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

Chapter 544 Questioning
When Mrs. Gui got up, it was almost sunrise.

She wrote letters to her brothers in the middle of the night last night and stayed up until very late. But now she doesn't have a mother-in-law to look after her, let alone housekeeping, and the Duke's wife doesn't need her to greet her. She can sleep as late as she wants, so she doesn't think it's a big deal.

But after washing up, she found that her daughter was not there, and she felt a little unhappy.

She asked the maid: "Where did the girl go? Did she go to the fourth room again?"

The maid glanced at her: "The girl went out early in the morning, saying she wanted to talk to her brother."

The daughter went not to Zhou Xuejun, but to Wu Ke. Mrs. Gui was equally unhappy: "What are you going to do with him? Just discuss it with me. How can you expect him to help with that useless thing?" What’s the point?”

The maid said nothing, arranged the chopsticks for Mrs. Gui, and then left.

Mrs. Gui glanced at her with dissatisfaction and ate her breakfast without any taste. She just felt that the people in Chang'an City were either soup noodles or steamed buns, steamed buns and cakes all day long. In addition to pasta or pasta, couldn't they have something fresh? When she was in Chengenhou Mansion, she had much better food than this. Is it the Zhenguo Duke's mansion or the direct branch chief's house, and the food is just like this?

It seems that it’s because they don’t take the Wu family seriously!

Mrs. Gui held back her anger, hastily ate half a bowl of noodle soup, and ordered people to leave. She went to the Buddha to recite sutras for a while, and then dug out the letter she had written to see if there were any omissions. She was thinking about what reason she should come up with to go to the third room of the Zhou family to make a fuss.

What those Zhou family's nieces and nephews revealed at yesterday's banquet can be used as an excuse, right?
Then she had to find a way to go to the third room of Zhou's house to make the matter bigger. The third member of the Zhou family had done something wrong, and he would definitely have no face to see her as the mistress. As long as she opens her mouth, they will definitely be willing to compensate her. Even if Zhenguo Gong and his wife were not happy, the third bedroom of the Zhou family would put in a good word for her and help her mother and daughter move out of Zhenguo Gong's mansion. Before her brother arrived in Chang'an, she could still get a sum of money and food from the third room of the Zhou family, so that their mother and daughter could live a more comfortable life, and maybe save some travel expenses for their trip back to Beijing.

Mrs. Gui had her own wishful thinking, but suddenly she heard a "squeak" coming from the direction of the courtyard door, which meant someone had come in.

The door was opened by the maid waiting in the courtyard. She didn't go into the house to announce, but opened the door and let people in. It must be her daughter Wu Qiong who was back.

Mrs. Gui lowered her face and said sarcastically: "Are you willing to come back? You run out all day long, either to flatter someone else's little granddaughter, or to talk to your useless cousin. It's obvious that we are a family. You are so eager to get close to people, do you expect them to support you? It depends on whether Wu Ke has the ability!"

She was used to saying this. Wu Qiong would not listen to her at first and would refute her a few words, but as time went by, she stopped saying anything and tolerated it silently. Mrs. Gui only thought that her daughter was in the same situation today, and wanted to continue to taunt her. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she saw Ma Shangyi standing at the door of the room, dressed in black, with a straight face, staring coldly. She looked.

Mrs. Gui was immediately surprised, and then she felt a little embarrassed: "It turns out that Shang Yi is here, why didn't the servants know about it? The people in the Zhenguo Palace are becoming more and more unruly!"

Ma Shangyi said calmly: "Listening to what you just said, it turns out that you are also a person who knows the rules? I really can't tell."

Mrs. Gui suddenly became angry and made a serious face: "What do Ma Shangyi mean by this? Are you mocking my Wu family?!" "What does this have to do with the Wu family? The second grandmother Wu is obviously the daughter of Gui. , It was brought up at home." Ma Shangyi walked to the edge not far from her. The maid had already brought an armchair for her to sit on, and then quickly left and closed the door.

Mrs. Gui stood up angrily: "You are so brave! How dare you insult my good name as Guijia?!"

