Chapter Seventy-One: Slap-Slap in the face
Zhou Xiya gently rubbed the soft pillow, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, "the power of the family", at this time her heart was still full of admiration, but who knew that how many years later, it was she who single-handedly eradicated these deep-rooted families.
Zhou Xiya fell asleep peacefully, and the Bai mother and daughter had quieted down at this time after a fierce quarrel, the two sat facing each other, the house was in a mess, the maids only dared to wait outside, did not dare to come in to clean up, at this time to go in, didn't they find to be scolded.
"Okay, you're noisy, your brain is also noisy, things are already like this, you can't listen to what your mother says, tomorrow you move out first, your mother won't follow you away, so that your mother has the opportunity to mediate for you, and strive for you to come back as soon as possible, I hope that when you come back, you will come back in a beautiful way, not as embarrassed as now." Bai sighed, in the end, it was her own daughter, and she herself was going to do everything she could to help her, even if it was cleaning up the mess.
"I'll come back with a beautiful scenery," Zhou Xiwan said angrily.
"Now you have no way out, the Zhou family will soon spread the news of you being kicked out of the house, the most important thing for you now is to capture the heart of the third prince and let him marry you as soon as possible, otherwise the current situation, how to end, you can no longer marry someone else, if the third prince does not marry you, your life will be over." Bai said bitterly.
"Well, I know" Zhou Xiwan could only nod.
"Alas, I don't have anything in my heart now, you don't have the Zhou family as a backer now, it is not certain whether the third prince will marry you and enter the door, since ancient times, the royal family has been a merciless person. What they have in their eyes is only interests, and your current use value is already very small, I am afraid that the third prince will abandon you, what should you do then, my stupid boy. Bai said, and tears came out.
"I won't end up in that field, even if I want to be small now, it's only temporary, I won't be so miserable forever." Zhou Xiwan clenched her fists, not only to comfort the Bai family. It's also to cheer yourself up.
"Good. Mother believes in you, you go to rest first, there are still many things tomorrow, mother will arrange for someone to clean up your things for you. Don't mess around tomorrow. You're outside the house though. But my mother will often go to see you, and you will also take Mama Chen by your mother's side, and she is there. She can remind you of anything. Bai got up.
"Mother, you believe me, I will definitely be able to give you the honor you deserve, all this is only temporary." Zhou Xiwan hugged her mother from behind.
"Okay, mother believes" Bai Shi touched Zhou Xiwan's head with his backhand.
Early the next morning, Zhou Guangxun and Zhou Guangbi brothers came, how could they not come and ask if such a big thing happened yesterday.
When he arrived at Zhou's mansion, he saw that the door of the mansion was open, and Bai was directing people to pretend to salute Zhou Xiwan.
"The second young master and the third young master are here" Bai greeted with a smile, but he didn't have much rest last night, and his face was very bad.
"Yes, the second uncle is out of the house?" Zhou Guangxun had no choice but to stop and say hello.
"Today, the old man is resting, and he doesn't have to go to the yamen, but he went out, and I think I went out to see my friends." Bai explained.
"Okay, you're busy" Zhou Guangxun nodded, hugged his fists and took Zhou Guangbi to Zhou Xiya's courtyard.
The Bai family seemed to stop them, thinking about whether to let them help to intercede, the old man was very good to the three nephews, but he also knew that the three brothers of the Zhou family had always been very evasive about her, and it was estimated that they would not help.
Forget it, this step is all taken out by the daughter herself, what can others help, or bring more things for the daughter, arrange a suitable maid and servant, and serve the daughter well, the daughter is only thirteen, and she has never left her side for a day, if she wants the mother and daughter to be separated.
"Little sister is so interested, she dances the sword in the courtyard early in the morning," Zhou Guangbi said with a smile.
"Second brother, third brother, why did you come here early in the morning, come into the house and have a cup of tea, the little sister went to change her clothes first, I got up early today, and I haven't freshened up yet." Zhou Xiya handed the sword in her hand to Bi Jin and walked over.
"I said that we came early, this little sister had just had breakfast at most, and the second brother had to pull me in a hurry." Zhou Guangbi complained on the side.
"Aren't I afraid that the second uncle will go out, but when it comes, the second uncle is not going out." Zhou Guangxu glared at his younger brother, there was such a big matter yesterday, they naturally had to rush over to inquire and see how to solve it.
