Before telling the story of Zhou Shuyi marrying into the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, Ma gave Haitang a brief introduction to the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion.
The Zeng family of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion was originally the founder of this dynasty. They owned the iron certificate of alchemy and were hereditary. However, the once-prominent Zeng family was actually in decline more than fifty years ago. They lost their military power and even their marquis status was reduced from the first-class Pingxi Marquis to the third-class Yingchuan Marquis. The descendants are not up to par, and they rely solely on the ancestral foundation to support their appearance. The newly appointed Marquis of Yingchuan had a clan mother, but if he wanted to marry a lady from a wealthy family as his wife, he had to be picked on.
The turning point of his fate came when he was appointed as the captain of the royal guard for a certain young prince who left the palace and opened a palace. And that little prince was Emperor Deguang who later ascended the throne.
When Emperor Deguang was in his dormitory, he was bullied by his favored brothers. The former Marquis Yingchuan saved him twice and made great achievements. After Emperor Deguang succeeded to the throne, he became the commander of the Forbidden Army. It is well known that The new king’s favorite general.
Unfortunately, a few years later, he contracted a cold while on a business trip and died in his prime.
His two sons were still young at that time, and the orphan and widower were so pitiful. Emperor Deguang felt guilty that he had failed to protect his loyal ministers and generals, so he treated the widow and orphan of the Zeng family as they should.
The current Marquis of Yingchuan, who inherited the title, ascended the title at a young age. When he turned sixteen, he was called into the palace and became an imperial guard. Emperor Deguang was concerned about his growth and marriage, and personally married him. Later, he appointed him as the commander of the Imperial Army, and he was very trustworthy. During every New Year's festival, the emperor would reward the royal family, relatives and high-ranking officials with honors, and the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion would always be the first to receive them. Over the past few decades, his family has become extremely wealthy and has a very prosperous holy family. If nothing unexpected happens, it is very likely that he will lead the imperial army for generations to come and live as long as the country. He is a first-class noble family.
As Emperor Deguang's most favored general, the current Marquis of Yingchuan's marriage partner must be decided by the emperor. However, the emperor didn't know the situation of ladies from various famous families, and he didn't want to entrust Empress Wu with it. He was afraid that Empress Wu would favor her natal family and choose people from conservative families. However, Concubine Sun had just given birth and was weak and had no time for him to take care of her. He also thought Looking for an opportunity to reconcile with the Queen Mother Zhou in exchange for her aunt to relax on some matters involving her biological mother, she entrusted the Queen Mother Zhou with the marriage of her confidant.
Empress Dowager Zhou took the hint and wrote to her parents' family, asking the Duke of Zhen and his wife to select a few good girls from the girls of the right age at home and send them to the capital for a blind date. Even if these girls from the Zhou family cannot marry the Marquis of Yingchuan, there are still many outstanding marriage partners in the capital!
After the letter reached Chang'an, Mrs. Zhen Guo personally selected three nieces - the couple had no unmarried daughters and could only choose from nieces. All three girls are talented, beautiful, healthy, dignified in character and gentle in temperament. Among them, the one whose father has the lowest official rank is of the fourth rank, and the highest is the second rank. Regardless of family background or personal conditions, he is definitely worthy of being the Marquis of Yingchuan.
But before he left for the capital, something went wrong in the third room of the Zhou family.
For some unknown reason, Mrs. Ma persuaded her husband to come forward to negotiate with Zhenguo Public Transport and included her daughter Zhou Shuyi in the list of three people. Zhou Shuyi is one generation higher than the other girls. She is the cousin of the Duke of Zhen and the Queen Mother. Although she is young, if she really marries the Marquis of Yingchuan, her seniority will actually make the Queen Mother Zhou quite jealous. Awkward. However, the Duke of Zhen finally nodded.
As the leader of the group, Mrs. Zhen Guogong took everyone to the capital for a blind date, but she had no intention of being expert. She asked the mothers of the girls to accompany her. Even if the marriage was to be decided, the mothers-in-law should personally inspect the future husband-in-law before deciding whether to marry off the girls, so as to avoid the girls encountering any unsatisfactory things in their husbands' families in the future, and their parents would The blame lies with the Empress Dowager Zhou and Duke Zhen Guo, who were the matchmakers.
