Whether it is the Pingnanbo Mansion or the Ningguo Marquis Mansion, they do not have much influence in the palace. If you want to do anything, you can only do it through Queen Cao and the crown prince's mother and son. Now that Empress Cao has clearly rejected the Wang daughter, and the prince is under house arrest in the East Palace and cannot go out, the two families have nothing to do.

Cheng Li sat down on the chair in frustration: "Is it really impossible?" How can this be willing? Without the eldest niece of the Wang family, we want to find such a good candidate and such a good opportunity in the future, but I am afraid it will be difficult! It's been preparing for so long, obviously ...... It's just one step away! He couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "Why is God so cruel? Since the Wang family has been given such an opportunity, why can't the Wang family be smarter and not cause an uncontrollable mess?! ”

Ping Nanbo snorted coldly, his face gloomy. I'm afraid that the matter is even more serious than Cheng Li thought, Queen Cao...... It is likely that it was not only because Wang Angui's charges were conclusive and irretrievable that he decided to refuse the prince's request.

But in order to maintain the dignity and majesty of Pingnanbo's mansion, Pingnanbo didn't say anything, only said to Cheng Li: "Since things have come to this point, don't think about anything else, first think about how to get the Cheng family rid of the suspicion of the emperor and Dali Temple." Take care of your daughter-in-law, don't let her be confused anymore! If she hadn't done something to add to the problem, the situation might not have gotten so bad as it is today. In order to keep the Cheng family safe, you need to be ruthless and stop her from doing anything stupid. Now Wang Angui is the only one who has committed a capital crime and cannot escape, and his wife and daughter may also be implicated, but the rest of the Wang family is still safe and sound. Tell your daughter-in-law, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, she can't drag your whole family into the abyss in order to save her brother! Your big brother is still eyeing him, waiting for you to lose power one day and replace him, you must not lose a big one because of a small one! ”

Cheng Li's face turned earthy when he heard this, but his expression became serious: "Brother-in-law, you are reasonable. I...... I'm not going to let her mess around anymore this time. It's not that I'm ruthless and unwilling to save her brother, but that her brother himself doesn't know whether to live or die, and thinks that he can sleep peacefully if he climbs the prince, so he does something wrong and leads to a catastrophe. Now I want to protect myself, and to protect her and her children, and to keep me as my son. I'm thinking about her sake! The more Cheng Li said, the more he felt justified, even if he saw his wife after returning home, he had confidence, and the whole person cheered up.

Ping Nanbo didn't care about his brother-in-law's mental journey, he just reminded Cheng Li by the way: "And Wang Angui's side, you'd better find a way to send him a message and tell him not to talk nonsense." If he says something that shouldn't be said and implicates you and me, then there is really no one to save him anymore, let alone his wife and daughter. ”

Cheng Li's face suddenly turned red and white, and he didn't know what he thought. He hesitated, but nodded heavily: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will gag his mouth and don't let him talk nonsense." ”

Ping Nan Bur paused for a moment and showed a smile: "Very good, I believe you do things in a measured way." Don't worry too much. I also said that I can stay in the green mountains, and I am not afraid of running out of firewood. Although this time, the daughter of the Wang family could not enter the East Palace as a concubine smoothly, but you and I used her experience to figure out the preferences of His Royal Highness the Prince, and we may not be able to find similar beauties in the future. And this time, even if we lose a Wang Angui, we still have enough chips to slowly figure it out, and it's not time to be depressed! ”

Cheng Li listened, and his heart relaxed: "Brother-in-law is right. We still have hope, there is still enough time, just take your time. ”

Ping Nanbo sent his brother-in-law away, but his face immediately became gloomy. Although he tried his best to be as relaxed as possible in front of Cheng Li, he couldn't hide the heaviness in his heart.

I'm afraid things are not as easy as he said.

It didn't take long for Mrs. Pingnanbo Cheng to come back from outside, and she didn't have time to go back to the room to freshen up and change clothes, so she came to the study to see her husband first.

As soon as Ping Nanbo saw her, he couldn't care about his hard work, so he asked, "How is it?" Can you say yes to the long house? ”

Mrs. Ping Nanbo shook her head with an obscure face, sat down on the circle chair next to her, and couldn't help but start massaging her shoulders, she was very tired today: "No, my sister-in-law looked even colder than before, and categorically rejected my request." Even if I said that I was anxious to see the queen for the sake of the Xie family's property, she did not agree, and said that we only need to present the account book, and if the queen wants to ask, she will send someone to meet us in the palace. I saw that she didn't get oil and salt, so I had to go to the idea of the second room again. Who knew that the second sister-in-law could still talk to me in a friendly way in the past, but today she actually hung me in the flower hall for an hour before she appeared. If I hadn't asked her right now, I would have liked to smack her in person! ”

Ping Nanbo casually comforted his wife, and then asked: "Is the second sister-in-law also unwilling to agree to speak for you in front of the queen?" ”

Mrs. Ping Nanbo snorted coldly: "She only used words to prevaricate me, although she never explicitly refused, but she didn't plan to help at all." She thinks I can't hear it, and I'll be easily deceived by her! Seeing that she really refused to let go, and was too lazy to continue her efforts in vain, I found a reason to say goodbye and went to my nieces instead. In the past two years, the queen has often summoned her nieces into the palace, and if they are willing to help me speak, it may not be as effective as the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law. ”

Ping Nanbo hurriedly asked, "What do the nieces say?!" ”

Mrs. Ping Nanbo paused: "I saw Wen Luan and Wen Juan, so I managed to talk to Wen Luan for a while. "Cao Wenluan is the daughter of Cheng Enhou, and she is eleven years old this year. In the early years, Mrs. Ping Nanbo expected that the Chengenhou Mansion would let this concubine be the crown princess, so she deliberately put on a loving appearance, and often got close to this niece, so as to deceive the trust of the other party and wait for the opportunity to exclude dissidents for her daughter. It's just that when Cao Wenying, who was in the second room, became the candidate for Prince Liangdi, this plan seemed to fall through. However, Mrs. Ping Nanbo still maintained a friendly relationship with Cao Wenluan in order to seek future affairs.

It's just that after today, she feels that this niece, who has spent a lot of effort, is probably going to drift away from her.

She smiled bitterly and said to her husband: "I want to talk to Wen Luan, she said a few words to me, then dismissed the waiter, and asked me alone, I have been so good to her all these years, do you plan to find an opportunity to frame her in the future?" I was shocked! It was not easy to calm down, pretending to be misunderstood by her and feeling sad, and asked her how she could have such an idea. But she was indifferent, so I wiped my tears there, and said cool words, saying that even if we really plan to send a beauty to the prince, we should find someone who is obedient and well-behaved, instead of looking for a slut who has a face but no virtue. Even if a woman without virtue bewitches the prince and is favored for a while, she may not be able to keep her promise in the future. If she turns upside down and is not good for the Cao family at that time, our third room will be the sinner of the Cao family. ”

Mrs. Pingnanbo's expression was slightly frightened: "She is a child, how can she know this?!" Could it be that someone leaked the news?! Last time, when I entered the palace with my sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, the queen suddenly became cold to me halfway, and then she simply never saw me again. The attitude of the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law is also wrong, plus what Wen Luan said...... Could it be that the big room and the second room know our plan and are dissatisfied with our third room?! ”

The speculation seems to have finally been confirmed. Ping Nanbo couldn't help but close his eyes: "Sure enough, ......"

When Mrs. Ping Nanbo saw him like this, she jumped up in surprise: "Won't it? Really let them know?! Who leaked the secret?! ”