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

The next day, the Huainan Marquis's Mansion sent Meng Juan out of the gate with great fanfare. Liu wiped her tears and let her daughter-in-law help her go back to entertain relatives and guests.

Su Qing and Meng Xiu helped to greet the young ladies from various families. Most of the families with higher status went to Baron Bo's mansion. Those who came to the Huainan Marquis' mansion were generally those who had not received invitations from the Hong family or were related to the Meng family. Most of them were relatives of the original family.

Liu's son and daughter-in-law came from the northwest with their two children. Meng Hai had just returned when Meng Qi got married, so he did not come back this time when his daughter got married. Instead, he asked his son to bring two full boxes of good things, which made Liu look at Liu showing off. She was so angry that she almost tore her handkerchief.

Suddenly, a lively banquet was held in the mansion of Marquis Huainan. When everyone was eating and drinking happily, Liu's housekeeper, Mother Liu, came in hurriedly, wiped the sweat from her forehead, pulled Liu aside and whispered a few words to her. Liu screamed "Ah", and everyone present was startled and went to look at her.

Liu's daughter-in-law quickly stood up and tried to smooth things over. Liu apologized and said that she had something to do in the yard and would be back soon. She took Liu's mother's hand and hurried out. When they were under the flower stand where no one was,

"What did you say? Is it true?"

"It's true. What Hu Zi said couldn't be false." Hu Zi is Liu's mother's son.

"What a coincidence, there's a coffin shop nearby?"

"There should be some, but at this time, most shops are closed. I heard that the buyer's elderly fell ill, so he went to buy it. Who would have thought that he would bump into our eldest lady's flower bridge? What a pity."

Liu's face flushed red, because the Hong family and the Meng family both lived in the east of the city, separated by two streets, not far nor close. Originally, they could turn left from the Meng family's front street, go around a circle and directly carry the sedan chair.

In order to save face for her brother, Princess Jing went to the Queen Mother to ask for a jade ruyi as a betrothal gift. In order to please Princess Jing, Liu placed the jade ruyi and the ruyi bowl given by Princess Jing on the first and second loads of dowry.

In order to flatter his daughter, he wanted to let everyone in Beijing see his daughter's dowry. He thought of taking a detour. In this way, he would turn right from the main gate of the Meng Mansion, walk to the border with the south city, and then turn across another street to go to the Hong family. In this way, not only the wealthy families in the east city, but also the ordinary people in the south city would be able to see his daughter's splendor.

Naturally, the Hong family would not object to Liu's proposal. Instead, they were very supportive of it. When Mrs. Hong heard that Meng Juan actually had 64 loads of dowry, she felt even more pleased.

Unexpectedly, when the sedan chair reached the junction of the east and south of the city, it ran into a group of people carrying a coffin. It is said that Hong Zhe's face turned black at that time, and he asked his servants to send the coffin bearers away and asked about the situation in detail.

It turned out that the old man in that family had an acute illness. He was supposed to go to choose a coffin tomorrow, but he heard that the coffin shop would be closed tomorrow due to family matters, so he had no choice but to buy it back in advance and put it aside. The servant went to the coffin shop to inquire and found that it was true. Although he felt disappointed, he could do nothing about it and thought it was just a coincidence.

Meng Juan, who was sitting on the flower bridge, naturally had no idea what was happening outside. She just walked halfway, stopped for a long time, and then started walking again. She suddenly felt a "squeaking" sound coming from the sedan chair.

Meng Juan didn't dare to lift the veil to take a look, so she could only touch it with her hands, but it was smooth everywhere and there was nothing wrong.

In the south of the city, Zhou Yu, who was lying on the window of a private room on the second floor of "Defeng Building" and watching the wedding sedan turn onto another street in the east of the city, could not help but laugh out loud.

"You are amazing! How did you come up with this idea? Is the person who bought the coffin real? The Hong family will definitely check it out."

A man behind her came forward with a teacup and smiled as he watched the sedan chair going away.

