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

Chapter 474 Admit
Zhou Ma's original escape mentality disappeared instantly.

She was a little lucky that she came to the West Courtyard. Otherwise, her two sisters, as the only representatives of the Ma family in the Zhou family's three-bedroom house, were unable to refute Mrs. Ma's words immediately. Wouldn't they have to sit back and watch the Ma family's name be smeared? !

She immediately rushed into the courtyard gate and retorted loudly: "Don't talk nonsense! When did you become the daughter of the Ma family?! No matter you are a clan daughter or the daughter of a escaped prisoner, you are the same as the Ma family." There is no blood relationship! You are just the adopted daughter of the old aunt who became a widow. There are still many old people alive in the Ma family. They all saw it with their own eyes when the old aunt took you home. Don't think that it was Wu. What happened more than ten years ago, so few people know about it, so you can talk nonsense!”

Ma also followed behind and echoed: "That's right! The Ma family has been loyal and brave for generations, how could there be an unfilial daughter like you who colluded with foreign spies?! Don't smear the faces of the Ma family's ancestors!"

When representatives of the Ma family arrived, both Zhou Ma and Ma could prove that Mrs. Ma was not a flesh and blood of the Ma family. They could also name other members of the Ma family who could prove this, and the relevant evidence had been handed over to Tu Rong, the commander of Shaanxi Dusidu. Tu Rong recognized the Ma sisters' statement, and Mrs. Ma's defense was rejected.

But she seemed quite thick-skinned: "It's true that I am an adopted daughter in name, but how do you know that I am not my mother's biological flesh and blood?"

The expressions on Zhou Ma's and Ma's faces became even more ferocious. Is it possible that Mrs. Ma still wants to throw dirty water on the old aunt's head, saying that she is the illegitimate daughter of the old aunt? !

Mrs. Ma gritted her teeth and glared at Mrs. Ma: "When you were down and out, it was our old aunt who took you in and brought you to Chang'an. She provided you with delicious food and drink, and arranged a good marriage for you. She received a generous dowry and entrusted her family property to you before her death. The old aunt has been innocent and kind all her life. She has never had the idea of ​​remarrying since she became a widow in middle age. Even though her husband's family is dissatisfied with her, they have never been here. You have been critical of her. She has been so kind to you. If you are ungrateful and want to deny your status as a clan daughter and tarnish your benefactor’s reputation, you are a beast worse than a pig or a dog! You can't admit it either! I'll go back to my parents' house tomorrow and tell the clan leader Zong Lao the whole story. Even if the old aunt has the knowledge to complain about her, I will remove your unfilial adopted daughter for her, so that she won't be implicated by you after her death. !”

Mrs. Ma blushed, pursed her lips tightly, and said no more.

Haitang stared at her expression and deliberately whispered to her grandmother Ma in a loud voice that could be heard by the people around her: "It's really strange. What's wrong with the status of a clan girl? She would rather pour dirty water on her benefactor's adoptive mother's head." Admit it? Is she so unhappy with being a royal family member? How can the surname Song be an insult to her?"

After listening to Haitang's "whisper", Ma gave up. He had not yet calmed down from his anger, and did not think there was anything wrong with his granddaughter's words. However, the Duke of Zhen and his wife, General Saturday and his wife, Tu Rong and Yi Qianjing were present. But the faces of all the visitors changed.

Tu Rong looked at Mrs. Ma with a different look: "If Mrs. Ma is ashamed of her surname, could it be that she is really the daughter of a barbarian? The so-called clan status is just a misunderstanding? Then you cling to the Ma family and seek to marry into the Zhou family , is it all a conspiracy of the barbarians?”

Mrs. Ma's face changed, and she turned her head reluctantly: "Of course I am not a Hu spy, nor am I of Hu blood! I... I am indeed from a clan, and was forced to run away because of the harsh treatment I received from my family. I entered Buddhism and became a monk. I was not willing to live my whole life like this. Seeing that Mrs. Ma had pity for me, I made her my adoptive mother and left the capital anonymously."

