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

The uterus was particularly lively at this time, no, it should be said that the royal family was particularly lively. First, Princess Fanghua and the newly promoted Princess Zhenru had constant conflicts, and even when the Empress was choosing a dowry for Princess Zhenru, she went to the Emperor to complain, saying that it was too much or that was too much.

Then when Princess Cheng brought Concubine Meng to the palace, Princess Rui got into a fight with her sister again, saying that she could feel their anger across the flowerbed. When Princess Rui went to the Queen Mother to seek justice, she accidentally knocked over the food box that Princess Cheng brought, which frightened Princess Cheng so much that her face turned pale.

During the monthly parent-child activities of the Emperor, Prince Rui said something wrong and the Crown Prince, who never embarrassed himself in front of others, rarely spoke up and reprimanded Prince Rui, making Prince Rui very embarrassed. Prince Cheng laughed secretly for a long time.

Of course, what surprised everyone even more was the emperor's health. After July, it gradually got better. In the past, he was carried directly to the throne when he went to court, but now he could walk there by himself.

Some are happy while others are worried about the emperor's good health.

The one who was happy was Princess Fanghua. No one knew who had said what, but this usually hard-to-mess-with princess suddenly seemed to come to her senses. She actually begged the emperor to find her a prince consort. The emperor then handed the matter over to the empress, but Fanghua refused and insisted that the emperor take a look in person.

As a result, the emperor really loved this daughter, and he quickly chose the nephew of the Ninth Prince's mother, Jingpin, who had just passed the imperial examination this spring. Although his family background, appearance, social skills and talents were all average, they were a rare good family in the capital. More importantly, the Ninth Prince was too young, and no matter how the court changed, it would not affect him, and Jingpin was just like her title, she was chaste and quiet.

The ones who were worried were his grown sons, especially Prince Cheng. It was said that two young girls had been carried out of Prince Cheng's mansion recently. When the Empress mentioned Princess Yong'an's marriage for the Nth time, Prince Cheng got angry with the Empress, saying that she was in such a hurry and was waiting for him to get married. Whatever marriage Yong'an wanted was not suitable for her. The Empress was almost scared to death, and she hurriedly covered her son's mouth, saying that he had drunk too much.

As the emperor's health improved, he suddenly showed interest in the outside world. He first walked around the royal gardens, pastures, and hunting grounds. Then, someone suggested that he visit the houses of his sons.

The Crown Prince lived in the East Palace, which was not much to see. The second prince, Prince Duan, was still guarding the imperial mausoleum for Concubine Xiang. The fourth prince, Prince Jing's mansion, became the emperor's first stop.

Although the emperor said that he wanted to just stroll around, have lunch, chat, and stay in touch with his son like a father does, King Jing didn't dare to neglect it. Although he didn't dare to do major repairs to displease the emperor, he prepared the food and entertainment programs with great care.

Hongzhe also made great efforts and played a brilliant role in the whole process of King Jing receiving the emperor, especially the performance of the musicians he found, which was in a field style and cheerful, which the emperor had never heard before, which made the emperor very happy. When he heard that all this was Hongzhe's idea, he received Hongzhe cordially, but the emperor's words made King Jing and the Hong family unable to figure out the emperor's thoughts.

The emperor actually asked about Hongzhe and Menghai, saying that Menghai was a brave general of the Great Xia Dynasty, holding military power and stationed in the northwest, and he was very relieved, etc. He also asked Hongzhe to tell Menghai to rest assured to make achievements under the King of Zhenbei, and that he already knew that Lord Huainan was ill and had sent a great doctor, so he didn't need to worry, etc.

When King Jing heard these words, sweat broke out on his forehead. He knew that Meng Hai was coming back. On the surface, he said he was visiting Meng Changfeng, but when he asked him privately, he said that he needed to come back to discuss some matters with him. At that time, Prince Duan was convicted, Prince Cheng was constantly making small moves, the emperor was in poor health, and the prince was suddenly reused.

King Jing was also a little anxious and wanted to wait and see for a while. After all, his plans would take some time. To be honest, he was still not very confident in Meng Hai and did not put all his hopes on him.

After sending the emperor away, King Jing immediately sent people to the northwest to stop Meng Hai from coming back. If Meng Hai came back after the emperor said so, then there would be no explanation. No matter how much Meng Hai could play a role in his great cause in the future, at least he couldn't let him be remembered by the emperor now, and if he dug deeper, it would implicate him.

The few questions the emperor asked that day did not seem to be casual at all. He was really worried that the emperor knew something. He summoned several brothers of Princess Jing and his confidants overnight and told Hongzhe to pay attention to the Hu family.

The emperor came back from Prince Jing's house and rested for a few days before going to Prince Cheng's house again. This time, the queen accompanied him and led a team of people into Prince Cheng's mansion.

