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

Chapter 303 Controversy

Most of the guests invited to the New Year's Eve wine at Zhenguo Gongfu are relatives, friends and subordinates, and everyone is familiar with each other.

Nowadays, most of the female guests arranged in General Wednesday's courtyard are relatives, friends, colleagues, and family members of General Thursday's subordinates. They are more familiar with each other and have less worries when chatting.

Everyone walked around before the banquet started, looking for relatives and friends to chat and reminisce about old times. They also heard about the latest rumors in the Duke's mansion. Mrs. Cheng'enhou Shizi and the two children she brought with her are the center of the topic. Mrs. Gui's mother and daughter who accompanied her to Chang'an and Wu Ke, the only grandson of the Wu family, are the focus of some insiders.

However, Wu Ke's presence in front of everyone was too thin. Most people only saw his aunt, Mrs. Gui, and his cousin Wu Qiong. When talking about him, they only expressed that they were thankful that the old lady had a successor and that her bloodline was not cut off. , but more details are unclear. Everyone only knows that Mrs. Gui and her two children hid in the palace for many years, and stayed in the Marquis Chengen's Mansion for several years. She came to Chang'an because she was afraid of being discovered by the Sun family. In addition, everyone also heard that Mrs. Gui is eager to propose marriage to her daughter.

Mrs. Gui had contact with the families of several powerful generals and revealed her troubles to them, who in turn passed the news on to their close relatives and friends. Before the banquet was over, Madam Gui's plan had already spread, causing many people to talk privately.

The lady who came to report to Ma was actually a relative of Mrs. Zhou's natal family, and her husband was a minor official in Shaanxi Dusi. Before the banquet, she went to talk to Mrs. Zhou, and also stopped by to visit two other familiar female members of the Zhou family. Then she came back with a belly full of new melons to share with her friends.

She listed several things that Mrs. Gui did after she moved into the Zhenguo Palace yesterday to prove the unpleasantness of the Wu family's young lady's character. Even Mrs. Gui was worried about her daughter's lifelong events and eagerly wanted to help her daughter. Her daughter had arranged a marriage in Chang'an, and she also had something to say: "When she was in Beijing, she had set her sights on the eldest grandson of the Marquis of Cheng'en. She was annoyed when the prince's wife refused to agree. When she arrived in Chang'an, she saw the four generals' homes. If Brother Yi is born well, he will propose marriage to the Fourth Madam regardless of whether he is happy or not.

"The Fourth Madam felt that she was being abrupt and hindered the Queen Mother's instructions, so she couldn't show her face, so she found an excuse to get through. Unexpectedly, when she saw that the Fourth Madam didn't refuse, she thought she had agreed, and directly said that she wanted to The daughter's posthumous certificate was delivered, as if the marriage was about to be decided today. The fourth lady was frightened, and finally found an excuse to escape, but she ran to tell the Duke's wife that the fourth lady had already agreed. It’s a wedding!”

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhen Guo was surrounded by her own family at that time, and no outsiders were allowed to hear such a ridiculous thing. Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou worked together to coax Mrs. Gui to shut up. Otherwise, the news would spread, and Zhou Yijun, the son of General Zhou, would How will we say goodbye in the future? Outsiders would definitely think that he was really set with the Wu girl!

The wife who reported the news sighed, and then said: "Mrs. Gui's temper is too hasty. Even if you really want to get married, you have to talk slowly. There is no reason why people will agree as soon as she opens her mouth. . This is talking about getting married, not going to buy a handful of onions on the street. Whose children's lifelong events are not chosen carefully and carefully? Even the Zhou and Wu families are considered to be well-matched, but the horoscopes must always be the same, in case of two. The two children's birthdays and horoscopes are not suitable, so it is better not to delay each other. She is so eager to force people to agree to the marriage, but it seems that she is afraid that her daughter will not be able to get married. "

A kind-hearted person on the side said: "Their family has been so miserable by the Sun family, and now they are forced to leave their hometown. It is no wonder that Mrs. Gui is anxious. She is alone. She can be a widow anywhere, but her daughter But it is not easy to delay the life-long event. If we can really make a marriage contract with the young masters of the Zhenguo Palace, the mother and daughter will be able to live here in the future, and they will feel more at ease. "

