Chapter 232 Adopted Son
At this time, Wen Zimei didn't know that Gu Ruanci had already understood what happened that year.
After successfully persuading Concubine Wen, she asked her subordinates to keep a low profile. Now that the Zhou family and the family have been in trouble, it is obvious that it is all Gu Ruanci's work. They should be more calm and not rush to step on them.
I have endured it for so many years, there is no need to rush.
"I asked the clan to look for a man with good qualifications. Is there any news now?" Wen Zimei asked the personal nanny.
"Madam, the clan has already selected three people. Please make your own decision when the time comes."
"They are all from the main branch, right?" Wen Zimei asked again.
"No one in the clan would dare to use this to fool Madam."
Wen Zimei sighed, "If the main branch of the Wen family hadn't produced any promising talent, why would I have gone to all this trouble? Who would have thought that the branch we pushed out back then would now become the Minister of War and the most prominent branch of the Wen family..."
The nanny also lamented, "If the Concubine had listened to you back then, she wouldn't have fallen out with that branch. Trying to remedy the situation now is probably going to be ineffective."
Wen Zimei nodded. "Yes, if my sister had been a little kinder to that branch back then, her children would surely have been able to marry into the Wen Shangshu family... But now, Wen Haichao has gotten engaged directly to avoid that girl Wen Xue, and that Wen Haiyue definitely won't be attracted to Ennan... I'm afraid that the Wen Shangshu family will replace our main branch... If we don't take action now, I'm afraid we will be removed from the Wen family name."
The nanny didn't respond, but just sighed.
Wen Zimei thought for a moment and then said, "I haven't made a final decision yet. Tell them to keep a low profile. We can't let the Zhou family and Gu Ruanci realize our role in this matter."
"Madam is right. I understand." The nanny replied respectfully.
Wen Zimei was silent for a while, as if thinking about some important decision.
"Also, send someone to keep an eye on Gu Runci and see if she has made any moves recently. The Zhou family is easy to deal with, they are a bunch of brainless people, but Gu Runci is different." Wen Zimei suddenly gave another order.
The nanny responded and turned to arrange the staff.
Wen Zimei sat alone in the room, feeling somewhat complicated.
She recalled the scene when Ye Hesheng was excluded, and then thought of how powerful and arrogant Gu Ruanci was now, and she couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
But now that things have come to this, there is no use regretting.
She could only find a way to deal with it, try to hide herself, and use the power of Gu Ruanci to destroy the second branch of the Zhou family, and then the title would return to their first branch.
She has been on this road for many years and is only now seeing some improvement. She will definitely not give up.
"County Lady, the eldest wife of the Zhou family has started selecting suitable people from her natal family and adopting them under her name..."
Nong Chun got some information from outside and brought it back to Gu Ruanci.
Gu Ruanci was a little surprised: "So early?"
She thought Wen Zimei would do this sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to be so early.
Although the strength of the second branch of the Zhou family has been weakened a lot now, it can still stand.
At this time, Wen Zimei proposed to adopt a child, probably because he felt that his relationship with the second wife was already very harmonious and the second wife would not be suspicious.
"After the Zhou family came out of the Ye family that day, did you do everything I asked you to do?" Gu Ruanci asked.
"The people below will naturally follow through on the County Lady's arrangements. That boss has already secretly escaped and happened to be seen by the Zhou family. Zhou Zhili has also been cleverly informed of Concubine Wen's use of Prince Duan's private soldiers."
Zang Xia answered and felt happy.
Their county lady always arranges everything wisely.
Gu Ruanci nodded and said, "Let them do whatever they want. No matter who is adopted into the Zhou family, they will never be eligible for a title. If this person is lucky enough to be alive, Wen Zimei will collect his body."
As for Wen Zimei and Concubine Wen, after Gu Ruanci knew that the people who hunted them were sent by these two people, he never thought of letting them live.
Zhou Zhili and Ye Lanxin have also been feeling very uncomfortable these two days. When Wen Zimei proposed to them about adopting a child, they did not refuse.
But they already knew what kind of person Wen Zimei was. They had to suppress the urge to turn against her, and also the hatred to rush up and scratch her to death. They could only watch her continue to act.
Zhou Zhili privately told Ye Lanxin, "We must be careful this time and not let Wen Zimei fool us again. She can adopt the child, but she can't try to take our title in the future. I will also make it clear to the court that this child will not participate in the title dispute in the future, even if all members of our second branch die."
Ye Lanxin immediately said, "Master, don't curse yourself like this."
Zhou Zhili didn't take it seriously. He really hated his sister-in-law Wen Zimei.
"This bitch, if Ye Chi hadn't analyzed so much that day, we wouldn't even know what she has done over the years..."
Ye Lanxin nodded, her eyes filled with hatred: "Hasn't she harmed us enough? Now she wants to use an adopted child to fight for the title? What a dream!"
Although the two were angry in their hearts, they did not dare to show it on their faces and could only pretend to obey Wen Zimei's wishes.
Seeing that they had no objection, Wen Zimei was very proud and felt that his plan was already half successful.
They both thought that the other party didn't know their true faces and was still acting.
On the day of the official selection of the child, Concubine Wen specifically asked Prince Duan for permission to witness it in person.
The Wen family sent three children this time, all boys around eight years old.
Because they had planned this long ago, the Wen family had already started to educate them. They had not fallen behind in reading and writing over the years, and these three best ones were selected from among them.
Wen Zimei specially invited Zhou Zhili and Ye Lanxin to witness it. After all, the chosen child would be included in the family tree, under the name of Zhou Zhili's elder brother, and would have the same surname Zhou as them.
The elders of the Zhou family also came with them this time, although they were not close for a long time and had no say in the Zhou family.
Wen Zimei pretended to miss her late husband, and spoke with tears in her eyes about how much she had paid to take care of the first wife and raise her daughter all these years. Thanks to the help of the second wife, they have the life they have today.
She also emphasized that no matter who he chose in the end, he must remember the kindness of the second branch. Without Zhou Zhili's approval, the incense of their first branch would really be cut off.
Zhou Zhili knew that she was acting, so he just acted with her.
Wen Zimei finally chose the strongest child and named him Zhou Jizhi.
"This child, my health has been getting worse over the past few years. If anything happens to me in the future, at least there's someone to help me..."
Zhou Zhili sneered in his heart, don't worry, given Gu Ruanci's personality, if you dare to touch her mother, you will die.
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