Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

There were tens of thousands of pilgrims coming to worship today, and even when the shrine closed at dusk, many pilgrims were still unable to enter.

On this day, although the entire Du'e Temple was busy and noisy, it was operating smoothly.

The cultivator's soul did not take advantage of the busy day to launch a sneak attack, which made Chen Qingzhu feel very difficult to deal with.

After being tense all day and being on the alert for battle at any time, even though Chen Qingzhu is a cultivator, he still feels a little tired.

There is no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days, but this thief can't be caught...

Returning to the main courtyard "Xuansheng Cave" where he lived, Chen Qingzhu drank a cup of strong spiritual tea and began to sit in meditation with his eyes closed to let himself rest for a while.

Not long after, Huiyun and Rongniang came to Chen Qingzhu, each holding an account book.

"Master, today's offerings include 2,510 pieces of gold objects of various sizes, 16,800 taels of gold ingots and gold ingots, 890 pieces of top-grade jade materials, a total of 17,000 kilograms, and 3,521 pieces of medium- and low-grade jade materials..."

Rong Niang also stepped forward and replied:

"Mother, the amount I put into the warehouse is basically the same as Aunt Huiyun's. Only two pieces of medium-quality jade and three jars of jade wine were accidentally broken, but the remaining materials were also put into the warehouse, so there is no mistake."

Due to the tight time schedule, they had not yet had time to calculate the value of all the offerings, so they could only report a temporary number.

The remaining value needs to be estimated slowly.

Hearing the number of top-quality jade materials, Chen Qingzhu's mood improved slightly.

"There are more high-quality jade materials than expected."

Jade mining is difficult nowadays, and the output of high-quality jade is even less.

She was quite surprised to find 17,000 kilograms of top-quality jade.

Rong Niang said:

"Most of this was contributed by His Majesty. Among the offerings he sent, there were more than 540 pieces of top-quality jade, many of which were raw jade stones, and they were very large. There were also some jade carvings sent by dignitaries, and they all weighed more than ten kilograms."

"So that's how it is." Chen Qingzhu's eyes showed satisfaction.

At that time, most of her energy was on guarding against the sneak attack of the monk's soul, and she didn't pay much attention to how many things Emperor Yong'an sent. Now that she heard that there were so many top-grade jade materials, she was really pleasantly surprised.

After she came to the capital, she was busy fighting the plague, drawing talismans, and rapidly improving her own cultivation. The spiritual crystals she had obtained from her previous travels were almost exhausted.

Now this wave of weight gain has allowed her to have the spiritual energy to at least cultivate to the initial stage of foundation building.

"Your Majesty is quite sensible."

She did not hesitate to praise Emperor Yong'an.

Seeing that the two men had dark circles under their eyes and looked very tired, Chen Qingzhu asked them to drink a cup of fairy tea each, and then said:

"It's been a tiring day today, you should all go and have a rest."

Huiyun took her leave, but Rongniang did not leave.

"Is there anything else, Rong Niang?"

Chen Qingzhu asked proactively.

Rong Niang lifted the corner of her clothes and knelt on the ground, lowering her head nervously:

"Mother, I did something wrong, and I came here to apologize to you."

Chen Qingzhu frowned slightly and reached out to help her up from the ground.

Rong Niang tried to move her hand away, but her body did not move, obviously refusing to get up.

Chen Qingzhu did not force her to help him anymore, but looked at her seriously and said:

"Mother Rong, you and I are mother and daughter, and we are close relatives. I don't need you to kneel to me."

"Even if you did something wrong, I want you to stand up and tell me."

According to secular concepts, it is natural for a son to kneel before his mother.

But for Chen Qingzhu, any behavior of bending the knees and touching the head to the ground is an act of the inferior towards the superior.

She didn't want Rong Niang to kneel down and apologize to her.

When Rong Niang heard this, she was stunned for a moment, stood up, and felt even more ashamed.

In fact, when dealing with her brother's affairs, she was not so fearless. Instead, she was always a little uneasy.

When the Jingnan Marquis's mansion was in trouble, his brother came to the Du'e Temple and asked to see his mother.

If she had no selfish motives, she should have immediately reported the matter to her mother and let her mother deal with her brother.

But because of her own selfishness, she went to see him alone, and planned to isolate him outside the temple without anyone noticing, so that her mother would not know he had been there.

She knew very well how much of this was due to fear of upsetting her mother.

She despised her brother's meanness, but she herself did the same mean thing.

Her mother was so good to her, loved her, respected her, and gave her all her trust without hesitation.

However, because she wanted to monopolize her mother's love and was greedy for power, she planned to deceive her mother.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt like an asshole.

Moreover, if she lied to her mother about this matter, one lie would always have to be covered up with countless lies.

Over time, a deeper and deeper gap will form between the two people.

She didn't want to go this far.

Therefore, after finally enduring the day and doing everything she should do, she decided to confess her crime and apologize to her mother.

Mother has the right to know and the right to make a new choice.

"Mother, my second brother came to me today and said he wanted to see you, but I...I didn't let him see you. I gagged him, tied him up, and threw him into the warehouse in the garden."

"I was wrong! I should have sent someone to inform you immediately!"

She said it all in one breath, and was too nervous to look at her mother, for she was afraid to see disgust in her eyes.

However, Chen Qingzhu smiled when he heard this:

"I thought it was some big deal."

"I knew about this from the beginning. You handled it very well. There's no need to apologize for it."

At that time, she used the invisibility technique and patrolled the Taoist palace so that she could put out fires in time when any emergencies occurred.

She naturally saw Pei Xuan sneakily bribe the Taoist priest who was receiving him.

Hearing him say that he wanted to meet the young master, she was also a little curious about how Rong Niang would face this brother.

Therefore, she followed Pei Xuan to meet Rong Niang.

Rong Niang was not fooled by her brother's sweet words. She tied the man up resolutely and did not allow him to approach the Taoist palace again.

She naturally understood Rong Niang's little thoughts, but she was not dissatisfied with it.

After all, it is not a bad thing for her daughter to be ambitious and power-hungry and to dare to exclude competitors.

Rongniang looked up at her in surprise.

A gentle smile appeared in Chen Qingzhu's eyes:

"However, I am very happy that Rong Niang is willing to tell me honestly."

People are so contradictory sometimes.

She hopes that her daughter will become a qualified heir and be able to skillfully manipulate power and control people's hearts in the future.

But at the same time, she hopes to be close to her daughter forever.

I originally thought that these two things cannot be achieved at the same time.

As Rongniang grew up, she would inevitably drift further and further away from her.

But Rongniang's choice surprised her, making it seem possible for her to have both.

Rong Niang looked at her at a loss.

If Chen Qingzhu was a qualified superior, he should not express his attitude at this time, but should use Pei Xuan as a whetstone to hone his successor.