She didn't want to admit her origins, but she couldn't do it now. This group of people was determined to make things difficult for her. If she did not admit that she was a member of the clan, she would be killed as a barbarian girl. She always asked herself how smart she should be, so she didn't need to mention it. Mrs. Ma admitted her identity as a clan daughter, and then the old palace servants from Beijing came forward.

She pulled out a drawing with a detailed representation of a comb. The palace attendants who were accompanying him had taken the actual ebony comb with gold from Mrs. Ma's house in advance. When compared with the drawings, it was obvious that they were exactly the same thing.

The old palace man said to everyone: "The old slave is Shangyi Ma Sufang of Cining Palace. This is a drawing obtained by Shanggong Bureau from the inner palace. It is a black wood custom-made for a clan member more than fifty years ago. Drawings of gold-painted combs. The imperial concubine was the wife of Qin Guogong, the eighth son of the Prince of Chu. She customized a complete set of dressing utensils for her eldest daughter who was about to get married, and also customized a pair of ebony gold-painted combs and matching combs for her second daughter. One of the mirrors was broken a year after it was made, and a pair of combs disappeared with the owner. Now the palace people found the pair of ebony and gold-painted combs from the old lady's makeup box, and the patterns and marks on them were exactly the same as the drawings. Oops. Madam, are you Song Yuzhu, the second daughter of Duke Qin?"

Mrs. Ma already had a premonition when she saw the palace attendant taking away the ebony comb with gold. Although she didn't know how she was exposed, and how the Zhou family discovered that her comb was produced by the inner government, she could only continue to admit: "Yes, I am Song Yuzhu."

Ma Sufang, the old palace servant, put away the drawings and continued: "Before leaving the palace, the old slave went to see the descendants of Duke Qin. The Duke of Qin and his wife died of illness several years after their second daughter disappeared, and the eldest daughter also died of illness. He died, leaving only a concubine to inherit the family business. This prince is still alive today. Although he is old, he still remembers why the second sister, whom he has never met, left home. The second daughter, Song Yuzhu, was not forced to become a monk because she was treated badly by her family. She was forced to become a monk because her parents found out about her affair with Prince Pingxihou and refused to admit that she was wrong. Duke Qin and his wife just took care of her. The marriage was called off and she was sent to the countryside to recuperate.

"But not only did she not repent, she also fled back to Beijing secretly to take revenge on her family, causing her eldest sister to be injured, her mother's reputation to be damaged, and Qin Guo Gong almost losing his title. In anger, Qin Guo Gong cruelly drove his second daughter out of the house. Song Yuzhu disappeared without a trace, and her family never heard from her again. However, Qin Guogong and his wife still held a grudge against their second daughter until their death. They left a portrait and a last message, instructing the family to keep this hatred in mind and to capture the unfilial daughter in the future. At home, deal with it strictly.”

Having said this, Ma Sufang glanced at Mrs. Ma again: "Old madam, do you admit these past events?"

Mrs. Ma's face darkened. She didn't expect that her concubine brother, whom she had never seen before, would actually know about her dark history, and after sending people in the palace to inquire, he would directly expose the family scandal... Sure enough, a bastard is a bastard! Why did the father and mother want to hand over the family title to the hands of a lowly person? And told him so many things he shouldn't know? !
Many people present were whispering secretly. For example, sisters Ma and Zhou Ma couldn't help complaining to the two children Haitang and Zhou Yijun: "She is an unfilial daughter. She made the mistake first. Not only did she refuse to admit punishment, You still have the nerve to take revenge on your parents and relatives! What a white-eyed wolf!”

Haitang took the opportunity to whisper again: "It's strange. Regardless of whether her parents treated her badly, she changed her name and came to Chang'an to get married. The old man from the third bedroom was so kind to her, so why did she let go of her good life? However, she has to deal with Hu spies? It can’t be because her parents have treated her badly, right?”

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this. Mrs. Ma's eyes shot towards Haitang like sharp arrows: "Little girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Where is the place for you to talk here?!"

Haitang raised her eyebrows and stared back without fear: "You have poured dirty water on my relatives and ancestors, why don't you allow me to tell the truth? If you don't have any evil intentions in your heart, what do you have to be afraid of?!"

(End of this chapter)