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

"So you don't know what Wu Zhengda said to King Rui?"

Zhou Yu wiped his face and nodded. "Originally I wanted to go to Jinming Hutong, but Prince Rui said there was no need to bother. He and the Crown Prince are already on edge, and who knows where the Crown Prince's people are watching him. It's better to stay at our house. Now that both the outer courtyard and the inner house are managed so well by you, it's impossible for someone to get in."

"Are you praising me?"

Zhou Yu held up Meng Wan's face and kissed her hard, "Of course, I see that my father has been very busy recently. If it weren't for Zhou Zheng's matter, I'm afraid he would have gone to look for Xie Qingzhong again."

"When Master Xie came to offer condolences just now, he also talked with father for a long time, right?"

Zhou Yu nodded, "So, we are all preparing."

"Why do I feel like it's time to see the outcome?"

"That's about right. The prince just said that the emperor will only last two months."

"Ah? Didn't you say a while ago that maybe we could celebrate the New Year?"

"Losing three sons in one year, no matter how sad or disappointed, which father can bear it? Haven't you seen that my father's hair has turned a lot whiter in the past two days?" Zhou Yu sighed.

Meng Wan gently kneaded Zhou Yu's shoulders, "I noticed that the prince looked at you in a strange way. I'm afraid he might be thinking of something or suspecting something. You should be careful these days and don't make him unhappy."

Zhou Yu shrugged. "If it was Zhou Zheng's case before the Hu family incident, he would have whipped me to death. Now, he's definitely sad, but he won't do anything more to me, so you can rest assured."

Meng Wan sat down and looked at Zhou Yu. "I was just talking about the princess with my fourth sister."

"Hu? Are you afraid that she will burn her boats?"

"No, there is no way she can do anything, especially after she just said such harsh words to the Prince. I think the Prince will agree to her going to that courtyard without us saying anything more. I am wondering what she meant by what she just said. I want to find out. Judging from the fact that she took the initiative to make friends with mother in the past, maybe it has something to do with mother or the late Empress Dowager?"

Zhou Yu lowered his head and thought for a while. "Just now I was only concerned with discussing things with the prince, and didn't think much about what she said. It seems that your idea is right. If we can learn more about my father or other things from her, it will only be beneficial to our next arrangements. However, as you said, her only hope is gone now. How can we make her talk about the past?"

Meng Wan smiled slightly, "Don't we still have our third sister?"

"Zhou Yingning?"

"Well, if she can tell the truth, I don't mind finding a well-off family for my third sister so that she can live a simple life."

Zhou Yu nodded, "You decide. My father has been sad because of Zhou Zheng's matter these days, and Xie Qingzhong has been visiting frequently. Maybe the prince has started to prepare something, and he has no time to worry about the affairs of the mansion."

Meng Wan nodded, "When will Wu Zhengda leave?"

"I don't know. He left just after sending King Rui away."

"No one is escorting you? Will it be dangerous?"

Zhou Yu burst out laughing, "Danger? What kind of danger would there be for someone who can break into the enemy camp alone and remain unscathed?"

"Ah? He's really that amazing."

"Of course, the only right thing Meng Hai did was to find such a husband for Meng Xiu. If he had married Meng Juan to Wu Zhengda, the outcome today might be very different."

Meng Wan sighed and said, "Wu Zhengda is a smart man, and he has a unique vision. He actually worked hard for King Rui without King Rui fighting for him."

Zhou Yu looked at Meng Wan with sidelong glances.

"What? Did I say something wrong? Or did I misunderstand?"

"You don't know how smart King Rui is. He is the kind of person who plans three steps before taking one step. I don't believe that he didn't put effort into Wu Zhengda. Even if it wasn't on Wu Zhengda, it would be on someone or something related to him."

Meng Wan thought about it and laughed at himself. There have been no stupid people in the royal family since ancient times, especially those who fought for that position to the end, and no one gave it for free.

After waiting for Zhou Zheng to come back after three days of burying the dead, Meng Wan entered a courtyard in the northwest corner of the backyard of Prince Shen's mansion.

This yard is uninhabited all year round. Only in the summer, the old women who take care of the flowers and plants in the backyard occasionally come here to rest.

After the incident at the Hu family, Zhou Yu and Zhou Yiheng mentioned whether they should send Hu back to the nunnery. Zhou Yiheng disagreed, saying that although Hu's injuries had healed, she would not be able to bear such a big incident at the Hu family. If she was sent back at this time, it would seem that the Zhou family was drawing a line and adding insult to injury.

