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

Meng Xiu didn't sleep well that night. Before leaving, Meng Juan asked her to do a favor and play a trick on Meng Qi. Meng Juan's reason was that Meng Qi had always disrespected Meng Juan, especially when she embarrassed Liu in front of her future mother-in-law when she went to the Hong family last time. So, she wanted to teach her a lesson before she got married.

Meng Xiu didn't know how to "cure" this. She intuitively felt that it was just a little quarrel between sisters, just like the little things they had done behind each other's back in the past.

Thinking that after this was done, Liu would arrange a marriage for her. With Liu's presence and Meng Hai's help, Song would definitely agree, and Liu would not dare to object even if she was unhappy. Thinking that it would not be long before she could leave this suffocating home, Meng Xiu asked the maid to reply to Meng Juan early the next morning.

So, according to Meng Juan's suggestion, she stopped Meng Qi that day and told her that there was a maid breaking ice and she saw a big fish under the ice. If Meng Juan had not been in a hurry to find her, she would have kept watching.

Meng Qi's eyes suddenly brightened up, but she shook her head as if she thought of something, saying that Wang didn't allow her to run around, and she didn't go to see him because she had to go look for her second sister.

Meng Xiu said anxiously, "A few days ago, the Hong family sent Meng Juan a few fish, saying that they were caught by the third master Hong in winter. I was originally thinking about whether the fish sent by the Hong family were better or the ones caught by the maids after breaking the ice were better. Since Meng Qi was not going, I would definitely go and take a look when I came back from Meng Juan."

After Meng Xiu finished speaking, she went to the courtyard of the third room. When she turned around the alley, she saw that Meng Qi had already gone to the pond.

But she really didn't expect that Meng Juan's way of "treating" Meng Qi was this. When she heard the news that Meng Qi fell into the water, she almost stabbed her hand with a needle. When she heard that everyone in the mansion was saying that Meng Qi jumped into the lake because she didn't want to marry Prince Rui, Meng Xiu never slept well.

She had been thinking about how she would respond and how she would minimize her responsibility when Meng Qi woke up and told her that she was the one who instigated her to go to the ice surface.

But she thought of several reasons and waited for several days but nothing happened. Even Meng Juan found it strange. Given Meng Qi's personality, wouldn't she come to question him after he woke up?

But Meng Qi didn't. I heard that she was not going anywhere and was focused on preparing for her wedding. She didn't even go to Songhe Hall to pay her respects.

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"Don't worry, mother has already asked father's deputy general, and he agrees 100%. We are just waiting for father and grandfather to propose it. I think you might get married this year." Meng Juan pretended to be happy.

Meng Xiu couldn't laugh. When she went to Qinyuan this morning, Meng Qi didn't mention anything about that day. Instead, she gave her a box, saying that it was some things that she would not need in the future and was giving them all to her.

When she went back and opened them, she saw that they were all pearl flowers, hairpins, earrings and the like worn by little girls. Although they were old, they were all genuine. Her maid whispered, "Sister Yuanyue said that the fourth young lady packed these up last night. She said that the third young lady had a hard time, had no money, and had no one to help her. These things were given to the third young lady. If she liked them, she could wear them. If she didn't like them, she could pawn them for silver."

Meng Xiu looked at the box and tears fell from her eyes.

She decided that when Meng Qi came back in three days, she would go and apologize, tell the truth about that day, and seek peace of mind. As for whether Liu would help her find a marriage again, it all depended on fate.

However, Meng Xiu did not wait for Meng Qi to come back in three days, because she said that Prince Rui's old illness had relapsed and Meng Qi had to take care of him and wait until he had stayed for a month before coming back.

After hearing the news, Wang sat back in her chair in disappointment. She was too worried about Meng Qi. She had thought to ask about the situation in the palace when she returned home in three days, but now it has been delayed until a month later.

In the Xia Dynasty, married women had the custom of staying at home for a month after marriage. That is, after a month, married women could go home to live for a period of time. The longer they stayed, the more their husband's family valued them, but it could not exceed one month.

Su Qing also frowned and thought. It seemed that the things Meng Qi did, although Zhou Yu asked the Prince of Yong'an to explain the situation to the Chief Historian of the Palace, still made Prince Rui feel a little uncomfortable. And it was not a small one. He even refused to give his wife the face to return to her parents' home.

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Meng Hai let Liu wipe his feet, then he comfortably picked up the tea and took a sip.

"You two did a great job. The fact that the fourth girl didn't come back home today is enough to show Prince Rui's attitude towards the Huainan Marquisate."

Liu stood up and said with a smile, "You didn't see the faces of the Marquis and his wife today. I watched the Marquis endure it again and again after listening to the words of the Palace Chief."

