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

"You can go and tell her tomorrow about Guan Wei's family and Fuchun's family..." Chuan'er nodded as he listened.

"So, now that she has the prince's permission, she can visit Aunt Huan at any time?" Meng Wan asked softly.

"Yes, it is said that Concubine Huan was frightened this time and has started to drink pregnancy-preserving medicine in the past few days. The prince felt that it was inconvenient for Mrs. Zhong to make the medicine and then bring it to Concubine Huan, so he simply asked Mrs. Zhong to go to the courtyard at a certain time."

"If that's the case, can she still take care of the accounting office?"

"She just boiled medicine for Aunt Huan for two days, and the eldest grandmother told her to temporarily stop working in the accounting office and focus on taking care of Aunt Huan. But she didn't expect the princess to disagree, saying that boiling medicine was just a handy thing and she didn't need to watch over it every day, so how could she give up the work in the accounting office. Besides, it's almost the end of the year, and the accounting office is the busiest place. An experienced old lady like Mrs. Zhong is just in time for her, so she should go to the accounting office."

Meng Wan understood that Mrs. Hu was beginning to compete with Xie Fen. It seemed that Mrs. Hu must have analyzed that Xie Fen was involved in Xiao Huan's accident. She didn't know whether Xie Fen wanted to frame her or not, but Mrs. Hu must be angry that Xie Fen dragged Zhou Yingning into it, although this was not Xie Fen's original intention.

This is very good. The accountant's office now has three generals, one is Guan Wei from the Hu family, one is Xie Fen from the Fuchun family, and the other is the neutral Mrs. Zhong. This way it is balanced.

This also confirmed his earlier guess that Mrs. Hu wanted to use this opportunity to deal with both him and Xie Fen. But Xie Fen obviously didn't expect that Mrs. Hu was thinking of using this opportunity to plant more of her own people in the accounting office or take advantage of them, so she wanted to drive Mrs. Zhong out.

After Meng Wan arranged everything, she stood up happily after watching Chuan'er walk out. It was great. With Mrs. Zhong's surrender and her precious Seventh Sister, she could already imagine the "surprised" expression on Hu's face when she stopped.

Of course, the premise is that the five assumptions I made that day are correct.

After Meng Wan finally finished drinking the "health-preserving soup", the little girl beside Mother Fan stopped running to the small kitchen, saying that Mother Fan's old cold legs had come back and she had to be taken care of.

While Meng Wan sent someone to get medicine for Mother Fan, he discussed with Zhou Yu that it would be better to let Mother Fan go home and rest for a while.

Zhou Yu talked to Mother Fan about this, but Mother Fan wiped her tears and said that in previous years, this time of year was always her busiest time, and she had to take care of the yard no matter how uncomfortable she was. This year, the Second Grandmother came in, and the Second Master didn't need her anymore, and asked her to go home. I'm afraid that this family will not be allowed to come back after they go, which made the maids and women in the yard not know what was going on, and they secretly watched the fun.

Zhou Yu was helpless. He had mixed feelings facing Fan's mother. On the one hand, he was grateful for her taking care of him for so many years and being loyal to him. On the other hand, he blamed her for not being able to tell the difference between the two and not being able to understand her position.

But Zhou Yu knew that he could no longer let Mother Fan ruin his and Qing'er's plans like this. He let her stay in the yard now because there were several things that needed her to play the good cop.

It was Meng Wan who came up with a good idea. Because Chuntao had returned, he did not take the initiative to take back the work that Lvliu and Wanxia had divided up, but wandered around the yard idly. Today he would sit in this room for a while, tomorrow he would go to another yard to talk for a while, and the day after tomorrow he would find an excuse to go home.

Meng Wan really hated her behavior of not being able to cover up the failure of the matter, so she simply asked her to serve Mother Fan.

Meng Wan also forcefully took back the power in Fan's mother's hands. Meng Wan's original words were, "I didn't know you still had such an old illness. If I had known earlier, I would have taken medicine to regulate my condition in the fall. What can I do? There are so many things to do at the end of the year, but you collapsed. In this case, you should have a good rest and leave the Second Master's affairs to Kong's mother. Anyway, you are not going back to the back street. Kong's mother can ask you anytime if you have any questions."

This was said in front of Zhou Yu. Mother Fan opened her mouth in surprise and looked at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Second Aunt is right. The end of the year is the time for socializing and exchanging gifts. Looking at your current situation, how can the outer and inner courtyards be so busy? Let Mother Kong take care of you for a while. Wait until the New Year is over and you are better, then we can talk about it."

