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

When Cai'er reached the entrance of the cave, the cloth bag in her hand fell, and the small bottles inside were scattered all over the ground. Xuefu and Caixia followed behind, and tears flowed from their eyes when they saw the scene in front of them.

Xue Fu strode up and threw herself on Wu Hen, "Brother Wu, wake up, what's wrong with you? Wake up..."

Caixia came over and gently supported Meng Wan who was crying uncontrollably. But Cai'er just stood there as if she was nailed down.

She watched many people come, watched the Second Master shouting in a hoarse voice for Qingning to hurry up, watched Wu Hen being carried out with a pale face, watched the Second Grandma who was crying uncontrollably being helped away, watched Caixia and Mingfu come to help her and talk to her.

But she couldn't hear a word. Her ears were buzzing, it was so noisy, she couldn't hear a word.

She just stood there, looking at the place where Wu Hen had just been lying. There was a pool of dried blood. Was that Wu Hen's? What happened? Why is there so much noise? Didn't they say that the second wife was captured by the third young master?

She jumped off the carriage and ran to the cemetery like crazy. When the Second Master left, he asked Wu Hen to clean up the mess. She thought, go find Wu Hen and ask him to subdue the Third Young Master.

Seeing her incoherent and unfocused speech, Wu Hen only asked, "Was the Second Madam captured by the Third Young Master and taken to the Taoist Cave?"

Cai Er nodded, patted her chest desperately, and finally said fluently, "The Third Young Master has found many people, more than the people arranged by Uncle Qi, and they are all very strong. What should we do, Brother Wu, will they take Second Madam's life?"

Wu Hen's pupils shrank slightly, and before Cai'er could say another word, he had already rushed out with a sword step.

Cai'er followed hurriedly, and when they walked out of the courtyard, she watched Wu Hen standing there thinking for a while, then turned around and ran in the opposite direction of Zhou Yu.

Cai Er shouted loudly, "Brother Wu, over here, over here."

"The direction he ran was the back mountain of Lazi. There is an extremely steep path over there, which leads directly to the back mountain top of Laodaodong. But ordinary people can't get up there, so only someone with Wu Hen's skills can give it a try." The old man who was looking after the cemetery said worriedly.

That was the last time Cai'er saw Wu Hen, it was his back.

Cai'er, who was carried into the car by Caixia, sat there blankly. All she could think of was Wu Hen's nervous look and the gust of wind he created when he rushed out.

Cai'er suddenly raised her hands and hit her head hard. It was all her fault. If she hadn't gone back to find Wu Hen, he wouldn't have been stabbed by Lvliu, and he wouldn't have died. It was all her fault.

Caixia stepped forward and pulled down Caier's hand, "Caier, don't be like this, don't be like this, even if Brother Wu is in heaven, he wouldn't want to see you like this. Besides, there's Second Madam, she needs you now."

Yes, and the Second Grandma. If Wu Hen hadn't rushed out, Lu Liu's knife would have stabbed the Second Grandma. Yes, it was right for me to go find Wu Hen, otherwise the Second Grandma would have died. But why did one of them have to die? These two people were very important to her, and she didn't want to lose either of them.

Why? Why? Was she doing the right thing?

Cai'er leaned her head on Caixia's bosom. Xuefu's eyes were red. She asked Caixia with her mouth, "Did Cai'er cry?" Caixia shook her head. Xuefu sighed. What if she didn't cry? If she held it back, she would get sick.

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Zhou Yu gently lifted the towel covering Wu Hen's face. Wu Hen looked like he was asleep, with no pain on his face. He was so peaceful, and one could even see a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Yu stroked Wu Hen's cheek with his hand, from his eyebrows to the corners of his eyes and then to his nose, and kept his hand there for a long time, as if he would feel a breath coming over in a moment.

Qing Ning sighed, looking at the tears dripping faster and faster on Wu Hen's body, "Don't blame yourself, I really didn't expect Zhou Zheng to go after my second sister-in-law."

"No, it's my fault. I thought I had been sending people to follow him and knew his plan very well. So, I didn't put in any effort to deal with him. I just waited for him to come at me, and then used this as an excuse to make him unable to turn over and make the Hu family lose their support. But, but, I was so stupid. I killed Wu Hen. I killed him."

Qing Ning looked at Zhou Yu who was beating his chest hard, "Brother, don't be like this. No one wants to do this. I told you, this is not your fault. It's Zhou Zheng who is too vicious. I don't think Brother Wu will blame you. Besides, we have just avenged Brother Wu."

Zhou Yu thought about what Qing Ning told him, and under the pretext of checking Zhou Zheng's leg injury, he had sprinkled the "Bone-Breaking Powder" into Zhou Zheng's wound.

"The medicine didn't work properly at first, and as his wounds healed, no one could tell. But within three months, the drug's effects would flow through his blood to his internal organs, causing him to itch unbearably all over, especially his bones, which felt like they were broken. He would then vomit blood, and his bones would break easily. Even gods wouldn't be able to save him."

Qing Ning patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and said, "If I hadn't stopped you just now, you would have avenged Brother Wu, but you would have been finished. Is this what you want? What about Second Sister-in-law? Is the position of the Crown Prince that you worked so hard to earn going to someone else like this?"

Zhou Yu looked at Qing Ning, with deep sadness in his scarlet eyes, "I know that what you did is the most effective. But I just feel uncomfortable here, and I think it would be so satisfying if I could cut him with that knife. Brother Wu, you won't blame me for not being tough enough to kill Zhou Zheng, right? You also heard what Qing Ning said, don't worry, I will let him go down to see you in three months at most, and then you can come back by yourself, don't show mercy."

