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

Lin felt sorry for Wang. Seeing her getting thinner and thinner, and no one caring about her, she sat there alone, looking out the window for a long time. Only when Zhou Yu came or Zhou Yingrong came to see her after school could she see her smiling face, revealing the beautiful girl she used to be.

In this way, Lin came almost every three or four days, usually accompanying her for an afternoon, without saying anything. Lin took the needlework and embroidered something casually, while Wang lay there watching and occasionally said a few words. Listening to the laughter of Zhou Jun and Yu playing in the yard, Wang's gray face would show a bit of spirit.

That period was a very comfortable time for Lin and Wang to get along with each other, and it can also be said to be a rare heartwarming time for Wang in his dying moments.

Until one day, Lin went there alone in the morning. The day before, Zhou Yu was accidentally blown by the wind while taking a bath and coughed a few times. Although it was not serious, Lin was worried. Thinking that Jun Ge was in the same situation last time, the specially prepared medicine he took was very effective, so he took a few pills.

Since Lin came and went frequently, he usually did not go through the main gate. He would go directly through the back corner door to the back room, then turn through the hanging flower gate. This way was more convenient and closer, without having to go around in a big circle.

After entering the back corner gate, there was not even a gatekeeper. It was still very quiet until she passed the back room. She wondered if she had been sent out, so she asked her maid to wait there to see what was going on. Wang's temperament was getting quieter and quieter. Sometimes she even found the old woman and maid talking in the yard too noisy.

Lin didn't take it seriously at first, until she walked to the door of the upper room, and heard the sound of porcelain breaking in the room, accompanied by Zhou Yiheng's roar, "You ask me? You still have the nerve to ask? If it weren't for you, if it weren't for you, how could Qin'er be like that... You killed her, how could she be a hindrance to you? We only met once or twice, really only met twice, she was not well, she, she, she was so pitiful... I just want to comfort her, that's all."

Lin stood there in surprise. She wanted to turn around and leave, but she stopped again. For some unknown reason, she went up the stairs and quietly entered the tea room.

At this time, she heard Wang's weak voice, "I don't, I don't even know who the Qin'er you are talking about is." Then accompanied by a violent cough.

"Don't know? Haha, stop pretending to be kind. You pretend in front of everyone, making everyone think you are gentle and dignified, virtuous and kind, haha, what a joke. You are the ugliest woman in your heart. If you were kind, why would Mrs. Hu go through so much trouble to get in? At that time, you clearly knew that she was pregnant, but you made it difficult for her to work hard for you in your yard, standing for half a day. Don't you just want everyone to know that Mrs. Hu was pregnant before she even got in?"

Lin covered her mouth with a look of disbelief. She knew that Zhou Yiheng and Hu were having an affair under Wang's nose, but she didn't expect that Hu came in with a big belly.

Lin thought she was already very surprised to hear the information, but she didn't expect that what Zhou Yiheng said next would petrify her on the spot.

"Okay, you said you don't know who Qin'er is, then I'll tell you who she is." Zhou Yiheng said gritting his teeth.

Lin really couldn't believe her ears. The Qin'er that Zhou Yiheng mentioned was actually Concubine Hui from that year. Zhou Yiheng actually called the emperor's concubine by her name.

It turned out that Zhou Yiheng and Concubine Hui had known each other for a long time. When Zhou Yiheng was young, he lived in his aunt's house in Shandong for a period of time. Concubine Hui's family and his aunt's family were neighbors. The two families lived next to each other and had frequent daily exchanges. As the opportunities for the two to meet increased, this lady named Qin'er gradually and quietly entered Zhou Yiheng's heart.

For Qin'er's family at that time, if they could really get close to Zhou Yiheng, it would be a step to heaven. Therefore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Qin'er and Zhou Yiheng had more and more opportunities to meet, and the two talked about everything from the past to the present, and they had endless topics to talk about.

For a moment, the young man and woman were so upset that the sky was falling and the earth was splitting. Their hatred would never end. After Zhou Yiheng got drunk for the first time in his life, the two even tasted the forbidden fruit.

After Zhou Yiheng returned to Beijing, he wanted his mother to ask for Qin'er's hand in marriage for him. However, Qin'er's family did not hold a high official position, and her uncle, the highest-ranking official, was only a fifth-rank official. Although he was a Beijing official, he was not good enough. If he wanted the proud old princess to agree to this marriage, it would not work at all.

Just when Zhou Yiheng was about to ask his aunt to persuade his mother, the late emperor started another round of beauty pageant.

After Qin'er had waited for Zhou Yiheng for almost half a year without any news, the whole family could no longer sit still. Originally, hooking up with Zhou Yiheng was just a temporary solution, and even Zhou Yiheng thought that Qin'er's commitment to him was a trap set by their family. So, after discussion, they wrote Qin'er's name on the list of candidates.

