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

Chapter 997 Complaint
Zhou Ma shamelessly changed her words, pretending that it was not she who had not been optimistic about Zhou Xuejun's future. But what could Ma and Haitang do? They had no choice but to cooperate with her and responded again, "Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Perhaps because her sister and niece were very cooperative, Madam Zhou Ma felt her face temperature cool down and her heart was much calmer. She began to chat leisurely: "In addition to Xuejun, Huajun's marriage seems to be in sight, and Yijun's marriage is also settled. I wonder what kind of personality the girl of the Tao family has? I haven't seen her, but I heard from people in Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion that they had dealt with her twice before. She is quite talented and beautiful. If she wasn't of the wrong age, she might have been selected to enter the palace long ago, and Yijun wouldn't have gotten the chance."

This time Ma had something to refute: "Big sister, you are wrong this time. I have heard from cousin Xie a long time ago that the palace once planned to choose the granddaughter of the Tao family as the empress, but it was Elder Tao who rejected it. Elder Tao is a serious and upright scholar, and he does not intend to follow Elder Sun's old path!"

"Ah... is that so?" Zhou Ma laughed dryly. She didn't really believe that Tao Ge Lao was such a noble and upright person, but Xie Wenzai, who was staying at her brother-in-law's house, was Tao Ge Lao's close friend. She knew this in Chang'an a long time ago, and it seemed that she couldn't help but believe what Xie Wenzai said...

Madam Zhou coughed lightly and immediately changed the subject: "I heard that Hua Jun's marriage is going to be with the boy from General Tu's family. That boy doesn't have a good reputation in the capital, and I'm really afraid that he will ruin our good girl!"

Ma recalled Tu Jinbao's behavior and made a fair assessment: "Tu Jinbao was a little out of touch in his early years. He was spoiled by his grandmother and schemed against by his stepmother, so his reputation was so bad. But in recent years, he went to Chang'an, where the atmosphere is much more serious than that of the capital. With the guidance of Baoshun from our family and Master Yijun from the Zhou family, he gradually straightened himself out. Now he has been appointed to a proper military position and has gone to Ganzhou for garrison training. Which boy who can train in a border city is not a good boy? Besides, Ganzhou is now under the jurisdiction of General Zhou San. Are you still afraid that he will teach a devil to mess around and wrong your own daughter? You can rest assured!"

Madam Zhou laughed dryly: "Really? That's good news." The more she talked, the more she felt something was wrong. She was the one who came to the capital earlier, so how come her younger sister, who had only been in the capital for a few months, was more informed than she was? If this continued, where would her face as the eldest sister be?
So she offered a piece of news that she thought her sister would never know: "There will be several happy events in our Zhou family next year, which will probably keep us busy for a whole year. You don't know, after hearing about these happy events, Zeng Boqing and his sister came to our house frequently, and encouraged our master to marry with the powerful people in the capital. It is not necessary for the cousins ​​in Chang'an to travel thousands of miles to the capital. They are also descendants of the Zhou family and are closer! How shameless! When did they become members of the Zhou family? The Tu family is going to marry the grandchildren of the Duke of Zhenguo, who are they?!"

Ma really didn't know about this, and she immediately became interested: "Did the Zeng brothers and sisters really say such shameless words? What did the brother-in-law say?"

"Although the master is somewhat biased towards them, he is not senile and naturally rejected it." Madam Zhou curled her lips and said, "Not to mention that the candidates for the marriage between the Zhou and Tu families have been decided long ago. Even if it has not been decided yet, it is not their turn. They are the nephews of the third branch of our Zhou family, and they are several levels away from the Duke of Zhenguo of the eldest branch of the Zhou family. When will it be their turn to represent the Zhou family to marry? Not to mention that our master has no say in this matter, even if he can, he is too embarrassed to mention it! It's not like the son of the Tu family can't get married, how can he be so unselective? What crime did Zhou Shuyi die for back then? Doesn't it sound glorious?!"

