After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 297 Doubts

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhou Wenjun and Zhou Yijun came back.

Both of them were a little gray-faced and walked in a hurry. When they arrived at the pavilion, they first poured a cup of tea and drank it, which made them feel better.

Peng Yuqi asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you?" It was strange, as if he had been frightened. She hasn't seen Zhou Wenjun in such a miserable state for at least five or six years, right? Zhou Yijun is usually not one to be surprised. What happened to the two sisters?

"Don't mention it!" Zhou Wenjun drank another half a cup of tea before saying, "I was really suffocated just now. I was so tired! In this moment, I have said more than I did in the previous month. I almost thought I was I can’t pass this level!”

Haitang personally poured another cup of tea for the Zhou sisters. Zhou Yijun thanked her with a smile and drank half the cup before saying: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that we didn't expect... We were a little panicked for a while and spent a lot of effort. That's when I got rid of myself. Now if my aunt wants to argue, it's also with the second uncle. If the second uncle is angry, it's also because the ladies of the Tang family are too careless. We are just two passers-by who don't know what's going on. We only go to our elders to express our grievances when we are angry, and no one can blame us."

Haitang raised her eyebrows: "Is it possible that there is no agreement between Mrs. Tuesday and Mrs. Cheng'enhou Shizi... about the ladies of the Tang family? Otherwise, if you talk about the scandal between Miss Tang and the son of the Jin family, what will happen? How can it make them angry and careless? If she is angry, it's just that Mrs. Tuesday is angry with her niece."

Zhou Wenjun put down the teacup and smiled at Haitang: "As expected of Sister Hai, I guessed it right! Mrs. Tang has taken a fancy to Brother Hengjun from the Marquis of Chengen Mansion and wants to recruit her as her son-in-law! She specially invited me to marry him. The aunt went to talk about it. The second aunt has been pestering her cousin for a long time today. Tang Hui was so generous and good-looking in front of others. The cousin is already a little interested, but she still needs to go back to Beijing to ask her uncle. It was only then that my grandmother and my cousin made an agreement. Who would have thought that we complained to my second uncle in the past and my cousin heard about it, so it would be difficult to get the marriage done."

Haitang and Peng Yuqi were both surprised, and the latter exclaimed: "How could this be so? Don't the Tang family just want to marry Miss Tang to your town government?!"

Zhou Wenjun said calmly: "They want to marry their daughter into the Zhou family, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the Zhenguo Duke's mansion. The Cheng'enhou mansion also has the surname Zhou, and has lived in the capital for many years. Zhou Hengjun is also the same." Talented people, why aren’t they a good match?”

Zhou Yijun, Peng Yuqi and Haitang were all silent.

The difference between the Cheng'enhou Mansion and the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion is not just in the level of title. Marquis Chengen is a wealthy and idle man, and his son is not a high-ranking official. Although he has the title of surname, and the Marquis's mansion is not short of money, it is nothing in a place like the capital. The prince's son has an even lower status and is just a descendant of an ordinary noble family. Unless he strives to get the title and rises step by step, he will just wait in vain for the day when he inherits the title.

But among the sons of the Duke of Zhenguo, the one with the lowest official position is a third-rank guard commander and Tongzhi. As long as the grandchildren are old enough, they can join the border army at any time. At the worst, they can start from a small banner and work hard at the border for a few years. The position was promoted. As long as they make no mistakes, the young disciples from the Zhou family's branch can easily be promoted to the fifth rank in ten years. If they have meritorious service, there are many people who are in the fourth rank. This is true for a side branch, let alone the direct descendants of Zhen Guogong? Any girl who marries them does not have to wait long, she will have a destiny, and her status will be extraordinary.

Although the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion may lose power in the future, the Cheng'enhou Mansion at that time also lost its glory. In Chang'an, how many wealthy families would choose to marry their outstanding daughters to the former, but abandon the latter?

Zhou Wenjun didn't think it was anything before, but now he calmed down, but the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. She felt aggrieved for the cousins ​​in her room: "Although my grandmother liked Tang Ruo more and did not want to marry Tang Hui as her granddaughter-in-law according to the Tang family's wishes, the second uncle persuaded her for a long time, and she also changed her mind. Tang Hui is also very good. Everyone in the Tang family thinks that Tang Ruo is better than Tang Hui, and they hope that she can make a good marriage with a noble family in Beijing, and she can't be worse than the third-bedroom aunt. I mentioned it earlier, and I think Please ask the Queen Mother to make the decision...

