Haijiao and Zhou Yijun went to the school to play as originally planned.

However, due to the attention attracted by Du Qi and the three people in the mysterious carriage who suddenly appeared today, they were both a little absent-minded today, and they couldn't have fun playing, so they simply separated early and went back to their respective homes.

After arriving home, Haijiao learned from the little sister Haitang who the young man and the mother and daughter in the mysterious carriage were.

Begonias actually knew about it by chance.

Today, his cousin Xie Wenzai was suddenly invited away by the people of the Zhenguo Mansion, and when he came back more than an hour later, he pulled his cousin Hai Xiya into the upper room of the main house to talk. At that time, Ma had just taken Aunt Cui and Aunt Ma out of the upper room, planning to go to the front yard to see the newly purchased ingredients. The two sides did not talk, so Xie Wenzai and Hai Xiya thought that there was no one in the house, but in fact, Begonia was still on the kang in the inner room, very quietly and carefully helping his grandmother Ma Shi iron the pleated skirt to be worn as a guest tomorrow.

So she listened to the conversation between the two elders clearly.

Xie Wenzai was obviously in a state of shock at the time, and he didn't bother to check whether there was anyone in the back room, and when he entered the door, he said to Hai Xiya: "Cousin, teacher...... Wu Wen'an Gong ...... He still has a bloodline alive! ”

Haixi Cliff was stunned, and then said: "In the two years after the Wu family's accident, there were indeed such rumors, the Tao is that the Wu family has not died, but there has been no news since then, don't we all conclude that it is just a rumor?" Why did my cousin suddenly bring up this matter today? ”

Xie Wenzai sat down at the table, obviously still a little excited: "Because I saw it...... The child's eyebrows and eyes are a little like a teacher, and there is the Chengenhou Mansion as a guarantee, so his identity is naturally unquestionable! It turns out that over the years, the Queen Mother and the Chengenhou Mansion have been protecting these two children......"

"Two children?" Hai Xiya was a little confused when he heard this, "You mean, did the Wu family have two children who survived?!" ”

Xie Wenzai calmed down: "Yes, a man and a woman, they are the youngest daughter of the teacher's second son and the only son of the youngest son." ”

He told his cousin that today Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi took a pair of children from the capital to Chang'an to visit relatives, and on the surface she only brought Du Qi alone, but in fact, she also brought three other people, namely Wu Wen'an's second daughter-in-law Gui, the second son's youngest daughter Wu Qiong, and the youngest son's only son Wu Ke.

When the Kunning Palace caught fire, the Wu family also burned on the same day, and it was rumored that the Wu family died in the fire, but in fact, some people survived.

A few days before the accident, the second young grandmother of the Wu family, Gui, quarreled with her husband, ran back to her parents' house in anger, accidentally moved the fetal gas, and gave birth to a young daughter in her mother's house. The news was transmitted back to the Wu family, and the second young master of the Wu family hurriedly went to apologize to his wife, but the Gui family insisted on finishing the confinement at his mother's house, and the Wu family could only acquiesce.

Wu Ke, the only son of the third young master of the Wu family, was originally the youngest of his peers, and when he learned that he had added a younger sister, he was worried about going to see her, so he secretly ran home with only one elder entourage without telling his family. It was getting late at that time, so Gui asked his brother and sister-in-law to leave his nephew for the night, and sent the chief to report back to Wu's house. Unexpectedly, the Wu family caught fire that night, and Gui's mother and daughter and Wu Ke became the only survivors of the Wu family's more than 100 people.

After the accident of the Wu family, the emperor seemed to be indifferent, neither ordered the Jingzhao Mansion to find out the truth of the fire, nor did he posthumously seal or grace Wu Wen'angong, the government and the opposition discussed a lot, and the Sun family also privately sent many people all over the capital to search for the fleeing Wu family or relatives and friends of the Wu family, and rumors spread for a while.

When they returned home, they knew that it must have been the Sun family who harmed the Wu family, but looking at the emperor's attitude, they didn't dare to cry out for their in-laws. As the in-laws of the Wu family, they are also the targets of the Sun family, and it is very difficult for them to protect themselves, and they did not immediately hand over the confinement of the Gui family and the daughter of the Gui family, it is for the sake of blood and family affection. But many relatives and friends know the news that Gui's birth is in his mother's house, how long can this kind of thing be hidden?

