The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 903 Lack of Confidence

Knowing that the uncle and nephew must have something to say, and that it must concern the Meng family, which was a prominent and powerful clan, he had to postpone reporting any other cases he had to report.

Since he's at the Wu residence now, the case he needs to report isn't that urgent, so he can report it later.

Meijing arrived at the Wu residence on the orders of Meng Shisan to respond to Wu Pinbai's report on the case of the refugees attacking the Zhu residence.

Officer Qi, being sensible, stepped aside and stood quietly.

Wen and Wu Shaohao knew Meng Meijing quite well. Meng Meijing usually wouldn't step into the Wu residence, and every time she came, it was because she had something to do.

The mother and son guessed that the same would happen tonight.

Even his wife and son could think of such things, so Wu Pinbai, the head of the family, thought of the case of the displaced people that Ji Kuan had personally handed over to the Beijing government office today, at the moment Meng Meijing bowed to him.

This is the second case of a vagrant committing a crime in recent times.

The previous case involving vagrants was the one that happened a while ago in Anmofang Washa in the south of the city, where vagrants gathered and injured people in the middle of the night. He was in charge of the trial at that time, and although he interrogated the victims several times, he was unable to make any real progress.

It wasn't until Miss Meng intervened that the leading group of refugees gradually bowed their heads under her stern gaze, no longer daring to resist or try to harm others. Only then did the case begin to improve and gradually progress towards its conclusion.

Although he had many questions, such as why the leader of the refugees was afraid of Miss Meng, he didn't get the answer until the case was closed. But that didn't matter. The important thing was that the case was successfully closed.

The second case involving displaced people causing trouble is much more serious than the previous one. It involves the safety of officials and the Crown Prince's palace, which makes him more vigilant.

He even suspected that the reason why his superior, Prefect Lu, handed the case over to him so quickly was not only because he was a judge in the capital and Meng Meijing's uncle, but also because the Lu family was the maternal family of the Second Prince.

Although he was merely a minor official, being under the emperor's nose and remaining motionless, all the winds that blew into his ears, whether righteous or wicked, entered his ears.

The most serious of these, and the one that makes everyone feel insecure and dare not move an inch for fear of making a mistake, is the open and covert rivalry between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.

Amidst a multitude of thoughts, Wu Pinbai beckoned to Meng Meijing: "Come, come inside with your uncle and let's talk."

“Okay!” Meng Meijing replied crisply.

The uncle and nephew entered the main room. Constable Qi wanted to follow but was hesitant to go in. In the end, Wu Shaohao invited them to brew tea at the stone table and small red stove outside the main room, while Madam Wen brewed two more bowls of tea and brought them into the main room.

Ms. Wen originally wanted to stay in the room to hear what Meng Meijing had come for, but as soon as the two bowls of tea were placed on the table, Wu Pinbai told her to go about her business.

She sensed her husband's unspoken message that he didn't want her to be there, so she took the tray and left the main room.

Seeing that Madam Wen wasn't in the room, Wu Shaohao pondered many things, but remained silent. Officer Qi, a rough and unrefined man, had worked with Wu Pinbai for many years, and their families shared a deep bond. He treated Wu Shaohao like family, letting him speak his mind freely. So, he quietly asked, "Some time ago, you said you wanted to pass the imperial examination with flying colors and become the top scholar. Was that because of this Miss Meng?"

Wu Shaohao was young and in love, and he couldn't hide his feelings. Not only his parents knew about it, but even Constable Qi and others had noticed something was going on. When he was told this, he blushed before he could answer and lowered his head in silence.

Seeing this reaction, Officer Qi didn't need to ask any more questions. He immediately got the answer. He glanced at the main room again, then turned back to pour cold water on Wu Shaohao: "Difficult, extremely difficult."

It's not just difficult, it's extremely difficult.

Wu Shaohao often poured cold water on this matter himself, and even though he now knew that Officer Qi was telling the truth, he couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Uncle Qi, I know it's difficult."

Officer Qi looked at Wu Shaohao's listless, youthful face, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's alright, you're still young and haven't come of age yet. Once you've come of age and are on the list of successful candidates, why worry about not being able to marry a beautiful bride?"

Wu Shaohao, however, refused to listen to Constable Qi's words of comfort: "What use are beautiful women if they are not to my liking?"

"...Five years from now, you'll be of legal age, and Miss Meng will be of marriageable age. There's a chance, a chance indeed." Officer Qi couldn't bear to completely extinguish Wu Shaohao's hopes, so he rounded things up and brought the conversation back on track.

"Does Uncle Qi really think I still have a chance?" Wu Shaohao was unsure about this.

Officer Qi wanted to say there was no chance, but looking at his superior's son, who was just beginning to experience romantic feelings, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Seeing that Constable Qi looked hesitant, Wu Shaohao immediately knew the answer. He lowered his eyes and said, "Uncle Qi, there's no need to make things difficult... I understand."

Upon hearing this, Constable Qi silently patted Wu Shaohao on the shoulder again.

Inside the main room, Meng Meijing had finished doing what Meng Shisan had asked her to do: "...That's roughly what my sister meant. Does Uncle think it's possible to do it?"

"Does Miss Meng really think that these refugees today are from the same place as those who caused trouble in Anmofang in the past?" Wu Pinbai didn't know where Meng Shisan got this conclusion from, and he couldn't get an answer from Meng Meijing, so he repeated it uncertainly again.

“Yes.” Meng Meijing wondered if Wu Pinbai was a little hard of hearing. She had already said it twice, and her uncle was asking her a third time. Then she changed her mind and asked, “Does Uncle think it’s impossible?”

Wu Pinbai pondered for a moment and said, "Last time, thanks to your older sister, I was able to close the case smoothly. Later, whether it was Miss Meng, Lord Lu, or myself, we all wanted to find out who was behind it, but..."

Meng Meijing was unaware of the specific details of the previous case involving refugees, so she listened intently. However, at a crucial point, Wu Pinbai stopped and asked urgently, "But what?"

“But no matter how much I investigated, I couldn’t get any new clues after the case was closed.” Wu Pinbai frowned. “Miss Meng wants me to investigate this new case about rioting by displaced people together with the previous case to find out who is behind it. Even if your sister didn’t tell you to say this, as a judge in the capital, if I find similarities between the two cases, I will investigate them together.”

"Oh." Meng Meijing picked up her teacup and took a sip. Her mind was racing. She took another sip without realizing it, and holding the teacup in her hands, she said, "Then Uncle doesn't have the confidence to trace the mastermind behind the scenes that Sister mentioned?"