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

Meng Wan reached out her hand and gently wiped away the tears that were sliding down Zhou Yu's eyes. She seemed to have guessed something, but was not sure. She just wiped it gently and listened to Zhou Yu continue talking.

"When I woke up again, I was sitting on a chair in a small room. My body was in severe pain. It was not the pain in my head and body from drinking too much, but the pain from being beaten. My hands were tied behind my back on the chair, and my clothes were in tatters. I was very familiar with this. This was what happened every time I was whipped by my father.

"I was very confused. What happened? Why was I whipped when I was unconscious? Was it my father who whipped me? And how was Yanfu? With so much blood, the child must have been lost, but was she okay? I even thought that if my father hated her because she lost her child, I would send her to the iron shop and raise her in the future.

"The room was dark, with only a small window above my head and the door ajar. I don't remember there being such a room in the palace, at least I had never been there. I was in pain and thirst and couldn't move, so I just wanted someone to come in and tell me what was going on.

“Someone really came, it was my father and Mrs. Hu, followed by Mrs. Hong and a little girl I didn’t know.

"Someone outside pushed open the door and told my father that I was awake. I saw my father come into the room with a livid face, holding the whip in his hand. I don't know if it was because my eyes were blurry, but I could actually see blood on the whip. At that time, I was still thinking, could it be mine?

"Mrs. Hu looked at me and them, took out a handkerchief, covered her eyes and started crying quietly. She said, 'Brother Yu, how could you do such a thing? That's your father's aunt, and she's pregnant with your father's child. That's your brother or sister. Even if you like her, no matter how much you like her, you shouldn't, you shouldn't...'

"How come I couldn't understand what she was saying? But before I could open my mouth to ask, my father whipped me with a whip, very fast and very fierce, whipping my clothes to pieces and spraying them onto the opposite wall with a trail of blood. Before I could react, he whipped me again. I never knew my father's whipping was so accurate. That whip knocked my crown off. I felt like my scalp was blown away, and a cool breeze blew.

"I bent over in pain, trying to cover the wound, but I was tied up. I asked loudly what happened and why did you hit me. My father gritted his teeth and said, 'I'm going to beat you to death today to clean up the house for the Zhou family, you're a prodigal son who is worse than an animal. You actually coveted your father's concubine, and while everyone was not at home, you not only raped her, but also made her lose her child. You evil creature, how could you have the heart to do that to her? She was pregnant, how could you..." After he finished speaking, he whipped me again. Maybe he was too excited, and I dodged to the side and avoided the fatal whip. At the same time, I seemed to understand something.

"I said loudly, I didn't, I don't know what he said. I just heard that Yanfu was not well and bleeding, I asked Xuefu to find a doctor, and I went to Junyueju because I was anxious. At this time, Mrs. Hu stood up and pointed at me with shaking hands, 'I didn't believe what they said, and I advised the prince not to be impulsive, but what did you call her just now? You called her Yanfu, is your father's aunt's name you can call out?'

"When she said that, my father got even angrier and whipped me again. Although he didn't hit my face, I could smell blood in my mouth. I spat out a lot of blood. I felt like I was going to die, I was going to be beaten to death by him. I seemed to see my mother, she was standing anxiously at the door but couldn't get in.

"Maybe I scared them by vomiting blood. My father put away the whip and sat on the chair opposite, panting. My ears were buzzing, but strangely I could hear everything clearly. He said that I wanted to violate Yanfu, but Yanfu refused and fought with me. She got injured and even lost the baby in her belly. Haha, Mrs. Hu wiped her tears and continued to say that they didn't believe the maid's words at first. They just looked at me lying on the ground, and that place was so high..."

Zhou Yu turned around, lay flat on his back, stared at the ceiling and said quietly, "It's really hard for Mrs. Hu. When things were so chaotic, she still... Haha, at this time, Lord Shen couldn't hear anything wrong with her words."

"Then what happened next? How did you..." Although Meng Wan asked softly, he was furious inside. How much did Zhou Yiheng dislike Zhou Yu? He started fighting without even asking any questions and didn't even give Zhou Yu a chance to defend himself. He didn't deserve to be a father at all.

