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

Su Qing nodded sincerely, "I also heard about your story after I returned home, but that's just what I said. To be honest, since you helped me last time, I have been deliberately asking about your past. I never thought that the Meng family would treat you like this. So, I think you must hate the Meng family."

"That's right. I hate the Meng family, not just your Huainan Marquis Mansion Meng family, but also my own family. If they hadn't used my brother's livelihood and my brother's studies to force me, if they hadn't seen my father lying there in a state worse than death, and they blocked me from finding a doctor, how could I have agreed.

"Now, together they have turned me into something that is neither human nor ghost. Haha, Meng Hai thought that by sending me in, he could show his loyalty to Prince Cheng and make Prince Cheng trust him. He actually thinks highly of me."

"Then why are you helping me?"

Seeing Su Qing's puzzled expression, Meng Zhi chuckled, "Some things can't be explained in a few words. At first, I thought it was very simple. If I got the chance, I would kill Meng Changfeng and Meng Hai to avenge myself and my father. But now I don't think so. That would be too easy for them. I want them to slowly lose hope in suffering, just like when I first arrived at the palace. And to achieve what I want, my own strength is far from enough. I need help."

"Helper? Me?"

"Yes, the inner house chaos of Prince Shen's Mansion can be ranked among the top three in Beijing. It is very difficult for you, a maid who married in with the title of the second lady of the Meng family, to gain a foothold."

Su Qing frowned. Meng Zhi was being too blunt.

“So, we help each other, or we can say that each of us gets what we need.”

"I'm about to get married, and I'm afraid there's not much I can do to help you in the Huainan Marquis Mansion." Su Qing suddenly didn't want to talk to Meng Zhi anymore. She wanted to take revenge on Meng Changfeng and Meng Hai. This had nothing to do with her, so she could just do whatever she could.

As for her future days in Prince Shen's Mansion, Su Qing wondered how a mere concubine like Meng Zhi could help her.

Meng Zhi listened to Su Qing's words without saying anything, turned around and walked forward. In the distance, there were new young ladies from Beijing walking towards Qin Garden. The moment they stepped into the yard, Meng Zhi turned her head and gave Su Qing a bright smile, "You will need me."

There was an ordinary black carriage parked in the alleys two miles away from the Huainan Marquis's Mansion. Meng Zhi got on the carriage escorted by several personal soldiers.

Prince Cheng was sitting in the carriage pouring tea into a cup. When he saw Meng Zhi coming in, he handed her a cup and said softly, "My beloved concubine, you are so fast."

Meng Zhi smiled at Prince Cheng and said, "I dare not keep you waiting for long."

King Cheng lifted Meng Zhi's chin with one finger and said with a half-smile, "I have given you enough face today. You must do well what you promised me."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will make sure you enjoy yourself." Meng Zhi threw coquettish eyes at Prince Cheng while pressing her hand on Prince Cheng's lower body.

King Cheng laughed and whispered in Meng Zhi's ear, "The object has been made. Let's try it tonight."

Meng Zhi pretended to be shy and snuggled into King Cheng's arms, but her eyes were full of despair as she looked out of the carriage.

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"I told you not to worry. Look, nothing happened." Meng Juan sat in a chair and slowly fiddled with the reward she got for making the bed for Meng Qi at Prince Rui's Mansion yesterday.

It was a hairpin with tassels, of average quality. Meng Juan fiddled with it carelessly. That day, she went to Qinyuan to see the betrothal gifts sent by Prince Rui's Mansion. Although it was full, they were all ordinary things.

Today, she was able to go out with the help of the rewards from the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Lian. It seemed that the "accident" against Meng Qi had an effect.

After receiving the message from my father, my mother was really troubled. My father asked them to think of a way to create an accident so that Meng Qi would not be favored by King Rui. To put it bluntly, she would be just a decoration after marrying him, so as to dispel Meng Changfeng's idea of ​​no longer relying on the third house.

In fact, the Hong family's help was indispensable to the success of the previous plots against Meng Qi. Especially after hearing that Meng Qi really went to question Hong Zhe on the day she went to the Hong family, Meng Juan laughed so hard that she almost lost her breath. How could she be so stupid?

In fact, Meng Juan was not very happy to marry Hongzhe. After all, she was the daughter of a marquis, and her father was a fourth-rank official with a strong momentum. Hongzhe had no fame, no official position, and his wife had died. He was his childhood sweetheart, and they were said to have a very good relationship.

