Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Jiang Youchen was a literary and military officer, and his official career has been very smooth since he came to Beijing to take up a post. He has been promoted to the second rank of the left minister of the Ministry of War. He and Murong Lizhu are also very affectionate. After the two gave birth to a daughter, Sister Xue, this winter Got another son.

Jiang Youchen is a rising upstart in the current dynasty. At his son's full moon banquet, many dignitaries in Beijing came to support him.

Jiang Youchen and his wife have always been close to the government, so the old lady, Jingshu, and Xu Wanning all came to Jiang's house to celebrate that day. Although Pingyang was pregnant and it was inconvenient to go out, he also prepared generous gifts.

Murong Lizhu had her second child, and she was naturally happy and looked good. The younger son was even more adorable.

The old lady was relieved to see her grandniece so happy. She sat in Murong Lizhu's room for a long time before being supported by Xu Wanning and Jing Shu to go to the front hall for the banquet.

Jingshu and Xu Wanning settled the old lady at the upper table. Just as they were about to take their seats, they saw Zhou Yi's step-brother Zhao Yuan'er coming towards them.

Both are noble ladies, and they often meet each other in the capital. Jing Shu has a calm temperament. If others don't provoke her and cause trouble, she will never get into trouble with others. However, Xu Wanning has a strong temper, and she doesn't like her when she meets her. Yes, just say a few sentences before giving up.

When Xu Wanning saw Zhao Yuan'er coming towards her, she greeted her loudly and sarcastically: "Second aunt of the Zhou family, long time no see."

Zhao Yuan'er has been married to Zhou Yi for many years. It is difficult for an old husband and a young wife to have a common topic. In addition, Zhao Yuan'er has a perverse temperament, which makes Zhou Yi not like her. Therefore, the relationship between the couple has been weak all these years. . Years of troubled life have made Zhao Yuan'er, who was originally plain-looking, even more melancholy. Standing next to a lady of similar age like Jing Shu and Xu Wanning, she looks like she is ten or eight years older than her.

Zhao Yuan'er had never dealt with the two ladies in the palace. After hearing Xu Wanning's greeting, she looked around and saw that it was the person she disliked the most. She snorted heavily at Jing Shu and Xu Wanning with a cold face, and turned around. Just go to other seats.

Xu Wanning was an unforgiving master. When she saw Zhao Yuan'er scorning her and Jing Shu in public, she deliberately greeted Zhao Yuan'er warmly: "Second aunt of the Zhou family, there is still room at this table." Well, why did you turn around and leave? Come and sit down quickly."

Every time Zhao Yuan'er quarrels with the two ladies of the Duke, she is the one who ends up getting hurt. She has learned her lesson over the years and no longer dares to openly mess with the two ladies of the Duke.

Zhao Yuan'er turned around and glared at Xu Naning fiercely, and angrily sat down on the seat farthest from them.

People like Zhao Yuan'er are a joke in the circle of ladies.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who was beside Xu Wanning, suppressed a smile and whispered to Xu Wanning: "Don't mess with this little Mrs. Zhou. She, haha, has been very annoying recently."

Seeing the confusion on Xu Wanning's face, Mrs. Wu stretched her neck and glanced at Zhao Yuan'er, then lowered her voice and said to the ladies at the same table: "My natal sister-in-law and the daughter-in-law of General Zhou's third brother are cousins. My natal sister-in-law is It is said that this week General Zhou came back from Ding You in the countryside without even entering the palace gate, so he requested an order to fight against the Huns. Do you think this little Mrs. Zhou can not be upset?"

The lady Zhao on the side heard this and covered her mouth with a smile: "General Zhou did not take her with him when he returned to his hometown this week. She also justified it by saying that General Zhou was worried about the poor conditions in the countryside and was afraid that she would suffer hardships. Now that General Zhou is so willing to fight the Xiongnu, She doesn't even want to go home, she didn't slap herself in the face, haha, if I were her, I would really be too embarrassed to see anyone."

Wu sighed after hearing this: "It's a pity that General Zhou, such a heroic man, ended up with such a stupid woman." As she spoke, she subconsciously stretched her neck and glanced at Zhao Yuan'er, lowering her voice and saying, Everyone gossiped: "I haven't heard from my sister-in-law that after General Zhou took command and went on an expedition, Mrs. Zhou actually sent someone to pick up General Zhou's only son who was under ten years old from the countryside without permission."

Zhou Yi’s only son was born to his first wife Zhang. Zhang gave birth to three daughters in succession. She gave birth to Zhou Yi’s son when she was nearly forty years old. After the son was born, Zhang died of postpartum hemorrhage due to advanced maternal age.

 So, Zhou Yi was over fifty years old and had an only son.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao frowned and said, "I have long heard that Ms. Zhao has often neglected General Zhou's only son since she married into General Zhou's mansion. For this reason, General Zhou often dealt with her, but she got worse. General Zhou had no choice but to I sent my only son to my hometown in the country just now because I was afraid that this narrow-minded woman would be harmful to the child."

All the ladies at the table were the wives of various clans, and they were all well aware of the secret methods of these back houses. After hearing what Zhao said, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

When Xu Wanning heard this, she frowned slightly and said angrily: "The eldest son of the Zhou family is Uncle Zhou's only son, how dare she do this!"

Mrs. Zhao sighed and said: "This little Mrs. Zhou was famous for being arrogant and domineering when she was a girl. She has been married to General Zhou for so many years and has been ignored. Now she is even more narrow-minded and extreme. I think this is the case, huh?" !Nine times out of ten, she didn’t have a good idea.”

After hearing this, everyone else sighed and said:

"If Ms. Zhao really dares to do such a vicious thing, isn't she afraid that General Zhou will come back to deal with her?"

"Oh! She is just a half-year-old child, and some of her methods are flawless. How can General Zhou doubt her, and there is no proof? Besides, she has the support of her mother-in-law. Even if General Zhou is angry, can he still eat her? "

“What good will it do to herself if she does harm to the child? She has no son of her own.”

"Haha, who knows, maybe she has been grudged against General Zhou for a long time and wants to take revenge on him, or maybe she thinks that raising an adopted son from an early age is better than raising an unfamiliar stepson."

Jing Shu on the side felt heavy in her heart after hearing the ladies’ gossip.

 In the previous life, Zhou Yi went to fight against the Xiongnu, and he won great victories in the first few battles with the Xiongnu.

His only son suddenly died suddenly. Just as he was about to drive the barbarians out of Daqi, Zhou Yi's only son suddenly died suddenly. Zhou Yi, who was fighting on the front line, suddenly heard the bad news from a letter from home, and he fainted. , after being rescued, he suffered a stroke. Not only was he unable to move, he couldn't even speak.

The commander suddenly fell seriously ill, and the Xiongnu took advantage of the situation to counterattack. The originally promising war situation fell into a stalemate again. Emperor Ming wavered and thought about negotiating a peace, so he sent Qingluan to make peace. Later, Li Ling from his previous life asked for an order to go to war.

In this life, Jing Shu wants to turn things around. She has to find a way to save Zhou Yi's only son.