Chapter 477: Gradually revealed

Begonia's words reminded everyone present.

There were some things they didn't care about at first, but now that they noticed it, they couldn't help but feel a little strange in their hearts.

Zhenguo and his wife still clearly remember that Zhou Shuyi, the daughter of Mrs. Ma, went to Beijing to see the young Marquis of Yingchuan, but because of the long distance, the latter already had a sweetheart when she arrived in Beijing, and the marriage had to be abandoned. Empress Dowager Zhou originally planned to marry Zhou Shuyi to the sister-in-law of another prince's family, and the other party's family background was talented, good-looking, and characterful, but she refused and married the brother of the Marquis of Yingchuan.

The old lady of the third room of the Zhou family was originally very dissatisfied with this family business, the second master Zeng had mediocre qualifications, and he did not have a title, and there was no queen mother to be a big matchmaker, where could he be worthy of his daughter? But Mrs. Ma resolutely supported her daughter's decision, and tried her best to persuade her husband and prepared a rich dowry for her daughter.

However, she was so enthusiastic about her daughter's marriage that she refused to enter Beijing to marry anyway. The clansmen privately suspected that she was actually very dissatisfied with her daughter's marriage, but they only loved her daughter so they persuaded her husband to agree. She repeatedly denied it, only saying that she couldn't let go of her husband and family affairs, so she could be regarded as suppressing those gossip.

Zhen Guogong and his wife had never thought much about it before, but now they felt very uncomfortable when they learned that Mrs. Ma had been married to the grandfather of Yingchuan Hou, but she had withdrawn from the marriage due to personal affairs. Yingchuan Hou doesn't know the relationship between the two families, Mrs. Ma clearly knows who her daughter wants to look at when she enters Beijing, and what kind of mood does she use to send her daughter out? Zhou Shuyi can't marry the Marquis of Yingchuan, she would rather give up other better marriage partners, or marry the children of the Marquis of Yingchuan, is it really just a momentary anger? Mrs. Ma didn't tell her anything in advance?

Mr. and Mrs. Zhenguo didn't believe that with Mrs. Ma's temperament, she would feel that she couldn't live with him because she lost her fiancé back then, and she wanted to marry her daughter to his children and grandchildren as compensation. If Zhou Shuyi married into the Zeng family to make amends for her mother's sins, then she Xiao thought about the title of the family heirloom and tried to kill the eldest son of the Hou Ye, is she paying off her debts or taking revenge? !

Duchess Zhenguo couldn't help but ask Mrs. Ma: "Third aunt, are you ...... Did you marry Shuyi into the Zeng family on purpose? Could it be that you had a personal affair with Hu Ren Proton back then, and the Hou Shizi of Pingxi found out, so you had to withdraw from the marriage? Your father turned against you because of this, do you have a grudge and plan to take revenge on the descendants of the Hou of Pingxi? ”

Zhou Ma also said in a daze: "Mrs. Gu wants the title of Marquis of Yingchuan so much, and she also wants to kill the Marquis of Yingchuan, isn't it ordered by the A family?" You...... You hate someone else, and after 50 years, you have to make his family pay for a life?! ”

Mrs. Ma's face changed, but she still firmly denied it: "There is no such thing!" Where do I have a grudge against the Marquis of Yingchuan?! What happened back then...... The Hou Shizi of Pingxi didn't know about it at all! My parents divorced me and sent me away. The prince of Pingxi Hou also caught up and asked me why! He was infatuated with me, and if my father hadn't had to quit him, he and I would have been married the following spring! However, the ex-fiancé, who was so infatuated at the beginning, made a marriage contract with another woman after determining that it was impossible for Qin Guogong to change his mind, and he did not wait for her to return to Beijing......

When Mrs. Ma thought of this, she couldn't help but grit her teeth: "In short, Shuyi's marriage into the Zeng family is just a coincidence. No matter how good Chang'an is, it can't compare to the prosperity of Beijing. It is rare that the Queen Mother is willing to be a matchmaker, and I naturally hope that Shuyi can marry into the prince's mansion in the capital and enjoy glory and wealth for the rest of her life. failed to marry the Marquis of Yingchuan, so Shuyi got into the horns and married his brother. I'm really not satisfied with this, but Shuyi has made up her mind, what can I do? can only let the child get married happily. Later, she said that she wanted a knighthood, and I couldn't resist her. I know it's wrong for her to do this, but she's my daughter, and I can still wronged my daughter for the sake of my fiancé's descendants?! ”

Sounds reasonable.

