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

Chapter 485 Good Samaritan

Mrs. Ma simply refused to believe what Tu Rong said: "You are talking nonsense!"

How could Prince Pingxi know what she had done? If he knew, how could he catch up with her when she was sent away by her parents? ! He was obviously deeply in love with her. The two were childhood sweethearts and had just become engaged, which was the time when their love was strong. He didn't know that she loved someone else, and his father Qin Guogong found random reasons to break off the engagement. He refused to accept the reality and insisted on pursuing her, saying that he would resist the chaos of his elders for her. If she hadn't been so stunned by the barbarian hostage at that time, and all she could think about was finding her sweetheart, and not taking his love and persistence to heart, they might have re-engaged long ago!
Although her parents refused to give her the opportunity to continue stealing information from the Pingxihou Mansion, if she gave up on the betrayal and stopped doing such stupid things, her parents would not go with the Pingxihou Mansion for the sake of their own reputation. If she is too talkative, then she and Prince Pingxihou will naturally get married in peace and harmony. Once she manages to deal with the traitor, the intelligence of Pingxihou Mansion will not leak out, Pingxihou will continue to control the military power in the northwest, and the title of the Zeng family will not be reduced, she will only live a better life than now!

That’s right! Prince Pingxihou could not have known the truth back then. If she hadn't been deceived by the hostages of the barbarians, she would never have suffered the past decades. Not only did she turn against her family and consider the businessman her mother, she also had to marry a widower to fill the house! She is obviously from a noble clan bloodline. She has been able to succeed in whatever she wants to do since she was a child, and she can get whatever she wants. She just fell in love with a handsome man. When did she ever think that she would end up like this? ! It was all that heartless man who mistook her!
Madam Ma was persuading herself, and the people around her were speechless when they heard what she muttered.

Could it be that this old woman was hit so hard that she went crazy? Otherwise, why does it seem like a demon sign?
Everyone had just heard the content of the letter from Marquis Yingchuan read by Tu Rong, and naturally they would not believe Mrs. Ma's words. It’s just that Zeng Qingxi grew up in the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, and couldn’t stand her going back and forth about how deeply the Pingxi Marquis Prince was to him, so he couldn’t help complaining: “After all, the Grand Marquis has made great military exploits in the frontier, and he has also made great achievements in the border areas. A famous general who was highly used in both Yongchang and Longding dynasties, why do you treat people like fools? Do you really think you can deceive people with your tricks?"

He told everyone: "Although the Taihou doesn't like to talk about his youth, Mrs. Taihou likes to talk about the past. When I was a child, I heard Mrs. Taihou say with my own ears that the Taihou was young. There was a marriage arranged at that time, and the woman committed a great crime, which also caused the Zeng family to suffer a great loss. Fortunately, a kind person reminded him, and the Taihou learned the truth in time and prevented the situation from getting worse. At that time, I couldn't believe that the woman had really made a big mistake, and she even pretended to be ignorant to test the other party. As a result, the other party didn't pay attention to him at all, and tried to continue to deceive him.

"After that, he completely gave up on the woman, and soon followed his parents' arrangements and married the Taihou's wife. She was also a daughter of the clan, and the Taihou's wife was a hundred times stronger than that woman. The Taihou When I went to the frontier to kill the enemy, Mrs. Taihou took good care of the family and never let him worry. More than once, Mr. Taihou lamented that the most correct thing he did in his life was to take care of the Taihou. The lady got married and returned home."

After saying that, Zeng Qingxi raised his eyebrows at Mrs. Ma: "I used to only listen to this as a story, but now that I think about it, I know that the woman who made a big mistake in the story is you. Compared with the third wife of the Zhou family, marrying you. What our Grand Marquis said couldn't be more correct! If your old man had half the luck of our Grand Marquis, if he hadn't remarried your wife, his family would not be where they are today. !”

Mrs. Ma was extremely angry. She struggled to get rid of the restraints of General Saturday and Guard Lin, and rushed forward to tear Zeng Qingxi's face off. Unfortunately, she couldn't move at all and could only stay there and rage.

