At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng was smiling when he said this, as if he wasn't saying something terrible or heartbreaking.

But the comparison he made terrified Cao Ren.

The Dou family, the Deng family, and the Liang family were all well-known authoritarian foreign relative families in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty was short-lived, the foreign relative families naturally held a lot of power and thus dominated imperial politics.

Of course, these families all have a common fate.

Comparing them with the Cao family, what is the intention behind it, how could Cao Ren not know?

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Cao...the Mrs. Cao has no different intentions..."

What Cao Ren said was very emboldened.

Especially after hearing the history of Lu's fortune, he became even less confident.

Obviously, Guo Peng is not looking at whether they do this, but whether they have the possibility of doing so. If so, he will naturally target them.

He didn't know what Guo Peng meant by saying this at this time.

"Zi Xiao, it doesn't matter whether you are good or not, the important thing is whether you can."

Guo Peng let go of Cao Ren's hands, and turned around: "I was really worried when you and the eldest brother were both on duty. Jin has to rely on you.

Forget it, but when his son succeeds, how far can you develop?Thinking of this, I felt very worried. Fortunately, I finally got rid of all the enemies. At this point, it doesn't matter if the Cao family can do it or not.

Of course, it doesn't make much sense now, you resign, the eldest brother resigns, the retreat of the two of you is a great loss to the Cao family, but to the emperor, it can be said that it is not a bad thing, so it is now The Cao family. "

Cao Ren carefully looked at Guo Peng's back, his eyes wandered, showing a look of fear and uneasiness, but he felt inexplicably at ease.

"The Supreme Emperor and His Majesty are both talented and general, and the people of the world bow their heads and bow their heads, and there is no rebellion."

He once again tried to show that Cao's green and pollution-free.

Guo Peng turned his head and glanced at him.

"Rebellion can't be seen with the eyes, didn't I say? The key is whether it can be done, so Zi Xiao, whether it is Cao's relatives or Cai's relatives, is the same in my eyes, so Chengzhi's The Crown Princess will never be the daughter of Zixiu, do you understand?"

Cao Ren was shocked.

"Too... too emperor! I don't have it! I don't! I don't dare!!!"

Cao Ren's knees gave way, and he was instantly paralyzed from fright.

A huge panic swept over him, making him almost have the thought of dying for a moment.

He almost understood what it felt like the sky was falling apart.

"Get up, I didn't say what it meant, and I didn't say it was your fault."

Guo Peng turned around and helped Cao Ren up, and patted him on the shoulder: "I told Alan about this matter, and I told her when I was out on a cruise, let her pay attention to suitable candidates, I thought about it, she I think the most suitable candidate is probably Zixiu's daughter.

In fact, I won’t hide from you that Zixiu’s daughter was also one of my ideas. I talked with Alan, but ah, Zixiao, you have to know that this is a big matter, and many things cannot be influenced by feelings. Dear Adding relatives can be done by the people, but not by the royal family. "

Cao Ren was so frightened that his body trembled slightly that he didn't dare to say a word.

Guo Peng then patted him on the shoulder lightly.

"Okay, let's stop here. I'll go and see Eldest Brother first. You finally come to Luoyang, stay longer before leaving, and spend more time with Eldest Brother. Maybe Eldest Brother will recover."

After speaking, Guo Peng smiled and walked away.

Cao Ren was left standing alone in the garden. After a long time, when Guo Peng's footsteps were no longer heard, Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Peng is still that Guo Peng.

As long as he is still alive, he will be invincible and invincible, like a god, high above, looking down on all living beings, making it difficult for people to have the slightest will to resist.

Be it military or political.

Cao Ren sighed, and wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead.

It's time to let go of the delusions you shouldn't have.

Cao Ren moved his steps to leave here, but suddenly he staggered and almost fell to the ground. He managed to hold on to the wall and realized that his legs were numb.

chapter 1630 one thousand five hundred and fifty

After all, Cao Cao's illness didn't get any better. He could speak with slurred speech, and it was difficult to organize his words.

He can only move by lying on the bed, or sitting in a wheelchair specially made for Cao Cao by the Great Medical Center, and being pushed by someone.

Even so, when he saw Guo Peng and Cao Lan, Cao Cao would still move his eyes very hard, say a few words, and then his eyes would turn red, and tears would fall drop by drop.

Cao Lan could only cry with Cao Cao.

Guo Peng stood aside and looked at Cao Pi and Cao Zhi who had been transferred from other places.

Although Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are Cao Cao's bastard sons, Cao Cao still pays more attention to his sons.

He doesn't have too many views on his sons, mainly depends on whether the sons agree with his appetite, and whether they are smart and hardworking enough.

Compared with Guo Peng, Cao Cao is undoubtedly a more competent father.

Obviously, he also devoted more energy to different sons, so besides Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Chongzhi and other four sons are all relatively good.

Cao Xiong, who was weak in body and bones, died of illness a few years ago, and his son and two daughters also died of illness. This was a big blow to Cao Cao.

Fortunately, the few sons he cares about and loves the most are still there, which comforts him and prevents him from being too sad.

Now, his adult sons are all married, and those who should have children have also given birth to children, and he has a different kind of happiness to play with his grandchildren.

He originally wanted to retire completely after completing the task of currency reform this time, and officially live a retirement life full of love and care for his grandchildren, but who knew that he would fall down at the end of the day.

This made the sons very concerned and worried, and they served Cao Cao every day, for fear that Cao Cao would have any troubles.

Seeing that Cao Cao had almost calmed down, Guo Peng called Cao Ang to the other side.

