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

The next evening, Zhou Yingning came back and was picked up by Zhou Zheng.

Mrs. Hu hugged Zhou Yingning distressedly and wiped her tears, "It's just a small cut, the eunuchs and maids in the palace are not enough, but they still tortured my daughter."

As Mrs. Hu spoke, she held Zhou Yingning's face and gently stroked it, "Ning'er, Princess Fanghua didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

Zhou Yingning was no different, just a little bit listless and looked very tired.

"Mom, she is so abominable. She won't let me sleep well all night. Originally, Princess Yong'an had arranged a separate bedroom for me, but Fanghua insisted on making me sleep on the warm kang in her outer room, saying that when she wants to see me, I can hear her calling me." Zhou Yingning said angrily, putting her face against Hu's hand.

"Third brother, you have to find a way to help me get revenge. No one can torture me like she did. Mother, you don't know that the scratch on her body could not be seen clearly this morning, but she was still crying in pain. I saw it for real. She didn't drink a single sip of the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician."

When Mrs. Hu heard Zhou Yingning say this, she hated him even more, but there was nothing she could do. After all, she was a princess. Besides, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, so she had to find a chance to get it back.

Zhou Yiheng came over from Xiaohuan after hearing the news. Hu was unhappy in her heart. She knew Zhou Zheng had gone to pick up Zhou Yingning, but Zhou Yiheng refused to wait at Junyueju. After a while, he ran to Xiaohuan again. She didn't show it on her face, but asked gently:

"How is Aunt Huan? I sent all the silver fish that Yu Kun got the other day to her without keeping any."

Zhou Yiheng handed the cloak to Mother Hong and nodded, "Well, she likes to eat fresh food. It's freezing cold now. Thank you for your hard work."

"Why should I work so hard? It's all Yu Kun's kindness." Mrs. Hu picked up the tea and handed it to Zhou Yiheng.

"When Brother Zheng goes to your grandmother's house later, ask Yucheng about the position he liked last time. The emperor will issue the seal soon, so this is an opportunity."

When Mrs. Hu heard this, she was so happy that she forgot her dissatisfaction with Zhou Yiheng going to Xiaohuan.

Zhou Zheng responded respectfully.

"Dad, you don't feel sorry for me." Zhou Yingning stood up and walked to Zhou Yiheng, pulling his sleeve, with a look of grievance on her face.

Zhou Yiheng sighed and said, "How can I not feel sorry for you? If I didn't feel sorry for you, would I have stayed in the backyard for so long?"

As he spoke, he looked Zhou Yingning up and down. Seeing the young girl who was obviously listless, Zhou Yiheng was helpless. He couldn't find out anything about this matter and could only admit that he had bad luck.

"Rest at home for a few days and don't go to any banquets or meetings. When it gets warmer, Daddy will take you to the farm outside the city to play for a few days."

Zhou Yingning nodded happily upon hearing this. Zhou Yiheng continued, "This was actually an accident. Your mother, third brother and I have looked into everything, but we can't find any suspicious points. We can only blame your bad luck."

Zhou Zheng frowned and asked, "When you first played the zither, was there anything unusual?"

He still suspected that someone had tampered with the piano.

Zhou Yingning shook her head. "I was so nervous at the time. I didn't expect that I would be the last one to play in the side hall. I was afraid that I wouldn't play well, so I only thought about the rhythm and the score, and didn't pay attention to the piano at all."

"Forget it, this is just an accident, don't think about it anymore." Zhou Yiheng stood up, "Go back and have a good rest for a few days, and don't take her to the banquets these two days."

The latter sentence was directed at Mrs. Hu. During the first month of the year, there were many banquets between the major families and there was almost no time for leisure.

"Yes, the rest are people that Ning'er doesn't need to go to. I can ask Brother Ming's wife to come forward."

Generally, people of high status would complete the ceremony before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, like the Prince Shen’s Mansion which held it on the eighth day.

Zhou Yiheng let Mrs. Hu put the cloak on him, and thought for a moment, "The matter of the New Year's gift last time has nothing to do with my second daughter-in-law. I think if Brother Ming's wife can't come, it's okay to let her go out and practice alone."

Mrs. Hu paused while she was tying the cloak belt for Zhou Yiheng, then smiled and said, "I didn't think it through. I'll make arrangements later."

