Cao Ningcheng couldn't help but immediately add: "This method of succession is also possible to succeed Cao Ji's second son." ”Chu Xuansen returned to his usual gentle expression, put the broken walnuts on the table, wiped off the crumbs on his hands with a handkerchief, and said lightly: "This new walnut is still too tender to stand it." ”"Well, I'll send a new pair over tomorrow."
Cao Ningcheng followed this topic, and neither of them mentioned anything about the incense in the Cao family's room.Cao Ningcheng knew in his heart that when Chu Xuansen mentioned this matter to him, it would definitely not be an accidental curiosity, but he was afraid that Cao Mo said something in front of him.Well, Cao Mo didn't care about the eldest grandson of the long house, so he didn't need to be that villain anymore.Cao Ningcheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.This nephew is really a natural emperor, who can endure, can endure, knows how to forbear, and has a good chest, and his scheming is not under him.Back then, he was just an immature child, and a few words moved his father and persuaded the Cao family to back down to avoid trouble, and from that day on, the fate of the Cao family was staked on him.Cao Ningcheng returned to Xifu, and almost walked to the door of the study, stunned, he went back to the main house.The fifth lady had already freshened up and was about to fall asleep, when she heard that Cao Ningcheng was coming, she hurriedly came to serve Cao Ningcheng to freshen up.After the girl's mother-in-law went out, the fifth lady took the list written during the day and handed it to Cao Ningcheng: "Master, these are the ones I picked for the second sister and the third sister, you see which one is suitable." ”Cao Ningcheng glanced at the list in the hands of the fifth lady, only two families were concubines of Kyoto families, and the others were students of Hancheng Academy who had recently come to visit Caofu.A smile appeared on his lips, this lady is really still transparent, it only takes a little time to understand."
Tomorrow, let people send them back to Handcheng and hand them over to the third brother and the fourth brother, and they will choose them."
Cao Ningcheng put the list on the table, took a cup and pressed it, and turned around and got into bed.The fifth lady let go of half of her heart, extinguished a few lights in the house, and only left the candlestick on the small table next to the bed, half-jokingly and half-tentatively: "What if the third brother and the fourth brother think it's not good?"
”Cao Ningcheng said simply.The fifth lady put down her heart, put down the brocade tent, sat on the edge of the bed, took off her shoes, and was about to go to bed.Cao Ningcheng said suddenly: "If, I said let Cao Ji pick both, or pass on a child to the big house, then" The fifth lady's body stiffened, and her body did not move.Cao Ningcheng was also nervous.He knew that the word "adoptive" had worried his wife for half his life, and he still had to face it now.He was waiting for his wife to ask the sentence "Why Cao Ji, not Cao Mo", and he was ready to answer all kinds of questions.He came over today to have a showdown with his wife.If it was a day earlier, even if it was half a day, the fifth lady would not be so relaxed.The problem is that she has already told Cao Ji about this, and she is already very clear about Cao Ji's thoughts, and this issue is no longer as untouchable for her as before.She didn't hesitate: "It's okay to pick and choose, but it's not okay to pass it" If you really decide on Cao Ji's concurrently, just follow the method Cao Ji said, let the eldest lady beat the chickens and eggs, which can be regarded as expressing her grievances for her grievances for so many years.Cao Ningcheng was stunned, he didn't expect such a reply, he thought that Mrs. would not agree, at most she would only reluctantly respond to the matter of succession under his strong persuasion, but she didn't expect Mrs. to answer the question and bluntly said that she did not want to succeed.The fifth lady said: "However, the ugly words have to be said in advance, and I have one condition.Brother Ji is also selected, and the daughter-in-law of the big house is determined by her, but if the person is not selected, she can't enter Brother Ji'er's eyes, so she has to listen to Brother Ji'er, and she can't interfere in the affairs of Brother Ji'er's room. ”Where could Cao Ningcheng be a fool, and he understood the meaning of this as soon as he heard it.Dare to love that Mrs. is willing to let Brother Ji marry a daughter-in-law on behalf of the big house, but she didn't want Brother Ji to enter the door of the daughter-in-law of the big house.The fifth lady said again: "If the big house is forty years old, then the second son of Brother Ji will be recorded in the name of the big house." ”At that time, I believe that Brother Ji'er's second son has also become married, and even if he succeeds to the big house, the daughter-in-law will be in charge of the house, and the eldest lady and Wang Sese will not be able to point fingers, isn't it just a yard that raises two idlers for three meals a day.Cao Ningcheng smiled bitterly, but didn't speak.He also looks down on the eldest lady and Wang Sese, the fifth lady's proposal can also make the big house have a successor, which is generally passable, and it is not too aggrieved Cao Ji."
Okay, I'll listen to you."
Cao Ningcheng breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to grab the fifth lady's shoulder: "I have wronged you all these years." ”The fifth lady cried out like a child, she knew that she was a little angry and unreasonable over the years, afraid that the child's child would leave her side, she didn't regenerate, and Cao Ningcheng didn't blame her, and she didn't even mention it again.On this night, the last candlestick in the main room of Cao's West Mansion burned until dawn.After the fifth lady left, Cao Ningcheng sent someone to send the letter from the eldest lady who was seriously ill and sent back to her hometown in Handcheng along with that list.She tidied up and went to the courtyard where the eldest lady was temporarily staying.The eldest lady was having breakfast, and when she heard that the fifth lady was coming, she hurriedly put the bowl away, lay down on the bed and pretended to be weak, and was still humming and chirping.Wang Sese also followed and persuaded, "Auntie, it's better to eat some." ”The eldest lady also deliberately said: "Take it all, I have no appetite." ”The girl opened the curtain, the fifth lady entered the door, and the corners of her mouth twitched when she heard this, she didn't know why the eldest lady pretended to be these, wasn't it for her.In the past, she still had some luck, so she tolerated the eldest lady everywhere, but now that she has made up her mind, what else does she care."
Then take it all."
The fifth lady said unhurriedly, and the girl next to her took it down, and quickly took away all the breakfast on the table, and even the table was not even polished at all.The eldest lady and Wang Sese were both inexplicably surprised.The fifth lady sat down at the table unhurriedly, picked up the tea brought by the girls, took a sip, and then said slowly: "Sister-in-law, I have already sent a letter to the clan, saying that you are seriously ill, and someone will come to take you back to Handcheng in two days to recuperate." ”The fifth lady instructed the maid and the mother-in-law: "Clean up the things for the eldest lady and the cousin, so as not to panic when you get it." ”The eldest lady sat up suddenly, dissatisfied: "What do you mean, you want to drive me away" The fifth lady chuckled twice: "Sister-in-law, what are these words, once some things are decided, you have to avoid suspicion, don't you?"
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