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

After several heavy snowfalls, the sky cleared up and the north wind blew hard and it was so dry and cold that people couldn't even stretch out their hands.

Meng Wan forced herself out of the warm bed and let Chuan'er hand her the clothes that had been warmed on the kang.

In this evil old society, you have to ask for permission every day for everything you do. It’s so cold today, and people can’t even have a good sleep.

Zhou Yu was fine. Unless there was something special, he would go to Master Bao's place early in the morning. Mrs. Hu never said anything when he didn't go to pay his respects. But he had another set of words to say to her. Thinking that he had found an excuse not to go a few days ago, Zhou Yiheng started talking about filial piety during dinner.

When we first got married, Zhou Yu blocked us, and there were many things to do, so even if we didn't go for a few days, Mrs. Hu wouldn't say anything. But now that the weather is getting colder, she's getting excited. If you don't go in the morning, then she'll definitely send someone to call you in the evening. Today you're going to eat, tomorrow you're going to look at fabrics, and the day after tomorrow you're going to discuss some trivial matter... In short, she'll make you run once before she'll stop.

Summarizing past experience, Meng Wan decided to go in the morning. First, she could shut them up. After greeting them, she could use the excuse that it was the end of the year and she had things to do in the yard, so she could come back early. Second, she wouldn't have to bother herself at night, so she could free up her hands to deal with some things. Otherwise, she would stay the whole night and waste her time arguing with them, and it would be hard to find an excuse to come back early at night.

Meng Wan had just finished washing up when Cai'er brought him breakfast, a bowl of glutinous rice porridge, a pie, two small mixed vegetables, a few dried fish and a plate of thinly sliced ​​beef.

Meng Wan really liked such a simple breakfast. She didn’t understand why Hu had filled the table with food. Was it just to show off her status?

Now I can have a hot breakfast in my own room, all thanks to Zhou Yu. Ever since the two of them thought it would be best to build a small kitchen in the yard, Zhou Yu began to look for opportunities.

A few days ago, Zhou Yu made an exception and went to pay his respects to Mrs. Hu early in the morning and had lunch. Then he got a diarrheal upset when he came back, and no improvement was seen even after consulting two or three doctors.

No matter how much Zhou Yiheng disliked his son, he had to come and see him, so he brought Hu and the other children to Qinghe Garden.

Zhou Yu was lying on the kang, holding his stomach, his face was frighteningly pale, which really frightened Zhou Yiheng. He originally thought that his second son was causing trouble with Mrs. Hu again, but looking at his appearance, he was afraid that he had eaten something bad.

Mrs. Hu was also terrified. Although she wished Zhou Yu would die sooner, she couldn't let him die like this. She wouldn't be stupid enough to let Zhou Yu eat unclean food in her yard. Besides, that morning, Zhou Yu said he was going to eat at Junyueju. Zhou Zheng was afraid that he might have some idea, so he specially accompanied him to eat. Besides Zhou Yu, everyone else ate the same food, and nothing happened to them. Only he was in this state.

Zhou Yu looked at everyone looking at him with different expressions, and forced a smile and said, "Princess, don't blame yourself. I'm afraid it's because of my own health. It's just that no one wants to have such a thing happen, especially Princess. If something unpleasant is spread out, I'm afraid it will be hard to explain. I think it's better to..."

It was rare for Mrs. Hu to hear Zhou Yu say something decent. Although she knew that his "not as good as" must have a sequel, she couldn't help but respond, "Brother Yu, what do you think?"

"Why not build a small kitchen in our Qinghe Garden? This way, the princess won't have to prepare breakfast for us. More importantly, this kind of misunderstanding will not happen again."

Mrs. Hu was stunned. If she hadn't looked at Zhou Yu's pale face and obviously thin cheeks, she would have suspected whether this was a trick Zhou Yu used to build a small kitchen.

Zhou Yiheng looked back at Mrs. Hu and said, "I think it's reasonable to build one for Qinghe Garden. The eldest brother has one in his yard, but the second brother doesn't."

With just one sentence, everyone in the room was stunned. Zhou Yiheng had never spoken like this for Zhou Yu before. Zhou Yu was also surprised. He originally thought that he would have to spend more time talking.

Mrs. Hu was shocked. What happened? She had been focusing on the two plans and the palace banquet. Could it be that there was something she didn't know?

Zhou Ming and Xie Fen looked at each other, feeling unwilling. Zhong Cuiyuan built the small kitchen after she became pregnant with Hong Ge because she was worried that it would be inconvenient to eat at night. But Meng Wan didn't make any move at all.

Although everyone had different thoughts, since Zhou Yiheng had spoken, naturally no one would refute him. Hu even clapped her hands, complaining that she was not thoughtful enough.

The next day, the small kitchen was built in the alley between the back room and the tea room. It was cold, and bricks and wooden boards were difficult to build, so they just made a simple one and waited for the next spring to build it properly.

Meng Wan was heartbroken. For the sake of this small kitchen, she made Zhou Yu take a handful of pills prepared by Qing Ning. Although they had no harm to the body, he had to run to the toilet several times.

After eating and drinking, Meng Wan felt warmer. When he sat in the warm sedan chair to Junyue Residence, the sky was just getting light.

