When Chen Caozhi left Ye Capital to return to Jiangdong, Elder Zhu Faya of Longgang Temple on E'e Mountain had entrusted him with a letter for his junior fellow monk Zhu Fatai. During his first few days back in Jiankang, Chen Caozhi had circulated among high officials and eminent men, rushing between Hengtang and Wuyi Lane, too busy even to warm his seat. Only on September Nineteen did he find time to invite Lady Lu, Zhang Wenwan, and Lu Weiwei to Waguansi to pay their respects-
Because Lu Weiwei had gone to New Pavilion without private soldiers to protect her last time, and Banli had nearly had his arm broken by Lu Song, this visit to Waguansi outside Qingxi Gate involved quite a mobilization: forty private soldiers, forty residence servants, and an unending stream of maids and serving women. Carriages and horses filled the road in a grand procession, displaying the full magnificence of the great Wu Commandery Lu Clan.
Chen Caozhi, Ran Sheng, and the others had arrived at Waguansi first and were talking with Zhu Fatai. After reading his senior fellow monk Zhu Faya's letter, Zhu Fatai reflected on the present and recalled the past, deeply moved. As they spoke, a monk reported that the wife of the younger Minister Lu had come to offer incense and worship the Buddha. Zhu Fatai knew that the Lu Clan Lady had come to the Buddhist temple to meet Chen Caozhi again. He smiled and said, "When Empress Dowager Chongde read the Lu Clan Lady's Memorial of Remonstrance, she was deeply touched. She said that, with the Buddha's blessing, Layman Chen and the Lu Clan Lady would surely be happily wed."
Chen Caozhi went out of the hall with Zhu Fatai to welcome them. This time, Lady Lu, Zhang Wenwan, had