Chen Wenhui arrived at the Chen family's mansion, a little embarrassed, this place was the place where she was born, but she had no feelings for this place. Because in the past few years, Chen Wenhui has not come to this world. So, for the things that happened when I was a child, I don't remember.

However, later, after Chen Wenhui returned to the capital with her mother, she lived in the Chen family's mansion for a period of time. Although it was only a short period of time, she also felt the pressure from the second room. The yin in the door of the mansion, therefore, Chen Wenhui does not have a good impression of this place.

However, the formal architecture of this mansion is still very good, and after all, it is a building that has been used for hundreds of years, and there is a sense of history and vicissitudes. Because the people who live there have always been good maintenance. Especially in recent years, the Chen family has produced a queen, as the queen's maiden family, even the imperial court has a rule to build a house every year. Therefore, the Chen family's mansion looks very majestic and mighty, but it has a lot less selfish feeling.

Chen Wenhui had a housekeeper all the way, accompanied by the housekeeper, and was sent to the ancestral hall.

Chen Wenhui looked at these servants, many of them were familiar faces, but more of them were new faces. Today, there are a lot of people in the Chen family's mansion, so the housekeepers and servants are very busy. However, in this hectic situation, there was a sense of orderliness, and Chen Wenhui couldn't help but nod secretly.

Chen Wenqi's wife, Xiaobai, is still very good at managing the family. This Chen family's mansion, in her hands, looks even better than when the second lady managed it.

When she arrived at the ancestral hall, Chen Wenhui saw Bai and Chen Yuanheng at a glance. Bai beckoned to Chen Wenhui.

Immediately, someone placed a brocade-covered stool beside Bai's side. Chen Wenhui walked over. Sit down.

Bai said, "You should meet with the elders first. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded.

The Bai family led Chen Wenhui to meet the Great Elder of Law Enforcement first. This is the person Chen Yuanheng wants to call uncle, and he has a very high seniority. His face is majestic, but he is kind to Chen Wenhui, after all, Chen Wenhui is a married daughter, and she has made such a great contribution to the Chen family and the little Chen family.

Then it was to salute Chen Yuanfeng and his wife. Then came a couple of aunts. The eldest aunt and the Empress Dowager were in Nanyang and did not come, so as usual, she sent a grandmother, Mama Yu, to come and listen. In order to show respect for the Queen Mother. The Great Elder of Law Enforcement specially asked Mama Yu to sit under Chen Wenhui's two aunts.

Sitting next to her was a very familiar person with Chen Wenhui. It's the queen's mother's mother, red apricot. The queen couldn't come, so she also sent a personal grandmother to participate. In order to show respect for the queen's mother, let Hongxing sit next to Mama Yu.

Then there are the two mages that Chen Wenhui is very familiar with. Chen Wenhua sisters. The two of them are still dressed in Taoist clothes. He was not wearing the red and willow green clothes he wore that day. Now I'm wearing a normal Taoist costume with slightly better materials. The Dao crown on his head is not the golden one, just a green jade hairpin with a scarf pinned. It looks extraordinarily plain.

Although the two of them are monks, the royal family is still worshipping, they used to be concubines, concubines, and now they are concubines, concubines, where is their status, naturally the Chen family can't be lazy.

Wen Jin was not in the capital, she did not come, and she did not send anyone to observe.

Then there is Chen Wenqi and his wife. Behind Wen Qi and his wife are Wen Qi's two younger brothers and daughters-in-law. After Chen Wenhui and everyone saw each other one by one, she sat behind her mother and did not sit with the married daughters.

After a while, Mrs. Li came first, dressed in a purple brocade robe, with a silver-red skirt underneath, and a jeweled pin pinned to the neckline, which shimmered. Her hair was meticulously combed, and she wore a lot of red gold jewelry, and Chen Wenhui looked tired and panicked for her.

Behind her was Chen Wenhao and his wife. Chen Wenhao and his wife held Mrs. Li one on the left and one on the right, and their eyes were shining. Seeing this scene, Chen Wenhui wanted to laugh a little.

This Chen Wenhao couple is too careful, right? Looking at it like this, in the ancestral hall, are you still afraid that Mrs. Li will run away?

After everyone greeted him, Chen Yuanluan came over, only to see that he was wearing a royal blue brocade robe, with a red gold crown on his head, and the whole person looked radiant. He still looks personable, and he greets everyone very well.

It's just that when he sat in the seat, although he sat next to Mrs. Li, he didn't even look at Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li was even more hateful when she saw him like this.

When everyone arrived, the Great Elder spoke: "You all know the purpose of my coming to the capital. I've been investigating for half a month now. I have always acted above board, and I will not wronged a clansman, nor will I tolerate adultery. So, I advise you to be honest. ”

No one was silent.

