After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

Su Qing watched Dongmei arranging the maids to move things out one by one, and suddenly remembered what happened when he first arrived at the West House.

At that time, Song and Meng Qi were going to stay in the West House for a while and moved a lot of things with them. She was so surprised when she saw the washbasin, chairs, and even the screen that she once suspected that what was written in the novel was too exaggerated and that it turned out to be true that one had to bring everything one used when going out.

Now it was his turn. Seeing Shan Ling carrying the toilet out, Su Qing rubbed his forehead.

"Second Miss, what do you think of these two sets of clothes?" Cai'er asked happily, holding the two sets of clothes.

One is light blue, the other is light purple, both have a white base with a little bit of other colors, which are very suitable for wearing to the temple, but there are flowers embroidered on the hem, making it look less dull.

During these days, the sewing room in the mansion was serving herself. Wang made more than ten sets of clothes for herself in one go. These two sets were made by the embroiderer overnight because she was going up the mountain.

Su Qing looked at the clothes and recalled her sigh when she lit the oil lamp in the kitchen of the west house. At that time, she thought about how many people's eyes would be damaged by the oil lamp emitting black smoke.

Now she has become the culprit for their damaged eyes. But Su Qing could only smile. This is the reality of this society, just like the lower-class laborers in the previous life. Who doesn't work for a living? Moreover, not everyone can do such a job. If they work hard and get rewarded, they will be happy and say, "Thanks to the Second Young Lady." This is the reality.

Su Qing pointed at the light blue one and said, "Wear this one first. I heard that the fourth sister is here."

"Yes, he just entered the east room. Maybe he went to visit the prince's wife again." Dongmei smiled and helped Su Qing put on his clothes.

Although Meng Qi was released from house arrest by Meng Changfeng, she was not allowed to go out. Everything had to wait for news from Prince Shen's Mansion before her final punishment could be decided.

Last night, when she accompanied Wang to see her, Meng Qi pulled Wang's arm and scolded Zhou Yu, saying that he was indecisive. They were both in this situation, so why didn't they just cancel the engagement. Her tone was as if the Wang Mansion canceled the engagement, then the Baron Bo Mansion could come and propose marriage.

Su Qing didn't know what was going on. She felt unhappy when she heard Meng Qi scolding Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was the most embarrassed and wronged person in the whole thing. From her several conversations with him, Su Qing knew that Zhou Yu didn't like Meng Qi either, but because the marriage was arranged by his late mother, plus many other considerations, he had to continue.

It's just that Zhou Yu only complained a few words, but never said that Zhou Yu was useless like Meng Qi did, which made people uncomfortable. In fact, for an ancient person, being able to marry someone like Zhou Yu was a rare opportunity. If Meng Qi really broke off the engagement with him, she would regret it.

After Su Qing changed her clothes and went to the east room, she heard Meng Qi's coquettish voice, "Mom, please take me with you. It's so boring for my second sister to be alone. I can still chat with her."

"What do you mean by chatting? You don't know what we are doing this time. We are all going to stay with Master Fang Zhi. Your second sister has been away from home for so many years, and there are so many messes. We are not going out to play. Besides, you are still under house arrest. I can see that you have not been serious about writing the female ring these days. I tell you, when we come back from the mountain tomorrow, the matter of your second sister will be over, and I will be free to take care of your affairs."

Meng Qi said unhappily, "What's wrong with me? Just let Zhou Yu come and cancel the engagement and everything will be solved. I've never seen someone so shameless as him."

"You..." Wang raised her eyebrows and was about to scold Meng Qi again when she saw Su Qing lift the curtain and come in.

Seeing her daughter dressed up beautifully, Wang was pleased, "Are you all ready?"

"Yes, are we going to say goodbye to grandma now?"

"Okay, let's go early before the sun rises. I wonder if the prince is ready?"

"My daughter has asked Chuan'er to go and have a look. We will know soon."

Wang was very satisfied with Su Qing's thoughtfulness. After a few days together, she didn't have to think about many things herself, because she would think ahead. And because of her poor health, she came to massage her feet every day. At first, it was itchy and painful, but after a few days, she got used to it and now slowly felt much more relaxed.

"Fourth sister, I heard that the vegetarian food at Puji Temple is the most delicious. There is a kind of lotus cake that is only available in this season. If you don't ask in advance, you can't order it."

Meng Qi nodded immediately upon hearing this, "That's right, and they only use the lotus flowers from their own pond. Last year there was heavy rain, and all the lotus flowers on their mountain were destroyed, so we didn't get to eat them."

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring it back to you tomorrow."