Meng Wan sighed a few words. No matter how much love Zhou Yiheng had for Hu, Hu should be content that he could say such a few words at this time.

You know, the Hu family committed a crime that cost them their heads. Those families in the capital who were singled out by the emperor for being involved with King Jing, even if they were married, had few good endings. They either died of illness or were divorced, or at worst were sent to the family temple or nunnery.

Later, Zhou Zheng passed away again, and Zhou Yiheng still looked at Hu with heartache in his eyes. Until that day, after Hu said those words in front of Zhou Zheng's coffin, Zhou Yiheng called Zhou Yu and his wife and asked Meng Wan to clean up the courtyard for Hu to live in, and also asked them to find a few maids to guard it well and not let Zhou Yingning go to see her.

Zhou Yu also said at the time that it would be better to send her back to the nunnery so that she could continue to chant sutras for Wang and Zhou Zheng. Zhou Yiheng angrily asked, "Do you want her to talk nonsense to others?"

The old woman guarding the yard bowed and greeted Meng Wan very respectfully. At the door of the room, Hong Mama's daughter-in-law was boiling medicine. Seeing Meng Wan, she trotted over.

"This is a delicate job. Don't let anyone else interfere. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, Madam. I won't worry about it. Miss Chuan'er has told me that I will keep the medicine carefully and will not let anyone else get hold of it."

Meng Wan nodded, "The medicine is bitter. If the princess doesn't like it, you have to coax her into drinking it."

"Don't worry, I promise not a single drop will be wasted."

Meng Wan nodded, and Chuan'er walked forward and lifted the door curtain.

The house was clean and there was no strange smell. The furniture was not luxurious and there were no decorations. It was a far cry from the luxurious Grand Hyatt Residence where Mrs. Hu had lived before.

Mrs. Hu had just changed her clothes and was sitting there, having He Wen serve her tea. When she heard the noise, she looked up and saw it was Meng Wan, but she didn't say anything and continued holding the teacup.

He Wen hurriedly stepped forward to pay her respects. She was the only servant in Junyueju who was transferred to this courtyard to serve Mrs. Hu. He Wen knew that the Crown Prince's wife knew everything she had done in the past.

She would not let herself have an easy life, and she knew that she would not have an easy life. It was meaningless to regret it now. She hoped that Hu could live a good life, at least in this way, the wife of the prince would not do anything to her.

Meng Wan waved his hand and the servants went out.

Meng Wan walked to the table and sat down. "Princess, you went to see it today. The prince spent a lot of time to build it for my third brother. Are you satisfied?"

Hu paused and looked over coldly, "You guys did it, didn't you? You guys killed Brother Zheng."

Meng Wan shrugged, "Princess, please be careful what you say. The accident happened when my third brother went to pick you up. As for what happened afterwards, not even a fly flew to my third brother's residence in Qinghe Garden. Where did your words come from?"

Mrs. Hu held the cup in her hand and said, "Meng Wan, we are all smart people, so it's meaningless to talk about this. Do you dare to say with a clear conscience that Zheng'er's affairs have nothing to do with you?"

"I dare not, but Princess, do you dare to say with a clear conscience that the matter of the third brother has nothing to do with you and the Hu family?"

"You..." Hu stood up and pointed at Meng Wan.

"Princess, I'm still calling you Princess today, you should accept it. You should also be grateful that I call you Princess. If it weren't for the prince and me, do you think you can still stay in the Prince's Mansion now?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You have lived with the Prince for so many years, how could you not know what kind of person he is? Just after returning, the Prince clearly told the Crown Prince that the Princess did not have to go on the seventh day of the death of the Third Brother."

"No, how can you not let me go? Brother Zheng will miss me."

"So, Princess, there is no need to waste your words with me here. I am the only one who can come to see you now. Oh, my third sister would like to come, but the mother that the prince found for her is very powerful."

Meng Wan also stood up and slowly walked towards Mrs. Hu. "So, your attitude towards me now is wrong. You need me. You need me to let your third sister come to see you every now and then. You need me to go to the cemetery to see your third brother on the 17th, 57th, 77th and the days after that. You even need me to let someone tell you the news about the Hu family, don't you think so?"

"Are you so kind? Don't think I don't know what you and Zhou Yu have been thinking since you questioned me last time."

"Yes, you are right. The prince did want to poison you with a bowl of medicine so that you could experience the suffering my mother-in-law went through. But look at you now. Your only son is dead, your family is ruined, and your daughter has a bad reputation. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that after the Hu family fell, Mr. Lu broke off the engagement with Miss Yan, and now my son is clamoring to marry my third sister."