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

Zhou Yingning covered her mouth with her hands while laughing, and looked up at the niece from Concubine Xian's family, and an idea came to her mind.

Miss Li watched Yongan and the other ladies go back to Jinxiu Tower, and deliberately fell behind. Because of her weak legs, she developed a habit of sitting when they were together, and never standing. If she could stand, she would try not to walk. Even if they were going to leave together, she would be the last one to leave. Everyone knew her habit, and no one wanted to offend her, so they all walked away in front of her.

Miss Li also walked out. When she passed by Fanghua, she said in a slightly low voice, "Hmph, what is this? Why bother to grab it when it's not yours. I just feel sorry for you, Princess. Such a good piece of material has to be worn by a wild girl who came out of nowhere. No wonder I heard that Master Zhou doesn't like her." After saying that, she bowed to Fanghua and walked out.

Fanghua was stunned at first, then she remembered Zhou Yu's handsome face. At that time, the news that he and Meng Qi wanted to break off the engagement was a hot topic, and she was very excited when she knew the cause and effect. If Zhou Yu and Meng Qi had not been engaged long ago, she would have asked her father to appoint Zhou Yu as her consort.

However, before she could tell the emperor about this idea, word came that the Huainan Marquisate had brought down a second young lady from the mountain. Not long after, word came that the second young lady was also the one who was engaged to Zhou Yu.

No one believed these words. Everyone guessed that Meng Wan must be the romantic debt of the son of the Huainan Marquis. Because the affair between Meng Qi and Hong Zhe was too embarrassing, and the Huainan Marquis's Mansion did not want to lose the marriage with the Shenjun Prince's Mansion, so they made up such an excuse and brought out this second young lady.

Fanghua was very angry, but she had no choice, because the two families would soon start discussing marriage. Although it was said that Zhou Ye disliked the second Miss Meng very much and didn't take her seriously at all, Fanghua would not think about it anymore. After all, she was a princess, and even if Zhou Yu divorced Meng Wan, she would not bother to marry a divorced man.

But she was still upset, because in her opinion, there was no man in the capital who could compare with Zhou Yu, not even the sixth brother. Not to mention the Third Master Hong and the Prince of the Duke Zhongguo Mansion.

Fanghua looked at Meng Wan and other noble ladies standing in front of the greenhouse, with her head slightly lowered, waiting for Princess Yong'an to pass by, then turned and gave a few instructions to her maid.

The maid was surprised at first, then whispered, "Princess Yong'an just said..."

"Pah," the maid was slapped, "She is a princess, but I am not? Whose palace are you from?"

The palace maid didn't dare to cover her face, let alone show any abnormality. She nodded and left in a hurry.

After returning to Jinxiu Tower, everyone was still chatting enthusiastically, except for the older ones, such as the old princess of Prince Li's Mansion, the Song family and a few others. They all looked unhappy and squinted their eyes, pretending to be very interested in what others said.

Meng Wan felt so tired for them. The highlight hadn't even begun yet. At this pace, it would take until eight or nine o'clock in the evening. She didn't know if these noble ladies who were used to taking naps could stand it.

On second thought, it's like this every year, maybe they have their own way. Sure enough, just as Meng Wan was thinking, a palace maid helped a few elderly women upstairs. There should be a place for people to rest upstairs in Jinxiu Building.

"Come here quickly, is it cold outside?" The Queen waved at Princess Yong'an.

"It's okay. It's snowing again, so I don't feel cold. Besides, we can go ice skating." Yong'an replied with a smile.

"Have you changed your clothes? Have you sweated enough?" The Queen touched Princess Yong'an's hand.

"We have changed it. Don't worry, mother. We have all changed it."

The queen nodded, "Where's Fanghua?"

"Mother, I'm here." Fanghua walked over slowly holding the hand of the palace maid. She looked at Meng Wan standing aside and glared at him fiercely at first, then raised her mouth happily.

"Good boy, it's so cold, why do you want to join them?"

The Queen's strategy for this young princess was to praise her, pamper her, and please her, and then find someone unlucky to take over.

"It's not cold, but my daughter discovered something."

"Oh? What's the matter?" The queen also pulled her hand and rubbed it gently.