Gui's mother and daughter are just female dependents, but Wu Ke is the male of the Wu family, and the weight is different. If the Sun family knew that he was not dead, they would never let him go! When he returned home, he didn't want to get into trouble, so he persuaded his daughter to hand over Wu Ke. Hand over Wu Ke, and maybe the mother and daughter of the Gui clan will be able to save their lives. When I returned home, I thought about my own flesh and blood, and I had to do this.

However, Guishi couldn't give up this heart.

She was still in confinement at the time, while she was sad about the tragic death of her husband's eldest son, and on the other hand, she was shocked by the royal injustice to the Wu family, and she was scared and dazed, and she didn't understand how the rich and beautiful Guozhang family could be wiped out overnight, and even the queen and the prince died in vain. She is unwilling to accept this fact, and wants to turn over, wanting her husband's eldest son to get her grievances aggrieved. She felt that her father-in-law had so many protégés, and sooner or later there would be a day of mourning after death. If she handed over Wu Ke, wouldn't it be tantamount to betraying her husband's family and ruining the Wu family? Then even if she saves her life and her daughter's life, outsiders will think that she is too ruthless, her daughter has such a mother with a bad reputation, she will not be able to raise her head for the rest of her life!

Gui gritted his teeth, protected Wu Ke, took him with him, and took care of him with his daughter, no matter who came to persuade her, she refused to hand people over.

It is very helpless to return to the family, and they can't force it. Because their family was targeted by the Sun family, their family members were quickly demoted, and they were going to leave Beijing to take up their posts in the local government in a few days. Even if the house in Beijing is its own property, and the pillars of the family are gone, who can protect the female dependents of the family? Therefore, the family plans to go to work together, leaving only one room for the family to watch the house. They were willing to take the mother and daughter of the Gui family who had not yet been confined, but they didn't want to take the risk of taking Wu Ke away again. In case the Sun family knows that they will not only take in their daughter and granddaughter when they return home, but also protect an heir of the Wu family, they don't know what kind of attack and framing they will face!

At this time, the envoy of the Empress Dowager Zhou found her home.

Empress Dowager Zhou and Wu Zhou, the wife of Duke Wu Wen'an, are sisters. The latter is the eldest sister who has just passed away. The one daughter and three sons she left behind, including Empress Wu, were all nephews of the Empress Dowager Zhou. After the Empress Dowager Zhou learned the news that Gui's daughter was born in her mother's family, she kept thinking about it, and when she saw that Gui's family was demoted out of Beijing, she sent someone to take Gui's mother and daughter into the palace. No matter how arrogant the Sun family is, it is impossible to break into Cining Palace and kill people, right?

The confidants sent by the Empress Dowager Zhou arrived at home, only to know that there were not only Gui's mother and daughter, but also Xiao Wu Ke's.

The palace people immediately made a decision, brought the three of them into the palace together, and dressed Xiao Wu Ke as a little girl, only as if he was the entourage of Gui's mother and daughter. Empress Dowager Zhou was very surprised to see people, not only left people in Cining Palace to settle down, but also immediately ordered the palace to be closed and refused to accept foreign guests.

On the surface, Empress Dowager Zhou was dissatisfied with the emperor's indifferent attitude towards the tragic death of Empress Wu's mother and son and the Wu family, as well as her favoritism and protection of Concubine Sun Guifei, so she would seal the palace on her own and refuse to see any harem concubines, clan relatives and foreign women.

But in fact, in order not to let the outside world know, Empress Dowager Zhou raised the two orphans of the Wu family in Cining Palace, and she didn't want Concubine Sun Guifei to hurt them.

The three survivors of the Wu family lived in Cining Palace for several years. Sun Guifei dominated the harem, but she didn't know about it at all. But then the sixth prince died suddenly, and Sun Guifei suspected that her son was killed by someone, and the murderer was from Cining Palace, so she took the palace guards to make a big noise to break into Cining Palace to search.

Although the matter was later stopped by the emperor who arrived, and Sun Guifei was appeased and left, the Empress Dowager Zhou still felt that it was too dangerous. In order to protect the three members of the Wu family, she asked Mrs. Chengenhou to cooperate and send them out of the palace and quietly placed them in Chengenhou's mansion.

The three members of the Wu family lived in the Chengenhou Mansion for several years. But recently, the Empress Dowager Zhou felt unwell, worried that her life would not be long, and she was afraid that after her death, the Chengenhou Mansion would lose her protection, and the safety of the three Wu family would not be guaranteed, so she decided to send people to Chang'an.

(End of chapter)