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

However, Wang was weak and had little strength, so the beating was not very hard. However, it was the first time that Meng Qi had been beaten by his mother since he was a child, and Wang felt uncomfortable in her chest because of this beating.

Meng Qi covered her face and looked at Wang in disbelief. Wang patted her chest and sat on the edge of the bed with the help of Mother Guo.

"Mom..." Meng Qi said aggrievedly.

"You, how many times have you met with Mr. Hong San? What did he promise you?"

"mother......"

"Tell me, if you don't make it clear today, you are not my daughter." Wang stared at Meng Qi fiercely.

"Mom, I really..."

"You'd better think it over before you speak. I really mean what I say this time. You are too willful. How can you be so bold? Even if you really have something, you should tell me first, or tell Mother Liu. But you dare to make decisions on your own. Tell me, did you do everything in Pingxi Marquis's Mansion by yourself? Did anyone help you?"

"No, it was me. I bribed the girl to help me find out the location of Mr. Hong San's carriage."

Meng Qi had never seen Wang like this before, and the scene of her fainting in front of him that night reappeared in his mind.

"Okay, who told you this method, that is, to take the money and look for Mr. Hong's carriage?"

"No one told me."

"Meng Qi... You still haven't told the truth to me, and you still haven't told the truth to me, right? I raised you for fourteen years, but you're not as good as a man I've only met once? Do you regret not pissing me off to death that night?"

"No, Mom, I didn't, I just..."

"But what did Mr. Hong San threaten you with, or what did he promise you?"

Meng Qi shook her head, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Wang came forward, took her hand and whispered, "Sister Qi, don't be afraid. Tell me what happened. As long as you tell the truth, I'm here, so you don't have to worry. I'll take care of it for you."

Meng Qi opened her eyes wide, "Mom, will Mr. Hong San come to propose marriage?"

"Sister Qi, you are Mr. Zhou Er's fiancé now. How can you ask Mr. Hong San to propose marriage?"

Meng Qi's shoulders dropped again when he heard this. "I have met Mr. Hong San twice."

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Guo looked at each other, and no one said a word. They listened quietly to what Meng Qi said.

"So he lied to your grandfather?"

"Mom, he must have had his reasons. After all, I haven't even called off the engagement yet, and I've put him in a difficult position. It's my fault. I should have called off the engagement with Zhou Yu first before looking for him."

Wang just felt powerless. At this time, Meng Qi still couldn't see that Hong Zhe was clearly trying to lure her into the trap.

"Don't think about him anymore. He won't marry you. Now we can only wait for news from Prince Shen's mansion."

"Mom, he will, he will definitely do it. Last time on Meng Juan's birthday, his niece, the eldest daughter of the Hong family, said that the reason why he didn't agree to the people that Mrs. Hong introduced to him was because he had someone in his heart. And the person in his heart was engaged, so he was so sad. And Zhou Yu would cancel the engagement, which man can tolerate..." Meng Qi stopped talking here.

"You also know this truth, so which man would marry a woman who uses her own money to get into someone else's carriage?" Wang pressed her head and didn't know what to say.

"Ah?" Meng Qi obviously hadn't thought of this. She regretted it very much now. She shouldn't have used this method. She should have changed it. She was too anxious. But there was no way to stop being anxious. The six ceremonies would start next month. If she didn't take action now, she would have no chance.

Mother Guo frowned and said, "Fourth Miss, you just said that you heard the eldest lady of the Hong family say this at the eldest lady's birthday party?"

Only then did Wang pay attention to what Meng Qi had just said. "It wasn't her who said that. She only said that Mr. Hong San would not go to see her. It was another young lady who said that because Mr. Hong San liked a young lady who was already engaged," Meng Qi said with a blushing face.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Guo looked at each other. Could it be that Mrs. Liu was involved in this?

"Tell me, who taught you this method?" Wang asked after calming down.

"No one taught me. I read it from a storybook." After saying that, he took out a book from the bedside table.

Wang took it and read it carefully. The more she read, the tighter her brows frowned, and the uglier her expression became. Finally, she threw the book away fiercely, "Who gave it to you?"

"No one gave it to me. I picked it up."

"Picked it up? Where did you pick it up?"

"It was the fork in the road where my third sister and I parted ways with my eldest sister once."

Wang had already made up her mind that this matter must be related to the third house. "Okay, I understand. From today on, you will be confined to your house as your grandfather requested. Copy the female ring every day and have the maid bring it to me at night."

