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

"Why do you want it? Do you have the nerve to open your mouth? Does our Shen County Prince's Mansion still have any shame? If we ask for it, outsiders will know that the Second Young Master has been visiting brothels at such a young age. What's the matter? Are you not afraid of being bitten by lice?" Zhou Yiheng looked at Zhou Yu with impatience.

Zhou Yu smiled coldly, "It seems that I don't need to ask any more questions about the items that were crossed out by the princess on this list. Anyway, they were all spent by a prodigal son like me, and have nothing to do with the princess."

Mrs. Hu covered her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Your Highness, I have long said that the things left by my sister can be taken care of by Madam Fan or by the eldest young lady. But you said that the eldest young lady doesn't understand and that Madam Fan is a servant, so you should let me take care of it. But now you see, it makes the second young master feel uncomfortable."

Zhou Yiheng waved his hand, "Over the years, you have wasted your mother's dowry to this extent, do you think I don't know? Every time you do something, your mother will feel distressed and wish to use herself to make up for it for you. But who can be as fast as you in wasting money? Don't talk about the past anymore, these things are written in black and white, I believe your mother has never touched a single bit. Not only that, think about it yourself, how much of your mother's dowry has been used to make up for you? Even Zheng Ge, who can compare with you in terms of clothes, accessories and daily necessities? You are still not satisfied? Come here now to argue with your mother about your mother's original dowry, do you still have a conscience?"

Zhou Yu crumpled up the dowry list and threw it gently, which happened to brush past Mrs. Hu's temples. "Forget it, they are all dead things, so it's gone. But my mother will cry in the underworld, thinking that her son is incompetent and didn't protect the things she left behind. But I think that whoever wears the dowry she threw away will fester and bleed. Whoever wears it will lose his hands and feet. As for the rest, whoever puts it in his house will have no descendants."

When Zhou Yiheng heard this, he was so angry that his veins were throbbing. He turned around and looked around.

Mrs. Hu hurried to stop him, "Your Highness, no, Yanyun will be married in two months, and you must not whip him again. What will happen if others see this?"

This sentence reminded Zhou Yiheng, and he pulled out the whip hanging on the wall of the study and hit Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu turned around and the whip hit his back. Due to the angle and force, it didn't hurt much, but it was summer and the clothes were thin, so the high-quality silk gown was torn.

"What you said is not human language. Who are you cursing? From childhood to adulthood, tell me how many troubles you have made. When was it not your mother who cleaned up the mess for you? There were even a few times when even your third brother had to apologize on your behalf. But you don't know how to be grateful. You are confronting your mother here because of your mother's dowry, and you even say such vicious words."

"Vicious? Father thinks it's vicious? I didn't say anything about the princess. She didn't take my mother's things, her family didn't take my mother's things, and her son didn't take my mother's things. What is she afraid of? Those vicious things won't come back to haunt her? Why is the prince so excited? Is it possible that something I said made you angry? Or do you know something but just watch and don't say anything?"

"You, you unfilial son, I will teach you a lesson today. I want to clean up the Zhou family." Zhou Yiheng swung the whip again. Zhou Yu stretched out his hand and held it tightly, with blood dripping down his hand.

"Your Highness, please stop. This is all my fault. I will gather my dowry and give everything I can to Yan Yun."

Before Zhou Yiheng could speak, Zhou Yu continued, "Is what the princess said true? Thank you so much. Otherwise, the whole capital would say that you are the most virtuous stepmother. In that case, I will wait for you."

After saying that, he threw the whip he had just grasped fiercely at Zhou Yiheng, and bowed to Mrs. Hu, "It will be time to pay the betrothal gifts in a few days. I thought that if the princess is too busy to count the dowry, I will ask Madam Fan to help, or ask my sister to send someone to help. At worst, I can ask Second Aunt to come. It doesn't have to be too much, just enough so that the betrothal gifts I carry out will not be laughed at by people in Beijing. But I think the princess is kind and will not let people in Beijing laugh at our palace. Just leave some for my third brother and third sister. You don't have to give it all to me, which makes me uneasy."

After that, he bowed to Zhou Yiheng and said, "You have beaten me, and you are angry now. Please allow me to go back and apply some medicine. If I go to the Huainan Marquis Mansion like this, it will be bad if there are rumors that the Prince of Shen and the Princess abused the son of the former Princess."

