Chapter 1104 Chang'an Family Letter
Haitang was also unable to tell whether Zhou Wenjun suddenly returned to Beijing. Whether it was related to Zhou Xuejun being taken to the Cining Palace for upbringing. But recently, the capital has been peaceful and everything is in peace. If there is no special reason, why would Zhou Wenjun specially travel dozens of miles back to Cheng'en Hou Mansion?
However, Haitang certainly would not ask about her purpose in her letter to Zhou Wenjun, but instead mentioned the incident of the Sun family fire case the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion was involved in the Sun family a few days ago, expressing her concern for Peng Yuqi.
The Hai family and the Yingchuan Hou Mansion have never had any contact, and the brother Haijiao and Yingchuan Hou and his son cannot have any friendship. Haitang really couldn't send a letter to Peng Yuqi to comfort her, so she had to borrow Zhou Wenjun to make a move. Since the latter has returned to the capital, it must be very convenient to contact and visit besties.
In addition, she also mentioned the story of her acquaintance with Zhang Yingfeng in the letter. Since meeting at the flower viewing banquet of Shoukang Palace before the Lantern Festival, she took Zhang Yingfeng for a ride when she left the palace. The other party seemed to have a desire to make friends. When the spring plate was delivered, she also gave a copy to Hai's house. Haitang could feel Zhang Yingfeng's kindness to him, but she was not sure about the Zhang family's attitude, so she wanted to get angry with Zhou Wenjun to see if the Zhou family was afraid of this. If the Zhou family didn't care about their old subordinates making friends with the Zhang family, she would be at ease with Zhang Yingfeng in the future.
Haitang first drafted the letter, thought a little, made a few revisions, and wrote it again, prepared a generous gift, and sent someone to send it to Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion.
In less than half a day, Zhou Wenjun replied to her.
Zhou Wenjun said that the help to Li's mother and son was just a handy one for her, and she should not thank her so much. She also told her about her recent situation and everything was fine. She had heard the rumors about the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion for a long time, and was worried about her friend in her boudoir, but she was far away from the military camp outside the city, and she was out of reach. Now that she had arrived in the capital, she would definitely send a letter to Peng Yuqi. After visiting her friend and being sure she was safe and sound, she would send a letter to Haitang to report her safety.
As for the reason for returning to Beijing, Zhou Wenjun did not explain in detail. She only said that the Marquis Cheng'en's mansion received a letter from Chang'an. She was thinking about her relatives at home, so she rushed over to ask about her family's recent situation.
Haitang looked at the handwriting in Zhou Wenjun's reply letter and felt that her writing style was a bit sloppy, as if she had written it in a hurry. It seemed that she was quite busy after she arrived at Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion today, but she was unwilling to disappoint her sister, so she squeezed out the time to write the reply letter in person. This friendship touched Haitang very much, but she still had doubts...
There was a letter from Chang'an to the Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion. The news could be heard by Zhou Wenjun. It must be that the Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion sent someone to pass on the letter. But can't the person who sent the letter inform Zhou Wenjun of the recent situation of the Duke of Zhenguo mentioned in the letter? Why did she even rush back to Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion to ask for details? Could it be that there was something bad news mentioned in the letter from my family that made Zhou Wenjun worry about it and had to go back to Beijing to ask carefully?
Is it that General Zhou Wenjun's father, General Zhou? Or... What's wrong with the health of the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife?
Haitang recalled the "previous life" mentioned by his brother Haijiao. At this time, the Duke of Zhenguo was still alive, but the Zhou family had lost their military power. The Duke of Zhenguo brought his children and grandchildren back to Beijing to settle down and thanked the guests in a closed door. General Zhou's future was destroyed, but he was still fine. These two people are in a hundred times better in this life than in their previous life. I don’t expect any major problems. If nothing unexpected happens, at most they will have some minor illnesses and pains, right?
But the Duke of Zhenguo in his previous life had already died of serious illness for several years. The Duke of Zhenguo was seriously ill, which had a lot to do with the fact that the eldest son who had high hopes was framed and lost his official position. Without this in this life, the Zhou family and the Yingchuan Marquis' Mansion did not form a deep hatred. The Zhou family also regained the holy relatives of the late emperor. After the new king ascended the throne, they even took the new king Yuanpin into their arms, and the family's future was bright. The Duke of Zhenguo had no reason to suffer any further blows or stimulation, which would make the disease worse. However, he is old and has experienced many old problems when he was young. Now that he is exposed to the attack, it cannot be easily cured.
When the Hai family left Chang'an, Duke Zhenguo's health was actually not very good. He gave up his military power a few years ago and handed over the responsibility to his eldest son General Zhou, who was in a low-key rest in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Now half a year has passed, has the condition of Zhenguo Duke who has just experienced the cold winter?
Haitang couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and suddenly thought, if the Duke of Zhenguo had something to do, would Zhou Xuejun, who had just been taken to the palace to raise, be affected?
In the evening, Haikui finished his busy day of work and returned home to rest. Haitang went to the front yard in person to avoid others and asked him this question on the excuse of giving him a soup.
Haijiao couldn't help but look shocked, and then frowned and said, "This is not accurate. At this time of the previous life, Duke Zhenguo had long disappeared. Although the Zhou family went well in this life and had not encountered so many disasters and blows, Duke Zhenguo's age is here and may not be able to hold on. Once he passed away, even if the Zhou family had several major generals to support their lintels, they would not lose their military power, and would not be as prominent as Duke Zhenguo when they were there. Duke Zhenguo's qualifications and prestige in the Great Chu army are not comparable to those of major generals."
But on the other hand, the Zhou family has no Tai Sui, and its prestige in the army has been greatly reduced, and the royal family will be much less afraid of the Zhou family.
Although the new king who is now in power has always had a good relationship with the Zhou family and is not as petty as the late emperor, there are many things in the world that cannot be explained accurately. The Empress Dowager was as kind as a mountain to the Xinjun and Empress Dowager Xu. When she was with her, the Zhou family would naturally be well. But if the Empress Dowager is gone, the Zhou family still controls the military power in the northwest, and neither manpower nor financial resources are restricted by the court. God knows if the new king has any ideas?
Even if Haijiao is closer to the Zhou family, it has to admit that the northwest border army has many resentment towards the court. As the commander of the northwest border army, the Zhou family has always put the stability of the border first and is somewhat dissatisfied with the actions of the late emperor and some civil officials of the court. It would be fine if the emperor trusted the Zhou family. Once the emperor distrusts the Zhou family, he will definitely suffer a loss when he catches the right person.
Zhou Xuejun, the granddaughter of Duke Zhenguo, has now been elected as the queen of the new king. It will take a few more years before he can marry the new king and officially enter the central palace. If she can successfully ascend to the throne of the queen and give birth to a prince for the new king, and the prince will be successfully enthroned as the crown prince of the Eastern Palace in the future and ascend the throne after the new king's grand ceremony, the Zhou family is expected to continue to be stable.
But if the Duke of Zhenguo has a good position and affects Zhou Xuejun's position as a stable person, it will be hard to say.
Haijiao pondered for a moment and said to his younger sister Haitang: "I have been visiting Cha Shigong's mansion recently, and I didn't have time to pay attention to the new news inside and outside the palace. Now the case has come to an end, and the evidence that should be investigated has been obtained. Next is the Third Division's Trials' Trials' Trial. I can just have a leisure time, find an opportunity to see Zhou Yijun and Wu Ke, two old friends, and ask for the news..."