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

Chapter 553 Awareness
"This thing should be true, at least 70% true." Hai Jiao came to this conclusion with confidence when he exchanged the intelligence collected today with his younger sister in the study room in the west wing that night.

He had heard the rumor in Wei School today, and after school he tried to find an acquaintance in Shaanxi Dusi Yamen to further confirm the news. Just in case, after returning home, he went to Xie Wenzai's cousin's house next door, found Wu Ke, who had not returned home from school, and asked round and round. Naturally, Wu Ke would not openly gossip about his aunt, but the little bits and pieces he revealed in small bursts were enough for Haijiao to make speculations.

He said to his younger sister Haitang: "It is said that the brother who returned home was blinded by lard. After losing his official position and returning to Beijing, he was unwilling to be lonely and ran to Sun Yongbai's house three times. The first two times he was rejected, and the third time he entered He opened the door and stayed at Sun Yongbai's house for an hour. I don't know what they said. The next day, it was revealed that Sun Guifei deceived the Queen Mother Zhou, broke into Cining Palace, and tried to beat the seventh prince to death as a young eunuch. Fortunately, Concubine Xu Xian arrived and rescued the people. However, many people were killed and injured in the Cining Palace to protect the seventh prince.

"The Empress Dowager Zhou was furious about this and wanted the emperor to severely punish Concubine Sun. The emperor then ordered Concubine Sun to be grounded, informed the ministers about the seventh prince, and promised to make her the king. Originally, he was going to demote Concubine Sun to the throne. Mr. Ge knelt in front of the emperor for a day and begged. The entire cabinet was interceding for him, so the matter was temporarily dropped. It was just that Madam Ma's case involved the Sun family, and the emperor wanted to hold the Sun family accountable for murdering the queen, the prince, and the father-in-law. , The Sun family had no choice but to push Sun Yongbai out to take the blame. "

If the incident with the Seventh Prince hadn't happened first and Concubine Sun was in the wrong, the Sun family would have given priority to Concubine Sun. With his family's usual behavior, they might not have handed over the scapegoat obediently, but would have missed the target. , denied the evidence, and then put all the blame on the Zhou family.

Their family is capable of such a thing.

Hai Jiao said: "The latest news now should be from Tu Rong. He only received the messenger from Beijing two days ago, a few days later than General Thursday. The news I got was spread from his own soldiers. There should be no falsehoods. Unfortunately, the emperor is still unwilling to punish Sun Guifei severely, and even refuses to demote her. I am afraid that Sun Ge Lao can instigate the entire cabinet to support him this time. Well, if you can defeat Sun Yongbai, it’s a small victory by half.”

He couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, the biggest obstacle to overthrowing the Sun family is neither Concubine Sun nor Elder Sun Ge, but Emperor Deguang!

What is the emperor thinking in his head? !
Hai Jiao cursed secretly in his heart, but Haitang couldn't figure out why the Gui brothers did this: "They haven't gotten any benefits from the Sun sect these years, have they? It's not going well for them to be small officials and officials in the local area, why? Is this going all the way? They knew about the seventh prince, and it must have been leaked by Madam Gui. She hoped to use her advantage as the daughter-in-law of the Wu family and being related to the seventh prince to help her brother. From the power of the dragon, right?
"Although Madam Gui's father made mistakes, he is now dead. As long as his son has no obvious stains, he can rely on his sister's in-laws' relationship to cheer for the seventh prince to ascend to the throne and show his loyalty. Even if they fail to prosper in the end. , at least they can wash away the family stains in the past and start a normal career, right? Isn't this much easier than continuing to fawn over the Sun family? Why are they so confused? They may fall out and marry another person. Where do they think the Sun family will continue to be prosperous? "

How does Haijiao know what brother Guijia thinks? They have been working as minor officials in the local area for many years, and their immediate superiors are all members of the Sun faction. Even the in-laws of Mrs. Gui's eldest brother are members of the Sun faction. Perhaps they have been brainwashed by the surrounding public opinion, thinking that the Sun family is still a member of the Sun faction. Can we continue to be prosperous!

