Cao Shuo dismounted at the door of the house, and Zhen Mi took Zhang Chunhua, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao and Lu Meng out to greet him.

Knowing that Guo Xin and the others were still in the Fire Dance Camp, Cao Shuo didn't ask about them.

But he didn't see Yuan Fang, but he felt a little strange in his heart.

"Where's the eldest lady?" He asked Zhen Mi.

"Since her husband set out on the expedition, the eldest lady has never left her residence." Zhen Mi said: "I go to talk to her every day. Although she refused to tell me what was on her mind, I could tell that her emotions were not very high. ”

"Have any of you ever been with the eldest lady?" Cao Shuo asked Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Zhang Chunhua, and Lu Meng.

Zhang Chunhua pursed his lips and said nothing, Lu Meng and the others said: "We are not as diligent as Mrs. Zhen to go, but we also go to see every once in a while." ”

His eyes fell on Zhang Chunhua's face, and Cao Shuo asked, "What about you?" ”

"I haven't been." Zhang Chunhua said: "Knowing that she is in a bad mood, I will only annoy her if I go, so it is better not to go." ”

"That's a good reason." Cao Shuo rubbed her head.

Seeing that he didn't mean to blame, Zhang Chunhua asked, "Husband doesn't blame me?" ”

"What do you blame?" Cao Shuo said: "You said it yourself, she sees that you are uncomfortable, and letting you go is not even more ruin her mood." ”

"The husband is just distressed by the eldest lady." Zhang Chunhua said sourly: "It's hard to believe that these days, our sisters are still thinking about their husbands all day long. ”

"I know you miss me, didn't I hurry up and come back?" Cao Shuo pinched her face and said, "I used to be a girl, so I was naughty, but now I'm a woman, and I'm still so naughty." ”

"Let's go back to your room first." Cao Shuo gave an order to Zhang Chunhua and the others, and then said to Zhen Mi: "Zhen Ji will accompany me to meet the eldest lady." ”

Several women answered, Zhang Chunhua and the others dispersed, and Zhen Mi accompanied Cao Shuo to Yuan Fang's residence.

"The husband promised the eldest lady to hand over the affairs of the back house to me, did he already know that the Cao Yuan family would go to war?" Accompanying Cao Shuo, Zhen Mi asked in a low voice.

"The Cao and Yuan families will go to war sooner or later." Cao Shuo said: "This is something I don't want to see, but I can't change. As the son of the Cao family, I don't have to choose to stand on the side of the Cao family, and it is the eldest lady who is really under pressure. ”

"The eldest lady sometimes tells me about her husband's past in Hebei." Zhen Mi said: "When it comes to those things, her mood will improve for a while, but it will be bad after a while." ”

"She's worried." Cao Shuo said: "Cao Yuan goes to war, no matter who wins or loses, she doesn't want to see it." If the Cao family wins, the Yuan family will definitely fall, and it will definitely be impossible for his father to spare Yuan Gong. If the Cao family loses, as the son of the Cao family, I will not end well, she is my wife, how can I want to see that scene happen? ”

"That's what the husband said." Zhen Mi said: "Maybe only when the husband comes back can she feel better." ”

"Does she know I'm back?" Cao Shuo asked.

"I've already gone and talked to her." Zhen Mi said: "But she just refuses to go out, and she doesn't want to greet her husband." ”

"Don't want to greet them?" Cao Shuo asked, "What did she say?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just said that my husband would naturally go to see her when he came back." Zhen Mi said: "I try to persuade and persuade you, but the eldest lady just doesn't listen to ......."

"She's not like you." Cao Shuo smiled slightly: "You know the general situation and know the severity, but more often than not, she is like a little girl who has not grown up at all." Although she is married to a wife and has the name of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Cao family, many things are handled much worse than yours. ”

"My husband is too exalted to me." Zhen Mi said: "Actually, I can manage things in the back house, and the eldest lady helps from it, otherwise the sisters will not be convinced." ”

"She's helping you, but she's also helping herself." Cao Shuo said: "If she still has the final say in the back house here, don't say that her father won't let her, and even her mother won't help her say a few good words." ”

"Fortunately, her husband loves her." Zhen Mi said: "If even her husband doesn't love her and pity her, the eldest lady's life will be even more difficult." ”

"Don't I love you and love you?" Cao Shuo grinned at Zhen Mi and asked in a low voice.

"How long can my husband stay when he comes back this time?" Zhen Mi didn't respond, but diverted the conversation.

"I've noticed that you're getting better at getting off the hook now." Cao Shuo said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to stay for a few days when I come back this time, the Jiangdong Sun clan is about to send troops to attack Guangling and Lujiang, and I have to personally lead the troops to Lujiang to meet the battle." ”

"The matter of the Yuan family has not been resolved, why is there another Jiangdong Sun family?" Zhen Mi was stunned: "Do they want the two families to crusade against the Cao family together and divide the Cao family?" ”

"Even you can see it, how can my father not see it?" Cao Shuo said: "That's why I was asked to return to Huainan to prepare for the war." ”

"I said why, my husband will come back now." Zhen Mi showed a touch of disappointment and said: "I thought that the battle ahead was stable, and I didn't need my husband to be there......"

"If there wasn't a fire in the backyard, how could my father have asked me to come back." Cao Shuo said: "The Yuan family is strong and strong, and with more soldiers and horses, there will always be a better chance of winning." ”

The couple talked and came to Yuan Fang's residence.

Zhen Mi's personal maid stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and Yuan Fang's personal maid appeared in front of them.

Seeing that it was Cao Shuo and Zhen Mi who came, the maid bowed and saluted: "Son, Mrs. Zhen ......"

"What is the Grand Lady doing?" Zhen Mi asked.

"She didn't do anything, she was just tending to her horses." The maid replied.

Yuan Fang likes to ride horses, her mounts are brought from Hebei, and since she came to Shouchun, she has always been kept in the backyard, and occasionally she will ride out for a walk, but not as often as in Hebei.

Entering Yuan Fang's residence, Cao Shuo and Zhen Mi walked straight to the backyard.

As Cao Shuo's eldest wife, Yuan Fang's residence is of course larger than that of other ladies.

There is a stable in the backyard with more than a dozen horses.

Most of them were maids' mounts, and Yuan Fang's mount was a jujube red steed that was taller and stronger than the other horses.

When Cao Shuo arrived, Yuan Fang was leading several maids to wash the horses.

Coming behind her, Cao Shuo said: "This horse is somewhat similar to General Lu's red rabbit. ”

Hearing Cao Shuo's words, Yuan Fang didn't look back, and continued to brush the horse with his own hands and said, "Of course, it is not as good as General Lu's red rabbit, but in my eyes it is the best." ”

"Whoever raises a child will feel good." Cao Shuo said: "It was raised by you, and in your eyes, of course, it is the best." ”

"Big lady." Zhen Mi said on the side: "The husband won't be able to stay for a few days when he comes back, or let the maids continue to brush, and the eldest lady will talk to the husband." ”

Yuan Fang turned her head and smiled indifferently: "Since Zhen Ji said so, I will accompany her husband to talk." ”

(End of chapter)