Kim Ka-shu took his letter and walked out of the house again.

When Reef took the letter from him, he immediately noticed that it was a little thicker than before.

It seems that Jin Jiashu accepted the proposal of the little sister, and added an extra page of letter to the letter to the "aunt".

The mouth of the envelope has been sealed with mud, still a little hot, but the seal is not printed with the pattern of the seal, but the pattern of the chrysanthemum, although the lines are simple, but quite vivid and exquisite.

Jin Jiashu explained with some embarrassment: "I don't have my own seal, so I used the hairpin of a chrysanthemum hairpin that my mother used to use as a seal." It is said to be a relic of my grandmother, and my aunt knows it, just like a seal. ”

The brothers and sisters of the Hai family suddenly understood. This is a relic of Concubine Xu Xian's mother, and it is also an old thing that she used to use when she was young, so she naturally recognizes it. Compared with the unfamiliar new seal, the pattern of this chrysanthemum hairpin head can better prove the identity of the letter writer.

Without any objection, the reef put the letter away, turned to the porter, and handed it to the messenger sent by the Zhenguo Mansion.

Haitang didn't move, stayed where she was and said to Jin Jiashu: "Although this hairpin is also very useful, it is your mother's relic after all, and it is not easy to carry it with you." You should discuss it with Grandpa Cao, and it is better to engrave a private seal seriously. You are a scholar, and there will always be a time when you need to use a seal in the future, so prepare it early to save you trouble in the future. ”

Jin Jiashu nodded: "I'll go and ask Mr. Cao when I go back." ”

When the reef came back, Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui also came back from the Ma family. Haitang wanted to know what news they had heard, so she greeted Jin Jiashu and went back to the main courtyard.

Ma had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and when he saw that his grandchildren were also coming, he hurriedly urged Uncle Cui and Aunt Cui to speak.

Uncle Cui said: "The younger one went to see the two nephews of the old aunt and grandmother, and they were also full of complaints back then, complaining that Mrs. Ma got all the relics, property and manpower of the old aunt and grandmother, and only gave them a little property. They originally wanted to make trouble in the clan, and the clan persuaded them to live in peace, and they wanted to make trouble with the official mansion, but they didn't get out of the army and have no success so far, how can they go against the head of the Zhou family's third room? At most, it's just swearing and complaining when eating and drinking in private. Their children and grandchildren still trusted the Zhou family to settle down in the army. Therefore, the two of them have not really caused any trouble to Mrs. Ma. ”

These two people are waste, and Ma is also the daughter of the Ma family, so naturally he has known it for a long time. That's not what she wants to know: "Do they know what the old aunt and grandmother said about her origin when she returned to Chang'an with her adopted daughter?" ”

Uncle Cui replied: "My aunt and grandmother only said that she was an orphan girl who was adopted in the capital, and she was born with a good appearance and good upbringing, but it is a pity that her family fell into the middle of the road, her parents died, she lost her support, and she was bullied by her clansmen." The old aunt and grandmother couldn't bear to see the good child suffer, so she simply recognized a goddaughter and took her with her to support her. Because soon after they returned to Chang'an, the old aunt and grandmother began to handle the marriage for their goddaughter, and they all thought that the old aunt and grandmother were used to use people to marry and pull relationships, so they didn't ask much. ”

Later, Mrs. Ma married into the third room of the Zhou family as a steproom, and sure enough, she found a good backer for the Ma family's aunt and grandmother, not only did business smoothly in Chang'an City, but also took her old man's family fortune, and no one dared to plot again. The Ma family believes more and more that the old aunt and grandmother recognize a beautiful adopted daughter and come back, which is used as a marriage tool.

It's just that this statement is not much different from what Ma originally knew, and it can't provide any other clues except to prove that Mrs. Ma is indeed from the capital. Ma turned his head to Aunt Cui again.

Aunt Cui went to visit someone from another room in the Ma clan. The blood relationship between that room and the old aunt and grandmother is not close, and it does not belong to the branch that is qualified to inherit her inheritance, but the old lady in this room and the old aunt and grandmother were friends in the boudoir and have a good relationship. When my aunt and grandmother were alive, they often met and talked to this cousin and daughter-in-law. The old lady is now over eighty years old, and she is also a famous birthday star in Chang'an City, living a very low-key life and rarely seeing outsiders. She is more than ten years older than Mrs. Ma, and she must have heard her aunt and grandmother mention the life experience of her adopted daughter.