Because of the novelty and brilliance of King Jing's hospitality, King Cheng had to think hard, but it was Meng Zhi who reminded him. The emperor made it very clear this time, that it was the affectionate interaction between father and son, so in this case, it would be better to be more homely.

When King Jing invited the emperor, he didn't even let him into his residence. What kind of father-son relationship is that? King Cheng should invite the emperor to his courtyard, let him see where he usually eats, lives, and works, and put some old things that he played with and used when he was a child to evoke his memories, and then prepare a table of food that the emperor often ate when he was in Qiandi. Playing such a good card of nostalgia will definitely make the emperor satisfied and moved.

When King Cheng heard this, he thought, "Great! That's exactly the truth."

The result was just as Prince Cheng had expected. The Emperor was very happy. He looked at the old items in Prince Cheng's study and touched them one by one. The Empress's explanation constantly evoked the Emperor's memories.

Prince Cheng and Yong'an recounted their childhood memories on each side, which occasionally made the emperor laugh, giving people the feeling of a warm family of four.

However, the originally harmonious family reunion scene took a shocking turn after the emperor took a nap in Prince Cheng's study.

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"So, the emperor discovered the secret passage?" Meng Wan took Zhou Yu's coat and said.

Zhou Yu's face was very red, with mud marks on it. He walked towards the ear room while taking off his inner clothes, revealing his muscular upper body.

He walked to the basin, scooped up clean water with both hands and began to wash his face. Finally, he picked up the basin and poured it over his head.

"Is it cool?"

"It's not cold, it's just right." After Zhou Yu said that, he went to pick up the bucket next to him and poured it directly on himself instead of pouring it into the basin.

Taking the towel handed over by Meng Wan, he wiped it while saying, "We haven't found out exactly how it was exposed yet. We only heard that the emperor was sleeping soundly, and suddenly there was a thump. Everyone heard the emperor's cry of pain, and when they ran into the inner room, they saw that the emperor had fallen into the entrance of the secret passage."

"Is that secret passage really built on Prince Cheng's bed?" Meng Wan handed the underwear to Zhou Yu.

"Well, our informant said that it is near the innermost side of the bed. If you rest alone and don't move in, you will definitely not find it."

Meng Wan understood, what else was there to be confused about? It must have been Meng Zhi's doing. Since she was able to discover the existence of this secret passage and persuaded Prince Cheng to use this method to receive the emperor, she must have made perfect preparations.

"Fourth sister and Meng Zhi had a quarrel a while ago. Did they finalize this matter?"

Zhou Yu walked to the table, drank a full cup of fruit tea, and exhaled, "Didn't Princess Rui say anything to you?"

Meng Wan shook her head. Meng Changfeng's health had suddenly worsened a few days ago. He seemed to be terminally ill for unknown reasons. When they went to see him, he had his eyes closed and didn't say a word.

"My fourth sister was very anxious that day, and there were also female officials from the palace following her. She just told me to wait and see. She also said that my grandfather had tortured himself to such a state, and it was unknown whether he could save the Huainan Marquisate."

Meng Wan sighed as he spoke, "If you really want to use my grandfather's life to prevent the Huainan Marquisate from being implicated by Meng Hai, then the Huainan Marquisate will withdraw from the circle of the capital's aristocratic families in the future."

"It's better to withdraw. This Marquisate won't fall into the hands of your third brother. Let your eldest brother dream of becoming a Marquis. Even if it's a Lord, he will be happy." Zhou Yu sighed, "It's a pity for your grandfather. This is the only way to save the Meng family."

"Who can be blamed for this? We shouldn't have placed our bet on Meng Hai in the first place. Has the emperor found out about Meng Hai?"

"I don't know whether they found out or not, but it was said that the emperor was sitting in the courtyard, waiting for the guards to go in, to see where the secret passage led to. Prince Cheng turned pale at the time, and the queen obviously knew about it. She advised the emperor to wait in another room twice, but the emperor refused each time. When she asked him to wait again, he threw the teacup in his hand."

Meng Wan said, "In fact, if it weren't for the Queen and Prince Cheng's abnormal behavior, the Emperor might have believed their words."

Zhou Yu nodded, "That's right. Prince Cheng said at the time that he dug the secret passage for fun and hid some treasures and toys. The emperor laughed and said that there was no need to hide good things so secretly, and asked Prince Cheng to take out a few things for him to see. If Prince Cheng could seize the opportunity and coax the emperor out of the yard, he would at least have a chance of survival. But he was sweating all over his head and talking incoherently. What's more, before the emperor could say anything more, he actually knelt down, which made the emperor suspicious of his excessive reaction, so he sat in the yard and waited."

"and after?"