After Haitang's letter was sent, he never got a reply.

Until the day of the Shangsi Festival, the young masters of the Zhou family continued the tradition of previous years, and went out of the city to hunt and travel with the children of other families, but Zhou Huajun sisters and others only had a small gathering in their own garden to have fun, Zhou Xuejun did not even get off the kang, Haitang was not invited to the Zhenguo Mansion as a guest, but received a letter from Zhou Xuejun and Wu Qiong in the evening, and only then did he know what happened.

Wu Qiong was indeed grounded by her mother Mrs. Gui.

Mrs. Gui did not allow her daughter to go out, and even the nurturing grandmother was driven out of the yard, prohibiting her daughter from accepting the teaching of the people arranged by the Zhenguo Mansion, as if her mother and daughter could depend on each other, and all the knowledge that the daughter needed to learn could be taught by herself. Wu Qiong persuaded her several times, but she refused to accept it, and finally even got angry at her daughter, who had always been spoiled......

Wu Qiong was very sad at the time, and she didn't know where the impulse came from, so she opened her mouth and said: "What did my mother do to annoy the Duke and Mrs. Zhenguo, and now she refuses to admit her mistake, and she wants to prevent her daughter from getting close to them, so that her daughter can't even say a few good words for you?!" If our mother and daughter can really gain a foothold in the world by themselves, why did they hide in the palace in the first place, why did they hide in the Chengenhou Mansion, and why did they come to Chang'an, which is thousands of miles away?! We just rely on the protection of the Zhou family to survive so far. Can my mother be polite to her benefactor, don't take it for granted that they protect us! One day, the Zhou family will be impatient and kick us out, and it will be too late for my mother to regret it! ”

Mrs. Gui said angrily: "That is naturally a matter of course! We are the only remaining bloodline of the Wu family, if the Zhou family doesn't protect us, how will we explain to the new monarch in the future?! They have already made a mistake in the Holy Shrine today, and they will never do it again! ”

Wu Qiong was even more angry: "Why does Xinjun care about our life and death?!" He is not the grandson of the Wu family! Even if you want to make a show for the world, you only need to posthumously seal your grandfather and grandmother, as well as Queen Wu and Her Royal Highness! They won't have to put up with you! My daughter really doesn't understand, what do you have to rely on to dare to be angry at the master in the Zhou family's place?! ”

"This is what the Zhou family has taught you these days?" Mrs. Gui was probably angry, and she was a little meaner to her daughter, "You have been so well-behaved and caring since you were a child, you have only learned from the Zhou family for a few days, and you have even forgotten the rules and etiquette." Where do you still look like a daughter from a descendant family?! No wonder the Zhou family doesn't look down on you and refuses to let his son marry you! ”

Wu Qiong couldn't help crying: "I'm not a daughter from a descendant family. When will my mother see her situation clearly? Our Wu family is just a broken household, and we have to rely on the Zhou family's shelter to survive! I try my best to say good things for you and for my brother in the Duchess of Zhenguo, and I hope that they will not be as knowledgeable as you and will tolerate your petty temper. As long as we survive until my brother succeeds in the imperial examination and re-props up the lintel, and the Sun family loses momentum, our Wu family will be able to regain its strength, and we will no longer have to send people under the fence. Why don't you understand?! Mother, my daughter is really hard! ”

After that, she cried and went back to the house, and closed the door tightly, refusing to let her mother into the house, nor allowing the girls and mothers-in-law to come in, and she cried like this for a day, and the water and rice did not touch her teeth. Mrs. Gui panicked and ran to the door of her daughter's room to persuade her. Wu Qiong refused to pay attention, so she ordered the servant to break open the door, forcibly break into her daughter's boudoir, and force her to eat. Wu Qiong still refused to eat, and Mrs. Gui wanted to pour it hard, so she pulled out the hairpin on her head and put it around her neck to force her mother to leave.

Mrs. Gui was so frightened that she almost fainted, although she desperately took away the hairpin in Wu Qiong's hand, and ordered someone to search all the jewelry and utensils in her daughter's house that could hurt people, and even left her a sewing basket, but she still couldn't persuade her daughter to drink a sip of water and eat a mouthful of food.

