The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 561 He is not afraid

Baozhu said, "Miss, your guess is correct. According to my indirect inquiries, Wang Gui is 90% unaware of the situation."

She didn't ask Wang Gui directly, but only asked him some details about what the eldest son did in the East Palace. As a result, Wang Gui hesitated and almost said he didn't know anything!

Shangchun reported, "I didn't find Mr. Lu at the Lu Mansion. I met him on the way to the Lu Mansion. Mr. Lu heard that the young lady fell ill after a trip to Qingbei Mountain, so he wanted to come to Meng Mansion to visit the young lady. He met me on the way and learned that I was following the young lady's order and had something to say to Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu asked me and learned that the young lady was fine. Then I told him what the young lady said. Mr. Lu said that he would consider it carefully. When he got the answer, he would come to see the young lady in person and tell her face to face."

Meng Shisan nodded: "What did Master Cui Qi say?"

"Master Cui Qi also heard about the young lady's trip to Qingbei Mountain. Just like Master Lu Er, he first asked if the young lady was okay. Then, after hearing what the young lady said as conveyed by my maid, Master Cui Qi said that the young lady would ask this question sooner or later. Therefore, Master Cui Qi was well prepared and had an answer already - he is not afraid." Shangchun replied.

"Not afraid?" Meng Shisan wondered what trump card Cui Yu had that made him so arrogant. After all, she had made it clear that this was not only a fight between the powerful and the common people, but also a struggle for imperial power. Wasn't he afraid of losing his life and property?

Baozhu continued, "Could it be that Master Cui Qi is relying on the power of the Qinghe Cui family?"

On the way back from admiring the spring, I was still thinking: "I think the same as Baozhu."

Meng Shisan didn't think so: "...maybe there are other reasons."

But I don’t know what the other confidence is for now.

"What should we do now?" Shangchun asked.

Meng Shisan thought for a moment and said, "Master Cui Qi is not afraid, but Master Lu Er still needs to consider it and wait a little longer."

She will start after all the answers are gathered.

It just so happened that her body was weak now, so weak that she didn't even have the strength to walk out of the yard. So while waiting for Lu Luo's answer, she would rest well.

Of course, relying solely on the body's own repair would be too slow. After Chang'an comes back from the East Palace, she will have to use her magic power to perform medical techniques at night to help her recover quickly.

Meng Shisan bravely climbed Qingbei Mountain despite his frail body, and then went down the mountain and returned to the city and his home. The news of his illness soon spread.

She didn't know why it spread so quickly.

Therefore, after Lu Luo and Cui Yu learned from Shangchun that Meng Shisan was in good health, Dong Linglong, Zeng Chongjin and Zeng Chongrong went to visit Meng's house at the same time before dusk.

Although Li Zhaoqin was unable to come in person, she asked Yin Shang, who was by her side, to bring two maids to bring a lot of nourishing things to Meng Shisan, such as hundred-year-old ginseng and hundred-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.

When Old Lady Meng learned about this, she said to Shang, "As for whether the young lady from the Dong family will stay for dinner, just ask. But the two young ladies from the Zeng family must stay, so go and make sure they stay."

Although Shang didn't know her mother-in-law's intention, she quickly nodded and agreed: "Let's go."

Soon, Mother Cai, following Shang's orders, entered Mingxiao Hall in Taichen Courtyard and told Meng Shisan in person that Shang had sincerely invited Dong Linglong and the Zeng sisters to have dinner with Meng Shisan at Meng's house today.

Mother Cai did not wait for a reply. She relayed Shang's meaning, then turned around and walked back to Zehuiyuan.

Mrs. Shang said, "Even if a young girl doesn't understand right from wrong, she should at least know what a stand is. I asked you to convey your mother-in-law's intention. In the end, it's up to Miss Dong to decide whether she will stay or not. Since she has made the decision, she should be allowed to think about it." Only then did Mrs. Cai fully understand.

Meng Shisan hadn't had a meal with Dong Linglong for some time. He also thought that Dong Linglong had some concerns about entering the Meng Mansion before, but today she came to visit her with determination and without any hesitation. He couldn't help but think more for a moment.

She thought that if she could take advantage of today to invite Dong Linglong to have dinner with her, she could further deepen her friendship with Dong Linglong. Regardless of whether the Meng family could get help from the Dong family in the future, she would no longer have to worry about the Dong family defecting to other camps that were hostile to the Eastern Palace.

But after such rational thinking, she looked at Dong Linglong's caring eyes, and the words that were about to come out of her mouth paused hesitantly.

Yaya treated her sincerely, so sincerely that she ignored the close relationship between the Meng Mansion and the Eastern Palace and came to visit her without hesitation. When she first met Yaya, she could still do whatever she wanted. Now, as her friendship with Yaya deepened, she began to hesitate.

After all, whether it is a monster or a human, it is not easy to have a sincere relationship.

Now she has Dong Linglong's sincere friendship, which she really doesn't want to lose.

So, the words that I could blurt out before were stuck at this moment.

Zeng Chongjin watched and thought about what Fang Jiangcai's mother had said to convey to Shang. She was born into a noble family and grew up in its prosperity. What she learned, saw and heard along the way made her sharp and intelligent.

So she didn't look at him for long before she asked on behalf of Meng Shisan, "Yaya... I am one year older than Miss Dong, and Yaoyao and I are cousins, so I will just be generous and follow Yaoyao to call you Yaya, is that okay?"

Dong Linglong was not familiar with the Zeng sisters to begin with. She only met them later because of Meng Shisan. It was not the case that they were so familiar with each other that they called each other by their nicknames.

When she heard Zeng Chongjin suddenly say this, she was also stunned for a moment, then nodded a beat later: "...Yes."

Although Zeng Chongrong didn't know what his sister meant, he knew that his sister must have a purpose for taking the initiative to befriend Dong Linglong, so he also said: "In that case, I will also call you Yaya!"

After saying that, she smiled brightly.

Dong Linglong was infected by Zeng Chongrong's enthusiasm and grinned, "Okay."

"Yaya, Yaoyao is not feeling well and needs someone to accompany her. Before Mumu and I came to the Meng Mansion, we told our mother that we would stay here to accompany Yaoyao for dinner tonight." Therefore, even if Shang Shi had not sent Mother Cai to come and sincerely invite them, Zeng Chongjin and Zeng Chongrong would have stayed and had dinner at the Meng Mansion before returning to the Zeng Mansion.

Zeng Chongrong echoed, "Yes, yes, Yaya, my sister and I are going to stay for dinner, do you want to stay too?"

Dong Linglong didn't expect that the Zeng sisters would ask her about this. She glanced at Meng Shisan who was also waiting for her answer, and said to the Zeng sisters with a smile, "Of course I will stay."

It's not like she doesn't know everything.

As the daughter of the Dong family, no matter how good she was at wielding a spear or stick, or how much she thought than her older brothers and sisters, she was no longer ignorant. How could she not know the real intention of Shang's sincere invitation to her to stay at the Meng Mansion for dinner?

Even though she didn't react at first, she finally reacted after the Zeng sisters' questions and Meng Shisan's silence.

(End of this chapter)