"Which one do you want to bring? It's not like I haven't eaten it before."

"Sister Qi..."

Meng Qi looked at Wang's cold face, twisted her body and said softly, "Then you have to decide earlier, don't talk big, when you come back, I want to take them to eat together."

"Okay, I told her when Mother Kong went to the mountain yesterday that she would save some for us." Su Qing thought about the tricks of this child. He wanted to bring others to eat together. This was putting pressure on himself. He knew that the lotus cake was not easy to get. This was clearly making things difficult for himself.

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The Puji Temple is located on Qingming Mountain, which is the closest mountain to the capital. It takes only a little over an hour to walk there along the official road from the south gate.

Puji Temple can be said to be the most prosperous temple in the capital, not only because of its good location, but more importantly because of the reputation of Master Fang Zhi. It is said that before the current emperor ascended the throne, he lived in Master Fang Zhi's meditation room for a long time, listening to Master Fang Zhi's lectures. Therefore, it is also regarded as a royal temple, but ordinary people are allowed to come to burn incense and make wishes.

But there are very few people who can listen to Master Fangzhi's lectures. It is only on the Buddha's birthday every year that everyone takes a seat early just to listen for a while. Not to mention being able to have Master Fangzhi perform rituals in person.

The reason why Master Fang Zhi cares so much about the Meng family's affairs is that it is said that the Meng family had saved him, but some people also say that it was actually the Meng family from the Zhongguo Mansion who saved him. No one knows the specific situation, but in short, if the Meng family has any problems and asks Master Fang Zhi for help, he will definitely help, just like the last time Meng Changfeng got a strange disease, Master Fang Zhi left the temple for the first time and lived in a layman's home for many days.

Su Qing looked at Master Fang Zhi, who was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes closed, his hair and eyebrows all gray. The word "immortal style" appeared in his mind. He really looked a bit like the one who made the alchemy.

The ritual was not complicated, but her feet were numb from sitting cross-legged. Su Qing took advantage of others not noticing to move and alternate the up and down positions of her left and right legs. In her previous life, her grandmother's house had a kang, and it was very comfortable to sit cross-legged on it, especially in winter. She thought this was a piece of cake, but she didn't expect it to take so long, and the futon was not thick, and the bluestone tiles underneath hurt her butt.

Zhou Yu, who was wearing rough clothes and a servant's hat, looked through the crack in the door of the side hall where the Meng family performed rituals and saw Su Qing moving his legs for the twelfth time. Then he covered his mouth and turned away.

He greeted Wu Hen and whispered a few words. Wu Hen was stunned at first, then nodded with a blush and turned to leave.

The situation of the others was not much better, especially Meng Yuan. He was older and fatter, and the weather was hot, with the door closed and not a breath of wind. His entire shirt became wet in no time. Meng Shao and Meng Wei also tried hard to maintain their posture to show their respect for the Buddha.

Only Wang was as pious as a statue, sitting motionless with her eyes closed and muttering to herself.

Su Qing knew what Wang was praying for without having to listen. It was so pitiful to see the love of parents in the world. No, in the Meng family, it should be the love of a mother.

She was very sure that the only person who would be happiest and most satisfied when her, the second young lady, returned to the Meng family was Wang.

Meng Wei was on Su Qing's left. He had been digesting this sister who appeared out of nowhere for several days. Yesterday, he talked about this matter with his wife Zhang. Since she learned about Su Qing's identity, she could clearly see Jiang's dissatisfaction and disdain. She used the excuse of holding a flower banquet to run to the second room. He warned his wife not to participate.

In fact, he was now grateful that Wang had not found him a woman with ambitions like Jiang, whose family had some status. He knew the inside story of his elder brother marrying Jiang, and it was precisely because of this that he did not understand why Meng Shao did this. He married a daughter-in-law, but she became estranged from his mother. Jiang was clearly treating her second aunt from the next room as her mother-in-law, but Meng Shao did not say a word.

It was for this reason that Meng Wei had a lot of complaints about his elder brother. His wife was better. Meng Wei's wife, Zhang, was not from a prominent family, but from a family of scholars. Her father was the dean of a college, and her uncle was a fifth-rank official in the local government.

Zhang was not very pretty but she was sensible and bookish. She never fought for any power in the family and let Jiang take it all. Especially after my mother stopped caring about things in the past two years, Jiang had the final say in the first house.

But Zhang didn't care at all. In her words, they were not the eldest sons, so why bother fighting over who was the eldest? They should just manage their own well and wait for Meng Wei to pass the imperial examination or donate money to get an official position. Then, wouldn't it be a free and easy life for them to take their children to take up their posts?