Wu Qiong sat on the edge of the kang in her room, listening worriedly to the conversation between her mother, Mrs. Gui, and her cousin Wu Ke.

Mrs. Gui became excited as she spoke, and scolded people fiercely.

This made Wu Qiong very uneasy in her heart, she was afraid that the people in the Zhenguo Mansion would hear the movement, and blamed her mother for being too harsh on her cousin. She had advised her mother several times not to insult her cousin in front of others. The mother promised well, but after that, she always relapsed and didn't take her words to heart at all. She was worried, but she couldn't convince her mother, so she could only worry about herself.

Finally, Mrs. Gui was tired of scolding and drove Wu Ke out: "I am in charge of your sister's marriage, and it is not your turn to intervene!" Do you think you can be our home if you are a man? Make your spring and autumn dreams! If it weren't for me, you'd be a pile of bones! You are not grateful, and you want to teach me in turn? Something without conscience! How can the Wu family have descendants like you?! ”

Wu Ke left the room in an embarrassed manner, and before leaving, he glanced at his cousin in the room, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything, and bowed his head and left.

Wu Qiong's face was ashamed, and she watched her cousin leave, and after a while, she mustered up her courage, walked outside, poured a cup of tea for her mother, and took the initiative to beat her shoulders for her mother.

Their mother-daughter relationship is still very close. Mrs. Gui, who enjoyed her daughter's filial service, softened her face, and half of her anger disappeared: "Okay, you're tired all day, don't be busy." Does the injury hurt from today's fall? Is your skin bruised? ”

Wu Qiong carefully walked to the chair opposite her and sat down, and replied obediently: "My daughter is not tired and does not hurt." It's just a small bruise on the leg, and it's not a big deal. ”

"When I got back, I asked someone to ask for a good bottle of medicinal wine. The bruise on the leg is bruising, and if you don't rub it away, Ming'er will only get worse. Speaking of this, Mrs. Gui had a strong resentment towards the girls of the Zhou family, "The Zhou family doesn't know how to teach their daughters." A child who is only a few years old knows how to bully! ”

Wu Qiong hurriedly said: "Mother, today's matter really has nothing to do with Xuejun and Huajun, I fell by myself." They didn't bully me. ”

"Even if they don't push you or hit you, it doesn't mean they didn't bully you!" Mrs. Gui sneered, "Don't think I can't see it. They deliberately said that Zhou Yijun was going to Ningxia to practice, to scare you! The people in the fourth room didn't want Zhou Yijun to marry you, so they came up with all kinds of ridiculous ideas and wanted us to dispel our thoughts. They dream! Can I still scare them?! ”

After speaking, Mrs. Gui comforted her daughter again: "Today you look like you have a weak heart, and you don't dare to look at me, but I'm afraid that I will blame you for not holding your breath in front of the Zhou family, and as soon as you heard some news, you fell in fright?" Silly boy, you are my daughter, I only love you, how can I blame you for a little thing? Besides, the Zhou family acted so unreasonably, in order to refuse marriage, they did not hesitate to send a half-year-old child of Zhou Yijun's age to the border to endure hardships, where is it done by ordinary people? If it were me, I would have been surprised to hear such news. ”

Wu Qiong breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this: "Mother, it's good if you don't blame me, I've been afraid that you will scold me today......" Saying that, she couldn't help but show frustration: "Xuejun said that her mother has begun to prepare for Zhou Yijun." If Zhou Yijun did not hesitate to go to Ningxia so far away to experience in order to get rid of me, why should I force it? Mother, the twisted melon is not sweet. ”

Mrs. Gui sneered: "I don't believe that Mrs. Thursday is really willing to send her son to such a far place!" Xiao Langjun is as big as Zhou Yijun, and he is the son of a prominent family such as the Zhenguo Mansion, even if he wants to go to the army for training, he will not go to a really dangerous border town. If there is really a war on the other side of the frontier, won't it send the child to a dead end? Even if Zhou Yijun is not Zhen Guogong's own grandson, Zhen Guogong doesn't take his life seriously, and the couple on Thursday are always Zhou Yijun's parents, how can they be willing to let their son risk his life? I think that is mostly just a scare. As long as we don't seek this marriage anymore, they will naturally dismiss the idea of sending Zhou Yijun away. ”

