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

"The day Zhou Zheng sent Hu away, I asked Uncle Qi to arrange for people to follow him almost every day, so his arrangements were all under my control. I thought he was desperate and wanted to get rid of me, but I didn't expect that he wanted to use you."

"He probably wants us to be a pair of star-crossed lovers." Meng Wan smiled gently. "He used me to threaten you. If you hadn't discovered it in advance and made arrangements, with the people he arranged that day, if he had succeeded in his plan, it would have been difficult for us to escape. Then he would stab me in the back and say that you were dissatisfied with him when he atoned for your mother and that you had a conflict. Even if the prince knew the truth, he would choose to believe it because of his dislike for you, his reputation for the palace, and his preference for Zhou Zheng."

Zhou Yu's voice was cold, "You are right. If such a scene really happened, my father would definitely choose to believe Zhou Zheng."

Meng Wan could hear the anger in his words, "Did father make things difficult for you?"

Zhou Yu walked back to the table and sat down. "Not really. I'm just extremely heartbroken. They wouldn't believe what I said no matter what. I called all the people Zhou Zheng hired, but they didn't believe me either. Oh, Qing'er, you're right. I care too much about family ties, but none of them would talk to me about family ties. I'm too stupid and have been deceiving myself with this." After saying that, he pounded the table heavily.

"Don't worry about what he thinks. No matter how well you do, his deep-rooted prejudice against you will still be there. Just let go and do it. I believe the prince doesn't believe what you said. He just doesn't want to admit that his beloved son would do something like killing his brother."

"That's right. After this incident, I no longer care about his opinion of me. In the past, it was because he didn't like my mother, so I wanted to get more attention from him, and I tried my best to prove that I was excellent. Although that kind of attention requires losing myself and damaging my reputation, I don't care. At that time, as long as I could get a gentle look from him, let alone praise, I would be so excited that I couldn't sleep for several days. Haha, now think about it, how stupid I was to expect someone who loves your mother so much to treat you well. Ha..."

Meng Wan also sighed. Once people's prejudices are formed, it is really difficult to change them.

"What did the prince say?"

"What else can he say? He just defended Zhou Zheng, saying that I forced the princess to go to the nunnery, and he felt uncomfortable so he did such a thing. Listen, I forced her, I forced me. It turns out that he has always believed that Hu's ending today was forced by me."

"Then the prince didn't say how to deal with Zhou Zheng, but he should give you an explanation, right?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yu's face darkened. "Father said that even if Zhou Zheng had such an idea, he didn't do anything to me. Not only did he not let me do anything, but I also stabbed him, so it's even now."

Meng Wan was speechless. Zhou Yiheng must have been kicked in the head by a donkey. The root cause of the discord between the brothers must be the favoritism of their parents.

"Fortunately, you made a good decision this time, and Qingning acted in a timely manner. That's enough. It's best if Zhou Zheng's leg injury heals quickly. That way, when he has that day in three months, no one will doubt you."

Zhou Yu nodded. "When Qingning applied medicine to him that day, he also treated his knife wound. So, his knife wound should heal quickly. In order to conceal the truth, Uncle Qi meant to wait for five or six days before his illness and then create another accident."

Meng Wan nodded. This was a good idea. "What about the princess?"

"She should at least experience the pain of losing a child." Zhou Yu's eyes were fierce.

"Yes, the Hu family lost Zhou Zheng, and if the princess loses hope of working hard, everything will be easy. Fourth sister said that the uncle came back with merit, but I don't know what it was."

Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said, "We don't know the details. We heard that it is related to Prince Jing, and the Hu and Hong families are also involved. I just don't know whether this 'merit' is intended to be known to the emperor, the crown prince, or Prince Rui himself."

"King Rui doesn't know either?"

"It should be. After all, my uncle hasn't arrived in Beijing yet. Even if we send a letter by carrier pigeon, we can't guarantee that some news will not be leaked."

Meng Wan understood. From this perspective, Prince Rui must have had some ideas. He should find an opportunity to meet Meng Qi again. She didn't know whether Meng Qi would go when Meng Changfeng's hundredth day passed.