"Then the second brother, the third brother, you haven't had breakfast yet, Shiqin, hurry up and prepare, my father has something, although he is not bad today, but he went to the Nanshan military camp to inspect, and he will not be back until tomorrow." Zhou Xiya said a word, and left quickly to change clothes.
"The second uncle's heart is really big, he made such a fuss yesterday, and he actually went to the Nanshan military camp, which is about to burn his eyebrows." Zhou Guangbi touched his nose and raised his eyebrows.
"Maybe this is deliberately done by the second uncle, otherwise he wouldn't have gone out to inspect on the days off, and I'll know if I ask my little sister later." Zhou Guangxu thought for a moment and walked towards the house.
"Little sister, your cook's skills are really good, this breakfast is very much to my liking, and this pickled side dish, give me some later." When Zhou Xiya came in, Zhou Guangbi swallowed the food in his mouth and opened his mouth unceremoniously.
"Okay, since you like it, I'll ask someone to prepare more for you, my grandmother gave me this girl, the cooking skills are very good, I also like it tightly, but I don't dare to eat more, for fear that I will get fat." Zhou Xiya sat at the dinner table.
"It's a blessing to be able to eat, you are too thin like Yishan, for fear that you will gain weight if you eat something, exercise more every day, how can you gain weight." Zhou Guangxun gave Zhou Xiya a rose roll.
"The second sister-in-law is also a woman who pleases herself, but I'm different, you men won't understand a woman's mind." Zhou Xiya explained with a smile.
"Okay, okay, I don't ask, let me ask you, what happened yesterday, what did the second uncle say when he came back, and when we entered the house today, how did we see that the Bai family was directing people to carry luggage, as if they were going to move." Zhou Guangxun didn't care about the rule of not saying anything at the dinner table, and asked directly.
"Yesterday's events were just like you see, the whole farce and my dad was very angry. This didn't drive Zhou Xiwan out of the house and cut off the father-daughter relationship, but the Bai family was helping her move. Zhou Xiya put down the soft and glutinous five-grain porridge and explained simply.
"What, sever the relationship between mother and daughter" Zhou Guangbi was surprised, the second uncle was so angry.
"This is like the temper of the second uncle, the second uncle can't rub the sand in his eyes, not to mention that this matter is still mixed with the prince's party dispute, and the second uncle can't make mistakes." Zhou Guangxun didn't feel surprised, if the second uncle turned a blind eye. He would have been surprised.
"Xiaoya. Your sister is really powerful enough, silently and the third prince got mixed up, yesterday I was not qualified to go to court, but at night I heard people talk about this time. At that time, I thought that the second uncle had taken refuge with the third prince. But think about it. Even if it is to take refuge, wouldn't it be safer to marry you off? By the way, guess what outsiders say? Zhou Guangbi began to sell Guanzi.
"Say what?" Zhou Xiya sneered. There are no good things to say outside.
"Outsiders say that the second uncle is currying favor on both sides, marrying the concubine to the third prince, but leaving the concubine, Dugu Jin is half a prince's person, if the Zhou family Dugu family is good for Qin and Jin, then the second uncle is also on the prince's side to put a bargaining chip, no matter which prince ascends the throne as the emperor, the second uncle has room for mediation." Zhou Guangbi said dissatisfiedly.
"People outside can say whatever they like, we can't control their mouths, there are still few hearsay things, as long as the final result is not like this, these are just rumors." Zhou Xiya sneered.
"It's not a good thing to let the rumors go like this, or find a way to divert their attention, with a new topic, people will naturally stop talking, you must know that rumors can also kill people, the emperor is suspicious, if you really think that the second uncle is stepping on two boats, swaying between the two princes, betting on both sides, what will you think, there has always been only the royal pick, how can there be officials to pick the prince, and then there will be nothing to do, and what will the prince and the third prince think, they also have recognition and advice around them, Those people don't talk to the second uncle, and they are probably afraid that the second uncle will rob them of their position in the eyes of the prince. Zhou Guangxun doesn't think so.
"What is this, there are so many things as soon as we return to the capital, how can we be at ease at the border, we are the biggest there, how can there be so many calculations." Zhou Guangbi muttered unconvinced.
Zhou Guangxun shook his head helplessly, the third brother is still too young, the second uncle and they all thought that the third brother was very small, protected him, and did not let him get too involved in these conspiracies, but now it seems that this is harming him, now they are in the capital, they have to be careful everywhere, if the third brother still has such a heart, it will inevitably be calculated and used, this is not what they want to see.
