"This little bastard!" Shen Yilan gritted her teeth secretly, then raised her head to look at Yunshang again, with a helpless expression on her face: "Your Majesty, forgive me..."
Yun Shang still smiled: "Yan'er is so lively, cheerful, clever and funny, I like it very much. Chengye is in the palace all day, and there are no children of the same age who can play with him, and there are too many rules in the palace. It seems a little too dull, but I hope he can be happy all day long like Yan Er."
Shen Yilan laughed: "It's not easy? If the empress wants Yan'er to spend more time with His Highness the Crown Prince, just take Yan'er back to the palace, and give him any name that the Prince's companion reads casually, and let him accompany the Crown Prince Your Highness is just playing around. Left and right, this kid is really naughty. I also want to find someone or a place to treat him well. He is like a mad dog. I can’t pull him all day. I didn't have the energy to run after him."
Mrs. Guo couldn't help but support her forehead: "Nonsense! How can you say that about your child?"
Yun Shang also lowered her head and laughed.
Mrs. Guo turned her head and whispered to Yunshang: "Yilan is pregnant again, but her energy is indeed limited. Yan'er is too noisy, and only his mother can control it a little bit, which is a bit of a headache. .”
Yun Shang looked at Shen Yilan with surprise on her face: "Are you happy?"
"Yes." Shen Yilan laughed: "It's been more than two months, I hope it's a girl this time, if there is another one like that brat, I really can't stand it."
Yun Shang was also happy for Shen Yilan: "It's all good, whether it's a son or a daughter, it's all good."
"That's right, let's go." Shen Yilan didn't care too much, she just stood up: "I'll go and see where that brat took the Crown Prince to..."
As soon as Shen Yilan left, the Duke's wife also pushed back everyone else in the yard, and then turned to look at Yunshang: "So many things have happened recently, it's a pretense to bring His Highness the Prince to see me today, and I'm looking for something to do." thing?"
Yun Shang nodded: "Everything can't be hidden from grandma."
Yun Shang briefly talked about the matter, skimming over other details, and only talked about Cao Qiye of the Cao family, as well as some of her doubts and guesses.
Mrs. Guo frowned slightly when she heard the words: "I know something about the situation of the Cao family. In Jincheng, the Cao family is indeed an aristocratic family that has only begun to prosper in the past twenty years. However, the former head of the Cao family, Cao Zhan, originally the magistrate of Cangzhou, was promoted to Taichangqing more than 20 years ago, and his family moved to Jincheng."
"The Cao family was a big family when they were in Cangzhou, and they had a lot of properties under their name. After relocating in this way, after arriving in Jincheng, the Cao family developed very rapidly. In addition to Cao Zhan who was an official in the court, Cao Zhan also had another The younger brother, named Cao Zhou, is a businessman. As soon as he arrived in Jincheng, he quickly used his original family property to buy a lot of shops, and soon managed them well."
"In addition, Cao Li, the mistress of the Cao family, is also a very cunning person. As soon as she arrived in Jincheng, she handed out invitations one by one, and visited all the slightly famous families in Jincheng, and quickly integrated into her family. In the circle of back-home women like Jincheng."
"I remember that it took only two years after the Cao family arrived in Jincheng, they had already been included in the list of Jincheng families. Later, with Cao Zhan's promotion, Cao Zhou's business became better and better, and the business became better and better. It's getting closer."
Yunshang tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair: "In the past twenty years, it has developed rapidly and squeezed into the eight great families. It is indeed very powerful, but it seems to just meet my guess."
"Although Cao Zhan used to be the governor of Cangzhou, and although the Cao family had developed very well in Cangzhou, it cannot be ruled out that Cao Zhan is the guess of the Cao family. Although the original Cao family was in Jincheng, but After hundreds of years of development, the collateral lineage has flourished, so whether Cao Zhan is the Cao family or not, I'm afraid we have to investigate carefully."
Mrs. Duke nodded: "That's true. Generally, after a family has developed for hundreds of years, there may be some sidelines, which may not even be recorded in the family's materials."
"It's like the Hua family, counting three or four generations from the Duke of the State, the current whereabouts of those collateral families, I'm afraid there is no way to track down."
"I have some contact with the Cao family now. The Cao family's mistress is still in charge of the back house. The next generation of the Cao family's patriarch is the boss of the Cao family, who is now forty-four. , Ren Shangshu Youcheng. I'm afraid you have to ask the Duke of the country what kind of person he is."
"The second son of the Cao family is the one you mentioned. I have met him once or twice. At the birthday banquet of the mistress of the Cao family, I was not very impressed. I saw him standing aside with his head down several times. It looks like he has been taken out of his body because of eating, drinking and having fun. There are not a few such dudes in Jincheng, so they don't attract too much attention. It is indeed unexpected that there is another side in private."
Mrs. Guo turned her eyes to look at Yunshang: "Since you have doubts, you should be careful and take precautions. No matter whether this Cao family is really related to the previous Cao family, there is always nothing wrong with being careful." .”
Yun Shang nodded: "I don't know, this time the Cao family is so deliberate, what is it trying to do."
After finishing speaking, he laughed to himself: "However, no matter what they want to do or who they are instigated by, the ultimate goal is just one or two. They want the lives of me and His Majesty, want this Xia Guo Jiangshan."
"It's just that, no matter what they want, I will not give it to them no matter what."
Mrs. Duke hummed, with worry in her eyes: "You and Your Majesty have reached that position now, and it is difficult to retreat. I can only tell you to be careful."
"Grandma, don't worry, we know."
"If there is anything you can't handle, just come to me and the Duke of the country. Don't forget, we will always be on your side."
Yunshang responded one by one, and Mrs. Guo smiled and patted Yunshang's hand again, then stood up: "Master Guo should be at the martial arts field now, let's go, I will take you there. He knows more about the business affairs. Although the Cao family has Cao Zhou to expand business, the Cao family can gain a foothold in this Jincheng and develop so quickly. The most important thing is because of Cao Zhan, who is an official in the court... "
Yun Chang nodded, and followed behind the Duke's wife: "So, if Cao Zhan doesn't have an official position, no matter how powerful Cao Zhou is, he won't be able to get on the stage."