If they had waited a year or two more in the capital and paid more attention to the direction of the wind, they would not have made such a stupid decision. There are actually certain advantages to having Mrs. Gui around when you return home. Others betrayed the Wu family and made trouble for former allies. After the fall of the Sun family, they may be liquidated. But Guijia had a daughter who became the Wu family's daughter-in-law. No matter how much Wu Wen'an's followers hated Guijia, they would not kill her natal family for the sake of Mrs. Gui. The returning brothers have great advantages, so why bother to seek official positions? Wouldn't it be safer to wait a few more years and then try to revive the Sun family after its decline?
It was originally a good future that could be harvested despite droughts and floods, but it was ruined by their own stupidity. Who can blame them?

Hai Jiao said: "After my brothers went abroad with their father, they lost contact with Mrs. Gui. Over the years, their hearts have changed. Mrs. Gui only thinks that they are still the well-behaved little brothers before! She only plans for them, She even ignored the warnings of the Empress Dowager and Marquis Chengen and wrote to her brothers without permission, revealing the news about the seventh prince. She fully thought that her brothers would return to Beijing and support the seventh prince as heir apparent, and she only resented the Zhou family for not doing so. She was willing to help her brother seek an official position in the capital, but she never expected that her brother was not of the same mind as her. He only wanted to embrace the Sun family's thighs and seek wealth, and did not take her hatred to heart at all. For this reason, General Zhou gave up. When the news was told to her, she was particularly shocked, and that's why she became ill. It's just that she was still thinking about her brother's reputation, so she assumed that she was sick because of the third member of the Zhou family."

Haitang blinked and followed this logic and deduced: "Mrs. Gui will be so angry that she gets sick, not only because her brother doesn't care about her thoughts and refuses to follow her arrangements, but supports the Sun family wholeheartedly, but also because Her brother's plan turned upside down. Concubine Sun failed to kill the Seventh Prince, but was caught committing the crime. And the Seventh Prince knew about Gui's brother's betrayal, and would never use them again in the future... Mrs. Gui originally thought that her brother She will have a bright future, but now she has to worry about whether the Seventh Prince will take revenge on her brother, so how can she not be anxious? This anxiety will certainly make her sick. "

It's just that she went too far by putting the blame on the third brother of the Zhou family, trying to make the outside world think that she was sickened by the "evil deeds" of Mrs. Ma, the third brother of the Zhou family, and the Zhen Guogong and his wife's protectiveness towards the clan. Her brother has no bright future, so why should he care about loyalty and good reputation now? For such a meaningless thing, she insisted on pouring dirty water on the Zhou family who saved her. She is really an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!

She and her brothers are truly brothers and sisters of the same family, equally selfish and stupid!
Haitang muttered: "No wonder, I heard that Mrs. Gui was angry because she heard about Mrs. Ma's crime, and made a fuss about asking my uncle and his brothers to pay for the lives of the Wu family, and I felt a little weird in my heart. According to her logic, Her family was killed. She didn’t blame the murderer, nor did she blame the emperor who protected the murderer. Instead, she asked the family of the person who sold the knife to the murderer to pay with his life. Does this make sense? She can blame the knife, or the person who sold the knife. , Why do you have to have trouble with the family of the knife seller? It turns out that is just an excuse."

Fortunately, Mrs. Gui's plot failed. Now so many people know her true thoughts, and they have no intention of covering up for Gui's brothers. Instead, they sympathize with the third family member of the Zhou family for innocently taking the blame...

Haitang suddenly paused and raised his eyes to look at Haijiao: "Brother, Mrs. Gui is actually still under house arrest, right? She has not really gained freedom of movement, and it is impossible for her to go to the third room of the Zhou family to cause trouble. Wu Qiong only vaguely mentioned the truth in his letter to me , but not in detail. She can't see outsiders, and Wu Ke doesn't dare to say anything in front of you. How did these gossips about Mrs. Gui break through the blockade of the Duke's mansion and spread outside. What about the Zhenguo Government and Tu Tongzhi? Is it really not intentional?"

(End of this chapter)