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

Wang stared into Su Qing's eyes and said word by word, "You know that there was a second young lady in the Marquis' Mansion, who was also my eldest daughter and was called Sister Wan, right?"

"Yes, I have heard of it, but she fell ill when she was three years old."

"No, she's not sick, she just had an accident. The prince took her out to play and they accidentally met a stray dog."

"Ah? How could it be? How could the prince bring such a young child to encounter wild dogs?" Su Qing said in surprise.

"Yes, I asked the same question to the prince. The weather was very good that day, just like today, the sky was blue and there was not a single breath of wind. My sister Wan followed me, pulling my skirt, mumbling, 'I want to go, mother, Wan'er wants to go, please let me go, I will pick flowers for you to wear'."

Wang looked out the window with a faint smile on her face, as if she had returned to that summer.

"She is so beautiful, like a jade-like doll. Everyone who sees Sister Wan says that there is no such smart and beautiful girl in the whole capital. My sister Wan is very sensible. She knows how to care for me at a young age and never makes trouble for me. If I feel uncomfortable, she will stretch out her little hand to blow on me, and will also hold a bowl for me to drink medicine.

"At that time, the prince and I were angry about one of his mistresses. Sister Wan saw me arguing with the prince, so she pushed him and stood there, telling him in a childish voice not to bully her mother."

Wang gently wiped away her tears, "I was really sad during that time. I was only happy when I hugged my sister Wan. After dealing with the mistress, my relationship with the prince also eased a lot. That day, the day I mentioned, the prince wanted to take sister Wan and me to a friend's farm outside the city, but I suddenly had my period that morning and the pain was so severe that I couldn't go.

"But the prince wanted to take Sister Wan with him. I didn't want her to go. I was afraid that Sister Wan wouldn't be able to adapt without me around. But the prince insisted on taking her with him, saying that his old friends wanted to see what Sister Wan was like. He also made people in the capital praise the second young lady of the Huainan Marquis's Mansion."

Wang turned around and looked at Su Qing, "But I still didn't want Sister Wan to go. I don't know what happened. I was so upset and felt like something was wrong. Later, the prince said that the princess of the Prince of Shen's mansion would also go. I should be relieved to have her look after Sister Wan. The princess would also bring Mr. Zhou Er with her. I thought that since the two children knew each other well, Sister Wan would not be afraid."

When Su Qing heard Wang mention Zhou Yu, that face as bright and sunny as a little sun appeared in front of her. It was so annoying. Why did he have to be so handsome?

"So, I agreed. I watched the prince carry Sister Wan out of the yard. Sister Wan twisted her body and lay on the prince, waving at me and saying loudly, 'Mother, you be obedient and wait for me to come back and pick flowers for you to wear.'"

Wang's face turned painful, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter. "I never expected that what I would see is Sister Wan's body, cold and covered with a white cloth, placed in front of me. I couldn't believe how the little girl who was so full of life when she left would become like that. I went forward to pull her hand, I wanted her to stand up, I wanted her to call me mother, but I pulled the white cloth down, and her little face was covered with blood from being bitten by wild dogs."

When Su Qing heard this, she let out a cry and then covered her mouth. Regardless of whether the child was Meng Wan or not, even if he was really replaced by someone, he was still a poor child.

"I shook my sister Wan like crazy, but I only touched blood on my hands. I started beating Meng Yuan again. That was the only time I beat him, and it was also the only time he let me beat him without fighting back.

He said that it was an accident, and they were having a good time. Later, the princess had something to do at home and had to take the second young master away first. She wanted to take Sister Wan to the Shenjunwang Mansion when she saw him drinking, and pick her up later. But the wife of an old friend who was with him at the time said it was okay and she would help take care of her. The prince didn't want Sister Wan to go to the Junwang Mansion, so the princess had no choice but to leave first.

"The prince said that he had been drinking because a friend of his got a rare and famous painting from the previous dynasty. He liked it very much and studied it for a long time. When he went back to look for Sister Wan, he saw the friend's wife holding Sister Wan, who was covered in blood. He said that he took a few children to play on the hillside, and suddenly a few wild dogs jumped out. At first, they thought they were dogs raised by nearby tenants, but they didn't expect them to be wild dogs. Everyone started running, and the maids and servants around Sister Wan also ran with Sister Wan in their arms. But I don't know what happened, the wild dogs didn't chase others, but only chased Sister Wan. The maid was so scared that she threw Sister Wan to the ground, and the wild dogs rushed up..."

Su Qing looked at Wang's shaking shoulders and sighed in his heart. This was a fatal blow to Wang. The daughter he loved so much had suffered such a misfortune. It was a blessing that she didn't go crazy.

"What happened next?" Su Qing asked softly.

"Later, the maids who followed Sister Wan that day were all beaten to death by the prince. The friend's wife came to apologize and slapped herself in front of me. Haha, what's the use? My Sister Wan will never come back. Later, they said that the child died suddenly and had a lot of evil spirits, so she should be buried early. I didn't know anything at that time. Qiuxia gave me a tranquilizer to drink before taking Sister Wan away from me. When I woke up again, Sister Wan had become that small grave."

"Then what about the maidservant's mother, Qiao Niang? Why did you get so excited when I said her last name was Su?"

Wang did not answer Su Qing's question, but walked to Su Qing and said quietly, "Sister Wan has a birthmark on her lower back, a small crescent with two pointed ends pointing to her shoulders. And unlike other birthmarks, hers is purple."

Su Qing had a sense of understanding and breathed a sigh of relief, "So, Madam is suspicious of me..."

"On Wanjie's third birthday, my brother was returning from a business trip to Jiangnan. He passed by Putuo Mountain and found a natural Shoushan stone, which was consecrated on Putuo Mountain. The Shoushan stone was not of the best quality, but looked like a mouse, and the mouse's eyes were pink. Wanjie loved it very much, and I liked it too. I put it on her on her birthday and never took it off again."

Su Qing opened his mouth wide and turned to look at the pendant that Wang had just looked at. It turned out to be a mouse pattern. When he put it on and saw it just now, he felt that it was neither stone nor wood. It turned out to be Shoushan Stone.

"And the pretty girl you mentioned, if Qiuxia and I are not mistaken, should be called Su Wanniang."

"Su Wanniang?"

"Yes, she was originally a waitress in a tavern, and later the prince took a fancy to her and wanted to take her into his palace. However, she was married before she served the prince, and only worked as a waitress in the tavern after being divorced, so the marquis and his wife did not agree. I just don't know what method Su Wanniang used to seduce the prince so that he couldn't let her go, so he simply rented a house and kept her outside."

Wang picked up the pendant and touched it gently. "At that time, I already had two sons and a daughter. I didn't care too much about who the prince liked or who he wanted to marry, as long as the family background was clean. I naturally didn't want someone like Su Wanniang, but since she was raised outside, I didn't care. Just don't bring her around to annoy me.

"I just didn't expect that Su Wanniang was so ambitious. She was determined to become a concubine in the mansion. One time, she even blocked my carriage on the street and knelt down to beg me to let her in. She even said that she was pregnant with the prince's child.