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

Chapter 374 Questioning

As a female relative, Wu Qiong was quickly sent to the upper room in the main courtyard of the Hai family to rest and be bandaged.

When she was sent in by the housekeeper Aunt Cui and Aunt Ma, she heard the head of the Hai family, Ma, scolding her granddaughter Haitang: "You are so capable! How dare you climb over the wall to enter the house, and even run up on the wall?" Run, how dare you jump down from such a high place without fear of falling to death?! There were only seven or eight bad guys here, and three of them were cut down by you. Why are you so capable? It wouldn't be the same without you, right?!"

Haitang had already done everything she should and shouldn't do anyway, so there was no need to quarrel with her grandmother at this time, so she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head in an obedient manner: "I won't dare to do it next time, grandma, don't be angry."

"How dare you do it next time?!" Ma slammed the table vigorously, "The Hai family is a wealthy family, please give me some mercy! As long as the enemy doesn't knock on the door, you are not allowed to stab anyone with a knife again!"

So when the enemy comes knocking on the door, they can still kill them with a knife, just like today, right?

Haitang resisted the urge to snicker and agreed obediently.

Aunt Cui cleared her throat at the door: "Madam, Miss Wu is here."

Madam Ma quickly sat upright and said slightly, "Please come in and sit down."

The two housekeepers helped Wu Qiong into the house. The latter saluted Ma and was helped up by Ma, who pushed her to the kang and sat down. Haitang brought the medical kit over, and Ma personally treated Wu Qiong's wound, wrapped it with a clean cloth, and asked her granddaughter to get a set of 90% new clean clothes for her to change into.

The Hai family were very polite and took good care of Wu Qiong. The wounds were treated, clothes were changed, tea and snacks were served, and a safety letter was reported to the Zhenguo government, but Wu Qiong was still very uneasy. She still remembered what her mother, Mrs. Gui, said in front of the Sun family's minions. Zhou Xuejun heard it and must have told the rest of the Zhou family by then. Will Haitang know? Today, the Hai family will be broken into by gangsters. It can be said that it was Mrs. Gui who caused the harm. Do the Hai family really not hold any grudge in their hearts?

She clearly remembered what Haitang said at the gate of the other courtyard, as well as the situation when Mr. Xie Wenzai, a disciple of her grandfather, refused to exchange Jin Jiashu for her life in front of "Master Cai". No matter what others say, she knows in her heart that neither the Hai family nor Xie Wenzai will treat her differently just because she is the granddaughter of Mr. Wu Wen'an. After today, the Hai family will definitely regard mother and daughter as enemies, but Mrs. Hai family and Haitang still take good care of her. How can she have the face to face them?

Compared with the kindness and righteousness of the Hai family, Mrs. Gui seems to be outclassed in every aspect, which is simply a discredit to the ancestors of the Wu family!

Wu Qiong sat dejectedly by the kang, feeling too embarrassed to see anyone.

Although Ma was very polite and kind to Wu Qiong, it was only for the sake of the Zhou family. After settling the people, she was too lazy to spend time socializing. She only asked her granddaughter to accompany Wu Qiong and went out to handle housework.

"Cai Ye" suddenly came to the house with someone, and another accomplice climbed the wall and came in to mess with it. There were a lot of broken furniture, flowers and trees in the house. The elderly, children, and male and female servants in the house were all very frightened, and they needed her to comfort them. It takes a while.

She took Aunt Cui and Aunt Ma away, leaving Putao at her disposal. However, Haitang just sat opposite Wu Qiong across the kang table in the inner room. Wu Qiong lowered his head and said nothing, so she kept observing Wu Qiong.

Wu Qiong felt uncomfortable, so he mustered up the courage to call her: "Hai... Miss Hai... I'm really sorry today..."

"Are you saying that your mother told the Sun family's minions about Brother Jin's presence in our house?" Haitang opened her mouth and said, "That matter is indeed your mother's fault. You probably didn't speak up, right?" ?”

Wu Qiong was shocked by her words: "I...I didn't...no...I don't even know..." Haitang ignored that she was distracted at the moment and asked further: "How on earth did your mother know so many secrets?" ? Jin Jiashu moved into our house. Only a few people in the Zhenguo Palace knew about this. How did your mother find out? If it was because she found out that my brother had entered the house disguised as Zhou Yijun, but my brother Didn't you see her? Zhou Yijun once complained to my brother, saying that he didn't know how your mother got into his room, and even the servants in the house didn't notice it. Could it be that your mother could fly into the sky and escape?"

