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

Chapter 545 Informer

Mrs. Gui was stunned and immediately became furious: "You are talking nonsense! The Seventh Prince's news was leaked because Queen Mother Zhou did not keep it a secret. What does it have to do with my brother?! You can't even think of pouring dirty water on his head!"

Ma Shangyi sneered: "After your brother returned to Beijing, he kept closing the door to thank guests. He didn't even visit your parents' graves. He visited Sun Yongbai three times! The first two times, he couldn't even get in. The third time He went in and stayed for a full hour before coming out. The next day, someone from the Sun family came into the palace to see Concubine Sun. On the third day, Concubine Sun used a trick to steal the Queen Mother and broke into Cining Palace. , I met His Majesty the Seventh Prince! Where in the world can such a coincidence happen?

"Ever since the Wu family left Cining Palace and Empress Xu became a concubine and moved into Qianqing Palace to live with the emperor, Concubine Sun has never cared about the happenings in Cining Palace. The Queen Mother has never shown any flaws, for no reason. Yes, who did Concubine Sun break into the palace to search for? Of course she got the information beforehand! If it wasn't him who informed him, who could it be?"

Mrs. Gui's face turned pale when she heard this, but she still forced herself to defend her brother: "Impossible! It must be you people from Cining Palace who leaked the news! Even if it's not you palace people, it's probably the concubines in Cining Palace. , Concubines. They may not know about His Highness, how can you guarantee that they will not tell the truth to Concubine Sun? "

Ma Shangyi snorted coldly: "Why did they snitch? When the palace was sealed, the Queen Mother had already moved out those concubines and concubines who had their own little ideas, arranged them to Shoukang Palace, and stayed in Cining Palace. They are all sensible and don't talk much. They have no relatives outside the palace to hold them back, and they have no friendship with Concubine Sun. Concubine Sun has never spoken to them. How could they betray His Highness?

"What's more, Concubine Sun broke into Cining Palace that day. When she saw His Highness Seventh Prince, she called out his name and said that he was a chamberlain. He was rude to her and she would have beaten him to death on the spot! If it hadn't been done in advance Knowing about His Highness the Seventh, how could she know who it was as soon as she saw him? Not everyone knew the name of His Highness the Queen Mother, but it was the Marquis Chengen. I mentioned it to you before! If it wasn’t leaked from your mouth, who else could it be?”

Mrs. Gui's face was as white as paper: "It's not me! It's impossible for my brother to do such a thing... He doesn't know anything about His Highness the Seventh Prince!"

"He didn't know at first, but didn't you tell him?!" Ma Shangyi looked at Mrs. Gui coldly, "The year before last, you suddenly said that you missed your parents and relatives and wanted to go back to your parents' home, but Marquis Chengen didn't allow it. You He also said, even if you just call the old servant who is looking after the house in the old house to talk, you want to know what happened to your parents before they died. Madam Chengenhou felt soft for a while, thinking that your old servant who returned home would not betray her family. Auntie, she relaxed and quietly brought her into the house to see you. She originally thought that your old servant should know the seriousness of the matter and know how to shut up. Who would have thought that the old servant would do the same to the Chengenhou Mansion. You are very tight-lipped, and you dared to secretly carry a letter for you and send it to your brother. The time when Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi caught you in the act, it was not the first time you wrote to your brother. You had already mentioned it to them. His Highness has repeatedly urged them to return to the capital to seek help from the dragon!"

Judging from the letters that Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi found when she caught him, Mrs. Gui didn't know much about the situation of the seventh prince, so she didn't say much in the letter. She just urged her brother to return to the capital again and again, and she must not miss the opportunity of Gui to make a comeback. Great opportunity. The Chengenhou family believed Mrs. Gui's excuse at that time, thinking that she really had not had time to tell the news to Gui's brothers. Thinking that they could no longer let her go, they hurriedly sent her mother, daughter, aunt and nephew to Chang'an.

Looking back now, in her earlier letter to her brother, she must have clearly mentioned that the Seventh Prince was still alive and living in Cining Palace!

