The next day, the family got up at the beginning of the morning, had breakfast, and dressed neatly.

A-Lu and Da-bao were dressed plumply, wearing small jackets inside and thick cotton robes outside. Chen A-Fu also wore a small cotton vest to protect her chest, a pea green fine cotton jacket outside, a dark green horse-faced skirt, and warm earmuffs. This outfit was her thickest and kept her warm.

Wang also gave Chen Afu fifty taels of silver, and Chen Afu himself also took fifty taels of silver, which was the money for incense offerings to the temple.

At the end of the Chen hour, a carriage arrived at the gate of Lu Garden. Chen Ahfu carried two food boxes and took Ah Lu and Dabao onto the carriage.

The carriage returned to the gate of Tangyuan, and several people were asked to get off the carriage again, so that Chen Afu and his mother could get on the second teak carriage with a canopy, and Chu Hanyan was inside. Because Mother Song was also inside, the carriage could only accommodate four people, so A Lu was asked to get on the first carriage, and Mr. Chu sat inside.

Chu Lingxuan was riding on a horse. He saw that Chen Ahfu was only wearing a thin cotton jacket, which made her look even thinner in the morning breeze. He called Wei over and whispered a few words to her. Wei nodded and trotted into Tangyuan.

At this time, two more birds appeared in the sky, circling at low altitude, chirping.

Dabao and Yan'er shouted in unison, "Qiqi, Huihui." Then, they opened the curtains and looked out happily.

Chen Afu had told these two followers not to chase after him when they were at home. They listened to him at that time, but now they are chasing after him again.

Old Marquis Chu laughed, opened the curtain and invited them in.

After everyone waited for more than half a quarter of an hour, Wei came out with a small bundle and walked straight to the second carriage. She lifted the curtain, handed the small bundle to Chen Ahfu, and said, "Master Chen is wearing less. This is my master's original cloak, which he put on after entering the mountain."

Chen Ahfu thanked him and took it. In fact, she wanted to say, "I'm not cold, I don't need it." But since he had already brought it, she had no choice but to take advantage of it.

After Wei left, Chen Ahfu smiled at Mother Song and said, "Sister Luo is a warm-hearted person."

Mother Song smiled and said, "Yes, that's right."

Seeing that Song's mother was smiling meaningfully, Chen Ahfu realized that Wei Shi had no right to take her master's clothes. Thinking of Chu Lingxuan's instructions last night, her face couldn't help but blush. That man is really a good leader who cares about his subordinates. Does this look like the little ambiguity between superiors and subordinates in the office in the previous life?

The carriage started to trot, and gradually went faster and faster.

After about half an hour, the carriage entered the mountain. Not to mention, the temperature dropped sharply once entering the mountain. Even with a small hand warmer in hand, he was still cold all over. Chen Ahfu had to take out the cloak from his bag. It was a stone blue embroidered bird pattern cloud brocade cloak with white mink fur, and a Zhaojun suit of the same color fur, with a thumb-sized ruby inlaid on the suit, which was extremely rich.

Seeing such gorgeous fur clothing, Chen Ahfu also liked it very much. She put on the cloak and then put on the Zhaojun suit, and her body immediately became warm.

Mother Song smiled and said, "Master Chen has done a really elegant job with it."

Dabao was very proud of it, and said with his eyes wide open, "My mother is so pretty."

Yan'er was buried in her thick cloak, but when she saw it, she straightened her back and praised, "Auntie... so pretty."

Soon they arrived at the gate of Lingyin Temple, and everyone got off the carriage and horses. Their plan was to go to see Master Wuzhi first. The old marquis had met the master twice in his early years, and Chu Lingxuan had met the master once when he was a child with his grandfather.

Master Wuzhi had a strange temper, so he could not always be seen. If he was not seen, they would have to leave the food behind. After they went to the temple to worship the Bodhisattva, they would go to Yingxue Temple together. There they would eat vegetarian food, rest, and then go home.

As soon as the group walked into the temple gate, the old marquis seemed to see something he didn't want to see, and his face immediately darkened. Chu Lingxuan was even more exaggerated, not only were his eyes as cold as ice, but he even clenched his fists.

The old marquis stopped and said in a cold voice, "Xuan'er, let's go see your mother first." Then he turned and walked out the door.

Chu Lingxuan leaned over and picked up Yan'er, and said to Chen Afu, "Let's go to Yingxue Temple first and come back here later."

Just as Chen Ahfu was in a daze, a young monk of about eleven or twelve years old came over. He clasped his hands together and said, "Excuse me, lady donor, are you looking for Master Wuzhi?"

Chen Ahfu nodded, "Yes."

The young monk said, "Please follow me, lady donor."

Chu Lingxuan knew that Master Wuzhi was not easy to meet, and he had expected Chen Afu to come, so he sent people to greet her. He did not want her to lose this opportunity, so he said, "Go, we will wait for you at Yingxue Temple." He lowered his voice and said, "Stay away from the woman in the yellow cloak." He asked two guards from Tangyuan to follow the three of them, and he led the others out of Lingyin Temple.

They walked for a while and could still hear little girl Chu crying, "Auntie, Dabao..."

This time, neither the grandfather nor the grandson of the Chu family compromised and hurriedly took her away.

Chen Ahfu was puzzled. What happened?

She looked at the pilgrims in front of the main hall. There were at least dozens of them, some walking, some looking around, some burning incense, some kowtowing. They were of all kinds, rich and poor, but she didn't see the woman in the yellow cloak.

They followed the little monk to the back of the temple. After walking along a corridor, through a bamboo forest, and across a stone bridge, the view became wider. There was a row of meditation rooms, and in front of the rooms were a few plum trees, with plum blossoms blooming in all their splendor, which was very beautiful.

However, there were several people standing at the door of the Zen room, among whom was a young woman wearing a bright yellow brocade fur cloak embroidered with a phoenix tail, and a Zhaojun suit of the same color.

Chen Ahfu was stunned. Although she could only see the woman's back, she felt that she was quite imposing. Thinking of Chu Lingxuan's words, she didn't want to move forward.

The young monk saw that Chen Ahfu was a little hesitant and said, "It's okay, you can just follow me." He then said to Ah Lu and the two guards, "Please go to the pavilion over there and rest for a while."

There was a pavilion ten meters away, with several people standing in it.

Ah Lu was not very willing, so he pouted and called out, "Sister."

Chen Ahfu thought that nothing would happen outside the master's door, so he whispered, "Be obedient, sister will do the business."

Chen Ahfu watched Ahlu and the others go to the pavilion, and then she noticed a man in a black cloak looking at her in surprise. The man was tall and slender, with a white face and short beard. He looked dignified and familiar. When he saw Chen Ahfu looking at him, he quickly turned his head away.

The little monk took the food box from the guard and said, "Two donors, let's go."

Chen Afu suppressed his thoughts and followed the little monk to the meditation room with Dabao.

When they were about to reach the door of the meditation room, they heard a young monk who was blocking the door talking to the woman, "...the master asked me to tell you something, if it is destined to happen, it will happen, if it is not destined to happen, don't force it."