The old lady returned to the Duke's Mansion on the ninth day of the eighth month.

A large group of people and more than a dozen carriages came back with their homes.

Those who followed him back were Chen Shoucheng, the second brother of Duke Chen, and his second wife Yuan, and he brought a pair of granddaughters and a pair of grandsons.

Duke Chen had already issued an order, and the people in the mansion came out to greet each other, even the confined Changsun and Chen Jinrui were no exception.

Of course, Jinning has to come out to greet him.

She stood beside Duke Chen and watched several maids helping the old lady get off the carriage.

He was wearing a green satin dress with a pattern of hundreds of sons and grandchildren, his gray hair was tied into a high bun, and a Ruyi-headed jade hairpin was inserted. He was in his sixties, but he looked very energetic. His neck was very long and his head looked very high, with many wrinkles on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, deep nasolabial lines, and his eyes were very sharp. Even though he had a gentle smile, he still couldn't hide his majesty.

Chen Shoucheng was doing business in the southern country and had joined the officialdom before. Unfortunately, he was mediocre and unable to be promoted, so he spent money. Unfortunately, he met a honest and upright superior, which was directly written on the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel, and Chen Shoucheng was dismissed from his post.

After being dismissed from his post, he entered the business world and has not caused any trouble. In recent years, the old lady has taken Zhen's dowry to help her.

Although he is younger than his brother, Duke Chen, he is indispensable in the shopping mall to have social gatherings, food, drinks, and emotions, which makes him empty, so he looks a few years older than Duke Chen.

The second wife, Yuan, was a daughter from a declining family. Her ancestors were also named Marquis, but unfortunately, by the generation of her father, she lost her hereditary generation.

However, the daughter of a noble family is so sophisticated and knows how to be a human being, and she also makes her mother-in-law very happy. She is praised by her mother-in-law, so her status in the Chen family is even higher than that of the Changsun family.

She naturally looked down on Changsun.

She once looked down on Zhen.

Although the Zhen family has a prominent family background, in the eyes of a lady like her, she is a martial artist and is extremely rough and incomparable to a true nobleman like her.

What makes Yuan proud the most is that she gave birth to one son and two daughters for the Chen family, and Zhen had only one nemesis daughter.

What makes people talk about most is that the second year she passed by, she took a concubine for Chen Shouye. The next year, the concubine gave birth to a son, and she turned out to be the eldest son of the concubine.

She is in the Chen family and has enough confidence.

When Duke Chen saw the old lady, he hurriedly went forward and bowed to him, "Mother is exhausted all the way, go in quickly."

The old lady nodded and looked at him with relief, "As soon as I entered Beijing, I heard that you were rewarded by the emperor. It's really gratifying."

Duke Chen was praised by his stepmother and was really happy and said modestly: "My son is not talented, he has been mediocre in officialdom for many years and has not made any face for his mother. He is really ashamed."

"You have surpassed your younger brother a lot." The old lady smiled, but her eyes faintly swept over Chen Shoucheng's face, "Have you seen your elder brother yet?"

Chen Shoucheng stepped forward and held Duke Chen's hand happily, his voice a little excited, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"Second brother!" Duke Chen showed a deep expression of brotherhood.

Yuan also came forward to see him, and brought his children forward, "Liang Hui, Liang Qi, Jin Xian, Jin Luo, meet uncle quickly!"

Chen Lianghui was born in a vassal family. In his early years, because Zhen had never been able to have children, he adopted Liang Hui to Duke Chen's house. Therefore, Chen Lianghui had to call Duke Chen a father.

After the four of them came forward to salute, Duke Chen looked at the pair of jade-like people with relief, feeling very happy.

Then he turned around and called Jinning, "Jinning, why don't you come forward to pay homage to grandmother? Have you ever met your brothers and sisters when you meet your second uncle and second aunt?"

The old lady's eyes fell on Jinning's face.

Her eyes were very sharp with analysis and consideration, and the wrinkles on her eyebrows were very obvious. Although there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, it always made people feel difficult to get close to.

Jinning walked up slowly, blessed, "Jinning greets grandmother!"

The old lady nodded, her eyes softened a little, "Just come back."

Changsun, Chen Jinrui and others had seen it before, and then stepped forward and gave a regular greeting.

The old lady looked at Changsun and said, "This time I've been back, thank you for your hard work."

Changsun said with his head down: "Old lady must not say that, this is what the wife should do."

The old lady turned to see Chen Jinrui. Seeing her covered with a veil, she frowned and asked, "Sister Rui, what are you doing? She covered her face in a hot day, can't you be ashamed of grandmother?"

Chen Jinrui was blurred with tears and said even more: "No, grandmother, granddaughter has an ugly face and dare not scare grandmother."

"Nonsense!" the old lady was angry, "Have you never seen your face? Take off your veil!"

Chen Jinrui slowly removed the veil, revealing a mottled and ferocious face, and his eyes were filled with tears of grievance.

The old lady was shocked and asked in shock: "How could this be? What happened?"

Duke Chen stepped forward and said, "After this, I will report to my mother. The weather is hot, so sour plum soup is prepared inside. Mother, please go in and rest first."

The old lady nodded majesticly, and the daughter-in-law of Changsun and Yuan helped her in.

Yuan's daughters, Chen Jinxian and Chen Jinluo, Chen Jinxian is two years older than Jinning, and Chen Jinluo is one year younger than Jinning.

Chen Jinxian had already said that, but his fiancé had been seriously ill and the marriage was not implemented for a long time. Unexpectedly, this spring, his fiancé suddenly passed away and she became an 18-year-old girl.

This time I returned to Beijing, the old lady intended to marry her grandchildren.

Although the southern country is also a prosperous place, the old lady has always been committed to the officialdom.

She was particularly anxious about the marriage of her eldest granddaughter Chen Jinxian.

This girl is good-looking and calm, but she was delayed by her previous marriage. Now she is an old girl, how can she not make her anxious?

Therefore, I sat down, had a cup of tea, and ordered Changsun, "You go and ask which young master is good at character and family background, and then I will write down everything. Let's take a closer look. Sister Xian's marriage must be done first."

The old lady ordered that Changsun dared not agree? And now she really needs to make meritorious service to atone for her sins, so she responded: "Yes, my daughter-in-law will call the matchmaker to come tomorrow."

"Well, that's good, by the way, where is Brother Zhu?" The old lady looked at it and asked unhappily without seeing Chen Liangzhu.

Changsun quickly explained, "Reply to the old lady's words, Zhu'er went out two days ago. Because he didn't know that the old lady arrived today, he was unable to come back in time to greet him. The old lady forgives his guilt."

"Well, Brother Zhu is seventeen years old this year, right? I have to hurry up and have you fall in love with any daughter?" asked the old lady.

Changsun smiled and said, "It seems that I like it, but the Duke of the State said it is not suitable."

"Not suitable? Which daughter of the family? Is the lintel lower? Don't just pick up the lintel, marry a wife and ask for a lady, you can do it with a good temperament."

Changsun said: "This family is not inferior, but it is a little more unruly. It is Princess Ruian of the Duke of Jingguo Mansion."
Chapter completed!