Mother Fan was so angry, but there was nothing she could do. She originally thought of pretending to be sick and tricking Second Mistress at the end of the year, waiting for Second Mistress to come find her when she was busy with Second Master's social engagements and didn't know where to go. But she didn't think about how she could convince Second Master to give up her only power.

Can I get it back next year?

In the evening, Chuntao entered Mother Fan's room and said with a smile, "Mom, you don't have to be angry with Second Grandma. This is not bad."

Mother Fan didn't understand and asked her how it could be correct.

"You can just hand it in if you want, and let them do it. But I don't believe that Mama still has all those who visited Second Master frequently in the past years recorded in the book. There must be one or two people who have a good or average relationship and have missed one or two. If Mama Kong asks, you can remember if you are happy, but you may make a mistake if you are unhappy."

Mother Fan's eyes lit up. Yes, how could she forget? Because Mrs. Hu never cared about the New Year gifts from Second Master's friends, she had taken care of them herself in previous years. She also paid for Second Master's expenses at the end of the year and in the first month of the year. So, except for the big and important ones, which she kept account for, the rest were all in her mind, and they were almost the same every year.

"Oh, dear Chuntao, it has to be you. Second Madam asked you to come and keep me company, I have to thank her."

Chuntao poured a cup of hot tea for Mother Fan and said with a smile, "I know how many times Mother Fan has taken care of me. For example, the last time with Second Master... If it weren't for Mother Fan, I wouldn't have gotten the chance. I just hope that if Chuntao needs Mother Fan in the future, she will help me and stand by my side."

Mother Fan was only thinking about how to hinder Meng Wan's social connections with Zhou Yu at the end of the year, and she didn't understand the hidden meaning in Chun Tao's words at all.

Chuntao looked at Mother Fan with a smug look on her face and nodded. She touched her belly and it seemed that she was really pregnant.

Someone just told me that when I go home tomorrow, the princess has sent someone to ask a gynecologist to check my pulse.

Haha, my good days are coming.

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There was still a month before the Chinese New Year, and Mrs. Hu had not recovered from the incident with Xiaohuan. Zhou Yiheng originally wanted his two daughters-in-law to go to Junyue Residence to take care of him at night, but Mrs. Hu rejected the idea, giving a very kind reason.

"It's the end of the year, and everyone has a lot of things to do in the yard, and my eldest daughter-in-law has to help me worry about the trivial matters in the mansion. Because the third girl is ignorant, the second girl has to work harder. Besides, I have so many maids and servants in this house, and I can use them when I can't use them now."

This was said beautifully, causing Zhou Yiheng to nod his head frequently and smile. Ever since Xiaohuan almost lost the baby, Zhou Yiheng was really angry and didn't come to Hu's place for several days. Hu invited him in under the pretext of discussing year-end matters with Zhou Yiheng.

"That's fine, but you don't have to wait on the sick at night, but you should be careful about paying respects in the morning. I see that the second son's wife doesn't come every day."

"It's my idea. Ayu is busy. I heard that he always comes in at the sound of the curfew gong at night. I want him to sleep a little longer in the morning. The second daughter-in-law should naturally serve Ayu. And I heard that she hasn't figured out the matter of Qinghe Garden yet. It's the end of the year now. It would be unreasonable if she doesn't take action. Let her take care of it herself."

Zhou Yiheng frowned when he heard this and looked at his second son, Zhou Yu, who was sitting there lazily. "What are you busy with? Why do you come back so late every day?"

Every five days, the men of the Zhou family would go to Junyueju in the morning.

"Not every day, only occasionally. Where did the princess get the news from? The concierge? Oh, I'll tear his mouth apart later."

Mrs. Hu straightened her headband and was about to speak when Zhou Yiheng said, "I'm telling you, it's the end of the year now, so you better be quiet. I heard that you went to play ice hockey with Li He the other day and hit the ball into Prince Rui's sedan chair?"

"It's okay, Prince Rui is not in the sedan chair." Zhou Yu said disapprovingly.

"Is it okay if you don't sit? The prince's sedan chair is far away on the shore, far away from the center of the lake. Why are you exerting so much effort?"

"I heard that second brother won a prize that day. I don't know what precious thing it was, but it made him dare to offend the prince's sedan chair." Zhou Zheng put down the teacup, looking harmless.

"What's the prize? What's going on? A Zheng, do you know?" Zhou Ming asked with interest.

Zhou Zheng smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "I'm nosy, let my second brother talk, don't blame me later."

Zhou Yu snorted and sat up straight. "Anything else? We've eaten, talked, and understood each other. I have to go back to bed. I have an appointment with Gao Yang to go horse racing tomorrow."