"mother......"

"You don't have to tell me. I won't be soft-hearted this time. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. You are old enough now. You should use your brain more and think about the whole thing carefully. Do you think Mr. Hong San is so naive as to marry a woman he has only met twice?"

Wang gently stroked Meng Qi's cheek, "Sister Qi, Master Hong is not a fool. He has been married, so how can he not know how women feel? He is deliberately trying to make you think about this. Listen to me and stop thinking about it. Wait for a while. If the Prince Shen's Mansion has no other intentions, I will take you to their house and say that I drank too much and got on the wrong car."

"No, Mom, I..."

"Listen, Mr. Hong San is definitely not a good match, he is using you. Think about it, if he didn't mean it, seeing you sitting in his car, he could have asked the servants of the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion to go to the inner courtyard to find me or your grandmother, and quietly tell them the situation, and then we would send someone to quietly pick you up.

"And what about him? He went looking for your grandfather with great fanfare, saying in front of so many people that you were in the car, and even said those words to distance himself from the matter. The key is that Mr. Zhou was there at the time. Think about it carefully, is this a coincidence?"

"But what can I do for him to use?"

"Whether he is using you or not, he is not kind-hearted for disregarding your reputation like this. In other words, even if he really has feelings for you, he should not speak out loud about it. After you get married, wouldn't that give others something to talk about you? Would he allow his wife to be criticized like this?"

Wang held her forehead with her hands. She didn't blame Meng Qi in her heart, but she hated herself. She knew Meng Qi was going to marry into the palace, but how could she develop such an ignorant character? Now it was too late to say anything. She just hoped that Mr. Zhou would calm down. But she couldn't just wait like this. She had to find a middleman to explain. Who should she find?

Meng Qi watched Wang leave the room, and sat there thinking about what Wang said. She was unwilling to believe that Hong Zhe was using her and deceiving her. However, what Wang said seemed to be right. If he really had feelings for her, he should have kept it a secret at the time, so that as few people as possible knew about it. Could it be that... But Meng Qi still didn't give up, and Hong Zhe's gentle smile appeared in front of her again.

Wang walked out of the main room and asked, "Which room?"

Mrs. Liu was confused by Wang's question, so Mrs. Guo stepped forward and asked, "Which room does Su Qing live in? I saw her hand was red from being beaten just now, I don't know if she's healed yet?"

Mother Liu looked at Wang in disbelief and said carefully, "The third room on the left. I'll take you there."

"No need. You look after Sister Qi. I'll ask her to copy the female precepts every day starting today. Watch her copy and send someone to deliver it to Shanzhi Hall in the evening."

Mother Liu fell into deep thought as she watched Wang and Mother Guo enter Su Qing's room.

"Madam, why are you here?"

"Is it serious? Let me take a look." Wang took two quick steps, took Su Qing's hand and looked at it carefully.

Chuan'er stood there as if nailed down. "Go get some medicinal oil." Mother Guo instructed her. Chuan'er said "oh" and ran out quickly.

Looking back through the window, I saw Wang holding Su Qing's hand and blowing gently, as if she was holding a fragile porcelain. Su Qing just said that her good day was coming, what was it?

"The person who went to inquire yesterday came back late, so he didn't ask you to go. After Su Wanniang sold you, she redeemed herself, and then lived in your original courtyard for more than two months, until she found out that you followed the lady to the East Palace and bought a little girl to go out of the city."

Su Qing looked at Wang in surprise. It seemed that the original owner was undoubtedly the second lady of the Meng family, and the culprit behind all this was Su Wanniang, and the person Su Wanniang wanted to target must be Wang.

First, Wang was made to grieve for several years after losing her daughter, and then the daughter was brought back to her as a maid without her knowing. If it weren't for this accident, Guo's mother saw her birthmark and Wang saw the necklace, then this secret might never be discovered, and the original owner would have been a servant in the Meng family.

She changed the life of a young lady into that of a maid. Even if Wang Shi knew about it, she would not be afraid. Knowing it would only make Wang Shi more miserable. Maybe in the process, Wang Shi even punished or beat Su Qing. In this way, Wang Shi would regret it more and blame herself more. This was the result Su Wanniang wanted.

Su Qing even thought that if Wang Shi had not discovered that the original owner was her daughter, Su Wanniang would definitely use some other method to tell Wang Shi about this news. Because it is more satisfying to let others know about their regrets and self-blame than to know nothing.