Haitang is now 80% sure that Madam Ma, the step-mother-in-law of Zhou Ma's aunt, is Song Yuzhu, the white-eyed wolf student who suddenly had a love brain attack in her previous life and ruined her life. Then she complained about her relatives and ex, but she didn't reflect on herself.
She didn't expect that she would meet the other person again in this life, and all she wanted in her heart was to give the system a good beating.
What did the system say when it urged her to quickly go to the next mission world? After Song Yuzhu marries a wealthy and handsome man to fill a house, she will experience cruel house fighting and hurt, and then impress her husband with her kindness and tenderness, becoming his true love...
This is just bullshit!
Even if Mrs. Ma is only a peripheral member of Madam Ma's story, and she has heard some gossip about her from afar, she can still tell that this old lady is not a light-hearted person.
She is the winner of the house fight. All her concubines have a bad end. All the concubines and concubines stay away from her house and are out of her sight. Her picky mother-in-law dies early. Her husband stays with her forever, even if he abandons his great future, there is still no hope. She has no regrets, her stepson is still tolerant and filial even though he knows she has problems, and her step-grandson has been manipulated by her since childhood and has accomplished nothing but continues to obey... Her own children have everything going smoothly, and she herself has always been praised, even when she lost her husband in old age. Later, her flaws were exposed, and others also thought of the benefits of her youth and were extremely tolerant of her...
When had she experienced cruel house fighting and injury? She has always been a winner in life, right? !
Haitang hummed in her heart, but she didn't show any emotion on her face. She still looked like she was listening attentively. From time to time, she would give responses such as "um", "really", and "oh my god" to praise her grandmother Ma.
Ma was happy to be praised, and the conversation became more lively, and she also revealed some secrets that outsiders didn't know.
In the years before and after Zhou Shuyi's marriage, the Hai family stayed in Chang'an. In addition, the Ma family visited their eldest sister Zhou Ma from time to time. Haixi Ya and Xie Wenzai also interacted with the generals of the Zhou family from time to time. Therefore, the Ma family always had contact with many different people. The gossip about the Zhou family known to outsiders.
Zhou Shuyi has been spoiled since she was a child, and she also likes to bully her niece who is only a few years younger than her - Zhou Zhilan, Zhou Ma's daughter.
Ever since she was a child, Zhou Zhilan could only pick up what her aunt left over, whether it was toys or clothes or jewelry. And even if it's something that her aunt doesn't want, if it looks good on her afterwards, she may still be snatched away by her aunt. Because her aunt has never been able to agree on a satisfactory marriage, even if someone takes a fancy to her niece, Zhou Shuyi will still find ways to harm her. When Zhou Shuyi got married, Mrs. Ma came forward and took away the valuable headgear that was intended to be left to her daughter Zhou Zhilan in Zhou Ma's dowry. But when Zhou Zhilan got married, Zhou Shuyi sent someone to bring it back to Chang'an from the capital to add some more. They are some outdated jewelry that has been kept in the box for who knows how many years. They are only good because they are large in size.
Zhou Shuyi, who behaved in this way, seemed to be a different person after going to the capital.
When she appeared in the capital, she was a lady with both talent and beauty, gentle temperament, knowledgeable and courteous, outstanding talents, her words were sweeter than others, and she was generous with her actions. Mrs. Zhen Guogong and several sisters-in-law also told Queen Mother Zhou that this sister-in-law was not sensible when she was a child, but as she grew older, she became more like her mother, and they were all very pleased.
Fortunately, Zhou Shuyi was still young at the time. Although she could pretend, she couldn't maintain the illusion all the time in her life. Those nieces who had known her since childhood and were aware of her past deeds knew her true nature well and were not deceived by her. It's just that Zhou Shuyi and they are both representatives of the Zhou family's daughters, and they have no intention of exposing her true identity in front of their elders and nobles in the capital and smearing the reputation of the Zhou family's daughters.
The three girls later got married in the capital. Whether they followed their husbands back to Chang'an to visit their relatives, or passed by when they went to the northwest for his post, or they stayed in the capital but wrote letters to their relatives and friends, they all disclosed it in some private occasions. After what happened when Zhou Shuyi was in Beijing.
