Chapter 274 My mother-in-law is a loyal servant (18)
Marquis Pingnan came back and made meritorious deeds. Even if his past crimes could not be cleared, his merits and demerits could be offset by his merits.
Therefore, in the worst case scenario, the entire Pingnan Hou Mansion can be exempted from their culpability.
There is already news in the market that Emperor Chengtai intends to pardon the exiled Second Master Wei, Third Master Wei, and the young nephews of the next generation of the Hou family.
It's Madam Dowager. Two days ago, she was summoned to the palace by the Queen Mother for a talk.
Although it was not a separate summons, it was still a signal indicating the royal family's attitude towards the Pingnan Marquis Mansion.
Every day she heard good news about the Hou Mansion, and Mrs. Zhang could hardly sit still.
She eagerly looked forward to her husband's early return, and her heart was even more fervent - the crisis in the Hou Mansion had been passed, and it was time for her son to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan!
Aunt Zhao:......
She understood Mrs. Zhang's eagerness. The Marquis was back and the Marquis' mansion seemed to be back to normal, but after all, it had been seven or eight years.
No one knows what happened to Pingnan Hou during this period.
He was injured and lost his memory. Now he has recovered his memory, but to what extent?
Did he remember the harmony between himself and his wife, and their loving relationship?
Or, he, he already has another woman outside? And that woman happens to be his savior or something.
You can't blame Aunt Zhao for having random thoughts, people's hearts are really fickle.
In the early years, Mrs. Zhang found it difficult to gain a foothold in the Hou Mansion because she had no children.
Mrs. Zhang always gave women to the Marquis. In order to gain fame, Mrs. Zhang had to expose her most trusted dowry maid.
However, even so, there are always people who secretly joke that Mrs. Zhang is a "hen that can't lay eggs"!
In fact, something happened to happen in the Hou Mansion, otherwise Madam would have been considering whether to reveal Feng Yanting's life experience.
After all, the child is already five years old and has been well-raised by the Feng family. It seems that he will not die young.
As for whether the imperial court would take Feng Yanting to the capital as a hostage again if it knew about it.
There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the son is not hers alone. The Marquis can always think of a way.
The main thing is that Mrs. Zhang herself, with her eldest son, will not be crowded out in the Marquis Mansion.
Now seven or eight years have passed, and Mrs. Zhang has been separated from Marquis Pingnan for a long time, and she feels very unsure.
With her son, who is still a good-looking, smart and sensible child, Mrs. Zhang can cope with all changes in the Hou family with confidence!
However, Nanny Zhao understands everything, but she is really in a dilemma.
The truth is out, everyone returns to their respective positions!
This sounds simple but is very difficult to implement.
First of all, why do you want to change your child?
It must not have been Mrs. Zhang's request, otherwise Emperor Chengtai would have felt that the Hou Mansion had different intentions.
The imperial court has not yet made a clear decision to bring the legitimate son of Pingnanhou Mansion back to the capital, so Mrs. Zhang is hurriedly changing her son?
Does she do this because she doubts the court's intentions, or does she have something hidden in her heart?
If one thing is not done well, it will also bring harm to Ping Nanhou.
Husband and wife are one.
In the eyes of outsiders, Mrs. Zhang can represent the attitude of Ping Nanhou.
What's more, some people who look down on women will still doubt: This may be what Ping Nanhou meant originally. Zhang, a housewife, has such courage to confuse the blood of the Hou family?!
Ping Nanhou:...Dou E was wronged without me!
The Hou Mansion has already been convicted once, and it is possible to recover thanks to Ping Nanhou's contribution.
If the "son exchange" thing causes trouble again, tsk tsk, not to mention Marquis Pingnan, even the wife, the second wife and other female relatives will wish they could eat Mrs. Zhang alive.
Therefore, "exchanging children" has nothing to do with Mrs. Zhang.
Not only is she not the mastermind behind it, she is also a poor victim.
The question is, Mrs. Zhang is not the culprit, so who is the real villain?!
In the original plot, Aunt Zhao easily placed the blame on her daughter-in-law, Gu Xiuniang.
First, after the original owner Gu Xiuniang came to Beijing, although she also supported her family and educated her son through embroidery, she did not act in a high-profile manner.
He did not get too close to or take care of Mrs. Zhang and Wei Yuanniang.
The Feng family's most loyal servant is still Aunt Zhao.
With an excellent reputation, what Aunt Zhao said seemed to be naturally credible.
And what she exposed was not someone else, but her own daughter-in-law.
When elders expose younger ones, they also have the advantage of overpowering them in terms of status.
In ancient times when filial piety was as great as heaven, few people would question an elder with a good reputation.
