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

"Princess, don't think too far ahead. The marriage of my third brother and third sister is enough to worry you. You should think about your short-sighted daughter-in-law." Zhou Yingrong chuckled, "I heard that her family disliked the meager betrothal gift you initially proposed and wanted to double it."

Mrs. Hu suddenly raised her head. How could Zhou Yingrong know the news that she had just received in the morning? How could she know it now?

Zhou Yingrong looked at Hu's surprised expression and shrugged, "My third brother's wife's family is like a sieve. Information is sold at a penny."

When Mrs. Hu heard this, she closed her eyes tightly. What the hell was that Young Master Zhenru? She would wait for Brother Zheng to come back and then discuss a way so that he would never marry the girl.

"It's not your place to worry about my daughter-in-law. If you have the time, you should pay more attention to your own sister-in-law. It's been almost a year since she got married, and she hasn't even laid an egg yet."

"Whether I laid an egg or not, don't worry about it, Princess. Besides, even if you worry, what's the point? Princess Chuntao did get an egg after a lot of trouble, but what's the use? She was locked up in the room for more than a month and fought every night." Meng Wan said softly, her words full of sarcasm.

Mrs. Hu didn't understand at first. After she understood what Meng Wan meant, she looked up at her. It turned out that she knew everything. She knew that Chuntao's child was not Zhou Yu's. She had been acting all along, leading her to think that the plan was successful. Ha, she was really careless about Meng Wan and was too confident.

"You are so capable." Hu said faintly.

Meng Wan smiled slightly, "Thank you for the compliment, Princess."

Zhou Yingrong looked at Meng Wan who was bowing and thanking her earnestly, and she let out a loud laugh, which made Hu's face turn red.

"If you ask me, why does Princess have to be like this? It's just a position of the Crown Prince. There is no way my third brother can sit in that position. Why is Princess going through so much trouble? If you have that energy and time, you might as well ask for more good things from father and leave them for my third brother and sister." Zhou Yingrong said with a smile.

"The position of the crown prince? Ha, why can't my son take it? Can anyone take the position of the crown prince just because you say so? Do you think I am not completely sure? Do you think Zhou Yu has already reached his twenties, but the prince has not yet asked for the title of crown prince for him? Do you think he will have a chance?"

Hu snorted coldly, and pride and confidence returned to her face. "I tell you, the position of the crown prince must belong to Brother Zheng, and the Prince Shen's Mansion will also belong to my son in the future. No one else can take it."

"Oh? Are you sure?"

"Of course, otherwise, what had I been working so hard for all these years? The thing I regret most now is that I shouldn't have let Zhou Yu grow up safely. I cared too much about my face and the image of the Hu family." Hu's words were sincere. She should have killed or crippled Zhou Yu earlier.

Zhou Yingrong laughed loudly, "Hu, who gave you the courage? You didn't kill us siblings back then, do you think you can do whatever you want now?"

"Yes, the Prince Shen's Mansion belongs to us, mother and son, so I can do whatever I want. I was originally thinking of doing this after a while, but since my aunt mentioned it today, I'll show you if I have the ability to do it. Just wait and see, within three months, I will definitely ask the palace for the decree to confer the title."

"Oh? May I ask, in which dynasty is there a rule that a child born out of wedlock can become the crown prince?"

Mrs. Hu's face turned from red to white, and she stood up and said, "What did you say? Who did you say was the illegitimate child?"

"Who? Of course it's my third brother, your good son, Zhou Zheng."

"You're talking nonsense. Brother Zheng was born after I married the prince."

"You didn't say he was born before you married father. You just said he was born less than six months after you got married, right? He should be the same age as your second brother, right? He is only half a year younger than your second brother, right?"

Zhou Zheng, who was sitting in the tea room at this time, was struck by lightning. What was Zhou Yingrong talking about? Was she the child of adultery? Was Hu pregnant with him before she entered the family? He was only half a year younger than Zhou Yu, not a year younger?

Zhou Yiheng closed his eyes, but he couldn't hide it. In fact, when Hu was pregnant, Zhou Yiheng suggested that she abort the baby, after all, Wang had not agreed to let her marry him at that time. But Hu refused, hugged him and cried so sadly, saying that it was their first child and they couldn't give up on him. She also said that if the first child was aborted, it would be difficult to have another child in the future. She also said that she had no other extravagant hopes and just wanted to serve him. If Wang refused, she would give birth to the child herself, raise it alone, never marry, and live with their son for the rest of her life.

Zhou Yiheng was moved by Hu's deep affection, and thought that he would force Wang to agree to let Hu marry in. Then the two of them came up with this method: let Hu secretly go back to her parents' home when she gave birth, and then pretend to come back with a big belly, and when the time was right, bring Zhou Zheng back and postpone the birth date. The old princess also helped and kept it a secret from everyone.

