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

"It took a long time for the dozen guards who had gone in to come back one after another. When the emperor learned that the other end of the secret passage was actually the side room of the emperor's Chengtian Palace, he gave Prince Cheng a kick in the heart. If the emperor hadn't just recovered, that kick would have made him sick. Then the emperor said that Prince Cheng's mansion was sealed and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Take Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng back to the palace."

Meng Wan nodded, "Where's the Queen? Where's Princess Yong'an?"

"While the emperor was sitting in the courtyard waiting, he had someone escort Princess Yong'an back to the palace. After finding out the exit of the secret passage, the empress hit her forehead so hard that blood was oozing out. It was said that the empress was carried back to the palace."

"I don't know how long it will take the emperor to find out about Meng Hai's affairs."

"It's hard to say. If Prince Cheng doesn't say anything, Meng Hai will be fine. After all, Prince Jing has always believed that Meng Hai is his man."

Meng Wan asked worriedly, "What does Prince Rui mean?"

Zhou Yu shook his head. "Let's finish the follow-up work today. Lord Song asked everyone to go home and wait for the news. The matter of Prince Cheng is different from that of Prince Duan. This is a matter that can directly cost you your head. Let's wait for the news from the palace."

Meng Wan asked softly, "Is this the Crown Prince's idea or Prince Rui's idea?"

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Is there any difference?"

"Of course there is. If the Crown Prince is targeting King Cheng and needs King Rui's cooperation, then it means that King Rui has not made up his mind yet, or has decided to follow the Crown Prince. If King Rui takes advantage of the Crown Prince's targeting of King Cheng to do this, it means that King Rui has other ideas."

Zhou Yu nodded, "What do you think the situation is?"

"In my opinion, it's the second one. Prince Rui must have made up his mind, or he has already made up his mind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have exposed the secret passage. If he was cooperating with the Crown Prince to complete the plan against Prince Cheng, Prince Rui wouldn't have bothered to involve this. And if Prince Rui had told the Crown Prince about Prince Cheng's secret passage from the beginning, there would be no need for Fourth Sister to conflict with Meng Zhi again and finalize this matter away from the public eye."

Although Meng Wan's words were a bit confusing, Zhou Yu understood them clearly. He stood up and gently hugged Meng Wan in his arms, "You are really smart. If you were a man, you would definitely be the material for the first staff. Uncle Qi also said so, and we are happy to see it. After all, we are working for Prince Rui. If Prince Rui can take that position, wouldn't it be more convenient?"

Meng Wan leaned on Zhou Yu's chest, "I hope that Meng Hai's affairs will not be involved, and let the emperor charge Prince Cheng with coveting the throne."

Zhou Yu shook his head. "It's impossible. Although the emperor has been in poor spirits and his mind is not as flexible as before, he is not stupid. Prince Cheng dug such a secret passage, how could he not have arranged it? With such an idea, the most important thing is people, the second is money, and the third is soldiers. The emperor also fought his way up among the princes, how could he not know this? If you check one by one, you will naturally find it. And a few days ago in Prince Jing's mansion, he talked about Meng Hai with Hong Zhe. Do you think this is just a coincidence?"

Meng Wan raised his head, "No way? Could it be that the emperor has long suspected Prince Cheng?"

"Who knows? Since ancient times, the most difficult thing to guess is the heart of the emperor. I think that even if the emperor doesn't know everything, he has doubts. Otherwise, why would he suddenly leave one son after another?"

Meng Wan just felt a headache. How come all the ancient people were so smart?

"I wonder if Prince Cheng will tell Meng Hai about this." Meng Wan said softly, "Prince Cheng is so stupid, how can Meng Hai have the confidence to follow him? It seems that it would be better to choose Prince Jing, at least he can live a few more days."

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, "Sometimes people only think that what they see is the truth, and that what they feel is right. Just like my father and his Qin Er, aren't they both such people?"

Meng Wan thought about it and it was true. "Next, what do you need to do? Is there anything you need me to do?"

Zhou Yu gently tucked the loose hair on her cheeks behind her ears. "I had originally thought that when Meng Hai got into trouble, I would let my mother-in-law move out of the city. Although it can't be said to be escaping, she wouldn't have to worry about the mess that followed. But now with the current situation of Marquis Huainan, as the wife of the prince, she can't leave even if she has a hundred reasons. Why don't you go home tomorrow, just like you said, and get a shot of prevention first."

Meng Wan leaned his head on Zhou Yu's shoulder, "Yu, nothing serious will happen, right?" Meng Wan thought of the historical materials that wrote about the changes of dynasties. Although TV dramas are inevitably exaggerated, they are always adapted from real history. The implicate of nine ancestors is no joke.

Zhou Yu turned his head and kissed Meng Wan's forehead gently. "Everything depends on the emperor's intention. Let's see how to characterize Prince Cheng. Everything else is easy to deal with. If he is charged with treason, I think it should not be difficult to investigate Meng Hai's clue. At that time, the Meng family will definitely be implicated. If the emperor wants to let him go lightly, I think Prince Cheng is no more than the same as Prince Duan. At most, he will be imprisoned. If that's the case, Meng Hai's matter may not be implicated. It depends on him. I think with his scheming, he may really lean towards Prince Jing."

After a while, Zhou Yu said quietly, "There is another possibility."

Meng Wan looked up, and the two of them separated for a while. Zhou Yu looked at Meng Wan quietly, "Even if the emperor is willing to let Prince Cheng's matter go, there are people who don't want to see such a situation, and they are fanning the flames from behind, forcing Meng Hai to take the lead and forcing the emperor to go against his original intention."

"You mean the prince?"

