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

Mrs. Hu listened to the relatives of the Hu family who were going to Hongluo Temple today, and walked around twice on the ground, "Let's choose Sister Yan from my fourth cousin's family."

Mrs. Hu Da and Mrs. Hu Er looked at each other and nodded. "My eldest sister-in-law and I have the same idea. Their family has been involved in a lot of lawsuits recently because of the fourth cousin's matter, and Sister Yan's engagement was broken off because of this matter. I thought that my aunt would help to solve the fourth cousin's matter, give more money to the cousins, and recommend their son to study in the academy, and it should be enough."

Mrs. Hu nodded, "Please ask my eldest sister-in-law to talk to my cousins ​​and tell them that I will prepare the dowry for Sister Yan's marriage. Speak more about the good things about the Lu family. Although the person they rely on is not very glamorous, she can speak in front of the emperor, and the family is well-off, so she will not be wronged."

Mrs. Hu walked out. "In that case, the other ladies should go back first. It won't be acceptable if they wait too long. I'll ask the servants to invite Fourth Brother's wife to come."

"Sister-in-law, don't let Yingning let the secret slip. It's one thing for them to know, but it's another thing whether we admit it or not." Mrs. Hu warned.

Mrs. Hu patted Mrs. Hu's hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't bother you. You can talk to your sister-in-law. As for the second young lady in the mansion, do you want to ask here or go back?"

Mrs. Hu rubbed her brows and said, "Since all the young ladies have been asked to go back, it would not be good for her to stay here alone. Why not let her go back with them? I will go back and ask her later." There was a fierce look in Mrs. Hu's eyes.

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Seeing Zhou Yinghan, neatly dressed and calm, coming into the room, Li let out a long sigh.

"How is it? I heard that the princess just went out in a hurry. Did she go to the Hu family?"

Zhou Yinghan let Yueru help him take off his clothes. "Go and have a rest. I'll talk to my aunt. Don't call anyone."

"Should I reply to Second Madam?" Yueru asked softly.

"No, it would be too conspicuous now. Second brother should have received the news. Although he may not know the details of what happened, there is no rush." ​​Zhou Yinghan took a sip of tea and said softly.

Watching Yueru walk out, Li took Zhou Yinghan's hand, looked her daughter up and down, touched her, and then sat down on the stool.

Zhou Yinghan chuckled and said, "I'm fine, Auntie, don't worry. Didn't you see that I didn't even change my clothes?"

"Did the third young lady change her clothes?" asked Mrs. Li.

"Well, I just didn't expect it to go so smoothly. It seems that what my second brother said is right. Since Zhou Yingning always ruins the princess's business, the princess must not have told Zhou Yingning about this plan, otherwise she wouldn't have let Yueru help her change her clothes."

"Yueru? Where's Guyu?"

Zhou Yinghan snorted coldly and began to speak slowly...

When Zhou Yinghan and Zhou Yingning arrived at the Hu family, there were already nearly ten young ladies standing there waiting, many of whom Zhou Yinghan had never seen before. This was not surprising. First, Mrs. Hu did not often take Zhou Yinghan to the Hu family, so she naturally did not recognize all of the young ladies. Second, the reason why the young ladies of the Hu family were gathered to go to Hongluo Temple was because Mrs. Hu was in poor health, and those members of the Hu family who depended on the Hu family for their livelihood would naturally not miss this opportunity to curry favor.

Mrs. Hu was very enthusiastic about Zhou Yinghan's arrival and introduced her solemnly to the young ladies of the Hu family.

Everyone went to pay their respects to Old Madam Hu first. Zhou Yinghan looked at Old Madam Hu, whose face was sallow, and thought that Mrs. Hu really spared no effort in utilizing every opportunity.

Although the Hu family is a noble family, the aunt is actually the princess of a county prince, and the ceremony is very grand, with a group of young ladies, four carriages plus seats for servants, and they look very majestic when they travel on the official road.

This time, Mrs. Hu led the group to the temple. Each young lady was accompanied by a maid, and each family provided a maid. The Hu family sent people to the mountain to make arrangements the day before, including the Zen temple for the young ladies to rest, the process of praying for the old lady, and other matters.

When Zhou Yinghan and her friends arrived, it was almost noon. They first washed their hands and faces, went to the main hall to burn incense, followed the chanting and meditated, and then had a vegetarian meal.

During the whole process, Zhou Yingning followed Zhou Yinghan closely. Zhou Yingning obviously didn't know what Mrs. Hu was up to, and she just patiently followed her around until Mrs. Hu's capable mother went out for a while and came back with a smile on her face to tell the young ladies that there were few people at the "Xingchi" at this time, so the young ladies could go and release the animals.

There are two naturally formed ponds on the back mountain of Hongluo Temple. Originally there was one big pond, but later it was divided into two by piling up rockery in the middle. One is called "Moon Pond" and the other is called "Star Pond".

The "Moon Pond" is bigger and closer to the other side of the hillside, where there are more men coming and going. Therefore, the women prefer to release the animals in the "Star Pond" instead of clearing the area deliberately.

For some reason, Mother Hong did not follow them to the "Star Pool" but went to the "Moon Pool" on the other side. I guess she was very confident about today's arrangements.

Zhou Yinghan could see that Guyu was very unhappy, but she didn't dare to tell Mother Hong, and Zhou Yingning seemed to be unaware of the whole thing.

After the young ladies arrived at the "Star Pool", they were taken care of by Mrs. Hu's personal nanny. The "Star Pool" was called that because it was surrounded by stones in different shapes. There was always a circle between the two pools, and there was a stone path on the edge of the pool. People who were short had to stand on tiptoe to see the other pool.

When Zhou Yinghan walked to the small pool in the largest "Star Pool", he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the daughter of the Lu family beside the pool.

The daughter of the Lu family saw Zhou Yinghan and Zhou Yingning approaching and greeted them with a smile, "I just heard that the young ladies from Viscount Lecheng's residence came to pray today. I was wondering if I would meet Miss Zhou, but I didn't expect to meet you two."

Zhou Yingning hurriedly stepped forward to greet Miss Lu. Miss Lu seemed very interested in Zhou Yinghan. They chatted about this and that. Zhou Yinghan also cooperated very well and picked topics that Miss Lu liked, leaving Zhou Yingning aside for a while.

Zhou Yingning tried to leave several times, but was held back by Guyu. It was obvious that Guyu was anxiously waiting for Mother Hong to come back.

Zhou Yinghan knew that time was precious, and before she could continue talking, Guyu accidentally had her skirt stepped on by Miss Lu's maid, causing her to fall hard and get her hands scratched.

Miss Lu brought two maids and a maid with her. Seeing this, she quickly ordered the maid who caused the trouble to help Guyu to treat the wound.

Guyu held up her two bleeding hands and didn't dare to leave. Mother Hong hadn't come back yet. If she left, how would she carry out her plan?