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

After talking with Zhou Yu, Su Qing had a deeper understanding of the Zhou family's situation. She liked the feeling of being in control of everything. As the saying goes, never fight a battle you are not sure of.

At the same time, she also felt that the Prince Shen's Mansion was more secretive than she had imagined. There was an illegitimate eldest son who had already given birth to a son, an unpopular legitimate second son, a very loved legitimate third son, and a illegitimate fourth son born to a concubine, plus three daughters, both legitimate and illegitimate. It was really a mess.

Is this decision right? Have I overestimated my abilities?

Su Qing thought about this and shook her head again. No matter what, how could she back down without even trying?

If it was just her, or a woman like Wang, she would definitely not have the confidence. But now with Zhou Yu's support, the two of them working together, it's nothing.

She still remembered that before leaving, she asked Zhou Yu what kind of person she wanted to be?

After listening to her explanation of what shaping meant, Zhou Yu thought for a moment and grinned, "Everyone says that you have returned from the nunnery. You haven't even left the mountain for so many years, so naturally you don't have much experience and are timid. You look like you are being bullied."

Su Qing thought of this and smiled again. This was easy to solve. It was just like when he was working in his previous life. He knew he could do the form but didn't dare to say he could, because if he did one, all of them would become his task.

The marriage was discussed very quickly, and within a few days, Meng Yuan happily took back the couple's birth dates and horoscopes.

"Is it really a match? Doesn't Master Fang Zhi have any opinion on it?" Song asked, looking at the big red engagement letter in her hand.

"They are really a good match. Master Fang Zhi said that he has matched so many people, but he has never seen two people who are so compatible."

Wang Shi heard this and felt relieved. She had originally thought that even if they were not compatible, she would ask Master Fang Zhi to say that they were compatible, but she had never thought that it was really compatible. What could make her feel more at ease than this?

"Okay, okay, that's good. I have discussed it with the Marquis last time. We don't need to trouble two masters for one thing. I would like to ask the Marquis of Pingxi to be our matchmaker for Sister Wan's marriage. You can discuss the specific rules with your father and set a date. I think it should be no problem to start the six rituals before winter."

Wang thought the same. It was already November. Winter would come when the snow fell. It wouldn't be long. Although she was a little anxious, she still had to buy everything. Fortunately, she had a shop that specialized in selling dowry items. When the date was set, she would take Wanjie to have a look. If they couldn't make it on the spot, they could just buy it from the shop.

But the bed and furniture are difficult to deal with. It’s not right to use Sister Qi’s, right?

When Su Qing's wedding date was set for August of the following year, Zhang entered Shanzhi Hall holding her son, with Tian Jie following behind her.

After hearing what Zhang meant, Wang was very surprised. She really didn't expect Zhang to be so generous.

"How can this be good? The wood was left to you by your grandmother. If you give it to Sister Wan, then Sister Tian will..."

Zhang smiled gently, "Mother, Tianjie is still young. When she gets married, we can ask her second aunt to find a good one for her. Second sister's matter is more important. It's already this time. Where can we find good wood? This batch of wood has been in the dowry yard for so many years. It has dried thoroughly. If we beat it now and paint it a few more times in the spring, there will be just enough time."

Wang patted Zhang's hands with satisfaction. Even if Su Qing had never seen it, she had heard that agarwood was hard to buy even if you had money. Besides, that was something Zhang's grandmother had saved for her when she was a child. She had intended to use it to make a bed for her, but for various reasons it didn't work out, so she simply let Zhang bring it over and let her do whatever she wanted with it. If not, she could leave it for her daughter to use in the future.

"Thank you, Third Sister-in-law, for giving me such a precious thing. Don't worry, Tianjie will give me all the furniture for her wedding. I will prepare it for her long ago."

Looking at Su Qing bowing to her, Zhang smiled slightly, thinking about what her husband had said to her.

In the past few days, the second sister's marriage was decided. Everything else was easy to deal with, but the furniture such as the bed and the dressing table worried Wang. All the good things Wang had saved were given to Qijie, and there was no way she could give them to the second sister at this time.

And no matter whether it was Mrs. Song, Mrs. Liu or Mrs. Jiang, they seemed not to notice that Wang was anxious. They just said they would help with Sister Wan's marriage, but they all sat there quietly.

Meng Wei was so angry about this incident that he slammed the table.

