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

Chapter 486 Ending
Mrs. Zhen Guogong brought her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Saturday, and Ma Sufang and Ma Shangyi were also present. Even Zhou Ma, the current mistress of the third bedroom of the Zhou family, was very happy to help.

Together with Zhou Ma's sister Ma, they worked together to pull Mrs. Ma back to the inner bedroom and locked her up temporarily. The two girls who were originally doing menial work in the yard will continue to be responsible for taking care of Mrs. Ma's daily life, but a circle of strong women will be added to guard the door outside the main house, and the number of guards will be increased outside the west courtyard. Mrs. Ma nominally lives in her own room, but in fact it is no different from being in jail. And she may not be able to maintain this kind of life for a few days. Maybe tonight or tomorrow, she will receive her share of the opportunity medicine.

Seeing that Zhen Guogong and his wife and Tu Rong were taking everyone away, Mrs. Ma also knew that her fate had basically been decided. How could she willingly accept such a fate? Even if she couldn't rush out of the bedroom, she rushed to the window and begged: "I didn't mean to do it! I was ignorant when I was young and was deceived! It was the old barbarian Khan who plotted against me! He dug a trap for me. , all sorts of schemes. I'm too afraid of his secrets being revealed. I don't want to lose my good life in the Zhou family! I know I'm wrong. Please give me a chance. I know a lot of his secrets, and I can help you with your schemes! People’s spies will cooperate with you to dig traps for them, ensuring that they never come back—”

Unfortunately, her words could not move the hearts of anyone present.

It has been two years since the death of the old Hu Khan. After several rounds of purges in Chang'an City, all the Sun family's ears, eyes, and claws were wiped out. It is even less likely that there are any remaining Hu spies. If the Hu people send people to inquire about the news again, the worst is that soldiers will come to block it, and the soil will come and the water will flood. There is nothing to be afraid of. The people of Chang'an have long been accustomed to dealing with these troubles. Do they still need the cooperation of a traitor to deal with the Hu people's secret hand?
Mrs. Ma saw that everyone didn't even stop and didn't take her words to heart at all. She had to go to the soft persimmon she was most accustomed to handling: "Shi Gong! I have raised you so big and raised it for you." Grandson, there is hard work without merit, right? No matter how bad I treat you, I have never hurt your life, and I have allowed you to pass the exam at a young age. You can't have a bad career because of being shunned by the Sun family. , put all these responsibilities on me! Didn’t you always say you should respect me? Is it possible that now that someone else has said a few words, you no longer respect me! Do you remember what your father told you before he died? What? Why did you swear in front of him? If I kill someone like this, what shame will you have to see your father in the future?

Zhou Shigong hesitated and stopped. Zhou Ma quickly grabbed him: "Master, don't listen to that woman's nonsense! The old man was deceived by her back then. He didn't know what bad things she had done. He thought she was really a good wife and mother, and she just asked you to be filial to her. If the old man knew what kind of person she was, he would want to kill her, so why would he blame you! Don't let her be fooled! It’s the Emperor, the Queen Mother!”

Zhou Shigong thought about it and continued walking forward.

Mrs. Ma cried quickly when she saw this: "Just take pity on your brother! At least let me see him again! We haven't seen each other for many years. Even if I die unjustly, Shicheng is always a good boy and a good brother. He has always been a good boy and a good brother. They all respect your brother the most. I asked him to fight with you, but he refused. He even went to Minzhou Guard and refused to come back every year. He suffered a lot because of me in Chang'an City. How often has a pampered child endured such suffering? But in order to protect you, he was willing to stay in that poor country for twenty years. If you can't do anything to help him, it's enough to feel sorry for him. How can he bear to see it? He couldn’t even see his mother for the last time!”

This time Zhou Shigong really broke his defense. It is true that the stepmother is a bad person, but the younger brother she gave birth to has nothing wrong with him...

He hesitantly looked up at Duke Zhen Guo in front of him. The latter stopped and turned back to look at him: "What do you think?"

What does he think?
Zhou Shigong hesitated for a moment: "I have actually written to Minzhou. Shicheng is on his way back... It will probably take three to five days. If we can let him see his mother for the last time, we can find out what his mother did in the past. He shouldn't have misunderstood or resented anyone, right?"

Considering that my sister Zhou Shuyi is now trapped in her husband's house, it is probably impossible for her to return home. It is very likely that Zhou Shicheng will never see this compatriot in his life. It would be too pitiful if even his biological mother could not be able to see her for the last time. Duke Zhen Guo had little impression of his cousin Zhou Shicheng. He only remembered that he was a man of average ability but fairly honest and honest. Since he had never done evil like his biological mother, and Zhou Shigong wanted to plead for his brother, Duke Zhen was not too cruel: "You decide for yourself. If you can get Tu Tongzhi and Ma Shangyi to agree, I have no objection." "

After saying this, he took his wife and children and left. Tu Rong glanced at Zhou Shigong with a half-smile, knowing that the biggest problem with the current head of the third house of the Zhou family was that he was soft-hearted and lacked courage, making it easy for his stepmother to take advantage of him. However, this is a household matter of the Zhou family. As an outsider, why should he care about it? The emperor once had a decree for him to live in harmony with the Zhou family. As long as the Zhou family didn't ask him to let Mrs. Ma go, he wouldn't mind selling the Zhou family a favor.

It's just that he will report this matter truthfully later and will never hide a word from the emperor. How the emperor would treat the third member of the Zhou family at that time was beyond his ability to predict. Anyway, Zhou Shigong was not valued by the emperor. His career in this life had come to an end many years ago.

Both Zhenguo Gong and Tu Rong acquiesced, and Zhou Shigong turned back with confidence and told Mrs. Ma: "Shicheng is already on his way back to Chang'an and will arrive in a few days. You just have a good time and take care of yourself. What should you wear on the day you take the medicine?" You can also prepare clothes and jewelry in advance. What you committed is a scandal. Even if it is for the sake of my father's face, I don't want people outside to know what you have done. I will still take care of your posthumous affairs. , but it can't be done too decently, just about right. I won't bury you next to my father, so that he won't be left in peace. You can find a quiet place to wait. Shicheng is back, let him take care of it for you. You have never regarded me as your son, and you probably don’t want to see my face again in the end, right?"

After saying these words, he left without looking back. Mr. Zhou Ma glared at Mrs. Ma fiercely, said, "I'm taking advantage of you," and then took her eldest sister, granddaughter, and grandnephew away with her.

As for Mrs. Ma's mood after listening to their words and watching them leave, no one cared.

Haitang fell at the end and looked back at her again. He felt that she looked like a candle in the wind, her expression was blank, as if she would melt away in the next second.

Haitang felt as if something heavy in her heart melted away. The resentment caused by the sudden interruption of the previous period of life gradually dissipated in the air.

She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, held her head high and snorted at Mrs. Ma, then walked out of the west courtyard without looking back.

(End of this chapter)