Chapter 204: Gossip
Zhou Ma couldn't imagine that Zhou Shuyi would really be stupid enough to hollow out her mother's family to curry favor with the Sun family, as Haitang said.
Doesn't she know what the relationship between the Sun family and the Zhou family is?
The Sun family saw her paying money to curry favor with herself, no matter what her purpose was, if she had the opportunity to make the Zhou family suffer, how could she let it go? They will definitely desperately find all kinds of names to dig money from her, until the entire Zhou family is hollowed out!
The Sun family has always wanted to seize military power from the Zhou family, and they have been tossing for more than ten or twenty years, but they have not been able to succeed, so they can only deduct the military expenses in the northwest. The Zhou family and a group of border generals worked hard and relied on themselves to stabilize the finances of the Northwest Frontier Army. Now that there is such an inner ghost as Zhou Shuyi, who takes the initiative to help the Sun family dig the corner of the Zhou family, the Sun family is afraid that they will already laugh off their big teeth behind their backs, right?
As long as Mrs. Ma is unrestrained and allows her daughter to take what she wants, even if the Zhou family has more money and property, it won't last long.
So, is Zhou Shuyi a fool, she can't see this truth clearly, she has to rush to send the money to the Sun family, what is she trying to do? !
Zhou Ma still remembers the gossip of his sister-in-law in the past: "She wants the title of the Marquis of Yingchuan, right?" Not long after her son was born, just because Mrs. Yingchuan Hou gave birth to a son three years later than her, she shouted and said the words of succession, as if she was sure that Yingchuan Hou and his wife would not have a son. Later, Yingchuan Hou Shizi was born, she was embarrassed to say no more, and now she wants to find a killer to kill Yingchuan Hou Shizi...... Did she think that as long as the son of the Marquis of Yingchuan died, and then the Sun family spoke for her in front of the palace, her son would be able to become the son of the Marquis of Yingchuan? ”
Zhou Yijun felt that if Zhou Shuyi really thought so, it would be too stupid: "I heard that the Marquis of Yingchuan is in the prime of life, even if the son dies and there is a concubine, there may not be a third son in the future." How could my aunt dare to be sure that the Marquis of Yingchuan would be willing to let her son inherit the title? ”
If the Marquis of Yingchuan was really killed in the northwest under the arrangement of Zhou Shuyi and his brother, it would be too late for the Marquis of Yingchuan to resent his brother and daughter-in-law, even if he couldn't catch her hurting people, he would not be willing to pass on his title to her son. The revenge of killing the son is not shared, even if Zhou Shuyi's son is the nephew of the Marquis of Yingchuan, it doesn't work!
Haitang smiled and said, "Will Elder Sun Ge and Concubine Sun Guifei really get involved in this kind of thing?" Marquis Yingchuan is also the emperor's confidant general, holding the forbidden army in his hands. To whom his title is to be passed on, that is his family business. The emperor was sure to respect his ideas. If the Sun family wanted to ask, their hands would inevitably be stretched too long. The Sun family has no grandsons now, and no matter which heir to inherit the throne in the future is, he has no blood relationship with his family. Sun Ge Lao has already grasped the power of the DPRK and China, and if he wants to meddle in the forbidden army, what idea do he want to fight? ”
Zhou Mashi couldn't help but take another breath of cool air, and said to Haitang in surprise: "What's the matter!" That's a good statement! When I turned around, I went to tell the lord that if the Sun family really wanted to interfere in the inheritance of the title of the Marquis of Yingchuan, the queen mother could use this sentence to remind the emperor. The power of the DPRK and China is already in the hands of Sun Gelao, if he can even manage the forbidden army, why don't he rebel immediately?! ”
Zhou Yijun hurriedly reminded her: "Grandmother, if this matter really goes to the palace, my aunt's matter will not be hidden." She raised a killer and wanted to poison the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan, and it was a capital crime to say it. ”
Zhou Ma waved his hand: "Where is it to the point where she is sentenced to death?" As soon as this incident comes out, even if the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion is not decent, the Zhou family will not let her ruin the family's reputation, and just think of a way to make her die of illness. This kind of death will not cause any trouble, and it will save outsiders from chewing their tongues. If it really makes trouble with the official mansion, it will not only be a shame for the Zhou family, but also the reputation of the Zeng family for several lifetimes! ”
Who told Zhou Shuyi to marry into the Zeng family, it has been nearly 20 years? She has lived in her husband's house for longer than in her mother's house, and her reputation in the past is not bad, at most she is gossiped about, and the saying is that spending money is too extravagant. Such a noble lady was suddenly accused of killing her nephew as a poisonous woman, and outsiders would not blindly accuse the Zhou family of not having a strict family education, but the Zeng family was not right, and it was more likely to be accused. And Zhou Shuyi's husband, Zeng Er, is more likely to be regarded as the mastermind. In that case, the Zeng family of the Marquis of Yingchuan will have a scandal about the brothers' wall!