"Grandma never tried to defeat her mother's family, and seeing that Tang Ruo had no interest in my brothers, she had no intention of blocking Tang Ruo's bright future. But she just changed her mind, and now that the Tang family is here...they It's too bullying! Even if our two families are in-laws, the children of the Zhou family are not chosen by their Tang family's daughters! They can marry whomever they want, and if they don't want to marry, they will replace them without even saying hello. Who do you think you are?!"

Peng Yuqi silently stroked her back and let her calm down: "It's okay. No matter how good the Tang family thinks, things may not go as they think. If Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Shizi really intends to marry a Tang family daughter for her son, she can still Can you not say hello to the old lady? After saying hello, she will naturally know that Miss Tang was originally the candidate for the granddaughter-in-law that the old lady favored. A person like Mrs. Cheng'enhou Shizi who obeys the rules and obeys the rules can still talk to the old lady. Is it possible to rob someone? In the end, it was just a few polite words with the Tang family and an excuse to decline the marriage."

Zhou Wenjun sneered: "I'm afraid that for the sake of my mother's family's reputation, even if my grandmother is unhappy, she won't reveal the matter. Instead, she will say good things for Tang Hui and help her get a good marriage. In this way, we can marry her to Jin Shan It's a good thing that the matter has been revealed. Not only does she no longer have to be deceived by Jin Shan, Zhou Hengjun also doesn't have to muddleheadedly marry a wife who truly belongs to him, and will only be able to secretly sulk in the future!"

Haitang is very curious about one thing: "Why did Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi marry her son in Chang'an? Their parents have lived in the capital all year round. Wouldn't it be more convenient to get married in the capital?"

Zhou Wenjun sighed: "How can it be so easy? The people in the capital are not as honest as we Chang'an people. Those families who are on the same level as the Marquis of Cheng'en are probably worried about the power of the Sun family and deliberately alienate our Zhou family. And those with lower family status are probably Some families, most of them want to get married with our Zhou family because of their attachment. No matter who the Cheng'enhou Mansion marries, there will be a lot of troubles, especially girls from the cousin's aunt's family and girls from relatives and friends' families. , and there was no one with the same age or appearance as Zhou Hengjun. My uncle simply asked his aunt to take his children back to Chang'an to look for him. Anyway, there were many acquaintances in Chang'an, and everyone knew the basics of the family. The girl was also well-educated, and all the folks in the village were familiar with her. They are of the same mind and won’t plot behind others’ backs, so being an in-law is more reliable.”

In fact, the two eldest daughters of the Tang family were already on the list of candidates for daughter-in-law that Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi had in mind. If Mrs. Tuesday helps talk about Xiang again, the former will naturally be moved. How could she have imagined that the Tang family would be so deceitful?

Haitang felt that something didn't make sense: "What is Madam Zhou trying to do? She was the one who persuaded the Duke of Zhen to choose Miss Tang as her granddaughter-in-law. As soon as Mrs. Zhen relented, she recommended Miss Tang to Marquis Cheng'en. Madam Prince. Even if Mrs. Zhen Guo Gong would not stop this matter for the sake of her family's reputation, wouldn't she hold Mrs. Tuesday accountable later? Even if Mrs. Tuesday is considering the interests of her family, Mrs. Zhen Guo Gong is also a daughter of the Tang family. Doesn't she look down upon her mother-in-law by doing this?"

"It should be about the official position of her natal brother, right?" Zhou Yijun whispered, "I heard that she had a bad time with the fourth uncle's mother before, because there were rumors outside that the fourth uncle was not only the temporary commander of the Chang'an avant-garde. As an envoy, he will be promoted to a full-time job soon. Er Bo Niang's brother was busy working in vain, and she was a little unhappy, but she also heard that the emperor intended to transfer people from the northwest frontier army to serve in the capital, which would be better than the Chang'an vanguard. Where to go..."

(End of this chapter)