Haijiao thinks this is a good idea.
Regardless of whether the Prince of Yingchuan will agree to send the crown prince to Minzhou Guard, or whether the Prince of Yingchuan will dislike Minzhou Guard as it is not a place where he can make contributions, Zhou Shigong has replied to the proposal to the capital. Promise is a matter on the capital side.
If Zhou Shuyi thought about the relationship between her brother and sister, gave up the idea of killing, and stopped in time, then even if the Sun family sent another killer to kill people in her name, she could explain clearly later that she had done nothing, and she could do the opposite. Reporting on the Sun family who had instigated him allowed Marquis Yingchuan to recognize who was the culprit.
But if Zhou Shuyi, for the sake of the title of the Marquis of Yingchuan, is so mad that she ignores her brother's future and continues to carry out the murder plan, the person who will be held responsible after the accident is Zhou Shicheng, a third branch of the Zhou family, not the major general of the Zhenguo Palace. . The Zhenguo Duke's Mansion and other Zhou family members may be slightly implicated, but the Yingchuan Mansion will only hold grudges against Zhou Shuyi and her natal relatives, not the entire Zhou family.
Unlike in his previous life, something happened to the Prince of Yingchuan, not on the territory of the third family of the Zhou family. Instead, he was killed in Ganzhou City, where the eldest son of Zhen Guo Gong was in charge. The Zhen Guo Gong's government was involved and it was difficult to shirk responsibility.
As long as the Zhen Guogong family, the backbone of the northwest frontier army, is safe and can continue to be in charge of the frontier army, it will not affect the overall situation if the third family member of the Zhou family is unlucky. In the past, out of selfish motives, Mrs. Ma deliberately trained her stepson Zhou Shigong to become a civil servant in the imperial examination, which actually alienated him from the border army. He is just holding a casual position now. Even if he suffers a disaster and loses his position, it will not have a negative impact on the army. Anyway, he is already old and it is time for him to go home and retire.
The Hai brothers and sisters' aunt Zhou Ma and her children and grandchildren may feel that they have been wronged, but they have never been close to Mrs. Ma and her daughter, and there is a limit to their further involvement. Zhou Ma can continue to live a homely life in Chang'an City with peace of mind, just like he did in his previous life. And her son and son-in-law are stationed at the border town guard station, so they probably won't notice any difference between life and work, right?
After Haijiao sorted out his thoughts, he felt more and more that this was a good idea. However, he did not intend to let his grandparents persuade his uncle Zhou Shigong, but decided to take action himself: "We can't explain why we are so sure that Zhou Shuyi will send people to kill Yingchuan Hou Shizi, and my grandfather and cousin are too smart. If we accidentally say something wrong, they will definitely get to the bottom of it. Why bother asking for trouble? I can just go find my great-uncle from the Zhou family. Just treat me as a child and talk casually, but if my aunt My grandfather thought that what I said made sense and he acted accordingly. That was not my responsibility. What can I understand as a half-year-old child?!"
Hai Jiao is much thicker-skinned now, and he really deserves to be a spy in his previous life.
Haitang gave her brother a thumbs up and helped think of an excuse: "We don't have to go to the third room of Zhou's house to look for him. Didn't my aunt just pretend to be sick? It's time to get better now, so let's go visit her on Grandma's behalf. Send her some food and supplies. Brother, when you go to the third room of the Zhou family, you must meet the elders. When you are in front of your great-uncle, you can just find a chance to talk and laugh. "
Hai Jiao pondered: "He is now angry with Mrs. Ma and Zhou Shuyi. He feels that they are plotting against him, and he also said that he no longer wants to help Zhou Shuyi. But if he refuses bluntly, it will be easy for the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion to pick Zhou. The principles of the family. After all, Mrs. Ma's conspiracy is not something he can just talk about. And this matter cannot be mentioned. The Zhou family's unreasonable refusal of the in-laws' request seems too unkind. In case someone sues Going to the imperial court will only make the emperor misunderstand that the Zhou family is unreasonable——
"Regardless of whether they will sue or not, with Uncle Zhou's temper, he will probably think so. In the end, he can only find a reason to decline in an aggrieved manner... But this is completely unnecessary. There is no need to decline and put people at risk. Just send it to Madam Ma's biological son. Whether it's Marquis Yingchuan who wants to undermine the Northwest Frontier Army, or Zhou Shuyi wants to kill someone, they can just eat their own dogs and have nothing to do with others!"
