Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

When Huiyun came over, Chen Qingzhu was playing catwalk with Rongniang on the roof.

After dinner, she would usually play with Rong Niang for half an hour.

Sometimes he would play toys or games with her in the house, sometimes he would take her to the roof to look at the stars and the moon and chat, and sometimes he would take her to walk among the treetops in the back mountain.

Although it was a bit cold in winter, not long after Rong Niang arrived, Chen Qingzhu gave her some fairy dew to improve her physical condition. Now she is not as prone to illness as ordinary people.

I don’t feel cold even when I put on a winter cotton jacket.

Rong Niang liked being taken by her mother to fly to the roof or fly around in the woods. After coming to Chen Qingzhu, her temperament became more lively than before.

At first, she stayed alone in Dongyuan, reading, writing and doing needlework, but half a month ago, she proposed to Chen Qingzhu that she wanted to go to the Charity Hall and take classes with those orphans.

Chen Qingzhu thought that she wanted some playmates of the same age, so she agreed.

So now, Rong Niang gets up early every day and goes to the Salesian Church to do morning training with the children there, eat breakfast, take math classes, and then play with them or help them take care of the younger children.

At noon, I went back to Cihang Temple to have lunch, took a nap for two minutes, and got up in the afternoon to read and practice calligraphy. After dinner, I played with Chen Qingzhu for a while, then washed up and went to bed.

Her brain is as useful as Chen Qingzhu's. She learns very quickly, whether it is reading and writing or daily chores.

I have only been at Cihang Temple for more than a month now, and I can already dress and wash myself independently without relying on anyone.

Huijing even said that she learned how to take care of the babies in the Salesian Church and she was able to do it well in just two days.

Huiyun also secretly reported to Chen Qingzhu that Rong Niang was somewhat excluded in the beginning because of her special status in the Ciyutang.

But she would often ask Huiyun for advice on how to better integrate into the Salesian Church.

Huiyun is naturally more knowledgeable about the ways of the world, and after my guidance, the effect was obvious, and now she is like a fish in water in the Salesian Church.

Even because she was more knowledgeable than those children and had more miscellaneous books to read, many children had spontaneously centered around her and she was gradually becoming the core figure of a group.

It is hard for Chen Qingzhu not to be proud of his daughter's intelligence, as she has achieved everything she has today just as a daughter sent by the Jingnan Marquis's mansion to practice asceticism.

"Guanzhu!"

Huiyun called out from below, and Chen Qingzhu immediately jumped down holding Rongniang and landed lightly on the ground.

"Aunt Huiyun."

Rong Niang bowed to Huiyun politely.

Huiyun also returned the greeting and then reported to Chen Qingzhu what was happening outside.

After hearing the statement from Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Chen Qingzhu's lips curled up slightly, but his eyes were calm as he commented:

“Very positive, but not respectful enough.”

Among all the believers, only the Duke Dingguo's Mansion sent someone to deliver the message, instead of the person in charge coming in person.

According to Huiyun, the wife of Duke Dingguo also behaved like a Duke's wife when interacting with other believers.

As a super first-rank duke, he is indeed arrogant.

"Huiyun, go tell that nanny that the time is not right yet. The Shangshu Mansion should be sincere in apologizing, so there is no need to take action against them for now."

Huiyun was a little surprised.

The Shangshu Mansion has sent people to attack Cihang Temple. Now there are believers who are willing to take the lead and teach the Shangshu Mansion a lesson and establish the authority of Cihang Temple. Why did the temple master refuse?

She didn't understand many of the master's decisions at first.

However, it was later proved that the master of the temple was always more far-sighted than ordinary people.

Although she had doubts in her heart, she still went and conveyed the message as she was told.

Rong Niang was listening at the side and also didn't understand.

When it comes to talking to her mother, she is no longer as cautious as before, and she is very keen on learning. She always wants to get to the bottom of things she doesn't understand.

"Mother, I heard from my aunts that the people in the Shangshu Mansion are very bad. One of my aunts was sold to Jingci Temple. A wealthy family in their village had their land seized by the Li family, causing their family to be broken up. Why don't we let the Duke's Mansion eradicate them?"

