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

But when Zhou Yingning saw her like that, she frowned and told her to go quickly, with a look of disgust on her face. Guyu had no choice but to hurriedly follow the girl from the Lu family.

Not long after Guyu left, several people circled the pond and walked into a stone path. Miss Lu pointed at the flowers blooming in the cracks of the rocks and said with a smile, "What's the name of that flower? I heard it's the best for dyeing nails. Collect them now, dry them, and they can be used in a dozen days."

Zhou Yinghan pretended to be puzzled and asked how she knew. Miss Lu said that Princess Yongan told her because Princess Yongan had been using this method. When she entered the palace a few days ago, Princess Yongan said that the weather was cold this year and the flowers in the palace had not bloomed yet. She didn't know if she could use new dyes for her birthday this year. She didn't want to use last year's old ones.

Zhou Yingning looked at the flowers in the cracks of the rocks, thinking that Yong'an's birthday would be in a few days. She knew that Hu wanted to ask for Yong'an's hand in marriage on behalf of Zhou Zheng, and she very much hoped that Zhou Zheng would succeed. If she found this flower and gave it to her, Princess Yong'an would surely be happy. Wouldn't it be better if she could then say that it was her brother who got it?

Thinking of this, she walked behind. Since Guyu was not around, she did not want Yueru to help, so she simply went to pick the flowers herself. However, she did not expect that the cracks in the rocks were very slippery. After picking a few flowers, Zhou Yingning accidentally fell there, and a large area of ​​her clothes was dirty and wet.

Zhou Yinghan hurriedly wanted to help Zhou Yingning go back to change clothes, but Miss Lu said that there were people everywhere, and even if most of them were young ladies from the Hu family, it would not look good for people to see Zhou Yingning in such a miserable state. It would be better to let the maid go and get it. There was a house over there for people to rest and change clothes.

Zhou Yingning thought about it and it made sense, but Zhou Yinghan advised her to go back to the meditation room to change, which made Zhou Yingning roll her eyes at her unhappily. Yueru had no choice but to go back and get her clothes.

Just like that, while waiting for Zhou Yingning to change her clothes, several people circled around the "Star Pool" and slowly turned to the "Moon Pool". Far away on the opposite side there was a pavilion with a figure inside, gesturing towards this side.

When the young ladies saw this scene, they realized that they had walked to the "Moon Pool" and hurriedly turned around to go back, but two women came out from behind. One of them was tall and bumped into Zhou Yingning. Zhou Yingning couldn't stand and fell into the water.

Then, Zhou Yinghan saw the people on the opposite side pointing in the water and shouting towards this side. A young man in white jumped in and saved Zhou Yingning. Not far away, Mother Hong was standing up after giving birth. When she heard the noise here, she glanced at Zhou Yinghan standing with Miss Lu and her mind went blank.

Li came back to her senses from her shock and nodded gently, "It seems that Miss Lu was arranged by the Second Master."

Zhou Yinghan said, "Well, I guess so. I haven't met Miss Lu for many times, but she was very enthusiastic in chatting with me today. I didn't expect that the Lu family would actually help my second brother."

"It may not be the Lu family, maybe someone from the Lu family." Li stood up and said with a smile, "That's good now, we can just wait for Zhou Yingning to either marry Mr. Lu or be sent to a nunnery, or at worst stay in the mansion until she's an old maid."

"will not."

"No? What do you mean?"

"Mrs. Hu handled this matter very alertly. After Zhou Yingning got into trouble, Madam Hong immediately asked Yueru to find Mrs. Hu. Mrs. Hu did not make a big deal out of it, but directly asked the maid to take Zhou Yingning back to the meditation room, and..."

"And what?"

Zhou Yinghan looked into Li's eyes and said, "Moreover, she has always told the young ladies from the Hu family who went there today to stay in their rooms and not go out."

"What do you mean?" Li was puzzled.

"I think Mrs. Hu is trying to find fault with me because we both got on separate carriages when we came back, and we both got on one carriage first, and then got on another carriage after we left."

Li thought about it and reacted. The not-so-shrewd face of Mrs. Hu appeared in her mind. She didn't expect that she was so scheming.

"What should we do then? Wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Li said regretfully.

Zhou Yinghan shook his head. "No, I think my second brother will be able to deal with it. At the very least, the princess has to keep this matter secret, so she won't have extra time to target me."

Li breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, Zhou Yinghan would be married in a few months, and as long as she could live safely until then, it would be fine.

Hearing the servant report that Mrs. Hu had returned with Zhou Yingning, Mrs. Li hurried back to her own courtyard.

——————

Mrs. Hu looked at Madam Hong and Guyu who were kneeling on the ground, and said quietly, "Tell me, you guys messed up something that was clearly planned."

Mother Hong raised her head, her cheeks were badly swollen, she glanced at Mrs. Hu's cold face, lowered her head, and kowtowed hard. She knew that her good days were over, and her position as second only to the emperor and above a hundred people in the palace was no longer there.

But she couldn't tell the truth. She had to fight for a chance of survival. Even if she couldn't work for Hu anymore, she had to go back home to retire in dignity. This was the most important thing to do now.

"It's my fault. I didn't think it through. I got the letter from before saying that Master Lu and his friends had arrived, so I wanted to go and take a look. It's not that I don't trust Third Master's arrangement, but I thought it wouldn't take long to take a look and confirm it. And originally it was said that Master Lu came by himself, but now he said he brought two friends with him, so I have to know which friend it was.

"After I accompanied the second and third young ladies out, I told Guyu and went directly to the Moon Pond. Master Lu and his friends were talking and laughing in the pavilion opposite the Moon Pond. I didn't dare to get too close and could only watch from afar. The two young masters with Master Lu were dressed very gorgeously, and Master Lu was also trying to please them when he spoke to them.

"I am a little worried. I am afraid that the two young masters are the ones that Master Lu wants to curry favor with. If they start chatting like that, they will forget about today's important matter. I have been waiting for a long time but Master Lu has not come over here. I am anxious and want to go back to find the old woman next to the second wife to confirm it, because I have heard the voice of the young lady coming from Xingchi."

When Mother Hong said this, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked up at Mrs. Hu, only to see that Mrs. Hu was staring at the table and not looking at her.

Mother Hong calmed down and continued, "When I stood up and was about to go back to look for her, I saw a servant go to look for Master Lu. Master Lu talked to the two men for a few words and then came to the Moon Pond. I saw Master Lu coming this way, so I felt relieved and thought about coming back to check on the situation here. But before I got there, I heard a splash. At first, I saw the woman who fell into the water. She was wearing clothes of the color of the sky and water. I was happy, but I didn't think about it. When I looked up, I saw the second lady and another lady standing there. I, my slave..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Hu picked up the teacup on the table and threw it fiercely at Mother Hong, "What? Do you think that you have been with me for so many years, I can't leave you? How dare you fool me with such lies? You are worried about this and that, but you are really worried about leaving Sister Ning alone there? Don't you know which one is more important? Even if Mr. Lu can't make it, it's better to just let Zhou Yinghan fall into the water and lose her composure."