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

Chapter 346 Proposal

Zhou Wenjun also had a headache when talking about the fact that Mrs. Gui wanted to marry her daughter to the most valued grandchild of the town government.

She didn't understand why there would be people in the world who were arrogant, rude and looked down upon, while forcing other people to marry her daughter. They said both inside and outside that the Zhou family was taking a huge advantage by marrying her daughter as their daughter-in-law. The benefits will be great in the future.

Wu Qiong, the granddaughter of the Wu family, has a good status, but the Wu family has been in decline for a long time. The marriage cannot be called an advantage, and it may not be of any benefit in the future.

If Mrs. Gui is referring to the support of the Wu clan's former descendants, then the Zhou family has supported the Wu clan's descendants who have been exiled to the northwest for many years. They already have their gratitude and there is no need to marry another daughter-in-law named Wu to win over them.

As for the others, although Duke Wu Wen'an was posthumously granted the title by the emperor, the fire in the Wu Mansion is still an unsolved case, the Wu Mansion has never been rebuilt, and it is not known who owns the remaining properties of the Wu family. The three survivors of the Wu family first hid in Cining Palace for several years, and then left the palace and hid in Chengenhou Mansion for several years. They never dared to walk openly in front of others. Apart from the items they took away from home, they only had Only the property given by the Empress Dowager Zhou and Chengenhou couple. When Wu Qiong gets married, I'm afraid the Zhou family will have to prepare the dowry. If a child of the Zhou family married her, what kind of advantage would they take?

If Mrs. Gui thought that Wu Ke would be very promising in the future and that his sister's husband's family would also benefit from it, then Zhou Wenjun would be even more incomprehensible. Mrs. Gui kept suppressing and insulting Wu Ke, and showed no concern for his studies. At the same time, she believed that he would be successful sooner or later. Where did he get the confidence? Could it be that she thought that the grandson of the former father-in-law, Duke Wu Wen'an, did not need to study hard and could live a wealthy and prosperous life just by virtue of his status as a descendant of a relative? The Wu and Gui families were both scholarly families who valued imperial examinations. If Mrs. Ruogui really thinks so, she doesn't know how the ancestors of the two families will feel.

If the Wu family wants to revitalize their family, it depends on when the emperor can really give the Wu family grace so that they can move back to their own home openly and honestly, instead of just promoting the old Wu family members, Wu Ke himself also has to strive for success. OK. If he can pass the Jinshi examination and achieve success in the officialdom, he can truly support the Wu family.

How many years will it take?

Mrs. Gui is now procrastinating and refusing to even nod to Wu Ke's apprenticeship. Instead, she dares to use things that she doesn't know will be realized in many years to force the Zhou family to marry her daughter.

In fact, the Zhou family does not care about the current situation of the Wu family, and is interested in helping them revitalize the family. They do not reject marriage, but the premise is that the marriage is consensual, and the woman did not designate the candidate. If the other party is not happy, it must be Don't force it. This is not what the Wu family, who are in a weak position and cannot do without the help of the Zhou family, should do. Even if nothing happened to the Wu family, it is still the prestigious residence of the father-in-law and the minister's family. Marriage between the two families is not the rule.

Zhou Wenjun complained to Haitang in private. He really couldn't understand what was going on in Mrs. Gui's mind.

Haitang also felt that this was unreasonable. Did Mrs. Gui rely on something that outsiders didn't know about? For example, some palace secrets, like she knew who killed the sixth prince but refused to tell her name?

Zhou Wenjun sneered at this conjecture: "Is there any palace secret that the Queen Mother did not tell our family, but allowed Madam Gui to know? If it refers to the cause of death of the Sixth Prince, as long as it was not done by the Queen Mother, what does it have to do with us? Besides, This kind of secret will only bring disaster, not wealth. She just used it to threaten our family, saying that the Wu family will regain wealth because of it? She might as well hope that she can clear up the suspicion of killing the sixth prince early, so that The emperor nodded and allowed his family to return to the capital in an honorable manner!"