Chen Qingzhu carried her back to the roof.

Since Rongniang is such a studious person, she naturally wouldn't fool her with childish words.

"Because the Li family is a fat sheep. If we kill them now, we will be helping others to kill them."

Rong Niang seemed to understand, but Chen Qingzhu did not explain it to her more clearly.

Some things really shouldn't be announced to the public too early.

Children still only have the concept of good and evil, black and white, and believe that evil people should be punished.

However, Chen Qingzhu is not a true messenger of God who saves people from suffering.

At any time, she cannot save everyone, nor does she have the pure desire to save the world.

All her good deeds must be based on the fact that she can gain sufficient benefits.

"Although we have to maintain the dignity of Cihang Temple, we cannot offend and die. We are far from being that powerful now. Your Majesty cannot even be so bold as to deal with the officials, so how can you tolerate a Taoist temple being so overbearing?"

Knowing that Rong Niang might not understand, she explained it in more detail:

"Although the Imperial Guards and the Factory Guards have long been corrupt, if a first-rank marquis and a second-rank minister are successively dismissed in the Southern Capital within half a year, it will be difficult for the court not to pay attention to Cihang Temple."

By the way, he also explained to Rong Niang the two major supervisory agencies in Nandu City, as well as their origins, past glory, and current status.

The Jinyiwei monitored all officials and was once very famous, making all officials in the world tremble in fear.

But since the rise of the eunuch-controlled factory guards, the Jinyiwei began to decline.

Today, the funding for the Imperial Guard has been severely cut, and coupled with corruption, the local members of the Imperial Guard are impoverished and have long lost the ability to supervise officials.

Although the Censorate and the Imperial Guards enjoyed great glory, it was only the glory of the upper class. The lower-level eunuchs who served as tentacles also lived a poor life and had very limited abilities.

Therefore, as long as Cihang Temple is not too ostentatious, it probably will not attract the emperor's attention for now.

Rong Niang finally understood what her mother meant, and she also learned something new, so she was very happy:

"I understand, mother. Before you have enough strength, you should stay dormant when necessary. You can't just think about the glory and pleasure for a while."

Chen Qingzhu touched her head with relief.

"exactly."

But I was thinking in my heart that now that Cihang Temple has become so famous, it will always attract some unruly people for one reason or another.

The arrival of Shangshu Mansion was unexpected, but also inevitable.

There will be more and more people like this in the future, and some of them may want to flatter their superiors by using the Cihangguan and put it into action.

After all, she couldn't control everything, so this was not a safe approach.

The most important thing is to make your cultivation as powerful as possible before being noticed by the current emperor.

It is time to make some changes to the previous plan of sticking to Cihang Temple.

*

When Chen Qingzhu's words reached the ears of Duke Dingguo and his wife, they were also greatly puzzled.

"What kind of timing is needed to eradicate the Li family? Isn't it just a matter of collecting enough evidence of their crimes and then secretly sending it to the emperor to catch them off guard?" said the wife of Duke Dingguo.

Duke Dingguo also couldn't figure out what Chen Qingzhu meant.

After thinking for a while, he said:

"The master is as good as a god in predicting things. I'm afraid he knows something we don't know. Since he has instructed us to do so, we will do as he says."

Originally, they thought that by overthrowing the Li family, their Duke's Mansion would be able to gain great merit both in Cihang Temple and in front of His Majesty.

Now that the abbot has clearly expressed his opposition, it would be difficult for him to act on his own.

"Given Minister Li's character, he should come again tomorrow, and we will receive him as usual."

Minister Li and his wife came over in the afternoon.

At that time, they were thinking about dealing with the Li family, so they didn't meet him.

However, the words were not final, they just asked the doorman to say that they were not in the mansion, so there was room for maneuver.

Duke Dingguo believed that Minister Li would not give up easily.

The strange thing is that although the abbot is an outsider, he is very sure that Minister Li will admit his mistake and apologize when the situation is tense.

"Since the temple master wants them to sincerely apologize first, we will ask for more benefits on behalf of Cihang Temple."