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

Meng Changfeng's funeral was held in a very low-key and simple manner. Apart from Meng's family members and in-laws, there were hardly any other people. The noble families also sent their sons or stewards to offer three incense sticks.

When Meng Wan and Zhou Yu arrived, Meng Qi had already arrived. To Meng Wan's surprise, Prince Rui was also there, and Meng Shao and Meng Ji from the second house were there to talk with him.

While she and Zhou Yu were bowing and offering incense, Meng Juan and Hong Zhe came back. Meng Juan's face looked very bad, neither blue nor white. She was wearing a plain dress with a high collar in the middle of summer. When she bowed, Meng Wan saw that there seemed to be blue marks on her neck.

Could it be that King Jing had discovered that Meng Hai had been using her as a cover to actually work for King Cheng? If that was the case, Meng Juan would be in trouble. On second thought, even if he hadn't discovered it, Meng Hai would be in trouble immediately, which would be enough for Meng Juan to suffer.

Sometimes Meng Wan really didn't understand Meng Hai and his wife. They only had one daughter, so why did they have to marry her to the Hong family? What could Meng Juan maintain? It would be better for her to marry someone with a clean family background and a stable life. This is called greed. For one's own obsession, even children can be staked.

Hong Zhe had an even more gloomy face, and it looked as if water could drip from his face since he came in. Compared with Meng Shao's appearance, he seemed more like Meng Changfeng's grandson, which made people feel very sad.

Only when he saw King Rui was also there did his face look better. He walked over, bowed humbly and exchanged greetings.

Meng Wan saw Wang in Songhe Hall. Song had collapsed at this time. They had been a couple for a lifetime. Even if they had quarreled and had rifts, so many years had passed. Even if there was no love, there was still kinship.

Before Meng Wan could speak, Meng Juan, who followed closely behind him, asked anxiously, "Where's my mother?"

Liu snorted coldly, "Miss, go back to your courtyard and look for him. I heard that your father had sent a letter back early saying that he wanted to visit your grandfather, but he hasn't shown up for such a long time. Your mother is very worried. Yesterday, your grandfather passed away, and your grandmother was the first to fall down, and she was the second one who couldn't get out of bed. It's a good opportunity for you to go and see if he is sad for your grandfather or worried about your father."

Meng Juan's face flushed, but she didn't say a word. She turned around and looked at Hong Zhe, but saw that the other party seemed not to have heard her and had no intention of going at all. She went out with disappointment on her face, without even looking at the Song family.

Wang waved at Meng Wan. Meng Wan took a few quick steps and looked Wang up and down. He saw that Wang only had slightly swollen eyes and looked a little tired, but everything else was fine. He gradually felt relieved.

"The prince has arranged for someone to take a letter to your third brother. Even if we gallop, we won't be able to catch up. We can only wait until we can get back."

Meng Wan nodded, "When the time comes, let the third brother kowtow to grandfather's grave and stay there for a few nights. Grandfather will not blame him. What about the fourth sister?"

Wang stood up and took her daughter's hand. "In the inner room, your grandmother has been talking to her for a long time. Go and see your grandmother."

Meng Wan sneered in her heart. When Meng Qi just decided to marry the Prince Rui, no one in the Huainan Marquisate was optimistic about her. Even after Meng Qi's absurd stories were reported at the beginning, Song Shi still insisted that the Meng family didn't have such a granddaughter. But at the end, Meng Changfeng pulled her to talk, and Song Shi stayed to talk. Meng Wan knew what they would say with her toes.

Seeing Song in tears and Meng Qi looking calm, Meng Wan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Meng Qi was not controlled by Song's so-called family affection.

When Song saw Meng Wan come in, she held up a handkerchief and started crying again. She said that they were all daughters of the Meng family, and their dignity when going out was given by the Meng family. Now the Meng family needed them, and they must not let the Meng family fall and be laughed at by the world.

This is really a joke. If you don’t know, you would think that the Meng family has no male members and has to rely on their daughter to support them.

The two sisters were busy until the round of mourning at noon was over. They sent off Prince Rui and Zhou Yu before returning to "Qinyuan".

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?" Meng Qi sat on the bed in her unmarried room, touching her face, and looked at Meng Wan who was smiling at her in an ambiguous way.

"Your Majesty is really giving me face by staying until now. You guys arrived quite early too."

Meng Qi was stunned at first, then said nonchalantly, "After all, he is the grandson-in-law of the Huainan Marquisate. Didn't my second brother-in-law just say that he would come back later and keep watch with my eldest brother and the others?"

"How can they be the same? He is a commoner, while the one in your family is a prince. I have never heard of any of the princes in Beijing who kowtowed and knelt before his wife's grandfather."

Meng Qi turned her head away. "How would I know what he wants to do? I didn't ask him to come. He's not here to make me proud."

Meng Wan chuckled, and Meng Qi turned around in annoyance, "How funny, but you look malicious, so ugly."

Meng Wan simply sat down next to Meng Qi and gently touched her with his arm. "Hey, I saw it clearly. When the prince left just now, there was a lot of worry in his eyes. He asked if he wanted to pick you up in the evening. Why didn't you agree to it?"

