"Then do you agree?" Zhou Shaojin said.
"I agree." Old Madam Guan sighed, "She has a point. It is better to be quiet than to move. If someone else were to be the prefect of Jinling City, it might not be better for the Fourth House than Lord Wu."
Zhou Shaojin agreed.
Old Mrs. Guan spoke a few words to her absentmindedly and then let her go back to her room.
Nanny Wang hesitated and asked, "Won't you let your second cousin go with you?"
"I still don't know what the eldest son thinks!" Old Madam Guan said wearily, "It's better not to involve Shao Jin."
Nanny Wang smiled and said, "This child is also very lucky to have won your favor!"
"How can she be so lucky to have my favor?" Mrs. Guan said modestly, "She is truly lucky to have Mrs. Guo's favor!"
"It's a blessing to be favored by the elders!" Nanny Wang complimented Mrs. Guan with a smile.
Old Madam Guan laughed and said, "Go and help me post a notice for Hanbi Mountain House!"
Nanny Wang smiled and said "yes", then went to the main room.
Cheng Chi was lazily leaning on the large pillow of the Luohan bed, reading the travelogue with relish, waiting for dinner.
Madam Guo walked in and said angrily, "Where did you develop this bad habit? You lie down wherever you go. If I didn't have a Luohan bed here, I think you would have brought one in yourself!"
"You got it right!" Cheng Chi smiled disapprovingly, threw away the travel notes in his hand, and asked with a smile, "What are we having for dinner tonight?"
"Eat your favorite roasted lamb leg." Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "Is there anything else you want to eat?"
"The New Year is over, and we should be more restrained." Cheng Chi said, "I will go to Zaoyuan to get some things tomorrow and come back tomorrow night."
Mrs. Guo's eyes flashed with confusion, and she asked tentatively, "In previous years, you would run away after the third day of the New Year. Why? Are you free this year?"
Cheng Chi laughed and said, "You are so hard to serve! When I go out to serve you, you complain that I am not at home every day; when I am at home, you complain that I do not earn money for you. I am in a dilemma..."
"Nonsense!" Mrs. Guo said with a smile, "I'm just worried that you'll be bored at home!"
Cheng Chi smiled and said nothing.
A little maid ran in with a pale face and said, "Old Madam, Fourth Master, there is a letter from the capital!"
When Mrs. Guo saw the maid's appearance, she had a bad premonition in her heart. After opening the letter, her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground.
Cheng Chi was shocked. He stood up like a rabbit, supported Madam Guo steadily, and asked solemnly, "What happened?"
Mrs. Guo's mouth twitched, she could no longer speak, and her hand holding the letter was shaking like a sieve.
Cheng Chi took the letter from Mrs. Guo and took just one look at it before his face changed drastically.
Cheng Fen, the only son of the second old master of the eldest house, died suddenly of illness sixteen days ago.
Cheng Chi shuddered.
Mrs. Guo's tears flowed down.
"Is it God's will to destroy our Cheng family?" She looked ten years older in an instant, and her expression no longer had the strength she once had. "You refused to get married, and Dalang and Erlang each had only one son, and now Sanlang is dead... No matter how capable you are, your two hands cannot defeat four fists. What can you achieve?" She said, grabbing Cheng Chi, "You have to go to the capital. I'm afraid your second uncle can't stand this blow."
Cheng Chi's eyes darkened slightly, and he said, "Mom, don't worry, I'll rush to the capital right away."
Mrs. Guo's expression looked better now, and she let Cheng Chi help her sit on the Arhat bed.
There was a dead silence in the room, and the maidservants didn't even dare to breathe.
Cheng Chi made a cup of tea for his mother.
Madam Guo slowly finished her cup, and then she slowly said, "Silang, go to the second house's ancestor in person and tell him the news that Sanlang is gone. Then tell him that I want to see him."
Cheng Chi frowned upon hearing this and said, "Mom, if you have anything to say, let me go and tell him. You are old and it is not easy to hurt your liver and get angry. You should take care of yourself."
Madam Guo sneered and said, "He asked you to take over the household affairs, which is equivalent to breaking an arm of our eldest branch. You also asked me not to get angry with him. Even a saint can't do it, let alone me? If you don't go and talk to him, then I will go and talk to him myself."
"Mom!" Cheng Chi said indifferently, "No matter what you say, I won't let you meet him. Either let me pass on the message, or keep it all to yourself. What do you think?"
"You unfilial son!" Mrs. Guo was furious, but when she saw her son's heroic figure, she couldn't help but throw her anger into the Javanese field, "Forget it, just tell him that I want to adopt Yun Ge'er under the name of your nephew Xun, and I will help raise him."
Cheng Shi from the second house had two sons. The eldest son's academic name was Cheng Geng, and the second son's academic name was Cheng Yun. The nephew Xun refers to Cheng Xun, the grandson of the second old man from the first house, the son of Cheng Fen.
Cheng Chi said helplessly: "Mom, this is impossible..."
"What's impossible?" Mrs. Guo suddenly jumped up and said, "Nothing is impossible in the world! What did he say at that time? He forgot, but I still remember it! What, you want to be a whore and build a chaste archway, how can it be so easy? Just tell him this, don't change a word, tell him, I want to see if he has the face to say 'no' to me!"