Therefore, Zhou Shuyi's crime was exposed, whether it was her husband's Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, or her mother's Zhou family's third room, the third room of the Zhou family, which was headed by Zhou Shigong, would not let this matter be known to everyone, and it was estimated that it was the result of the former's sudden "death".
However, this is the case for outsiders, and for the Zhou Zeng family, who know the inside story, the situation may be more complicated. Yingchuan Hou Xingxing will ask the Zhou family for "compensation", and the Zhou family can't pull out a dime, after all, Zhou Shuyi's absurd behavior began as early as soon after the marriage. didn't teach this daughter well, and married people to other families to cause trouble, which is the responsibility of the Zhou family's third room. Even if the responsibility is on Mrs. Ma, the latter has been married into the Zhou family for fifty years, and he has always been famous, and the Zhou family can't completely get rid of it.
Zhou Mashi sighed and said, "My lord, I've been worrying about this for the past two days. He said that the Marquis of Yingchuan might send a few people over afterwards, saying that he was sending juniors to practice, but in fact, he didn't know what he was secretly thinking, and the partial family couldn't refuse......"
Haitang blinked and reminded Zhou Mashi: "Auntie, my grandfather said ...... that day"
"I know!" Zhou Mashi interrupted her without waiting for Haitang to finish speaking, "But the concerns of the old man are also reasonable." The junior sent by the Marquis of Yingchuan has no ability to seize power, but that junior didn't come alone, he must have followed a lot of followers, and those are the main ones! If these people find out the situation in the northwest, if the Marquis of Yingchuan wants to send another henchman to seize power in the future, it will be much easier! ”
Haitang thought to himself, Sun Ge Lao has successfully bribed Du Boqin, a senior general of the Northwest Frontier Army, and he still needs to send someone else to collect intelligence in the Northwest?
But then again, Sun Ge Lao and Yingchuan Hou Yuan are not all the way, but they are both confidants of Emperor Deguang. Even if the Sun family collects any useful information, they may not be willing to share it with the Marquis of Yingchuan. Then it is normal for Yingchuan Hou to want to find another way. His family was also a border general back then, but after entering Beijing, he no longer cared about the affairs of the border army, but let the Zhou family come from behind.
Once Emperor Deguang dies and the new monarch succeeds to the throne, who can guarantee that the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion can always control the power of the forbidden army? Once a son of heaven and a courtier, the Zeng family has not experienced a low tide, and it is normal to take precautions. If one day in the future, their family is deprived of the right to prohibit the army by the new monarch, so they can return to the northwest, return to the family of border generals, and seek to make a comeback!
From this point of view, the Zhou family's dilemma as a border general, the Zeng family should be able to understand that there is actually no contradiction in principle between the two families, and they can coexist in harmony. As long as the emperor doesn't suspect the Zhou family, don't have a two-five-year-old married girl like Zhou Shuyi to make trouble from it......
Haitang was silent in thought, but heard Zhou Yijun ask a question beside him: "The killer named Zhang Pinggui before was really raised by my aunt and grandmother?" He said that his father died for his aunt and grandmother, what kind of errand did he need to fill with human life? This Zhang Pinggui shouldn't have a grudge against his aunt and grandmother all the time, right? But he was willing to go to the northwest to kill for his aunt and grandmother...... Let's not talk about the long way in winter, and it's too early now. The Hou Shizi of Yingchuan is going to come to the northwest for training, at least next year, and now even the place has not been decided, why did Zhang Pinggui come here so early? ”
(End of chapter)