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

"But after entering the palace, it was not so convenient to meet the prince again, and the emperor began to be busy with state affairs. In addition, after the selection, a lot of new people entered the palace. Concubine Hui was increasingly ignored by the emperor, and she had never given birth to a boy or a girl. By chance, Concubine Hui met the prince..."

Zhou Yiheng looked at the bride's mouth opening and closing and felt that he was dreaming. He even patted his ears to see if he was hallucinating.

Xiniang looked at Zhou Yiheng who seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, thought for a moment and continued, "Huipin didn't know how the prince knew about her past with you. The prince told Huipin that he must hold on to you and not let go. Huipin meant that after all, she was in the deep palace and had too few opportunities to meet you. The prince said he was not afraid and he would create opportunities. He only asked Huipin to do two things every time he saw you."

Zhou Yiheng raised his face, which seemed to have aged several years, and looked at the bridesmaid, "Which two?"

"One is to sow discord between you and the former Princess, and the other is to make you firmly support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhou Yiheng closed his eyes tightly. That’s right, in the few times they met in the later period, Qin’er would mention these two things almost every time.

"She, why does she listen to the prince so much?" Zhou Yiheng asked with difficulty.

The bride hesitated for a moment and answered, "I did ask Huipin about this. I said, compared to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, didn't Lord Shenjun treat her better? And she knew you first. Even if you put aside these, she is now a woman in the harem, but she is involved with the Crown Prince. If she is accidentally discovered, it will be a matter of losing her head. But Huipin laughed at me. She said that she admired the Crown Prince, and comparing you with the Crown Prince was disrespectful to the Crown Prince. In her heart, no one can compare with the Crown Prince, and she can give up everything for the Crown Prince, including her life. And you are just a comfort for her when she is bored, and she sees that you are deeply in love with her, especially when you lead you to resent the Princess of the former County, she feels very accomplished. The only thing she regrets is that she didn't know the Crown Prince earlier. If she had entered the East Palace openly, she would be willing to be a slave."

The bridesmaid paused and continued, "There is one more thing, which the prince told me when he found me. That is, the prince always thought that Concubine Hui's death was caused by the late empress dowager who was dissatisfied with the prince's dislike for the late princess. In fact, it was not the case. It was not what the late empress dowager told the emperor that Concubine Hui had an affair with someone, and it was not the late empress dowager who investigated it."

Zhou Yiheng raised his head in surprise, "Isn't it the late Empress Dowager?"

The bridesmaid nodded, "Yes, it was an unfavored talent living in Huipin's palace. It was because Huipin won the favor of the prince that she got carried away and the talent noticed something. One time, she followed Huipin to the flower room where Huipin and the prince had a secret meeting. But the talent didn't know that it was the prince who was having an affair with Huipin. After reporting it, the emperor was furious and asked the late queen to investigate the matter. The late queen's people found Huipin's underwear and a man's belt in the flower room. It is said that when the belt was presented to the late queen, she vomited blood. I'm afraid the late queen recognized it as the prince's thing."

The bridesmaid exhaled, "Then, we were taken out one by one for questioning, and then locked up in a small dark room. When I was finally rescued, I heard that the man who had an affair with Huipin was not found, and Huipin would rather die than reveal the prince, so the emperor was furious and ordered her to be executed."

"How did you get rescued?"

Xi Niang smiled bitterly, "She died for her master. All those who served Concubine Hui were given drugs. After I drank it, I knew nothing. When I woke up, I was in a running carriage. Please forgive me, my lord. I cannot reveal the person who saved me."

Zhou Yiheng said, "That is to say, the emperor didn't know that it was the prince and Qin'er..."

The bridesmaid nodded and said, "That should be the case. Think about it. When Huipin left, the emperor was in his prime. If he knew that it was the prince who had an affair with her, how could he let him go? After all, the prince has many sons, and the late queen was not favored by the emperor. Later, not long after that incident, the late queen and the late empress dowager passed away one after another."

Zhou Yiheng felt that the string that had supported him for so many years suddenly broke. He remembered the last time he saw Qin'er, she was terrified. She told him that the emperor might have discovered her affair with him, and it was the late empress dowager who told her about it. The late empress dowager told her that because of Wang's family, she had to take responsibility for this matter in order to save him. For the friendship between her and him when they were young, for the feelings they had for so many years, she would rather die than utter a word.

She didn't want to embarrass Zhou Yiheng, she wanted to live up to their relationship for so many years, so no matter what punishment the emperor gave her, she would gladly accept it, and she wouldn't say a word. She only had two requests, one was to avenge her, not to let Wang have an easy life, and the child Wang gave birth to, to atone for their relationship for the rest of her life. The second was to stand in line early, and the prince was the orthodox, and there was nothing wrong with standing in the prince's team. Waiting for the prince to sit in that position, let him tell her, make her happy, let her close her eyes.

Zhou Yiheng remembered that when he saw Qin'er, whose face was pale and whose eyes were full of love, he wanted to tear Wang into pieces. He agreed to all of Qin'er's requests, including turning to the Crown Prince and supporting him unconditionally. He also agreed to take revenge on Wang for her. He also agreed to take care of her family so that they could live in the capital in the future.

But if everything this matchmaker said was true, then wouldn't all my persistence over the years be a huge joke?