"Of course, how could this be false? People die every day in Beijing. Don't worry, this is just an accident. Any similarities are purely coincidental."

"What do you mean? What do you mean any similarity is purely coincidental?" the young man frowned.

"Haha, how about it, sounds good, right? It means they have to accept their bad luck." Zhou Yu now particularly likes to listen to some of the modern words Su Qing says, and he is even happier when he sees other people's puzzled expressions.

"Thank you for what you did last time." Zhou Yu took the teacup handed to him by the man and took a sip.

"What are you talking about? I have to thank you. My father has been keeping an eye on Li Liuzhi for a long time, but no one took the lead in suing him, so it was difficult to take action."

Li Liuzhi is the younger brother of Concubine Zhen who was investigated for land enclosure some time ago. Because he was born with six fingers on one hand and he is the sixth in the family, people outside call him Li Liuzhi.

The person who was talking to Zhou Yu at this time was Gong Xu, the son of Dali Temple's Gong. He and Zhou Yu were acquainted after a fight. Gong Xu was a good young man trained by his family, so he naturally looked down on Zhou Yu, who played with cats and dogs. By chance, they had several conflicts. Although Zhou Yu had to do so, outsiders didn't know that Gong Xu had a lot of complaints about Zhou Yu.

It was not until Zhou Yu rescued Gong Xu twice, and once Gong Xu accidentally helped Zhou Yu who was being chased by Hu's servants. After those times, Gong Xu realized how difficult it was for Zhou Yu, who usually showed no help. From then on, the two became friends who could talk about anything. Of course, Zhou Yu would not mention the "big things" between Zhou Yu, Yue Zhen, Xu Cheng and Mr. Lin to anyone.

"Originally it had nothing to do with me, but he was showing off too much, so I had to teach him a lesson." Zhou Yu drank the tea in his hand, "Let's go to the Hong family, there's more going on there."

Gong Xu followed him downstairs and said, "I say, you are still not satisfied, is there anything else to do?"

"Hehe, some people don't feel relieved. Come on, just watch the fun. I don't know anything."

Liu listened to Hu Zi telling her the whole story and asked nervously, "How is Mr. Hong San? Does he look unhappy? Does he show it?"

After all, this route was chosen by himself, with the purpose of making Meng Juan proud. No one wants such a thing to happen, and it is impossible to clear the road in advance, right?

"No, my son-in-law just arranged for someone to find out if it was true, and then the group of people gave up their seats and let us go first."

Liu let out a breath and told Mama Liu, "Go to Hongluo Temple tomorrow and ask Master Yuan Jing to tell you if you need a solution."

Liu adjusted her facial expression and returned to the banquet with a cheerful face, explaining that there was a small incident in the yard. The servants thought that an important item of Meng Juan was not carried over with the dowry, but when she went to check, she found out it was a misunderstanding.

Su Qing looked at Liu's forced smile and suddenly thought of the unexpected surprise Zhou Yu mentioned. Because according to the time, Meng Juan should not have entered the Hong family at this time, and the surprise she had planned had not yet come, so it could only be the one Zhou Yu mentioned.

No matter what it was, as long as it could make Liu unhappy, Meng Juan angry, or even Hong Zhe infuriated, she would be happy.

Waiting for a chance to tell Meng Qi, that girl will definitely be happy. Thinking that next month is Wang's birthday, Meng Qi will come back, right?

When everyone had almost finished eating, someone outside said that the bridegroom had returned.

The return of the bride's escort meant that the ceremony was completed at the husband's side, but Liu felt something was not right, as it happened too quickly.

According to the time Meng Juan left, plus the accident just now, it would take at least another half an hour for her to arrive at the Hong family and complete a series of procedures.

While he was thinking about it, his daughter-in-law came in with a pale face. This time she didn't say anything directly, but pulled Liu out.

Su Qing looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walking out of the yard, her lips curled up slightly. How could she thank Wang Xiaoer and that clever Liuzi?