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

"Look at the words on this account book, is it written by Guan Weijia?" Zhou Yu said coldly.

Mrs. Zhong stepped forward and took a look. "It was written by her. I have worked with Sister Guan for so many years, I can still recognize her handwriting. If you don't believe it, you can just take out the other account books kept by Sister Guan and check them."

After hearing this, Mrs. Hu turned to look at Mrs. Zhong, but after Mrs. Zhong said this, she lowered her head and didn't look at anyone. No one could see her expression, let alone see the warning look in Mrs. Hu's eyes.

"Princess, I really didn't write these. I was following..." Guan Weijia seemed to remember something when he said this and shut up again.

"What's going on? Is this a mistake? Has this woman been holding a grudge against my late sister-in-law for so many years?" Lin asked.

"Yes, this old servant has been remembering it all the time. I record the scattered accounts once a month and check them every six months. There will be no mistakes." Guan Weijia's voice changed.

Zhou Zheng looked at Zhou Yingrong and Zhou Yu, who were looking very proud, and knew that he had fallen into their trap today. "Everyone, there was a problem with the dowry account book of the late princess today. It should be that the servants didn't understand something. Why don't we wait and let them sort it out again? Please help me again."

The clan leader's wife looked at Mrs. Hu sitting there blankly and knew that this matter had exceeded Mrs. Hu's expectations. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Zhou Yingrong say, "What do you mean there is a problem? Just now, this old woman said that she has always been the one keeping my mother's account, and Mrs. Zhong also confirmed that she wrote all the words, so how could there be a mistake?"

Zhou Yingrong picked up an account book on the table and flipped through it, pointing at the signatures, handprints and seals on it and said, "Are these all fake? I wonder what the princess and third brother are afraid of? Don't worry, even if we go to the warehouse to see that the actual items are different from this book, my second brother and I won't say much. As long as most of them are there, it's fine. After all, the princess was made the legal wife, so the Hu family shouldn't have given her any additional dowry, right?"

"You..." Hu stood up suddenly, her eyes seemed to be able to spit fire. When she first entered the house, she was carried in a sedan chair. As a concubine, the Hu family only gave her some scattered silver, and there was no dowry at all.

Later, after forcing the old princess to ask for an imperial decree to make him his legal wife, there was no need for him to prepare a dowry anymore. He saw that what Wang left was enough for him and his children to spend.

"Sister, be careful with your words." Zhou Zheng slowly walked to Zhou Yingrong with a very fierce expression.

"What's wrong, third brother? Did eldest sister say something wrong? Don't worry, second brother will tell you the truth today. When you propose, I will definitely pick out a few good things from my mother to impress you. How about that?" Zhou Yu walked between Zhou Zheng and Zhou Yingrong. He was smiling, but his eyes were as cold as ice in the coldest days of winter, without any emotion at all.

Zhou Zheng was stunned. He looked at Zhou Yingrong, who was standing behind Zhou Yu with a smile on her face. He unclenched and unclenched his hands.

He leaned close to Zhou Yu's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "What does Second Brother want?"

"What should I do? Third brother doesn't know? Of course I should take back what my mother left for me. Isn't that too much?"

"Okay, don't worry, I will give Second Brother an explanation for what happened today."

"That won't do. The old woman employed by the princess doesn't even admit that she wrote this account book. Who knows who will write what you come up with after today?"

"You..." Zhou Zheng wanted to reach out and strangle Zhou Yu to death at this moment.

"Mother Hong, call in everyone from the farm and the shop." Mrs. Hu sneered, "Since you don't believe there's anything wrong with the account book, then let's take a look at the farm and the shop, how about that?"

"Okay," Zhou Yu clapped his hands, helped Zhou Yingrong sit down slowly, and sat down himself, "Wife, pour me some tea. My throat is sore from the heat of the moment."

Meng Wan held back her laughter and went forward to pour tea for Zhou Yu, then walked over to Mrs. Hu to pour tea, "Princess, don't worry. I just heard that mother-in-law has so much dowry, it must be piled up in several warehouses, and it's possible to go to the wrong warehouse and take the wrong things. Besides, maybe the maids remembered it wrongly, or more likely, they saw that you didn't look at your mother's dowry to avoid suspicion, so they got bold and thought that you only checked the account books and didn't look at the actual things, so they secretly took them out. Over the years, little by little, it has accumulated into a lot, just like those annoying rats that emptied it out?"

Hu looked up suddenly and almost knocked the cup out of Meng Wan's hand. Who was she scolding? Who was the rat?

Upon hearing this, Guan Wei fell to her knees and said, "No, I haven't had such thoughts in all these years since I memorized the dowry book of the late princess. I swear to heaven that this will never happen."

Meng Wan chuckled, "That's strange. You wrote it down, but the items don't match. And you said you didn't remember it wrong and didn't take anything. So where did the items that don't match go? Could they have run away on their own? Let me tell you, you must have mixed them up. They were clearly well placed in the warehouse, but you didn't pay attention to the book. Did you know that the princess is upright and disdains to spend my mother's dowry, so you got the courage to forge it?"

