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

"What did you say? Say it again? What happened to Ning'er?" Mrs. Hu stood up with trembling hands and said in a shrill voice while looking at Mother Hong who was kneeling on the ground.

"Princess, Princess, the third young lady fell into the water and was rescued by Lu Chengbao's nephew."

"Third Miss? Why is it Ning'er? Isn't it Zhou Yinghan?" Mrs. Hu looked incredulous.

Madam Hong shook her head and said, "It was the Third Miss. I don't know what happened. Everything was arranged well. The Third Miss went to find the Second Miss to go out together."

"How about the person who led you there? Could he even misjudge the clothes?"

"This is also what I don't understand. The two sets of clothes clearly stated that the Second Miss was supposed to go back and change them. The Third Miss was still with her, waiting for me to see them, and then I saw them, and then I saw them..."

Yunxiang supported the shaky Hu and said, "Princess, now is not the time to ask these questions. We should go to the Duke's Mansion and bring the third young lady back first."

That’s right, that’s right. Fortunately, my second sister-in-law was smart and took Yingning back to the Hu family directly.

"Come with me, we'll talk about what happened on the way." Hu didn't even change her clothes and hurried out of the Prince's Mansion.

Here, Zhou Yu and Meng Wan were sitting in the east wing of the main study in the outer courtyard, listening to Wu Hen telling them what he knew about the whole story.

"So, the Hu family has suppressed this matter?" Zhou Yu said, knocking on the table.

Wu Hen nodded, "All we have heard from the temple now is that a young lady who came to pray accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by Master Lu. No one knows where she came from, but we only know that she is related to the Hu family."

Zhou Yu understood that Gao Yang and Li He led Master Lu to the "Moon Pool", and Master Lu went around to the pile of rocks on the opposite side of the pool to pick up the fan cover that Gao Yang had dropped, and it was there that he rescued Zhou Yingning who had fallen into the water. Therefore, Gao Yang and Li He did not see which lady Master Lu rescued.

But it doesn’t matter. Let’s first see what the Hu family says to the outside world. It’s just a rumor. It doesn’t matter whether it’s true or false. Even if everyone believes what the Hu family says to the outside world, as long as there is a seed of doubt, it will take root and sprout.

After this incident, Zhou Yingning no longer wanted to think about a good marriage.

It was only at this time that Meng Wan learned the detailed plans of Zhou Yu and Zhou Yinghan.

Ever since Zhou Yinghan made up her mind to seek justice for herself, to make sure that Mrs. Hu would not have the time and energy to target her before she got married, and to avenge the humiliation that Mrs. Li suffered at the hands of Zhou Yingning, she has been waiting for an opportunity. She knew that since she had arranged a marriage that Mrs. Hu was so dissatisfied with, she would never give up.

Li spent a lot of money to bribe a maid who used to serve her daughter in Junyueju. The maid's daughter worked with her and was also taken in by Zhou Yiheng. However, she was not as lucky as herself and never got pregnant. After Zhou Yiheng's novelty wore off, Hu found fault with her and sent her away to get married.

At the beginning, the old woman begged Mrs. Hu not to marry her daughter off, even if she wanted her to stay in the mansion and serve her. However, Mrs. Hu refused, which led to her daughter dying of depression two years after her marriage.

When Mrs. Hu wanted to deal with the old woman, the old woman came to Zhou Yiheng for help, which made Zhou Yiheng think of her daughter, so he simply transferred her to the outer courtyard to be a cleaning woman.

Only Li knew that when her daughter was still living in Junyueju, the old woman often came and went and had a very close relationship with the old woman who was now boiling water in the back room. It seemed that they had even discussed marrying their children to each other before. If Zhou Yiheng had not adopted her daughter, the two families would have been married.

Only few people knew about this matter. After the old woman was transferred to the outer courtyard, the two families had almost no contact in order to avoid suspicion. But Li knew that it was just superficial. They had never stopped contacting each other, and the old woman was still upset about her daughter's death.

In this way, through Li's arrangement, it was soon discovered that something was wrong with Hu. Some time ago, Hu's second sister-in-law came to visit several times, and Hu suddenly found two pieces of cloth. After making clothes for the sisters to attend Mrs. Hu's birthday, she wanted to make spring clothes for Zhou Yingning and Zhou Yinghan.