But her mother analyzed the pros and cons for her, especially that her marriage to the Hong family would provide great support to her father's subsequent plans, so she nodded helplessly.

What really made her happy was Meng Qi's attitude towards Hong Zhe. She had always thought that Meng Qi was just a little girl, but she didn't expect to fall so deeply in love with Hong Zhe. She actually went to find him after Hong Zhe became her future brother-in-law.

Of course, Meng Juan didn’t know who Meng Qi met at the Hong family, or what Hong Zhe’s plan was against her. She only knew that Meng Qi had lost face.

Therefore, when his father asked his mother to do something that would harm Meng Qi's reputation, the mother and daughter thought about it for a long time. It was obviously impossible to create it outside. Meng Qi seemed to have accepted the result of marrying King Rui and stayed at home to prepare for her marriage.

Then they could only start from home. The idea was thought up by the mother and daughter. As for how the two girls were bribed by Liu, Meng Juan had no idea. She just admired her mother. In just two years, she had placed her own spies in the Marquis' Mansion and had her own power.

Because Liu would not go back to the northwest for a while. She had to keep an eye on the Huainan Marquis Mansion in Beijing and inform Meng Hai of the situation. Therefore, Liu had to run the third branch in the Marquis Mansion.

After Meng Juan finished speaking, she saw that Meng Xiu, who was sitting on the embroidery stool, did not respond, so she said disdainfully, "Besides, you did not say anything, she went to see it herself. She is married today, and she has not said a word to you since the accident. It is obvious that she does not care about your words at all, or she does not take them to heart at all. You are the one who is worrying here."

Meng Xiu looked up at Meng Juan's impatient face. She really had no choice. She was the third daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, but there were four daughters, all of whom were legitimate. She was the only one born out of wedlock, and she was a poor little girl without a concubine.

Before Meng Juan came, she followed Meng Qi all day long and was the punching bag. Every time she went out, as long as Meng Qi was unhappy, Song would never ask the reason, but would scold her for not taking good care of her sister.

Meng Qi never considered herself as an elder sister, and was even inferior to the older girl around her. No matter how many people were around, as long as she was unhappy, she would embarrass her at any time, making her, who already had few opportunities to go out, even more invisible.

Later, Meng Juan came, and the whole family's attention shifted to her. Although the grandmother and stepmother were not convinced, there was nothing they could do, as the grandfather had made it clear at the family dinner.

Meng Juan was not like Meng Qi, who was very good at her job and was quite close to him. But he was still a follower. Not only that, because Meng Qi didn't like Meng Juan, he was caught between the two of them, offending one and not being able to please the other.

After Meng Wan returned home, she basically stopped communicating with her. Everyone in the mansion knew that she was Su Qing, but no one dared to say it. In fact, it didn't matter to her who Meng Wan was. She was concerned about her marriage, especially after Meng Wan arranged for Meng Qi to marry into the Shenjun Prince's Mansion and Meng Juan to marry into the Hong Family, but Liu Shi didn't make any arrangements for her at all. Meng Xiu was really anxious.

Liu and Meng Juan saw through Meng Xiu's point. After the marriage was granted, Liu held Meng Xiu's hand and said that she was dissatisfied with her second sister-in-law. She was already sixteen years old. Except for the collective activities of the Meng family, Liu never took Meng Xiu out alone. What should she do?

Meng Juan looked at Meng Xiu, whose eyes were slightly red, and nodded at Liu. Liu clapped her hands and asked Meng Xiu if she would be willing to marry far away.

Meng Xiu was puzzled, and Liu said, "Mr. Meng has a deputy general by his side, who is very capable and handsome, and has no family ties. But if you choose such a man, you will have to leave the capital with your husband, and I don't know if Meng Xiu is willing to do that."

Meng Xiu's heart was beating wildly. She was so eager to leave the capital, the Meng family, and the Liu family. She had no attachments here. She even thought about not having any contact with the Meng family after getting married.

But Meng Xiu just lowered her head shyly and said nothing until she came back from outside with Meng Juan. Liu was talking to the two of them. Meng Juan said that the older one was Master Hong Er, the aide to Master Meng San, and the younger one was Master Meng Hai's deputy general.

Meng Juan also whispered in Meng Xiu's ear that the young deputy general was the one Liu had her eyes on.

Meng Xiu was surprised to see the young man standing upright not far away through the veil. As Liu said, he was handsome, spoke naturally, and looked very well-educated. Her heart immediately came to life.