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

"The Crown Prince's concubine gave birth yesterday."

"Ah? What happened?" Meng Wan picked up Zhou Yu's jacket and hung it on the hanger.

"A son was born." Zhou Yu's face was not looking good.

"Son! That's good. The prince finally has the confidence."

"Well, actually, she was born a few days ago, but the news was only released today, so no one knows exactly when she was born."

Meng Wan nodded. This was also a way to protect children in ancient times, because they were very superstitious. If the birth date and time of the prince's only son (at least the only one now) were known to outsiders, and then they chanted a spell or cast a poison or something, it would be difficult to deal with.

"Have the farm and the shop been arranged?" Meng Wan looked at Zhou Yu's haggard appearance, walked behind him with concern, stretched out his hand and gently massaged Zhou Yu's temple.

Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and leaned gently on Meng Wan. "Let's do this for now. It's very chaotic. Although we have asked us to replace the big shopkeeper and the big village head, there are so many people below, especially in the village. It is impossible to replace them all. In addition, there are some tenants who rely on the village for their livelihood. I am afraid that they have suffered a lot from the petty profits of the big village heads. Even when I went there, they shouted that it was terrible, saying that they fired the capable village heads and replaced them with those who know nothing. How can they do things in the future?"

Zhou Yu snorted coldly, "Listen, this is not a tenant farmer, this is clearly a landlord."

Meng Wan said softly, "It should be that the princess placed someone in the manor to cause trouble intentionally. In fact, we don't have to be soft-hearted. Anyone who dissenters should be driven out. Even if they are all driven away, so what? Recruit new people, exempt them from rent for a year, and give them some resettlement fees. I don't believe that there will be no one to plant the fields, fish in the pond, and fruits on the mountain. Besides, most of them are honest."

"You are right, elder sister. It seems that I am soft-hearted sometimes. I think many of them have been with mother since her time, and they are considered old now."

"It is because you are an elder of my mother's generation that I should support you. How can you openly oppose me like this?"

Zhou Yu patted Meng Wan's hand, turned around and hugged Meng Wan in his arms.

"Don't worry, I know what you mean. It's just that we don't have the energy or manpower to pay attention to these things now. Let them jump for a few days. With Gu He and Lin Qing, plus Zheng Er, it's enough. And we have to let them toss around a bit, so that we can see how many people the Hu family has buried there. Fortunately, those big shops are under the personal supervision of Uncle Qi, so I can rest assured."

Meng Wanyi lay in Zhou Yu's arms, gently fiddling with the buttons on his collar. It was a button with a ruyi pattern, which she learned from Dongmei. She didn't do it very well and had wanted to sew it on her inner garment. But when Zhou Yu saw it, he liked it so much that he insisted on sewing it on his outer robe.

"Well, Chuan'er came back and said that he didn't expect Liuzi to be so smart. He managed my mother's largest silk shop in just a few days."

"That kid is very clever. No need to discipline him. He will learn it in one go. I thought that when everything is peaceful, I would let him learn from Uncle Qi for two years and manage the shops in Beijing owned by my mother. Just like Gu He managed your dowry shop, he would be the general manager and check on it on weekdays."

Meng Wan nodded. In fact, it was normal for the head shopkeeper of such a big shop to be a family slave, so he would feel at ease if he had the indenture in his hand. But Uncle Qi was different. If he couldn't even trust him, Zhou Yu would have died eighty or ninety times.

"Okay, you decide. Are you at ease leaving the manor in the suburbs of Beijing to Gu He?"

Zhou Yu lifted Meng Wan's chin with his hand, with a half-smile on his face, "Are you trying to trick me?"

"No, I'm just asking you seriously." Meng Wan smiled.

"Well, I won't be fooled. I've already told Uncle Qi that from now on, you can report all the income from my mother's dowry shop and any money involved to you. I won't take a penny and I won't take a penny. I'll give it all to you."

Meng Wan was really surprised by these words. Wang's shop and farm were not small matters. The harvest was real money. Especially when Zhou Yiheng converted the dowry items that did not match the account into silver and gave it to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu handed it to her without hesitation, she thought that Zhou Yu's actions had made her very satisfied. She did not even ask about the shop and farm. In her opinion, it should be a matter of Zhou Yu and Zhou Yingrong.

Therefore, when Zhou Yu suggested that Gu He and Zheng Er help to sort out the house first, she did not object. She even suggested that it would be better to let Zhou Yingrong's companion come and help.

"Give them all to me? What about my sister?"