Anyway, they couldn't stand this kind of behavior of pretending to be a lady, and they even thought it was a waste of money for her to spend money to show off her rich dowry.
If you pretend to deceive people into favoring you, even if you deceive a child from a wealthy family for a while, and you marry into another family in the future, your true colors will be exposed one day. Is it possible that you can continue to deceive them for a lifetime? If she has to pretend for a lifetime to win the favor of her husband and parents-in-law, then this woman is too pitiful.
It's even more stupid to show off her wealth all day long. Is she afraid that others won't take advantage of her?
Ma sighed: "In fact, after the Zhou family heard about this, they also advised Mrs. Ma to restrain her daughter, at least not to be too prodigal, which made people wonder where the Zhou family's money came from. The imperial court later embezzled Many people in Northwest Military Bank think that this matter is closely related to Zhou Shuyi's reputation as a prodigal. Mrs. Ma has been promoting her generous dowry all day long, so that her daughter can spend money arbitrarily, but what's the use? Those in Beijing People who have ill intentions towards the Zhou family will not really let the Zhou family go just because she, an old lady who never goes to the capital, says a few words."
In the past twenty years, Mrs. Ma has been sending people to the capital to send money and gifts, as if she wants to keep her daughter's wealthy persona. She looks like a loving mother who cares about her daughter without thinking. However, before and after her daughter gets married, her behavior has changed. All these actions don't seem like she truly loves her daughter.
Because she did not go to the capital to marry her daughter, but asked her husband to take her stepson there. In the more than ten years since then, she has not been to the capital once to visit her daughter, grandson and granddaughter.
Zhou Shuyi's husband-in-law, Mr. Zeng Er, was not as promising as his elder brother. He entered the Imperial College due to his kindness, and was appointed an official as a prison student. He held an idle position in a quiet yamen. He neither served as a local official nor planned to pursue an official career. If you work hard, you are just dawdling. But precisely because he had been holding an official position and had no chance to leave the capital, Zhou Shuyi also stayed in the capital and did not go back to Chang'an for a visit. The only time she returned to her parents' home after getting married was when her father passed away. She took her children back to Chang'an for the funeral, and she only stayed for less than half a month before returning.
Zhou Shuyi's closeness to her mother before her marriage formed a strong contrast with her alienation from her mother after her marriage. However, mother and daughter often exchange letters and send confidants to send things to each other, so it doesn't seem like they have a bad relationship. This makes people even more puzzled, how could their mother and daughter be willing to communicate without seeing each other for so many years?
When Haitang heard this, she couldn't help but interrupt Ma's words again: "Grandma, did my aunt tell you this?" When Zhou Ma's father-in-law passed away, the Hai family had already gone to Suzhou, right? Two thousand miles apart, how did Ma know this?
Ma snorted softly: "Well, of course there is a way to find out!"
In fact, I got the news from Mrs. Gu. General Gu was a cousin of the Zhou family. The Northwest Post Road was developed, and his wife had close ties with the female members of the Zhou family. Mrs. Ma and Zhou Shuyi are also prominent figures in the Zhou clan, so naturally some people will talk about their deeds. Ma also knew that Zhou Shuyi was not very popular in her husband’s family!
This is not because she revealed her true face. It is said that she has always maintained a virtuous image in the capital. No one calls her overbearing and domineering, only people say she is a scumbag. She gave birth to her eldest son soon after getting married. In contrast, Marquis Yingchuan and his wife had no children after many years of marriage. There was news that she intended to adopt her son to Marquis Yingchuan to avoid having no heirs to the title of Marquis.
This rumor never disappeared until Mrs. Yingchuan Hou gave birth to her eldest son. How could the Marquis of Yingchuan and his wife tolerate their sister-in-law, who was interested in seeking a title?
When Haitang heard this, he sighed secretly and solved the case again.
In his previous life, the prince of Marquis Yingchuan died in Ganzhou. The reason why Marquis Yingchuan regarded the Zhou family as his enemies was because of Zhou Shuyi's plans for the title, and he had misunderstood something, right?
(End of chapter)