Qing Ning listened to Zhou Yu's words and let out a breath. Thinking back to when he shook his head and told Zhou Yu that Wu Hen was gone, Zhou Yu punched and kicked Zhou Zheng like crazy, then took the dagger from Wu Hen's body and stabbed Zhou Zheng.

At that time, everyone was terrified. Even Meng Wan, who looked dazed, shouted "no". But Zhou Yu was like a soldier ready to die, with murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhou Zheng was also frightened and wanted to hide backwards, but firstly he had just been hit on the leg, and secondly there were two people holding him up, so he couldn't move at all.

Qing Ning was standing next to Zhou Zheng and held Zhou Yu's wrist.

Zhou Yu asked him to let go, as he wanted to avenge Wu Hen. He stepped forward and whispered that there was no need to do so, as he had a way.

Then he persuaded Zhou Yu to put down the knife, turned around and looked at the wound on Zhou Zheng where Zhou Yu had stabbed him before, took out the "Bone-Breaking Powder" that he had just prepared and rubbed it gently into Zhou Zheng's wound.

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It has been three days. Whenever Meng Wan closed her eyes, she could see Wu Hen looking at her, so satisfied, so happy, and so... reluctant to leave.

Chuan'er saw tears flowing from Meng Wan's eyes again, sighed and walked forward to gently wipe them away, "Second Madam, don't be sad. If you are like this, Brother Wu will not be at peace when he leaves."

"Is the Second Master back?" Today is the day of Wu Hen's funeral, and the message was sent from the iron shop.

"Not yet. He's buried outside the city. It'll take some time to get there and back."

Meng Wan nodded. She really didn't expect that Wu Hen had told Zhou Yu before that when he passed away, he should be buried in the back garden of the courtyard where she had taken care of him for more than ten days.

Meng Wan's tears started to flow again when she thought of this. How could she be so dull that she didn't even feel Wu Hen's feelings for her? Now when she recalled every moment she spent with Wu Hen, he was indeed different. He was happy, talked more, and blushed.

"I don't know if the Second Master put the handkerchief on Brother Wu."

"Yes, you have also sewn a new one. I was afraid that Second Master would be sad and forget about it, so I specifically told Liu Zi. Liu Zi has the best memory. Second Madam, don't worry, Brother Wu will keep it well."

Meng Wan looked at the bed curtains and said, "Brother Wu, I'm sorry. I can only say sorry."

"How is Cai'er?"

"She's still the same. At least she was able to have a bowl of porridge since yesterday. She didn't say a word and packed all of Brother Wu's things from the outer courtyard to her room. It was Shan Ling and Xue Fu who persuaded her yesterday, saying that it would be bad if Brother Wu went away with all new clothes, and that he should at least take two old ones. Only then did she let them pack a few pieces. But she went to Brother Wu's room last night, and no one dared to persuade her."

Meng Wan supported herself on the edge of the bed and tried to get up. "I'll go check on her."

"Second Madam, Master Qingning said that you can't move around much now. When you came back that day, you threw yourself on the bed and the Second Master couldn't wake you up no matter how hard he tried. He was so scared. After all, you have slept for a day and a night, and now you have some strength. You should just lie down. Shan Ling and Xue Fu are watching over Cai Er all the time."

Chuan'er held back the tears in her eyes, thinking about how Meng Wan had gone to see Wu Hen off this morning despite everyone's objections, but had fainted after taking only two steps.

"Also, Second Madam, please don't blame Second Master anymore. He didn't tell you about his plan because he didn't want you to worry. No one thought Third Master would plot against you. This was all an accident. I'm going to say something beyond the pale. Second Master is the saddest and most upset about Brother Wu's incident. Even if you are angry with him, you can't let Second Master get in trouble at this time and let others laugh at him."

Meng Wan said softly, "I know, but knowing is one thing, and doing it is another. If he had told me his thoughts earlier, I could have been on guard, and I wouldn't have believed Lvliu's words so easily, and all this could have been avoided."

Meng Wan thought about the day when she woke up and Zhou Yu's red eyes were staring at her, which made her feel distressed and angry.

Zhou Yu saw her wake up and glance at him but then turned away, sighed and said, "I know you blame me for not telling you, and I also remember our agreement not to hide anything. But as for Zhou Zheng's matter, I thought it would be more distressing if you didn't know, and his little actions have always been within my surveillance.

"When he makes his move, I will counterattack him and accuse him of murdering his own brothers and sisters. This way, it will be difficult for both him and the Hu family to recover. So, I don't want you to worry about me. I didn't even let Wu Hen stay with me. I asked him to sort out the follow-up matters in the cemetery because I felt it was unnecessary."

Meng Wan knew that the last time Wu Hen took Cai'er to look for Zhuang Jing, his right arm was injured again. Although it was not a serious problem at the time, it has been very painful recently. Sometimes when he was eating, his chopsticks would fall down unconsciously.

"It's just that, despite all my calculations, I never expected that Lvliu was actually Zhou Zheng's man."

Meng Wan closed her eyes. Yes, she didn’t expect that Lv Liu was Zhou Zheng’s person.

She thought she had cleaned up Qinghe Garden, she thought those who stayed by her side were loyal to her, and she thought she could handle the affairs of the palace with confidence.

However, unexpectedly, the loyal, honest, quiet and sincere Luliu is actually the one who hides the deepest.