Gu Rouzhang took a sip of tea and said: "What can happen? Didn't everyone tell Sister Wei? The Deng family handed a post to the door. I thought it was a mistake at first: Wanwan is gone, how could it be Deng? A funeral at home? Then the person who sent the post was called to the hall and asked. Not only was she beaten to death by her husband's family, but she was also slandered by her husband's family after she died. I felt so angry that I led them out! "
Su Yuli didn't even bother to sigh and said, "Then you went to Zhou's house?"
"I was just led to the hall and met with the old lady of the Zhou family. I was about to ask her directly about Wanwan's affairs! But as I was about to speak, a servant from outside ran in crying and howling, saying that the second son of their family The master is gone!" Gu Rouzhang spread her hands, "When the old lady of the Zhou family heard this, she fell into the arms of the servant next to her! Mrs. Zhang, the third wife of the Zhou family who accompanied her to see me, quickly asked someone to help her back to the inner room... Follow me to make amends. If you don't understand, I'll get in there myself - I'll just be left in the hall!"
Guard Chief Ying said: "Then when I entered later, why were you there in the mourning hall?"
Gu Rouzhang said seriously: "I was a little confused at first, thinking it was such a coincidence? But then I saw that the Zhou family left me alone in the hall, and I felt strange when I thought about it - I wondered if they were afraid I couldn’t answer the question about Wanwan, so you deliberately made up a lie to get rid of me? Then of course I have to look around!”
"..." Su Yuli and Wei Changying were both silent: "Do you think the head of the Zhou family is the same as your eldest brother... Even if a normal person thinks of such a method, they may not be able to afford the shame, right?" "
I heard Gu Rouzhang continue, "While walking, I met Mrs. Qian. She was crying and couldn't speak clearly. I became even more doubtful. The servant reminded me whether I wanted to decorate the mourning hall. I thought this was good. Let’s test whether Zhou Jianxian is really dead or fake. I don’t think Mrs. Qian actually gave the order. It won’t take long for you to arrive, Sister Wei.”
The corner of Su Yuli's mouth twitched and she looked at Wei Changying: "What happened this time..."
"We can only take one step at a time. We still don't know how the Zhou family will go to the Deng family to cause trouble in a while?" Wei Changying thought for a moment and said, "If the old lady of the Zhou family can't hold on..."
"Sister Wei, didn't you agree to Mrs. Qian that you would intercede with Xinmiao on behalf of the Zhou family?" Gu Rouzhang thought about it and turned around and said, "But I heard that the old lady of the Zhou family is not a good person, and now the Zhou family is not Are there three ladies in total? In addition to Mrs. Qian, who is the niece of the old Mrs. Zhou, the second wife is Wanwan, and the third wife, Mrs. Zhang, is also the daughter-in-law of the old Mrs. Zhou. Speaking of which, Wanwan belongs to the old lady of the Zhou family. The eldest daughter-in-law! But the old lady of the Zhou family doesn’t like her very much! Sometimes she is embarrassed in front of others!”
Wei Changying frowned and said, "With how much Concubine Deng and Xiangzhi loved Wanwan back then, how could they choose such a mother-in-law for her?"
"A few years ago, before the fall of the imperial capital, things were not like this." Gu Rouzhang said, "At that time, the old lady of the Zhou family liked Wanwan very much and often praised people for having a good daughter-in-law. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along just like their biological mother and daughter. Hui Wanwan also told me in private that she had no parents since she was a child. Although Deng Xiangzhi was like an eldest brother and a father, the imperial concubine did not treat her as a daughter, but her mother-in-law was really out of the palace. She loves her like her own mother, but in the past few years, Mrs. Zhou’s family has become displeased with her for some reason.”
Su Yuli understood her sister-in-law quite well and said calmly: "You haven't asked why?"
"I've asked, but Wanwan always changes the subject. If I don't tell her, she doesn't know." Gu Rouzhang curled her lips, "I think she actually knows it in her heart, but she just refuses to say it... Oh, why is she like this? ? It’s not like we don’t want to help her, but we just keep everything in our hearts! Now that something has happened and her reputation has been questioned, we can’t even try to defend her!”
Wei Changying thought for a while and said, "Perhaps Zhou Jianxian had already told the old lady of the Zhou family that there was someone outside Wanwan?"
According to her understanding of Deng Wanwan, this kind of thing is really impossible.
Although she had never met Zhou Jianxian, she had heard people say that he was a man of both talent and appearance, with a good temper, and he was considered a relatively honest person among the nobles. As long as the wife is not a very motivated wife, there is nothing to be picky about such a husband, so the young couple lived in harmony in their early years.
Otherwise, how could Deng Wanwan's aunt be a concubine and Deng Zongqi, who was famous for doting on his younger sister, promise Deng Wanwan to him
With Deng Zongqi's love for his sister, if his sister is unhappy after leaving the cabinet, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch!
Secondly, Deng Wanwan has a mother-in-law, a sister-in-law, and even though she has no children, she has a large group of servants watching over her. She has someone by her side almost all the time. She has to have a chance if she wants to go out!
So what Su Yuli said a few hours ago that Zhou Jianxian had followed Deng Wanwan and caught clues, Wei Changying thought it was probably nonsense - if Deng Wanwan could control so many servants, she would have concealed the affair. Secret, will he be beaten again and again by the Zhou family mother and son
But if even the old lady of the Zhou family had made things difficult for Deng Wanwan a long time ago, then it's really hard to say.
No man would want his wife Hongxing to cheat on him - it would be even more embarrassing if word spread.