Entering the courtyard, I saw several people standing under the main porch. Xie Fen stood in front, followed by the nurse holding Hongge. Then there was Zhou Yinghan, rubbing her hands and whispering something to Li. Yu looked nonchalant, looking impatiently into the house from time to time. Looking further back, it turned out to be Xiaohuan, whom I hadn't seen for a long time. She was standing there quietly in a cloak. It was cold, so she wore a lot of clothes, and she didn't look pregnant.

Meng Wan was a little surprised. What was Mrs. Hu going to do? It was cold and slippery. Was she going to let Xiaohuan come to pay respects at this time to show her authority as the mistress? Was Mrs. Hu still needed to establish her authority in the Prince Shen's Mansion?

Seeing Meng Wan coming, everyone greeted each other. Meng Wan took a few steps forward, avoiding Xiao Huan and went to tease Hong Ge in the wet nurse's arms.

The child might have been woken up. Although his eyes were open, he did not look very energetic. He yawned occasionally and leaned sideways on his nurse.

If this was Zhou Zheng's child, I wonder if Mrs. Hu would still do this. She always uses filial piety to pressure others. What kind of ability is it to torment such a grown child? It's really ridiculous. She pressures filial piety on an ignorant child, but the grown sons don't have to come to pay their respects every morning, including Zhou Qin, who has moved to the outer courtyard after turning ten.

Zhou Ming and Xie Fen are useless. If it were Zhou Yu, if she had to hold the child and suffer the cold here, she would have to tear off the roof of the main house in Junyueju.

But these have nothing to do with me, I can sing whatever I want. Now I just need to stay away from Xiao Huan and don't let anything really happen to me.

After a while, Mother Hong came out and lifted the cotton curtain, greeting her repeatedly. Meng Wan followed Xie Fen into the central hall, and heard Zhou Yingning's coquettish voice coming from the east room. She didn't know what she was asking for from Mrs. Hu, but Mrs. Hu probably didn't agree, which made Zhou Yingning keep calling her mother.

Meng Wan snorted coldly in his heart. Hu got up early. She knew there were a lot of people outside, but she wanted to make you freeze before she came in.

Mrs. Hu first saw Hong Ge being held by the nurse, she put away her smile and said in a feigned anger, "Why did you bring the child here in such a cold weather? Yesterday it was just a joke, did you take it seriously, or did Ming Ge take it seriously? How can you torture a child like this? If the prince sees this, he will be so distressed."

As she spoke, she reached out to hug Hongge, but Hongge had woken up early and was still not fully awake. He twisted his body and tilted his head towards the wet nurse, ignoring Hu.

Xie Fen suppressed her anger and stepped forward with a perfect smile, "I'm here to pay my respects to the princess. It's really my fault that I didn't think carefully enough. I just thought about not asking him to come out in such a cold weather, but I forgot that the princess hasn't seen Brother Hong for many days. How could I not miss him? That's why I brought him here to pay my respects to you. I want you to see that our Brother Hong eats well and sleeps well."

After saying that, he clapped his hands, took his son, and said to Mrs. Hu, "Our brother Hong pays his respects to grandmother."

Meng Wan understood that it must be Hu's sarcastic remarks that made Xie Fen have to torment her son. In fact, the more Hu was inconsiderate to Xie Fen, the better it was for her. Killing Hu's right-hand men was her next step.

Mrs. Hu felt comfortable watching Xie Fen's reluctant yet helpless look. "You little brat, I let you mess around with Xiaohuan's affairs, and if I don't teach you a lesson, do you really think I can't deal with that Second Wife without you?"

After watching the fight between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Meng Wan stepped forward and bowed to greet them. Zhou Yinghan took a few quick steps and followed Meng Wan.

Then came Li and Yu, who were noisily speaking hypocritical words.

The last one was Xiaohuan. She knelt down and greeted him without even taking off her cloak.

Mrs. Hu obviously didn't know that Xiaohuan was also here. She narrowed her eyes and looked unhappy, and turned to look at Mother Hong. Mother Hong was also surprised. She didn't know when Xiaohuan came. It was all her fault for not paying attention. If she knew that this person was also here, she wouldn't have left them alone for most of the day.

"Why are you here? The road is so slippery, what if you fall?" There was dissatisfaction in Mrs. Hu's tone.

Xiaohuan nervously pulled at the strap of her cloak and looked up at Xie Fen.

Xie Fen smiled slightly, "After the princess said those words yesterday, Concubine Li went back and scolded her daughter-in-law severely, saying that it had been three days since I brought Brother Hong to pay my respects, and that I didn't know the etiquette. She also said, don't rely on the princess' kindness to know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is.

"I originally meant to scold my daughter-in-law, but I didn't expect Xiaohuan to take it to heart. She begged me to bring her this morning, saying that she hadn't come to ask the princess to be her concubine since she was pregnant, and that she was ignorant. My daughter-in-law didn't dare to bring her here without the princess's permission, but she came here with her maid. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of her."

Mrs. Hu looked at Xie Fen's annoying look, closed her eyes, and put on another expression, "You are honest. I was just saying it yesterday. I haven't seen Brother Hong for a few days, and I miss him a lot. This child needs to be taught from a young age so that he can be filial when he grows up. Your child is still in your belly, so why do you need all this?"

Xiao Huan whispered, "It is my fault that I am ignorant. Even though I am pregnant, I cannot forget my duty. Now that the baby is firmly in my womb, I can come with Grand Madam to pay my respects."

Mrs. Hu waved her hand and asked the maid to bring an embroidery stool to Xiaohuan. Xiaohuan looked at this and that with fear and trepidation, and it took a long time before she sat down.