Ma's father had helped the old lady's son during his lifetime. Aunt Cui went here with a letter from Ma's own handwriting. There is this relationship, coupled with the new news brought by Aunt Cui, the old lady told everything she knew.

Aunt Cui reported to Ma's: "The old lady said that the old aunt and grandmother had mentioned it before, saying that this goddaughter had a dislike for her biological parents, and her parents and eldest sister forcibly withdrew from her marriage and forced her to be a concubine in order to cling to the powerful, regardless of her wishes. Because she refused to obey and wanted to find her fiancé, they even wanted to feed her medicine. She struggled to escape, only to find out that her fiancé had married someone else and left her behind.

She was so sad that she did not dare to go home again, and when she did not know where to go, she was tired and hungry, and fainted to the ground, and happened to meet her aunt and grandmother. My aunt and grandmother met her by chance in a Buddhist temple and were shocked when they saw this, so they took her in. When she recovered, her aunt and grandmother felt pity after asking what was going on, so she recognized her as her daughter and brought her back to Chang'an. ”

It sounds like a poor girl who sticks to her marriage contract and is loyal, but is betrayed by her parents, family and fiancé. Parents and family tend to be inflammatory, and the ex-fiancé is unlucky, only she is the most pitiful and innocent.

Others listened to this story, but Begonia couldn't help but feel nauseous.

Obviously, it was Song Yuzhu who betrayed her fiancé Pingxi Hou Shizi, and went to Pingxi Hou Mansion to steal military aircraft information for her lover Prince Huren, and was banished to the countryside after her parents found out. The dissolution of the marriage contract was because the couple of the clan did not want their daughter to have the opportunity to harm the Pingxi Hou Mansion again, and they did not want the Pingxi Hou Shizi to know the truth, so they deliberately looked for a daughter who was ill and not suitable for marriage, hoping to resolve the marriage contract peacefully. When did the prince of Pingxi Hou get married again? Begonia died early in her last life and didn't know it. But even if someone chooses another marriage, there is nothing to be sorry for Song Yuzhu. Her lover, Prince Huren, didn't fake her, but he didn't make a marriage contract with her, and didn't she take revenge? I haven't cut off contact with anyone all these years!

Song Yuzhu made a big mistake herself, she didn't know how to reflect, she took revenge on her parents and sweetheart on the front foot, and spread rumors and slandered her ex-fiancé in front of her adoptive mother. How embarrassed is she?!

Haitang felt uncomfortable, and Ma also felt that this story was very fake: "Why don't you believe it? This seems to be a story told in the play, but Mrs. Ma does not seem to be such a loyal and good girl. ”

What's more, Mrs. Ma's parents were there at the time, and she had never fallen into the middle of the family and lost her support, so the old aunt and grandmother of the Ma family took people away from the capital and chose a marriage match for her in Chang'an.

Aunt Cui nodded and said, "The old lady said that she felt inappropriate at the time, and she also persuaded the old aunt and grandmother." The old aunt and grandmother knew that this was wrong, but they couldn't bear to see Mrs. Ma at the same age as a flower, and she was forced to marry an old man over half a hundred years old to make a second room, so she took a risk. When she arrived in Chang'an, no one recognized Mrs. Ma, as long as she could marry into the Zhou family, even if her family came to her in the future, the Zhou family would be able to protect her. The old aunt and grandmother cleared the traces to ensure that Mrs. Ma's family would not find out her whereabouts. Mrs. Ma has always been grateful for this. After she married into the Zhou family, she lived very well again. My aunt and grandmother are still saying on their deathbed that the most proud thing in their lives is to do this good deed! ”

Begonia couldn't help but sigh.

How did the old aunt and grandmother know that she was used by Song Yuzhu? In this way, she didn't know the truth all her life, and it was a blessing that she died under the illusion that she had done something good.

(End of chapter)