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

Zhou Yu nodded, "It was said that Princess Fanghua thought for a while and then slammed the table, saying that it was no wonder that he was so affectionate when he saved me at the beginning, but when he heard others call him Princess Yong'an, his face turned pale immediately, and when he saw me walking towards him, his face was full of shock and indescribable emotions. It turned out that he really saved the wrong person."

Meng Wan suddenly patted Zhou Yu's thigh and said, "Wang Xiaoer, do you think it was Princess Fanghua's idea that the emperor chose that princess for Zhou Zheng?"

Zhou Yu sat up, "Right? Zhou Zheng plotted against her like this, Zhou Yingning looked down on her like this, how could Fanghua let it go? That's right, it must be her, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have taken so long to give an explanation and not see his father. The emperor's love for Princess Fanghua is unmatched even by the princes."

Meng Wan covered her mouth and chuckled, "I didn't have a good impression of Princess Fanghua at first, but this time I give her a thumbs up. How did she find such a useless princess to give to Zhou Zheng? Hahaha, although she was sent to the Queen's Palace for education, she is already seventeen this year, and some of her character and temper have been formed. How can it be so easy to change."

Zhou Yu lay back down and said with a smile, "That's right, let's just wait and see what happens. It's said that she is very petty and has a very shallow eye. Every time she enters the palace, she will take away a lot of things from Princess Yong'an or Princess Fanghua. Her uncle and aunt are even more shameless, fearless and thick-skinned. Just wait, Hu will suffer."

Meng Wan also nodded with a smile.

"Hey, you just said that you don't have a good impression of Fanghua at all? Is it because she insisted on arguing with you about the fabric last time?"

"No, I'm not that petty yet."

"What is that? Is it that the aura you mentioned at first sight is wrong?"

"No, guess why I don't like her?" Meng Wan put her head close to Zhou Yu's chin, squinted her eyes and smiled at him.

"No, don't look at me and smile like that. It makes me feel uneasy. Does it have something to do with me?"

Meng Wan reached out and poked Zhou Yu's chin, "Don't play dumb. Princess Fanghua likes you. Everyone in the capital knows that. If it weren't for the Huainan Marquis's Mansion pushing me out, once you and Meng Qi successfully broke off the engagement, the Emperor would have issued the decree to grant you a marriage, right?"

Zhou Yu chuckled, leaned forward slightly, and kissed Meng Wan's forehead, "My lady, you are wronging me. I have never even looked at her straight in the eye. Who knows why she likes me?"

"Tsk, who would believe that? Zhou Zheng hasn't seen it, and you haven't seen it either? Haven't you seen her make a fuss about marrying you?"

"It's true. Maybe you heard it from others. You also know that your husband is handsome, brave, and elegant... Oh, you bite again and again, be gentle, your jaw is hard, don't bite your teeth, try to bite somewhere else."

Before Meng Wan could say anything, Zhou Yu stood up and pushed Meng Wan onto the chaise longue.

A few days later, Wu Hen came back, nearly ten days later than expected. Meng Wan suspected that the thing he did for King Rui was not going well.

When Zhou Yu came back in the evening, he brought back the news that Wu Hen had found out.

Ever since Concubine Hui passed away suddenly, her family had originally planned to pack up and return to their hometown. Although they had donated money to become an official, it was a nominal position. It was still okay when Concubine Hui was alive, as they could have collected some money by holding up a big banner. But now there is nothing at all, and it is a joke to live on the salary.

But I don’t know when the family members stopped leaving again. They said that someone started to support them. They also found a real job for Huipin’s nephew and made it easier for them to do business. They actually lived a pretty good life.

When Zhou Yu said this, there was a mocking look on his face, "You guessed who it was, right?"

Meng Wan nodded. Who else could it be except the infatuated Zhou Yiheng?

"What about the prince? Have you found out if it's true?"

"There is no information available in the capital. The people in the Crown Prince's Mansion have almost no contact with Huipin's family. Only Wu Hen made some gains in Shandong."

"Oh? What did you find?"

"There was a servant beside Concubine Hui, who followed her all the way from Shandong to Beijing, and then entered the palace. Later, after Concubine Hui got into trouble, she disappeared inexplicably. Because of the cause of Concubine Hui's death, the palace buried her hastily, and naturally no one went to look for her."

"Where is her family?"

Zhou Yu shook his head. "I was so panicked at that time that I never thought of such a girl."

"So, that girl escaped?"