"This is what my sister meant."

"Ah?" Meng Wan wanted to stand up after hearing this, but Zhou Yu held him down, and his hands began to become restless.

"You know I always have money to spend. Of course, this money is not from my mother's dowry. It includes the money Uncle Qi gave me and the money my sister gave me. My sister's dowry at that time included a farm and a shop for me. Over the years, my spending has been due to these two things.

"After my mother's dowry was sorted out, my sister was very happy. She said that without your cooperation and the planning since you married into the family, I would not have been able to complete this task so quickly and so well. Therefore, she only took back the shop and farm that she had obtained in the name of her dowry, and asked me to give the rest to you, saying that you are capable of keeping it. My sister said that with you managing it, no matter how big the difficulties I encounter in the future, money will not be a problem."

Meng Wan was very surprised when she heard what Zhou Yu said. Zhou Yingrong's praise for her was really too high.

"If you really feel it is inappropriate, we can just wait until the foreign wife or her daughter gets married and then take more."

Meng Wan looked at Zhou Yu, whose head was already in his arms, and snorted, "You two sisters are asking me to run the business properly and earn money for you to spend, right?"

Zhou Yu had already pulled the strap of her bellyband and was about to put the jade rabbit in her mouth. Hearing this, she looked up and chuckled, "It's enough that you know it, just tell me what you want to do." After saying that, she lowered her head again and opened her mouth to put it in.

The two of them lay on the bed after the clouds and rain stopped. Meng Wan listened to Zhou Yu analyzing the changes in the court after the prince gave birth to a son.

"In that case, Prince Cheng will probably lose his patience." Meng Wan said softly.

"That's right. We thought that the first one to take action should be Prince Cheng. Compared to him, Prince Jing is more experienced and hides it very well. When the news just came out from the East Palace, Prince Jing brought Princess Jing to congratulate us." Zhou Yu was still playing with Meng Wan's hair.

"If Prince Cheng moves, does that mean Meng Hai will move too?"

"That's for sure. Prince Cheng has been preparing for this long in the capital, but what he lacks is military power. Meng Hai is leaning towards Prince Jing on the surface, but working for Prince Cheng in private. If Meng Zhi hadn't told us, I'm afraid we would have to take a lot of detours to investigate. Think about it, if even we haven't thought of it, there naturally won't be many people who can think of it."

"What should I do then? Do I need to go back to the Huainan Marquis's Mansion?"

"I have to go back. Not only that, but I have to persuade my mother-in-law to spend the summer or even the autumn at the manor. That way, even if Prince Cheng fails and the Huainan Marquisate is implicated by Meng Hai, it won't disturb my mother-in-law's peace."

Meng Wan nodded. She was actually very conflicted. As her last name was Meng, she should have warned Meng Changfeng about such a big thing. But the original owner had suffered such a miserable end because of the Song family. Especially since she was sure that Meng Qi was reborn, and Meng Qi also implicitly indicated that there should be no Meng Wan in her previous life, which meant that Meng Wan in her previous life had never recognized her ancestors, so it was imaginable what her life would be like.

Wang had also been living in pain in her previous life. No, based on Meng Qi's behavior towards Meng Shao, she had reason to believe that Wang might have died by now, and it was directly caused by Meng Shao and his wife. Even the death of Wang in her previous life was caused by Song, Liu, or Meng Changfeng and Meng Yuan.

Seeing that Meng Wan didn't say anything for a long time, Zhou Yu sighed and said, "I know what you are struggling with. No matter what, that is your mother's family. Don't worry, Princess Rui will think about this matter. In fact, even if Meng Hai is implicated because of Prince Cheng, except for your third aunt's family, the other members of the Meng family should not be in danger of their lives. At worst, the Marquis' Mansion will be changed into an Earl's Mansion, just waiting for the Crown Prince to take that position and waiting for the third brother to come back. With time, it is not impossible to change it back again."

Meng Wan nodded, "It would be better if it became a baronial mansion or even a duke's mansion. Grandfather was afraid that the reputation would change, so he allowed Third Uncle to do this."

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "You are short-sighted. Your grandfather is the first one. It is a miracle that the Huainan Marquisate can survive until today. It doesn't matter. With you and Princess Rui, the Meng family will never fall like this."

It was unknown when Zhou Yu started addressing Meng Qi, but she changed from Meng Qi to Princess Rui. Meng Wan did not ask, as she guessed that this must be the result of Meng Qi's increasingly important position in the think tank of the King Rui.