Chapter Seventy-Three: Awareness
At night, the west room of the upper room of the main courtyard of the Chengenhou Mansion is brightly lit.
Mrs. Chengenhou sat upright, and the first chair sat on the second Mrs. Cao, and further down, Cao Su, the wife of Cao Jian and the mother of Cao Rong, stood on the side and did not sit down. All three of them were silent, waiting for the reply from the people below.
A well-dressed mother-in-law walked in with a solemn face, saluted Mrs. Chengenhou and Mrs. Cao Er, and said, "The old slave sent someone to inquire, and Mrs. Wang and Miss Wang have indeed been in and out of Pingnanbo's Mansion several times. At first, it was brought over by the second lady of the Cheng family of the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion, and then she came directly to the door alone. Among the several big girls who worked on errands in the courtyard of Second Mrs. Cheng, someone revealed that the Wang family did ask for help from Pingnanbo Mansion for the position of Miss Wang after entering the East Palace. In order to invite Ping Nanbo and his wife into the palace to say Xiang Xiang and escort them all the way, Miss Wang personally made a promise to Mrs. Ping Nanbo. Since then, Mrs. Ping Nanbo has never mentioned that she wants to kiss her eldest daughter, and the people who were originally interested in her have also been politely rejected by her with excuses. ”
Mrs. Chengenhou didn't have any expression on her face, and Mrs. Cao's face was gloomy: "I didn't expect the Wang family to have such great ambitions!" I'm still related to the Wang family, and they even hid it from me. ”
Mrs. Cheng Enhou said unhurriedly: "It may not be the public opinion of the Wang family, Wang Angui's vein has always been a little hollow-eyed, and it is not surprising that he will have delusions." His eldest daughter is not very peaceful, and she dares to put up a fight against His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince miss her? ”
Second Mrs. Cao's face became even more ugly, and she looked at her mother-in-law: "What else?" You all report it all, right?! ”
The mother-in-law can only report it, but she heard some news from the servants of which family, which further confirmed the news brought by Cao Su's family. The three heads of the Cao family were separated, only more than ten years ago, and the servants were intertwined, and they were in contact with each other, and they wanted to find out some news, as long as it was not very confidential and less important, they could always find out a little bit of the inside story. And the second wife of Cao is cousins of the Wang family, and the masters and servants of the two families are also very familiar. Second Mrs. Cheng is the daughter of the Wang family who married, and the servants who accompanied her were relatives and acquaintances of the maid and mother-in-law beside Mrs. Cao. If you ask around like this, even if you can't find any useful points, you can find some spider and worm tracks.
Combined with the newly obtained information from Pingnanbo's mansion, Mrs. Cao was even more convinced that Pingnanbo and his wife had ghosts: "I said, I saw that my third brother and sister inquired about the Yang family's affairs three times and five times, as if they were interested in the Yang family's family affairs, and I was afraid that she would cause trouble to my sister-in-law, so I tested her." She said that she wanted to tell Yang Ziyuan to Shuqing's daughter Sister Hui, not to mention the two girls in the third room. I only think that she is really thinking about Shuqing's children, but now that I think about it, eighty percent is just a shield! No matter how much we pity Shuqing's children, they are also criminals, what kind of family is the Yang family? How could he be willing to marry such a daughter-in-law? Sanfang is bent on letting Wen Feng's nephew compete with her sister-in-law's daughter, of course, it is impossible to marry her to the Yang family. As for the concubine, that child is mediocre, where is she worthy of being the wife of the Yang family? But if Sanfang's plan really succeeds, no matter how mediocre her daughter is, Yang Chun will not refuse! Sanfang has a good calculation, but it is too much to hide it from us! ”
Mrs. Cheng Enhou was also quite annoyed in her heart. When she thought back to the recent words and deeds of Ping Nanbo and his wife, as well as the ongoing cases of Xie Pu and Wang Angui, she felt even more uneasy.
Unconsciously, the third room seemed to have caught Fang Wenshan, the future commander of the Praetorian Guard. As soon as Xie Pu died, the Cao family remarried Fang Wenshan, and the latter was completely in the palm of Sanfang's hands. If Sanfang and the queen mother are one heart, then there is nothing to fear, Fang Wenshan will only become the help of the queen mother and the prince. But if Sanfang has his own plans, how can Fang Wenshan stand on the side of the queen? Since he was a teenager, he has been obsessed with Cao Shuqing, the daughter of the main family, and he is by no means an honest person who knows the rules and regulations!
