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

Chapter 543 Brother and sister discussion
At dawn, Wu Ke heard a rapid knock on the door.

He just felt confused, thinking who could come to look for him at this early in the morning, disturbing people's sleep?

Although he was unhappy in his heart, he still remembered that he was currently living under someone else's roof, and not many people outside knew that he lived here. Maybe it was someone from the Zhenguo government who came to see him in an emergency. He immediately got out of bed, did a simple wash, and arranged his clothes. The servants arranged by the Duke of Zhen to take care of his daily life had already opened the door to the small house.

Cousin Wu Qiong hurried in wearing a thin cloak.

Her face was pale, her hair was simply combed into a bun, and she didn't even wear any serious jewelry. She was also wearing old home clothes. The tip of her embroidered shoes was exposed under the hem of her skirt, and it was still stained with mud. She had obviously walked a long way. Caused by the road.

Although Wu Qiong has been living in a closed environment since she was born, rarely seeing outsiders, she has been carefully raised in Cining Palace and Chengenhou Palace, and she will never appear in such a slightly embarrassed posture in front of a man, even if Wu Ke is her cousin who has been dependent on her since childhood.

Could something have happened?

Wu Ke was shocked. He didn't have time to greet his cousin, so he asked first: "What happened? But my aunt is unwell?!"

Wu Qiong shook her head with a white face: "Mom is fine. Brother, I..." She bit her lip, "I have something to tell you."

Wu Ke was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing and turned to the servant: "My sister came here early in the morning. She must not have had her breakfast yet. I would like to ask my mother to work harder and bring some hot food."

The servant girl responded, turned around and headed to the kitchen, taking away the little girl who came with Wu Qiong along the way. She was born as a servant of the Duke of Zhenguo. Because she was always attentive and considerate, she was arranged by her mistress to take care of her young cousin Wu Ke. How could she not see that the Wu brothers and sisters had something to talk about and didn't want outsiders to be present?

Only the Wu family brother and sister were left in the hall. Wu Ke invited Wu Qiong to sit down and poured her a cup of warm tea: "Don't panic, sister. As long as Auntie's health is not serious, there is a way to deal with no matter how serious the problem is. Take a breath and tell me in detail. That’s it.”

Wu Qiong's panic calmed down a little. She looked up at Wu Ke and felt that this cousin seemed to have changed a lot. He seemed to have grown a lot compared to when he first arrived in Chang'an half a year ago.

This gave her more confidence. She took a sip of warm tea, took a deep breath, and said, "Brother, I think... my mother is crazy!"

Wu Ke was surprised, but still calmed down: "What happened?" Wu Qiong told her cousin the conversation between mother and daughter last night, and she remembered every word and sentence clearly. , everything was retold verbatim, without any added words, and no Spring and Autumn style of writing. She knew that any deletion at this time might cause her cousin to misjudge the situation. She must not make such a mistake!
The more Wu Ke listened, the uglier his face became. After hearing this, he could no longer say a word.

When Wu Qiong talked about the unhappy separation of mother and daughter, she paused, took another sip of warm tea, and then continued: "Then I went to bed... I couldn't fall asleep, so I had to get up and go outside to enjoy the breeze. But I accidentally discovered that my mother was not asleep either, and was lighting a lamp and writing a letter! I remembered that she said she was going to write a letter to my uncle, so I was careful and went back to the house quietly. I waited until the lights in my mother's room went out. I secretly got up and walked over, taking away the letter written by my mother..."

When she returned home and read the letter her mother wrote to her uncle, she almost fainted on the spot!
It turned out that Mrs. Gui was not just talking about it, she really planned to call Gui's uncles to Chang'an and escort their mother and daughter back to the capital. She even wanted to take her cousin Wu Ke with her. Even if Wu Ke doesn't want to, Mrs. Gui will definitely take him away. He was the only remaining male of the Wu family and the only descendant of Duke Wu Wen'an. There was no way she would leave him to the Zhou family. By taking him back to the capital, she would be sure that the old Wu clan members and the civil servants in the capital who sympathized with the father-in-law, Empress Wu, and the third prince would definitely be put to her use!
Considering that the Zhenguo Government was keeping a close eye on their mother and daughter, Mrs. Gui also thought of a way to escape.