There was new news in the palace, saying that Meng Qi had recently been competing with one of the emperor's concubines, and the two were fighting fiercely. Meng Wan was very unfamiliar with this concubine, who was in her twenties, had no children, and was not favored. She didn't know why Meng Qi did this.

All we know is that because she and the Zhaoyi had a quarrel on the birthday of the virtuous concubine, and Meng Qi said something unpleasant, the prince of Rui actually slapped Meng Qi in public. Meng Wan was very worried. Even if it was just a show for others to see, how could someone with such a strong self-esteem tolerate such a blatant humiliation of Meng Qi?

"What do you want to do with Zhou Yingning?" Zhou Yu asked.

Meng Wan was a little surprised and pointed at herself. Seeing Zhou Yu nod, she thought for a moment and said, "Even if we don't punish her, she won't have a good life given the shock she received this time and the fact that most people in Beijing know that she fell into the water. However, no matter how many mistakes she made, she won't die, but she won't be able to feel comfortable. Why not wait until Zhou Zheng has an accident? The princess will be in a bad mood, so we can send her to the 'Faqing Temple'. After the princess goes there, it will be good for her to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures there."

Zhou Yu nodded. There were some things he didn't need to tell Meng Wan in too much detail. Zhou Yiheng called Zhou Yingning over and asked about the "Laodao Cave". Zhou Yingning kept saying she knew nothing. She didn't see Zhou Zheng using Meng Wan to threaten Zhou Yu. She only saw Zhou Yu holding a knife and stabbing Zhou Zheng's thigh fiercely.

Humph, Meng Wan is right. Like father, like son, like daughter. Like mother, like rat, like mother. And Zhou Yingning is very smart. She may have seen that Zhou Yiheng believed Zhou Yu's words, but she refused to admit it. She knew that her brother did not have the upper hand, and she did not have the strength to face Zhou Yu. So, after Zhou Yiheng asked, she started to pretend to be sick, saying that she was frightened. In this case, she was frightened. She would never be soft-hearted for these so-called family affections again.

"Okay, let's do as you say. After Mrs. Hu dies of grief for her son, we go to pick up Zhou Yingning. But she refuses and wants to stay in the nunnery to pray for her mother and brother." Zhou Yu said.

"We can no longer be soft-hearted. I think after this incident, the prince will not bother us for a while. I will use this time to decorate the inner house as soon as possible, and you should also quickly figure out the outside world. Everything is uncertain before it is finalized, and we can't let others lead us by the nose."

Zhou Yu nodded, "I understand what you mean. That's right, no one knows who the final winner will be, so we have to think of every possible scenario. Chuan'er said you were waiting for me to eat."

Meng Wan finally responded, "Yes, are you hungry? Let them bring it in."

When the people outside heard Meng Wan's instructions, they hurriedly brought in food boxes to set the table. While Chuan'er was carrying the food to the table, he told her about what had just happened with Lvliu.

Zhou Yu frowned, "Humph, she wants to be quiet, she's beautiful. You don't have to worry about it, I'll let Mingfu take her to Uncle Qi in a while, let her kneel in front of Wu Hen for a night, and send her off tomorrow."

"In that case, Chuan'er, go to the outer courtyard later and take Cai'er with you to help her fulfill her wish."

"What's your wish?" Zhou Yu asked.

Meng Wan told Zhou Yu about Cai Er's intention to stab Lv Liu, and Zhou Yu nodded, "Let Cai Xia keep an eye on her, don't scare her."

"Speaking of Green Willow, there is one thing I haven't told you yet." Meng Wan said, "It's about Spring Willow."

Chunliu is Lvliu's elder sister and the eldest maid who came with Zhou Yingrong as a dowry. She is now married to Xu Cheng's right-hand man and serves as the housekeeper in Zhou Yingrong's room.

After listening to Meng Wan's concerns, Zhou Yu nodded and said, "You are right. My eldest sister said that Chun Liu came to her and begged her to get a complete body for her sister."

Meng Wan nodded, "When you have time, tell your elder sister that Chun Liu should not serve her anymore. After all, they are sisters."

Zhou Yu thought about it and said, "I understand." Then the couple ate dinner in silence.