Guan Weijia's forehead was throbbing with thick veins. What kind of theory is this Second Madam? If I want to do that, the account will only be less, how can it be more? Thinking that Wang's dowry was written off by himself, Guan Weijia's forehead was covered with cold sweat. This was a matter that would cost the lives of the whole family. Just when he was about to speak, he heard that the village head and the shopkeeper had arrived.

The people who came today were the heads and managers of the two farms closest to the capital and several shops in the capital. They all came prepared and entered the house with several account books in their hands.

They were originally smiling, but seeing the tense situation, they didn't dare to say much. Mother Hong took the account books from their hands and put them on the table.

Mrs. Hu exhaled and sat back, "Second daughter-in-law, thank you for your hard work, please continue."

Meng Wan smiled and agreed, then he picked up a book and flipped through it. "Oh, I never thought that the profits from this farm would be so good. Second Master, I remember that this farm is not very big?"

Zhou Yu leaned over to take a look. "Well, it's not big. There are peach trees all over the farm. The flowers will bloom in a few days. I'll take you to see them." After saying that, he took it and flipped through it. "I told you that peaches were expensive last year and we must have made money. But how can you tell me that they've been infested by insects?"

Zhou Yu turned around and kicked the village head, "You dishonest man, it's clearly written in the book, have you deposited the money? Did you hide it from the princess?"

Seeing Zhou Yu's expression, Hu's heart sank. Only then did she admit that she had fallen into Zhou Yu's trap. But how did he do it? He even tampered with the farm and the shop outside.

The village head was stunned at first, then looked up at Mrs. Hu, but Mrs. Hu didn't look at him, but looked at Zhou Yu with a sinister look. The village head kowtowed hurriedly, "I didn't lie. There was indeed an insect disaster last year. The peach trees at the foot of the mountain dropped their flowers in large patches, but the fruits could not hang on."

"Can't hold it back? Then why did you sell so much? Did you invite a god to cast a spell in your dream?" Zhou Yu kicked him again, this time very hard, and the village head staggered, and the account book was thrown to his feet by Zhou Yu.

The village head endured the pain and took up the account book with shaking hands to look through it carefully. How could it be possible? The income from peaches was clearly a loss, so how could it become a surplus of 300 taels? What was going on?

The village head flipped through the account book and saw that there was a surplus of other grains and vegetables, and last year alone, there was more than 1,000 taels. This was indeed the normal harvest of the village in a year, but the people sent by the third master told him that he would have to lose at least 300 to 500 taels.

Zhou Zheng closed his eyes. He couldn’t let the shop manager speak anymore, otherwise the account figures would definitely look worse.

Zhou Zheng walked over to Hu and whispered a few words. Hu looked unhappy, but she could do nothing. The shopkeeper of Wang's largest silk shop wiped the sweat from his forehead and was about to speak when he came forward with the account book. Hu covered his head and fell down with a cry.

Zhou Zheng hurried forward to support her, "Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?"

Mother Hong stepped forward at the right time and said in a crying voice, "The princess has not had a good rest for several days because of the dowry account books of the late princess. She has to personally check all the accounts that have been collected, and asked the old servant to arrange people to check them in the warehouse. She already had a headache, and now she is angry, so she should take the medicine with the meal."

Mrs. Hu waved her hands and said weakly, "Stop talking. How can you still make such a mess if you just stare at me like this?"

The clan leader's wife looked at everyone and understood what was going on. She said with just the right amount of anxiety, "I think we'll just forget about it today. Your health is more important. You should take some medicine and rest for a while. If you still feel uncomfortable, why not call a doctor to take a look?"

"That's right, sister-in-law. This account book will always be correct. Besides, you just said that it is different from what you remembered. Who knows what is going on with these servants? I am afraid they have been threatened and used by others." Mrs. Luo pretended to be smart.

Unexpectedly, her words caused Zhou Yingrong to laugh. "Second Aunt is absolutely right. Who knows what's going on with these servants? Wait until we find out. I want to see how many heads they have."

After hearing this, Guan Wei's family and the later village head and shopkeeper hesitated to explain further. Zhou Zheng glared at them fiercely.

"Mom, let me help you go back first."

Mrs. Hu held Zhou Zheng's hand and said weakly, "Sister Rong and Brother Yu, please don't be angry. It's really my body that is not doing well. I'm afraid I really can't go on like this today. How about waiting for two days and letting me take good care of myself?"

Zhou Yu flicked off the non-existent dust on his body and said in a cold voice, "Oh, the princess's illness is much more serious than my grandmother's. She was fine just now, but it has become so serious in such a short time. Mother Hong, this is your fault. The princess is not feeling well. Even if she chose to come to reconcile the accounts today, you should have stopped her. Even if you couldn't stop her, you should have reported it to the prince or the third master. You are so brave that you let the princess insist on reconciling the accounts despite her illness. If something happens to the princess, how many heads do you have to chop off?"