The Great Elder then said, "Chen Yuanluan, where have you been living lately? ”

Chen Yuanluan was not panicked, he said: "I live in a small house at the gate of Chaoyang. Originally, the clan uncle came to the capital, and the little nephew had to invite the clan uncle to dinner. However, there is a wicked woman in the family, and I am not allowed to enter the door, and I have no way to entertain the clan uncle in my own house, so I can only be grieved in the small house at the gate of Chaoyang, where the place is narrow, and it is really inconvenient to invite the clan uncle. Please also ask for forgiveness from Uncle Clan. ”

These words are reasonable and very pitiful, Chen Wenhui can't help but admire this second uncle.

Mrs. Li listened, and a hint of hatred flashed in her eyes.

The Great Elder asked, "After you split up, didn't the house you divide into is in the second alley of Guanghuamen?" Although that house is not as big as the Chen family's mansion, it is also a big mansion with five entrances, a garden, and a study, which is better than the average Xungui family, why do you want to go to live in the small mansion of Chaoyangmen? ”

Mrs. Li glared at Chen Yuanluan.

Chen Yuanluan was not panicked and said: "I'm not afraid of family jokes when I say it." It's a pity that I'm already an old lady, I am a grandfather, and I was disgusted by my old wife, and I was kicked out of the house, and I couldn't live in a big house, I couldn't spend my property, and I had to earn a bite to eat by myself, which was really a pity, pitiful. ”

The Great Elder asked, "Why were you kicked out of the house by your wife?" ”

Chen Yuanluan said: "Because I took in a few outer rooms, I was found by my wife and driven out. ”

The Great Elder asked Mrs. Li, "Why did you kick him out of the outer room?" If you can't tolerate him taking a concubine, you are also a daughter of a family, and you should know the rules of the family. If you don't agree with your husband's concubine, you can choose to divorce. You can bring your dowry with you, and you can also ask the Chen family for a certain amount, but not more than your dowry as compensation. How can you kick your husband out of the house? ”

Mrs. Li said indignantly: "Great Elder, although I am the daughter of the Li family and have an arrogant temperament, I am not an unvirtuous person. It's not that there are no concubines in our family, and now there are four or five concubines in the backyard, and there are two more in the room. Even many of the concubines have children. I was incompetent, so I only gave birth to a daughter-in-law, Chen Wenjin, to the Chen family. did not give birth to a son-in-law, so I reported the master's concubine Chen Wenhao to my name since he was a child, and was raised as a son-in-law. Now they have all married and had children. ”

"It's the two mages, who entered the palace to serve the emperor, and achieved the status of a noble concubine and a concubine, and they were also born to concubines, all of which I have taught since I was a child. only to win honor for the Chen family and make contributions. Where am I not virtuous? If the second master wants to marry a concubine, he just said it, why do you want to get an outer room there. There were no rules, no etiquette, no constraints, and a son. Whether this is the flesh and blood of the second master, we can't figure it out, as the wife of the main room, I can't watch the Chen family's bloodline being disordered, so I want to call these outer chambers to come and see me, it's not wrong, right? However, the second master was resolutely unwilling, and for the sake of those few people who didn't know where they came, he abandoned our mother and son and broke out. How did this come to me and I didn't let him go home? ”

The Great Elder didn't speak, just looked at Chen Yuanluan with his eyes.

Chen Yuanluan said: "It's because I don't want to let the outer rooms in. for the outer chambers bore me sons. You have indeed taken a concubine for me. But that's because you can't give birth to a son yourself. I took a concubine just to give birth to a son. Moreover, I have always respected you very much, and I have never done anything to spoil a concubine and kill a wife. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yuanfeng glanced at everyone uncomfortably, a little embarrassed.

Chen Yuanluan continued: "However, the concubine she has given me for so many years, as long as I like it a little, she will want to send it out, or kill it, or sell it. Among them, there are concubines who give birth to sons, and the children always die inexplicably, and only those who give birth to daughters can survive. In the end, she was old, and there was really no possibility of giving birth to a son, so her henchman, the bridal maid, gave birth to a Wen Hao for me. ”

"However, after Wen Hao was born, her aunt was also killed by her."

Wen Hao heard it like five thunderbolts and said, "Father, what you said is true? ”

Chen Yuanluan said: "This thing is true. At the beginning, your grandfather had already found out and wanted to punish her, but your grandmother stopped her. Your uncle also knows about this. ”

Everyone looked at Chen Yuanfeng.

Chen Yuanfeng nodded.

Chen Wenhao's eyes were extremely sharp when he looked at Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li was a little scared, so she could only force herself to calm down and say, "As the lady of the main room, I am naturally qualified to manage the concubines." What's more, it's my dowry maid, I can do anything, even the patriarch of the Chen clan has no way. ”

The Great Elder said, "Yes." Only you have the right to use your dowry, and the patriarch has no way to control it. ”

Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief. But Chen Wenhao still glared at her viciously.

Mrs. Li couldn't help but move her body away from Chen Wenhao. (To be continued.) )