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

Everyone was stunned at first, but Hongzhe stepped forward and said, "Grandfather, you should go out and greet them quickly."

Meng Changfeng reacted, and Meng Yuan's beard was curled with joy. Look, so what if he is a prince? He is still my, Meng Yuan's, son-in-law. He has to come to wish me a happy new year during this important festival. When I meet with those old masters again tomorrow, I will tell them everything.

When everyone arrived at the gate of Songhe Garden, Prince Rui was striding in, followed by a maid carrying a warm sedan chair.

Meng Wan heard Meng Juan, who was standing behind him, gasp for air, probably because she was surprised by Prince Rui's appearance.

When Meng Changfeng saw Prince Rui, he lifted his cotton robe and was about to kneel down. Prince Rui quickly took a few steps with a warm smile on his face, "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. Today I am here as your grandson-in-law, and there are no such rules."

Meng Changfeng stood up with the help of Prince Rui, and the group of people following him naturally had to look at him. Except for Song, they all knelt down. Meng Yuan looked at everyone kneeling down, and hesitated whether to kneel down as well, but he saw Prince Rui bowing to him, "Father-in-law, I wish you good health."

In one sentence, Meng Yuan's mouth was almost stretched to his ears, "Kang Jian, Kang Jian, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

King Rui turned around and said to everyone, "We are all family today, there is no need to be like this. It is freezing cold, get up quickly, let's talk in the house."

As he spoke, he turned around and saw Meng Qi getting out of the sedan chair. She looked at the hand that King Rui extended, hesitated for a moment, and then gently took it.

Meng Wan looked at Meng Qi, who was dressed very formally, in the standard manner of a princess, with her hair full of pearls and jade, her face covered in thick rouge, and a look of fatigue in her eyes.

Seeing Meng Wan looking at her worriedly, Meng Qi gave a faint smile. Just as she was about to signal that she was fine, she saw Hong Zhe looking at her with a faint smile, and she froze in place for a moment.

In front, Prince Rui was already walking towards the main room, surrounded by Meng Changfeng, Song, Meng Yuan, and Meng Hao. After a few steps, he turned around and looked at Meng Qi. Following Meng Qi's gaze, he saw Hong Zhe and his brows gradually furrowed.

Meng Wan secretly thought that this was not good, and quickly stepped forward to pull Meng Qi's arm, "I didn't know you could come back, you should have sent me a message earlier, so that I and your second brother-in-law can go with you guys."

Meng Qi seemed to come back to her senses when Meng Wan pulled her. She just nodded, said "Second sister" softly, and said nothing more.

Hong Zhe looked at Zhou Yu looking at him and smiled bitterly, while Meng Juan pulled the handkerchief in her hand and looked at Meng Qi passing by her back, wishing she could poke two holes in her. What a shameless person, staring at her without blinking in front of so many people from the Meng family.

Liu came over and pulled Meng Juan's sleeve to signal her to follow, "Let her watch. She can see but can't eat. It would be better if she goes back and gets scolded by Prince Rui."

Meng Juan felt much better when she heard her mother say this. That's right. You didn't want to be with the gentle and kind Prince Rui, but you were still thinking about someone else's husband. Humph, you deserved to be disliked by Prince Rui.

Thinking about what Mrs. Hong had said the other day as a joke, that Prince Rui had never entered Meng Qi's room until now, and perhaps because the marriage had not been consummated, Meng Juan's eyes almost popped out of her head in surprise.

The two accidents happened on the first day of my marriage, which made my originally smooth married life start off very badly. In addition, I have been married for so long, but I still haven't gotten pregnant. Seeing that there is no pregnancy after the first month of the year, the contraceptive soup given by my aunt and concubine will be stopped. I am so anxious that I can't do anything. I have to eat the medicine as if it were a meal.

But seeing that Meng Wan had been married into the palace for almost half a year, there was still no movement. When she heard that Meng Qi hadn't even consummated the marriage, Meng Juan felt relieved for some reason. Humph, it seemed that she and these two were equally matched, humph, especially Meng Qi. After all, she was marrying the person she loved, and just based on this point, she could suppress her.

So what if she was a princess? If she didn't consummate the marriage, it wasn't just a matter of whether she was favored or not. She could be deposed at any time.

Thinking of this, she raised her head high again. If she wanted to stop, she would stop. Whoever gave birth to a son first should bring him to her room. She would raise him since he was a child, and she didn't believe that he wouldn't be accustomed to him. At worst, killing the mother and keeping the son was also a good idea.

Inside the room, Meng Changfeng gave the main seat to King Rui, and he and Meng Yuan sat on both sides.

Prince Rui displayed the demeanor of a very cultured and elegant young man. He chatted with Meng Changfeng enthusiastically and attentively. Even when Meng Yuan occasionally said some extremely meaningless words, he responded with a smile, without any airs of a prince at all.

After finishing his words, King Rui looked around and asked, "Why don't I see my mother-in-law?"

Meng Shao took the initiative to talk at this time. He stood up and bowed, "Your Highness, my mother has caught a cold and is feeling unwell."

