The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 922 changed to afternoon

"Sigh." Huang Jing's sigh was enough to answer Meng Shisan.

Meng Shisan lay back in the rocking chair, his toes touching the ground, and with a push, he slowly rocked up and down again: "Perhaps... I mean perhaps, in the end you will get what you want."

Huang Jing responded with an "oh," not taking Meng Shisan's words to heart. She only thought that Meng Shisan was comforting her: "I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me or pity me. Since I dared to do it, I can bear the consequences."

She would accept whatever the consequences might be.

Meng Shisan turned her head to look at Huang Jing's profile, but she didn't say anything more.

There's no point in saying more about something that even she herself isn't sure about.

Huang Jing asked, "What do you plan to do with that beast corpse?"

Meng Shisan thought it over: "I have already instructed Shangchun to move all the unburnt animal bones and burnt animal ashes from the large sack to the back room first thing tomorrow morning."

"You want to use them to nourish your long, dark red land?" Huang Jing went to the back building and squatted beside the long piece of land, studying the unusually dark red soil.

"You think it's inappropriate?" Meng Shisan asked in return.

Huang Jing didn't mean that: "The soil you cultivated is quite strange... unusually rich in nutrients. If you pour those back in, aren't you afraid that Xiaobai will grow into a little fat pig?"

She had seen the little earthworm and wanted to hug it, but it refused.

To this day, she has yet to hold the plump, white eel that is as long as an arm.

"I'm not afraid." Meng Shisan's voice contained a faint smile. "The faster Xiaobai grows, the better, so that it can help me do more things sooner."

The Eastern Palace, the sleeping quarters.

"News has come from the Meng residence that Miss Meng has been confined to her quarters by Lord Tianguan and Old Madam Meng," Chang Qing reported.

"Did you listen obediently, Yaoyao?" Li Shou sat upright behind his desk, holding a folded document in his hands.

Chang Qing answered truthfully: "Today, Miss Meng did not step out of the mansion, but quite a few people came to see her."

Li Shou looked up: "Who are they?"

"Around noon, Elder Ma and Master Lan entered the Meng residence with a large sack. The sack was taken to Taichen Courtyard, and left there after Elder Ma and Master Lan left." Chang Qing received a detailed report. "In the afternoon, Miss Jiang visited the residence and chatted with Miss Meng for a long time in Taichen Courtyard. Later, Miss Meng's second daughter also entered Mingxiao Hall, and the three of them chatted together. Even at dinner time, Miss Jiang did not leave. When Miss Huang returned to the Meng residence from Kuangguang River, Miss Meng's first daughter, Miss Meng's second daughter, Miss Huang, and Miss Jiang had dinner together in Mingxiao Hall."

The meticulous attention to detail prompted Li Shou to ask, "Who did you send to inquire about this?"

“Wang Gui,” Chang Qing replied with a smile, “Wang Gui often visits the Meng residence and is quite familiar with the servants there. This news was personally told to Wang Gui by Steward Chu of the Meng residence.”

Li Shou nodded: "So, after dinner, the event will be over?"

"The gathering was half over before the evening meal was finished," Chang Qing said.

"Oh?" This piqued Li Shou's interest. He guessed, "What...outrageous thing has Yaoyao done this time?"

Based on his understanding of his eldest cousin, that was most likely the case. Chang Qing said, "They said the food and wine had just been placed on the table..."

"Yaoyao is drinking?" Li Shou frowned.

“Fruit wine.” Chang Qing continued, his words interrupted, “Butler Chu had a servant ask Miss Meng, and Miss Meng said to have him bring two jars of plum wine and two jars of peach wine.”

"It's fruit wine, that's good," Li Shou gestured for Chang Qing to continue.

Chang Qing continued, "The food and wine had just been set on the table, and the four young ladies had just sat down around the table. Before they had even touched their bowls and chopsticks, Miss Meng and Miss Huang started discussing the contents of the large sack. Miss Meng and Miss Huang were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice at first that Miss Meng Er and Miss Jiang hadn't touched their bowls and chopsticks. Only when they did notice did they realize that Miss Meng Er and Miss Jiang's faces had turned pale."

"What's in that big sack?" Li Shou asked, a little curious.

"Two animal carcasses, a butterfly and a wolf, were burned black, some charred, some turned to ash, mixed together in a sack." When Chang Qing heard Wang Gui tell this story, he asked twice before confirming that they were indeed animal carcasses, not human corpses.

Li Shou picked up the memorial again: "The little girl was frightened."

“Yes,” Chang Qing said. “After being frightened, they didn’t even need to eat. Miss Meng ran back to her own courtyard, and Miss Jiang left the Meng residence and ran back to her own home.”

"That leaves only Yaoyao and Master Huang." Li Shou still remembered the four jars of fruit wine. "How much fruit wine did Yaoyao drink? Which type did she drink the most of?"

He also made sure to find out Meng Shisan's preferences.

"After the meal, Miss Meng had two rocking chairs placed in the corridor outside the hall. Miss Meng and Miss Huang each sat in the rocking chairs, talking and drinking fruit wine," Chang Qing said. "Miss Meng drank plum wine, and Miss Huang drank peach wine. Miss Meng only drank this jar, and Miss Huang drank the rest."

"Yaoyao likes to drink plum wine." Li Shou knew this. "Is she drunk?"

Chang Qing knew that his lord was asking about Meng Shisan: "Miss Meng thinks she is not drunk, Miss Huang is really not drunk, and in the end Miss Meng was helped back to her room by Miss Huang and Tong Yu."

Li Shou sighed, having barely read more than a few lines of the memorial he had been working on for a long time: "Did Yu Minglu give any medical advice saying that Yaoyao shouldn't drink alcohol?"

"They said I couldn't drink alcohol, but after Miss Meng and Physician Yu talked to me, Physician Yu relaxed the rules a bit and said I could occasionally have some fruit wine." Chang Qing now has to take care of Li Shou's daily life and also keep an eye on Meng Shisan's movements.

Before Meng Shisan was confined to his quarters, one Wang Gui was not enough. He had to send out other eunuchs under his command, and sometimes even transfer a few palace guards from Ji Kuan, in order to catch up with Meng Shisan and find out his approximate whereabouts.

Thinking of Meng Shisan's soft-spoken bargaining with Yu Minglu, Li Shou's brows furrowed even more: "Summon Yu Minglu to the palace first thing tomorrow morning. I have some questions for him."

Because Yu Minglu was the imperial physician specially appointed by Meng Shisanban to treat his health, Changqing knew a little about Yu Minglu's duty schedule at the Imperial Hospital: "This servant remembers that Imperial Physician Yu is on duty tonight and will not be off duty until dawn."

The implication was that Yu Minglu hadn't slept all night, so should he be allowed to return to his residence to rest and then summoned to the palace in the afternoon?
Li Shou glanced at Chang Qing and said, "What benefits did Yu Minglu give you that make you speak up for him like this?"

"No, no!" Chang Qing didn't kneel down immediately, but his waist was already bent so low that his face was almost touching the ground.

Li Shou snorted: "It's best if there isn't one."

Chang Qing dared not act recklessly again.

"Let's reschedule for the afternoon." Li Shou wasn't a crown prince who was easy to exploit. If he didn't know, fine; if he did know, he was considerate. He was always very considerate.

Therefore, Chang Qingfang dared to say those words: "Yes."