The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 894 Under Two Arrows

"Watch your words!" Shangchun interrupted Chaiyu. "You can't say these things, you absolutely can't say them again, understand?"

"I know." Of course, Chaiyu knew she couldn't say such things again, otherwise she wouldn't have spoken in such a low voice.

"What are Aunt Shangchun and Chaiyu talking about?" Jin Yin asked as soon as she entered the small kitchen, seeing Shangchun and Chaiyu whispering to each other.

Shangchun didn't answer, but instead asked Jinyin, "Why are you here? Is someone serving Miss?"

"Miss asked me to cook millet porridge. Miss is hungry and wants to eat." Jin Yin answered Shang Chun's question while scooping and washing the rice into the rice jar. "Aunt Shang Chun, there's no need to worry. Miss Huang is watching over Miss, and Tong Yu Bao Zhu is also serving her."

Chaiyu's idea wasn't unique to her; Shangchun had also been thinking about it for a while.

Therefore, whenever Meng Shisan complained about not wanting to marry into the Eastern Palace, and even resorted to all sorts of means to achieve this goal, Shangchun never had any objection.

Not to mention those who served Meng Shisan closely, such as Shang Chunchai and Yu, even people like Huang Jing and Lan Zhijin, who had only known each other for a short time, had this realization.

In Meng Shisan's bedroom, Huang Jing pulled the exhausted Meng Shisan aside and gave him a good talking-to: "You, with such a weak body, insisted on trying to catch the arrow. And even after catching it, you didn't protect your hands. You never expected that the arrow was so poisoned, not only the arrowhead but also the shaft! Well, you've been poisoned. I went to great lengths to detoxify you, and you even developed a high fever. Luckily, Lan Zhijin is different from me; he's valued medicine and magic since childhood and has learned quite a bit in these areas. Otherwise, I wonder how you would have escaped this time!"

Lan Zhijin didn't go inside, but stood outside on the porch listening, and couldn't help but sigh: Qingmei really cared deeply for this young lady of the Meng family, she had never nagged at him like this before.

Meng Shisan, her eyelids drooping, tried to process Huang Jing's scolding into her somewhat muddled mind: "It all happened so suddenly. I did my best to protect myself, but I never imagined that the person who shot the arrow was so vicious. It's one thing to have the arrowhead poisoned, but to have the whole arrow poisoned too! I really didn't expect that. I was saved by you and Master Lan. It's my fate to survive. I'm sure I'll have good fortune to come."

Meng Meijing, who was sitting on an embroidery stool nearby, nodded hurriedly upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes! Sister's good fortune is yet to come!"

Huang Jing glanced helplessly at Meng Meijing, who was a complete sister-obsessed girl.

Meng Meijing lowered her head slowly under the gaze, silently thinking to herself: There's nothing I can do, after all, Master Huang is my elder sister's savior.

"Alright, I know you think I was too impulsive." Meng Shisan pulled Huang Jing's attention back. "But given the situation, I couldn't just stand by and watch His Highness get shot with an arrow."

Huang Jing said, "His Highness the Crown Prince has plenty of people around him, including experts like the Imperial Shadow Guards, and Young Master Ji, the commander of the Eastern Palace guards. If all else fails, there's still the Grand Eunuch!"

"That arrow came too fast, catching everyone off guard. At the time, the Imperial Guards and the Eastern Palace Guards were closer than me. Chang Qing was closer than me, but he was just an ordinary personal attendant of His Highness, with no skills whatsoever, and he didn't have time to react." Meng Shisan answered seriously. Just as Meng Meijing had muttered to herself, Huang Jing was the benefactor who had just saved her life. Even if she wanted to sleep, she had to be serious and answer first. "And on the other side was Minmin. Needless to say, Minmin was the only one who could fight back at that time."

"You really risked your life, and you almost lost it too." Huang Jing could understand everything Meng Shisan said, but understanding didn't mean agreeing. She didn't agree with Meng Shisan risking his own life to save Li Shou's. "You can't do that again."

"Ah."

"If you continue like this, Lan Zhijin and I may not be able to save you again."

Meng Shisan smiled faintly: "Thank you."

"I eat your food, drink your drinks, use your things, and live in your house. What's there to thank me for?" Huang Jing got up and walked out, making room for the Meng sisters, Shisan and Meijing, to talk. "Don't talk for too long. Yaoyao needs to get some sleep." She could see how much her eyelids were drooping, but she just couldn't hold back what she had to say and had to get it off her chest.

"Okay, okay, okay." Meng Meijing nodded repeatedly, not daring to be negligent.

After Huang Jing left, Meng Shisan pulled up the quilt, half-closed his eyes, and said to Meng Meijing, "A Jing is right. I need to get some sleep. If you have anything to say, just say it."

She had to listen to Master Huang, but she also had to listen to her elder sister even more. Meng Meijing immediately asked softly, "When did you learn martial arts, elder sister?"

"Martial arts?" Meng Shisan opened his eyes abruptly, his drowsiness dispelled by those two words. "I don't know martial arts."

He solemnly reiterated, "All I know is how to fight."

"Huh? Then..." Meng Meijing raised her hand, making a grasping motion, "Then how was Sister able to catch that arrow that was flying rapidly towards His Highness?"

"This..." It's not easy to explain, so Meng Shisan could only make one up on the spot, "I have quick eyes and hands, I learned it when I was practicing whipping."

"So that's how it is! Sister is really amazing!" Meng Meijing, without any doubt, got up and said, "Sister, go to sleep. I'll come and talk to you again when you wake up."

Even as Meng Shisan drifted off to sleep, he was still marveling at how easily his cheap younger sister could be fooled.

Li Shouren was in the Wenhua Hall, but his heart was in the Taichen Courtyard of the Meng family. Only when one of the imperial physicians he had assigned to treat Meng Shisan entered the palace and reported the whole process of Meng Shisan's treatment did he finally feel at ease.

Unexpectedly, Ji Kuan entered the hall and reported, "Your Highness! Something has happened!"

The physician, quick to notice, said, "If Your Highness has no further instructions, I shall take my leave."

Li Shou nodded slightly: "After you return to the Imperial Hospital, tell Yu Minglu that you should report to him immediately any situation with Yao Yao, no matter when."

The physician accepted the order and left the palace to find Yu Minglu to convey Li Shou's message.

After the physician left the Wenhua Hall, Ji Kuan stepped forward and reported, "Your Highness, Magistrate Shi was killed by an arrow, also a cold arrow, with both the arrowhead and the shaft coated with poison."

Li Shou suddenly stood up, rose from his seat, and went to Ji Kuan: "Is Shi Ju alive or dead now?"

"The kite was too far away to stop him, which was also unexpected. At that time, the kite was a little far away, and only Miss Shi was next to Magistrate Shi. The arrow shot in through the open window and hit Magistrate Shi in the chest, who was already able to sit up and lean against the bed to drink medicine. The arrow went straight through his heart and he died on the spot."

Li Shou gritted his teeth: "You, Li Heng! If you couldn't kill me first, you'll kill Shi Ju now!"

This is a two-pronged attack!