"I...I don't know..." Wu Qiong looked away with twinkling eyes.

Haitang knew at a glance that she must know the inside story: "Is it possible that your mother bribed the servants of the Zhenguo Palace? Or did you discover some secret passage in the Zhenguo Palace? Your mother and you were taken to Chang'an by the Zhou family. The daily supplies should be of the best quality. How did the Zhou family treat you badly? You are a guest in someone else's house. You are buying the servants of the master's family, and you are secretly trying to find out secrets. What are you planning? Could it be that Empress Dowager Zhou was there in those days? When I take you into the palace, Chengenhou Mansion has hidden you for so many years, but you have actually raised a white-eyed wolf? Who are you trying to plot against by doing so much secretly?"

"No, no, no!" Wu Qiong couldn't bear these words and quickly defended, "Neither mother nor I meant that, Miss Hai, please don't misunderstand!"

Worried about Haitang's misunderstanding and feeling guilty, Wu Qiong, who was in a state of confusion, secretly confessed some of her mother's secrets.

For example, she found out about the servants in the Zhenguo Duke's mansion that many of them had served Wu Wen'an's wife, the Wu Zhou family, or had been favored by the Wu Zhou family, so she won over some people under the banner of her late mother-in-law. Although the other party would not betray the master's family for the descendants of the Wu Zhou family, sometimes he was willing to provide a little convenience to Mrs. Gui and her daughter in some unimportant matters. As far as Wu Qiong knew, there were three examples of such small conveniences: first, the secret paths that people in Zhenguo's mansion used to take shortcuts for convenience; second, they occasionally revealed their masters' thoughts and preferences to Mrs. Gui, Third, the coachman in the fourth room of the Zhou family was willing to help Mrs. Gui and her daughter conceal their whereabouts when they went out.

Another example is that Mrs. Gui has lived in seclusion in the Cining Palace for many years, but she was trapped in the small courtyard for a long time. She couldn't bear her temper, so she learned some skills from the palace people and knew how to walk in the palace unobtrusively. The level of Qi Kung Fu and hiding one's own traces is not low. Back then, she relied on this ability to sneak out of Cining Palace for some fresh air more than once. However, this matter could not be hidden from the Queen Mother Zhou. The sixth prince's death was mysterious, and she was suspected by the Empress Dowager Zhou because of this. The Empress Dowager Zhou was afraid that she would harm her, so she quickly contacted Chengenhou and his wife and sent them out of the palace.

Wu Qiong didn't know much about her mother's secrets, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with her. But after saying these words, she felt as if something was wrong. She couldn't help but cry: "My mother really doesn't have bad intentions..." The prince's matter has nothing to do with my mother, it was... done by Liuhua! The Queen Mother should also know..."

Haitang blinked: "Who is Lihua?"

Wu Qiong bit her lip and lowered her head: "It was the Queen's palace maid before she was alive... There was a fire in Kunning Palace, and she escaped... The Queen Mother took them in..."

Haitang understood. It turns out that when Concubine Xu Xian escaped from the fire in Kunning Palace, she really had a companion, and she was a maid beside the queen. The two of them stayed in Cining Palace and became palace servants, and were protected by the Empress Dowager Zhou. Concubine Xu Xian had just entered the palace and had no other thoughts in her mind, but this Liuhua probably held a grudge against Concubine Sun, who had killed her late master, Empress Wu, and her son, which led to the death of the sixth prince...

Of course Empress Dowager Zhou could not tell such a thing. Regardless of whether it was Gui Shi or Lihua Hua who killed the Sixth Prince, they were all protected by the Empress Dowager Zhou, and the Emperor would feel resentful if he knew about it.

Haitang did not pursue the question further, only showing curiosity: "You have lived in Cining Palace for so many years, you should know Concubine Xu Xian, right? Doesn't your mother have a bad relationship with her? Even if she knows where Concubine Xu Xian's nephew is, why do you want to do this? Tell the Sun family’s minions about this?”

(End of this chapter)