The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 793: Starting from the Beginning

"Miss Lou told you all this. How did she know all this?" Meng Shisan asked instead of answering.

"Ayan's grandfather was talking to Ayan's father, and Ayan overheard them." Meng Meijing confessed honestly. Of course, Meng Renping would not tell her about such things, and Lou Yuanpan would not tell Lou Yan either.

She didn't know, but Lou Yan knew. It's just that she couldn't eavesdrop, but Lou Yan did.

Then he asked, "Is Mr. Lu's desire to help my sister related to this matter?"

Facing his younger sister's sparkling eyes, Meng Shisan thought for a moment and chose not to remain silent as usual: "If the Meng Mansion is really in turmoil due to the changes in the Eastern Palace, you and I, as the two young ladies of the Meng Mansion, will definitely be implicated. Meijing, there are some things that you just need to listen to and understand, and don't get involved."

"Okay." Meng Meijing nodded obediently, and asked with great expectation, "Then can you tell me about it, sister?"

"Do you still remember that you once asked me why I asked Baozhu to collect all the official reports from previous years?" Meng Shisan asked.

Meng Meijing hummed and said, "I remember, it was all about the news about the flood disaster in Lueyang last year."

At that time she also asked her eldest sister whether there was any recurrence of the disaster, but her eldest sister did not answer her.

This time her elder sister didn't give her a perfunctory answer, so she had to listen carefully.

Meng Shisan said: "That was a man-made disaster..."

She planned to start from the beginning, and given her younger sister's serious attitude, she was willing to go into more detail.

In Shanfang Courtyard, Wu asked about Meng Meijing's whereabouts. She learned that Meng Meijing had gone to Meng Shisan's Courtyard, so she stopped asking and instead asked about Lu Luo who had left again.

Holding fresh fruits in her hands, Madam Wang answered, "I heard that she came here specially to see the eldest lady. She was drinking tea and chatting in the flower hall next to Qingming Hall. With housekeeper Chu personally guarding, no maid dared to approach her, let alone gossip. Madam, these are the fresh fruits that the eldest lady asked Huanhua to send over. Madam, have a taste."

We only know that Lu Luo has come, but we don't know why Lu Luo has come.

Wu nodded and stopped asking questions about Lu Luo's visit. She tasted the fruit that Shang had sent for her to try.

Shang summoned Butler Chu to Zehui Courtyard and personally asked him about the whole incident. At the end, he asked with a little surprise, "Did Second Young Master Lu really come to ask Yaoyao if she needs help?"

"Yes." Butler Chu heard it carefully.

"And was rejected by Yaoyao?"

"Yes."

"Being chased away by Sister Jing again?"

"Yes."

Shang had a complicated expression: "This... Why doesn't the second young master Lu look like someone with the surname Lu?" "The eldest lady has reminded the second young master Lu." Butler Chu answered dutifully.

As soon as Butler Chu left, Shang immediately went to Changchun Courtyard.

After entering the upper room, Shang told Old Lady Meng everything about Lu Luo's visit.

After hearing this, Mrs. Meng said, "Just go with Yaoyao."

"Let Yaoyao go?" Shang didn't quite understand what her mother-in-law meant. "Mother, are you saying that Yaoyao should follow her own wishes?"

Didn't the whole family already have a consensus that the eldest niece would be the Crown Princess? How could they allow the eldest niece to have sex with Uncle Lu as she pleased?
Shang didn't understand the hidden meaning of Mrs. Meng's words, but Mrs. Meng heard the doubt in Shang's words: "Man proposes, God disposes. Sometimes, some things, until the time comes, no one can say for sure that they will succeed."

Shang Shi understood what was said: "Mother is talking about..."

But even if my niece cannot become the Crown Princess, given the sincerity of His Highness in treating my niece, I think my niece will definitely marry into the Eastern Palace. If His Majesty is willing to take a step back and help His Highness, then my niece cannot get too close to other men.

Otherwise, it would cause a lot of gossip.

A daughter's reputation is the most important thing and she cannot withstand the slander from gossipy women.

Old Madam Meng was already half a century old, and she knew what Shang was thinking at a glance. However, it was too early to talk about many things now, so she said, "Well, Yaoyao's matter will be decided by her. Otherwise, her eldest brother will help and protect her. You just need to take care of the affairs of the inner house, and don't worry about the rest."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law will listen to my mother." Since Mrs. Meng had spoken, even though Shang was still thinking about it in her heart, she could only agree obediently.

When Meng Tianguan returned home after leaving the court, he heard what Old Lady Meng had said and said with emotion, "The Lu Mansion only has an ambitious Empress Dowager and an even more ambitious Second Prince. Otherwise, it would be very easy to win over everyone in the Lu Mansion to the East Palace camp."

Not to mention that Lu Haoyang, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, has never been willing to get involved in the struggle for imperial power. Even his eldest son, Prefect Lu, is a man with a long-term vision. Although his youngest son is a bit unruly in nature, he has never really embarked on a path of no return under the personal guidance of his eldest brother.

Meanwhile, Meng Zhidu also commented after listening to what Shang said, "Earlier, Prefect Lu had mentioned privately that if his daughter wanted to marry into the East Palace, I didn't know whether Your Highness would be willing. At that time, although I didn't know whether Your Highness was willing, I knew that Prefect Lu was a man with a clear mind. He knew that if the Second Prince wanted to achieve great things, it would be impossible as long as Your Majesty was alive. Now that Your Majesty is in his prime, it is a wise move for Prefect Lu to secretly invest in the Third Lady of the Lu Mansion. However, Your Highness is not interested in the Third Lady of the Lu Mansion, so this move can only be a waste of thought."

Shang was surprised and asked, "Has the master asked His Highness if he is willing?"

"He asked in a roundabout way." Meng Zhidu said, "Your Highness is so smart. As soon as my uncle opened his mouth, he shook his head at me clearly."

He took the bowl of soup that Shang had scooped for him, drank a mouthful of the delicious thick soup to moisten his throat, and then said, "Yaoyao can directly reject Second Young Master Lu's help in person, which is very good. If His Highness knows about it later, I'm afraid that the military position that Prefect Lu worked so hard to arrange for Second Young Master Lu will be in vain."

Shang took a moment to react before she realized what her husband meant: "Your Highness, that's not the case, is it? Also, Second Young Master Lu is the most idle and has a reputation as the number one bully in the capital. How can he become a military officer?"

"The Lu family has a favor that can be used, so why not?" In the wealthy and aristocratic families, taking the favor is the fastest and easiest way to enter the officialdom. Meng Zhidu is also a child of an aristocratic family, and he understands why Lu Sen chose this shortcut for Lu Luo to enter the officialdom. "As an elder brother, I can only be happy that my younger brother can make progress and is willing to make progress."

Shang agreed with this: "That's true."

After taking a few bites of rice to fill his stomach, Meng Zhidu went back to the first question asked by Shang: "Your Highness has feelings for Yaoyao, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. But Yaoyao has never expressed anything, so I guess Your Highness is still waiting. Even so, Your Highness will not allow other noble family members to take a fancy to Yaoyao or have any ideas about her."