Over the years, the emperor has become more and more unfathomable, and Lin Zhaoyi and the Lin family have been advancing step by step. The queen had already discussed with Cheng Enhou in private, and if it was a last resort, she could only take thunderous measures. The emperor's throne was won by the Cao family for him, and the Cao family had no reason to make wedding clothes for others. So, the crown prince must inherit the throne! Whoever dares to stop it, the Cao family will not be polite!
At that point, military power will be very important. Although the Cao family has a large army in the southwest, they can't save the fire from far away, so they can only fight the idea of the guards. If the queen didn't know anything about Sanfang's plans, when it came to a critical time, she would count on Fang Wenshan, who was close to Sanfang, to suppress the Inner Palace and the Outer Dynasty, and there was a Wang girl next to the prince who was helping Sanfang speak...... I'm afraid that the long room and the second room have been busy for a long time at the risk of killing their heads, but they have asked the third room to take full advantage, but they want to look at the face of the third room, wouldn't it make people vomit to death? !
Mrs. Chengenhou had a gloomy face and said, "What Sanfang relies on is just a Wang girl!" People haven't entered the East Palace yet, and now Wang Angui has become a sinner, as long as he is condemned to death, what qualifications does the Wang family have to be the concubine of the East Palace? ! The delusion of the third room is even more impossible. ”
Mrs. Cao said: "I'm afraid that the prince is too infatuated with the daughter of the Wang family, and he must protect the king!" Speaking of this, she was also very annoyed in her heart. Her eldest daughter Wen Ying is both talented and beautiful, gentle in temperament, knowledgeable and courteous, where is she not as good as the Wang daughter? As a result, the prince turned a blind eye to Wen Ying, but he must admit the daughter of the Wang family into the East Palace, and pestered the queen for a long time. There is this woman for a day, but I am afraid that the prince will not be able to see other women in his eyes. Even if her daughter Wenying becomes Donggong Liangdi, she may not have a day when she will be spoiled and give birth to a child, won't she be delayed for life? !
Cao Sushi listened to the words of the two ladies' wives, his heart moved slightly, and he remembered the words that Xie Huizhi inadvertently muttered when she was tricked by her, and suddenly had an idea, and said with a smile: "Madam, second wife, in fact, there may not be no way to solve this matter." Thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves that Wang daughter no matter how much he wants, it is impossible to make her the crown princess. Below the crown princess, whether it is Liangdi or Liangyuan, even if it is a roommate, it is the same concubine of His Royal Highness the Prince, so what does it matter about the position? What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants is just to be accompanied by a beautiful woman. ”
Mrs. Chengenhou was stunned and hurriedly asked, "You make it clear, what do you mean by this?" ”
Cao Su hurriedly said: "Madame, think about it, the daughter of the Wang family can now put a score in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, but she is just relying on her identity as the daughter of the official family. But if she becomes the daughter of a criminal official and is demoted to the palace as a maid, can she still stand up for His Royal Highness the Prince? At that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to get the daughter of the Wang family, but what kind of climate can a mere palace become? If she did something wrong one day, Liangdi could kill her with a word. Can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still turn his face with his cousin for the sake of a slave? Even in front of the queen's mother, she is also a good person. ”
Mrs. Chengenhou woke up like a dream: "Yes, why didn't I think of this?" "Actually, because of a few words in the third room, I really went to protect Wang Angui, and I cheapened the white-eyed wolf!
Second Mrs. Cao smiled: "I really didn't expect that Jade Cicada (Cao Su's maiden name) could still have such insight, and it really deserves to be from the sister-in-law's side." ”
Cao Sushi was secretly happy in his heart, but he made a humble expression on his face: "It's all taught to me by my wife, and I don't dare to be a compliment for the second wife." ”
"She praises you, and you just take it, for you deserve it." Mrs. Chengenhou was in a good mood, and she had quickly thought about how to discuss the matter of the third room with Empress Cao after entering the palace tomorrow. This time, she was able to discover the conspiracy of the three rooms in time, and she was full of joy, and she couldn't wait to see the expressions of the three rooms when they found out that the plan had failed.