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

Chapter 285 Resentment

"Resentment?" Hai Jiao blinked, "What does this mean? Does Mrs. Gui still have grievances against the Zhou family?"

The Queen Mother Zhou and the Zhou family of the Marquis Chengen Mansion had sheltered her mother and daughter for more than ten years! Without the protection of the Zhou family, it is still a question whether the Gui family and her daughter could have survived the power of the Sun family to this day.

Haitang said: "I don't know, anyway, that's what my cousin told grandpa. He felt that what Mrs. Gui said in the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion was a bit weird, and it made people feel uncomfortable."

Hai Jiao asked hurriedly: "Has my cousin seen Mrs. Gui and the orphan of the Wu family? Was he present when Mrs. Gui said these words?"

Haitang shook his head: "Of course he couldn't be here. My cousin only learned that the orphan of the Wu family had come to Chang'an when he was invited to the Duke's Mansion by Zhen Guo Gong to discuss matters afterwards. Zhen Guo Gong didn't say anything, but the general on Saturday accompanied him When his parents met Mrs. Gui and the Wu brothers and sisters, he felt a little unhappy, and after meeting his cousin, he complained a few words in private."

General Thursday went to the Chang'an avant-garde today and was not at home. Therefore, after Mrs. Chengenhou and his party arrived at Zhen Guogong's mansion, it was Saturday that General Zhen Guogong and his wife accompanied Zhen Guogong and his wife to receive the guests together with their sisters-in-law. General Saturday is the youngest and has a relatively free temper. His parents and sisters-in-law were all concerned about Mrs. Gui's identity and did not make any comments on her words and deeds, but he was not so calm.

But his thoughts and comments can give Xie Wenzai and the Hai family a clearer understanding of Mrs. Gui.

Haitang told her brother: "My cousin asked General Saturday specifically how Mrs. Gui has lived these years? If she only lived in a small courtyard in Cining Palace and was not allowed to go out freely, after arriving at Cheng'enhou Mansion, she would still have to Living in a small courtyard with no freedom of movement, she wouldn't be so resentful, right? The Sun family is powerful in Beijing, and the palace is Sun Guifei's territory. If it weren't for the safety of Mrs. Gui, mother and daughter, Zhou Wouldn't the Queen Mother not let them go out? But General Saturday said that Mrs. Gui's words were vague, and no one knew what kind of grievance she had suffered. Seeing that both her mother and daughter looked good, they did not seem to be treated badly. And Mrs. Chengenhou Shizi felt that they were wronged even more. She said that she had been providing them with good food and drink all these years. Whatever the masters of the Chengenhou Mansion had, they would also have it. I really don’t know why Mrs. Gui came from such a place. So much dissatisfaction..."

It can be heard that Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi also has a lot of resentment towards Mrs. Gui. Although she accepted her parents-in-law's instructions and went out with her two children in the cold winter to escort the three Wu family members and Du Qi to Chang'an, she felt a lot of displeasure with Mrs. Gui in her heart. After getting off the bus, she took her children into the second gate of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion. She didn't want to take care of what happened next, and she was not willing to act as Mrs. Gui's introducer and introduce three visitors from the Wu family to the owner of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion. .

When Mrs. Gui took her children to talk to Zhen Guogong and his wife, Mrs. Chengenhou Shizi simply did not show up, claiming that the two children had caught a cold on the road and had gone to rest first.

Haitang listened to her cousin Xie Wenzai's story in the upper room and felt quite puzzled.

Why is Mrs. Gui of the Wu family so crazy? She relied on the protection of the Zhou family to survive safely to this day. She also followed the Zhou family's arrangements and fled from the capital to Chang'an for refuge. She will continue to live under the protection of the Zhou family in the future. How much grievance and resentment she felt had to be shown when she met the head of the Zhou family for the first time? Who does she think she is? Is there no one she cares about in this world?

As Hai Jiao listened to his sister's story, he thought of the dull-dressed middle-aged woman he had seen at the Zhenguo Palace, but he did not expect that she would have such a temperament. He whispered: "I have never heard of any orphans or survivors in the Wu family in my previous life, let alone the Queen Mother Zhou who raised the children of the Wu family in the palace. What changes happened in this life to have them? What happened when they came to Chang'an? Or was it that they also arrived in Chang'an in their previous life, but there was no movement at all and they died silently?"

