The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 916 No

The next morning, everyone got busy with their own tasks.

Huang Jing, as usual, took the water snake to the Kuangguang River to look for something. Lan Zhijin had said last night that he could help, so he and Ma Ji left the city early this morning to look for the butterfly demon and wolf demon.

Meng Shisan then welcomed the Zeng sisters to the mansion.

In the outer courtyard of Taichenwon Mingxiao Hall, beside a banana tree, three people sat around a table. Sweet spring water was boiling in a copper kettle on a small red stove. Since they couldn't spare the time to enjoy the spring, Tongyu was brewing tea, while Baozhu and Qihua and Qizhi served them, bringing tea and snacks here and there.

"We heard you were under house arrest, so my sister and I came to keep you company right away!" Zeng Chongrong said as he ate his warm plum drink and the plum blossom jelly that Jin Yingang had served him.

Zeng Chongjin was afraid that Zeng Chongrong would choke: "Swallow the snack before you speak."

Zeng Chongrong nodded with a smile. The snacks and drinks were delicious, so she stopped talking for the time being.

Meng Shisan asked, "How did my fourth and fifth cousins ​​find out I was under house arrest?"

She was only placed under house arrest last night, and the news had already reached her maternal grandparents' home.

Zeng Chongjin said to Meng Shisan, "It was my elder brother who came last night. Because it was late, past nightfall, he only learned at the gatehouse that you were alright and that you had just been confined to your quarters before going home. After returning to the manor, my elder brother was unavailable this morning and could not come to visit you. So last night he came to my courtyard and told me that he had to come to see you early this morning. Firstly, to see if you were truly fully recovered, and secondly, to find out why you were confined to your quarters."

"Mmm!" Zeng Chongrong didn't speak, but nodded twice.

"I see." Meng Shisan picked up his teacup and took a sip. "My cousin came to see me so late, he must have been worried about me, and he must have been very busy lately. My cousin told him that my health is just like this. After the careful treatment by Physician Yu, I'm much better, but I can't take anything. Once I get hurt, both new and old injuries come at once, and my body really can't take it."

“It can’t handle anything…” Zeng Chongjin murmured, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Meng Shisan said at the right moment, "Don't worry, with my status, as long as I reduce going out, I won't encounter those knives and swords in my daily life."

Zeng Chongjin frowned: "Then what will you do when you get married?"

"What do you mean, what should we do?" Zeng Chongrong couldn't help but ask. This time, she swallowed the pastry in her mouth before speaking, and she was still holding half a piece of plum blossom cheese in her hand.

“So…” Meng Shisan understood Zeng Chongjin’s meaning, and her eyes crinkled into a smile, “I simply won’t get married.”

"Why isn't she getting married again?" Zeng Chongrong was increasingly puzzled.

Zeng Chongjin said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could you not get married? None of the elders in this mansion would allow you to have such a thought."

“That’s right!” Zeng Chongrong understood. “Not to mention the elders in this mansion, even His Highness the Crown Prince wouldn’t agree.”

“But if His Majesty does not agree to my marriage into the Eastern Palace, it will be useless for Your Highness to think any more.” Meng Shisan went straight to the point, which was also the biggest obstacle for Li Shou to marry her at the moment. “And with my weak body, let alone another poisoned arrow, even another high fever could take my life.”

"Once she becomes the Crown Princess, the open and hidden attacks will be no less numerous than they are now." Putting herself in the Emperor's shoes, Zeng Chongjin could understand why he disagreed with Li Shou marrying Meng Shisan as his principal wife. However, Meng's cousin's attempt to use this to dissuade the Crown Prince from marrying anyone else might hurt his feelings. "Yaoyao, what you've said, His Highness the Crown Prince is probably not unaware of, but rather knowingly doing the impossible. You are doing this..."

"Fourth Cousin, do you think I would betray His Highness's kindness?" Meng Shisan picked up on Zeng Chongjin's unfinished words, and then asked, "Then, Fourth Cousin, do you think I could be happy if I really married His Highness? With my health, could I safely give birth to the Crown Prince?" These three questions made Zeng Chongjin sigh, "I'm not saying you have to marry His Highness, but there are serious implications. What if His Highness can't get his wish? Would he turn his love into hatred?"

"Huh?" Zeng Chongrong looked completely bewildered.

"Why would Fourth Cousin think that way? Did you hear something?" Based on Meng Shisan's understanding of Zeng Chongjin, there must be a reason for Zeng Chongjin's thoughts.

"Many things have happened recently, and the most troublesome thing for my elder brother is the various troubles caused by the struggle between His Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince." Zeng Chongjin had heard Zeng Chongyu briefly mention some of these things. Her elder brother was telling her this so that she would keep an eye on her younger sister and not go out unless necessary. If she wanted to play, she should wait until things had settled down.

Zeng Chongrong stopped eating her snacks, completely baffled: "What does this have to do with Yaoyao and His Highness the Crown Prince's relationship?"

Meng Shisan seemed to understand: "Fourth Cousin has heard Cousin mention some things, but in those things, did Cousin find him ruthless?"

“His Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are brothers, yet because of that chair, they both want to kill each other.” Zeng Chongjin spoke subtly, not directly mentioning the various underhanded methods Li Shou used to eliminate those who supported Li Heng. “His Highness the Crown Prince and you are not on the same side.”

Her heart was always pure, as was her cousin Meng's, but the Crown Prince's was not.

Even if the Second Prince had committed those heinous acts, it wouldn't be too much for the Crown Prince to have him torn to pieces.

But this... further proves that Cousin Meng is not suitable for the Crown Prince.

What she feared was that the Crown Prince would love his cousin Meng but not be with her, and then turn that love into hatred, ultimately using those methods against his cousin Meng.

Meng Shisan said, "Intrigue, scheming, and plotting... does Fourth Cousin think I'm not good at these things?"

"How could you possibly know how?" Zeng Chongrong asked, his tone questioning, but the implication was clear: Meng Shisan definitely didn't know how. "All you can do is fight."

“You won’t.” Zeng Chongjin shared the same opinion as Zeng Chongrong. “You’ve rarely left the mansion since you were a child, except this year. You’ve had little contact with people. You can fight occasionally, but when it comes to using trickery, you can’t beat His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Meng Shisan didn't explain whether she would use tricks or not; she just wondered, "Why should I be able to outwit His Highness?"

"Putting everything else aside, let's just say that His Highness the Crown Prince wants to marry you, but you don't want to. Can you really control His Highness in this matter?" Zeng Chongjin asked.

"Can you?" Zeng Chongrong agreed, took a bite of plum blossom cheese, and then continued eating and drinking with his cheeks bulging.

"...I think so," Meng Shisan replied calmly. "There's always a way."

"What if there's no other way?" Zeng Chongjin felt that there was always a chance of something going wrong, and she thought the probability of this happening was quite high.

Zeng Chongrong stared at Meng Shisan without blinking.

Meng Shisan drank two cups of clear red tea before slowly saying, "Your Highness will not turn love into hate...you won't."