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

Chapter 385 Private conversation between mother and daughter
Haitang sent this letter, and it took two days before Wu Qiong heard a reply.

During this period, Zhou Xuejun sent three letters.

Wu Qiong probably felt very embarrassed. It had been several days since Haitang reminded her to inquire about this matter, but she had not made any progress, as if she had failed her new friend's expectations. She repeatedly apologized in the letter.

She had a very full life these days. Apart from breakfast every day, she hardly ever sat with her mother, Mrs. Gui, so the time for talking was greatly reduced. But now Mrs. Gui would call her over every night regardless of her tiredness, and ask her what she had learned that day, who she had met, and what she had experienced... so it wasn't like she really couldn't find time. Come and ask mother for news. However, Mrs. Gui dominated the conversation every night, and after answering her mother's questions, she was always in a low mood and could not think of anything else.

After Haitang reminded her again this time, she finally found an opportunity to ask her mother, Mrs. Gui, if she was dissatisfied with Concubine Xu Xian. Otherwise, how could she have taken the initiative to betray Concubine Xu Xian's nephew in front of the gangsters, and then failed to apologize afterwards?
Mrs. Gui seemed to be very disapproving of her daughter's questions. She believed that she betrayed Xu Xianfei's nephew Jin Jiashu to Sun Cai and others for the safety of her mother and daughter. As long as she can prevent the bad guys from harming her daughter, she should betray anyone. Who told her not to know more secrets of the Zhou family? It would not be possible to interest the Sun family's minions if she came up with the information that Zhou Yijun might be pretending to be injured to avoid being stationed at the border. She also didn't know the handle of the northwest border army, so she could only sacrifice Jin Jiashu, whose whereabouts she had just guessed. During her years in the capital, she had often heard about Concubine Sun's jealousy towards Concubine Xu Xian. The Sun family would definitely be interested if they could hold Concubine Xu Xian hostage. If Sun Cai had a more valuable hostage and threw their mother and daughter on the side of the road, wouldn't they be saved?

Mrs. Gui didn't think she had done anything wrong. Instead, she thought her nephew Wu Ke had done too much, and even took it upon herself to apologize to the Hai family on her behalf! The Hai family is just a seventh-grade petty official family, so who do they think they are? What's there to apologize for? Xie Wenzai was also an old disciple that her father-in-law gave up before his death. Even if he became Wu Ke's teacher, he was just an old prostitute who was born more than thirty years ago. He was not even a serious Confucian scholar. It was just that there was no decent scholar in Chang'an. He was a famous teacher and had the government of Zhenguo as a guarantor, which made it convenient for him to become the teacher of the Wu family's children. If Mrs. Gui hadn't prevented her from pretending to be ill, she would never have let Wu Ke go to such a teacher!
There is also an old Confucian among the Gui family. When they return to the capital in the future, it will be the same for Wu Ke to worship this old Confucian as his teacher. It will also make the former members of the Wu family less likely to complain about Gui. As long as those former students of the Wu family still have some respect for Duke Wu Wen'an, they should not complain anymore about the family of the Wu family's only surviving grandson's mentor!
If the Sun family hadn't kept a close eye on the matter in the capital, Mrs. Gui would have wanted to facilitate this matter, but she was trapped in the back house of Cheng'enhou Mansion, unable to do anything. When she arrived in Chang'an, she was able to go out freely, but her family members could not come with her. She could only hope that the Sun family would be in trouble soon and her family could return to the capital as soon as possible. Only then could the Wu family be back on track.

Mrs. Gui kept talking like this for a long time, full of dissatisfaction with her nephew Wu Ke, and disdain for Xie Wenzai and the Hai family. Wu Qiong had to endure very hard to suppress the urge to refute her mother. When Mrs. Gui stopped talking, she immediately got back to the topic - what she wanted to ask was Mrs. Gui's opinion of Concubine Xu Xian.

Mrs. Gui was probably in the mood of what she was talking about, and without any precautions, she casually replied: "What can I think of her? She is not very beautiful, she is not young, she is not a lady from a famous family, and she is not outstanding in talent and learning. She is just She only knows how to serve people, but I don’t know what the emperor saw in her. He ignored the opposition of the queen mother and insisted on accepting her as his concubine! He even let her give birth to a prince! Even if she lived a lonely life in the first half of her life, she would enjoy a lifetime of happiness in the future. The wealth and splendor are all worth it! Such a good life... is really irritating!"

