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

"Second Madam, Second Madam, I have made an important discovery." Cai'er pushed the door open with excitement on her face.

Mother Kong lifted the cotton curtain from the east room and came out, smiling, "Go warm up first, don't bring the cold to Second Madam."

Cai'er stuck out her tongue, "Second Madam is in the room, right?"

"Yes, Chuan'er and Shanling just went to the kitchen. Second Grandma said we should eat hotpot together in the evening."

"Great! This is the best thing to eat in such a cold weather." Cai'er took off her cotton jacket. "Thank you, Mama. Ask someone to keep an eye on them. I have something important to tell Second Madam."

"Go ahead, I'll let Dongmei come over." After saying that, he picked up Cai'er's cotton jacket and pushed the door open to go out.

"Look how cold you are. Come and warm your hands." Meng Wan looked at Cai'er who came in with a red face. She was as attractive as an attractive red apple in the sun.

Cai'er walked to the stove, placed her hands on it, and blew a breath on it. She turned her head and looked outside, and said mysteriously, "Second Madam, it seems to me that Chuntao is not at home?"

"Not at home? What's going on?"

"When I went to deliver the medicine, I had no intention of going inside. I just wanted to give it to her. But it was so cold, and her mother didn't even let me in. She just stood at the door and talked to me. This is so abnormal. I was here to care about Chuntao on your behalf." Cai'er picked up a piece of peach preserves from the dried fruit box and handed it to Meng Wan, and then she continued,

"At first I didn't think much about it, but seeing how anxious Chun Tao was to let me go, I decided to go see what was going on. So I said I wanted to see for myself how Chun Tao was doing, where she was injured, and why she hadn't recovered after so many days. I also said that Second Madam said that if it was serious, we should ask a good doctor to come and see her, and not be afraid of spending money, after all, she was injured while serving Second Master.

"As I was talking, I went into the house. Just as I stepped into the inner room, Chuntao's sister-in-law came out with a bad face. She stopped me and said that Chuntao had just taken medicine and fell asleep. When she woke up, she would tell Chuntao that I had visited her on behalf of the Second Madam and asked her to get better soon so that she could come back to work. But I didn't see anyone lying on the kang. I even stretched my head to take a look, but Chuntao's sister-in-law pushed me out and said, "Don't pass on your illness to me again." You said, Chuntao didn't have any disease. Didn't she accidentally twist it when serving the Second Master? Why are you afraid of passing on your illness to others? There must be something fishy going on. Second Madam, I saw that Chuntao didn't stay at home to recuperate. Where do you think she went?"

Meng Wan chewed the peach preserves carefully. She particularly liked this kind of snack. Although there were few varieties and poor taste in ancient times, it was original in flavor and did not have a long list of ingredients like in modern times.

"So she never came back."

"Ah? Second Madam, what did you say?"

Meng Wan clapped his hands and told Cai'er what Chuan'er had heard from Song Zhu's family.

"What? He was taken away on the same day? To the south of the city, where is that?" Cai'er looked puzzled.

"I don't know either, but this must be the work of the princess."

"princess?"

"That's right. Chuntao was originally the princess's person. What happened that night was obviously that Mother Fan was instigated by Chuntao to help her climb into bed, but she failed in the end. Maybe she felt embarrassed or was afraid that I would come back and pursue the matter, so she simply said that she was injured and went home to rest. And today the princess specifically told me to let Chuntao rest for a few more days. The princess must have arranged for Chuntao to do something, which will take some time, so she specifically mentioned her."

"What can we do? It's a pity that we didn't catch up and take a look at it in time."

"It's not easy to get this information. If we hadn't asked the Song Zhu family to keep an eye on her in advance, we would still think Chuntao was at home. It doesn't matter. We can't do anything outside the outer courtyard. I will talk to the Second Master tonight to see if he can find out anything. Also, remember to tell Chuan'er to talk to the Song Zhu family to see if anyone from Chuntao's family has gone to the south of the city, or if anyone has visited them, or if they have brought anything with them. Do you understand?"