Ma Shangyi sat upright and said unhurriedly: "So there is still a clear name for returning home? I originally thought that as early as when Master Gui chose to betray his in-laws, teachers, classmates, colleagues and old friends, returning home The family’s reputation has been completely ruined.”

"You -" Mrs. Gui was trembling with anger, "You are so brave! Ma Liugu, you..."

Ma Shangyi interrupted her: "Second Grandma Wu, don't forget the etiquette. If you want to clear your name when you go home and let the world know that you have rules when you go home, don't do anything disrespectful here!"

"It's you who are rude!" Mrs. Gui's face turned green. "How dare you, an old slave, be so arrogant in front of me?!"

"I am a female official of the fifth rank in the palace." Ma Shangyi stared at her, "Which rank is Second Mistress Wu's rank? Don't you think you are the master of the palace after living in the palace for a few years? Do you call us palace ladies slaves? When Mrs. Wu went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, didn’t Mrs. Wu teach you a lesson? But just because Mrs. Wu has been dead for many years, you can’t? Take your mother-in-law's teachings to heart. This is not the etiquette that a daughter-in-law should have. There has never been an unfilial daughter-in-law in the Wu family. Don't think that because you are a widow, you can not obey the Wu family ancestors. Trained."

Mrs. Gui immediately blushed. Her husband had not had time to become an official before his death, so of course she was also a white woman. The memory of being scolded by her mother-in-law in the palace flashed through her mind, and she quickly shook it away: "You are just an old maid of the Duke of Zhenguo! You were a female official in the palace because you were a dowry for the Queen Mother. Why do you think so?" Are you putting on airs in front of me? My mother-in-law is also your old master!"

Ma Shangyi sighed: "Mrs. Wu was such a dignified and polite person during her lifetime, how could she have such an ignorant daughter-in-law? No wonder she complained to the Queen Mother many times, saying that she regretted her promise to the Second Master Wu. It's a pity that you, a daughter-in-law with insufficient moral character and upbringing, passed away too early. The survivors of the Wu family were not the virtuous eldest grandma and third grandma, so now the Wu family's reputation is burdened by the rebellious daughter-in-law, and the Wu family's orphans are also affected. They are all suffering. Mr. Wu Wen’an and Mrs. Wu must feel uneasy when they are in heaven..."

She glanced at Mrs. Gui: "Second Grandma Wu is very angry? What are you going to do? Are you going to write a letter to your brothers and ask them to come to Chang'an to support you?"

Mrs. Gui was finally not hopelessly stupid. When she heard Ma Shangyi's words, she immediately woke up: "Do you know that I wrote a letter to my brother? Who told you? It's this hospital The maid serving here? I know... the people in your government office are not good people!"

Ma Shangyi sneered: "The people from Zhenguo Palace saved His Highness the Seventh Prince, saved you and your daughter, and saved the last blood of the Wu family! If this is not a good thing, then those who return home will not be able to do anything at all. Nothing! At the beginning, everyone was trying their best to protect His Majesty the Seventh Prince. The Queen Mother thought that your daughter was still young, and no matter how angry she was with you for instigating Liuhua to make a big mistake, she didn’t care about it and explained it to you. The whole story, let you live peacefully in Chengenhou Mansion.

"What did you do in the end? You kept saying that you would accept any grievance for His Majesty the Seventh Highness, but you wrote to your brother to tell the truth without telling everyone! When Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Shizi caught you doing this, you still defended yourself by saying that it was The first time I wrote to your brother, I didn’t reveal anything about the Seventh Highness. In fact, it was a lie! If you hadn’t already betrayed the Seventh Highness when you wrote the first letter to your brother! Because of this, why would Marquis Chengen send you out of the capital in such a hurry?"

Mrs. Gui was originally full of anger, but after hearing what she said, she couldn't help but feel discouraged. She opened her mouth and confessed her guilt: "I didn't! How could I betray His Majesty the Seventh Prince? Don't even think about pouring dirty water on my head!"

Ma Shangyi spat: "If you didn't betray His Highness Seventh Prince, how could Concubine Sun know that he was hiding in Cining Palace?!"

(End of this chapter)