Qin Er protected and admired the prince. She was just using me, and had been using me since the first time she met me, playing me around like a monkey. Seeing me holding a sincere heart, worrying about her, feeling unfair for her, satisfying her everything, and everything she did was for the prince?

Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Yiheng's flushed cheeks and nodded to the older woman. The woman bowed and claimed to be an old lady by Huipin's mother's side. She proved that Huipin had indeed revealed to her mother that she had hooked up with the prince. She said that as long as she held on to the prince and he took that position, their family would be able to rise to prominence.

Huipin's mother was very surprised and frightened. She was afraid that her daughter's affair would be discovered by others. But Huipin said she was not afraid. The prince was very capable and he would not let others know. Besides, there was also a Lord Shen who was deeply in love with her. If there was anything, it would be feasible to put the blame on him.

Therefore, when Huipin's family lacked anything, they would ask Zhou Yiheng for it. Especially after he became the prince, he became even more unscrupulous. Whenever Huipin's brother asked Zhou Yiheng for something, he would bring up Huipin's past. He even revealed that when she first entered the Jing'an Prince's Mansion, she really spent a lot of effort and was terrified for a while in order to prevent the prince from seeing that she had lost her virginity.

As long as they used this trump card, Zhou Yiheng would feel extremely sorry for Qin'er, so he met all their requirements.

Seeing that Zhou Yiheng seemed not to hear what the old woman said, Zhou Yu waved at the two of them, indicating that they could leave.

When only the father and son were left in the room, Zhou Yu sneered first, then said, "You must be wondering why the prince did this, why he let your beloved Qin'er sow discord between you and my mother, right?"

Zhou Yiheng looked up in confusion. Yes, he now understood that Qin'er asked him to stand on the prince's side, but why did she want to sow discord between him and Wang?

"That's because there was an old grudge between the late queen and the late empress dowager. It can also be said that the late queen's disfavor by the emperor was directly related to the late empress dowager. The prince did not dare to do anything to the late empress dowager, but he put the blame on my mother. No one knows how he knew about your relationship with Qin'er. He began to approach Qin'er, win over Qin'er, and make your Qin'er love him wholeheartedly. Then he used Qin'er to do what he wanted and got the result he wanted. You see, you went crazy and blamed my mother for the death of your beloved Qin'er. You also ignored the interests of the Prince's Mansion and stood firmly in the prince's camp. The result was to make wedding clothes for others."

"You all know?"

"Of course, you are anxious to see Zhou Ming later. Did Xie Qingzhong tell you during the day that the prince wants you to find a way to make Zhou Ming the legitimate son, and then create an accident for me, so that Zhou Ming can become the prince?"

Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Yiheng's surprised expression and felt that saying one more word to him would be a waste of time.

"Hahaha, what a pity. I have never seen your Qin'er. Is she the reincarnation of a nine-tailed fox? How could you have killed your first wife and wanted to kill your own son?"

"I didn't want you to die."

Zhou Yu shrugged, "Thank you. What do you want me to do? Break my legs and arms? But do you think the prince will be satisfied? He transferred his hatred for the late empress dowager to my mother, and then to me. Do you think he will let me go? The funny thing is that my own father was afraid that the knife in the prince's hand was not sharp enough, and he was still helping to sharpen it."

Zhou Yiheng's face looked like it could drip blood at this moment. He moved his mouth for a long time but did not respond.

"In fact, I already knew that you blamed mother for Huipin's death and her madness. It was because of that incident, coupled with Mrs. Hu's medicine, that mother's health declined rapidly."

Zhou Yiheng raised his head suddenly, "How did you know?"

"You don't need to know. Do you remember? You told my mother that even if she died, she still had a pair of children. Ha...haha."

Zhou Yiheng stammered, "I was just angry at the time. You are my biological children, how could I do that? No one told me the truth at the time. I looked at Qin'er's pitiful appearance, and it was hard not to believe what she said. I, I, I... I really didn't expect that she had been planning for the prince. If I had known that she was scheming against me like this, I would never have said that to your mother."

It was a rare moment for Zhou Yu to hear a hint of regret in Zhou Yiheng's words. This was the first time in his life that he had heard Zhou Yiheng speak of Wang in such a tone.

"What's the use? You really don't like my mother. Otherwise, you wouldn't want to kill my mother just because of a few words from Qin'er. You wouldn't let Mrs. Hu get close to my mother, provoke her, hurt her, and still feel that Mrs. Hu was wronged. So, the result is what you wanted. My mother was still pissed off to death by you. No, she was killed by you, Qin'er, and Mrs. Hu who looks a lot like your Qin'er."

Zhou Yiheng was no longer surprised that Zhou Yu knew so much.

"Do you know now? The one who killed your beloved Qin'er was not my mother, but the prince, the prince you firmly supported. And the Qin'er and Hu Shi, whom you have always liked, are both vicious women. You have such good taste, and you can't find anyone else like you in the whole capital."

Zhou Yiheng stared blankly at Zhou Yu, "The prince had arranged this a long time ago, right? On the one hand, he wanted to use me to kill your mother, and on the other hand, he wanted to get the support of the Prince Shen's Mansion. And Qin'er also reported him because she had a secret meeting with him and was discovered by the talented person who lived in the same palace."

Zhou Yiheng seemed to be stating a fact.