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

Chapter 623 Excited

While Hai Xiya and Ma were discussing the topic of their grandchildren's marriages in the upper room of the main courtyard, Hai Jiao and Hai Tang, brother and sister, were having a similar conversation in the study in the west wing.

Haitang told her brother what happened today, especially saying, "Ma Shangyi seems to be particularly close to grandma recently. She really wants to help our family, so she is particularly concerned about our marriage."

Hai Jiao was about to explode at this time: "Tu Rong's eldest son Tu Jinbao! This man is not only a fool, but also a womanizer. His reputation is extremely bad! In the capital, all the well-known families are unwilling to have anything to do with him. The marriage that Tu Rong arranged for him in the future is indeed the daughter of a seventh-rank official, but what does this have to do with us?! If Ma Shangyi really wanted to get close to our family, why would she marry you to such a scum?!"

Haitang quickly comforted him: "Brother, calm down! Grandma has already rejected it! I have nothing to do with this Tu Jinbao, and I will never have any relationship with him in the future. You don't have to worry about me."

Hai Jiao took several deep breaths and finally calmed down a little. "Although grandma refused, you just said that Ma Shangyi seems to be very optimistic about this marriage and wants to persuade grandma to agree. I'm sure she will ask again later. We have to make sure grandma won't be fooled by her. Even if our family is not high-class and can't marry the children of those high-ranking officials, there is no reason for you to marry that kind of scum and idiot. If you get involved with that kind of person, your life will be ruined! His fiancée in the previous life was burdened by him. After his death, her parents forced her to remain a widow and later became a monk."

In this case, aren't the parents of Tu Jinbao's fiancee more problematic? Since Tu Jinbao had such a bad reputation in his previous life, the family willing to marry their daughter to him is definitely not a kind and righteous gentleman. Most likely, they were deceived by the power of the Tu family and sold their daughter. After Tu Jinbao's death, they still refused to find another partner for their daughter, but wanted her to remain a widow, obviously wanting to maintain the marriage relationship between the two families for a long time. Even if the son-in-law they find for their daughter is not Tu Jinbao, this kind of family may still sacrifice their daughter's lifelong happiness for the sake of profit.

Haitang held back her complaints, but Haijiao was still muttering, "What kind of vision does Ma Shangyi have?! Can you say that Tu Jinbao is a good person? How can this marriage be beneficial?! His relationship with his stepmother, brother and sister-in-law is like fire and water, and everyone in the capital knows about it. Even if Tu Rong is favored by the emperor, he can't suppress the rumors. Lord Sun doesn't like him and always orders his censors to report him. The most common reason he uses is 'If you can't manage your family, how can you pacify the world?'"

Haitang calmly persuaded her brother: "Ma Shangyi has lived in the palace for many years. Now she has left the palace and returned to her hometown. She has not been with Tu Rong's family for a long time. How well can she know Tu Jinbao? Since Tu Jinbao is deeply loved by his grandmother, he probably knows how to please his elders. It is not surprising that he pretends to be good in front of outsiders. Besides, it should be a few years before Tu Jinbao's notoriety. He should be in his teens now. He has just moved to the capital with his grandmother and followed his father to Chang'an. He may not be a bad person now. He may just be spoiled, mediocre, and corrupt. He has been hanging out in the dandy circle in the capital for a few years, and he has been influenced by it. He was also excluded by his stepmother and brothers and sisters, which led to his depravity."

Haijiao thought about it and had to admit that this was indeed possible: "His bad reputation suddenly broke out later. It seemed that all the bad things happened in one or two years. Before that, he was just an inconspicuous dandy, always compared with his brothers. He couldn't stand these words, and every time he got angry in public, he became more and more annoying. When Mrs. Tu passed away, he repeatedly broke the taboos during the mourning period. His reputation was ruined. Even Tu Rong didn't want to care about him anymore. He hurriedly arranged a marriage for him and gave him an estate, saying that he would separate from the family after he got married. He was dissatisfied and felt that Yue's family was far less prominent than his brothers' marriages. He thought his father was partial and his stepmother was insidious. He became more and more unruly, which made him easily fall into the trap of the Sun family. They used him to threaten Tu Rong, and he died at the hands of his biological father."

If all this was due to the unfriendly public opinion environment in the capital, the little tricks of his stepmother, and the conspiracy of the Sun family, which led to Tu Jinbao's tragic end, then he might have escaped and no longer fell into the situation of his previous life if he followed Tu Rong to Chang'an. There was no stepmother and siblings in Chang'an who would plot against him, and the power of the Sun family had been basically eliminated. The people here were relatively friendly and peaceful towards the mediocre children of the military family, and would not say anything unnecessary - after all, any family could give birth to such children and grandchildren. If it was convenient for others, it would be convenient for oneself. Why go too far and leave others with the opportunity to slap oneself in the face?

However, Hai Jiao still didn't dare to take the risk: "Even if Tu Jinbao won't become the vicious fool he was in his previous life, his nature is not necessarily kind and upright. If he is really a good person, how can he be easily provoked into a dandy villain? Our family lives a good life, and there are many young talents out there who can match my little sister. Why do we have to take this risk? What if Tu Jinbao doesn't change his bad habits and can't become a good person in Chang'an? Wouldn't that ruin your life?!"

Haitang smiled and said, "It is said that grandma has firmly rejected this marriage. I just took it as a joke, why should brother keep taking it to heart? Besides, Tu Jinbao has not fallen yet, and Tu Rong still has expectations for him. How can he, a second-rank official, easily ask for a girl from a seventh-rank official's family to marry his son? And by the time Tu Rong is disappointed with his son and thinks that a seventh-rank family is not a problem, our family has already returned to our hometown in Zhili. How can we get involved in such muddy water?"

Haijiao whispered, "Who knows what Tu Rong is thinking? This man is really capable, but he is also cruel enough to kill his own son. I can't guess what he is thinking, but I just think that his position is stable. Both Emperor Deguang and the new emperor trust him very much. It is more stable to follow him, so he wants to get close to him..."

Haitang waved her hands, "Brother, you want to cling to Tu Rong, I think it's okay. Grandma has already rejected Tu Jinbao's matter. No matter what Ma Shangyi says in the future, as long as our family doesn't give in, who can force me to marry? I'm not a fairy that can make the Tu family rush to marry me at all costs. This matter has passed, brother, don't take it to heart. But brother, you should pay more attention to the other marriage mentioned by Ma Shangyi. With the importance that the Zhenguo Mansion attaches to grandfather, and your friendship with Zhou Yijun and his brothers, there may be a branch of the Zhou family who is willing to marry their daughter to you. If brother has other ideas about his own marriage, it's best to inform grandpa and grandma in advance, so that the two elders don't arrange a marriage for you without asking you, and you have no reason to get rid of it."

Haijiao immediately straightened his expression: "Don't worry, little sister, I will pay more attention."

That being said, he thought about the marriage he wanted... and felt embarrassed again.

That was a girl he had never met in his life. What reason could he use to convince his grandparents to agree to help him propose marriage?
(End of this chapter)