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

Chapter 776 Glad
Later, Haitang received a letter from Zhou Xuejun.

She said that her grandparents knew why Wu Ke fell into the water, and they did not take their anger out on anyone because it was an accident after all.

From the perspective of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, they felt quite sympathetic towards those old people of the Wu family who unfortunately died in those years.

Although the Zhou and Wu families were in-laws, and the daughter of the Wu family was the nominal daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother Zhou, making them even closer, the Zhou and Wu families were different in terms of civil and military affairs, and in fact, they had always had different positions. It was just that in the eyes of the emperor, they were all the same.

Because of Empress Dowager Zhou, the Zhou family supported Emperor Deguang to ascend the throne, but they did not receive any benefits for their contribution to the enthronement. Instead, they were blamed for not supporting the emperor's reforms. Empress Dowager Zhou had no children and no one else to worry about except her family. Her heart was cold, so the Zhou family stopped interfering in the affairs of the court and focused on guarding the northwest border. The Wu family and the Sun family were fighting in the court, and outsiders only thought that the Wu family had the military support of the Zhou family behind them. In fact, the Zhou family never promised anything and once advised Wu Wen'an Gong to act cautiously. Since he had already boarded the emperor's ship, he should not go against the emperor anymore.

However, Lord Wu Wen'an was upset. Whenever he saw the Sun family doing something that harmed the country and the people, he would jump out to attack them. But he was no match for Lord Sun, and the emperor always favored the latter, so he would lose every time. Once he lost, his subordinates and students would definitely suffer losses. He always thought that everything should be safe first, and he could not affect his daughter's position as queen and his grandson's position as crown prince. Every time he swallowed his anger and watched his subordinates and students being demoted and exiled by the Sun faction. Empress Dowager Zhou, the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion, and the Zhenguogong Mansion in Chang'an had actually advised him not to cut off his own arms. But he didn't listen, so what else could others do?

All the Zhenguo Mansion could do was to secretly look after these Wu Clan members when they were exiled to the northwest. With Hai Xiya's presence, the Zhou family could also hide behind the scenes to avoid being caught by the Sun family.

Over the past thirty years, the Zhenguo Mansion has helped many Wumen students. Xie Wenzai and others are well aware of this favor. It is not convenient for those who have returned to the court to get close to the Zhenguo Mansion openly, but they keep in touch with the Zhenguo Mansion privately through Xie Wenzai, Hai Xiya and others. Now that Tao Yue has entered the cabinet, he also helped Wumen students in his early years, and he has become an ally with the Zhenguo Mansion, so the relationship between the two sides has become closer.

The Duke and his wife had not known that the descendants of the deceased Wu family had come to Chang'an to study, and were quite surprised to learn that they were related to Wu Ke's drowning. On the one hand, they were surprised by the resentment of the deceased towards the Wu family; on the other hand, they did not want the two sides to really become mortal enemies.

Wu Ke took the initiative to reach a reconciliation with the person who scared him into falling into the water, and also helped the other party in life and studies, which made the Duke and his wife very satisfied.

Although Wu Ke had a serious illness and suffered injustice, he was a sensible person, willing to be tolerant and grateful, which was enough to comfort the elders who watched him grow up.

Zhenguo Gong believed that Wu Ke, who could do this, would definitely not be an ungrateful person in the future. The Zhou family did not expect him to repay the favor, but as long as he had no resentment towards the Zhou family and was not as ungrateful as his respected aunt, Madam Gui, the Zhou family would be satisfied.

This is not the first time that the Zhou family has encountered a great favor that turned into an enemy. They have suffered countless losses over the past few decades. If even the orphan of the Wu family did the same, it would be too chilling. Fortunately, Wu Ke is not such a person. For those who know how to be grateful, the Zhou family does not mind lending a helping hand a few more times.

Zhou Xuejun told Haitang in the letter that she had asked Wu Qiong in person. Wu Qiong did not resent the two scholars either. Instead, she repeatedly told the servants at home to pick the best food and vegetables to send to the rented courtyard, and to prepare clothes, shoes and socks, so as not to neglect the guests. Although the cousins ​​can now set up their own business, they still need to be supported by the Zhenguo Mansion. They do not have extra financial resources to do anything. They can only take care of the two scholars in their daily life, hoping that they will not resent the Wu family anymore. The Wu family had done something wrong in the past, and they had already suffered retribution. Now everyone is harmed by others, so they should unite and face the outside world in unison... Zhou Xuejun believes that Mrs. Gui's temper is not very good, but Wu Ke and Wu Qiong raised by her are both upright and honest, so people can rest assured to make friends with them. In the future, the Wu family really does not need any smart and capable people. The newly born Wu family only needed a new head who was kind, tolerant and reasonable, as well as the support of the royal family and the court, and the reputation among the scholars, to prop up the family again...

After reading the letter, Haitang put it back into the box.

The three old men Xie, Cao, and Lu, as well as Jin Jiashu, Geng Tianyou, and Wu Qiong, had been handling the matter of Wu Ke's reconciliation with the two scholars in a very low-key manner, and they did not alarm outsiders. Even Hai Xiya only learned about this matter after Xie Wenzai came to inform them in person afterwards. However, the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife had already known the truth, and were delighted with the way Wu Ke handled it. I'm afraid they had been paying attention to Wu Ke's movements. Jin Jiashu brought people to the door, and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion probably received the news immediately. It is unknown whether Jin Jiashu noticed this.

When Haitang saw Jin Jiashu again, she quietly reminded him.

Jin Jiashu was very calm, "Mammy came to ask me afterwards, and I admitted that I was involved. Although I acted on the orders of my teachers, I also hoped that Wu Ke could reconcile with his enemies. Those sins... should not have been borne by him. If he had to bear them, he should bear them with more value. The old people of the Wu family should also unite as one, and they should not blame the other victim just because the Sun family is too powerful to take revenge. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its creditor. They should remember the person who really hurt them."

Haitang blinked: "What did Mama say after hearing what you said?"

Ma Ma said nothing, but sighed repeatedly. The next day, she gave him a pair of jade pendants, very beautiful white jade pendants, exquisitely carved, and you could tell at a glance that they were definitely not ordinary items. According to Ma Ma, these were made inside, and were a New Year gift from the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo to the young Jin Jiashu.

Obviously, the Duke and his wife were also very satisfied with Jin Jiashu's actions in the whole incident.

At first, they took care of Jin Jiashu's life in Chang'an for the sake of Concubine Xu and the Eighth Prince. But Jin Jiashu had the neighbor Hai family to take care of him, and Ma Shangyi and Lin Shiwei to take care of him nearby. Over the years, he did not have much contact with the Zhenguo Mansion - Zhou Yijun and his brothers were just normal friends with him. But now, Jin Jiashu took the initiative to care about Wu Ke, and also facilitated his reconciliation with the descendants of the Wu family, but did not publicize his merits afterwards. The Zhenguo couple began to think that Jin Jiashu was also a sensible and polite young man.

The young man who had helped them knew how to be grateful and acted honestly and steadily. This proved that the Zhou family had not helped out an ungrateful person again. How could the Duke and his wife not be happy? A pair of white jade pendants was just a small thing.

Jin Jiashu accepted this small gift with a smile. He was also very happy. After this incident, Wu Ke now really regarded him as a close friend. This was his biggest gain from participating in this matter.

(End of this chapter)