The mothers of the other three girls readily agreed to go with them, but strangely, Zhou Shuyi's mother, Mrs. Ma, did not intend to go along. She said she couldn't worry about her husband and refused to let her daughter-in-law Zhou Ma come forward, so she entrusted the matter to a fourth-grade nephew-in-law who was traveling with her - the latter was considered to be a female member of her husband's family who had more contact with her, and she won her I am simply flattered by the great trust.
Ma's expression was incredulous when she talked about the farce in the Zhou clan before setting off that year: "I went to see my eldest sister and saw with my own eyes that Mrs. Shuyi was reduced to tears and making a fuss in front of relatives, friends and outsiders. Mrs. Ma was unmoved by the idea of asking my mother to accompany her to Beijing... From the beginning, people only said that the eldest sister's step-mother-in-law pampered her daughter to the heavens, and she would definitely spoil her. They never expected that she would treat her dear When my daughter was still so hard-hearted... Even his old man said that his old illness was no longer a serious problem. There was no shortage of people to attend to the family. It was okay for my wife to leave temporarily for a few months. My daughter's marriage was important, but Mrs. Ma just refused to let go..."
Zhou Shuyi is Mrs. Ma’s daughter. Her mother was already in her forties when she was born, and her father was old enough to be her grandfather. Her brothers were at least more than ten years older than her, and they all looked up to her like a pearl. Like a treasure, she always responds to her requests, so she has been pampered since she was a child and has never had anything unpleasant happen to her. In addition to her seniority, girls of similar age in the clan would call her aunt and respect her everywhere. She was used to being arrogant. It wasn't until that time that she couldn't get her mother's permission to accompany her to Beijing. Controlled some temper.
Ma was not very clear about what happened to these four girls after they went to the capital. She only knew that one of the girls who went with her returned to Chang'an with her husband the next year. She brought up the old events and said that Zhou Shuyi was the most talented and beautiful among all the girls. She had determined that the Marquis of Yingchuan would definitely choose her as his wife, but she didn't expect it to happen so soon. Before she arrived in the capital, Marquis Yingchuan had already made eye contact with another lady from a famous family, and even greeted Yu Qian. After Mrs. Zhen Guogong arrived in the capital with the daughter of the Zhou family, she saw the Queen Mother and knew that the best marriage was gone. But it doesn't matter, there are many children of noble and high-ranking officials in Beijing, who are all good marriage candidates. Soon several Zhou girls had their own marriages.
Only Zhou Shuyi seemed to be obsessed with Marquis Yingchuan and was determined not to accept other partners. Reluctantly, the emperor decreed a marriage to Marquis Yingchuan, completely cutting off her hopes. Empress Dowager Zhou originally planned to find another young talent for her, but she didn't expect that she would turn around and focus on Yingchuan Hou's brother.
Mr. Zeng Er was two years younger than his brother and Zhou Shuyi, and for some reason he fell in love with this girl who wanted to be his sister-in-law. He personally went to ask his mother and brother to come forward and propose marriage for him. Marquis Yingchuan was not very happy, but he couldn't win over his younger brother, so he had to agree.
Zhou Shuyi married the younger brother of Marquis Yingchuan and became the second wife of Marquis Yingchuan.
In fact, neither the Empress Dowager Zhou nor Mrs. Zhen Guogong were very satisfied with the marriage, and they always suspected that Zhou Shuyi had done something bad. But the emperor has granted marriage, what can they do? He had no choice but to send a letter back to Chang'an to tell the news, asking the third room of the Zhou family to prepare a dowry for Zhou Shuyi.
Zhou Shuyi's father was not very satisfied with the choice of son-in-law, but Madam Ma was very happy. She once cried with joy to those around her: "My daughter has finally married back to the capital, and I have finally got my long-cherished wish."
Ma said to her granddaughter: "If she hadn't said it herself, who would have known that she had always wanted to marry her daughter back to the capital? I've never heard her talk about it!"
Haitang just wanted to sneer.
The Yingchuan Marquis Mansion was still the Pingxi Marquis Mansion more than fifty years ago. This name is so familiar. Isn't Song Yuzhu's original fiancé the prince Pingxihou? She colluded with enemy hostages and betrayed her fiancé's family for her lover. After breaking off the engagement, she took revenge on her family and lover, faked her death, escaped, and married another person. Do you regret it now? Do you want to marry your daughter back to Pingxihou Mansion and continue the life you once ruined?
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