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On the waning April day of spring, a double-bridle carriage arrived in front of Pudu Temple.

The car stopped steadily, and then a group of maids and servants came up.

Said: "Madam, please get out of the car."

The curtain was lifted, and there were two people sitting inside.

Xu Chunjun got out of the car first, and then Mrs. Lu was also helped down.

Xu Chunjun's body and appearance have not changed much, but his demeanor is more calm and noble.

Today, when the prime minister's wife came to burn incense, Jing Fan, the abbot of the nunnery, had already greeted her at the door.

Xu Chunjun and Mrs. Lu went up the steps together, Jing Fan clasped his hands together and interrogated, "Please come in, Madams, poor nun has been waiting for a long time."

Xu Chunjun returned the salute with a smile, and said, "Let me wait for a long time."

"What did Madam say, you don't think this nunnery is small, it's my honor to condescend to come here." Jing Fan's thin face was clear and kind, and almost 20 years later, she only had a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"Sure enough, those who practice are more spiritual than ordinary people, and my wife hasn't aged for so many years." Mrs. Lu said with a smile.

"If you become a monk and wear a canopy, you can't enjoy wealth. It's no better than your wife. You have a long life and honor, and a virtuous husband and a filial son." Jing Fan returned a salute to Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu's figure became more graceful, and her temples were also stained with hoarfrost.

Lord Lu Hou has been an official at home since last year. One of his two sons, Yu Zhijin, joined the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the other served as a magistrate in Yingzhou.

Mrs. Lu loves her grandchildren very much, and several grandchildren are raised by her, all of them are sensible.

A group of people entered the gate of the nunnery, and the Qingshiban road was drenched by night rain, and the tide was billowing, with the lingering fragrance of fallen flowers.

In this season, there is always rain at night, but the sun is always shining during the day.

Even in the city, the quietness and solitude of the nunnery are not affected at all.

The Buddha Hall was cleaned spotlessly, and the golden bodhisattva on the head lowered his eyes slightly, solemn and compassionate.

Xu Chunjun first asked Mrs. Lu to offer incense.

Mrs. Lu took the incense, knelt down on the futon and prayed silently, then was helped up, and inserted the incense into the incense burner with her own hands.

Then Xu Chunjun also burned three sticks of incense.

The nuns on both sides chanted the mantra in a low voice, and the sound of the wooden fish seemed to be able to convey people's wishes to the Bodhisattva.

"The two wives got up early and haven't eaten yet, right? The poor nun ordered someone to prepare a table of clean and vegetarian food." Jing Fan said.

"Auntie, let's go to the back hall and use it briefly." Xu Chunjun said with a smile.

"Well, the vegetarian food in their nunnery is always good." Mrs. Lu said, "I just want to eat some light food these days. This person is getting old, so he has to stay away from wine and meat."

Then he said to Jingfan: "I brought a cook here today, the tofu gluten you make here is very good, let her learn it too, so she can make it for me and Lord Hou when I go back."

"Madam, it's good that you don't dislike it. Compared with the cooking skills in your Houfu, our cooking skills here are far behind." Jing Fan accompanied Xu Chunjun and Mrs. Lu as they walked to the back hall and said, "You two Come on slowly, I'll take a look first."

After Jingfan left, Mrs. Lu asked Xu Chunjun, "It's been almost a month since Wuji drove to Dongdu, right?"

"It's been almost a month, and I guess it will be back in a few days." Xu Chunjun said.

"As the prime minister, he is very busy now. Fortunately, with you as a good helper, he doesn't have to worry about family affairs." Mrs. Lu said, "He is really lucky!"

"Yuzhi's daughter-in-law is even better than me. This is all because of my aunt's good opinion." Xu Chunjun smiled slightly.

"She still has to learn more from you, but she's always been stronger than she is on the outside," Madam Lu said, "This is an eternal truth."

"I have to learn this from my aunt. The children in my family are growing up gradually, and we must show our eyes when we get married in the future." Xu Chunjun said.

"Speaking of this, I think about it. If you come to offer incense today, you might not be asking for something for yourself, right?" Madam Lu asked.

"A Nuan has been taking her three sons to the frontier for three years, and I always miss her. I don't know when she will be able to wait for Mrs. Huo, and I hope she can come back soon." Xu Chunjun glanced at the wisteria on the wall, thinking of many, many years. Before, talking and laughing with Cen Yunchu and Jiang Nuan under the wisteria trellis.

"Mr. Huo went to war and fought for three years before he repelled the bandits. But he disappeared in the last battle. It's really unsatisfactory!" Mrs. Lu couldn't help sighing.

"A Nuan is an infatuated person. If she doesn't see Mr. Huo, she will never feel at ease for the rest of her life." Xu Chunjun also sighed, "I really hope God will show mercy."

"Fang Fei is also seventeen this year. The eldest son of the Huo family has had a crush on her since childhood, so it's time to come back and propose marriage." Mrs. Lu said, "It won't be possible to wait any longer."

"I discussed it with Wuji, and wait for another year." Xu Chunjun said, "If Ah Nuan doesn't come back by then, I'll write a letter to ask."

"A Luan is already a prospective princess," Madam Lu said, "You don't have to think about the marriage of the two daughters anymore. It's just that the daughter-in-law of Lantai must choose carefully."

"He's only fourteen, so it's too early." Xu Chunjun couldn't help laughing, "It's more serious to read the book first."

After the vegetarian meal, Xu Chunjun and Mrs. Lu were going to go back.

The coachman came in and said, "Ma'am, the wheel of the carriage has been pulled out and needs to be repaired. Please wait a little longer."

Xu Chunjun and Mrs. Lu smiled at each other, remembering the first time they met here.

"Mr. Chun, do you know why I always like to come here to burn incense?" Mrs. Lu asked while sitting on the futon in the side hall.

"Why?" Xu Chunjun asked.

"Because I met the two most important people in my life here." Mrs. Lu looked at the ancient trees in the courtyard and said, "I came here to offer incense when I was 16 years old. Ladies, I met our Lord Hou.

It was just an inadvertent glance, and it was settled for a lifetime.

Later, I met you here again. At that time, you stopped in front of me and asked me to save your second brother.

In fact, I haven't told you all these years. I decided to help you the first time I saw you.

Between people, fate is a wonderful thing.I came to burn incense that day, and the wish I made was to ask God to arrange a good marriage for Wuji.

I even thought that when I went out and met a girl from someone else's family, that was the person appointed by the Bodhisattva.

Then I went out and saw you. "

"Thanks to my aunt's kindness, I saved my brother and my whole family," Xu Chunjun said.

"I didn't save it, it was you." Mrs. Lu said, "You not only saved the Xu family, but also the Zheng family.

Look at these two portals are majestic and imposing, with infinite scenery.

Those little seedlings were all planted by the fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in this Pudu nunnery. "

Mrs. Lu's voice was deep and old, as if it could penetrate 20 years.

A wind blew outside the side hall, and the vines on the ancient trees swayed.

Fragmented flowers fell one after another, just like the situation back then.

It's another spring, whose story begins?