Hai Jiao quickly thought about the excuses with his sister, and then went to find Ma and persuade her to send him to visit his aunt Zhou Ma tomorrow.
Haitang also played the side drum, expressing her willingness to accompany her brother and go out together.
Ma said angrily: "You two brothers and sisters are going to cause trouble! I just went to see your aunt yesterday, what are you going to do tomorrow?! It's already the twelfth lunar month, and there are so many things at home, so you just go along with each other when you have nothing to do." Handle, don’t think about going out and wandering around all day!”
Haitang hugged her grandmother and said coquettishly: "Grandma! My brother and I don't want to go out and wander around. We have never been to Chang'an. We really don't know much about the people, things, things, and relatives here. You I have been away for more than ten years, and I still don’t know many things. Now I am too busy to be distracted. Who else can we ask besides my aunt and grandma? When we went there yesterday, you were just talking about yourself. I didn't even bother to ask anything else. Didn't I just want to go see my aunt again and have a good chat?
"Besides, you gave my aunt so many ideas yesterday, and I don't know if she has followed them in the past two days. Is she being bullied again? Has my aunt been deceived by Mrs. Ma again? We all have to Only by asking around can you feel at ease. Otherwise, the next time you see your aunt, won't you be angry if she cries again and complains that she has been wronged at home?"
Of course that would make you angry.
Ma thought about what her eldest sister was doing now and felt a little worried: "Well, I went to see your uncle and aunt today. I think your aunt also wants to know how they met. You can go there tomorrow. , just tell her. You don’t need to say too much, just mention your aunt’s stingy attitude and her arrogant and respectful demeanor. Anyway, the Ma family’s face has been completely humiliated by Sister-in-law. I've been away all the time, so there's nothing to worry about, but your aunt may not take it seriously. Let her know that I've covered it up for my sister-in-law and didn't embarrass the Ma family in front of the neighbors, so she can feel more at ease."
Although her grandsons and granddaughters were not serious guests in the third room of the Zhou family, Ma did not want to be picky about etiquette, so she specially ordered Aunt Cui to prepare some gifts, mostly medicinal materials and food that could be used to replenish the body after the patient recovered. It can be used to pretend to be sick for Zhou Ma, and it also means that Zhou Ma's family knows that Zhou Ma has relatives from her natal family who support her behind her.
Since Aunt Cui was asked to prepare gifts, Ma simply asked her to prepare two more thick gifts. She planned to visit Mrs. Wednesday, so naturally she couldn't go empty-handed.
Aunt Cui took the order and left. Haitang asked Ma with some curiosity: "Grandma, are you going to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to pay my respects?"
"You want to go too. Didn't you say you were going to see Miss Wenjun?" Ma said, "The news I got from your uncle today, I thought about it on the way back, and I feel uneasy, or... You better go say hello to Mrs. Wednesday.”
Although Zhou Shuyi did not succeed in marrying Sun Ge Lao's granddaughter for her son, and instead asked the eldest nephew to have his beard cut off, she had this idea without telling her family and put it into action. The Zhou family had to Be alert.
Mrs. Ma provided financial and material support for her daughter without telling her stepson and her husband's family, which is also a serious crime. This may be more serious than her fault of prying off the foundation of the border army and building a private glass workshop, and cannot be ignored.
Both crimes shall be punished concurrently. Even if Zhou Shigong is coaxed by his stepmother again, Mrs. Ma can no longer control the third bedroom of the Zhou family. How can a daughter-in-law who has given birth to a foreign child continue to be respected and treated favorably by her tribe?
Madam Ma snorted lightly and decided to vent her anger on her eldest daughter first.
(End of chapter)