Zhou Zheng followed Zhou Yiheng out of Grand Hyatt Residences.

"Did you hear anything?" Zhou Yiheng asked.

"Not at the palace gate. Before going to pick up Ning'er, my son went to the Hong family to look for Mr. Hong San."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"Mr. Hong San also said he didn't know. After the banquet in the palace, several princes didn't come back."

"Where are the princesses?"

"gone back."

Zhou Yiheng looked at the gloomy sky and sighed in his heart. What on earth had happened? Could it really be related to Prince Duan who had left the banquet and never returned? He had also sent people out to inquire early in the morning, but there was no result either.

"Dad, let's..."

Zhou Yiheng waved his hand, "Don't get involved. Will classes at the Imperial College start soon? Go back and clean up."

Zhou Zheng agreed when he heard it.

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After hearing the news that Zhou Yingning had returned, Meng Wan asked Chuan'er to find the material, and she put it on again and went to Junyueju.

When I came into the house, Brother Hong was playing with a string-pulling car that Zhou Ming had bought for him. Everyone in the room was surrounding him and smiling, looking very harmonious.

"You came at the right time. I was just about to ask Mother Hong to call you over to have dinner together tonight."

"My daughter-in-law thinks so too. Third sister must be frightened. We need to calm her down at all costs."

"Calm me down, it turns out that my second sister-in-law came empty-handed." Zhou Yingning watched Meng Wan pay her respects to Hu, and she did not move, still sitting on the embroidery stool, and said nonchalantly.

"That's impossible, Chuan'er..."

Chuan'er responded, holding a bundle in both hands. Meng Wan said, "Here, this is for you."

Zhou Yingning was stunned at first, then she glanced at Hu, smiled, and said, "Second sister-in-law is so generous," but she did not extend her hand.

Chuan'er put the bundle on the table and gently untied it. Mrs. Hu's face turned a little ugly.

Zhou Yingning blushed for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean, second sister-in-law? It was originally given to you by my mother. Are you giving me my mother's things?"

"Yes, if it wasn't for my third sister's reminder, I would have forgotten that this material was given to me by the princess."

She deliberately emphasized the word "reward".

"I was really afraid that next time I had the chance to go to the palace, my sister would not be wearing the same clothes as Princess Fanghua, which would make her unhappy again, and she would bring up the past to embarrass my sister. As soon as she heard that my sister was back, she sent it to me immediately, but I didn't touch it at all."

When Zhou Yingning heard her mention Fanghua, she felt angry in her heart. It was so embarrassing for her to be kept in the palace for a night by Fanghua. Although the Queen Mother said to others that she was "accompanying" her, everyone knew that Fanghua would never let her "accompany" properly.

Meng Wan gestured to Chuan'er to rewrap the material, and said to Hu with a smile, "I'm stupid and slow to react. Next time if the princess wants to say something in front of outsiders, you must tell me first, and I will definitely do what the princess says. Don't be like on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when there were two versions of the same thing and everyone was confused." After saying that, she giggled.

Mrs. Hu put away the dissatisfaction on her face and said with a smile, "You are sensible. You know that I only said it in an emergency. I will explain the reason to you in detail later."

After saying that, he asked Xie Fen how many more banquets there would be.

Xie Fen named more than a dozen houses. Hu thought for a moment, picked two, and said she would go there herself, and let Xie Fen and Meng Qi go to the rest separately.

Xie Fen was very surprised, "Does the princess mean that I should go separately from my second brother and his wife?"

"Yes, that's enough. The first month of the lunar year is about ten days away, and the family's New Year festivities should be over. Who has the time to go out all the time? You two should discuss it and come at a different time. You can also sort out the accounts for this year. You can't let Fuchun's family help you in the accounting office after the first month of the lunar year."

Xie Fen nodded in agreement and turned to ask Meng Wan which ones she wanted to go to.

Meng Wan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law will make the arrangements. I have never been to any of the places the princess mentioned just now."

In this matter, Xie Fen was unwilling to embarrass Meng Wan, and whenever he went out he represented the Prince Shen's Mansion.

Mrs. Hu watched the two of them discussing, the smile on her lips slowly faded, and she looked at the bundle still on the table, her brows furrowed.