Meng Wan thought, this is the difference between having a father to support you and not having a father to support you. As a concubine's daughter, this girl's life is even better than Yong'an's. Then she looked at Zhou Yinghan, thinking about how she stood aside like a maid holding Zhou Yingning's cloak when she came out in the morning, and Zhou Yiheng acted as if he didn't see her.

When Zhou Yingning heard Fanghua say this, she smiled smugly and glanced at Meng Wan.

Fanghua said to Hu, "Princess Shen, what did you do with the material that Yongan gave to your Third Miss and gave it to the...Second Madam?"

Mrs. Hu stood up quickly, looking puzzled, "May I ask what the princess is talking about?"

Yongan was angry when she heard this. She pulled Fanghua's sleeve and was about to speak, but Fanghua raised her voice and said, "It's the precious cloth that the emperor gave to Yongan and me, which was shipped back from the sea."

Mrs. Hu looked up at Zhou Yingning, who stepped forward quickly and said, "It was the material that my second sister-in-law used to make a cape today. Miss Gao saw it just now, so I had to tell her the truth. I didn't expect that Princess Fanghua would..."

Mrs. Gao looked at her little daughter with dissatisfaction. She didn't know if this child and Fanghua were incompatible, but she would be happy to do anything that could make Fanghua uncomfortable. She must have known that the second wife of the Zhou family had the same clothes as Princess Fanghua, and felt that Princess Fanghua had lost her status, so she wanted to laugh at her.

Miss Gao didn't think she was talking too much. She felt proud when she saw Fanghua's face turning red with anger.

Hu pretended to understand and stepped forward to bow to the Queen, "It's my fault. It's really because Brother Yu's wife likes that material very much. I also said that this is a gift from Princess Yong'an to Yingning, and it's not good to give it to someone else. Wait for me to ask the prince to find a similar one for her."

Mrs. Hu sighed softly, took out a handkerchief and gently pressed the corners of her eyes, "I was just afraid of causing misunderstandings. You all know the temper of our second young master... It's New Year's Day, I really don't want to disturb the family, so I let her take it."

After saying that, she raised her head and bowed to Yong'an again, "But I warned you not to wear it into the palace. It was also because I left in a hurry this morning, and it was a long time ago that I forgot what color and pattern it was, so I didn't pay attention to it. Unexpectedly, Yu Ge's wife wore it. This is all my fault. Please punish me, Queen, and Princess Yong'an."

"Mom, how is it your fault?" Zhou Yingning stepped forward with a distressed look on her face, "Don't blame my mother. It was me who shouldn't have taken out the material for my second sister-in-law to see. I shouldn't have cared about my second brother, fearing that he would embarrass my mother again and..." Zhou Yingning's reluctance made everyone understand.

Meng Wan was a little far away and couldn't hear clearly, but she knew that the mother and daughter had started to act. The young lady of the Lu family, who had just stood with her, looked over with a worried look on her face. Song, Liu, and Jiang also stood up hurriedly, blushing and apologizing to the queen.

The Empress smiled slightly and patted Fanghua's hand. "I thought it was a big deal. Just do it. Everyone wants it, which proves that the material is good. When your father gets it again, he will make another one for you and Yongan."

Fanghua said unhappily, "I have asked the servants to get the one I cut. Madam Zhou Er likes it very much, and she likes to take other people's things. So I just gave mine to her." After saying that, she looked in Meng Wan's direction with a sarcastic look.

Everyone's eyes suddenly fell on Meng Wan. Song looked at the cloak draped over her shoulders and felt embarrassed as if it were a joke.

"Sister Wan, come and apologize to the Empress and Princess Yong'an. You have liked material of this color since you were a child. You have cabinets full of it at home. When you got married, the mansion found material of this color for you." Song said this, naturally intending to make the matter go away.

"Who says it's not true? The little one in my family likes to collect all kinds of beads. Sometimes they look the same to us, but she insists that the colors are different. We shine them under the light and then under the sun, but we can't tell the difference." A lady joked.

Meng Wan heard Song calling her, and watched as everyone consciously made way for her. She stepped forward, bowed to the queen, and then asked in confusion, "I'm standing in the back, wondering what happened? Grandmother called me over, but is it related to me?"