Secondly, and the most important reason is that Gu Xiuniang is indeed not innocent.
She did secretly exchange her daughter for a son, but at most she didn't know that she was being taken advantage of by her mother-in-law.
But Feng Yanting was indeed not her flesh and blood. When Aunt Zhao exposed, accused, and tried Gu Xiuniang like a righteous person, Gu Xiuniang was frightened.
There was no need for her to admit it personally. Just seeing the guilty and panic look on her face, everyone felt that she was the culprit.
The thing is, as long as a person has flaws in her character, everything she does will be wrong.
Even if it's not her fault, outsiders will think it has something to do with her.
Therefore, when Gu Xiuniang came to her senses and knew the crime that Aunt Zhao had convicted herself of, and she screamed for injustice, no one believed her.
Everyone believed Aunt Zhao and agreed with her words——
Gu Xiuniang was greedy for the wealth of the Hou Mansion, and took advantage of Aunt Zhao's status and connections in the Hou Mansion to secretly collude with Diao Nu, and she crazily stole the dragon and turned him into a phoenix.
As for why she exchanged her daughter for a son, and what kind of wealth a daughter could help her obtain in the Hou Mansion, these sounded like some unreasonable factors, but no one cared about them.
Anyway, the evildoers have received their due end, and the prince of the Hou family who has been living among the people has successfully recognized his ancestors and returned to his clan. Father and son, mother and son are reunited, and the loyal servants have also been rewarded. It is a perfect completion in the standard Chinese style.
Whether they are acting or watching, everyone seems to be satisfied!
But, that's the original script.
Now that He Tiantian is the daughter-in-law of Aunt Zhao, it will not be easy for Aunt Zhao to pass the blame to her.
He Tiantian is not as low-key as the original owner. He makes money from embroidery and openly tells everyone about it.
She raised Mrs. Zhang and a group of people, and she also treated the "eldest daughter" of the Hou family as a little master, taking great care of her and being considerate in every possible way.
His own son had to retreat for fear of wronging the eldest lady Wei Yuanniang.
He Tiantian's good reputation has already surpassed that of Aunt Zhao.
Therefore, if Aunt Zhao still acted according to the original script and said that He Tiantian had ulterior motives and secretly exchanged children for the sake of wealth, it would be difficult for the world to believe it.
Of course, Aunt Zhao may also provide supporting evidence: If she hadn't known that Wei Yuanniang was her biological daughter, how would "Gu Xiuniang" be so partial?
However, Aunt Zhao herself could think of a reason to refute this statement: "The Marquis Mansion was in trouble. At that time, no one could guarantee that the Marquis was still alive and whether he would return with meritorious service in the future."
"The natal families of the second wife and the third wife, in order to protect themselves, all asked their daughters to reconcile with the second master and third master of the Wei family." Otherwise, they would not care about the grandchildren.
"...Everyone believes that the Hou Mansion will fall, and my Feng family has been freed from slavery and is a decent family."
"If I really cared about my daughter, I would take her back directly instead of letting her continue to suffer for others as a sin slave!"
On the other hand, He Tiantian is also very good to Feng Yanting.
Maybe he wasn't as pampered and pampered as in the original script, but he still gave him the best of everything he could.
Including Feng Yanting, everyone around her never doubted that "Gu Xiuniang" was not Feng Yanting's biological mother.
And if, as Aunt Zhao said, "Gu Xiuniang" is a daring madman with ulterior motives, then her character is very low.
How can a person with a bad character care deeply and patiently to educate a stranger who is not related to him by blood?!
After all, someone who can treat other people's children as if they were his own can be said to be a holy mother.
This is quite contradictory.
Moreover, Aunt Zhao also had a premonition that with "Gu Xiuniang"'s current appearance, when the truth is revealed in the future, she may not admit her guilt easily!
Aunt Zhao carefully recalled the events of the past few years, and she suddenly discovered that since then, "Gu Xiuniang" had lost that faint guilt and caution in her treatment of Feng Yanting.
Whether she was disciplining Feng Yanting or facing Feng Zhongliang, she was always so confident and confident, as if she was not the one who disliked her daughter and turned her back on her daughter!
Aunt Zhao: ...Oh, what a dilemma!
How can I do?!
Mrs. Zhang must not be at fault, and the best "scapegoat" in the original plan has become out of control. Who should take the blame for the "substitution"?!
Aunt Zhao felt impatient and depressed, and could not sleep the whole night.
However, after all, he is the "loyal servant" set in the script.
After tossing and turning for many days, she looked much older. On the day when Ping Nanhou finally arrived in the capital, Nanny Zhao finally made up her mind.
"...Mom, Lord Marquis, how could he do this to me?"