"Qing'er, I have never been so desperate. I really thought I was going to die. My head felt heavy and I couldn't open my eyes. I could only see Mrs. Hu's mouth opening and closing, but I couldn't hear any sound. I was very thirsty, but no one poured me water. I was in pain all over, but no one applied medicine. I looked at the bright sun outside and even thought that I would never see my sister's child again, and I would never hear him call me uncle.

"Just when I felt that the last bit of my strength was about to be drained away, I saw Yanfu coming in, followed by a group of people. Yanfu was still so pale, and she knelt in front of my father as soon as she entered the house. At this time, I actually heard their conversation clearly again. First, Mrs. Hu complained about why the servants let Yanfu come out. Then she said that Yanfu should be taken care of, and the prince would give her an explanation. She asked someone to help Yanfu out, and persuaded the prince to calm down, saying that this was a family disgrace, and it would be embarrassing for the prince's mansion if it was too big. Besides, I was beaten and taught a lesson, so it would be better for me to kneel in the ancestral hall for a few days without eating or drinking to atone for the unborn child in Yanfu's belly.

"Haha, given my situation at the time, if I was really taken there, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to survive that night, not to mention not being able to eat or drink. I saw my father looking at me hesitantly, then looking at Yanfu, as if he had made up his mind and was about to speak, but Yanfu said first, it wasn't me."

Zhou Yu pressed his temple, "Yan Fu said, it's not that I wanted to violate her, but I saw her getting angry with another man, and when I went up to question that man, they started fighting, and she was knocked down by us while breaking up the fight, and accidentally hurt her stomach. As for why I went to Junyueju, it was because she was dissatisfied with Xue Fu being just a little girl in Qinghe Garden, and wanted to stand up for her sister, but the people in the yard didn't allow her to go out, so she let Xue Fu trick me out when everyone was away. But she didn't expect that I went there so quickly, and met her and that man discussing how to tell me.

"Everyone was surprised by Yanfu's words. Mrs. Hu's voice even changed. She asked her why she was talking nonsense. Where did other men come from? There has always been only me. But Yanfu stood up, leaning against the wall and said to her father that she never wanted to be his concubine. She had someone she liked. She originally thought of redeeming herself and getting married when she was old enough, but she didn't expect to be taken in by her father. She had no choice, but she never broke off contact with that person. They would meet whenever they had the chance, but she did a good job and was never discovered by everyone.

"When Yanfu said this, everyone was stunned. My father's face was as pale as the bottom of a pot. I could even see the thick vein on his forehead that seemed to be about to burst. Then Yanfu's words made him furious."

"What did Yan Fu say?"

"Yan Fu said that the baby in her belly might not be the prince's. She originally wanted to raise that man's child and use the title of the young master or young lady of the prince's mansion as compensation to that man, but she didn't expect that their affair would be discovered by me. She didn't want to say it at first, and just let it go, but she felt guilty and couldn't let me bear the blame, so she came and she said it.

"My father obviously believed her words. He grabbed Yanfu's collar and asked who the man was. Yanfu was held up by him like a puppet, and blood flowed from her lower body. Yanfu smiled and said that she would not tell anyone. Then she cursed my father, saying that he listened to other people's slander without even asking, and beat his own son like this. She also said that the princess had a vicious heart and would not die a good death. She killed the previous princess and was going to harm her son. She would be punished and her children would not have a good ending. Finally, she looked at me and said she was sorry for making me suffer in vain. She begged me to take good care of Xuefu. Then, then, she, Yanfu..."

When Zhou Yu said this, he closed his eyes tightly and tears fell again. Meng Wan tightly held Zhou Yu's hand which was placed under the quilt.

"Yanfu hit the wall and bled a lot. The strange thing was that her blood sprayed on my father, Mrs. Hu, and the people behind us, but not on me. Mrs. Hu, in particular, had her blood all over her face. She was terrified and ran out of the room screaming. It was the first time I saw her like that. My father was also frightened. He stood there and watched Yanfu slowly go limp, then looked up at me, then asked the servants to help me back and ask a doctor to come and see me."