Meng Qi blushed at first, then shook her head, "He is very busy now. If nothing unexpected happens, the emperor will punish Prince Cheng within three days. Let me tell you, the crown prince is not very happy about Prince Cheng's incident. He has been trying to show off to the prince these days, and has embarrassed the prince several times."

"The prince is unhappy? Why? He is not happy that I have removed his rival?"

Meng Qi threw her shoes to the ground, lay on the bed, and put her hands under her head. "Maybe I think it's a little early. After all, compared with Prince Cheng, the more cunning Prince Jing is his biggest stumbling block. Prince Duan has failed, but Prince Cheng is standing in front and can cover up for him. That's what I think."

Meng Wan also took off her shoes and lay down next to Meng Qi. Meng Qi covered Meng Wan with her thin blanket, and the two sisters lay side by side.

"It's hard for Prince Rui to be so patient."

"What else can I do? But I've been enduring it for more than 20 years, so another year or two won't make a difference."

After hearing what Meng Qi said, Meng Wan thought for a moment and asked, "Are we right?"

Meng Qi turned sideways and looked at Meng Wan, "I'm not sure now. I never thought about it that way before. I always thought that Prince Rui was on good terms with the Crown Prince because of the favor he had done to the late Queen. The Crown Prince has no one to protect him from his mother's family, and as the legitimate candidate, he is bullied and suppressed by other princes. Maybe that's why the Prince is helping the Crown Prince. But I'm not sure now. I can't guess what the Prince is thinking. What kind of face is underneath that gentle mask? Ha, I don't know."

Meng Wan also turned sideways. It was the first time she heard Meng Qi evaluate Prince Rui so objectively. "So what do you think?"

Meng Qi took her arm down. "What else can I think? I am the Princess of Rui. No matter whether my wish can come true or not, I am tied to him and will naturally plan for him. Don't worry, I can assure you that no matter what time it is, as long as I follow the prince closely, there will be no big trouble."

Meng Wan nodded and stopped dwelling on the question. "Did you come to see Grandfather yesterday to tell him about Meng Hai?"

Meng Qi nodded, "Meng Hai has been arrested and is currently incarcerated in the Ministry of Justice. Not many people know about this."

"What? When did it happen?" Meng Wan sat up suddenly.

"About five or six days ago."

Five or six days ago, five or six days ago, Meng Wan stretched out his hand and fiddled with it, then turned to look at Meng Qi, "Could it be that after arresting Meng Hai, the emperor decided to exile Prince Cheng?"

"Yes, because the festival talisman was found in Meng Hai's hand."

What? Meng Wan was surprised. She only knew that the commander had a tiger talisman before, and the soldiers saw the talisman as if they knew the person. She had never heard of the term "jie talisman" before, so Zhou Yu explained to her that the jie talisman was the command talisman of the deputy general of the Great Xia Dynasty. Although it was not as important as the tiger talisman, it could mobilize the troops in the area under his jurisdiction. But according to Meng Hai's position, he was not qualified to be equipped with a jie talisman.

"Is that talisman his or the deputy general of the Zhenbei King?"

"It's from the Dongshan Camp."

"Ah?" Meng Wan was surprised again, "What's going on? How could he have that?"

Meng Qi snorted coldly, "There are two camps outside the capital, one in Dongshan and the other in Xishan, each with its own commemorative token. The commander of the Dongshan camp was sent by the emperor to comfort the army of the King of Zhenbei, and Meng Hai was responsible for receiving him. I heard that the two got along very well. As luck would have it, after the commander came back, he found that he had left the commemorative token there. He was worried about letting the soldiers go to get it, so Meng Hai sent a message back saying that he would send it back to him when he found a chance to return to the capital. The commander of the Dongshan camp was also a careless person. He thought that the capital was peaceful, so he actually agreed."

"So, he came back under the pretext of visiting his sick grandfather, but he didn't even enter the house and went directly to the Dongshan camp?" Meng Wan said.

"I didn't find out the details, but I think he must have heard about Prince Cheng, or received an order from Prince Cheng. He actually used the imperial court to mobilize the soldiers of the Dongshan camp. Maybe he wanted to rush into the capital and force the emperor to release Prince Cheng."

"Is he, is there something wrong with his brain? How can he have such a naive idea? How can this succeed?"

Meng Qi sneered, "If the prince hadn't arranged it in advance, maybe it would have succeeded. Second sister, haven't you heard that when the soldiers see the tiger talisman and the festival talisman, they only recognize the talisman and not the person."

Meng Wan covered her mouth, "Could it be that he was really transferred?"

Meng Qi nodded, "He didn't come back alone. Besides, how could Meng Hai be a simple-minded man after working so hard outside? As soon as he came back, he went to find the commander of the Dongshan Camp, and then the two of them drank until late at night. In the second half of the night, Meng Hai took the imperial seal and began to mobilize troops. Although the soldiers of the Dongshan Camp found it strange, the deputy generals looked at the imperial seal and Meng Hai was a loyal and martial general appointed by the emperor, so they followed him and prepared their troops."

"No one doubts?"

"How could there not be any? Didn't I say before that he also brought a lot of people back, blocked the important exits, and tied up a person who felt something was wrong and wanted to tip off the police."

"and after?"