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

Zhou Yu returned to the inner house before curfew.

"This gatekeeper is good." Zhou Yu had a smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Of course, our yard is finally clean now." Meng Wan handed Zhou Yu a towel soaked in warm water, "It's too late, don't take a shower, why not warm your feet instead."

"It's not hot anymore. I'm tired and want to rest early. So, the yard is clean?"

"I guess so. Let's put Wanxia aside for now. My sister-in-law has been acting very strangely lately. She seems to have gained confidence all of a sudden and is ready to go against the princess. Maybe we can use Wanxia to our advantage if we keep her."

Meng Wan has found out that Wanxia is Xie Fen's person, but she has not brought any damage to Qinghe Garden like He Wen and Chuntao. Meng Wan also wants to observe Xie Fen for a while. Xie Fen has been acting strangely recently, so maybe Wanxia can be of use.

"I have heard that my father has been interacting more with Xie Qingzhong recently. I am afraid that he is doing this for Xie Qingzhong's sake. Besides, my eldest brother is my father's first son, and he has loved him more since he was young."

"Oh, so that makes sense. It seems that my sister-in-law went home and said something to Mr. Xie."

"We have to be careful though. We must not let any rumors leak out about what we are going to do next." Zhou Yu wiped his face and let out a long sigh.

"I know, the mountain spirit is watching." Meng Wan threw the handkerchief back into the basin. "Did you come back from the iron shop? Why aren't you with Brother Wu and the others?"

"I went there late. I went directly from my brother-in-law's place. When I got there, Wu Hen had already returned with Cai'er."

"Did they complete their mission successfully?"

"If you don't count Wu Hen's injury, it's a perfect ending."

Meng Wan put Zhou Yu's boots outside and asked, "Is Brother Wu's injury okay? What did Qingning say?"

"You know about Wu Hen's old injury. This time he used his right hand to push the carriage and fell to the bottom of the mountain. He was seriously injured. Qing Ning said that his hand might be disabled."

"Ah? So serious? What do you mean by scrapping it? Do you want to saw it off?"

Zhou Yuzheng was taking off his clothes when he heard this and laughed. He hugged Meng Wan and kissed her forehead. "It's not that serious. It's just that you won't be able to use your strength anymore. You can eat, dress and do some basic things without any problem."

Meng Wan hugged Zhou Yu's neck and said, "You scared me. I thought it was useless. You are too unreliable."

"Blame me, blame me." Zhou Yu carried Meng Wan to the bed, and the two of them lay down. Zhou Yu said softly, "I have discussed with Uncle Qi that Wu Hen will not be allowed to run outside like this in the future. Even if he goes out, he should not do anything dangerous, so that there won't be too many things that require his help. The arrangements in the capital are almost complete, and now we are waiting for the arrangements from Third Brother Yue."

Meng Wan nodded. She didn't ask any more questions. These external affairs were not something she could worry about, and she didn't want to waste the energy on them. As long as she could take down the Hu family, she would be helping Zhou Yu the most.

"Who do you think is the woman Wu Hen brought back this time?"

"Who? Can I know?" Meng Wan asked, looking up.

"You can know everything I know. I only heard about this woman from Uncle Qi. She is the junior sister of Yunling Shanren."

"Ah? Isn't that Qingning's master's aunt?"

Zhou Yu nodded, "Yes, and she has another identity."

"what?"

"Do you remember the incident with Prince Duan? She was a maid who served the late Empress Dowager. Later, she was taken in by the Emperor and became pregnant and was given the title of Beauty."

Meng Wan nodded, "The child was not born, and there were two deaths."

"Yes, that beauty is her sister."

"Who? Master Qingning's sister?" Meng Wan asked.

"Yes, this person has a lot to do with the death of the late Empress Dowager."

"Wait, let me guess, could it be that she blamed the late Empress Dowager for her sister's death?"

"Well, that's what I guessed, and that's what I asked Uncle Qi, but Uncle Qi didn't say much. Not only that, Uncle Qi asked Wu Hen to look for her not just for this reason."

"what is that?"

"Uncle Qi discovered that this woman has connections with our palace."

"What?" Meng Wan sat up straight, a look of disbelief on his face.

"I told you that Uncle Qi has a secret connection, which my grandfather left behind. I only found out about it in the past two years. They found out that this woman should have a connection with the Hu family."