The wife who reported the news muttered: "It sounds like she really has a motherly heart, but as long as they don't cause trouble, how can the Zhenguo Palace drive out the blood of the old lady? Besides, her own daughter is no more than She was twelve or thirteen years old, still early to get married, but the Wu family's brother was already fifteen or sixteen. It was time to talk about getting married, but she didn't say a word about it. She had encountered some bad things in the past two days. She even took it out on my nephew for what she did! I heard that she scolded her very hard, but my brother was submissive and would obey her in everything."

Some people immediately felt that something was wrong: "How can this be done? Brother Wu is the only male left in the Wu family, and he will be the head of the family in the future. Even if he respected his aunt and followed her arrangements in everything when he was a child, he is now older. , you must learn to make your own decisions." The wife who reported the news sighed: "What can he do? The whole family is almost dead, and apart from the Queen Mother and the Zhou family, the only close elders are Mrs. Gui and her uncle. Mother. I heard that it was Mrs. Gui who protected him back then, so that Gui’s family didn’t send him away. With such support and life-saving grace, he naturally had no choice but to obey Mrs. Gui in everything, otherwise it would be ungrateful for him not to be scolded. ?!”

Ma couldn't help but said: "But he can't be regarded as being raised by Mrs. Gui, can he? Although the three of them live together, there are differences between men and women. Mrs. Gui and her daughter live in a separate courtyard, and he is placed separately. On weekdays The food and daily life in the palace are arranged by the Queen Mother, and in the Chengenhou Mansion, Mrs. Chengenhou takes care of her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. At most, Mrs. Gui has only taken care of her nephew for a few days, how can it be said to be a nurturing favor? Really? The people who are kind to the Wu family brother are the Queen Mother and the Marquis Chengen family!"

When everyone thought about it, this was indeed the truth, and they became even more displeased with Madam Gui's behavior.

Others felt puzzled: "Didn't she say that she had stopped her mother's family from sending Brother Wu away? More than ten years ago, she was a kind and generous aunt, but now she has become a mean person? Has anyone ever bullied her? "

"I heard that she became resentful after being locked up in the palace for a long time." Ma interrupted, "I think this is because she has lived a good life and has never really suffered, so she was used to it. She has such a temper. Is the palace a place where she can walk around at will? The Queen Mother is locking up the mother and daughter to protect them. If she feels that she is being bullied, then she is too ungrateful. "

Everyone agreed, and some people whispered: "This lady may have been a good woman when she was young, but now she is full of resentment, ignorant of good and bad, and has no eyes. She is very annoying. She is not good to her nephew either. She only wanted to find a good relationship for her daughter. Could it be that she expected her son-in-law to take care of her in old age and no longer wanted to take care of her nephew? But her daughter only had this brother, and she would have to rely on his brother to support her when she got married. Now she has offended her nephew. If she is too cruel, what good will it do to her daughter?"

Everyone said yes again, and then someone curiously asked about Madam Gui's daughter. People who had seen her gave a brief introduction, but they couldn't explain clearly. Wu Qiong almost stayed at the main table today, either walking around with Miss Xuejun, the daughter of General Zhou, or sitting and talking with Miss Wanjun, the legitimate daughter of the Crown Prince Chengen. Dealing with other people, very different from her mother. At first glance, she should be a shy girl. She is pretty, but her complexion is pale and she seems to be in poor health.

Why is Wu Qiong in bad health? Wu Ke also looked sick and wilted. Everyone had their own speculations about the answer to this question. During the discussion, no one was convinced by the other, and the dispute was extremely fierce.

At this time, the lady who reported the news quietly pulled Ma's sleeve: "Sister-in-law Hai, you are so dishonest! You clearly know about Mrs. Gui, but you just pretended to have heard about it for the first time..."

Ma knew that she had let the news slip, so she had to apologize: "I know people in this house, but there are some things that I can't say out loud first..."

(End of this chapter)