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

Chapter 587 Dispute
Haitang's eyes widened in disbelief: "Is this true? Master Zeng doesn't even want his own children?!"

It seems that Master Zeng II only has one son, right? He is the son that Zhou Shuyi tried every means to push to the position of the Marquis of Yingchuan. Master Zeng II is too cruel to just abandon such a precious child. Although he is not too old now, he may still have children if he remarries in his thirties or forties, but abandoning the eldest son whom he has loved for more than ten years, is this what a father should do? !

Zhou Yijun had been shocked once in the villa, but now she was relatively calm: "Before, when we talked about the death of my great-aunt, Mr. Zeng didn't make any move in Jiangnan, but only sent his children back to the capital to attend the funeral. We said that he was too cold-hearted and too ruthless. Now it seems that he can do even more! Not to mention ignoring the news of his wife's death, he turned his face and didn't recognize her after sending his own children away, and even threw his son and daughter's future and marriage aside. I heard that he didn't intend to return the dowry, but wrote a letter to his brother, Yingchuan Hou, wanting to drive the children out of the family and not leave any trace of my great-aunt Shuyi. Or did Yingchuan Hou and his wife think that this was too much. If he was unwilling to fulfill his father's responsibilities and wished to pretend that he had never married a wife and had no children, then he should also return his wife's dowry to Yue's family, so as to truly sever the relationship!"

According to the customary rules of the world, a woman's dowry when she gets married will be passed on to her biological children in the future. If she has no children, the land or valuables in the dowry will be returned to her relatives. But Zhou Shuyi has a son and a daughter, so as long as her children are still alive, her dowry will not be returned to her relatives.

Although Zhou Shigong resented Zhou Shuyi and knew how her dowry came from and how much property she had plundered from her parents' home over the years, he did not intend to argue with her children. After all, Zhou Shuyi was dead, her husband was exiled by the family, and he would remarry in the future. The wealth of the Yingchuan Marquisate would probably have nothing to do with her children, and they would probably have to live on the dowry left by their mother. Zhou Shigong did not want his two nephews to live in too much embarrassment, so he turned a blind eye to the dowry.

Unexpectedly, Master Zeng II was more ruthless than everyone expected, but Marquis Yingchuan was also more fair than the Zhou family thought. Although he failed to stop his brother from abandoning his children, he gave his sister-in-law's dowry to his nephews and nieces. Even if the two children were affected by their grandmother and mother's behavior when they returned to their uncle's house in Chang'an and were not liked by their in-laws, they would not have to worry about their livelihood with the dowry left by their deceased mother.

Haitang sighed when she heard this. This second master Zeng was the husband that Madam Ma and Zhou Shuyi had carefully selected. In order to achieve her goal, Madam Ma really didn't care about her daughter's lifelong happiness! And Zhou Shuyi was also a fool. If she hadn't been fooled by her mother and randomly chose a young talent favored by the Queen Mother Zhou, she wouldn't have ended up like this, and even her own children would have been implicated. A mother is strong. Since she was able to confess her mother's conspiracy and the crimes of the Sun family for the sake of her children, why couldn't she give up doing stupid things and harming others for the sake of her children?

Haitang asked Zhou Yijun in a low voice: "Isn't it true that my great-uncle would not be willing to take in the Zeng brothers and sisters?"

Zhou Yijun said, "Who would be happy about this? But they are already on the road. If their father's family doesn't accept them and their mother's family still refuses to take them in, are they going to live on the streets? After all, they are the bloodline of the Zhou family, and grandfather still can't bear it."

Zhou Shigong had already discussed with Zhou Shicheng that if the Zeng brothers and sisters really wanted to stay in Chang'an to observe mourning, they would have to live with their second uncle Zhou Shicheng's family in the future, and would most likely live in the small village forever. As for the boys' studies and official careers, and the girls' future marriage partners, they would discuss it slowly in the future. But if the Yingchuan Marquis's Mansion was unwilling to take the two children back, they would forget about getting married.

The prominent families around Chang'an all knew about the dark history of Madam Ma and Zhou Shuyi. How could they be willing to marry Zhou Shuyi's children? Even the middle-level generals in the Northwest Frontier Army or the wealthy families in Shaanxi who knew the inside story would not be willing; and those who did not know the inside story... The third branch of the Zhou family would not do anything like a fraudulent marriage. They would definitely explain the whole story to the other party before the engagement. If they could not tolerate it, they would naturally refuse.

Zeng's siblings would definitely have trouble getting married if they stayed in Chang'an, unless they were willing to be compatible with the lower class... Although this is a story for the future, if they stayed in Chang'an, their future would definitely not be as smooth as when they were in the capital. Whether they could accept the difference in fate was a test they would have to face in the future. The fate of this pair of siblings was already so unfortunate. After coming to Chang'an to live with their uncles, they could not get any resources from their uncles. They were destined to live on the dowry left by their deceased mother. But Zhou Jinpu still wanted to get involved at this time and rob their deceased mother's dowry. His cruel and ruthless behavior was speechless enough.

But Zhou Yijun and Haitang couldn't say anything about it. Because of Madam Ma's usual style of doing things, and the fact that Zhou Zhilan's dowry was robbed, it was impossible that Zhou Shuyi's dowry did not include the dowry left by Zhou Jinpu's deceased mother. Now that he had torn his face with Madam Ma, it was a legitimate request to ask for his deceased mother's dowry back. Who could blame him?

But it has been twenty years. It is still unknown whether the dowry left by his late mother is still in Zhou Shuyi's dowry. And whether he really only wants to get back his late mother's dowry and does not intend to touch other property, no one can be sure.

With his usual style of doing things, he definitely wanted more than just to take back his mother's dowry. He would not let go of any property in Zhou Shuyi's dowry that had unclear origins. After losing the right to inherit the family business, Zhou Jinpu was still unwilling to give up, and wanted to get more benefits for himself. It was rare for such unpopular fat sheep like the Zeng brothers and sisters to come to Chang'an, how could he let them go?

Zhou Yijun sighed, "My uncle has been talking about his mother's life these days, and how the old lady was greedy and embezzled the family's property and sent it all to my great-aunt. She also said that the old lady loved him on the surface, but in fact she was always instigating him to ask grandfather for money and things, but my uncle himself didn't get any benefits... My grandfather felt sad and regretful when he heard it, so he couldn't bear to drive him away... However, with my great-uncle here, it won't be so easy for my uncle to rob the Zeng brothers and sisters. Even if my grandfather is confused, my great-uncle is a sensible man and won't let them do whatever they want."

However, when the Zeng brothers and sisters arrived at Xiaozhuang, the farce caused by the dispute over the inheritance would be so chaotic and it was unknown when it would end. Her grandmother would not benefit from staying there. If she was not careful, she might be dragged into it. She would be in trouble. Rather than doing this, her grandmother might as well go home.

When her father Zhou Jinlin went to the other village to pay respects yesterday, Zhou Yijun talked to her father and explained the situation clearly. Zhou Jinlin made a prompt decision and persuaded his mother Zhou Ma to go home. With her son's support, Zhou Ma straightened her back. As expected, she had a quarrel with her husband today, packed her luggage, and returned to the city with her granddaughter. From then on, any disputes in Xiaozhuang and Biezhuang had nothing to do with her.

Anyway, Zhou Shigong has no shortage of people to serve him, and there is Zhou Shicheng, a wise man, to support him in major events. What's wrong with Zhou Ma living a quiet life at home in the city with her son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughter, and watching the drama outside the city without doing anything?

(End of this chapter)