At this time, Mrs. Gui began to face her daughter's sadness and anger, and was willing to listen to her thoughts. Wu Qiong took the opportunity to persuade her to change her attitude, not to offend the people of the Zhenguo Mansion anymore, and at least to maintain the apparent courtesy.

Even the truly powerful dignitaries in the capital would not be so arrogant and rude in front of their relatives. That's not the bearing of a noble lady, but more like the style of an upstart. The Wu family is not an ignorant nouveau riche without background, how can the daughter of the Wu family be rude in front of her relatives? Not to mention that now their Wu family still has to rely on the Zhou family to protect them in order to avoid the persecution of the enemy, even when the Wu family is still prosperous, Mrs. Wu will not allow her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to treat her family like this!

Regardless of whether Mrs. Gui really listened to her daughter's words, after Wu Qiong's hard persuasion, she finally relented a little and was willing to apologize to the Duchess of Zhenguo. Although she talked to the Duchess of Zhenguo, Wu Qiong didn't know, but she finally got her mother's permission to continue to go out, whether it was to go to the Duchess of Zhenguo to study, or to chat and play with Zhou Xuejun, her mother would no longer stop her. And when she went to visit Zhou Xuejun, she hurried to write a reply letter to Haitang, so as not to let Haitang continue to worry about her.

Wu Qiong's letter was written very shortly, about the process of fighting between her and her mother Mrs. Gui, in fact, after she told Zhou Xuejun, the latter described it in detail in the letter, and Haitang only knew.

Haitang was a little surprised, she didn't expect Wu Qiong's weak temperament to dare to openly confront her mother now, although she was quickly coaxed afterwards, but it was a good thing that she could persuade Mrs. Gui to be less of a demon and go to the Duchess of Zhenguo to make amends. With such a good start, she will be more sure that she wants to influence Mrs. Gui's thoughts in the future.

It's just that...... Was Mrs. Gui really persuaded by her daughter?

What did the Zhenguo Mansion say and do to Mrs. Gui? Why did Mrs. Gui seem to have lost her mind before she left, and even her daughter was grounded, she was not allowed to contact the Zhou family, and even her homework was banned?

Mrs. Gui has always hoped that her daughter can marry into the Zhou family, even if Wu Qiong can't be the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, at least she must use the connections of the Duchess of Zhenguo to marry into a powerful family and live a rich and glorious life for a lifetime. Mrs. Gui and the couple of Zhenguo turned their faces, and their daughter was not allowed to get close to Mrs. Zhenguo, which was like giving up the future originally planned for her daughter. What is she so angry for?

asked Zhou Xuejun about this matter, but I was afraid that I would not be able to ask any result. But Begonia is not worried. Zhou Xuejun is a child, and many things in the Zhenguo Mansion will not reach her ears, but if she wants to find out the news inside the Zhenguo Mansion, Haitang has another channel.

She went to her brother Haijiao, told him about it, and asked, "Brother has seen Zhou Yijun recently?" Did he mention how the couple of Zhenguo taught Mrs. Gui a lesson? ”

Haijiao raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I know about this." It was actually my idea for Zhou Yijun before, but I didn't expect them to do it. When you count the time, it's pretty much the same. I've been busy with my homework recently, and I've helped Xiaojin inquire about the house, and I didn't care about Zhou Yijun's side for a while, and I didn't know that they had already done it. ”

Haitang was surprised: "Your idea?" What was the idea? ”

"It's simple." Haitang said with an understatement, "Although we can roughly guess what confidence Mrs. Gui has, she doesn't know that her confidence is actually false, if the Zhou family scares her with this, it is estimated that she will not believe it." Then threaten her with another thing she cares about the most. Doesn't she really want the Zhou family to transfer her maiden brother back to the capital as an official? Her mother's family betrayed her former allies and her reputation has long been discredited. The Zhou family is not good at doing something to the mother of the old aunt's granddaughter, does it still need to show mercy to the returned family? Write a letter to the old life of Wumen who took care of him in the past, and someone will take revenge on the brother who returned home, and see if Mrs. Gui dares to be arrogant anymore! ”

(End of chapter)