King Rui hummed, "In that case, I will go and visit him."

Meng Qi was lowering her head, not knowing what she was thinking. She had been like this since she entered the house. She let the servants take off her cloak and sat there mechanically following Meng Wan. Even it was Meng Wan who reminded her to perform the formal salute to Meng Changfeng and Song.

Hearing this, she suddenly raised her head. Prince Rui was looking at her with a gentle smile on his face. "Princess, how about you accompany me to visit my mother-in-law?"

Meng Qi stood up quickly, "Isn't the prince going to the palace? Is it too late?"

"It's not too late. I have to pay my New Year's greetings to my mother-in-law."

Meng Changfeng said quickly, "I dare not trouble Your Majesty to move. I have already sent someone to do it. Please wait for a moment, Your Majesty."

Prince Rui waved his hand and said, "How can I trouble my mother-in-law to come and see me? I have already said that I am here to accompany the princess to her parents' home today. There is no prince here, only my son-in-law. My mother-in-law is not feeling well, so I should go and ask her about it." After saying that, he stood up.

So, the whole family stood up and wanted to go together. King Rui said, "Since my mother-in-law is not feeling well, it would not be good for too many people to go. How about asking Zijian to take us there?"

Zijian is Meng Wei's courtesy name.

Meng Wei was stunned, then took a few quick steps and lifted the cotton curtain.

Prince Rui bowed his hands, signaling that the Meng family didn't need to see him off, and strode towards the door. When he passed by Zhou Yu, he stopped and asked with a smile, "Did Yan Yun not go to pay New Year's greetings to his mother-in-law?"

Zhou Yu stepped forward and bowed, "Yes, I came to your place as soon as I arrived."

King Rui nodded and said, "Then let's go together." After that, he walked out first without waiting for Zhou Yu to answer.

Meng Changfeng stood at the door of the main house, watching Prince Rui and his wife leave the courtyard accompanied by Meng Wei and Meng Wan and their wives, with an inexplicable expression on his face.

"My Lord, do you want the kitchen to prepare more dishes?" Song asked softly.

"No need, didn't you hear the fourth girl just say that the prince was going to the palace?"

Jiang gently pulled Meng Shao's sleeve and whispered, "Husband, aren't you going?"

"Why are you going? The prince didn't mention my name." Meng Shao said impatiently, "You too, your mother has been ill these few days, can't you take the children to see her?"

Jiang looked at Meng Shao who entered the house and secretly hated him. Who was it that said not to bring the child over for fear that the child would get sick? Now her son is blaming her.

Wang Shi heard the old woman from Songhe Hall reporting with heavy breathing that Prince Rui and Princess Rui were coming to Zhishan Hall. She had just drunk the medicine prescribed by Meng Wan and was about to send someone to ask when Meng Wan would come.

Mother Guo put down the medicine bowl and looked at Wang in surprise.

"Hurry, don't just stand there, change my clothes for me." Wang stood up quickly. She was so anxious that her body was swaying. Madam Guo quickly supported her. "Don't worry, Madam. It will take a while to get here from Songhe Hall. We can make it in time. We can make it in time."

Wang stood there, letting Madam Guo and Hua Rui dress her and comb her hair. "How can I let the prince come to see me? I will go to see the prince." Seeing Madam Guo taking out the dress for the prince's wife, Wang waved her hand and said, "It's too cumbersome to wear this. It's better to be more dignified."

While wondering why Prince Rui would come, he also wanted to blame Meng Qi for not telling him earlier so that he could be prepared.

When she was dressed and about to go out, she saw through the glass that a lot of people came into the yard.

Wang took Madam Guo's hand and hurried out of the main room. Just as she stepped down the stairs, Prince Rui approached.

Wang hurriedly knelt down, wishing the prince good health and longevity.

Prince Rui took two quick steps and helped Wang up. "Mother-in-law, I am sorry for your kindness." Wang put her guess aside and said, "Your Highness, please accept my gift."

Prince Rui insisted not to let her kneel, so Wang just bowed to Prince Rui and then they entered the banquet room on the east side of the main house.

King Rui stood there and said with a smile, "Please ask the mother to find two cushions so that my husband and I can ask my mother-in-law for a red envelope."

Mother Guo stood there with her hands tied together, as if she didn't understand. But Chuan'er got Meng Wan's signal, and hurriedly took it and placed it in front of Prince Rui and Meng Qi.

"No, no," Wang waved her hands quickly, "Your Highness, I am already very grateful that you can accompany my daughter back home, how can I do this?"

"It's my duty. This is a family ritual and cannot be abolished." After saying that, he knelt down first. Meng Qi quickly followed suit and knelt down too, with a look of shock on his face.

After waiting for Prince Rui to kowtow, Meng Wei stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please stand up. If you continue like this, my mother will be returned to me."

Prince Rui smiled and stood up with the help of Meng Wei's help, but Meng Qi knocked him down three times.

Zhou Yu pulled Meng Wan over, and they both kowtowed to Wang and wished her a happy new year.