Zhou Yu nodded, then shook his head, "Maybe, maybe not. I think your recent analysis is particularly correct. That is, we have never seen through Prince Rui's true intentions. He is still following behind the prince. No matter what the prince's attitude towards him is, he has never been angry. He always smiles so gently and tries his best to complete every task of the prince. He never takes credit for himself. All the achievements belong to the prince.

"Everything we know about Prince Cheng and Meng Hai is known by Prince Rui. We don't know whether the Crown Prince knows it or not. So, we don't know if it was the Crown Prince's intention or Prince Rui's intention if the Emperor did not intend to pursue Prince Cheng but Meng Hai was convicted. But I guess it was more of Prince Rui's intention."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because there are two more people who want Meng Hai to be in trouble."

Meng Wan thought of how the Third House had framed Meng Qi time and time again and used Meng Qi's affairs to ask, "Are you talking about the Fourth Sister?"

"And there's Meng Zhi."

That's right, the one who wanted Meng Hai to have a bad ending the most was Meng Zhi. Meng Zhi once said that if Meng Hai ever had such a day, she would kill him with her own hands. Thinking of that sunny girl, thinking of that young woman who always liked to wear red clothes with her lips painted red, yes, she had reason to believe that there must be some kind of agreement between Meng Zhi and Meng Qi, and there must also be an agreement between Meng Qi and King Rui.

If King Rui really had other ideas as he thought, then King Rui would never allow Meng Hai to be free. It seemed that no matter what the situation was, Meng Changfeng's illness would not be cured this time.

The capital city has been eerily quiet these past few days. Even in the middle of summer, the streets are deserted early in the morning, and the street enthusiasts who used to run horses and play with birds have also become much more obedient.

The next day after discussing this topic with Zhou Yu, Meng Wan returned to the Huainan Marquis' Mansion. Before leaving, she sent a letter to the Rui Wang Mansion, but Meng Qi went to the palace. Mother Liu told Mother Kong that Meng Qi had not returned for two days.

Meng Wan was worried. He couldn't say much to Wang, so he could only talk to her about Wang Boyuan. Half a month ago, the emperor had issued an order to pardon Wang Boyuan. By now, the order should have arrived, and Wang Boyuan should have packed his bags and prepared to return.

Wang originally wanted to hire someone from the Beijing escort agency and send a few of her own people to pick them up, but was stopped by Meng Wan. If he had been pardoned and became an ordinary citizen, it would have been fine. However, Wang Boyuan was pardoned and would have to continue to be an official when he returned, so it would be better to follow the official procedures.

When Wang heard that Wu Zhengda would arrange someone to escort Wang Boyuan and the others back, her frown relaxed and she kept saying that it was a good thing that she had treated Meng Xiu well and did not add insult to injury.

When he returned that day, Meng Wan went to see Meng Changfeng. Lord Meng had taken the medicine prescribed by Master Fang Zhi and was obviously much better. His face had regained color, but he was disappointed to see that he was the only one who returned. Meng Qi was not there, so she told herself that it would be best if Meng Qi could go back once next time.

Meng Wan guessed that Meng Changfeng should have also learned about Prince Cheng's affairs, and the old man was just hoping for a lucky break.

A few days later, it started raining in the morning and in the evening, the heaviest rainstorm since the beginning of summer fell.

Zhou Yu had gone out in the morning and had not come back yet. Meng Wan was restless all day, and her eyelids were twitching violently. She asked Chuan'er to get some rice paper and stuck a small piece on one of her eyelids. People say that if the left eye twitches, it means good fortune, and if the right eye twitches, it means bad luck. But if both of her eyes twitched at the same time, it was nothing.

After hearing the news that Zhou Yu had returned, Meng Wan breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to the main door of the upper house to greet him. She watched Zhou Yu, wearing a straw raincoat, stride up the steps with a solemn look on his face.

Following behind Zhou Yu, Meng Wan, who took the raincoat, had a feeling that something big was going to happen. She didn't ask anything, but just looked at Zhou Yu. The hem of Zhou Yu's clothes and trousers were soaked by the rain, and water dripped down.

He wiped his face and said, "I sent Princess Rui back to Huainan Marquis's Mansion, and just now I sent Princess Rui back to Rui Palace."

Meng Wan held the corner of her raincoat tightly and took two steps forward. Zhou Yu looked at her solemnly and said, "Conspiracy for treason, exile."

Meng Wan exhaled, "Where to?"

The place of exile is very important, including Lingnan, Northwest, Nanyi and Ningguta. Some places still have a glimmer of hope, such as the Northwest where Wang Boyuan went, and some places there is no return, such as Ningguta.

"I don't know yet. It depends on what the imperial decree will be issued tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Zhou Yu took off his shirt and walked towards the ear room. Meng Wan followed behind him and bumped into Zhou Yu's back as he stopped.

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said, "Get ready. I think the Huainan Marquisate will send a message in the next few days."

"Ah? But Meng Hai?"

Zhou Yu turned around, took the raincoat that Meng Wan had been holding, and threw it on the cabinet in the ear room. He picked up the water in the bucket and poured it into the basin and started washing. After cleaning up, Zhou Yu wiped his face and took the tea that Meng Wan poured.

"Well, I don't know the specific situation. Princess Rui asked me to tell you. When we go to the Huainan Marquis's Mansion, she will tell you when she has the chance."

Meng Wan thought about the last time she saw Meng Changfeng with a visibly rosy complexion, and sighed softly. In their eyes, the mansions of marquis, earl, and duke were more important than their lives.

Early the next morning, someone from the Huainan Marquis's mansion arrived to announce the death of the Marquis. They said that the Huainan Marquis Meng Changfeng had "died" the night before.