Everyone ignored her, and Ma Shangyi asked Zeng Qingxi curiously: "Excuse me, Commander Zeng, do you know who the kind person was who reminded Prince Pingxihou?"

Zeng Qingxi thought for a while: "It seems that she is a nun invited by the Duke of Qin. She was a female official in the palace. Her knowledge and character are excellent, but it is a pity that she did not teach a good student." He looked at the horse. The old lady glanced at her and said, "Mrs. Taihou was very sorry, saying that the Duke of Qin had a guilty conscience, so she broke off the engagement and sent her daughter away in a hurry, while the other side silenced the nun who had kindly reminded them.

"As soon as Marquis Pingxi heard the news, he knew something was wrong and immediately took his son to the palace to plead guilty. Emperor Yongchang knew that the Zeng family was just not wary of the clan, so he was fooled. Although he was angry, he did not get angry, and he also wanted to do it for the Zeng family. The old minister concealed the matter with dignity, but Duke Qin and his wife tried to hide the truth and even killed people to silence them, which was a taboo of Emperor Yongchang. They always refused to go to the palace to plead guilty, thinking that they could hide it forever. The reason why the title was not passed down was because of this incident.”

Before his death, Duke Qin desperately wanted to grant a title to his only son, but even if he invited all the clan elders and peers from the same clan to come forward, he could only persuade Emperor Longding to agree to canonize his son as heir apparent. It has been more than forty years since the youngest son of Duke Qin became the heir apparent. He has grown from an infant to a middle-aged man and has sons and grandsons. He is still the heir to Duke Qin and has never inherited his father's title of Duke. Bit. His children and grandchildren are all idle members of the clan. Once he dies, they will be reduced to the bottom of the clan. Isn't all this a punishment from the royal family to their group?
Zeng Qing sighed happily. After Ma Shangyi heard that the kind person was a nun, she became a little distracted and murmured: "Aunt Ding once sent a letter to the Pingxi Hou Mansion... Indeed, with her personality, how could she just sit back and watch? It’s a pity that the military plane was leaked..."

No one else noticed Ma Shangyi's muttering to herself. Only Haitang paid attention to her after hearing her ask about "good Samaritans", and naturally heard her murmur. Although her voice was low, Haitang could roughly guess 70% to 80% of her mouth shape. She couldn't help but secretly wonder, how could this Ma Shangyi know the existence of "Mama Ding"? It has been nearly sixty years since Ding Haitang left the palace, but Ma Shangyi was probably not even born yet! Ma Shangyi only whispered this sentence, then turned to look at Zhen Guo Gong and Tu Rong: "Did the Marquis of Yingchuan mention anything else in his letter?"

Tu Rong lowered his head and looked at the signature at the end of the letter in his hand: "No more. Basically what Yingchuan Hou interrogated from Zeng Er's wife is here. If there are any details that haven't been found out clearly, you can go to Xin Jingcheng and ask again. ”

Duke Zhen Guo personally inspected the mahogany brocade box and was sure that except for the testimony in Tu Rong's hand and the three letters in the paper bag, there was nothing else inside.

Everything seems to have been cleared up. The evidence of Mrs. Ma's crime is conclusive, with all the witnesses and material evidence available, and there is no room for excuse. She probably didn't have any hope anymore and just said some crazy things. I don't know if she was really crazy or if she was trying to escape punishment through this method. But no matter what the situation was, she could no longer escape.

Duke Zhenguo asked Ma Shangyi in a low voice: "Do the Queen Mother and the Emperor have any will? If it is proven that the third aunt is guilty, what will be done next?"

Ma Shangyi replied calmly: "The emperor has given the medicine to induce the disease, and it is now kept by the old slave. When to use the medicine and how to use it, please let the Duke of Zhen and Tu Tongzhi decide."

The whispers of everyone in the room fell silent instantly, and even Mrs. Ma, who was muttering to herself, closed her mouth and widened her eyes in fear.

The trigger medicine is a poison hidden in the palace!

It turns out that the emperor had already decided to give her the medicine before sending people to Chang'an? So what is she struggling with today? !

I had known this... I had known this...

(End of this chapter)