However, Zhen Guogong's suspicions were not so easy to dispel: "The third aunt is indeed too doting on Shuyi, her daughter. Shicheng is also your own flesh and blood, and you have valued him more than Shuyi since he was a child, but after he was released, you didn't worry much about him, and even marrying a wife and having children was the master of the third uncle. However, Shuyi, the daughter, has been married into the Zeng family since she married into the Zeng family, and your preference for her has increased unabated, not only sending money to others, but also buying and transporting fire oil for her. When she says that she wants to murder the Hou Shizi of Yingchuan, you will not hesitate to use the world merit and Chengdu together, and you must also make her satisfied. People who don't know still think that only Shuyi is your own child! ”

Old Madam Ma pursed her lips. She did value her son more, because he could inherit the family business. But who told his son that his husband should take him with him and teach? Zhou Shicheng refused to listen to her, and admonished her from time to time, even the daughter-in-law he married did not like her, and the children and grandchildren he gave birth to refused to send her back to her to raise him. With such a son, where can there be an obedient daughter to please?!

It's just that she couldn't say this truthfully, so she could only quickly make up a set of rhetoric in her heart, and was about to open her mouth to defend herself, when she heard Tu Rong suddenly speak: "Soon after Zhou Shuyi secretly purchased the first batch of fire oil, a fire broke out in the ancestral hall of the Zeng family, and there were traces of fire oil at the scene, does this matter have anything to do with your mother and daughter?" ”

Old Madam Ma suddenly stopped, and only replied after a slow beat: "What does this matter have to do with us?" I had no idea about it! ”

Tu Rong continued: "Zhou Shuyi's attempt to seek the title began soon after marrying into the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion. As soon as she gave birth to her son, she strongly persuaded the Marquis of Yingchuan to succeed her son as his heir. At that time, the Marquis of Yingchuan had only been married for two or three years, and it was not surprising that he had no heirs. She once said everywhere, saying that Mrs. Yingchuan Hou was not in good health and could not give birth, and the birth of Yingchuan Hou Shizi was enough to prove that this was a lie. Coupled with the fire in the ancestral hall of the Zeng family...... Zhou Shuyi plotted for the title of Marquis, could it be because only the Marquis and the prince were eligible to enter the main room at the back of the ancestral hall? What is there in that room that you want to get at the cost of your own daughter's life? ”

Old Madam Ma breathed tightly, and hurriedly calmed herself down as much as possible, pretending to be casual: "I don't understand what you're talking about." However, her expression changed, and it was clear that she had betrayed her.

Tu Rong felt that he had faintly touched the truth. He looked at Zhen Guogong and his wife, and then at Ma Shangyi, then turned around and instructed his henchman deputy: "Go and invite Commander Zeng over." ”

He was talking about Zeng Qingxi, the commander of the Chang'an avant-garde who had just arrived. This is the righteous son of the first generation of the Marquis of Yingchuan, the old department, the brother-in-law of the current Marquis of Yingchuan, grew up in the Marquis of Yingchuan Mansion since he was a child, and has seen the former son of the Marquis of Pingxi who did not inherit the title of Marquis of Pingxi, but became the first generation of Marquis of Yingchuan, presumably he knows more about the story of the Zeng family than his cousin of the Marquis of Yingchuan.

Moreover, Zeng Qingxi and Tu Rong almost received the tasks of the imperial court one after another, but they arrived in Chang'an so late that they took office, and the delay in the middle was said to be stumped by the affairs of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion. After he arrived, he once came to visit Tu Rong. Although he didn't say some things explicitly, Tu Rong could guess a few points.

It is estimated that the Marquis of Yingchuan interrogated Zhou Shuyi, the younger sister who tried to murder the prince, and finally asked for useful information.

Today, Tu Rong and the Zhenguo couple, and Ma Shangyi, the envoy of the Queen Mother, went to the West Courtyard of the Zhou Family to try Mrs. Ma, which was not a formal court question, but a secret hearing. Since the royal family and the Zongren Mansion had confirmed the identity of Mrs. Ma's clan daughter in advance, the emperor didn't want the family scandal to be publicized, so the Duke of Zhenguo greeted the Huang Governor of Chang'an Mansion in advance, and the latter avoided it in a funny way. Although Zeng Qingxi was also a foreign minister, he was a member of the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion, and he was one of the bitter masters, so Tu Rong asked him to stay in the Dusi Yamen and wait for news.

Now, it's time for him to step in.

(End of chapter)