Cao began to ask to see Cheng Enhou and Mrs. Cheng Enhou incessantly.

She figured it out, if she wanted to take her son back to her side, and if she wanted her daughter not to be taken away by the Xie family, she still had to rely on the power of Empress Cao and the Cheng'en Mansion! Although the third brother is Ping Nanbo, he is not trusted by his brothers and sisters, and many things are tied, otherwise he would not want to seek greater power. She can't count on the third brother for everything, and occasionally ...... She should also bow her head to the eldest sister and brother, and beg them to have mercy and do her sister a little favor......

The attitude of the Chengenhou Mansion was cold, and she didn't hear any reply from her for a long time, but she first received a handwritten letter from Xie Xianzhi from Xie Huizhi's trustee.

In the letter, Xie Xianzhi asked his mother Cao Shi for peace and apologized to her, saying that he had complied with the emperor's will and returned to the Xie family to live, and he felt very guilty and asked them to forgive him if he had not had time to say goodbye to his grandmother, mother, uncle and aunt in a hurry.

Xie Xianzhi mentioned that Master Jiao Wenying, the envoy of the general government, appreciated his talent and couldn't bear to see him waste his talent, so he gave him a letter of recommendation and ordered him to study in a foreign academy. He felt it was a great opportunity. Not long ago, he tried to worship a famous Confucian in Beijing as a teacher, but unfortunately he didn't succeed, and now he has the opportunity to worship under another great Confucian, and he can't miss it anyway.

In addition, his father Xie Pu will go to Beiping to take up his post in the near future, and I don't know how many young people will return to Jinling City. Xie Xianzhi can still live with his father now, but his sister Xie Yinghui has not seen her father for many days, if she can't come to see her before her father takes office, I'm afraid it will be a few years before I have the opportunity to see each other again. Therefore, Xie Xianzhi begged his mother to let his sister come to see her father and have the affection of father and daughter.

When Cao saw this, he almost didn't throw away the letter.

Son, what does this mean? This is clearly his handwriting, but he wants to ask his sister to see Xie Pu, is it possible...... He is trying to help the Xie family regain Xie Yinghui?!

Cao's heart ached, he only felt that his son had betrayed him, and for a while, he felt that his son had always been filial and could not do this, could it be that he listened to Xie Pu's slander and deliberately wrote such words in the letter?

Xie Yinghui originally heard that her brother had sent a letter, thinking that Xie Xianzhi regretted it after returning to Xie's house, and wrote a letter to ask her mother for forgiveness. Unexpectedly, her brother didn't write anything she wanted to see in the letter, but tried to trick her into going back to Xie's house, and she immediately had a seizure: "Brother is too much!" I'm the sister of his mother, how can he deceive me like that?! I'm not going back! Death will not go back! ”

Cao Shi took a deep breath and pressed his daughter: "What are you panicking about?" Mother is here, and no one can snatch you away. Your brother just told you to say goodbye to your father. If that's the case, you can't blame your brother for coming up with such an idea. He must be afraid that you will be gossiped about by outsiders and damage your reputation, so he will be dizzy. ”

Xie Yinghui cried and hugged Cao's arm: "Mother! I don't want to see my father! He has been away from home for many years, indifferent to me, only favors the children born to other women, and does not regard me as his most important eldest daughter at all. He doesn't care about me anymore, so why should I care about him? Wherever he falls in love, he will go, so I don't want to send him! Even if people gossip about me, I don't care! Anyway, my aunt and uncle and cousin all know who I am and won't misunderstand me! ”

Cao stroked his daughter's back, frowned, picked up the half-read letter again, and continued to look down.

Xie Xianzhi played the same old tune again, he still hoped that his sister Xie Yinghui would not have too stiff relations with his own family, even if he was closer to his family, he could not put aside the etiquette and disrespect his relatives. He also mentioned that his father was very angry at some of his sister's remarks outside, but because Xie Yinghui was still young and not living at home, he didn't say anything, so as not to ruin his daughter's reputation. But his father also made it clear that if the Cao family could not properly raise his sister, causing his sister to have some trouble in marriage in the future, he would not give up.

Even if Xie Yinghui is now fostered at her grandmother's house, it is only foster care. She is still surnamed Xie, the daughter of Xie Pu, and has not changed her surname to Cao, nor has she changed her surname to Fang. The decision on her marriage is still in the hands of her father Xie Pu. As a mother, Cao only has the right to make suggestions, but she can't make decisions. For the sake of Xie Yinghui's future, she must at least maintain the proper courtesy to her biological father.

Xie Xianzhi reminded his mother Cao not to give his sister Xie Yinghui out without authorization. If Xie Pu does not approve of the husband she chose for her daughter, even if he is far away in Beiping, he may come to Beijing at any time. At that time, my sister will become a woman who has no parents' orders and has made a lifelong contract with others privately, her reputation will be ruined, and she will no longer have a reputation to speak of. Even the mother and uncle, as well as the future in-laws, will be disgraced. Xie Xianzhi couldn't watch his sister fall into such an embarrassing situation, so he persuaded his mother not to hide from his father and decide his sister's marriage in private.

Cao really threw away the letter this time.

She was so angry that she stood up, walked around the room a few times, and with a flick of her sleeves, swept all the tea sets on the table to the ground.

Xie Yinghui was startled by her mother's movements, and looked up at her blankly, with residual tears on her face.

She didn't see the second half of her brother's letter, she didn't know what was happening, and when she saw that her mother was angry, she reached out to pick up the letter and read it carefully.

Cao Shi turned around and called Gui Zhen and ordered her to bring a few handwritten letters written by Xie Pu in the prison of Dali Temple that day, and read them carefully one by one, before closing her eyes and shedding two lines of tears.

She was careless that day! I only saw that Xie Pu heard Gui Zhen say that Ping Nanbo asked to marry Xie Yinghui for his eldest son, and wrote down the property transfer document and the letter of divorce by himself, but ignored that Xie Pu did not say from beginning to end in the letter that he wanted to marry his daughter to Cao Wenheng.

Not only that, but even he indicated in the book of harmony and departure that a pair of children would return with their mother, which was also a premise - that was because Xie Pu was guilty and the two children had no relatives to rely on, so they lived with their mother. Now Xie Pu has not only successfully exonerated himself, but also been promoted, and his two children have fathers, grandmothers, and clans, and they are not in a state of "no relatives to rely on" at all. If Xie Pu really wants to tear his face with the Cao family and sue the Jinluan Palace, it is difficult to say how the emperor will judge.

Cao was extremely remorseful in his heart. She was able to force Xie Pu to write so many letters and documents, why didn't she let him write another marriage promise?! If she has this certificate in hand now, how can she not even be able to keep the decision on her daughter's marriage?!

Xie Pu's bastard thing, why can't he die in prison obediently?!

"Mother......" Xie Yinghui was shocked, angry and frightened, she cried and pounced on Cao, "What should I do?" Is my father going to break the contract and ruin the marriage and refuse to let me marry my cousin? What am I going to do?! ”

Cao Shi took a deep breath and hugged his daughter: "Good boy, don't worry, mother will solve it for you." You can rest assured! Mother will never let anyone get in the way of you doing what you want! Not even your father! ”

Xie Yinghui has no master: "But...... But my brother said in the letter......"

"That's your brother reminding us!" Cao interrupted his daughter's words, "Fortunately, with his reminder, we can make some preparations in advance, and we won't really let Xie Pu's conspiracy succeed!" You can wait for news here, I will go to your uncle and aunt to discuss it first, no matter what, I can't let you be wronged! ”

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