Chapter 181: Immersed in a Pig Cage
"Sir, this is the wedding invitation my father sent me. Please invite you and your family to attend the wedding banquet."
He Zizhen handed the wedding invitation to Zhou Yunjia, and after Zhou Yunjia accepted it, he handed another one to Zhou Yunzhi.
Both of them are his teachers, so he cannot favor one over the other.
Although, Zhou Yunjia was the one who truly became his disciple.
Zhou Yunjia looked at his little disciple who was always smiling but had no smile on his face today. He reached out and held him in his arms, and He Zizhen also snuggled up to Zhou Yunjia's chest.
He didn't want his father to marry that woman, but he mentioned it to his grandmother and father once, and they both said that he was a child and that children shouldn't interfere in adult affairs.
But it was obvious that his grandmother didn't like that woman at all. He didn't understand why his grandmother let her live with them if she didn't like her.
If he doesn't like someone, he won't be friends with that person.
But not only did the grandmother let her be her mother, but every time she talked about that woman giving birth to a little brother or sister for him, the smile in her eyes was real.
Grandmother said that when that woman came into the family, she would give birth to several little brothers and sisters for him, and then he would no longer have to envy Yuanli and Yuanyi, his brothers and sisters, for being able to play together.
But He Zizhen didn't understand. He envied Yuan Li, Yuan Yi and the others because they could always play together. Now he could just join them. What did it have to do with his younger brothers and sisters?
He didn't like younger brothers and sisters. The servants said that when that woman had younger brothers and sisters, she would definitely treat him harshly, and his father and grandmother would also dislike him. He really didn't want younger brothers and sisters.
But it's no use if he doesn't think about it. No one will listen to what a child wants, and the child's opinion is not important.
When Zhou Yunjia took the children to the front yard for class, Wu Yue looked at the two invitations on the table and asked, "Do you want to go?"
In fact, she didn't want to go.
Zizhen is a very well-behaved child, but his rejection of his stepmother is visible to the naked eye, not to mention what happened on the boat. They actually experienced it with Zizhen.
So she didn't want to attend the wedding banquet of that woman and He Nian Zhang at all, and there were many people in the Zhou family who shared the same idea as Wu Yue.
"I don't know what Zizhen's father is thinking. He actually dares to marry a woman who once tried to kill his own son. Isn't he afraid that if he marries this woman, she will continue to torture Zizhen?" Li Jialan frowned.
Fang Huiwen looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Maybe she feels that a woman marrying into her own family won't make any waves, not to mention that I heard from Yuan Li that Zizhen has always been by Madam He's side."
"I guess they think that with Madam He helping to keep an eye on things, nothing will go wrong."
Fang Huiwen said with a gloomy expression: "Men are like this, they always think that women have an easy life in the inner house and don't care at all."
Zhou Yunzhi sat next to his wife, turned his head and looked at her silently, and began to wonder if he had done anything to make her unhappy recently. Otherwise, why would she suddenly say that? He didn't do anything, right?
Zhou Yunzhi and his mother Li Jialan looked at each other tacitly, and then looked at Fang Huiwen together. Could it be that something happened at home recently that made her sad?
Fang Huiwen didn't notice the gazes of her husband and mother-in-law, and just talked to herself.
"Just like my sister, everyone thought she was living a life of luxury in the Feng family in Yangzhou, but in the end she was falsely accused of having an affair and was thrown into a pig cage."
Zhou Yunzhi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that it was none of his business. However, when he saw his wife's eyes redden, he silently reached out and held her hand, comforting her: "Xiao Jie will definitely clear your aunt's name when you go to Yangzhou this time."
"So what if I wash it off? My sister can't be brought back to life."
Fang Huiwen didn't dare to imagine how desperate her sister was when she was stuffed into a pig cage and thrown into the river. She was drowned alive.
Zhou Yunzhi didn't know what to say to comfort her, so he could only stay with her quietly.
After Fang Huiwen finished speaking, she felt that her emotions were a little out of control. She said sorry and went back to the room. Zhou Yunzhi followed behind his wife and accompanied her silently.
Li Jialan looked at the couple who left one after another and sighed slightly.
"What about this wedding banquet?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at the two wedding invitations and said, "Just send a gift to show your appreciation."
"When my grandfather, father, and uncle passed away, the family observed mourning for three years without violating the proper etiquette."
Li Jialan and Wu Yue nodded in unison, saying that this was a good idea.
As the days passed, Zhou Yunshu's belly grew bigger and bigger, and her family rarely brought things to her face to bother her.
She now spends every day with her grandmother, eating and drinking to keep healthy, and taking walks, listening to operas, and shopping when she is bored.
In Yangzhou, Feng Xujie experienced several assassination attempts, but in the end, because he held the sect leader's token and the position of the secret chamber, he became the head of the Feng family.
However, his status as the head of the Feng family was discounted, because in the end only ten of the seventeen guilds of the Feng family stood on his side, and the other seven guilds still chose to stand on his side after Feng Kewen's true identity was exposed by Feng Xujie.
Who made Cao Zhengxing behind Feng Kewen?
The previous head of the Feng family is already dead, so it wouldn't be considered betrayal if they joined a new master.
The Feng family split up under the witness of the leader of the Seventeenth Helm.
The tenth rudder was given to Feng Xujie, and the seventh rudder was given to Feng Kewen.
Although Feng Kewen got fewer rudders, he was the strongest in terms of strength and financial resources among the seventeen rudders, while the strength of the ten rudders in Feng Xujie's hands was not enough.
But this is the result after Feng Xujie tried his best.
The branch office in Yangzhou naturally became Feng Kewen's territory. After Feng Xujie fell out with Feng Kewen, he locked up the old house and prepared to turn the branch office in Jiangzhong into his headquarters.
It was just that Feng Kewen was unwilling to let go of the secret cabinet matter, which was why Feng Xujie experienced assassination attempts again and again in Yangzhou.
I'm afraid that after he leaves Yangzhou, the assassinations will only become more frequent.
As for Damiao Village, Manager Liang and his team had already loaded up the supplies from the mountain and were on their way back.
The house in Dongwang Village has already started construction. Because the area is quite large, it is estimated that it will take another month to complete.
These news are all closely related to Zhou Yunshu or the Zhou family, and some of them have been widely circulated in recent times.
For example, the King of Huainan was recruiting soldiers in full swing; there was a new pirate named Songshan on the sea, who recruited many pirates and became a considerable force on the sea, and was showing a trend of growing stronger.
Because of the news of the disappearance of King Wei in the north, Tiele and Eastern Turks launched another surprise attack a few years ago. Unexpectedly, they ran into Ji Sheng's gun and were driven out of the border for 300 miles by Ji Sheng's army. They were completely frightened by Ji Sheng.
Ji Sheng's action refuted the previous rumors that King Wei had disappeared and died, and it turned out that Ji Sheng had disappeared in order to let Tiele and Eastern Turks relax their vigilance and deal them a fatal blow.
The people in the northern border believed this statement, as did the Tiele and Eastern Turks. As for whether the imperial court believed it or not, it was not important.
The important thing is that as soon as Ji Sheng showed up in the northern border, the military supervisor and imperial edict sent by the court immediately flew to the northern border.
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