Seeing this, Zhang suggested taking out the pieces of agarwood that she brought as a dowry and giving them to Wanjie as an emergency measure. Meng Wei was so moved that he hugged Zhang and kissed and bit her.

"I'm glad you don't mind. It's just that the material is scarce. I think I can only make a bed and a dressing table with it. I'll need other things to make the other furniture." Zhang turned to Wang and said.

"These two things are good enough. They are already very respectable. The rest are easy to deal with. We can always find someone we like. My dear child, please worry more about your second sister's marriage."

"Mother, please don't say that. Even if my husband doesn't tell me to, I will come to help you. If you can use your daughter-in-law for anything, just ask."

Wang was happy as she held her little grandson in her arms. She felt that she had not failed after all, as at least one of her two daughters-in-law was close to her.

A few people talked about furniture, then bedding, from wedding dresses to jewelry, and for a while there were bursts of laughter in Zhishan Hall.

Meng Qi came into the room and saw everyone talking and laughing, and complained unhappily that no one had invited her.

Wang nodded her head. "Didn't you go to your third sister's place? Why are you back so early?"

"Don't mention it. Originally, my third sister and I were planning to embroider the quilt of a hundred sons and a thousand grandchildren to give to my second sister, but Meng Juan came and complained that the pattern we chose was not pretty, the color was not bright enough, and it was too small... In short, it was very annoying. You are not ashamed to say these things. My second sister has already set a date. She is one year older than my second sister, but no one has come to propose marriage yet, and she is still giving advice to others."

"Sister Qi, you are talking nonsense again. This is how I taught you. It seems that you need to take two more classes."

Meng Qi saw Wang's smiling face turn serious. She thought about the nanny from the palace that her mother found for her. She was exhausted from the one-hour class every day. On the other hand, Su Qing was fine. She stood so straight and sat so steadily. Meng Qi believed this time that Su Qing was indeed Meng Wan. Some things were just in her nature.

Meng Qi hurriedly asked Zhang what they had just talked about. Zhang smiled and talked about making a bed for Su Qing.

Meng Qi turned around and asked Wang, "Mother, you already prepared all the furniture for me, so why should I give it to my second sister first? Why do I have to go out and look for it?"

Wang was angry just now, but Meng Qi's words comforted her and made her look better. "That was prepared for you. How can I use yours? Besides, after your second sister gets married, you have to look for her. It's not easy to find one now."

"That's nothing. Second sister helped me so much. I didn't want to embroider that quilt at first, but third sister insisted on asking me to do it."

As Meng Qi spoke, she walked to Su Qing and sat down. She took Su Qing's arm and shook her, "Second sister, I will give you all the furniture except the bed and the dressing table. I won't embroider the quilt for you, okay? Look at me. I haven't sewed in the past few days, and I have pricked my hand just from practicing needlework."

As Meng Qi spoke, she stretched out her jade-like finger, and sure enough, there was a tiny needle hole on it.

Su Qing pulled Meng Qi's hand and blew breaths, making Meng Qi giggle.

Wang looked at her two daughters and felt so relieved. It was great. Wasn't this the situation she had always wanted?

Just when I was about to say something else, I saw Mother Guo coming into the room with a pale face. She almost tripped when she stepped over the threshold. Fortunately, Mother Kong helped her.

Wang hadn't seen Madam Guo like this for a long time. She couldn't help but tighten the handkerchief in her hand, "What's wrong? Didn't you go to Songhe Garden? What's the matter with the Madam?"

Mother Guo stood there, looked at Meng Qi, opened her mouth but said nothing.

"You guys go back and come back for dinner in the evening."

Zhang picked up her son and walked out with Tianjie. Su Qing followed behind them. Meng Qi saw Guo Mama looking at her and stepped forward to ask, "Why are you looking at me? Did Meng Juan say something bad about me? She was nitpicking at Third Sister just now. If she hadn't been called away by Third Aunt's people, I would have asked her to tell me why the pattern I chose is not pretty."

"No, it's not the eldest lady's business, it's a matter in the lady's yard." Mother Guo looked unnatural.

"Okay, Sister Qi, go back. Even if you can't embroider a quilt for hundreds of children and thousands of grandchildren, you have to make a smaller one. You have to do it yourself to show your sincerity." Wang said softly.

Meng Qi stretched out the hand that was pricked by the needle, looked at it, and walked out dejectedly.