The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 936 Truth Awaits Truth

“Grandfather was afraid that I would get restless and, if I got impatient, would do something reckless.” Meng Shisan could roughly guess why Meng Tianguan allowed Steward Chu to report everything to her.

Meng Meijing exclaimed, "How could Grandfather think that way?"

Meng Shisan chuckled lightly: "It's probably because of my past actions that my grandfather has changed his opinion of me, but also become more wary of me."

"...Perhaps Grandfather doesn't want Elder Sister to get hurt again." Meng Meijing sensed Meng Shisan's dissent towards Meng Tianguan. She felt that their grandfather wouldn't be wary of them, and that her elder sister was right. Therefore, she made a compromise statement.

"It's alright." Meng Shisan really didn't care. As Meng Tianguan or Old Madam Meng were her grandparents in this body, even if she was close to them, she couldn't truly be close to them. The two elders had expectations of her only because she still had value, and she had ulterior motives towards them only because she didn't yet have the ability to be completely independent. "That's fine too."

"Is this alright?" Meng Meijing could understand the first sentence, but she didn't understand the second.

“Getting too close inevitably leads to feelings, and if those feelings are too deep, it’s easy to lose balance. Once you’re burdened with worries, you can’t harden your heart.” Meng Shisan explained to Meng Meijing, hoping that her younger sister would have the ability to protect herself after she got married in the future. “Being too soft-hearted is not a good thing.”

"Why is that?" Meng Meijing had been unruly since childhood because of her status as the granddaughter of Meng Tianguan. No matter how domineering and unreasonable she was, many people flattered her and dared not harm her in the slightest. She understood all of this because her grandfather was the Minister of Personnel. "Grandfather is grandfather, not an outsider. Even if we are a little soft-hearted towards grandfather, he will not hurt us, right?"

“Yes and no,” Meng Shisan said. “Grandfather is our grandfather. He will protect us because we are descendants of the Meng family. As descendants of the Meng family, it is only natural for Grandfather to think that we should do anything for the Meng family, no matter how dangerous those things are. Even if we die because of it, Grandfather will think that it is our duty and the responsibility of being descendants of the Meng family.”

Meng Meijing was silent for a moment, then said, "Sister, are you referring to our aunt who passed away early?"

"How much do you know?" Meng Shisan asked.

Meng Meijing paused, then thought carefully: "My mother once told me that when my aunt was young, she also had a crush on someone and wanted to grow old with her husband, but unfortunately... she married the wrong person."

"Was it a mistake to marry the wrong person, or was it a forced marriage?" Meng Shisan asked again.

Meng Meijing shook her head: "I don't know. My mother didn't say. She only heard my father mention it a few times, and later my aunt also mentioned it. My aunt also heard it from her own family."

Meng Shisan asked again, "Has Aunt never heard Uncle mention Aunt?"

“Hmm…” Meng Meijing thought for a moment, “Mother said that she asked her eldest aunt if her eldest uncle had ever said anything about her aunt. Her eldest aunt said that her eldest uncle never mentioned anything about her aunt before she died. Mother also asked why he didn’t mention it, but her eldest aunt just shook her head. It seems that her eldest aunt has the same doubts as Mother, but she didn’t get any information from her eldest uncle.”

"Besides these few words, did Father say anything else?" Meng Shisan was unaware that Meng Zhidu had this concern, and never mentioned the late Empress Meng to Shang Shi.

“No.” Meng Meijing told her elder sister everything she knew. “However, Mother has heard a rumor in private, but she doesn’t know if it’s true or not.”

"What rumors?"

"Rumor has it that the son my aunt loved back then is not the current emperor."

Meng Shisan immediately became interested: "There's such a thing? Tell me about it in detail."

Since it piqued her elder sister's interest, Meng Meijing was naturally willing to tell her everything, but she didn't know much: "Elder sister, it's not that I don't want to tell you in detail, it's just that the rumors Mother heard were incomplete, and she didn't know if they were true or false. When she told me, Mother only said this much, and nothing else." "Since the rumors say that the person Aunt loves is not His Majesty, then it must be someone else. Isn't there some gossip about this 'someone'?" As long as there are one or two people who are just making baseless accusations, Meng Shisan felt that they could follow the clues and maybe find the thread that leads to the person Empress Meng truly loves in the rumors.

“Sister, this rumor might be false.” Meng Meijing saw that Meng Shisan had become serious and seemed to want to find out who their aunt’s sweetheart was back then, so she quickly stopped her. “Besides, more than twenty years have passed. Even if there really was such a person, that person would be old by now, and might even be gone like Aunt. That’s also possible.”

Meng Shisan nodded: "You're right. When you get back later, ask your mother if there's anything she missed about this matter."

When Meng Meijing heard Meng Shisan say that what she said made sense, she finally felt relieved. But when she heard that Meng Shisan told her to go back to the hospital and ask her mother again, her heart jumped into her throat again.

"Sister!"

"Can't I ask any more questions?"

"……able."

"Then ask."

"But……"

"No buts. Don't you want to know who the boy who pleased your aunt back then was?"

"miss you!"

Amidst Meng Shisan's witty banter, Meng Meijing never shed another tear. After leaving Taichen Courtyard, she didn't return to Wanfei Courtyard but went directly to Shanfang Courtyard to inquire about Wu's past with Meng Wan.

Baozhu said to Meng Shisan, "Jixiang just told me that Miss has a way of making the Second Miss, who can't stop crying for a short time, stop crying in the back."

Jixiang even gave her a thumbs up.

Although the thumbs-up wasn't for her, but for the young lady, she felt honored to receive it.

"Meijing's temperament is not exactly gentle; she likes to use both words and actions, as she did in front of me." Later, after Meng Meijing pierced her palm with a gold hairpin, she dared not be presumptuous in front of her anymore, and her temperament became much gentler. But Meng Shisan knew that this was only the Meng Meijing in front of her. "Meijing loves to cry, but she rarely shows it in front of outsiders. The reason she can cry loudly in front of me is simply because she considers me a true family member. Naturally, I have to persuade her and coax her a little."

"Miss can even coax the Second Miss now." Baozhu couldn't help but be happy for Meng Shisan. At least this showed that the Second Miss truly regarded Miss as her elder sister, and Miss was gradually letting the Second Miss into her heart.

Miss is no longer all alone.

Miss is in the second branch of the family. Not only does she have her elder brother, the Second Young Master, who treats her sincerely, but she also has her younger sister, the Second Miss, as her companion.

"Treat others as you would like to be treated. She treated me sincerely, and I treated her sincerely in return." Meng Shisan didn't think it was flattery; it was simply exchanging sincerity for sincerity.