On the morning of the eleventh day of the first month of winter, the things for returning to Beijing have been prepared. Chen Afu took Chu Hanyan again and went to Luomei Nunnery accompanied by the Song family.

Lichen is still chanting in the small Buddha hall. Master Qingmiao, the little nun who served her, said that in the past few days, except for the early hours of the morning, she would go back to her room to rest for nearly two hours, and she spent almost all of her time chanting in the small Buddha hall.

Chen Afu waited outside the door for more than half an hour, and the dust did not come out.

The little master came out and said, "Amitabha, the abbot invites the two donors to go." She wishes you all a safe journey. ”

Chen Afu was very helpless. With Chen's character, Marquis Chu wants to chase her back in the future, and Chu Lingxuan wants to take her home, which is really difficult.

Chen Afu said, "In the future, I will trouble the little master to take good care of her." ”

The young master said, "Amitabha, this is nature. ”

On the way, Chen Afu asked Song to take good care of the dust. Not only in life, but also spiritually. After waiting for a few days, Lichen's heart was not so sad, and he had to lead Brother Wen to accompany her more. The most softening person is the child.

Song nodded in agreement, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, we will take good care of the eldest aunt." ”

When they came to the outer courtyard, Chen Shi, Chen Agui, Chen Yulan, and Wang Xiaodi were already waiting here, and the Fu family, the Qin family, and the Wang family also sent people to see them off.

Bidding farewell to everyone, Chen Afu led Chu Hanyan into the carriage.

The little girl's mental condition is still not very good, and she has lost weight, and her eyes are bigger. Chen Afu kept holding her in his arms and humming songs to her softly, including "Little Swallow Wears Flower Clothes".

As soon as she heard this poem, the little girl's eyes lit up, and she said softly, "Mother, as soon as I listen to this song, my heart will ......" She thought about how to describe that feeling, and said, "My heart is like spring bathed in the sun, warm, but not very hot." Very, very comfortable. ”

Chen Afu laughed and said, "Well, my mother also feels this way. As soon as she sings this song, her mother can think of the past time. ”

In front of her eyes, there were Fuyuan, Luyuan, and Tangyuan, the little big treasure of the ghost, the cute and dull little Yan'er, and the little Alu of Sven...... This time time was tight, and that incident happened again, so I didn't take time to go to the countryside to see,

The next day, Chen Afu and his entourage rushed to the capital at sunset. When I returned to the Hou Mansion, it was already dark.

The steward who greeted them asked them to go directly to Yong'an Hall, saying that the family was already waiting there.

Chen Afu and the little girl went to Yong'an Hall in a small sedan chair again.

At the door of the weeping flowers, the little girl guarding the door bent her knees and smiled, "Master Hou invites the eldest grandmother and eldest sister to go directly to the main courtyard." ”

Go to the main courtyard of Sanjin, instead of going to the Wujin back cover room where the third master and the third lady temporarily live. In other words, he left the princess's mansion and returned to Yong'an Marquis to be the master?

Chen Afu was excited, and led the little girl to walk back quickly. When I came to the main courtyard of Sanjin, I saw many lanterns hanging in the courtyard, and the upper room and the side room were brightly lit. There was also laughter floating out of it, and the laughter of the old marquis and the noise of the little brothers and Xie Heng were particularly obvious.

Chen Afu and Chu Hanyan entered the upper room, bypassed the twelve screens, and saw Old Marquis Chu and Marquis Chu sitting on both sides of the Eight Immortals Table, both sides were also full of people, even Xie Ling and Chu Hua's family were here. Xiao Yu'er was riding a walker and walking in circles in the middle.

When Xiao Yu'er saw her mother and sister coming in, she didn't pounce on them to kiss them, but gave them the back of her head, and ran to the front of the Marquis of Chu, threw herself into his arms and cried loudly, so aggrieved.

Brother Yu and Brother Ming, who were sitting on the brocade bench, also opened their voices and cried, crying and saying, "Mother and sister don't want us and my sister as long as they are sisters." ”

Three little people who thought they had been abandoned cried as if they were about to tear off the roof.

Chen Afu was also sad, so he went to the old marquis and the marquis of Chu first to bend their knees and salute them.

Marquis Chu had already sat down with Xiao Yu'er on his lap, coaxed her softly, and said to Chen Afu, "Xuan's daughter-in-law has worked hard, and you have contributed a lot to Luojiazhuang's ability to survive the disaster this time." ”

Chen Afu hurriedly said modestly, "My father-in-law has won the award, and my daughter-in-law is also ......" Before he finished speaking, Brother Yu and Brother Ming had already run forward and hugged one leg and cried, "Mother, we miss you so much." ”

The old marquis laughed and said, "These little monkeys, as soon as the mother comes back, they will be like this." ”

The third lady also smiled, "When their mother didn't come back, she either followed her grandfather or me." Now when she sees her mother, she doesn't recognize us. Little conscienceless!"

Chen Afu smiled and dragged the two brothers to their places and sat down, and coaxed them in a low voice. He said to Xiao Yu'er, who was sitting on her grandfather, "Baby, come to my mother's place, my mother misses you very much." ”

Xiao Yu'er pouted and looked at Chen Afu, then climbed into her grandfather's arms and pointed the back of her head at her.

Everyone went to the West Chamber for dinner, and Chen Afu seized the opportunity to ask the third lady a few words.

The third lady said in a low voice, "Rong Zhao and Concubine Ma Shu have been convicted of colluding with the second prince and the abolished queen Wang family to frame the important ministers of the court, and helping the second prince and the abolished queen persecute the crown prince and the queen mother. Rong Zhao had already gone to Huangjue Temple to practice, and Concubine Ma Shu was demoted to a concubine and sent to the cold palace. ”

This is a serious crime, especially the second one. Maybe the emperor was also angry with them, so that his calculation to suppress the Marquis of Chu failed, and he cleaned them up.

Mrs. Chu San said again, "Now, the court has begun to purge the second prince Yu Dang......"

Originally, the emperor and the crown prince wanted to take a later step to purge the remnants of the second prince, but the matter of Rong Zhao and Ma Shufei made this matter go ahead of schedule. This time, many families are going to suffer again, and they haven't had a good time for years.

No matter what, Marquis Chu was finally relieved.

Chen Afu looked at the Marquis of Chu at the other table, his face was not as jubilant as the old marquis, the second master and the others, and he was looking down and smiling and saying something to the little Yu'er in his arms.

After the meal, everyone laughed for a while and left one after another, leaving the third lady and Chen Afu behind the old marquis and the marquis of Chu.

Chen Afu carefully reported the matter of Dingzhou Mansion, especially explaining that Lichen's mood is very bad now.

After hearing this, Marquis Chu's eyes darkened again, and he said, "Although Luo was a little petty before, he was still gentle and virtuous. She suffered such a big blow, and stayed in the empty door for more than ten years, and her temperament changed. Alas, I was the one who hurt her. ”

After that, the Marquis of Chu explained the affairs of the capital again, and now the capital is not peaceful, and the two in-laws of the Chu family are implicated in the emperor's second son and one party. One is the Ma family, the outer family of Miss Chu, and the other is the He family, the husband of Chen Afu's sister.

Both of these families came to ask Marquis Chu for help, but Marquis Chu didn't help, and specially instructed Chen Afu not to get involved.