The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 911 is when I'm scared.

After discussing the access control issue, the two elders exchanged a glance. It was Meng Tianguan who spoke up this time: "Yaoyao, when you were unconscious, did you experience any hallucinations?"

This question stumped Meng Shisan: "Granddaughter doesn't understand what Grandfather is specifically referring to?"

Meng Tianguan looked at Old Madam Meng: "You witnessed more of what happened back then than I did, and you spent more time with Madam Zeng than I did. Whether she was having delusions or not, you were the one who handled things on the spot. You can tell me the specifics."

“Alright.” Old Mrs. Meng picked up the conversation, looking at Meng Shisan and said, “Does your grandfather mean that when you are unconscious, you want to see things that shouldn’t exist in this world?”

“For example…” Meng Shisan wanted to ask more specifically.

“For example…” Old Mrs. Meng lowered her eyes slightly, her thoughts slowly drifting back to the scenes from ten years ago when Zeng fell ill, “She would see some demons, ghosts, or even… flowers that become spirits, stones that become monsters, causing her to uncontrollably do things that normal people would not do.”

She looked up at her eldest granddaughter, feeling that she had described things in enough detail.

Indeed, it was detailed enough. Meng Shisan had completely understood what Meng Tianguan and Old Madam Meng were trying to convey: "Grandparents, do you think... no, are you afraid that I will end up like my mother? What you just said, Grandmother, were all hallucinations that my mother saw when she was ill? Did my mother describe them to you after she regained consciousness?"

She understood at first, but then more questions arose.

Since the two elders were able to ask her questions so readily and begin to recall the circumstances of Zeng's dementia back then, she naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to get to the bottom of what had happened back then.

Meng Shisan's sensitivity and directness surprised Meng Tianguan and Old Madam Meng, but their expectations were not far off.

Meng Tianguan didn't answer Meng Shisan's question. Instead, with a hint of pride, he said to Old Madam Meng, "I told you long ago that Yaoyao and Wan'er are different, vastly different. What you worried about Wan'er before, you don't need to worry about Yaoyao. You even argued with me, and you still don't believe me. Although you didn't say it aloud, I know you even resent me in your heart, cursing me for only caring about the honor and disgrace of the Meng family, and that I don't care about the life and death of my daughter before, or now my granddaughter. You're wrong. It's not that I don't care. I overestimated Wan'er's abilities before, but now you've underestimated Yaoyao's abilities. If I had known that Wan'er would die after entering the palace, I would never have agreed to let her marry His Majesty, who was then the Crown Prince. And now Yaoyao..."

He looked back at Meng Shisan: "Your Highness has feelings for Yaoyao. If Yaoyao truly has no feelings for Your Highness, I will certainly not force her."

Before Meng Shisan could even respond, Old Madam Meng exclaimed, "Is what you're saying true?"

"You asked me this question earlier..."

But you haven't answered!

"I have an answer..."

You didn't give a direct answer!

As they went back and forth asking and answering questions, Old Mrs. Meng became more and more excited, while Meng Tianguan remained calm and composed.

It seems that for Old Madam Meng, whether Meng Shisan could decide for himself whether or not to marry the Crown Prince was a big deal, while for Meng Tianguan, it was just one of the many decisions he made in his daily official duties, important but not that important.

Meng Tianguan stared intently at Old Madam Meng. After a while, Old Madam Meng realized her lapse in composure, and then composed herself, calming down.

Watching this scene, Meng Shisan was momentarily unsure what Meng Tianguan meant by speaking to her so late at night and being so frank with her. But regardless, this was a rare opportunity, and she was determined to ask him about the cause and effect of Zeng's death back then.

Furthermore, what is the basis for the two elders' belief that she and Zeng might have the same hallucinations?

All of these things are more important than whether or not she marries into the Crown Prince's household right now.

"I mean it very well." Meng Tianguan was answering Old Madam Meng, and also firmly telling Meng Shisan that in his heart, the Meng family was important, and his children and grandchildren were equally important.

Therefore, as the eldest daughter of the Meng family and his eldest granddaughter, Meng Shisan had choices and options.

Meng Tianguan continued, "Back then, I also gave Wan Jie'er the opportunity to make her own decisions."

Empress Meng, in the end, chose to give everything for the Meng family, including her lifelong happiness.

Grandma Meng nodded: "Yes, back then... back then it was Wan'er who chose to enter the palace herself."

Her eyes glistened with tears, tears that reflected her deep regret for letting her daughter choose a path of no return.

“Then Grandparents can rest assured, your granddaughter will not enter the palace.” Meng Shisan quickly stated her choice, which differed from that of Empress Meng back then, and then repeated the question she was now eager to know the answer to, “Please answer your granddaughter, Grandparents.”

Neither Meng Tianguan nor Old Lady Meng were surprised by Meng Shisan's choice, as Meng Shisan had already expressed his inner desires beforehand.

At that time, neither of them took it seriously, or rather, they didn't care much.

It wasn't until Meng Shisan displayed his extraordinary talent on the spot to save Li Shou that the two elders truly took him seriously.

Meng Shisan asked three questions in total. Old Mrs. Meng answered the first one first: "Yes, when your grandfather and I were in a coma with a persistent high fever, we were indeed afraid that you would be like your mother back then. After a high fever, you would wake up and occasionally become crazy, and were eventually diagnosed with hypochondria."

“As far as I know, hypochondria is not contagious.” Meng Shisan rationally pointed out the inconsistencies in Old Mrs. Meng’s answer.

Grandma Meng said with a hint of reluctance, "It's not contagious, but hypochondria... it might be hereditary."

“Hereditary?” Meng Shisan considered what these two words meant in his mind. “Grandmother meant that my mother had hypochondria long before she gave birth to me, or even before she married my father?”

Meng Tianguan said, "We did have this suspicion back then, and we even went to the Zeng family to ask your maternal grandparents about it."

“Your maternal grandparents said that your mother was in excellent physical and mental health from birth until she married into the Meng family, but…” Old Mrs. Meng’s words trailed off, her tone becoming increasingly heavy, “The Zeng family’s previous generation before your mother, that is, your maternal grandfather’s sister, had a great-aunt who married far away and later went mad. Such a shameful thing, if it concerned your mother’s life, your maternal grandparents would not have exposed their family scandal even on their deathbed.”

Meng Tianguan nodded: "That's why we're afraid you'll follow in your mother's footsteps."