"Yes, she knows a lot of things, and Wu Hen found her when he went to Shandong this time. She said she had never married, but she adopted her brother's child under her name. She has a lot of floating money, so she lives a decent life."

Meng Wan looked at Zhou Yu with bright eyes, "Tell me quickly, is it true?"

Zhou Yu nodded, "Not only this, even the encounter with father was planned. Also, it was not Huipin who lost her virginity to father, but her."

"What?" Meng Wan asked in surprise, then understood.

If Huipin was not a virgin, how could she dare to enter the palace? The emperor was not a young boy back then, and even if Huipin used some tricks, it would be difficult to hide it from the emperor.

So that's how it is. It was the maid beside her who led Zhou Yiheng to eat the forbidden fruit. Then she pretended to be devoted to Zhou Yiheng. She was making preparations for both situations.

"What's going on with the prince?"

Zhou Yu smiled coldly and said, "It's just that she's lonely in the boudoir. It's just that Huipin has developed real feelings for the prince, and the prince's goal should have been to go after mother from the beginning."

Meng Wan stood up. "The prince is willing to sacrifice himself just to make his mother suffer? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Is he worth taking this risk?"

Zhou Yu put away his smile, "What do you mean? Can you think of anything?"

Meng Wan shook her head. "No, I just simply think it's not that simple. If you just want to make mother suffer, there are many other ways to do it. Besides, it's true that the prince is in poor health. He can't even handle those women in the East Palace, so how can he have too much energy for Huipin?"

Zhou Yu took a few steps back and forth. "Could it be that the Crown Prince is using Concubine Hui to manipulate my father to do his bidding?"

Meng Wan nodded, "I think so. The prince has been the prince for so many years, and no one likes him. At that time, Prince Rui was not yet powerful and could not help him at all. He needed someone at that time. He could not go directly to his father, so he could only go through other people, through other people... Yu, I thought of it."

Zhou Yu looked at Meng Wan who was very excited. "What did you think of?"

"Didn't you say before that you couldn't see through the prince's thoughts? Look, Zhou Zheng is close to Prince Jing, and you are close to Prince Rui. Hu is also planning to marry Prince Cheng's sister as his daughter-in-law. But the prince didn't say much about all this, and let you guys split up and make trouble like this, because his banner has always been clear."

"Clear-cut? What does that mean?"

"The goal is clear. The prince supports the prince." Meng Wan clapped his hands, "Yes, it must be, it must be. He has a rule in mind, and he lets you guys do whatever you want. No matter what you do, you can't represent the position of the Prince Shen's Mansion. At the critical moment, who the Prince Shen's Mansion supports still depends on the prince."

Zhou Yu rubbed his forehead, thought for a while and said, "I know, you are right."

"What did you think of?"

"Thank you Qingzhong."

"Xie Qingzhong? Sister-in-law's father?"

"Yes, I have never understood why my father married the daughter of the Xie family to my eldest brother and why he has always been so protective of my eldest brother. After my eldest sister-in-law came into the family, my father helped Xie Qingzhong get this position."

Zhou Yu paced back and forth. "Yes, it must be. That Huipin must have asked my father to support the prince, but my father couldn't openly side with the prince. So, he let my eldest brother marry Xie Fen, and let Xie Qingzhong gain a foothold in the Zhanshi Mansion and serve the prince with all his strength. In this way, he can also serve the prince indirectly."

"That's why the prince favors the eldest brother so much and fills the hole of false accounting for the eldest sister-in-law. He turns a blind eye to Li's transfer of things to her mother's house. He always gives money to the eldest brother and loves brother Hong so much." Meng Wan went on, and there was a reasonable explanation for Zhou Yiheng's favoritism towards Zhou Ming's family.

"I just don't know to what extent my father supports the prince."

"Based on his deep affection for Qin'er, I'm afraid the prince has already besieged the Prince's Mansion on the Crown Prince." Meng Wan said dimly.

Zhou Yu looked at her intently, then closed his eyes. "I have to go find my brother-in-law. This is not a small matter. We haven't figured out whether Prince Rui, as you said last time, is sincerely helping the prince. If father stands firmly behind the prince, and if Prince Rui has other ideas... then the situation..."

Meng Wan also thought of this. If Prince Rui really did what he asked Meng Qi that day, one day, the father and son would stand on opposite sides.

“However, before we know Prince Rui’s specific thoughts, we must not let Prince Rui know about this matter of yours truly,” Meng Wan instructed.

Zhou Yu nodded and said, "I know the seriousness of the matter." Then he hurried out of Qinghe Garden.