After saying that, he smiled slightly, turned around and strode away.

"Rebellious son, rebellious son. If I had known he was such a person, I should have strangled him to death." Zhou Yiheng sat down and gasped.

Mrs. Hu looked at Zhou Yu who walked out of the study courtyard, pursed her lips tightly, and her eyes revealed ferocity.

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The next step was to arrange the date. The date was already set, and Wang even asked Meng Yuan to go to Qingming Mountain to have Master Fang Zhi take a look at it, who said it was a perfect match.

This is just a formality, and the next step is to welcome the bride.

Although Meng Wan is a modern woman, this is the first time she gets married in her past life or this life. It would be a lie to say she is not nervous.

Since the betrothal, two maids have come to the Shen County Prince's mansion. They say that they were specially invited by Hu from the palace.

Meng Wan knew that these two people must be Hu's spies. They had two purposes. One was to make trouble for him. No matter how well he did, they would find fault with him. The other was to test his bottom line and see what kind of character he really was.

After all, no matter how capable Mrs. Hu was, it was impossible for her to know as much about the second young lady of the Marquis' Mansion as she knew Meng Qi.

This is a good thing for me. How I behave in front of these two maids is directly related to what kind of personality Hu defines me as. I can lead Hu to deal with me in a targeted way, so that I can play the pig and eat the tiger.

After meeting Zhou Yu again, Meng Wan adjusted his mood and tried hard to be the person that Hu thought was easy to control.

Then, the two maids found that no matter what they said, the second young lady nodded and agreed. Sometimes, even though she knew that they were finding fault, the second young lady would not say anything, but just hold on with tears in her eyes, waiting for Wang or others to ask about it, and then she would pretend that nothing happened and say that she did not study well and caused the two maids trouble.

Originally, she was worried that the second young lady would come back and complain, but after a few days, there was no movement at all. Wang's extra dishes were never missing every day, and at the end of a month, she gave each of them a pure gold bracelet.

Therefore, the evaluation that Mrs. Hu received about the second young lady was that she was timid and cautious, not good at speaking, afraid of things and gullible, and not to be feared.

On the first day of the wedding, Meng Qi did not come back. It was said that she had an argument with the concubine of Prince Cheng, who was a member of the Meng family's side branch, at the birthday banquet of Prince Cheng's wife. She hit Meng Zhi so hard that the corner of her mouth bled in front of everyone.

Prince Rui looked at Prince Cheng's concubine and was so angry that his fingers were shaking. He even said he wanted to divorce her in front of his brothers.

In the end, it was Meng Zhi who stepped forward to persuade her, saying that she shouldn't have brought up the old events of the Huainan Marquis' Mansion, which had made Princess Rui sad. This also led to Meng Qi being directly confined by Prince Rui.

Mother Liu brought Meng Qi's box of gifts for Meng Wan, and explained to Wang Shi while holding back tears, "It's not our princess' fault. Meng Zhi couldn't have said anything else, but she had to bring up the affairs of the prince's concubines. She said that you can't control your husband, and told the princess not to learn from you. Tell me, how can the princess bear it?"

Wang didn't know the truth. "Why is Meng Zhi like this? We weren't the ones who sent her to Prince Cheng's mansion. Would she really want to humiliate Sister Qi in front of so many people? Besides, it's my incompetence that I can't keep the prince at bay. What does it have to do with Sister Qi?"

"Mother, don't take it personally. Meng Zhi isn't targeting anyone. She just hates everyone in our house. Have you forgotten that she didn't treat Third Aunt well the last time she went to the Hong family, which made Big Sister very embarrassed? She has been locked up in Prince Cheng's mansion for a long time. It's rare for her to see the Meng family, so she just wanted to say a few words when she got the chance."

Although Meng Wan said this, he was confused in his heart. Meng Qi had made it very clear that he should be on good terms with Meng Zhi, but now he was arguing with Meng Zhi. What did this mean?

Although Meng Qi didn't come back, Meng Juan did, and she walked into Shanzhi Hall with a smile on her face early in the morning. Meng Wan looked at her dark circles that couldn't be covered up even with powder, and felt very happy. It was a pity that Meng Qi couldn't see it, otherwise the girl would definitely have said something sarcastic to Meng Juan.