Haitang smiled and said: "I'm referring to similar secrets, not really the cause of death of the Sixth Prince. After all, she has lived in the palace for many years. Cining Palace is so big, and there may not be any secrets that can be hidden from her. . Maybe she thinks that such a secret can really bring her wealth? You also said that her idea is very strange and incomprehensible. Even if she has any whimsical ideas, it is normal. "

"That's true." Zhou Wenjun thought for a while, "The elders also asked her about their experiences in the palace. She always looked mysterious and kept half of what she said, deliberately titillating. I don't want to ask her to ask. What secrets she likes to tell. If I really want to know, I can ask the fourth aunt. After the fourth aunt comes to Beijing with the fourth uncle, she will definitely go to the palace to pay her respects to the Queen Mother. Is there anything that I can’t find out then? "

After all, the Zhou family is the natal family of the Queen Mother, and they have a stronghold in the capital, the Marquis Chengen's Mansion, and soon the General Zhou's family will be added as well. This kind of communication is quite convenient.

Haitang felt that if Zhou Wenjun could really find out from the Queen Mother Zhou why Mrs. Gui was so arrogant and confident, maybe in the future when Xie Wenzai accepted Wu Ke as his student, he would have a way to prevent Mrs. Gui from coming to make trouble.

Haitang didn't believe that Mrs. Gui really had anything to rely on. If she had, how could she be silent in her previous life? I won't be forced to leave the capital and live in Chang'an in this life. But there are some things that she may think are emboldening, but are actually a curse. Haijiao had never heard anything about the Wu family in her previous life. Perhaps it was the result of some evil, so she had to be careful. After Haitang listened to Zhou Wenjun complaining for a long time, Zhou Wenjun finally felt much better and had a smile on his face.

She looked around and saw no one nearby, then she leaned into Haitang's ear and whispered: "Let me tell you a secret. In fact, someone in our clan is willing to propose marriage to Wu Qiong, and the man is also a direct descendant of a young talent. It's just that Mrs. Gui didn't like the family's lintel being not prominent enough, so she said many critical and disdainful words, which made her angry and ran away!"

Haitang raised her eyebrows: "Who is it? I didn't hear anything."

"Of course you won't hear the news." Zhou Wenjun rolled his eyes at her, "You are most familiar with our eldest room and the third room. How have you ever dealt with the people in the sixth room?"

Six rooms in the Zhou family? Isn't that Zhou Sujun's family?

Haitang asked hurriedly: "Which young master from the sixth house is he? I remember his eldest grandson is already married, right? Someone mentioned it during the New Year's Eve dinner last time."

Zhou Wenjun told her: "It's Brother Sujun, the brother of the second clan of Liufang. He is almost eighteen years old and has always refused to talk about marriage. His grandmother was so anxious that she decided to kill her first and then tell her the story. When Liufang's great-uncle was not married, she and The old aunt is a close friend. It is said that the two of them have agreed to become the in-laws of their children! Unfortunately, the old aunt married into the capital and never saw her again. The daughters here cannot get married, and the grandchildren It's the same thing when they get married again. The sixth aunt and uncle came to propose marriage excitedly, but Mrs. Gui poured cold water on her and she was so angry that she was trembling all over when she left.

"Mrs. Gui said a lot of unpleasant things. She didn't even take her mother-in-law's words to heart. She insisted on marrying Wu Qiong to Zhou Yijun. She looked down on people from the side branches at all. My grandmother comforted my great-uncle for a long time, and later she was Su Jun. My brother came to pick her up in person and said that he had a sweetheart who would come to propose marriage in a few days. My uncle and aunt put all those troubles aside and focused on asking whose daughter he was interested in, and she was anxious to make preparations. Things to propose marriage.”

In fact, Zhou Wenjun felt that what Zhou Sujun said was just an excuse to comfort his grandmother and should not be taken seriously. But as long as his great-uncle Liufang wouldn't be so angry that his body would be damaged, it didn't matter what he said. If he really can't find a "sweetheart" in the future, Mrs. Zhen Guogong will still be happy to help him introduce one.

Haitang looked at Zhou Wenjun in silence, but hesitated to speak.

Are the children of the Zhou family so honest? Several young people discussed the marriage. Tang Meng told his father and sister, Hai Jiao told his little sister, Zhou Yijun only informed Zhen Guogong and his wife and Mrs. Tuesday, but Zhou Sujun didn't even tell his grandmother? !

They are really not afraid of making a mistake!

　Happy New Year’s Eve everyone~~~ Happy New Year to all readers~~~ Good luck in the Year of the Dragon~~~~

　　

　

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