"Have you told Chongzhi about this?"

"The letter has been delivered, but we haven't waited for Chongzhi's reply yet. I hope that Chongzhi can come back soon."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Come back as soon as possible. In the current situation, I heard from the people in the big medical center that there is still a risk. If you do it again, there is really no cure. Zixiu, you are the oldest, the elder brother. You have to support this family."

"I understand that I will take good care of this family."

"That's good."

Guo Peng smiled, and patted Cao Ang on the shoulder: "By the way, Zixiu, I heard that your second daughter is not married yet, but she has reached the age of marriage. You can choose a good family to marry her." , get married as soon as possible, and cheer your father up, maybe he will recover from his illness?"

When Cao Ang heard this, he was stunned.

Guo Peng didn't care about Cao Ang who was stunned. After he visited Cao Cao, he left with Cao Lan.

On the way back to the palace, Guo Peng held Cao Lan's hand and comforted the depressed Cao Lan.

"Don't worry, Alan, the doctors at the Great Medical Center will do their best to heal you, you have to trust them."

"It's not that I don't believe in them, it's that I don't believe in this luck."

Cao Lan shook her head and said sadly, "It was Duke Guo who passed away before, and then Duke Cai passed away. The old people around us passed away one by one. I was wondering if the time has come for them to leave..."

Guo Peng sighed.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are the laws of nature. Since ancient times, how can there be immortals? Alan, don't think too much, including us, we have to leave after all."

"There is also a sequence. The person who left first will be done with it. How should the people behind be heartbroken?"

Cao Lan stared at Guo Peng: "Or do you think you can walk ahead of me and leave me alone?"

Guo Peng froze for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

"Then you want to fight with me who will go first and who will go later?"

"I'm not arguing with you. Why are you arguing about this kind of thing? Isn't it just to make yourself unhappy?"

Cao Lan turned her face away, sighed, and said, "It's just that more and more people have left over the years."

"After all, we are not young anymore, and it is normal to leave whenever we want."

Many nostalgic episodes flashed through Guo Peng's mind, but after all, they were some unforgettable memories.

Back in reality, Guo Peng looked at Cao Lan and spoke slowly.

"I've already discussed with Ah Jin about the candidate for Chengzhi's concubine."

Cao Lan turned her head and stared at Guo Peng.

"Who?"

"The daughter of Zhuge Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture."

"........."

Cao Lan was stunned for a moment: "The daughter of Zhuge Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture?"

She seemed a little puzzled.

"Didn't we talk about it before, do you also think that Zixiu's daughter is very suitable? It's still Cai Gong's granddaughter, wouldn't it be good to kiss more?"

"Of course it's good to kiss each other more, but that's for the common people. The royal family can't always kiss each other more."

Guo Peng shook Cao Lan's hand: "I told Zixiu that I plan to ask him to find a husband's family for his daughter as soon as possible, and like Cheng Zhi, hold two weddings to celebrate the eldest brother."

Of course it is possible to be happy, and Cao Lan also hopes that Cao Cao will recover as soon as possible, but Guo Chengzhi's marriage, this...

"Don't you like Zixiu's daughter?"

Cao Lan stared at Guo Peng.

"It's not that I don't like it, but I think Zhuge Jin's daughter is more suitable."

"More suitable? Where is more suitable?"

Guo Peng sighed.

"Chengzhi is Ajin's son, Ajin is your son, you are the eldest brother's biological sister, Zixiu is the eldest brother's eldest son, have you figured it out? Chengzhi and Zixiu's daughter are related by blood."

"Isn't that better? Why not kiss each other?"

"The relationship has not been three generations, and the blood connection is closer. The closer the blood, the harder it is to combine, otherwise there will be many unpredictable risks."

"what?"

Cao Lan blinked her eyes in confusion.

She thought that Guo Peng made such a decision because he didn't want the Cao family to continue marrying the Guo family, but Guo Peng actually talked to her about this kind of thing.

"What's that saying? How come I've never heard of it?"

"Didn't you notice? When did I ever allow our children to marry someone of their blood?"

Guo Peng started counting with his fingers: "Except for me and you, we have absolutely no blood relationship. Ajin and Awan, they also have absolutely no blood relationship. Ajun's wife, Aqiong's wife, and other children's Wife, husband, which one is related to us by blood?"

Cao Lan thought about it, and felt that this was really the case. Guo's children did not marry anyone related to them by blood, not even taking concubines.

"Will there be a problem?"

"People from the Great Medical Center talked to me about this matter. They said that if you read the ancient books, you can feel that the families who always marry blood relatives will have shorter and shorter life spans for their offspring, and the harder it is for their offspring. , it is easy to become extinct in the end.”

Guo Peng said what he had just made up without any hesitation.

"Is there such a thing?"

Cao Lan was very puzzled: "Why have you never told me?"

"Didn't you always think that it's best to be close relatives? The people in the Great Medical Center are not sure, because people always think that no outsiders can tarnish any noble blood, so it is best to have close relatives, but This is precisely the most dangerous.

Marriage is the safest thing for people who have no relatives. Otherwise, why do you think the ancients insisted on not marrying with the same surname?Why are biological brothers and sisters not allowed to marry?What are you talking about?what is the reason? "

"This……"

Cao Lan really didn't know why.

A long time ago, the ancients had a rule that biological brothers and sisters were not allowed to get married, and they also made an agreement not to marry with the same surname, but she didn't know why.

"Is it contrary to the principles of ethics?"

She tentatively asked.

"The code of ethics was usually created by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and these rules existed as early as Zong Zhou. Can you tell me why?"