In the past, she had always thought that her eldest mother was the most terrifying person, but now she realized that this eldest mother was rampant at home, but outside, especially in the Jingguo Palace, she was nothing.
After they all left, Hua Lan said with a guilty look on her face: "Guanren, what happened today has caused you trouble again. What you said is so right. This aunt of mine is really shameless and will do anything."
Gotta come out.”
"It's not too late for you to see her clearly now. Just don't associate with her in the future. If she dares to come again next time, just kick her out. For a person like her who is fierce and cruel, she should be more ruthless, but I think she should be more cruel in the future.
I don’t have the courage to come again.”
Hua Lan pursed her lips and chuckled, expressing her agreement. Last time she was embarrassed, but if she does it again, she might lose her life. She is a shameless aunt. She may not be afraid of being embarrassed, but she is definitely the type who is afraid of death.
"Officer, please come into the house, we can eat later."
"Well, you really shouldn't have your appetite affected by such a person."
After that day, Aunt Kang never came to the Duke of Jingguo's Mansion again, but Wang Ruofu did come to Xingshi to question her, but Zhou Chen didn't see her and was persuaded to leave by Hua Lan.
Wang Ruofu is the kind of person who looks like she's fussing, but in fact she really has no brains at all. Others can say she's confused with just a few words. She's obviously here to punish her, but when she leaves, she turns into
Full of guilt.
"Master, the old lady asked you to come over."
Zhou Chen was playing Go with his son Zhou Ji when suddenly the maid from his mother's courtyard came over and respectfully reported.
"Mom looking for me? Okay, I know, I'll be there right away."
"Dad, then I'm going to play?"
When Zhou Ji saw that Zhou Chen was leaving, he immediately beamed with joy. He didn't like playing chess, but facing his father, he couldn't resist. Now that he had the opportunity to be lazy, he certainly wasn't willing to let it go.
"Go to the martial arts arena, Yuancai. You go with him and supervise his archery."
"yes."
Zhou Ji's little face suddenly turned bitter again. He wanted to say that the fun he was talking about was not this kind of fun, but he didn't dare to say it at all, so he could only agree dully.
When I arrived at my mother's courtyard, I found that in addition to my mother Zhou Xu, my sister-in-law Cui was also there.
"Mother, sister-in-law."
When Mrs. Cui saw Zhou Chen coming, she stood up and bowed, and then said to Ms. Zhou Xu: "Mother, I'm going back first."
"Go ahead, I will help you decide your matter." Zhou Xu said warmly.
"Thank you, mother."
After Cui saluted, she left.
"Sanlang, come and sit."
Mrs. Zhou Xu called Zhou Chen to sit next to her and said, "I called you over because I wanted to tell you about Yun Ling."
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with her?"
"Yesterday, members of her mother's family came to the house to look for her and talked to her."
At this point, Ms. Zhou Xu's expression became unattractive and her tone became cold: "Her mother's family wants her to remarry."
"Um?"
Zhou Chen's expression changed, and then he asked in a deep voice: "Is this the intention of the sister-in-law, or the intention of the sister-in-law's mother's family?"
"Of course it is her mother's family's intention. I understand this child Yun Ling. She has a deep affection for Da Lang. Even though Da Lang passed away many years ago, she has never thought about remarrying. She only wants to raise Da Fu's son well.
When Sister Fu gets married, she will be alone in the house for the rest of her life."
"Then why did my sister-in-law's family suddenly talk about this matter at this time? And even when they knew that my sister-in-law was unwilling?"
Zhou Xu looked at Zhou Chen: "This is not the first time that the Cui family has come to Yun Ling to talk about this matter. It's just that I didn't tell you before. You are so smart, should you understand what this means?"
Zhou Chen fell silent immediately. He understood what he meant. Cui Yunling was his biological sister-in-law. The Cui family wanted to use Cui Yunling as a political marriage partner, and she came to the Jingguo Palace.
"Who does the Cui family want the elder sister-in-law to marry?"
"I don't know, but Yun Ling told me clearly that she doesn't want to remarry, she just wants to stay in the house and raise Sister Fu's son. After Sister Fu's son gets married, she can choose to become a monk."