Wu Qiong asked in a low voice: "What if that is...... We are unwilling to give up, will they let Zhou Yijun go to Ningxia? ”

Mrs. Gui choked for a moment, and quickly said: "At most, I will do a full set of tricks, and send him to a safer border city for a year and a half, and then he will come back." They said that they sent people to Ningxia, can we still go and check it in person?! ”

Wu Qiong was skeptical: "Really? ”

"Of course it's true!" Mrs. Gui said categorically, "This kind of trick, my mother has seen and heard a lot since she was a child." Almost all of the noble generals are like this, and the Zhou family will not be an exception. Mother can still lie to you?! ”

Wu Qiong seemed to believe her mother's words, but she still lowered her head: "Mother, their family is clearly unhappy, we ...... Or forget it, right? ”

"Of course not!" Mrs. Gui said coldly, "In the past, I thought that Thursday was not the son of the prince of Zhenguo, and I was worried that Zhou Yijun's weight was not enough, but now that Thursday is transferred to Beijing, he is still a commander in the forbidden army, and Zhou Yijun will definitely enter Beijing in the future." If you marry him, you can follow him back to the capital. If we miss this candidate, will we have to stay in Chang'an for the rest of our lives? I'm not willing, and neither will you, will I? ”

In fact, living in the capital or living in Chang'an, Wu Qiong feels that there is not much difference, anyway, they all live in the backyard of a deep house. But in Chang'an, she seems to have more freedom, and she can also go to other people's homes as guests, unlike when she was in the capital, she could only stay in a courtyard forever and could not see outsiders. If she marries Zhou Yijun and returns to Chang'an with him, will she be trapped in the courtyard again like before? Those days weren't interesting.

It's just that she didn't dare to tell her mother the truth, so she could only respond vaguely.

Mrs. Gui only thought that her daughter was echoing herself, and continued: "So, we have to find a way to go back to the capital!" You also have to find a way to get the Zhou family to agree to help and get your uncles back to the capital. If they are not in the capital, even if they have the opportunity to make a contribution to the dragon in the future, they will not have their share. Without the support of your uncles, even if we are the only relatives of Xinjun's family, your brother will be awarded a title such as Marquis of Cheng'en at most, but it is just a false shelf, and he has no real power at all. We still have to look at other people's faces, and one day the powerful ministers will look at us unpleasantly, and if they want to kill, they will kill, and if they want to burn, we will burn, and we will not even be able to escape......"

When Mrs. Gui said this, she couldn't help but shudder: "The tragic things that your father and your brother have experienced, I don't want our mother and daughter to go through it again......"

Wu Qiong was a little confused when she heard it: "Mother, what are you talking about?" Xinjun ...... It's the Eighth Prince, right? His foreign family is Concubine Xu Xian's maiden family, so what does it have to do with us? ”

Mrs. Gui sold the guanzi: "You just need to remember this matter, you don't have to ask, you will naturally know in a few years." It's not that my mother can't believe you, but my mother is afraid that the wall has ears, so she asked the Zhou family to listen. Such a rare skill from the dragon made the Zhou family stand in vain. Their family is not interesting and can't keep the wealth, so why let them take advantage of it? The Empress Dowager Zhou has the grace of saving and nurturing the new monarch, which is enough for the Zhou family to be bare. Our Wu family almost lost a family for Xinjun, and the biggest credit should be won by us! ”

Wu Qiong was even more confused when she heard it: "Mother......"

Mrs. Gui ignored her daughter's puzzlement, and was still thinking to herself: "Zhou Yijun's side, we have to find an opportunity to force him again in private." The young man's face is tender, as long as he agrees to marry you, it is useless for the rest of the Zhou family to object. Mother has her own way to force them to nod! Even if it's stiff for a while, you can slowly coax Zhou Yijun back later. But this matter has to be avoided by the rest of the Zhou family, lest they do bad things......"

(End of chapter)