After Zhou Yinghan brought this news to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu sent Wu Hen to follow the second wife's maidservant, and found that she wanted to continue to use the Lu family. But to Zhou Yu's surprise, the maidservant had been in contact with the wet nurse of Mr. Lu. It seemed that Mrs. Hu did not want Zhou Yinghan to marry Mr. Lu, she just wanted Zhou Yinghan to be silent.

After the incident is exposed, it would be best if the Ding family could cancel the engagement. If that is not possible, it would at least annoy the Ding family.

With this development of things, it was easier for Zhou Yu to make arrangements. He quickly found out what Master Lu's wet nurse's son was going to do at Hongluo Temple today. Then Zhou Yu asked Wu Hen to make arrangements in advance.

The reason why they found Gao Yang and Li He was to make it convenient for them to exaggerate and publicize the matter later. And Master Lu had always wanted to get close to the sons of such prominent people as Gao Yang. If they saw what happened today and encouraged Master Lu a few more times, he would definitely tell others about this matter as a matter of honor.

By then, Master Lu would insist that he saved the third daughter of the Zhou family, and it would not be easy for Mrs. Hu to suppress the matter.

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Zhou Yingning had changed her clothes and was sitting blankly in Mrs. Hu's room. Seeing Mrs. Hu hurriedly coming in, the tears that had just been held back suddenly flowed out again, "Mother, mother..."

Mrs. Hu felt extremely distressed when she saw her daughter's appearance. She quickly took a few steps and hugged Zhou Yingning in her arms. Then, as if she remembered something, she stood up straight and looked Zhou Yingning up and down, as if she was afraid that she was missing a piece of flesh.

"Ning'er is fine, don't worry, auntie. We didn't call a doctor just now. The old woman who has been treating mother for many years has checked her out. There is no big problem." Mrs. Hu stepped forward and said softly.

Hu nodded, "It hasn't spread outside, has it?"

"No, my second brother's wife acted promptly. After hearing the report from the servants, she separated the girls. Even they didn't know who was in trouble."

Only then did Mrs. Hu feel relieved. She sat beside the big bed and gently stroked Zhou Yingning's hair. "Good child, it's okay. Don't worry. Not a word of what happened today will be spread out. Has Guyu been with you all this time?"

Zhou Yingning snuggled into Hu's arms and nodded.

Mrs. Hu stood up and asked, "Where is the second sister-in-law?"

"She sent the young ladies to the backyard, separately, but she didn't do anything because she didn't know what you meant. But this matter is very urgent, and you must come up with a plan so that they can go home first."

Mrs. Hu was stunned at first, then she understood what Mrs. Hu meant, "Let's go out and talk." She turned around and told Yunxiang to serve Zhou Yingning.

The two walked to the west room, "What does sister-in-law mean?"

Mrs. Hu frowned and said, "It's impossible for me to deny that Master Lu saved someone. After all, there were many people going to Hongluo Temple today, and your second sister-in-law has spread the word that she saved a relative of the Hu family. But who this relative is is up to me."

Hu exhaled, "Zhou Yinghan."

Mrs. Hu shook her head and smiled bitterly, "She can't."

"Why?" Mrs. Hu frowned, "Don't you know who you are saving?"

"The second young lady in the mansion was with Miss Sun from the Lu family at the time."

"Lu family? Which Lu family?" Hu said unhappily.

"To the residence of the Minister of War."

Mrs. Hu looked up at Mrs. Hu, who sighed, "It's the Miss Sun from the Lu family who got engaged last year. It's said that the grandmother of her fiancée's family was also not feeling well, and she also went to Hongluo Temple to pray for blessings. I don't know exactly how she has been together with your second young lady. For the details, you should ask my second brother's wife and Sister Ning's maid."

Mrs. Hu stood up and walked out with Mrs. Hu. She had only heard two sentences said by Mother Hong and knew nothing else. She had to ask one by one to clarify.

The first priority is to find a scapegoat and not involve Zhou Yingning. How did this damn Zhou Yinghan escape?