Seeing his mother's face flushed, Cheng Chi's heart was pounding. He said hurriedly, "Don't worry, I'll tell him exactly what you said."
Cheng Xu couldn't possibly give his great-grandson to the eldest son's family even if he tried his best. His mother knew it and she just wanted to vent her anger.
After comforting his mother, he was not in the mood to have dinner, so he went to Chunzeju to inform Cheng Xu of the death.
When Cheng Chi went out, he ran into Nanny Wang who was talking attentively to Biyu.
Nanny Wang hurried forward to bow to Cheng Chi and explained, "I am Wang from the Fourth House, Guan Lao'an. Our Lao'an wants to come visit the old lady tomorrow morning, so she sent me here to let her know."
With such a big thing happening at home, who would have the patience to entertain others
Cheng Chi originally wanted to stop him, but then he thought that his mother had only been close to the fourth room over the years, and that although others saw his mother as high and mighty, she was actually very lonely. He immediately changed his mind, said "hmm", and left Hanbi Mountain House.
Nanny Wang was sweating on her back.
Biyu smiled and said, "Our Fourth Master is the kindest person to everyone. Madam, there is no need to be afraid."
Nanny Wang thought, that's because you are young, you haven't seen the fourth master sitting there with a smile on his face and competing with the second master. But these words can't be said casually.
She laughed and said, "I'm timid. I don't see the Fourth Master very often." She let the matter go.
But Old Mrs. Guan in Jiashu Hall was a little restless.
Logically speaking, Nanny Wang has been gone for such a long time, she should have returned long ago, but there is still no sign of her. Could it be that the matter that Madam Wu asked for was reported to Old Madam Guo, and Old Madam Guo had no intention of helping but couldn't refuse, so she kept dragging Nanny Wang away
The thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly felt that she was too nervous.
Old Madam Guo dared to say "no" even in front of the ancestor of the second house, let alone her.
She couldn't help but shook her head.
When will the fourth room be able to hold its head high
Old Mrs. Guan thought of her two grandsons in Pukou and fell into deep thought for a moment.
But Nanny Wang rushed back at this time: "Old An, it's not good, it's not good. Master Fen San, the second old master's family of the eldest house, died suddenly of a sudden illness. The eldest house is in mourning now."
"How could this happen?" Old Madam Guan was completely confused. "This, this second old master of the eldest house has no descendants!"
She immediately thought of the two sons of Cheng Shi, the second wife.
"This is trouble!" she murmured.
"That's right!" Nanny Wang was full of annoyance. "Although Madam Guo asked you to go as scheduled tomorrow, how can you tell her about this?"
"These are all minor matters." Old Madam Guan said with a headache, "The death of the Third Master Fen from the Second Master's side of the eldest house is a major event."
She decided to go to Hanbi Mountain House tomorrow to pay her respects to Cheng Fen only and not say anything else.
Although she looked a little haggard, Mrs. Guo, who still looked strong, saw through the situation and said directly, "It's not a festival, and you think you are a widow and don't go out often. You came to me today, you must have something to ask for. You and I have been sisters-in-law for most of our lives, and you know my temper. Just tell me what you want to say, and I will consider it. If it can be done now, we will do it now. If it can't be done now, we will talk about it after Sanlang's 57th day."
Seeing that she could not hide anything from Mrs. Guo, Mrs. Guan told her what Mrs. Wu had asked for with embarrassment.
Madam Guo was a little surprised and asked, "Are you sure it was our eldest son's words that were spread out?"
"I'm sitting at home, and I have nowhere to verify it." Mrs. Guan said, "But I agree with what Mrs. Wu said, so I came here to ask for a favor for her."
As the two were talking, Cheng Chi came in to say goodbye to Mrs. Guo.
Madam Guo simply stopped him and told him about Madam Wu, saying, "I also think what Madam Wu said is right. Go to the capital this time and ask your eldest brother what is going on. If it is not a serious matter, don't interfere in Jinling's affairs. There is no wall that is impenetrable in this world. If this gets out, it will not be good for Lord Wu's reputation. Others will also think that we are arrogant and have made an enemy for no reason... This is a typical case of harming others and not benefiting yourself! I don't know who came up with this bad idea!" By the end of her words, she was already very impatient.
Cheng Chi's expression became a little strange.
He asked for a fourth-rank prefect of Jiangnan for Xiang Zhiyong. Could it be that those people were clever and arranged Xiang Zhiyong to Nanjing
Cheng Chi cursed in his heart.
He originally wanted to pull Xiang Zhiyong out. If Xiang Zhiyong was placed in Jinling Prefecture, wouldn't that be like walking out of the tiger's den and into a wolf's lair
"Don't worry about this matter, I will take care of it." He said lightly, with confidence in his brows.
Old Mrs. Guan was stunned.
Ever since Cheng Chi persuaded them to invest in Yutai when he was sixteen years old, she had only seen Cheng Chi from afar a few times during ancestor worship services.
To her, Cheng Chi was even more unfamiliar than the manager of the outer courtyard of the fourth house!
Did she miss something
Old Madam Guan hurriedly smiled and said, "Uncle Chi, I'm sorry to trouble you with this matter!"
Cheng Chi just smiled.
Very indifferent!
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Today's update, sisters.
The update for Tianwai Xianxian will be late, so don’t wait any longer, just get up tomorrow and read it!
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※(To be continued)