"I understand. What Second Grandma meant is to see if there are any people who have close contact with their family during this period."

Meng Wan nodded and said, "Go to the outer courtyard and call Xue Fu to eat with you. I haven't met this girl yet. I don't know if you gained anything from going to Hongluo Temple with her."

After Meng Wan finished speaking, she didn't hear Cai'er say anything for a long time. She looked up at Cai'er in confusion. However, Cai'er's expression, which was normal just now, became a little, how should I put it, a little embarrassed, and her face turned red. Her expression suddenly became awkward, and her voice seemed to be wrong. "Sister Fu came to ask me this morning, saying that if you come back, she would like to come and kowtow to you. But you were busy as soon as you came back, and I went to deliver medicine to Chuntao just now, and I forgot about it."

Meng Wan didn't take Cai Er's abnormality to heart and smiled, "Sister Fu? It seems that you and Xue Fu get along well?"

"Well, Second Madam, Xue Fu will be here soon. You will definitely like her. She is not only beautiful, but also eloquent and capable. I regret that I didn't meet her earlier."

Meng Wan smiled and said, it seems that it is just as Zhou Yu said, the two girls have similar personalities and they are compatible in temperament.

"Even Brother Wu praised Xuefu."

"Brother Wu, Wu Hen?" Meng Wan remembered that Zhou Yu asked Wu Hen to protect them both to Hongluo Temple. She originally thought that Wu Hen was in the dark, just like he protected her back today. Although she didn't see him, she knew he was by her side, so she felt very relieved.

"Second Madam, do you know Brother Wu? I wanted to tell you about him. Second Madam, Brother Wu is amazing. He can fly, and he walks without making any sound. In the past two days, I haven't seen him smile. No, I can say that I haven't seen any special expression on his face. The only difference is that when he saved me and Xuefu, he praised Xuefu."

"Save you? What's going on? What happened to you? Did something happen?" Meng Wan stood up nervously and walked to Cai'er. "Let me see if you are injured. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Cai Er waved her hands repeatedly, "It's okay, it's okay, I used the wrong word, it was just that when I was on the mountain, I had a small accident."

Looking at Meng Wan's concerned eyes, Cai'er told him the whole story.

Because the people who went there this time were all the unimportant people in the courtyards, they were not very sincere in praying for Xiaohuan, but they were happy to stay in Hongluo Temple for two days. The one who took them there was a housekeeper who was usually unimportant beside Hu. She just asked everyone to go and burn incense on time. After burning incense, everyone was free to do whatever they wanted and gather in the main hall to chant scriptures in the evening. As long as nothing happened, a lot of people were fine.

Cai'er went there with a purpose, but after all, if two people went to each courtyard, there would be more than ten people in total. It was not possible to contact them all in such a short time. Therefore, Cai'er focused on the servants of Junyueju and Zhongcuiyuan.

Three of the four people were old women. After burning incense, they went to find a master to tell their family members about this and that. They didn't even talk to Cai'er. Instead, the seventh sister from Junyueju caught Cai'er's attention.

People outside say that the seventh sister has a mental disorder. She only knows how to work and only does what others tell her to do. For example, if you ask her to water the flowers over here, she will never water the flowers over there as well.

But Cai'er doesn't think so. The seventh sister is stubborn, thinks in a simple way, speaks and works slowly, and often repeats a sentence or a task many times, so no one likes her. She has no relatives and no one talks to her on weekdays, so she has developed a dull, quiet personality and is not very good at dealing with others.

But Cai'er discovered that the seventh sister had very dexterous hands. Although she was a maid and her clothes and things were the worst among the servants in the mansion, she kept everything very clean. The flowers and grass embroidered on her handkerchief were particularly lifelike.

What surprised Cai Er even more was that Qi Mei not only knew how to read, but she could also copy other people's writings. During the blessing process, everyone's name and a blessing were written together and then placed on the tribute platform.

Those who went were all lowly servants, few of whom could write. They all asked the people in the mansion to prepare the letters before they went, writing them on a small piece of paper, and then someone would copy them down.