In the previous life, when the Zhou family lost power, Mrs. Zhenguo took her family to Beijing. Could it be that the three survivors of the Wu family could follow them back to the capital? Anyway, after Hai Jiao joined Jin Yiwei as a spy, he had a good understanding of the situation of the powerful families in the capital, but he had never heard of any survivors of the Wu family. The old friends and disciples of Duke Wu Wen'an when he was still alive later either formed their own Qingliu sect or became attached to Lord Tao Yuetao. They had been fighting with the Sun family for many years, and every time they criticized Mr. Sun Ge, they often mentioned that he had killed Mr. Wu Wen'an and his family, which showed that they had no idea that there were still descendants of the Wu family who survived. What went wrong?

Hai Jiao was puzzled, so Hai Tang advised him: "Brother, don't worry. Today is the first time the Wu family has made an appearance in Chang'an. All the words were spoken by Mrs. Gui herself. The truth will be revealed later." Ask carefully. Anyway, my brother has made friends with the young master of the Zhenguo Palace. My cousin will continue to pay attention to the news about the descendants of Wu Wen'an's family. We can always find out the truth and guess what happened in the previous life. .”

Hai Jiao sighed: "That's all we can do." He suddenly remembered something: "What my cousin said was only Mrs. Gui's words in front of Zhen Guo Gong's family? The two orphans of the Wu family didn't say anything. ?Where is Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi?"

Haitang said: "Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi also seemed to be full of resentment, and her daughter did catch wind and cold on the road and urgently needed rest and treatment. She hurriedly took her children and servants to the back house to settle them. Saturday The general only met them briefly and didn't have time to ask for details. When the Wu family met with Zhen Guogong's family, Mrs. Gui was the one talking from beginning to end. Occasionally, Mrs. Gui would call her daughter Wu Qiongying and the two of them. sentence, but the boy Wu Ke is said to have never spoken and looks very quiet and silent. General Saturday said that he does not look in good health. He is obviously fifteen or sixteen years old, but he looks different from Zhou The boy at home is about 12 or 13 years old and is about the same height, and his face is also very pale."

Hai Jiao remembered the side of Wu Ke that he had seen from a distance: "Yes, he looks very thin and pale, with a gloomy expression, and the relationship with his aunt, Mrs. Gui, is not very good. When Mrs. Gui got off the carriage, she refused at all. Let him help her! In front of the servants of the Zhou family, she dared to look down on her nephew openly. "

Haitang tilted her head: "Why? It was she who kept Wu Ke so that he could avoid the fire that destroyed the Wu family. Later, Gui's family persuaded her to hand Wu Ke over, and she insisted on keeping him. They are also survivors of the Wu family. They have been dependent on each other these years. Logically speaking, their relationship should be very deep. Why does Mrs. Gui dislike Wu Ke now? "

"I don't know." Hai Jiao pursed his lips, "According to Madam Gui, mother and daughter live in a small courtyard in Cining Palace and are not allowed to go out. Doesn't Wu Ke live with them? However, there are differences between men and women. Mrs. Gui and Wu Ke are not mother and son, so it is human nature to live separately. Mrs. Gui will not complain about this, right? Or...she has been locked up in the palace for a long time, so she became contaminated Do you have weird problems? I have seen people coming out of the palace with very weird temperaments, even if they are good people..."

Eunuch Xin, the prison master of Jinyiwei, came from the palace. He has a good relationship with Hai Jiao's master in his previous life. In Hai Jiao's opinion, he is a kind elder, but he always speaks in a strange and strange way, and people who are not familiar with him can easily be frightened.

Is it possible that Mrs. Gui has changed into her current temperament because she stayed in the palace for a long time?

Hai Jiao frowned, and Hai Tang slapped him: "Let's not care about this. Let's discuss the death of the sixth prince first? Because the Wu family couldn't get rid of the suspicion and couldn't get the emperor's asylum, they had to flee the capital... …What the hell is going on?”

(End of this chapter)