Zhou Shigong reprimanded the Zeng brothers and sisters at that time, and told them not to be too arrogant. Since they had decided not to stay in Chang'an and refused to accept the marriage arranged by their uncle's family, and insisted on returning to the capital to be the young master and young lady of the Zeng family and have their marriage arranged by the Zeng family of Yingchuan Marquis' Mansion, they should honestly follow the arrangements of their family and not change their minds at the last minute and set their sights on the Zhou family.

The Zeng brothers and sisters left in disgrace, and did not dare to come to the house for several days. It was not until yesterday, on Laba, that they shamelessly came to see their uncle again, but they came to cry about marriage. The wife of the prince of Yingchuan was kind enough to find a marriage for each of them, but they were not satisfied and felt wronged again, so they wanted to ask their uncle Zhou Shigong to support them. How could Zhou Shigong care? He scolded them away again.

Ma Ma of Zhou personally saw the Zeng brothers and sisters make a fool of themselves twice, and she was very happy. It was precisely because Zhou Shigong had such an unpromising relative that she felt that the jokes made by her nephews from her mother's family were not so embarrassing. She was always worried that Ma Lusheng would go too far and make her husband look down on her family and herself. But with the Zeng brothers and sisters around, she felt more confident, knowing that her husband would not complain about Ma Lusheng.

Ma asked in a low voice with some curiosity: "Did the Yingchuan Marquisate really allow the Zeng brothers and sisters to find a match? What kind of marriage was it? How could they be dissatisfied?"

"In fact, those two marriages are really good." Zhou Ma had inquired about the news a long time ago, and she just admired the character of the wife of the prince of Yingchuan. "That child seems to be a good sister of Wenjun since childhood, right? Her father used to be the right-hand man of the eldest son of the eldest house, and later he was transferred to Shanxi, but the contact between the two families has never been broken. People from the northwest are reliable in character, and even the daughters they teach are kind people! This child found Zeng Boqing a daughter of a real high-ranking official family. She is a legitimate daughter, with good looks and talents, and a good temperament and education. It's just that the stepmother is in charge of the family, so the dowry is simple, and she may not get any help from her parents' family after marriage.

"But if it was really a good match with all the right people, how could Zeng Boqing have gotten it?! Those young masters with clean family backgrounds are not blind, they would have snatched the girl away long ago!! Zeng Boqing said at first that he only wanted the girl to be from a higher family, well-educated, and legitimate. Now that everything suits his taste, he has started to complain about the girl's small dowry and the lack of support from his wife's family - he hasn't even become an official, what support does he need? If he really wants support, isn't your master important enough?! He really doesn't know how big his face is!"

As for Zeng Chunlin, the wife of the prince of Yingchuan chose a bastard for her, but he was raised by his mother since childhood, so he was not much different from a legitimate child. This bastard himself was also a student, and he also wanted to take the imperial examination in the future, but he had not passed the examination yet. Zeng Chunlin originally only wanted to marry into a wealthy family, but when her cousin found a candidate for her, she began to complain that the man was a bastard, not handsome enough, and not talented enough, and complained why her sister-in-law didn't marry her to the eldest son of the legitimate family...

These two siblings are both greedy and arrogant. The wife of the Marquis of Yingchuan was kind enough to choose a match for them. Even the Marquis of Yingchuan and his wife and Mr. Zeng could not find fault with her. They all praised her for her kindness and her friendliness towards her brother-in-law and sister-in-law. But in the end, she was disliked by the parties involved. The wife of the Marquis of Yingchuan was so angry that she said she would never care about this matter again. As for the promising marriage, they don't like it. There are younger people of the Zeng family who are of the right age who can like it. Do they really think that the children of the rich and powerful families are willing to marry the Zeng brothers and sisters with unclear backgrounds? It's all because of the reputation of the Marquis of Yingchuan Mansion. The Marquis of Yingchuan has just made great contributions in protecting the emperor, and he is very popular...

Madam Zhou sneered at the Zeng brothers and sisters: "They complain about everything all day long. They only have their eyes on the most prominent families, thinking that they can marry into a family just because they have the surname Zeng. I want to see what good marriage they can find for me in the future!"