In fact, the selection of concubines that year was not for the late emperor to choose concubines for himself, but to choose princesses for his sons who had gradually grown up, and to give the good ones to the other married ones as concubines or something like that.

Since ancient times, the wives of princes in the Great Xia Dynasty had not been of high birth, and those above the third rank were almost never directly named princes' consorts, for fear of a situation in which the inner palace would interfere in politics and exercise hegemony. This gave rise to girls with family backgrounds like Qin'er.

Qin'er was a very scheming woman. With her beauty and intelligence, she quickly won the favor of Concubine Jing, the late Empress Dowager, and was directly betrothed to Prince Jing, now Emperor Jing'an, as a concubine.

By the time Zhou Yiheng learned the news, Qin'er had already been placed in a special house in the clan residence to receive pre-marital training.

Zhou Yiheng really couldn't believe his ears, but he was powerless. Who would dare to snatch the prince's wife?

It was also because of this that he had been competing with the old princess. No matter how much the old princess looked for him, he would not agree. This was also the reason why Zhou Yiheng got married late.

Knowing that Qin'er, the girl he liked, was going to get married, Zhou Yiheng wanted to give up and secretly went to meet Qin'er. They talked and did everything, but Zhou Yiheng didn't say it out loud at the time. Lin guessed that it was just a case of one person crying and the other regretting, and both of them were tired of each other.

Later, perhaps he had given up and felt that as a prince he was too old and had to marry a wife, so he set his eyes on Hu. However, for the same reason, he was unable to marry her, so he simply let the old princess make the decision and he married Wang.

To use the words Zhou Yiheng shouted at Wang Shi, "What do you have? Who do you think you are? If it weren't for the one sitting in the palace, do you think I would marry you? I married you, and I didn't treat you badly. You just need to be a good wife of the prince and a princess in the future. Can I divorce you? But what did you do? You vicious woman, you first did bad things to Hu Shi? Is it our fault that she likes me and I love her? Her only mistake is that there is no such aunt sitting in the palace.

"After much difficulty, she entered the palace with her own cleverness. She was very careful to work like a slave by your side to please you. She never asked for anything more, just to serve me. Do you know how much I felt when I saw her being so careful? I tried to explain it to you several times, but Mrs. Hu disagreed. She was afraid that you would be sad. She said that as long as she could enter and leave the palace like this and look at me every few days, she would be satisfied. She would not let me embarrass you.

"What about you? What did you do? You suppressed her time and time again. Because I couldn't help myself, she was forced to enter the mansion in a sedan chair. You put all the hatred of everyone on her. You made her lose face everywhere. You never said a good word about her in front of my mother. Do you think I don't know? How did she get those injuries on her arms and legs? Don't deny it. I know you have someone in your hands."

When Lin heard this, she wanted to rush in and slap Zhou Yiheng twice. Is this what a human being would say? Over the years, Wang had been schemed by the old princess and that Hu. Didn't he have eyes? How could he be so soft-hearted? He let the old princess and Hu plot. Was he blind?

When Lin heard Wang's explanation, her voice was so soft that she had to lean against the door to hear it.

"Forget all of this. After all, Mrs. Hu did use extraordinary means to get into the palace. But what did Qin'er do? She was so innocent. It was not easy for her to rise from a prince's concubine to a concubine. She just wanted to talk to someone when she was depressed. And we only met occasionally, and I could only listen to her talk about her depression. We never did anything, and it was impossible for us to do anything else.

"Why do you treat her like this? Even if you want me to stop thinking about her, you shouldn't kill her." Zhou Yiheng's words were full of pain and helplessness.

Lin covered her mouth. How could it be possible? How could a dignified Concubine Hui be killed by Wang? At this time, Lin remembered that half a year ago, there was indeed a rumor in the palace that a high-ranking lady had died suddenly. It was said that she had contracted a serious illness. Because of this reason, the emperor did not hold a big funeral and sent her away hastily. It turned out to be the Concubine Hui mentioned by Zhou Yiheng, the Qin'er he had been thinking about.

It was just a concubine, and there was no need for the ladies to mourn, so naturally it didn't cause much of a stir in the capital. But during that period, Zhou Yiheng was indeed different. It seemed that a few days before Concubine Hui died, one day the whole family had a reunion dinner together. Zhou Yiheng came back very late, and drank a lot of wine, crying and laughing, no one could stop him. Could it be that Zhou Yiheng was sad when he saw Concubine Hui coming back and knew that his sweetheart was going to die?

However, Lin did not believe that Wang would harm Concubine Hui. These two things were completely unconnected. According to her observation, Wang probably did not know about Zhou Yiheng's romantic past, or she even bothered to find out.