She heard about Mrs. Ma's evil deeds in the third room of the Zhou family at the birthday banquet of Mrs. Zhen Guogong. She also learned that Mrs. Ma had helped the Sun family collect kerosene, which caused a fire in Kunning Palace and the Duke's Mansion. She planned to make a big fuss about this matter. She would first go to the third room of the Zhou family to make a fuss, and then go to Zhen Guogong and his wife. Mrs. Ma is dead, but the third room of the Zhou family must compensate the Wu family. Zhen Guogong and his wife were also responsible for the unfavorable restraint of the tribe and the concealment of her matter. To make up for it, they had to let her move out of the Zhenguo Palace with her daughter and nephew and settle down in Chang'an City!
Wu Qiong choked and said to Wu Ke: "At first, the Duke of Zhenguo's wife said that we could move out of the mansion and find another place, but my mother refused. Now she takes the initiative to ask to move out. Because there are no spies from the Sun family in the city now, we don't have to Worried about encountering danger outside the palace, the emperor recognized the identity of the Seventh Highness and wanted to be crowned king. Mother said, now we no longer need to rely on the Zhou family. Instead, we must beware of the Zhou family's benefit from relying on the Seventh Highness. Leave us, our serious natal relatives, aside.

"After she moves out of the Zhenguo Palace, she will hire someone to send a letter to her uncles who are returning home from the capital, asking them to come to Chang'an in person and take us back to the capital quietly without telling the Zhou family. Then she will take us with her. She said that she wanted to let His Highness know how much the Wu family had sacrificed for the Empress and their brothers. It’s a heavy price to pay. If His Highness the Seventh Highness has any filial piety, he should repay the Wu family instead of... only thinking about the kindness between the Queen Mother and the Zhou family, but forgetting that we are his blood relatives..."

Wu Ke smiled miserably: "Is Auntie crazy?! Without the Queen Mother and the Zhou family, how would the Seventh Highness be today? How would we be today?! If the people in the Zhenguo Palace knew about her plan, we would still be here. How can I meet my benefactor in person?"

Wu Qiong wiped the tears on her face: "I know that although mother kept saying that this was for the Wu family's wealth, what she really wanted in her heart was to return home... She just wanted His Seventh Highness to plan for the return home uncles. Official, but I haven’t even thought about getting back the house and land that the Wu family lost, let alone my brother’s future... Mother only thinks that we are the only ones left in the Wu family, the closest relatives of His Highness Seventh Prince. . But His Highness has a grandmother, a biological father, and biological brothers and sisters... Where does my mother put the nobles in the palace when she says this?"

It was Empress Wu who risked her life to give birth to the seventh prince. It was Concubine Xu Xian and Liuhua who risked her life to save the seventh prince from the fire. It was the Empress Dowager Zhou and her confidants who took the risk to raise the seventh prince for many years. It was also the one who taught the seventh prince the principles of poetry and calligraphy. The female official of Cining Palace. From beginning to end, Mrs. Gui never did anything for the Seventh Prince. Instead, out of selfish motives, she encouraged Lihua to murder the Sixth Prince, which brought danger to the Queen Mother and the Seventh Prince.

Mrs. Gui was worried that the Wu family's grandson, the Seventh Prince, would ask the Zhou family to pick peaches if he came to power. However, it was the Zhou family that really took risks to protect the Seventh Prince. The survivors of the Wu family were also protected by the Zhou family. That’s all. Mrs. Gui, who was worried about the Zhou family picking peaches, was the one who wanted to pick peaches.

Wu Qiong said to her cousin with tears in her eyes: "Brother, we must not let my mother make the same mistake again and again! Now His Majesty the Seventh Prince has just been recognized as a prince, the Sun family is still doing everything in the court, and the ownership of the throne has not yet been decided. We are far from it. How can we cause trouble to His Highness the Seventh Prince at this time when we can enjoy our wealth with peace of mind? We, the Wu family, can only rely on the Zhou family for protection. Even if we can’t help His Highness Seventh, at least we can’t hold him and the Zhou family back!”

Wu Ke took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

(End of this chapter)