When at the border, where is it calm, there are a lot of rights and wrongs in secret, how can the emperor not put eyeliner in the army, how can he completely hand over the army to the second uncle to manage, but because the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, what the second uncle does in secret, the emperor is not easy to know, in this world, if you want to live well, how can it be so easy.
"Ya'er, what's going on with your sister, how can she get involved with the third prince, what signs can you see before, if there is no connection, how can the third prince rashly propose marriage, at that time I thought he asked to marry you." Zhou Guangxun asked casually.
He didn't care about that cousin, but he didn't want to affect the Zhou family because of an inconsequential cousin.
Their Zhou family loves the people they care about the most, but for those who don't care, it's the cold winter wax moon, it's cold...
"Of course it's not a whim of the three princes, my sister is bent on climbing high branches, so that she can be the mother of the world in the future, who knows how she is sure that the three princes will be able to ascend the throne as emperors in the future, I don't see that she likes the three princes at all, there are too many calculating ingredients in it. But now it is destined to be like a lost dog, now without the protection of the Zhou family, the three princes have lost face, and they can still think of her, plus a powerful third princess, the next days will be lively. Zhou Xiya was a little gloating.
Although she helped Zhou Xiwan enter the mansion of the third prince, it was not now, she had to see enough of the excitement, and when Zhou Xiwan was the most miserable and helpless, she would pretend to be benevolent and righteous to help her, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of her painstaking arrangements?
Zhou Guangxun frowned, he didn't expect that cousin to be so ignorant, it seems that he must have something with the third prince, and he hopes that the impact of this matter will pass quickly.
Since the second uncle has kicked her out of the house, compared to the second uncle who has a countermeasure, it is estimated that he is also doing it to the emperor, indicating that he wants to be a pure minister, today is a day of rest, the second uncle did not rest, but went to inspect the Xishan camp, it must be deliberate, and His Majesty will naturally know at that time.
"But didn't the second uncle completely offend the third prince by doing this? I don't think the third prince is a broad-minded person, if he really gains power in the future, then won't we be unlucky, just proposed yesterday, the second uncle directly cut off the relationship with Zhou Xiwan today, isn't this a slap in the face of the third prince, and it's still snapping. Presumably, the prince would be happy to know the news, and maybe he would raise a glass to celebrate," Zhou Guangbi was a little worried.
"My father is naturally not afraid of the third prince, don't say that he is not an emperor, even if he is an emperor, he does not dare to touch my father easily." Zhou Xiya heard her father's analysis yesterday and was very confident.
Seeing that the third brother was puzzled, Zhou Guangxun patted the third brother's shoulder, "Now the dynasties change frequently, in the past three hundred years, which country has existed for a hundred years, our emperor is also the nephew of the robbery, there are too many people who want to replace it, maybe one day this country will change its name." He and his eldest brother have been following the second uncle to deal with family and military affairs, and he is secretly responsible for collecting information on the DPRK and local forces, so he knows many things, but the third brother does not know.
Zhou Guangbi's eyes widened, what did he hear, how could it be so easy to change the dynasty in the second brother's mouth.
"If the emperor is a good emperor and doesn't push people too much, no one will take the risk to do this headless thing, as long as the war is together, it is only the people who are unlucky in the end, and what the country needs is stability." Zhou Guangxun sighed.
"Miss, just now a lot of venison was sent to Dugu Mansion, saying that it was freshly slaughtered, and said that Miss would like to taste it." At this time, Mama Zhou walked in quickly and whispered.
Zhou Xiya rubbed her temples, she suddenly felt that her head hurt, what did this Dugu Jin want to do, did she think that she didn't make enough trouble yesterday?
Zhou Guangxun and Zhou Guangbi laughed unkindly, they rarely saw the jokes of the little sister, this Dugu Jin was really bold enough, and he actually sent things openly.
Dugu Mansion, Dugu Jin leaned on the soft couch, wearing silver pajamas, her hair was scattered, her neckline was slightly open, you could see a large piece of skin on her neck, it was pleasing to the eye to see a beautiful woman, and it was the same to look at a handsome man.
"Something sent?" In front of him stood a man.
"Yes, the villain put down his things and left quickly, without allowing the Zhou Mansion to refuse." The man didn't dare to look up, and kept looking at his toes.
"Well done, go down" Dugu Jin waved his hand and smiled, it was officially made public yesterday, so he could approach Zhou Xiya openly, and he also reported to the emperor, who would dare to say anything, a good woman is afraid of pestering Lang, he doesn't believe it, he can't handle a Zhou Xiya. (To be continued......)