Meng Wan was surprised and said, "She is the junior sister of Yunling Mountain Man and the senior sister of Qingning. So her medical skills must be amazing."

Zhou Yu glanced at Meng Wan and nodded, "Qing Ning said that his master is good at making poisons."

"Could it be... Ayu, could it be that she blamed mother for her sister's death? She helped Hu..."

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "This is also Uncle Qi's guess, everything needs further confirmation."

"How did Uncle Qi find out? I mean, who did she contact with the princess? It's not like the princess herself would come forward, right?"

"Bi'er."

"Ah?" Meng Wan thought of the maid who always had a blank expression on her face, was a little arrogant, and had a very high status in Junyueju.

Although she was said to be the eldest maid of Mrs. Hu, she was never there to serve. She had been married for so long, but she had only seen Mrs. Hu four or five times when paying her respects. Moreover, her status was very high, and sometimes even Mrs. Hong had to be polite to her.

Meng Wan lay back and carefully sorted out the information. This made sense. Qingning's aunt blamed the late Empress Dowager for her sister's death because she was taken in by the Emperor or because she lost her child before it was born.

Then, they teamed up with Concubine Xiang or other people in the palace who were dissatisfied with the late Empress Dowager to kill her. That was not all, they turned around and attacked Wang, who was related to the late Empress Dowager. Hu was the best partner, and the two of them joined forces to achieve their goal.

So, what is her purpose in keeping Bi'er with Hu Shi to continue to contact her? Could it be that she is still unwilling to give up and has set her sights on Zhou Yu?

Meng Wan turned her head and looked Zhou Yu up and down. Zhou Yu looked at her and said, "What's wrong? Are you scared? Don't worry, since Uncle Qi has found her, he will lock her up in a safe place and will definitely find a way to make her tell the truth."

"Will she help King Rui?"

"Of course, Prince Rui's next target is Prince Cheng. According to the information Prince Rui received, the Empress must have been involved in my great-aunt's incident."

Meng Wan understood that the former Empress Dowager was indeed the emperor's Achilles' heel, because she could get rid of the two. Meng Wan had reason to believe that this information must have been provided to King Rui by Meng Qi, otherwise, after so many years, how could Uncle Qi's men discover this woman at this time?

Meng Wan suddenly thought of the girl with a mole on her forehead that Meng Qi had always asked him to find, and he wondered if there was any connection between them.

"What is this woman's name? What is her relationship with Bi'er?"

"My name is Zhuang Jing, and she's Bi'er's master."

"So, Bi'er was placed by Zhuang Jing next to the princess."

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Let Song Zhu's family find out tomorrow when Bi'er started working for Hu."

Meng Wan held Zhou Yu's hand and said, "That's good. With Zhuang Jing, it will be easier to investigate what the princess did to mother."

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, "I'm just worried that Zhuang Jing might be able to get some information out of her. Wu Hen said that she wanted to commit suicide several times on the way back."

"That's not to worry. With this breakthrough, we have a direction. Besides, the princess doesn't know the specific situation. As long as we make it real and fake, she will be confused."

"That's right, Uncle Qi said the same thing. It's not so important whether Zhuang Jing tells us or not. Keep an eye on Bi'er and don't let her know that Zhuang Jing is in our hands. I heard that she visits Zhuang Jing every once in a while, so you must keep an eye on Bi'er."

Zhou Yu pulled the quilt and said, "Go to sleep. It's too late. You just received two errands. There is also the matter of mother's dowry. You have enough to worry about. Leave this matter to me. Oh, by the way, Qingning asked me to bring back some medicine. Wu Hen forgot to take it when he came back. You can ask someone to take it to the outer courtyard tomorrow."

The next day, Zhou Yu went out early again. Meng Wan packed up and listened to Song Zhujia and Wu Pozi's report on the day's work, feeling very satisfied. Thinking of the big box Zhou Yu brought back yesterday, she asked Cai'er to send it to the outer courtyard.

Then he changed his mind and decided that he should go and see in person how Wu Hen was doing, so he took Cai'er with him to the outer courtyard.

When they arrived at the door of Zhou Yu's study in the outer courtyard, Cai'er cried out that she had forgotten to take the gifts she bought for Xuefu and Qimei. Meng Wan asked her to go back and get them.