Mrs. Gui became interested in talking and spoke without any scruples. She began to recall the past with her daughter. She said that when she lived in Cining Palace in the past, the palace people were cold and rude. The Queen Mother often only saw her once in March or May and only cared about her. Wu Ke's food and clothing arrangements, when Wu Ke turned seven years old, he even specially picked him up, and he didn't know where he would live. Because without Wu Ke, their mother and daughter's food and clothing expenses were not as good as before, and they couldn't go out to get some air. In addition to doing needlework every day, they also worshiped Buddha and copied scriptures. How could their life be so miserable? !

At that time, the palace attendant sent by the Queen Mother to deliver messages and things to their mother and daughter was an old palace maid with a mean face and a taciturn nature. No matter what she asked or inquired about, she refused to answer. She wanted to ask for some entertainment gadgets to pass the time, but the other party always refused, and even scolded her with a straight face, saying that the Queen Mother had closed the palace, and anything that shouldn't be in the Cining Palace would arouse Concubine Sun's anger. Pay attention, let her be honest. How rude is that attitude? ! Now that Mrs. Gui thinks about it, she can't help but want to lose her temper.

Later, the old palace man became ill, and the person who delivered things and messages was replaced by Liuhua, or occasionally Xu Gongman. The attitude of these two people was kinder than that of the old palace people, but Mrs. Gui also disliked them.

Lihua is an old friend of Queen Wu. Empress Wu and the third prince died tragically in the fire of Kunning Palace. How could Liuhua escape? Are you still shamelessly staying in Cining Palace and surviving? ! She should obviously be martyred!
Therefore, Mrs. Gui could not help but talk about the past affairs of Empress Wu and her son in front of Lihua. She always stirred up the hatred in Lihua's heart and instigated her to avenge her old master...

Mrs. Gui recalled the past and couldn't help but sigh: "I was a little impulsive at that time. Who told them to hide the truth from me... Later, something happened to the Sixth Prince, and Liu Hua burned himself to death. The body was so disfigured that no one could recognize it. , leaving an unsolved case, Sun Guifei has no clues, but the Queen Mother is suspicious of me... It must be Qiu Ling who filed a complaint against me in front of the Queen Mother! She has been to our courtyard and has always been close to Liuhua, most likely What did I hear from Liuhua..."

Wu Qiong was a little confused: "Qiu Ling?"

"That's Princess Xu, Concubine Xu Xian." Mrs. Gui lazily leaned against the pillow, "At that time, she was just a minor palace servant. She was used to pleasing the Queen Mother, but she was more favored by the Queen Mother than Lihua, an old person from Kunning Palace. . It's a pity that she is just an orphan girl donated by the Marquis of Cheng'en. She has a humble status. No matter how much the Queen Mother likes her, she will not promote her. If the emperor hadn't taken a fancy to her..."

Remembering that the palace servant she looked down on in the past had now become a virtuous concubine, she couldn't help but want to grit her teeth: "Who would have thought that she would have such a great fortune?! If she had known this, why couldn't the Queen Mother recommend her to the emperor earlier? The Emperor? With a new love, I will no longer only favor Concubine Sun. If Concubine Sun loses her favor, how can she have the confidence to kill the queen, the prince, and the entire family?! I would rather have a little prince in the palace. The Wu family has ended up like this!"

Mrs. Gui was suddenly furious. Wu Qiong did not dare to say anything and quickly poured tea for his mother to calm her down.

Mrs. Gui got angry quickly and calmed down quickly: "It's okay, I just complained a few times. However, even if Xu Qiuling has great fortune and is now a virtuous concubine and has given birth to the eighth prince, she is just marrying someone. That's all, it won't work out after all. I'm angry because her son is too much of a hindrance and the Queen Mother moves too slowly. It's not that I have any grudge against her. Xu Qiuling has no roots and only one son. He will wait for the new king to succeed him in the future. , she is just an honorary concubine. How noble is our Wu family? What is there to argue with her? Regardless of her current glory, will she want to curry favor with our family in the future? Just like she did in the palace..."

(End of this chapter)