"Because of the Marquis Mansion, we suffered so much and suffered so much? We almost died on the way to Beijing while being escorted!"
"And our Zhang family was also convicted because of the Hou Mansion. Up to now, my father, mother, brother and sister-in-law are still eating sand on the border."
"In the end, he married a barbarian woman in the southwest and gave birth to two sons. Is he worthy of me?!"
Marquis Pingnan came back and swaggered through the market with several captured barbarian leaders.
The onlookers discovered that in the queue of Marquis Pingnan, there was not only a barbarian leader, but also a beautiful barbarian woman.
Soon, the identity of this barbarian woman was exposed.
It turned out that when Pingnanhou was seriously injured, it was this barbarian woman who saved him and took him home to recuperate.
After Ping Nanhou woke up, he forgot who he was, let alone his parents and family.
During the subsequent recovery process, Ping Nanhou developed a secret love for this barbarian woman, and because he couldn't think of anything and didn't know where to go, he simply stayed in the mountains and forests.
Marquis Pingnan offered his life-saving grace and gave birth to two sons to this woman.
Later, Marquis Pingnan regained his memory due to an accident, although it was a bit embarrassing - there was a wife in his palace who was married to a Ming matchmaker.
But after some thought and careful discussion with the barbarian woman, he finally brought the mother and son into the capital together.
The mistress of Pingnan Hou Mansion must be Zhang, but Ah Man can be a concubine.
In Marquis Pingnan's impression, his wife Zhang was not a jealous person. She could accommodate so many concubines and concubines, but she could also tolerate the Aman mother and son who had saved her husband's life!
Mrs. Zhang:...Fuck "not being jealous"!
No woman in the world likes to work with someone else unless she has other agendas or is born a bitch.
Moreover, that barbarian girl named Aman, is she an ordinary concubine?
no!
She saved Ping Nanhou's life, and even the concubine would thank her from the bottom of her heart.
Also, Aman was "married" to Marquis Pingnan. Although he did not follow the Zhou Dynasty's rules of three matchmakers and six appointments, it was still a serious marriage.
Ah Man also lived with Ping Nanhou as his wife for several years. The relationship between them must be deeper than that of Mrs. Zhang, her first wife who had been separated for seven or eight years.
For such an Aman, not to mention Marquis Pingnan, even Mrs. Zhang couldn't really treat her as an ordinary concubine.
"...Madam, the Marquis was also injured at the time. He doesn't remember anything. He, he didn't stop his wife and remarry, but it was fate that manipulated people!"
Aunt Zhao saw Mrs. Zhang crying so heartbroken that her heart ached.
She gently stroked Mrs. Zhang's back, trying her best to provide relief and comfort.
"Good fortune tricks people?! Yes, what a good fortune!"
Mrs. Zhang was stimulated by Nanny Zhao's words. She raised her head suddenly, her tearful eyes filled with resentment.
"That Ah Man didn't deliberately seduce a married woman. She didn't know about it beforehand."
"And after knowing that her husband still had his first wife, Aman quickly abdicated and said virtuously that she would respect and serve me, the wife of the Marquis!"
Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and said, "Listen! Mammy, come and listen!"
"How profound and righteous? How virtuous and kind?"
"Speaking of which, Mr. Hou, a man who is inherently affectionate and righteous, after hearing this, do you and I also think Aman is very good?"
"Bah! What's so good? She's too scheming. She's trying to retreat in order to advance."
"She knows that even if she makes trouble, it can't change the fact that I am the mistress of the Hou Mansion. Moreover, I, Mrs. Zhang, have not made any mistakes. When the Hou Mansion was convicted, I tried every means to protect everyone in the Hou Mansion!"
Although it was Feng Zhongliang who did the matter, the wife, the second wife, and the third wife should all accept Zhang's favor.
If it weren't for her, these people would have died on the way to Beijing.
Even if he doesn't die, he will probably be injured!
For this alone, she, Mrs. Zhang, has made great contributions to the Hou Mansion.
Oh, by the way, there is also Yanting!
When she didn't know the future and fate of the Hou Mansion, she relied on her own abilities to preserve the roots of the Hou Mansion and raised Yanting to be such an excellent person.
She, Mrs. Zhang, is a great contributor to the Hou family. With these things, it is impossible for the Marquis to divorce her.
There is no way that Aman can rise to the top.
And she probably knew this, so she took the initiative to give in, not only to gain a good reputation as a reasonable person, but also to attract Pingnan Hou's pity and guilt.
The more Mrs. Zhang thought about it, the more difficult she felt that Aman was difficult to deal with. In addition, the two sons under Aman's knees also made her very afraid.
"Mother Zhao, we can't wait any longer, I must let Yanting recognize his ancestor and return to the clan!"