It was just that at that time, the returning brothers didn't take this matter to heart at all and didn't want to pay attention to her, so she rushed to write the second or third letter, and was caught by Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Shizi.

The Empress Dowager Zhou and the Chengen Marquis Mansion mistakenly believed her, so they did not immediately target the returning brothers after they returned to the capital, giving them the opportunity to contact the Sun family and spread the news about the seventh prince. This time, General Zhou took the opportunity to send birthday gifts to convey the latest situation in Beijing back to Chang'an. There were many words of regret in his letters home. Even the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Marquis Cheng'en family were very upset.

Although the emperor recognized the identity of the seventh prince and promised to make him the king, the ownership of the throne was uncertain, and the seventh prince was always faced with plots and assassinations by Concubine Sun and the Sun family. The Empress Dowager Zhou and Chengenhou's family both felt that this was really not worth the gain.

And all this is because Mrs. Gui wrote a secret letter to her brother to inform her!
Ma Shangyi had been holding her breath since she got the news, and now she vented it all to Madam Gui: "How dare you?! The Queen's only remaining flesh and blood is Her Majesty the Seventh Prince! He has been frail and sick since he was a child. , How much effort did our Cining Palace put in so that he could grow up safely? At the beginning, you still had the nerve to complain about the Queen Mother’s refusal to tell you about His Majesty Seventh Prince. Now that I think about it, it’s a good thing that no one told you at that time, otherwise you would have been there long ago? The palace surrendered to Concubine Sun and sold His Highness the Seventh Highness so that you could return home rich and wealthy. If Concubine Sun had killed Brother Ke by the way, you might still be able to shamelessly say that your daughter is the only one in the Wu family. The orphan, so that under her banner, you can coax your father-in-law’s disciples and old friends to contribute to your return home’s glory and wealth!”

What the Queen Mother regrets most now is that she brought Gui into Cining Palace. If she had known that she was such a person, that even the Seventh Prince could betray her, the Empress Dowager should have left her alone and directly ordered people to bring Wu Qiong into the palace and give it to the wet nurse to raise. She might not be able to raise Wu Qiong well. Ke might be able to live a better life. As for the Gui family, let her follow Guijia out of the capital, so that she would not have to talk about the Queen Mother all day long, causing her to be separated from her relatives and not even able to see her parents for the last time. As for whether she will care about her daughter? Seeing that she now wants to drag her own daughter to work hard for her return home, it's not a big deal after thinking about it. Without the burden of her daughter, she might be able to remarry someone else and enjoy the glory and wealth she wants!
Ma Shangyi's angry accusation was unacceptable to Mrs. Gui: "You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! I didn't... I didn't betray His Highness Seventh Prince! I only hope for his good in my heart, how could I betray him?! Concubine Sun is my enemy. , I wish she would die! Her son was killed by me, how could I surrender to her?"

Mrs. Gui excitedly rushed to Ma Shangyi and grabbed her arms tightly: "How dare you?! You are not allowed to slander me! No matter how confused I am, I will never forget who killed my husband and son! There is no way I would tell Concubine Sun! I have never done anything like that!”

The safety of the seventh prince is related to her future glory and wealth. She wants her brother to return to the capital to pursue his career in order to give him a chance to make a comeback. When her father betrayed his in-laws and allies to protect himself, the family's reputation plummeted. In recent years, her brother had no local helpers and his career was difficult. Didn't she know that? But she couldn't say anything, because her father did this to save the lives of her mother and daughter. But as long as her brother can help the Seventh Prince ascend to the throne, all the stains in the past will disappear. They will become great heroes when they return home, and no one can blame them anymore!

She had planned so much for her family, how could she betray the seventh prince? Wouldn't that mean it's a suicide? She's not that stupid!

But Ma Shangyi sneered at her: "Are you sure your brother and you are of the same mind?!"

Mrs. Gui was stunned, and then she was pushed to the ground by Ma Shangyi, looking down from above: "How dare you guarantee that your brother has no other ideas?!"

(End of this chapter)