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

Chapter 643 Peace of mind
After dinner, Ma brought some calming soup to the Jin family and sat for a while. She came back in less than fifteen minutes.

There was no way. Jin Jiashu was fine after today's incident, but Ma Shangyi was frightened and not in a good mood. Seeing that she was tired, Ma quickly said what she wanted to say and left.

It is said that Jin Jiashu gave the soup he received to Ma Shangyi to drink. After all, the old lady seemed to be the one who needed to calm her nerves.

After delivering the soup, Ma forgot about the matter. Unexpectedly, Ma Shangyi would give her a surprise reward.

The next day, Ma Shangyi went out and did not return until the morning. That evening, Zhou Ma sent Ma Youli's eldest daughter Xiu Ju to the Hai family to tell Ma that Tu Rong had personally gone to the third room of the Zhou family to visit the Zeng brothers and sisters.

As the grandfather of the two children, Tu Rong asked about their health with concern. He learned that the girl, Zeng Chunlin, was seriously ill, so he said he would take her home to take care of her. Although the boy, Zeng Boqing, was not ill, since he had come to Chang'an, he was under his watch. As an elder, he also had the responsibility to take care of the younger generation, so he was willing to take him home. It happened that he only had one eldest son around him, so taking the Zeng brothers and sisters over would allow the cousins ​​to keep each other company.

Zhou Shigong was very disapproving at first. Tu Rong was only the cousin of Marquis Yingchuan and Mr. Zeng Er. How could his relationship with the Zeng brothers and sisters be as close as that of his uncle? With his uncle around, would his aunt and grandfather still need to worry about him? Besides, Tu Jinbao was the son of Tu Rong and his first wife. He had no blood relationship with the Zeng family. He was just a boy who grew up in the countryside. The Zeng brothers and sisters were the blood of the Marquis after all. How could they keep him company? !
However, this indifference did not last long. Tu Rong's identity and official position were all there. He sat in the main hall of the third room of the Zhou family and made a request to Zhou Shigong. With his momentum pressing down, Zhou Shigong's mind was instantly clear.

Even if he was the uncle of the Zeng brothers and sisters, so what? Madam Ma was his stepmother, and Zhou Shuyi was his biological sister. They had committed a crime, which was not tolerated by the emperor, so he sent Tu Rong and Ma Shangyi to find out the truth. When they were executed, couldn't he just watch?

He could do nothing but feel grateful to the emperor for his kindness in saving his family from disaster.

The emperor was kind and spared the Zeng brothers and sisters, but that didn't mean that what happened in the past no longer existed. It was okay for him to help his two nephews, but he openly gave them preferential treatment everywhere. Wasn't that really a sign of dissatisfaction with the emperor's will?
When his brother-in-law, Master Zeng Er, sent the two children back to their parents' home, Marquis Yingchuan did not explicitly oppose or stop it. Was it because this was also the emperor's intention?
When Tu Rong heard that he treated his nephew so well that he did not hesitate to argue with his wife, he came to pick him up. Was this also a warning to him?

The emperor is behind Tu Rong. If he comes today specifically to take the children of the prisoner Zhou Shuyi away, not only can he not stop him, but he must also act according to the order, otherwise he would be disobeying the order!
Could this also be the emperor's test of him? To test whether he was in league with his stepmother, and whether he had the intention of betraying the country and the emperor? !

Tu Rong didn't say anything special, but Zhou Shigong was still imagining things, which scared him into a cold sweat. When Tu Rong mentioned picking someone up again, he didn't object anymore.

He just asked reluctantly, "Chunlin is still sick. It might be inconvenient to move her now. Can we wait for two days until her condition improves?"

Seeing that he was well behaved, Tu Rong no longer insisted: "Okay. I'll bring a doctor here, let the doctor diagnose her and prescribe medicine."

The prescription that the doctor brought by Tu Rong gave to Zeng Chunlin was slightly different from the one prescribed by the famous doctor invited by Zhou Shigong. Although it was generally effective, it was not as good as the one prescribed by the famous doctor. But even if Zhou Shigong discovered this, he did not dare to reject it. He could only order people to get the medicine according to the new prescription and boil it for Zeng Chunlin to drink. After Zeng Chunlin drank it, she soon noticed the difference. However, this time she did not dare to say anything, nor did she dare to cry in front of her uncle, because her brother Zeng Boqing had been taken away by Tu Rong. And she knew clearly that her grandmother was forced to drink the poison by Tu Rong. She did not even dare to guess what kind of treatment her brother would encounter with Tu Rong, so how could she dare to play tricks in front of her uncle's family?
Seeing that she had become obedient and her husband Zhou Shigong no longer pointed fingers at her, Zhou Ma's mood immediately improved greatly.

It wasn't that she bullied the sick girl, it was that she felt Zeng Chunlin was not a truly honest child. After noticing her cold attitude, Zeng Chunlin always provoked her in front of her uncle Zhou Shigong. Her words sounded normal, but Zhou Shigong would get furious every time after hearing them, and would come to scold her as a wife for being cold and ruthless to her niece. After so many times, even the dullest Zhou Ma could find something wrong.

She hated Zeng Chunlin's behavior and soon remembered how Madam Ma bullied her and threw dirty water on her under the banner of being a good mother-in-law. Zeng Chunlin had rarely seen her grandmother, and her mother Zhou Shuyi was used to being domineering, so how did she learn her grandmother's ways?

But now that the Zeng brothers and sisters have calmed down and Zeng Boqing has been taken away by Tu Rong, Zhou Ma is much more relieved. Before leaving, Tu Rong specially thanked her on behalf of the Zeng brothers and sisters, saying that she had worked hard to take care of the two children! He never said such words to Zhou Shigong, which shows that he agrees with her approach in his heart.

Zhou Ma stood up straighter in front of her husband, and whenever she had some free time, she would send someone to send a letter to her sister. She couldn't show off too much in front of her husband, lest he get angry. She couldn't show off to her filial sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, because they would just nod and say "You're right", so she could only tell her younger sister.

Ma was happy that Zhou Ma's "grievances were redressed", but she was also puzzled: "How could Tu Tongzhi still have time to visit Zeng's siblings? I thought he was busy teaching his son a lesson now!"

Ma Xiuju was puzzled: "What does Auntie mean by this?"

Ma Li's family pulled her daughter over and whispered something to her. Ma Xiu Ju was shocked: "Such a big thing happened in the city yesterday?! We didn't hear anything at all in the mansion!"

Ma said, "Baoshun from my family and the young man from the Jin family next door were both eyewitnesses, so it's not surprising that I know this. It's not a very decent thing to talk about. The captain Kan who almost caused a death once served under General Zhou. Tongzhi Tu probably ordered people not to spread the word. You just need to go back and tell your wife about this, and don't make a fuss about it. The eldest young master of the Tu family has done something stupid, and Tongzhi Tu probably feels ashamed!"

Ma Xiu Ju quickly agreed and chatted a few more words. Seeing that it was getting late, she said goodbye in a hurry and left.

Ma was happy for Zhou Ma, but at the same time, she felt that Tu Rong was originally indifferent to the affairs of the third branch of the Zhou family, but today he suddenly went in person to "warn" Zhou Shigong and took the boy from the Zeng family away. He must have listened to Ma Shangyi's words, right?
Ma knew that Ma Shangyi had gone out in the morning. Last night, she heard Ma Shangyi promise her: "Leave this matter to me, just rest assured." She thought that this must be Ma Shangyi's credit, and she felt very relieved.

This old sister is really worth recognizing! When she encounters problems, she really does it!

(End of this chapter)