"Humph, thinking that they can get rid of me by marrying their granddaughter to the palace, thinking that they can no longer use me, that's wishful thinking. I'll let them see that without me, Meng Hai, the Huainan Marquisate is nothing in the capital. I'll make them live under my control for the rest of their lives."

"I believe that day will not be far away. Oh, by the way, when did the Third Master ask your deputy general, what's his name, to come and propose marriage?"

"Are you talking about Wu Zhengda?" Meng Hai lifted up the feet that had been wiped dry by Liu.

"Yes, it was because the third girl took a look at her that day that she agreed to help Sister Juan."

"Haha, that guy that day was not him, that was my newly appointed personal guard."

"Ah? It's not him. But Sister Juan told her that this is the one she is going to marry."

"What's the big deal? She can't regret it after the veil is lifted. Besides, Wu Zhengda has no parents, so there are not many messy things about him. He may be ugly, but he has real skills."

"Why does the Third Master want to marry the Third Girl to him?" Liu asked, but she felt uneasy in her heart. Girls all like to be coquettish, and she didn't know how ugly this girl named Wu Zhengda was.

Meng Hai walked to the eight-immortal table under the window with his shoes half on and poured a cup of tea. "That boy joined the army alone. He can write and calculate, and he is also very brave in battle. Master Hong and I are very optimistic about him. I gradually promoted him to be my deputy general. However, since last year, he has not done many things to my satisfaction. Sometimes he even put forward different ideas. Although he finally did it according to my wishes, I felt that I could not control him.

"You know, the boss's job is only in the past two years. Now is the time to hire people. People like Wu Zhengda are even harder to train. I have to make him agree with me. If I want to keep him stable, it would be best to find him a wife. If I promise him my own niece, do you think he will be grateful and loyal to me from now on?"

Liu nodded. "But according to what you said, Wu Zhengda has a plan in mind. I'm afraid that after we succeed, he will..."

"We have the final say on what will happen after the event. If you are obedient, I will keep you in the northwest forever. If you are not obedient, I will decide how to deal with you. Let me tell you, that person has promised me that if the event is to be accomplished, we, the prince, will not be able to escape."

Liu showed a surprised expression, "Really? It's not the Marquis, but the Prince?"

Meng Hai nodded proudly, "I was thinking that it would be better to keep the Huainan Marquisate at that time. If the old man is still alive, he can be the Marquis for a few more days. If he is not alive, it would be nice to let Meng Yuan kneel in front of me."

Liu smiled and said, "From this perspective, does this marriage still need to be discussed between the Third Master and Madam?"

"No need to tell the Song family. I'll tell the Marquis directly. As long as the Marquis nods, how can the Song family object?"

When Meng Changfeng told Meng Hao and his wife that they had chosen Meng Hai's deputy general for Meng Xiu, Liu came back and smashed the cup hard. Looking at Meng Xiu who was squatting on the ground picking up the fragments, she raised her hand and kicked her. Meng Xiu fell sideways and her hand touched the fragments.

"Tell me, did you gossip in front of Liu? I'm short of food and clothes for you, why are you so anxious? You let the third room find a husband for the girl from our second room, and even skipped my wife. You are so capable."

Seeing blood flowing from Meng Xiu's hand, Liu's personal mother quickly took out a handkerchief to help wrap it up, and then turned around and whispered something to Liu. Liu raised her eyebrows and said, "Get out. Since you have this ability, I don't think you need me to prepare any dowry for you. Just go find your third aunt."

Meng Xiu stood up, knelt down, and left.

As soon as he went out, he saw Jiang rushing into the courtyard and going into the main house as if she didn't see Meng Xiu.

Meng Xiu's wet nurse saw her sitting there for a long time without saying anything, and wanted to ask a doctor to come in and check her hand, but she refused.

"Miss Third, the Second Madam must hate you to death." The nurse wiped her tears and carefully bandaged Meng Xiu's hand again. "But I don't know what the man Third Madam is talking about is like? He is said to have no parents, so he must be a rough man. I don't know if it's worth it. Besides, in a place like the Northwest, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the girl to come back to Beijing."

"Why did I come back? What else in Beijing is worth coming back for?" Meng Xiu stared at her wrapped hands. "What's the point of saying it's worth it? Even if it's not worth it, I will make it worth it. I accept the good and the bad, and it's good this way. The only person I'm sorry to is my fourth sister, and I have to apologize to her in person."

Unlike the other three young ladies of the Meng family, Meng Xiu's engagement did not cause much stir in the capital, let alone in the Meng family.

Only Liu, under Meng Hao's warning, Song's reprimand and Jiang's advice, reluctantly prepared a dowry for Meng Xiu.

However, the news that the four young ladies of the Meng family were scheduled to get married within a year still made people in Beijing talk about it for a long time. After all, for aristocratic families, such a thing of marrying off all at once had never happened before.