If there was no suspicion to a certain extent, even if it was his biological mother and son, Zhou Jianxian might not be willing to say anything.
... If Zhou Jianxian hadn't told the old lady of the Zhou family about this, how could she suddenly change her gender when she used to treat Deng Wanwan like a daughter
When she mentioned this, Su Yuli and Gu Rouzhang were also stunned. Gu Rouzhang murmured: "Sister Zhaowei, if you say so, is it true that Wanwan is... But how is this possible? Wanwan is not such a person!"
"In terms of talent and appearance, Zhou Jianxian can be regarded as a man of great appearance and substance." Su Yuli frowned, "Besides, neither the Deng family nor the Zhou family is a small family. Even if Deng Wanwan doesn't think about herself, , I have to think about my mother’s family, how could she do such an unwise thing?”
"Wanwan and Zhou Jianxian are gone. Now that there are so many inside stories, I'm afraid only their confidants and Mrs. Zhou know about it." Wei Changying thought for a while and said, "Xinmiao's temper... I'd better go away. Let’s take a trip!”
Su Yuli looked at the sky: "It's already so late... Are you staying here for one night and going back tomorrow?"
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, we are riding in Prince Ding's carriage today. It doesn't matter if the curfew is over." Wei Changying stood up and said, "It doesn't matter if we delay it for a day, I'm afraid that Mrs. Zhou won't be able to delay it."
He entrusted her to send a few children back for him, while he went to Duanmu's house to hire someone.
She didn't know if there was something going on on that day - she went to Zhou Mansion before, and it was so lively that half the city might have rushed to watch the excitement. Now when I arrived at Duanmu's house, although there wasn't that big of a commotion, after being invited in, I still heard someone crying...
Wei Changying couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Who is crying? Could something have happened?"
"As for the queen, it's... it's Queen Cai." The servant said with a low eyebrow.
Wei Changying thought for a moment - Duanmu Xinmiao, the nephew, had an embarrassing position in Huanzong. Now that the Wei family exists in name only, he is even more embarrassed - if the world changes in the future, the Shen family will definitely not do well. end. Who would marry a good daughter to him and get into trouble? Besides, Shen Sui has neither power nor influence. Today, he relies more on the dowry from his mother, Queen Mother Cai...
So it was very difficult for him to get married. If he was too low, it would be too low of status, and if he was too high, people wouldn't agree to it. In the end, Queen Mother Cai proposed marriage several times to no avail, so she had no choice but to shamelessly quarrel with the clan.
This Queen Cai is the daughter of a distant branch of the Duanmu family, and her family background is not very high. But her talent and appearance are acceptable... I have never seen Wei Changying, I have only heard about it. Now that I heard that she was crying, I was a little confused: "Why is the queen crying?"
When the servant was asked this question, his eyes became wandering, and it took him a long time to say: "My servant doesn't know either."
With such doubts, Wei Changying asked Duanmu Xinmiao directly.
Duanmu Xinmiao snorted: "It is said that the elders on the mother's side have been bullied, and the eldest sister is asked to stand up for the elders on the mother's side! I don't even think about this clan power struggle, how can we two women talk to each other?"
"The battle for clan rights..." Wei Changying frowned, "Who is in charge of your sect now? How come you can't say anything?"
"It's really hard to say!" Duanmu Xinmiao shook his head and said, "You know that the children of our Duanmu family were greatly damaged in those years, and not a single male heir of my grandfather's branch survived. So after that, let the lucky ones survive. My second uncle's grandson, Duanmu Wuyou, came here as my father's heir, but there are so many people in the Duanmu family, how can we miss this great opportunity to seize power?"
"Wuyou, he can't stand alone. Although the side branch can't find any reason to stop him from adopting, it is very difficult to take the position of the clan leader. Nowadays, the main thing is to win over the clan members. If you say you want to go to him for such a trivial matter, he should not refute it. To save our face, what if we can’t do it, or we trick him instead?” Duanmu Xinmiao sighed in dismay, “You see, the Grand Master’s Mansion has not been rebuilt yet, and the Wuyou couple are still living there. Outside the city. You haven't seen each other in the past few days, right? They really can't spare the time! Now my niece is asking us to help her because her parents have suffered some injustice in the clan... It’s just that my eldest sister is soft-hearted and goes to coax her, but I wouldn’t bother to care about it!”
Wei Changying thought for a moment and said: "What you said reminds me. I have only been back for a few days, and I have a lot of things to do, so my memory is not good. I can't count who I have seen and who I haven't seen. I don't know the fish." "How has Fei been doing these past few years? I'll have to send someone to check on her on a day that's convenient for her."
"Let's not talk about these troublesome things. Are you coming here so late? Is there something wrong?" Duanmu Xinmiao brushed his hair and asked sideways, "Is it because of the Zhou family's affairs?"
Chief Wei Ying said with a sigh: "It's true - Zhou Jianxian disappeared just now. I want you to go and treat the old lady of the Zhou family, and try to find out about Wanwan... I feel like something is wrong!"
"I feel something is wrong too!" Duanmu Xinmiao sighed, dismissed all the servants, and then whispered, "I clearly sent two bottles of medicine to Deng Xiangzhi early tomorrow, and asked him to find a chance to give it to Wanwan The future troubles have been solved, so that Wanwan can go back to her parents' home... Why did he drag and delay, but Wanwan died instead? There is really no nephew around who is suitable to visit the Deng family, otherwise I have to ask for it! "
Wei Changying was very surprised when he heard the word "future trouble": "You mean Wanwan?!" (To be continued)