Haitang had an innocent expression: "I just suddenly thought that Zhou Shuyi was too obsessed with the title of the Marquis of Yingchuan." ”

When Zhou Shuyi entered Beijing, she was originally to marry the Marquis of Yingchuan, but before she arrived, people fell in love with other girls, and the marriage naturally had nothing to do with her. At that time, the daughter of the Zhou family who was traveling with her was arranged by the Empress Dowager Zhou to marry into a decent family, but she was the only one who was not convinced, even if she took the initiative to marry the younger brother of the Marquis of Yingchuan, she had to marry into the Zeng family.

After becoming the second wife of the Zeng family, for nearly 20 years, she has been thinking about the title of Marquis of Yingchuan. Although she was used by the Sun family, she wanted to pass on her son to the Yingchuan Marquis couple who had no heirs for a long time in her early years, and not long ago she wanted to kill the Yingchuan Marquis and send her son to the throne of the heir of the Hou Mansion, which is all a fact. What is she so obsessed with the title of Marquis of Yingchuan? If what she wanted was a knighthood, why did she do everything possible to marry the second master of Yingchuan Marquis's younger brother Zeng Erye? With Empress Dowager Zhou in charge, she could have married other families with titles, instead of picking a second great-grandfather who was destined not to have a title, and then did everything possible to calculate his brother's title.

If Zhou Shuyi did this because she missed the marriage of the Marquis of Yingchuan and got into the horns, why did her mother, Mrs. Ma, support her? Shouldn't a mother who loves her daughter normally persuade her to look away, so that she doesn't have to think about the missed marriage anymore and find a better marriage partner? And Mrs. Ma not only supported Zhou Shuyi to marry the mediocre younger brother of the Marquis of Yingchuan, but also repeatedly gave her money to help her seek the position of the son of the world, and did not hesitate to kill people and set fire to the dead to bribe the family's political enemies......

If Zhou Shuyi is drilled into the tip of the horns, then what is Mrs. Ma's picture?

Haitang spread out these questions to Xie Wenzai, Lu Bainian and Haijiao, and then said: "Originally, I thought that Mrs. Ma only wanted to help her grandson get a title because Zhou Shuyi married into the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion. But today, listening to Grandpa Lu talk about the old things fifty or sixty years ago, it is very likely that Mrs. Ma is the daughter of the clan who was engaged to the grandfather of the Marquis of Yingchuan, so it is probably not a coincidence that her mother and daughter are obsessed with the title of Marquis of Yingchuan. Mrs. Ma has long had a relationship with the Marquis of Yingchuan, could it be that she drilled the horns of the horns for the divorce that year? ”

Xie Wenzai, Lu Bainian, and Haijiao all showed expressions of sudden realization. Begonia's words make sense. They just thought that Zhou Shuyi's delusional title of Marquis of Yingchuan was self-inflicted, but they never thought that the root of this matter was in Mrs. Ma.

Indeed, Mrs. Ma's support for her daughter to seek the title of husband's family is too irrational and incomprehensible, and it cannot be explained by doting on her daughter. If the whole thing was Madame Ma's idea, then everything would make sense.

But why did Mrs. Ma insist on the title of Marquis of Yingchuan? At the beginning, the title of the Marquis of Yingchuan was still the Marquis of Pingxi, and now it is generally prominent, she originally had a marriage with the Marquis of Pingxi, but she had a personal relationship with others and withdrew, isn't this her own choice? Did she regret it? But if she regrets it, she can turn back. It was she who chose to leave Chang'an, recognized others as her adoptive mother, and married into the third room of the Zhou family to fill the house. She chose her future husband by herself, so there is no reason to cling to the fiancé she gave up before!

The two elders, Xie and Lu, couldn't understand Mrs. Ma's thoughts. The reef is also puzzling. He never knew that there was such a story on the ancestor of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion. Now it seems that no one knew this secret in his previous life, right?

He couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect this at all...... The little sister should be as meticulous as a hair and quick thinking! ”

Xie and Lu also came back to their senses, and praised with a smile: "Indeed, Tang Tang is indeed smart. Only then did I think that Mrs. Ma's identity was likely to be the daughter of a prominent family in the capital who was expelled from the house, and now I found out that Mrs. Ma's mother and daughter were too attached to the title of Marquis of Yingchuan. Both of these things are critical. If it weren't for Tang Tang's reminder, maybe we would have ignored the past. ”

Haitang smiled shyly: "I'm nothing, it's just a ...... that suddenly came to mind."

In her early years, Mrs. Ma hinted everywhere that she was a lady from the capital, and she was more qualified to be the wife of the general of the Zhou family than the daughters of the officials in Chang'an City, and she had an ebony gold comb produced by the Inner Mansion in her hand, so it can be speculated that she may really be the daughter of a noble family in the capital. But why would such a daughter leave her family and come to Chang'an to fill the house? It must have been something wrong at home, right? But she is not low-key, and she is generously married to the old lady of the Zhou family, and she has been a lady for many years, and she doesn't look like a fleeing criminal, and she is probably not the daughter of a criminal official. In this way, she is most likely the "abandoned daughter expelled from the family" as Haitang said.

Begonia actually knew that this logic was not very strict, but she knew the answer herself, so she made up the reason to guide others to think in that direction, and no one could find fault with it.

However, considering that her cousin Xie Wenzai is a very smart person, she didn't want to give him too much time, lest he discover the flaw in her words, so she immediately brought everyone's attention back to the topic: "Now it seems that Old Madam Ma is really the daughter of this clan whose whereabouts are unknown. It's just that if you want to find out her identity, I'm afraid you'll have to find a way from the capital. The inner house marks I saw on the two combs alone were not enough to prove her origins. ”

Xie Wenzai nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This matter ...... Let's report to the town first. Whether it is to inquire about the news of the missing clan daughter in Beijing, or to find the Ma family to inquire about the origin of Mrs. Ma, it is always more convenient to have the prince of Zhenguo come forward. ”

Haijiao hurriedly said: "My uncle and grandfather don't allow the family to tell the Zhenguo Mansion about this. I haven't heard any rumors these days. If Tang Meng hadn't quietly reminded me, I wouldn't have known that something had happened to the third room of the Zhou family. The Zhenguo Mansion has not moved these days, and I don't know the truth yet. ”

Xie Wenzai smiled slightly: "What happened on the boundary of the Zhou family is related to the border army, and the party concerned is still the newly appointed commander of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, how can he hide it from the Zhenguo Gong?" ”

Haitang and Haijiao glanced at each other, and said in surprise: "Zhen Guogong already knew?" Then why hasn't there been any movement?! ”

Why didn't Zhen Guogong move? Because he didn't know exactly what the whole thing was all about.

Tu Rong only faintly passed through some words, but he refused to make his words clear, as if he was just hinting at something. And Zhou Shigong, the head of the third room of the Zhou family, refused to explain the reason to the Zhenguo Gong for a long time, and also stopped the family members and prevented them from asking the Zhenguo Gong for help. He looked like he pleaded guilty and accepted his fate, but Zhen Guogong couldn't get it accurately, and he suspected that the evidence of Mrs. Ma's collaboration with the enemy was conclusive, and even the old lady of the third room was an insider, and he acquiesced.

If this is the case, then Zhen Guogong will have no way to lend a helping hand to Sanfang. Because any act of collaborating with the enemy is a big taboo in the army. If Zhen Guogong helps a sinner who has committed a big taboo, he will also be criticized, so don't want to convince his soldiers in the future. He knew the severity of the matter very well. He will help innocent people who have been framed, but he will not save traitors who have collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country!

In this way, the three rooms remained silent, and the Zhenguo Mansion did not know the inside story, so it was difficult to intervene, and the situation was deadlocked.

Fortunately, Tu Rong was busy investigating the clues on the pamphlet found from the West Courtyard, and he did a good job of secrecy, so he didn't let the gossip circulate, and the reputation of the Zhou family was temporarily preserved.

But if the truth on the third side is not found out one day, the reputation of the Zhou family will always be at risk.

Zhen Guogong has been waiting for Zhou Shigong to confess to himself, but he can't wait for him to come. Seeing that time passed day by day, Tu Rong's hints became more and more frequent, and he was about to lose his breath.

(End of chapter)