Mrs. Guo, who was far away in Jinling City, laughed out loud after reading the letter brought by her youngest son. She called Nanny Shi in and said, "Send it to the old ancestor of the second house."
Do you want money and then offend the eldest branch, or do you want a future for your offspring and leave a glimmer of friendship so that you can meet again? Let the second branch make the choice.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Guo couldn't help but sneer.
It's really like a changing world!
Thinking back to the time when Cheng Xu, the old man, used the future of the eldest son of the eldest house to force the old man to throw Si Lang out as a sacrifice, she didn't even want to visit the old man's grave because of this. Now, let the old man have a taste of this!
Mrs. Guo's eyes were slightly wet.
The youngest son, the eldest grandson, and the old lady’s lifeblood.
How could she not favor Shiro
In the end, it was Shiro who helped her vent her anger.
Among the three sons, he is the most caring one.
I know what she is thinking and what she is worried about... I am also the most filial one... But I am also the one she feels the most sorry for...
Mrs. Guo wiped her eyes.
It seems that Silang has made up his mind to marry Shaojin.
This gave her a headache.
It was easy to talk to people outside, there was always a way to fool them. But the people in this family... could not be circumvented no matter what... The young girl was kidnapped by their own son, how could she have the nerve to meet Zhou Dacheng... Besides, the girl was so weak, Silang spent so much effort to marry her, did she know Silang's thoughts? Would she value Silang as much as he valued her
If she married him just because Silang wanted to marry her...it would be too unfair to Silang's kindness!
In the eyes of a mother, her sons are the best in the world.
The same goes for Mrs. Guo.
She thought that if Zhou Shaojin treated her little son with only the respect of a husband and wife, her heart felt like it was blocked by cotton wool and she couldn't breathe.
no!
She had to go and see.
Once this thought came to her mind, Mrs. Guo could no longer sit still.
She called Madam Lu in and asked, "When is the date for Jiashan set?"
Nanny Lu smiled and said, "February 6th."
Madam Guo adjusted her temples and said, "I think it's better for me to go! Yuan and the second branch are making such a fuss, and the second branch's ancestor always comes to me when there is something. What can I say? Why not take this opportunity to go to the capital and see how the wedding preparations are going at the mansion in the capital."
Madam Lu thought she knew what Madam Guo meant, and said with a smile, "You should have done this a long time ago. What's the point of Master Xu getting married if you're not here? Besides, when the old master was alive, those close friends of the family knew that Master Xu was going to get married in Beijing, and they all asked when you were going to Beijing. If you didn't go, Madam would be hesitant to answer, so how could you look good?"
Mrs. Guo sighed secretly in her heart.
Nanny Lu has been with her for so many years, but she is still not as knowledgeable as Nanny Shi.
She didn't go to the capital because, firstly, she was a widow and needed to avoid the actual ceremony, and she didn't want to trouble the children and make them feel awkward. Secondly, she didn't want to save face for the Min family, as if the Cheng family was chasing them, and she would lose the initiative and confidence in her future words and deeds.
But now, whenever she thought of Zhou Shaojin, she couldn't sit still for a quarter of an hour.
At least that child must be obsessed with Shilang.
Otherwise she would really feel upset.
She called the chief steward Qin to ask, "Is Silang's house in Chaoyangmen big? If I were to live with him, would there be room for me?"
Qin Zongguan smiled and said, "There are five entrances and three roads in total, and there are two gardens with running water. Do you think there is a place for you to stay?"
Madam Guo was stunned and asked, "Why did this kid buy such a big house? And there is a branch clan here?"
Chief Steward Qin smiled and said, "You bought it with your own money. The Fourth Master probably intended to keep it for himself."
The little bit of money she had was given by Cheng Chi!
Mrs. Guo laughed and said, "He should also make some plans for himself!"
Chief Steward Qin asked tentatively, "Could it be that the Fourth Master wants to start a family?"
Mrs. Guo's eyes flashed with a hint of pride, and she whispered, "Why don't you follow me to the capital to take a look?"
Manager Qin was very interested.
Cheng Chi's martial arts were taught by his father. Although he later learned the secret books brought back by Lie Gong, Cheng Chi also learned a lot of the Qin family's unique skills. If they were ranked in order, Cheng Chi should be his junior. And when his father passed away, it was Cheng Chi who helped to see him off. It was natural that General Manager Qin treated Cheng Chi more deeply than the other masters of the Cheng family.
As soon as Mrs. Guo said that, he was moved.
After hesitating for a while, he said, "Then about the division of the sect..."
Old Madam Guo smiled and said, "Three million taels of silver, that's impossible. Even if Silang took it out, Yuan thought that it was all the money from the eldest son's family. According to the division of the family, her son also got one-third, so one million taels belonged to her son. She would rather cut her flesh than give the money from her son's pocket to someone else. What's more, there is the uncle of the Yuan family there? As for Cheng Xu, the years when the master was there were turbulent times. As for money, the second house was not short of money. However, there was no one who could stand on his own among the descendants, so he just wanted to have more money to rely on when dividing the family. If it could protect Cheng Shi's future, Cheng Xu really didn't care about the money.
