The invitation from Censor Chen's family was a little unclear, and Old Lady Wei didn't quite understand it.
Ever since the last incident at Puci Temple, our family has had little contact with the Chen family. Perhaps Mrs. Chen is afraid that if they spend too much time together, old things will inevitably be brought up.
Now they were suddenly invited to watch a religious ceremony. Mrs. Wei hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
No matter what, Censor Chen is the son-in-law of the Fang family. The reason why Zhu Fang's case was investigated so quickly this time was all thanks to Censor Chen's seriousness.
Censor Chen and his family stayed in Huilong Temple for two days. Madam Chen had already bathed and fasted. When she heard that the Wei family's carriage had arrived, she had already come out to greet them in person.
She had met Old Madam Wei before, and the Second Madam was an acquaintance, so they were not unfamiliar. After they exchanged greetings, she glanced at Wei Qi, smiled and waved at her: "Xiao Qi is really... becoming more and more outstanding."
Mrs. Chen was not being polite. Every time she saw Wei Qi in the past, Wei Qi was always full of anger, as if everyone had wronged her. A child like this, no matter how good-looking, would be annoying. But since the last incident, Wei Qi had become a completely different person.
This change is really too big...
She calmed herself down and smiled at the old lady again: "I should have gone to apologize for what happened last time. Children are ignorant and it's also because we adults didn't teach us well..."
Old Madam Wei touched Wei An's head and smiled softly: "To be honest, I was also very angry before. Your daughter is innocent and cute, at most she is just a little naughty, but our Xiaowu is a big sister. It is despicable for a big sister to behave like this."
The Third Lady's expression suddenly changed. She looked at Old Madam Wei, then at Madam Chen, and opened her mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say.
Mrs. Chen looked at Wei Qi's face again with scrutiny, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Wei would not respond to her words. She said that Wei Wu was hateful, but she also said that being a sister was hateful, and Chen Mianmian was the worst.
She forced a smile, not daring to ask Old Lady Wei to clear Chen Mianmian's name. She decided not to mention the matter today. She smiled and called Wei An and Wei Yuyou, "We adults are going to see the Taoist priest to read the Tao Te Ching and watch a play. Mianmian thinks it's boring, so she's playing with the little sisters in the back. Do you two want to go?"
Wei Yuyou and Chen Mianmian have always had a good relationship. Although he felt a little uncomfortable because of what Old Lady Wei had just said, he thought it would be boring to go to the sutra with them, so he nodded and agreed.
Wei An, however, held onto Old Lady Wei’s arm and smiled, “I’ll follow Grandma.”
It turned out that he had really changed. Wei An used to be unwilling to stay with the adults.
Madam Chen arranged for the maids to take Wei Yuyou to the back, and she and Wei An, one on each side, supported Old Madam Wei's arms and entered the main hall.
The main hall enshrined the statues of the Three Pure Ones. Old Madam Wei bowed to them, picked up her pen and wrote down the incense money. Then she asked Madam Chen, "Is your grandmother here?"
"In the back." Mrs. Chen nodded with a smile: "She repeatedly told us to invite you..."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the small courtyard where the women of the Fang family were resting. Old Mrs. Fang quickly stood up and called Old Mrs. Wei "Old sister."
Mrs. Wei smiled and held her hand: "If I hadn't known you were here, I wouldn't have come."
She sat side by side with Old Lady Fang. After Old Lady Fang met Wei An and gave him a greeting gift, she began to wonder, "Why are you surrounding the Taoist temple? Forgive me for being old and ignorant. I am confused about many things. My daughter-in-law only said that you were holding a peace ceremony, so why is there such a big scene today?"
When they just came in, there were many Jinwu Guards and Yulin Guards outside. The Chen family did not have the ability to make these two groups of people appear at the same time.
Old Madam Fang smiled bitterly, "Don't mention it. It's a rare thing. We had already decided on the date for the Peaceful Ceremony, but yesterday we received news that the Lu family would also come to invite Immortal Liu to perform a ritual to exorcise evil spirits... Now the two families are colliding with each other. The Lu family is coming, and Princess Chu, as the daughter of the Lu family, is also expected to show her support for her family. Even Princess Chu and Prince Chu are coming..."
Mrs. Chen also said, "We originally wanted to change the date, but the people from the Lu family were very humble and kept saying that since it was unrelated and would not delay us, they dared not delay our business, so they stopped us..."
Old Madam Fang coughed and asked everyone below to leave. Then she looked at Old Madam Wei with a worried look on her face: "I always feel that she is not here with good intentions. Old sister, do you think she is here for the man surnamed Yang?"
When she was young, Old Lady Fang actually had a good relationship with Old Lady Wei. They could be considered close friends. But later, when her granddaughter entered the palace and became the empress at an age that was almost old enough to be the granddaughter of Emperor Longqing, she always felt a little uncomfortable and became estranged from Old Lady Wei.
After what happened with the Kong family last time, and because Old Madam Wei gave Yang Qinghe to them to prevent their Fang family from being framed by the Cao family, her affection for Old Madam Wei seemed to have doubled.
There aren't so many coincidences in this world. After so many things, Old Lady Wei has become more and more aware of this. She snorted, "It can't be that they are really doing this for a ceremony, right? I remember that the Lu family... never seemed to believe in Buddhism or Taoism. Over the years, they have donated the least to temples and Taoist temples. They didn't even donate to bridges and roads. How come they suddenly became so pious?"
Mrs. Fang's face turned cold: "I also think that the Lu family's hospitality is really strange..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a young Taoist priest came over and said that the Princess of Chu's procession had arrived.
The Princess of Chu arranged all the ceremonial guards of a princess, and no one in the room could help but go to see her. Old Madam Fang was angry: "The Princess is still as high and mighty as she was back then."
Back then, the King of Chu had the highest voice to ascend to the throne, and the Princess of Chu was indeed always high and mighty. The Fang family had not yet produced a Queen at that time, and there was also Fang Zhengrong, the Earl of Cheng'en, who kept getting into trouble and was even stripped of his title. They always had to rely on the Princess of Chu for support. Now, things have changed over time, and Old Lady Fang felt that the Princess of Chu had ill intentions, so naturally she was not in a good mood.
The Princess of Chu did not take it seriously. After both Madam Wei and Madam Fang came up and bowed, she smiled and helped one of them to stand up. "My mother told me that you two old ladies were here. I thought it would be rude not to meet you. I am sorry to bother you two old ladies."
Naturally, Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Wei said they dared not.
Princess Chu smiled kindly again: "I heard that the two old ladies had a very good relationship when they were young. Now it seems that the two old ladies are still on good terms now."
-----It was almost impossible to make it. What a close call.