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

Watching the two doctors wiping the sweat from their foreheads, Wang took Su Qing's hand and stood up, "How is it?"

"It doesn't matter."

With just this one sentence, Wang seemed to have relaxed half of her tense nerves and fell limply into Su Qing's arms.

"It's winter after all. Although she didn't stay in the water for long, the damage to her body is not small. Fortunately, the fourth young lady is usually strong and healthy. In addition, she is young, so she should be fine after careful care."

"It won't affect the wedding in March, right?" Meng Yuan asked carefully.

The old doctor was obviously stunned, and said without any expression, "No, no."

Mother Guo quickly led the imperial physician to prescribe medicine. Meng Yuan looked at Wang and Su Qing, who were the only ones in the room, and said angrily, "Look at your good daughter. Now the whole family is going to be dragged down by her."

Wang touched her chest. She didn't have the strength to speak even if she wanted to.

"Father, we still don't know what the fourth sister's situation is. Isn't it too early to say this?"

"Isn't this obvious? She jumped into the lake because she didn't want to marry Prince Rui. The servants were watching. She jumped in on her own, how could it be fake?" Meng Yuan turned his head and glared at Su Qing.

"The servants saw it? Father, do you believe what the servants saw, or do you believe what your daughter said? I think it would be wise to wait until Fourth Sister wakes up and ask her everything clearly."

"Why are you asking? Everyone in the capital knows that Meng Qi jumped into the lake in order not to marry Prince Rui. What's the point of asking now?"

"Father, you know that the whole capital knows about this. It's been less than two days since Fourth Sister's accident. How come the news spread so quickly? Father, don't you think it's strange? Why don't you go find the person who spread the news at this time, but get angry at a sleeping person?"

"You, how dare you talk to me like that?" Meng Yuan blew his beard and raised his eyebrows.

"I have been separated from my father for more than ten years, and I haven't seen you for ten days or half a month since I returned home. Please forgive me for not knowing how to talk to you properly."

Su Qing looked straight into Meng Yuan's eyes without dodging at all. Such men in ancient times were so hateful. They had a lot of concubines and mistresses, and they didn't even look at their children on weekdays. Whenever something went wrong, they would blame their wives.

Moreover, ever since Mother Guo and Mother Kong told her about what happened in the mansion, she knew that Wang's life had been very difficult over the years, and she no longer had the slightest good impression of this nominal father.

"You, you are so rebellious. Is this what your mother taught you? After all, you just came back from outside and you don't know any rules at all."

"Meng Yuan, say one more word."

Su Qing quickly supported the staggering Wang, "Mother, don't be angry, it's my fault, I shouldn't have contradicted father."

Wang waved her hand at Su Qing, "Meng Yuan, you know what you have done over the years. You also know why Sister Wan has been away from home for so many years."

"What do you mean I know the truth?" Meng Yuan had never known that Wang knew about Su Wanniang.

"Let me ask you, how did Su Wanniang lose the baby in her belly? Who has been misleading Su Wanniang into thinking that it was me who was causing her trouble? If she hadn't held a grudge, how could Sister Wan have suffered so much? Have you ever thought about whether she would have come after you, me, or mother if Sister Wan hadn't stopped all this?"

"You, you know everything?"

"Yes, I know everything, but I just don't bother to say it. I just want God to pity me and return Sister Wan to me. I don't expect anything else. I will take care of my two daughters and marry them well. As long as they are married safely, I will not care about anything in the Huainan Marquis's Mansion. You can pay as much as you like, and you can go out and play as long as you like. If they want to manage the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion, then let them do it.

"What? Is my request too much? Sister Qi got into trouble again and again, and you didn't want to find the root cause to clear her name, but listened to their nonsense. Now you are actually following the words spread by the servants? Just like Sister Wan said, it's only been two days, if someone wasn't sincere, how could it have caused rumors all over the city?

"Sister Qi was wrong, but was Mr. Hong San not wrong? Sister Qi was lured into doing so many wrong things, didn't your father, mother, and you know about it? Why didn't you investigate? Even if Meng Hai denied it, and Liu Shi denied it, as a father, didn't you even take any action to seek justice for your daughter?"

Wang was exhausted after just a few words. Su Qing helped her sit down. Wang looked at Meng Yuan who was standing there in a daze, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I firmly don't believe what the people below say about Sister Qi's incident this time. She is already happily preparing to get married, how could she do this again. I know what you mean. You are afraid that Prince Rui will cancel the engagement and that you can't be his Taishan. I also know what my father and mother are worried about. They are afraid that the emperor will get angry and implicate everyone in the mansion.

"Today, I'm going to make this clear. If Sister Qi's engagement is broken off because of this incident, I will take her to a nunnery and never come back. My dowry is enough for the two of us to live on. Even if it's not enough, I still have a daughter. If the emperor gets angry and wants to punish the Meng family, I will take Sister Qi to the palace to ask for suicide. How do you think? Will the prince be satisfied? Will it be worthy of the people of Huainan Marquis? Will it satisfy your restless third brother and his wife?

"But from now on, you must be careful when you sleep at night. You don't stand up for your daughter, but believe those rumors. What's even more ridiculous is that you don't pursue the source of the rumors, but yell at your wife and daughter. Haha, I'm afraid that even if I become a ghost, I will come to look for you every night."

"You, what are you talking about? Can you say something like that casually?"

"That's right, you really can't say things like that casually, so do you just believe what's spread outside?"

"I just heard that Sister Qi jumped into the lake when she came back. I thought she didn't want to get married, so..."

"You don't need to say more, my lord. I hope you will think carefully about what I just said. Regardless of whether Sister Qi really has such an idea, the fence of the Marquis' Mansion is so loose now, I think father should also think about it."

Meng Yuan watched Wang sit back next to Meng Qi with the help of Su Qing, wiped Meng Qi's forehead again and again, touched his nose, and walked out happily.

"Madam, Madam..." Mrs. Guo and Mrs. Kong came into the room one after another.

Su Qing looked at Wang, who squinted her eyes, and said softly, "Let's go to the west room."

"No need, let's talk about it here." Wang opened her eyes and sat up straight.

"Mother, please go lie down on the kang by the window. Mother Liu is here. If Fourth Sister wakes up, we will come over to see her.

Just after seeing Meng Yuan walk out with a livid face, Mother Liu went into the east room wiping her tears. Looking at Meng Qi's appearance, she felt so heartbroken that she seemed to have forgotten to breathe. This was the child she had raised since she was a child. She would never believe that Meng Qi would do such a thing.

However, in the whole mansion, except for the Crown Prince's wife and the Second Young Miss, everyone thought that the Fourth Young Miss jumped into the lake because she didn't want to marry Prince Rui. Even the Third Young Miss looked hesitant.

Just now, she was standing outside and heard the conversation between Wang and Meng Yuan clearly. She secretly swore in her heart that if Meng Qi's matter really developed in an uncontrollable direction, she would do her best to drag the mother and daughter from the third room to serve as a blanket.

Seeing that Wang hadn't moved and was still sitting there holding Meng Qi's hand, Su Qing sighed and squatted down, "Mother, the imperial physician also said that the fourth sister is fine. If she doesn't wake up tonight, she will definitely wake up tomorrow morning. If she wakes up and sees you like this, she will definitely feel distressed. Please listen to me and go outside. We won't go far. Let's listen to what Mother Guo has to say first, and then lie down for a while, okay?"

Wang looked at Su Qing's red eyes and thought about how she had argued with Meng Yuan just now. She felt warm in her heart, nodded, and let Mother Guo help her up and walk out of the inner room.