"We're just staying here to listen to their bargaining. We might as well go to the capital to see Shiro.
"He's been running around these days, and he's a little unsure."
Mrs. Guo was not very clear about what her son had done outside. But she was not a woman who had never seen the world. Qixingtang started out as a private salt seller, so it was inevitable that she had to deal with those ruthless bandits in the rivers and lakes. Otherwise, Cheng Xu would not have allowed Cheng Chi to learn martial arts at such a young age, and Cheng Li would not have been killed. Cheng Xu was still an assistant minister in the cabinet and could not avenge his son.
Butler Qin knew what Cheng Chi was doing, but he couldn't tell Madam Guo.
He simply changed the subject and said with a smile: "Fourth Master...are you in love with the second cousin of the Zhou family?"
"You also know about this." Madam Guo knew that the Qin family was not an ordinary family. Moreover, all the members of the Qin family worked for Cheng Chi, so it was not surprising that they knew something. "I just don't know if it can be done? I am a little worried."
Chief Steward Qin said with a smile: "The Fourth Master has always been capable. There is nothing he cannot accomplish. You can rest assured."
Madam Guo said, "I won't be able to rest assured unless I see it with my own eyes."
Qin Zongguan smiled and said, "Then I will go with you to have a look."
He hasn't taken a close look at Zhou Shaojin yet.
Mrs. Guo immediately started packing her things with great interest. She thought that if this thing could really be done, Zhou Shaojin would soon be 15 years old, so it would be best to get married this year. Maybe she would have a grandson next year.
She is old and can't wait any longer.
When Zhou Shaojin was a cousin, she was a well-behaved, gentle and polite girl. But as her daughter-in-law, she didn’t know if she could take on the responsibility of managing the household… She looked so weak… Fortunately, the Cheng family was not a small family, and there was no shortage of experienced and honest housekeepers. She could always handle it when the time came, and she was not a clan member… It didn’t matter if she managed the household, as long as she could take good care of Silang…
Old Madam Guo was thinking about how to arrange the personnel at the Chaoyangmen mansion. She asked Zhenzhu to open the storehouse and take out all her gold and silver jewelry. She then asked Nanny Lu to pack up the few things she liked and take them away. She then asked Nanny Shi to find the indentures of the first-class maids who were born as hereditary servants and had worked for her. She also thought that she was going to the capital, so she had to send someone to deliver a message to the Guo Mansion, the Gu Mansion, and the Duke of Liang's Mansion. Naturally, the usual maids would not be able to deliver the message, so Nanny Lu or Nanny Shi would have to show up... Then she found that she had not told Yuan about this matter yet, but the people around her were already busy, so she just pointed to a maid and asked her to invite Yuan over.
Yuan was talking to her brother: "… Fourth uncle's business has been good in recent years. But three million taels of silver, I don't think the eldest branch can afford it. The old ancestor of the second branch is simply making things difficult for us and doesn't want to divide the family."
"How much can Zichuan come up with?" Yuan's brother was almost 20 years older than her, of medium height, slightly wealthy, but with sharp eyes. He didn't look like Yuan, but his temperament was very similar. He walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and said thoughtfully: "Even if the eldest branch can't come up with so much money, asking for a sky-high price and paying a low price, we have to negotiate a number. Or like this," he stopped and said with a slightly gloomy look, "We promise that as long as Cheng Shi passes the imperial examination, we will never block his future..."
Yuan's eyes lit up and she said, "You mean, to trip someone up secretly..."
"Bah!" Yuan's uncle spat at Yuan and said, "We are scholars and our words are our bond. Since we said we won't block his future, then we won't block his future..."
"But..." Yuan blushed, still unwillingly saying, "Our two families are now enemies, and we can't let our enemy appear before my eyes all the time, right?"
"You!" Yuan's uncle said bitterly, "Do you think being an official is so easy? As long as the second branch is in the wrong when the two families split up, even if Cheng Shi passes the imperial examination and enters the Hanlin Academy, who would dare to deal with him? Now is not the time to worry about what conditions the second branch proposes, but to find a way to make the second branch in the wrong!"
Yuan became more energetic and said, "Then I'll have someone spread the word..."
The eldest uncle of the Yuan family covered his face in misery and said, "You are really married into the Cheng family, and you have the protection of the old master. If you married someone else, I'm afraid you would have been eaten up long ago. The steward of your family knows that if it really doesn't work, all the ancestral property of the public will be sold. Why didn't you think of it?"
"Butler? Are you talking about Chief Steward Qin?" Yuan was still a little confused.
The eldest uncle of the Yuan family was too lazy to pay attention to her and said, "Think about it, if the eldest branch of the family was divided, a large sum of money would be given to the second branch. The second branch refused to divide the family before because the money was not enough, right?"
Yuan understood and couldn't help but clapped her hands and said, "Excellent! Excellent!"
The eldest uncle of the Yuan family raised his head with a smug look on his face, and said, "I'm just afraid your mother-in-law won't agree! You should think of a way to hide it from her."
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Dear friends, the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival of sacrifice, so I won't say any words of blessing. It's a day off, so have fun everyone.
Today's update.
Please wait for the additional update for the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow morning!
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※(To be continued)