The old marquis looked at the Chu family's "merit book" and called the second master to scold. It is said that one is prosperous, and one is lost. Now that the Yong'an Hou Mansion is already so difficult, the two women in the family finally contributed money and ideas to contribute to the court, but their own families still don't support it. If the Li family is so ignorant of the general situation, he will spit out all the silver that he was greedy for in the inner house in those years.

The old man said it so clearly that the second old man was red-faced, and he went to the Li family's courtyard to scold the Li family. Li couldn't, he wanted to donate five taels, but seeing that the second master had the urge to do it, he had to donate ten taels more than his two daughters-in-law, donating thirty taels of silver.

After Chen Afu heard about it, he felt that the Li family was really not smart. A few dozen taels of silver to buy a face-saving relationship not only pleases the old marquis, but also may ease her relationship with the powerful third lady. It's still the second master of Chu who is shrewd, he loses his temper when he should lose his temper, and he pleases when he should please him, even if he does so many bad things, the old marquis and the marquis of Chu can't bear to ignore him. In fact, many of the money that the Li family is greedy for ink has not been used by the second master to raise women by spending all day drinking.

Everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and in three days, they raised more than 6,000 taels of silver and hundreds of carts of clothes and quilts. So much money will save countless lives. Of course, it is impossible for the ladies and ladies to donate their clothes, and all that is donated are people's clothes and quilts.

The Queen Mother also issued a decree to commend the lord of Huachang, saying that she was a model for women in the world and a model for women in the clan.

Because the two women of the Yong'an Hou Mansion have made outstanding contributions to disaster relief, and have been commended by the emperor and the queen mother, the impeachment of the Yong'an Hou Mansion has gradually decreased.

The third lady was happy and gave Chen Afu a lot of jewelry ornaments. Those things are made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is nowhere to buy them if you have money.

The old marquis, the marquis of Chu, and the third lord were even happier, and they used the excuse that they couldn't let Chen Afu suffer too much, and each rewarded her with 1,000 taels of silver.

When Li heard this, he was so angry that he felt that he had produced so much silver in one room, but he was scolded. Chen Afu got such a good reputation, not only did he not suffer a loss, but he even earned back a lot of silver.

The snow kept falling, and the emperor personally took his ministers to the Temple of Heaven to worship the heavens, and also issued an edict for his own crimes, but he still did not let this huge snow disaster stop.

On the 20th, Chen Afu secretly thought that at the end of the month, the range should be from the 20th to the 30th. If the snow stops in these eleven days, it will be soon. It would be even worse if February stopped.

On the 26th, it was still snowing. In the evening, Chen Afu and Mother Hua made some osmanthus biscuits in the small kitchen, and sent someone to send a plate to the old marquis and An Rongtang, and kept a plate. The men of the Chu family like sweetness, and she now makes some snacks every day, mainly to entertain the Marquis of Chu who came to see her grandson. Even if he eats less, he will do his best.

Chen Afu is now very sympathetic to this grandfather. From the gentle eyes he looked at his grandson, as well as his endless concern for Abbot Chen, it can be seen that he is a good man who attaches importance to his family. It should be painful to let such a man break up his family with his own hands and send his wife to the nunnery.

But because he wanted to be loyal to the king, he had to do it. Of course, the emperor asked him to do this, and he couldn't do it if he didn't do it. If you don't do it, the whole family will be finished. If you do, you can still put it to death and come back to life.

At the end of Shen Shi, Chen Afu was sitting on the kang and watching the little brothers turn over. The two boys were dressed too thickly, like chubby penguins, and it was not easy to turn over. After a long time, he finally turned over, raised his head, looked around with his little head trembling, and laughed proudly.

Chen Afu was so happy that he turned them over and lay down again. The silly little brothers didn't lose their temper and continued to flip hard.

A few people were having a good time, and the old man and the Marquis of Chu came again.

Chen Afu poured tea for them, served biscuits, and said with a smile, "It didn't take long to come out of the pot, and it was time to eat." ”

The old man took the biscuits and ate them, and the Marquis of Chu nodded, and sat down on the edge of the kang to look at his grandson.

The two boys liked their grandfather very much, and when they saw him coming, they turned over much faster, looked up at him and smiled, saliva flowed down like silver threads.

Marquis Chu smiled and took out a handkerchief to help them wipe it, and pinched their little faces. He didn't dare to hold such a small child himself, thinking that they were too soft and afraid of breaking them. I really wanted to hug it, so I spread out my two big hands, let people put the child on his big hands, and quickly put it down.

Chen Afu saw this time, so he left the two of them here for dinner, and said that he would invite the third master again, and she would personally cook a few side dishes.

Marquis Chu readily agreed.

Chen Afu was busy in the small kitchen, and the girl said that there seemed to be an urgent matter in the outer courtyard, and the old Hou Ye and the Hou Ye had already left.

Chen Afu felt that it was boring, and he didn't want to continue to make it, the dishes he had already prepared were enough to eat by himself. She had just had dinner, and someone came to report that Hou Ye invited her to go to Liuyunzhai.

Liuyunzhai is the inner study room before the Marquis of Chu, and it is also the place where he receives distinguished guests and discusses important matters, in a bamboo forest between the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard.

Chen Afu was taken aback. Since coming to the capital, she has not participated in a secret high-level meeting.

Chen Afu put on a small jacket and cotton skirt to go out, and put on a hooded cloak with a windy wool, with Hongfei holding an umbrella and Xiaohong carrying a lantern, and walked towards the outer courtyard.

After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, I came to a courtyard house. Many lanterns were hung under the porch to illuminate the courtyard. This is the most secret place of the Chu family, and this courtyard at this time is no different from other courtyards, it is all white.

Walking through the verandah to the main room, the little man guarding the door was a handsome young student, he opened the door, lifted the thick curtain, invited Chen Afu in, and let Hongfei and Xiaohong go to the wing room to rest.

Although the two treasure pavilions in the hall are full of books, this place is more like a meeting room. Four glazed palace lamps hung down, illuminating the room brilliantly. On the opposite wall is a big painting of a tiger descending from the mountain, and on the big red sandalwood carving case, there is a bronze tripod several feet high. In front of it, there is the Eight Immortals Table of Rosewood, with two Taishi chairs on both sides of the table, four rosewood official chairs on each side, and a velvet blanket from the Western Regions on the ground.

Chen Afu took off his cloak and placed it on the outermost chair.

A servant invited Chen Afu to the east side room again. Under the north window of the house is a big kang, and a large red sandalwood bookcase is placed on the south side, which occupies the entire wall. On the eight celadon Kunpeng candlesticks, fire candles are lit to illuminate the room transparently.

On the kang, the carved gold table is lined with the old marquis and the marquis of Chu, and the third master of Chu sits on the left side of the circle chair.

The faces of several people were very solemn.

Chen Afu gave them bent knees in the past.

The old marquis pointed to the chair on the right and said, "Daughter-in-law Xuan, sit down." ”

Chen Afu sat down. The little guy served the tea and quietly retreated.

Marquis Chu told Chen Afu again. He had just received the news from the Nine Emperors, and the Second Prince asked the emperor for instructions, saying that he saw that the emperor was worried day and night because of the snow disaster, and he was very anxious and worried. Starting from the time of tomorrow, he will fast for three days, and on the thirtieth day he will make a blood sacrifice to heaven at the Temple of Heaven, praying to the gods to protect Dashun and stop the calamity.