Zhou Chen said in a deep voice: "Mother, tell my sister-in-law that as long as I am here, no one can force her. As long as she is willing, the Zhou Mansion will always be her home. If someone from the Cui family comes to see her next time, let her
She rejected them directly. If the Cui family doesn't listen, let them come to me. It's true that the Cui family is a wealthy family in Jiangnan, but not everyone in my Zhou family can be offended. If they are really dissatisfied, I can let them see it.
The current power of the Zhou family."
Zhou Xu frowned and said, "The Cui family is a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, with deep roots and complicated power."
Zhou Chen said: "These are not important, they can't affect Bianjing City yet. The Cui family now is not the Cui family hundreds of years ago. As long as their head has some brains, he will not offend our Zhou family for such a thing.
Just ask your sister-in-law to convey my words."
"It's okay if you think it's okay. After all, it's up to you men to work hard for things outside."
In fact, Mrs. Zhou Xu was not afraid of Mrs. Cui, the main reason was that she didn't want to cause trouble to Zhou Chen. Since her son had said so, of course she would not hesitate anymore.
Zhou Chen really didn't take it to heart. After the Song Dynasty, the power of the aristocratic families had actually been greatly affected, and it no longer regained the momentum it had before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the power of the aristocratic families could often affect the world structure.
Variety.
Nowadays, most of the truly powerful aristocratic families are concentrated in Bianjing City. Although there are many wealthy families in the local area, the influence of simple aristocratic families is no longer so exaggerated. It is more of a combination of officials and gentry. The most important thing is that there is no way to
affect the military.
Soon after, Mrs. Cui came to Zhou Chen in person to express her gratitude and expressed her intention. The Cui family no longer allowed her to remarry. They also sent a lot of gifts and sent an elder from the clan to entertain Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen expressed his apology in person and chatted with Zhou Chen for a long time.
This directly made Zhou Chen wonder whether the Cui family did this on purpose. They did not really want Cui to remarry, but were looking for reasons to get closer to him.
But no matter what, this matter can be considered satisfactorily resolved.
The battle over the Imperial Examination has been going on for nearly a year.
The situation in the DPRK during this period has finally undergone new changes. Just like in the plot, a group of officials headed by Han Zhang have completely turned to the officialdom. Han Zhang even used tactics to make the Queen Mother in the imperial family
I agree on the matter of taking the exam.
After all, the Queen Mother has been a queen for many years, and the palace is naturally rich. She has finally understood that people like Han Zhang are not trustworthy at all.
Before, letting her listen to politics behind the curtain was just to use her to suppress the officials, but now they have gradually become familiar with the officials and can slowly control them. Now she is useless as the queen mother who listens to politics behind the curtain, so
I was ready to abandon her.
She also knew very well that if she did not have the support of Han Zhang and others, her right to speak in the court would be greatly reduced.
So she simply used the trick to advance by retreating, pretending to be drunk, and then signed to agree to the imperial examination, and even agreed to honor the first parents of the official family as the emperor and queen.
Although Han Zhang was cunning and cunning, he was deceived by the Queen Mother in his excitement, so that when he proposed it at the next court meeting, he was strongly opposed by the Admonition Yuan.
Although the Queen Mother is not able to use Qi Heng like in the plot, she has other people who can be used, so the plan still goes smoothly.
As a result, under the strong opposition of Jian Yuan, the official family was almost furious. However, the group of people in Jian Yuan were originally officials. Even if he was angry, he could not kill all these people. He punished several people severely.
After the death, the Jian Yuan not only did not die down, but became more and more fierce.
Not only the official family, but also Han Zhang and other great ministers were besieged by the Remonstrance Court. The already chaotic situation in the court suddenly became even more chaotic, far greater than the commotion caused by Qi Heng in the plot.
.
After all, in the plot, Qi Heng was the leader, but this time it was the Empress Dowager who personally went to find someone. The fighting power of those old guys was much stronger than that of Qi Heng.
The official was so angry that he didn't go to court for the next month, but Zhou Chen was happy and relaxed, so he didn't bother to care about this matter.
In the official history of the Song Dynasty, this event is called the Puyi Controversy, and it seems to have lasted for more than a year. The fictional world here is probably not much different.
But he knew better that the official family would definitely win in this incident, and Empress Dowager Cao would also withdraw from the curtain and return to power.
Chapter completed!