was bitter, and the snow was falling. Overnight, a thick layer of snow was covered with snow, on the houses, on the trees, and on the ground. The little girl swept the snow from the yard to the side, and giggled and built two snowmen.

Chen Afu by the window was in an extremely heavy mood. If this snow keeps falling, not to mention until the end of the first month, the end of February, that is, the next eight or ten days, it will be a disaster. From the Chu family, who knew the inside story, they didn't want Master Wuzhi's prophecy to come true. In that case, not only will the Chu family face an unknowable catastrophe, but I don't know how many Li people will freeze to death and starve to death in the snow disaster.

On the 25th, the snow was still falling. Chen Afu sat on the kang and did needlework. Hearing the wind howling outside the window, she had to make needles and threads to calm her mood. Sometimes she looked at the little clothes in her hand, and sometimes at the little brothers who were asleep. The little brothers have grown a lot, and now it seems that there are more like the Chu family. More precisely, very much like the Marquis of Chu. Chu Lingxuan looks much like the abbot of Chen, and the little girl Chu Hanyan also followed Chu Lingxuan, and she looks very similar to Chen.

Hou Ye Chu has never seen the little brothers until now, if he sees them look like him, he will definitely like it in his heart, right? Listening to Chu Lingxuan's meaning, Hou Ye Chu has very complicated feelings for the little girl Chu, he not only pities her, but also does not want to get close to her more because she has Ma blood. Therefore, I look forward to Chen Afu's child even more.

Thinking of the pitiful little girl, Chen Afu thought that she and Dabao were uncomfortable. She rubbed her chest, thought about the two of them for a while, and then heard someone report that the chamberlain of Princess Rongzhao's mansion had come to see the eldest grandmother and was on the way. The porter had already been notified, and if the people from the princess's mansion wanted to see Chen Afu, they had to report it as quickly as possible.

Chen Afu listened, hurriedly put down the needle and thread, and asked the little girl to run to An Rongtang to report to the third lady, and she herself lay on the bed.

After a while, the chamberlain came. He glanced inside by the door and said, "On the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess, our family came to ask Young Lady Chu to take her two brothers to greet Her Royal Highness the Princess and Master Ma. “

The word "please" is particularly emphatically spoken.

Mama Li hurriedly said, "Father-in-law, you have also seen that my grandmother was tired of traveling and riding a lot, and she fell ill the next day after returning home." Why don't you take the grandmother to the princess's mansion?"

The eunuch guessed that this young lady Chu must be pretending to be sick, and after thinking about it, she said, "Her Royal Highness the princess is merciful and will not let her sick daughter-in-law make rules." But," he said, pointing to the little brothers on the kang, "these two sons must go to see their grandmother and grandfather, which is filial piety." “

Of course, Chen Afu didn't dare to let the two children go to the princess's mansion alone, and said weakly, "These two children can't do without me, so I'll get up and take the children to see Her Royal Highness the princess." “

The chamberlain sneered, "It turns out that Young Lady Chu can get up, so what kind of illness is she still lying on the bed?" Hurry, hurry, hurry, Her Royal Highness the princess is waiting to see her grandson, but she has been waiting for many days." “

When Mama Li, Hong Fei, and Xia Yue heard this, they all went in to serve Chen Afu and dress with red eyes. Chen Afu couldn't stand steadily, and he had to have two people to hold her up, and one person to help her dress. Sister-in-law Xu and her two mothers found the clothes of the little brothers and dressed them. The little brothers were sleeping soundly, and they were woken up by someone tossing, and they were pinched on their little buttocks, and they opened their throats and howled.

As soon as Chen Afu was dragged to the door of the east side of the house, Mrs. Chu San and Old Marquis Chu came back and forth.

When Mrs. Chu San saw this situation, she was angry, pointed at the eunuch and shouted, "Go and give me a palm!" This eunuch dared to trap Princess Rongzhao for injustice, and took her stepson and daughter-in-law to the princess's mansion like this, and she didn't know how people impeached the princess for being unkind and abusing her stepson-daughter-in-law. “

When a grandmother beside her heard this, she stepped forward and slapped the eunuch twice, scolding, "You are so bold that you dare to ruin the reputation of Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

When Old Man Chu heard this, he scolded, "Where is this eunuch who spoils Princess Rongzhao's reputation, Princess Rongzhao is not kind in the first place." She has already killed one of Xuan'er's daughters-in-law, and now she is here to harm this again, and she wants to make my two great-grandchildren stupid again. No, I'll enter the palace now, I want to sue the royal court, and no matter how royal I am, I won't be so bullied. ”

The eunuch was frightened when he heard this, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the third lady, and said, "The county lord spares his life, the county lord spares his life, don't blame Her Royal Highness the princess, it was the slave who looked away, thinking that Young Lady Chu was fine." The slave will go back and report to Her Royal Highness the princess truthfully. ”

Mrs. Chu San reprimanded, "Have you lost your eyes? I don't think you have long eyes! The next time you dare to do this, I will poke you blind in the dog's eye." ”

The eunuch kowtowed a few more times before he ran away.

As soon as the eunuch left, Old Man Chu happily teased his great-grandson, who hadn't seen it for several days.

Old man Chen Afuliu and the third lady had dinner at Zhuxuan, saying that they would let Mother Hua make hot pot. After that, he brought Chu Lingzhi and Chu Lingwei brothers over, and after the third master went down, he also came here directly.

There are not many people, only six, and a few people eat a pot.

The hot pot has a strong flavor and is placed in the west side house. Outside, it was snowing heavily, howling wildly, and the house was as warm as spring, and there was constant laughter.

The old man ate happily for a while, and sighed, "If the second daughter-in-law can carry it clearly, our family will not even be unable to eat a reunion dinner." ”

The third lady smiled, "Father-in-law, then the Li family is hopeless." Although the second uncle's temperament is a little gloomy, he is very good, and the second uncle's children are also good. If you kick out the rat that spoiled the soup, the family will be in peace, and you can get together to eat every day. ”

Although the third master felt that his daughter-in-law was not very good at talking about his brother and sister-in-law, he didn't stop it, and laughed twice. Chen Afu thought the same way, but she was even more difficult to say as a junior, and she also smirked a few times.

The old man said, "It turned out that it was to let people see how messy our Hou Mansion was disturbed by Rong Zhao, and it was a strategy to mourn the soldiers, so I tolerated many of the Li family's excessive practices. When some things are settled, the Li family will make another mistake, and she really can't keep her. ”

The heavy snow continued to fall until the 28th of the new year. The surrounding area of the capital and the north of the capital were hit by snowstorms, which weighed down many houses, froze to death many pigs and sheep, and killed many people.

The old monk's words really worked, if it is really as he said, "the end of the year is snowy and the end of the month is clear", it will not be sunny until the end of the first month or the end of February, then I don't know how many people will freeze to death.

The emperor was so anxious that he gathered the cabinet every day to discuss disaster relief matters. The emperor also issued a decree that this year's New Year will cancel the ritual system of entering the palace on the first day of the new year to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and the queen mother, and the third day of the new year will be sealed in the place where the disaster occurred.

On this day, another imperial history began to impeach Princess Rongzhao, saying that she had done too many "lack of morality", which caused the wrath of the heavens, first causing a flock of birds to attack, and now causing a snow disaster.

The emperor was angry and afraid, but it was a matter of royal face, and it was not deducted. However, the Queen Mother still issued an edict to let Rong Zhao copy the scriptures in the mansion and not go anywhere. In fact, it is forbidden to ban her feet in disguise.