Facts have proved that Hu's insistence was right. Zhou Zheng was indeed very outstanding, and in his eyes he was many times better than Zhou Yu. His dislike for Zhou Yu was one reason, but Zhou Zheng's excellence was also the reason why he had not yet requested the title of Crown Prince for Zhou Yu.

Zhou Zheng looked at Zhou Yu's contemptuous eyes and closed his eyes again. It was over, everything was over. Once his identity as a child born out of adultery was spread out, how could he compete with Zhou Yu?

Mrs. Hu was also shocked at this time. Not many people knew this secret. Could it be that it was Mother Hong who told her? Mrs. Hu thought that she had betrayed her family mercilessly. If this was possible, she was still soft-hearted and should kill that woman.

Then he realized that even if it was said by Madam Hong, who could believe the words of a servant, or someone who had a grudge against him? That's right, he couldn't let Zhou Yingrong fool him. He couldn't admit it. If he did, Brother Zheng would be finished.

"Humph, the eldest aunt really took great pains to make her brother the crown prince. She even made up such a thing. But where is the evidence? How can people believe it without any evidence? I said that Zhou Yu was illegitimately fathered. Do you believe it?"

Zhou Yingrong smiled coldly, "My mother is not as shameless as someone who went to visit a good sister under the pretext of having sex with her sister's husband. Bah, how shameless."

Mrs. Hu blushed, but her expression was still tense. "Everyone has their own way of speaking. I won't bother with you today. Once you leave this door, if I hear any of your slanderous words against Brother Zheng, I will not let you off even if I risk my life. You should think carefully about your two sons and your newly born daughter."

Seeing Hu's slightly cruel eyes, Zhou Yingrong laughed out loud, and even laughed until tears came out. "Could it be that the princess has private soldiers who can kill people without being seen? It's really scary. Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I just want to ask an old friend, I wonder if the princess remembers it."

When Mrs. Hu saw Zhou Yingrong changed the subject, she let out a sigh of relief. Look, there was no evidence after all and she couldn't continue speaking. However, she didn't respond and just snorted coldly.

"Back then, there was a midwife who was found by the Hu family. At that time, the Hu family was not yet a noble family, and the midwife was not from the capital, but from the suburbs of the capital. What was her name?" Zhou Yingrong pretended not to remember and looked at Meng Wan.

Meng Wan smiled slightly, "She's called Mrs. Zhong. She lives in Zhongjia Village in the western suburbs of the capital. She helps people in the surrounding villages deliver babies. She also knows some medical skills."

When Mrs. Hu heard this, her face turned purple.

"Yes, I heard that Mrs. Zhong had lived in the Hu family a long time ago and delivered a boy and girl. The midwife also said that she had lived in the Hu family for so many days and had the same food as the servants, so she thought she wouldn't ask for much medical fees. But she didn't expect that the father of the child was so happy to give her a silver ingot when he heard that a son was born. Only then did she realize that the one who was delivered was the young master's mistress. Thinking about the stingy appearance of the Hu family, she was afraid that she would be taken back by the Hu family again, so she left home the next day."

Zhou Yingrong looked at Mrs. Hu and squinted her eyes and said, "Princess, please help me recall, who gave birth to a child in the Hu family during that period? Look at me, you are a noble person who forgets things easily. It doesn't matter, I will go to the Hu family to ask later. I think there will always be old servants in the Hu family who remember something. Haha, you don't have to say that the Hu family are all loyal servants. If ten taels are not enough, then a hundred taels, and if a hundred taels are not enough, then a thousand taels. My brother is a kind and righteous man. He gave me a lot of my mother's dowry that was lost and recovered. I don't care about these small amounts of money. Why don't you help me analyze it, should I find a maid named Li first, or a maid named Zhao first?"

Mrs. Hu's eyes widened instantly. These two people were both elders of the Hu family. One watched her grow up, and the other was a very capable person around her mother. Zhou Yingrong could accurately name these two people, which proved that she must have investigated and had evidence in her hands.

And what she said was right. She did not deliberately conceal the fact that she gave birth to Zhou Zheng in the Hu family. Many servants knew about it. Because of Wang's indifferent attitude at that time, Hu felt that it was not worth hiding. Therefore, it was too easy for Zhou Yingrong to find a few witnesses. Moreover, there was so much silver she promised, one thousand taels, which was a number that servants would never dare to dream of in their lifetime. She believed that Zhou Yingrong could definitely give it.

Mrs. Hu looked at Zhou Yingrong and then at Meng Wan. The complacency revealed in their glances suddenly made her less angry and conflicted.

These two people set up a trap to trap me, but they didn't confront me in front of Zhou Yiheng, which means they want to negotiate with me. It's nothing more than the position of Zhou Yu's son. It's better to stabilize them first, and then make more efforts in the palace. When the time comes, I will ask for the imperial decree. Even if they say anything, it won't matter as long as I don't admit it.